The Round Up at Grand and Other City Stages
A glowing review lauds The Round-Up at the Grand for its thrilling third act and authentic Western scenery with Indian casts and a spectacular battle. Ward and Vokes at the Lyric entertain packed houses, while Miss Cecil Spooner returns in The Little Terror and The Merry Widow. Lilian Russell previews The First Night at the Grand. Orpheum features Melicia Adams and a strong vaudeville lineup with Hal Davis Inez McCauley and others ahead.
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Glen
Te Grand
Orpheum
Sallya
Ace Hon
Walthour
Bicy
Hal Davis
Inez McCauley
Paul Durand
Updale
Congregationalists Hold Annual Meeting
The twenty seventh annual meeting of the Central Congregational church was held last night in the assembly room on Carnegie Way. Supper for about 160 members and friends was provided by the Ladies. Reports show the church spiritually and financially strong with record offerings and a budget larger than ever. Officers for the coming year were elected including Deacons H B Way Walter D Smith Dr J W Howland G W Manon and J W Mason. Other posts named: Standing Committee N Iter Church Clerk Charles R Haskins Treasurer W E Mansfield Sunday School Superintendent Watson Fuller and numerous trustees and committees.
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Central Congregational Church
Carnegie Way
Winton
H. B. Way
Walter D Smith
Print Shop Damaged by Fire at Baker Pesyy Plant
A fire beginning from a faulty stovepipe caused major damage to Baker-Pesyy Printing Company at 148 Peters Street last night at 7:80. The blaze destroyed a stand of type near the stove and damaged much stock as firefighters forced entry after hours. The plant sits in a block endangered by the Shippey stock yards fire earlier Tuesday.
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Baker-Pesyy Printing Company
Peters Street
Shippey Stock Yards
Vreeland to Be Admiral
Taft nominates Captain Charles E eyegend of the navy to be rear admiral in a notice sent to the Senate. The historic selection signals a major promotion for the navy leadership as Taft advances key officers.
Speir Involved in Fatal Assault With Father-in-law
Dr V B Bishop of 267 East Pine Street clashed with son-in-law J Galt Speir over reconciliation with Speir striking Bishop with a chair. Bishop followed by a fight left Speir with a bruised eye. Bishop died after being taken to the station. Deputy Sheriff arrested both, with a revolver seized from Bishop. The dispute centers on property and reconciliation claims, both prominent locals. Disorderly conduct charges were filed. the assault case to be heard before Recorder Brovies at 2 PM.
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V. B. Bishop
East Pine Street
J. Galt Hoetz
Fourth National Bank
Bishop
Collaterel
Station House
Ridles
Speir
Tatton House
Spelr
Steir
Dr Bishop
Atair
Avante
Mercer University
Brovies
Pinchot Slap Arouses Taft In D C Row
The report centers on a clash over Pinchot and Pierce decisions with the attorney general claiming the Justice Department excluded references to Cunningham claims. Gavin challenges the line while Glavis deflects questions about a letter from Pinchot and a Forester team. Glavis denies Shaw and Price aided a magazine article.
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Pierce
Department of Justice
Cunningham
Gavin
Gifford Pinchot
Dolliver
Shaw and
Pries
Department of Forestry
Glavis
Pinchot
Shaw
Price
Mr. Glavis
Stray Bullet Hits Forrest Avenue Home in Drunken Brawl
A stray plate bullet from a revolver pierced an eastern window of Mrs. Kane C. Butler's residence at 148 Forrest Avenue last night. No one was inside the room. the bullet lodged in the opposite wall. Two shots were said to have been fired. Officers Wiley and Bishop found no trace of the assailants, described as drunken Negro men who fled toward Lowndes Street. The occupants were frightened, and the incident disrupted the neighborhood vigil.
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Fred
Kane C. Butler
Forrest Avenue
Biegels
Wiley and
Bishop
Lowndes Street
Representative Legare Sworn In Late in 65th Congress
Washington January 4 Though reelected to the sixty fifth congress in November 1908 Representative Legare of South Carolina presented himself at the speaker's desk to be sworn in today more than a year late. He had been ill since the latter part of the sixtieth congress but was reelected by a large majority. His return drew applause from members of both sides of the house.
