Train Hold-Up Thugs Identified in Spokane
Special Dispatch reports Spokane police identify the Great Northern train No. 4 robbers as Ed Frank Hauser J McDonald and another Pat who earlier robbed the Oriental Limited of 40000. They fled Helena Bonner's Ferry and were seen in Butte and Anaconda within a month. A 3000 reward was posted with state and federal boosts totaling 6000. During the attempted robbery the engineer was forced at gunpoint as a dynamite sack was carried into the car and finally opened for inspection.
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Keat Northern Railway
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Htaker
Spokane
Ieee Holds
Ali
Mall
Roosevelt Gangsters Try Bold Heist On Seattle Freight
Engineer Haller recounts a Seattle freight robbery on the Hillyard line. Two masked men, one tall and one short, boarded the train, forced the crew to keep the locomotive moving, and attempted to dump mall and valuables from the freight car while brandishing a revolver.
Hew Regulations Hit Montana Land Sales
Special Dispatch reports that new rules from the commissioner of public lands threaten timber and stone entries by requiring inspectors to appraise prices. Critics warn the plan echoes the old timber and stone act, potentially reducing public land sales and delaying Montana irrigation projects. Lieutenant Governor Sherman faces a reprieve in a separate note from Chicago.
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Congress
Taft Fears Congress May Take All Summer On Tariff Revision
President elect Taft fears an all-summer session to revise the tariff. He declined a Denver invitation for next August while signaling confidence that Congress will conduct an honest, thorough tariff revision in an extra session he will call. He noted talks with Speaker Cannon and Ways and Means Republicans but not yet with senators.
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Senate
Cannon
Rates to advance. no fatalities in North Coast crash
Washington and Chicago freight announcements set higher eastbound rates beginning January 1 while westbound class rates stay, with westbound commodity rates rising about 10 percent from Atlantic seaboard to Pacific terminals. Eastbound first class rates drop from 3.70 to 3.00 per hundred pounds. Amid rate talk a NM North Coast Limited wreck near Bismarck injures several. most passengers escape serious harm as cars tumble into a snow drift but crews assist wounded and others.
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Colgate
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Oshkosh
Wis
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Lee
Sou
Mra
Estine
Suspect Confesses to Embezzlement in Murder Case
San Francisco December reports Walter Wilson held on murder charges admits he embezzled money from former employer Henry Boas. He claims he cannot prove the exact amount but says he wrote a poison letter to Boas by stroke of mail. Detective Gallagher reports the confession. expert Kytka questions the letter’s authorship.
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Henry" Boas
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Kytka
Storrow Mentioned to Succeed President Eliot
A Boston source names James J. Storrow, chairman of the Boston school board and Harvard alumnus, as a possible successor to Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot. Storrow, a banker with Lee Higginson & Co, is closely tied to educational interests and the Boston school system.
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Boston
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Boston School Board
Harvard
Presidenect Tait
Eliot
Harvard University
Storrow
Educational
Heston School
House of Lee, Higginson & Co
Davis Verdict Clears Davis and Release for Mrs Rice
Omaha December 10 jury in the murder case of Dr Frederick T Austin charged with killing him returned a not guilty verdict after 19 ballots Davis brother of a prominent banker and linked to New York finance was acquitted of the murder charge and Mrs Abbie Rice to be released Prosecutor English ruled out further prosecutions unless new evidence arose Mrs Rustin widow of Dr Rustin has gone to Haverhill Massachusetts to stay with her parents
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Charles E. Davis
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Kiling
First National Bank
Davis
Unte
Inet
New York
de. Austin
English
Abbie Rice
Asker
Attourney English
Davie
Womaire
Rustin
Dr Rusti
Haverhill
Mass
Wall Street Hopes Every Lion Will Do His Duty
A Washington special in the Constitution quotes President Roosevelt saying Wall Street hates me for what I have done not for denouncing railroads. He spoke to Georgians who met him, stating Wall Street peets every lion to do his duty and that he does not plead for a central red wave. The piece notes recognition of power vested in the national government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Tim
Africa
Wallstewer
Ruef Found Guilty as President Plans Declares Jury Action
An OCR混ated text reports Ruef guilty verdict with jury action and presidential plans. other garbled phrases reference names such as Phee Whives Seyeran and Cinco Grapter, leaving unclear context and dates.
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Seyeran
Ben Aley
Abe Ruef Convicted In San Francisco Trial End
San Francisco reports Abe Ruef was convicted today after a 106 day trial. The verdict came at 4 o clock as jurors completed deliberations amid police vigilance and courtroom crowding.
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Abraham
Reef
San Francinco
William B Lawlor
War Cave
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Tore
Rust
Cromwell denies Roosevelt charge in statement
William Nelson Cromwell issued a direct denial of President Roosevelt's charge that statements in the Indianapolis News falsely claimed the United States bought the Panama Canal property from American citizens for 49 million dollars, instead of 12 million. The press continues on page four.
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New York
William Nelson Cromwell
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
United States
Castro Expresses Landing in France Under Guard
Castro lands at a French port aboard a steamer near Bord eaux and is guarded by detectives at a hotel in Hordeaux. He plans to travel to Paris amid diplomatic talks with ML Pichon representatives. Threats and naval tension loom as Venezuela considers negotiations while Castro’s health remains undisclosed.
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