Panic on Wall Street Deepens as Copper Coup Revealed
Washington reports show a Rockefeller Rogehed group engineered a copper market coup in 1907 causing a price crash and investor ruin. The Pujo committee hears more testimony on Wall Street practices as investigations widen.
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Washington
Newark Stock Exchange
Rockefeller-Rogers Group
Pujo
Wall Street
William Rockefeller
H. H. Rogi
Rockefeller
Rogvn
Balkans to press 48 hour ultimatum on Turkey frontier
London Dec 12 The Balkan league plans to present peace terms to Turkey envoys with an ultimatum demanding acceptance within 48 hours of frontier limits or military actions will resume. The ultimatum, drawn up at Sofia, seeks to constrain Turkish Bulgarian borders amid a tense Serbo Turkish situation.
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London
Turkey
Balkan League
Sofia
Burglar steals nothing at St Louis saloon
John Scherre reports a burglar forced entry at his saloon on Olive Street Road between midnight and 5 am but did not steal items and instead left ten cents in the cash register. A Balkan league note mentions Turkey, peace talks, and Montenegrin envoys with doubts about a swift end to negotiations.
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ST. Louis
John Scherre
Olive Street Road
Clayton
Both Sides Ready To Continue War
War tensions rise as Turkey readies for renewed hostilities against Greece Bulgaria Servia and Montenegro. Balkan plenipotentiaries claim Turkish war prep is a pretext while Austro-Servian talks continue and Serb leaders push aims for the Adriatic despite diplomatic pressure.
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Turkey
Porte
Greece
Balkan Plenipotentiaries
Clai
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Francis Joseph
Acholuse
Francis Ferdinand
Count von Berchthold
Budapest
Adriatic
M. Novakovitch
Austria
Avwood strike plan unfolds in Chicago visit
William D. Haywood, officer of the Western Federation of Miners now with Industrial Workers of the World, arrives in Chicago to gauge organizing a strike of unskilled laborers. He cites stockyards and steel mills as focal points, predicts a tough battle, and says unions will push for better conditions and pay through a closed shop and widespread locals.
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Chicago
Wiliam D. Hay- Mineriy
Westiation of
Industrial Workers of the
Cilcago
Cen
Emal Tee
Haywooding
SLOK
Wife admits killing in self defense in Mississippi
Danville line Dec 12 Mire bart Smith confessed to killing her husband found in his home with knife wounds. She said he attacked her with a knife, but that she acted in self defense. Evidence and testimonies supported her claim amid the inquiry.
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Danviler Lil
Mire Bart Smith
Mikey Bhiny
eArougal
It’s the Last Twin Date 12-12-12 Hinting Futures
A newspaper note reflects on dates with three identical numbers such as 12-12-12 and 11-11-11. It says these triple dates won’t recur until 2010 or 2012 respectively, then teases about Friday the thirteenth and Mr Woodward’s future actions.
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Woodward
Obituary for C J Ray at Oaklan Interment
C C J Ray aged 68 died yesterday at a private sanitarium. He is survived by his wife and six children. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at 88 Glenn Street. Interment will be at Oakland.
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Cc. J. Ray
C. J. Ray
Glenn Street
Oaklan
Sheriff Released in Killing Case Held Brother Detained
Franklin Ga December 12 Dawson Taylor remanded to jail without bond awaiting grand jury action on murder charge in the death of Frank McWaters. His brother Lee Taylor Heard county sheriff was released after being charged with complicity. Glenn McWaters son of the dead man attended trial and is recovering from wounds. The shooting occurred at the McWaters home about ten miles from Franklin on Thanksgiving night during a party.
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Franklin
Dawson Taylor
Frank McWaters
Lee Taylor
Heard County
Glenn McWaters
MeWaters
Jp Progter
Official Defends Granting License to Negro Official Defends Self
Chicago December 12 Friends of County Clerk Robert Sweitzer were stirred by an attack over issuing a license for Jack Johnson to wed Lucille Cameron. John Conner, asked to serve as toastmaster at a De La Salle alumni banquet, said he would not act for a man who had issued such a license. Sweitzer later explained it was his sworn duty and he had fulfilled his oath, knowing violation could bring cheap tune.
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Robert M. Sweitser
Imade
Jack Johnson
Lucille Cameron
John Conner
Sweitzer
de la Salle
Johnson
Desperate mob clash over Delaware county seat dispute in Oklahoma
In Grove Oklahoma a county seat war pits Old Jay loyalists against New Jay authorities. Sheriff Bud Thomason, recently sworn in after Sheriff Hogan resigned, moves to disperse an armed mob led by Sam Boney. Warnings sent to women and children as lines of communication break with cut telephones.
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Jay
Doomed Man Clay Prepares for Private Gallows Execution
Robert Clay sits in the death cell as the hour of his execution nears. Attorne y William M. Smith concedes no chance of saving him while doctors’ exams seem unlikely to help. Sheriff Mangum confirms the hanging will be private with no spectators.
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Robert Clay
Kati Hughes Clay
Clay
William M. Smith
Smith
James Baird
S. H. Green
George Burge
Mangum
Fifteen Year Old Slayer Sentenced for Killings
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on December 12, Judge Moser heard Peter Bergogna a 15 year old who admitted the killing of Charles Augustine of Exchange. The boy tearfully claimed intoxication and was sentenced to ten years at county prison with separate confinement and hard labor.
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Sunbury
Peter Bergogna
Charles Augustine
Moser
Gustine
Arnie Abet
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