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Warhington
Representative Legare
South Cerollos
Plmsett
Legare
Houa
Solicitude in a Humorous Pinch of Speech
A whimsical excerpt from The Washington Star presents Mire chiding Charley for worrying over household matters and a playful mishearing of a past conversation. The exchange captures light domestic tension and a joking insistence on calmer, simpler talk amid clumsy phrases.
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Washington Star
Alee
Agein
Wexico Rallying Madriz and Diaz Estrada Peace Bid
Telegram from Diaz Estrada congratulates Madriz as Nicaragua’s head of government after Zelaya’s fall. Reports note U S aid unlikely and focus on peace. Zelaya fears assassination in Mexico City as police and secret service guard him. Estrada proclaims a peace platform seeking disarmament and a small police force. Negotiations for terms of peace to Madriz proceed with Fornas Diaz leading talks.
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Madriz
Diaz
Estrada
Noa
United States
Entrada
Bluefields
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Histrada
Fornas-Diaz
Chamorro
Adolfo Diaz
Remarkable 1073 Mile Florida Trip In Winter Snow
Edward Tenneller left Benton Harbor Michigan with his wife and two children driving to Tampa Florida. The 1073 mile journey took fifteen days and occurred during a severe blizzard in the central west. The auto performed perfectly with no incidents on arrival in Tampa.
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Tampa
Michigan
Fla
Benton Harbor
Mich
Edward Townslier
Tenneller
Central West
Plum Blossom murder trial yields fragmented testimony
In New York on January 6 the Lau Tang and Lau Shang murder trial showed little progress yet offered moments of insight into intercultural tensions. Witnesses testified the defendants left Bow Kum’s room around eleven, heard groans, and later learned of her murder as they returned to bed, with both defendants seen entering the room and emerging with greened faces.
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New York
Lau Tang
Lau Shang
Baw Kum
Hong oFng
Bow Hum
Bow Kum
New York Chamber Rejects Ship Subsidy Endorsement on Rehabili tation Plan
The New York Chamber of Commerce declined to back any rehabilitation measure for the American merchant marine that includes a ship subsidy provision. In a lively debate, Lewin Mixon, former Representative William F. Douglas, and Jacob H. Schiff argued, while the chamber recorded a strong appetite for rehabilitation and a cautious stance on subsidized fleets and trade centers.
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New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
Lewin Mixon
Wiliam FR. Douglas
Jacob H. Schiff
Guy Dependencies
Young nurse saves patients from fire at Virginia hospital
Richmond January 6 Forty patients were hurried from the University College of Medicine as fire destroyed a three story college building next door. Nurse Miss Bessie C Arnold of Hanover county discovered the flames in the dental department and alerted doctors, then ferried patients to safety as fire and sleet raged with a northeast wind.
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Richmond
Virginia Hospital
University College of
College
Mies Arnold
Tealdences
Heiress and Lover Said to Be Located in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report says Miss Roberta B Delanen and Ferdinand Cohen, the waiter she left the city with December 29, have been found. A close source notes the boy cousin and Roberta Buist’s relatives work to close the sensational case. Henry Clay, director of public safety, held a conference and handed a detective a warrant to serve immediately. The family would not confirm or deny the finding tonight.
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Philadelphia
Roberta B Delanen
Ferdinand Cohen
Girie
Robert Buist
Henry Clay
Department of Public Safety
Roberta Tetanen
His Wife a Negress Not Romantic Creole
New York January 6 William Horton contends his wife is a negress not the romance she claims. Depositons from her grandmother and aunt in Bridgeport Conn. support his annulment suit. Horton, a wealthy contractor, notes the grandmother swears she is May Ella Williams’s mother and that the wife is of mixed race.
