Court Upheld in Schley Case Dissolves Inquiry
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings in the Schley case and declines further command proceedings. The secretary dissolves the Schley court of inquiry, notifying Admiral Dewey and Schley’s counsel of the action and plans for further steps remain undecided.
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Admiral Sampson
Department
Court of Inquiry
Schley
William T. Sampson
Messrs
Stayton, Campbell & Theall
John LD. Long
Secretary of the Navy
Maryland Attorney General condemns Long decision on Schley case
Isador Rayner denounces Secretary Long ruling as arbitrary and tyrannical. He says the court ignored testimony and denied a reply to Sampson’s protest, and hints at possible presidential intervention or legal steps to compel filing of Dewey’s dissent. He notes command at Santiago favored Sampson and Schley’s role disputed.
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Baltimore
Isador Rayner
Maryland
Admiral Schley
Long
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
Maclay Asked to Resign from New York Navy Yard
The Navy announces that Edgar S. Maclay of the General Storekeeper's Office at the New York Navy Yard has been requested to submit his resignation. The order was issued by Secretary of the Navy John D. Long and presented to the press after a conference with the President.
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Washington
Navy Department
Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Edgar
Maclay
John D. Long
Long
Great Suffering in Berlin as Unemployment Surges
Berlin reports heavy Christmas gloom with about six hundred thousand jobless and widespread charity strain. Emperor William's art dinner sparks debate over naturalism and social democracy while Siegeshalle statues face harsh critique. Authorities push relief, with many foreign workers dismissed to favor Germans.
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Berlin
William
Germany
Boreaulin
Thoma
Lisbermann
Stuck
Uhde
Menzel
Order of the Black Eagle
Heinrichshalle
Halle
Co. C. Barber
W. A. Smith
Glasgow
Bryant & Mays
George W. Pater
Diamond Match Company
Liverpool
J. W. Bartholomew
Mr. Graves
Mannheim
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Barber
United States
Cologne
Stuttgart
Leipzig
Wiesbaden
Laura
Silesia
Exclusion of Foreign Laborers Across German Duchy and Berlin Unemployment
Large establishments follow the same policy as the ducal government of Anhalt by discharging foreign laborers from government establishments. Ex pulsion of foreigners by local authorities occurs elsewhere in Germany. Berlin census shows 59,698 unemployed.
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Anhalt
Duchy
Germany
Berlin
Boiler explosion at Singer Nimicks plant in Pittsburg
At the Crucible Steel Singer Nimicks plant two of five boilers exploded at 6:55 am injuring seven with one badly cut and 20 to 30 burned. Water from frozen pipes scalded workers as debris damaged the mill. Seven injured, two may die, and William Rodd died later.
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Pittsburg
Singer-Nimicks
West End
Crucible Steel Company
Charles Miller
William George
William Reed
Ford Reed
William Sharp
John Brown
Boyd Johnson
William Rodd
Toby Johnson
May Have Been Murdered Grace Powell Missing in Vancouver
Grace Powell a young German woman of Mount Pleasant Vancouver has vanished after being approached by a small man to buy poultry. She left with $45 in her purse and has not been seen for three days despite a police search. No arrests have been made.
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Vancouver
D. C
Grace Powell
Seventh Avenue
Mount Pleasant
Willing to aid Marconi offered by Canadian cabinet
Finance Minister Fielding telegraphed Marconi from Ottawa offering full facility to build wireless stations on Nova Scotian shores and inviting him to Ottawa to discuss the propositions. Marconi will leave St John’s for Ottawa tomorrow evening and meet Montreal capitalists who have offered financial backing via Governor Boyle.
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St. John's
Fielding
Dominion
Marconi
Ottawa
Nova Scotian
Canadian
Marcon
Montreal
Boyle
Headwater Sets California SixFurlong Record at Oakland Races
A large crowd witnessed robust racing led by Headwater breaking the state six furlong record in 1 1 24. The card included a $500 match race where Old England defeated San Nicolas by three lengths in five furlongs with Beating San Nicolas. other results list winners Cousin Carrie Sgt Philippina Position Headwater Cruzgados Colonel Ballantyne and more with times noted for each race.
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San Francisco
Oakland
California
Afghan
Rip Shannon
Sgt. Philippina
Dr. Scharff
Shell Mound
Commonwealth Attorney
el Mido
Headwater
Sombrero
Mercer
Cruzgados
Botany
Water Scratch
Old England
San Nicolas
Colonel Ballantyne
Courtier
Romany
Crescent City horse races at New Orleans meet results
At Crescent City New Orleans on December 21 results list six races with winners and times. Death won the first race over Sir Florian and Boomerack. Cast Iron led the mile second race with Missile and Serpent behind. Saint Cuthbert won the handicap third. Ben Chance took the Crescent City handicap fourth. Little Elkin captured the fifth selling. Deponan won the sixth selling.
