Wealthy uncle leaves Butte woman $100000 share
Mrs. M. J. Connors of 211 East Broadway, Butte, told she inherited $100,000 from Edward Rutledge, a Wisconsin timber magnate. She and husband Mike Connors, a miner, seek her missing brother Edward Wamsley in Los Angeles while vowing modest living and no car. If Wamsley cannot be found in a year, his share goes to Rutledge’s 19 nephews and nieces.
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M. J. Connors
East Boradway
Butte
Edward Rutledge
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Mountain View
Mika
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Rutledge
Mrs. Connors
Connors
Suffragette march reaches Fishkill in fierce winter trek
In Fishkill New York on December 19 the suffrage expedition led by Miss Rosalie G Jones arrives after two hours of darkness and snow. Four of 34 marchers reach the hotel footsore and exhausted from a brutal six mile night march through mud and bitter cold as they press toward Albany to deliver a message to Governor Sulzer.
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Fishkill
N. Y
Albany
Sulzer
New York
Rosalie G. Jones
Admiral Halil Pasha Killed In Dardanelles Battle
Greek report from Athens dated December 19 says Vice Admiral Halil Pasha former Turkish minister of marine was killed on December 16 during the naval clash off the Dardanelles. His flagship Kheyr Ed Din Barbarossa was seriously damaged with four officers dead and many sailors wounded. Three Turkish destroyers reportedly hit. A hospital ship was sent for the wounded.
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Athens
Halil Pasha
Dardanelles
Halil
Peace conference in London nears decisive move on Greeks and Balkan talks
London reports show fresh Constantinople instructions delaying final decisions until Saturday while Ottoman officials empower delegates to negotiate with Greeks and Balkan plenipotentiaries. Observers compare Venizelos and Komura in calm resolve as Balkan leaders push for settlement amid ongoing wars and sieges.
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London
Constantinople
Portsmouth
Rechad Pasha
Count Witte
Venizelos
Baron Komura
Dr. Daneff
Novakovitch
Servia
Miyuskovitch
Asia
Tchatalja
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Weak minded plan to dynamite mint
Denver reports a suspect orchestration to blow up the Denver mint and steal nearly 500 million dollars in gold. A letter received via the Public Comfort Station urged a citywide hoard distribution after dynamite, but investigators deem the writer mentally unbalanced and federal officials are handling the case.
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Denver
Denver Mint
Public Comfort Station
Neill
Washington
Wilson weighs New Jersey corporate law reform plan
President elect Wilson studied New Jersey corporation laws in Trenton and plans radical reform with a Democratic legislature. Senator Overman urged Daniel as postmaster general while Wilson prepares to meet Bryan. the governor enlists Edwin Walker and Judge Van Syckel to draft the new legislation. Sam Gordon, the governor’s messenger, briefly interrupted proceedings.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
United States
Overman
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
W. J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Mr. Wilson
Senator O'Gorman
New York
Edwin Walker
Bennett van Syckel
State Supreme Court
Senator Overman
Daniels
Sam Gordon
Gordon
State House
President Taft Heads to Panama on Arkansas Tour
President Taft sails from Key West aboard the Arkansas to inspect the Panama Canal area. After a three day inspection he plans to return to Key West and then Washington by December 31. He left with a slight cold and attended a cabinet dinner prior to departure.
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Atlantic St Line Railway
Key West
Arkansas
Colon
Washington
Knox
Taft
Charles Taft
Hilles
Wholesaler Behind Cheaper Egg Sale Revealed
A Chicago wholesale egg dealer, linked to the 24 cent storage egg sale organized by the Woman's Clean Goods league, says he joined the crusade tonight to pressure dishonest wholesalers and retailers. He plans to break even or lose his $1,000 invested, viewing the effort as educational with support from better trade elements.
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Chicago
Woman's Clean Goods League
Eges
Housekeepers league cuts egg price to 22 cents a dozen
Philadelphia on December 19 reports the Housekeepers league has decided another egg price cut. Tomorrow eggs will be sold at 22 cents per dozen.
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Philadelphia
Housekeepers’ League
Bid to cut egg prices as farmers offer 18 cent dozen
Boston on December 19 reports agitation over egg costs. The Women’s Homestead association announced that farmers would sell fresh eggs to the association for 18 cents a dozen, aiming to ease high prices for consumers.
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Boston
Women's Homestead Association
Association
Sleep on old homestead on birthday anniversary
Princeton, N. J Dec. 19. Woodrow Wilson plans to wake on Dec. 28 in the Staunton Virginia birthplace house he was born in, aiming to leave on Dec. 27 and arrive that night to sleep in the Presbyterian parsonage where he was born.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Presbyterian
Record heat wave sweeps Australia across coastline
Sydney reports the first heat wave of the season with 122 degrees in the shade at Eucla on the West Australia border. Poma Queensland records 116 and Newcastle NSW endures its hottest spell in 16 years with dust and windstorms. No deaths reported.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Eucla
West Australia
Poma
Queensland
Newcastle
Bodies of Aviators Are Found in Redondo Beach
Los Angeles tonight reports the water swollen bodies of Horace Kearny and Chester Lawrence found after their hydro aircraft wreck while attempting a San Francisco flight. Kearny wore a borrowed leather suit and clutched a diamond ring. Lawrence died after futilely trying to shed heavy gear. Inquest to be held by Coroner Hartwell before transfer to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Horace Kearny
Chester Lawrence
Redondo Beach
San Francisco
Rocky Point
George B. Harrison
Kearny
Hill urges rail terminal expansion to avert national disaster
New York December 19 James J Hill told the annual banquet of the railway business association that the nations commerce can escape disaster only by enlargements of railway terminals. He warned that full yards tied up cars reduce railroad earnings and cost business and workers jobs.
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New York
James J. Hill
Railway Business Association
Morgan Denies He Controls All Money in Christendom
Washington dispatch reports J. P. Morgan denying any monopoly power in finance before the house money trust committee. He contests that even vast credit cannot form a monopoly, insists he seeks no power, and defends competition while favoring cooperation. The exchange covers control of banks, investment trusts, and the limits of influence in industry.
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J. P. Morgan
The
Money Trust
House
Christendom
Morgan
Congress
Mr. Morgan
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Mr. Untermyer
New York
Mer. Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Mrr Morgan
Mr. Untermeyer
Op. & Co
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