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New York
William Horton
Bridgeport
Conn
Horton
Hila Willams
May Ella Williams
Negresa
Gladys
E Deval
Women of Oklahoma plead for the ballot petition filed
Guthrie Oklahoma January 6 a petition bearing over 38030 names was filed with the secretary of state asking that a constitutional amendment granting the franchise to women be submitted to the voters this fall unless a protest against validity is filed. The petition exceeds the required names by 6000.
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Guthrie
Okla
Secretary of State
Oklahoma
Negro Prisoners Guarded After Purcell Murder Near Pembroke
Rumors of unrest in Pembroke Georgia lead to two black men being tightly guarded after arrest for the December 27 murder of white man H M Purcell at Cuyler. A third Black man was shot and fled, likely tied to the crime. One prisoner suspected the other of the killing as Purcell attempted to board a freight car.
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Pembroke
H. M. Purcell
Cuyler
Hog market records set in Denver and Missouri river trade
A Denver price of 8.60 per hundred pounds for hogs tops the market, with St Joseph reporting 3.66 per hundred pounds as a peak. The Missouri River region notes a record high, 5 cents above last December and 37 cents over the next highest earlier figure. Strong demand drives new highs in early January trade.
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Denver
Col
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Contara
Grounding of the Georgia Leads to Rigid Inquiry
Norfolk Va January 6 reports indicate a strict investigation will follow the grounding of the battleship Georgia. Earlier today the ship came into Hampton Roads for yard repairs after collisions with the Patrineprania Vestal, when the propeller punctured the plates below the water line.
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Norfolk
Georgia
Hampton Heads
Navy Yard
Stage managers fret over theater business in New York banquet
At a Theatrical Managers' Association dinner in New York on January 6 Al Hayman warned that a halt must come to avoid huge losses as managers and capitalists suffer. He cited overbuilt markets in Greater New York and scarce drawing actors and writers. Oscar Hammerstein declined to speak noting business had “been too rotten.”
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New York
al Hayman
Haymen
Theatrical Managers’ Association
Henry W Savage
Mr Hayman
Greater New York
Paris
Ber'In
America
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Oscar Hammerstein
Major A D Harden Reported Dying in Savannah Ga
Savannah Ga January 6 Special Major A D Harden of the First regiment National Guard of Georgia, who has been in Savannah hospital since last September after an accidental self inflicted pistol shot, took a turn for the worse and is dying late tonight. Mr and Mrs CP Elliott of Augusta were notified and are here. Mr Harden, her father and sister left Onwemo N Y tonight for home.
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Savannah
Ife
A. D. Barden
Flist Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
CP. Elliott
Augusta
Harden
Onwemo
Trade Rivalry Pose As Surface Ripple In Sugar Market
A federal grand jury testimony reviewed the rivalry among American Sugar Refining Company Arbuckle Brothers and others. Prices rose in tandem, suggesting centralized pricing schemes aimed at Sherman Act violations. An outline of the full report will appear in The Troins tomorrow.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckle Brothers
Federal Grand Jury
Arnuckle Brothers
River and harbor bill eyed for February report
A Washington based appropriation bill for harbors and rivers exceeds twenty million dollars for new and ongoing work, chairman Alexander of the house committee says it will be reported to the house early in February. A Kenton Ohio farmer, George W Dusert, age 71, was gored by a ram while feeding stock.
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Washington, Japusry
Alexander
House ‘Committee On
House
Kenton
Ohio
Jenufry
George W. Dusert
Secret ballot to choose senator in Mississippi caucus
In Jackson Mississippi January 6 a caucus vote of 101 to 0 decides the selection of a successor to Senator McLorin by secret ballot. The first caucus session ends with vigorous opposition from Governor Vardamian supporters and the legislature will reconvene tomorrow morning for candidate speeches lasting thirty minutes each.
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Jackson
Miss
McLnorin
Vardamian
People of Future to Go to Pole in a Day
Professor Wills Moore, chief of the weather bureau, told the House Agriculture Committee that rapid advance makes the impossible seem real. He imagined passengers boarding aluminum air geroplanes to travel from New York to the North Pole in 24 to 36 hours, though no cost estimate exists for such work.
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Washington
Wils L. Moore
Mount Weather
North Pole
New York
Chattman
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