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New Orleans
Crescent City
Sir Florian
Boomerack
Cast Iron
Missile
Serpent
Saint Cuthbert
John Grigsby
Neile Waddell
Ben Chance
Nitrate
Petit Martre
Little Elkin
Admetus
Deloraine
Deponan
Arak
Swordsman
Court Session Delayed to March Term in Big Timber
Special dispatch reports the district court in Big Timber delaying its opening until after the holidays. Judge Henry remained in Red Lodge, so the court postponed nearly all criminal and civil docket items to the next term, to begin about the last Monday in March.
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Standard
Big Timber
District Court
Henry
Red Lodge
Desert Trail Murder Near Fort Grant Reported
A dispatch to U S Marshal Mevard reports the murder of Corporal [reh, an Indian scout, yesterday on a desert trail about 12 miles from Fort Grant in Phoenix Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Mevard
Reh
Fort Grant
Editor Goes to Prison in Roscommon Boycott Case
Dublin December 21. John P. Ha yde member of parliament for South Roscommon and a newspaper proprietor has been sentenced at Ballinlough Roscommon to 21 days imprisonment for inciting to boycotting and non payment of rent. Six other persons of minor importance were sentenced to terms of imprisonment on the same charge varying from a fortnight to a month.
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Dublin
John P. Hayde
South Roscommon
Ballinlough
Roscommon
Argentina and Chile Inch Toward War Over Border Crisis
Buenos Aires reports a large bullet and cannonball factory to be built near Rosario with German machinery. Twenty two hundred seamstresses craft uniforms by January. Argentina plans two regiments of mountain artillery as Chilean mediation stalls, raising fear of rupture unless talks yield results.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Rosario
Germany
Santiago
Senor Yanez
Seor Portela
Chile
Argentina orders minister to retire if Chile stands firm
Lima dispatches report that Buenos Ayres cablegrams state the Argentina government has told its minister at Lima de Chile to retire if Chile maintains its current position. The exchange reflects rising tensions between the two South American nations.
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Lima
Peru
Gaveston
Buenos Ayres Repor
Argentina
L’nigo de Chile
Chile
Count Potocki Loses 100000 Pounds at Vienna Poker
A Vienna Jockey Club session saw Count Potocki lose 100000 pounds over three hours of card play. Count Pallavicini won most of the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Jockey Club
Count Potocki
Pallavicinni
Rhine provinces children gift ten thousand marks to Kruger
Reported presentation of a purse valued at 10 000 marks to Mr. Kruger as a Christmas gift for Boer children. Gift funded by the children of the Rhine provinces and Westphalia.
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Rhenish
Prussia
Kruger
Rhine
Westphalia
Exclusive Right Claimed Over Nicara gua Waterways
Managua reports a Washington dispatch saying Germany claims exclusive navigation rights to the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua under a recent Atlas Steamship concession. The concession, believed forfeited earlier by arbitrators for noncompliance, includes a clause not to block the Nicaraguan canal project.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Washington
San Juan River
Lake Nicaragua
Atlas Steamship Company
Supreme Court Sets Jan 6 Hearing on Tait v. Butte Butchering
Helena Dec 21 The Montana Supreme Court ordered the clerk to inform counsel that oral arguments will be heard on January 6 in the case of Tait against the Butte Butchering Company appealed from Silver Bow County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
Supreme Court
Tait
Butte
Silver Bow County
Wireless Telegraphy Success In Victoria Harbour
Victoria B C December 21. Local electrician R Hut cheson conducted successful wireless telegraphy experiments. He placed a pole on an island in Victoria Arm and received messages from a launch circling the island half a mile away. He plans to attempt communication with gulf islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
R. Hutcheson
Victoria Arm
Gulf
Christmas Gift for Beer Children
Utrecht reports Rev. Mr. Schaeffer a Protestant clergyman of Remschieu proposes a charitable gesture as a Christmas gift effort. The note references a local religious figure and a community outreach context in a brief dispatch.
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Utrecht
Mr. Schaeffer
Remschieu
Hogan Succeeds Joslyn In Death Duel Retelling
Ed Hogan, a 41 year old Democrat on the Great Falls Montana police force, is chosen by Sheriff Benner to replace Frank Joslyn as deputy missing since December. Hogan survived a Feb 17 gunfight with Gustave Lenhart at Clara Richards’ resort, where Lenhart killed Clara Bell and Hogan was wounded but returned to duty. Joslyn’s whereabouts remain unknown and local friends offer to cover any shortfall.
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Standard
Great Falls
Mont
Ed H Gan
Benner
Frank Joslyn
Hogan
Clara Richards
Gustave Lenhart
Clara Bell
Lenhart
Colt
Joslyn
Western Labor Union
Want Money for Schools
Great Falls officials seek a special election to approve 30 000 in school bonds for purchasing land and constructing schoolhouses. The county commissioners received a certified copy of four resolutions from the school board requesting the vote, with no election date set.
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Great Falls
Board of County Commissioners
Carey
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Spain
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Congress
Roosevelt
Good Shoes Union
North Main Street
Butte, Montana
Canada
Wireless Telegraph
Siegel
Oxford
Cambridge
Siegel’s
Ture
Public of
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Knaffs Bros
Schatzlein Paint Co
W. Broadway, Butte
Josyln
Sheriff's Office
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