Knight of Death Confesses in Letter Mystery Case
Chicago story details the arrest of William J. Pollard, 22, a Evanston butcher, who confessed to writing the threatening The Knights of the White Death letters. He used coffin handles from Calvary cemetery and claimed the letters were a joke. Investigators traced the writing to Pollard via a cross-marked coffin handle and school history.
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Chicago
William J. Pollard
R. Lorimer
Chicago Avenue
Evanston
Sundar
Michigan Avenue
B. A. Jamieson
Post Office
James E. Stuart
Pollard
Stuart
United States
Foote
Harrison Street
Frank Carpenter
South America
Cape Town
Patagonia
No Man's Land
Yukon
Adolph Gehrmann
Ellis Avenue
William O. Waters
Grace Church
Po- Hee Schnettler
D. P. Roberts
Quinn Chapel
A. ©. Dixon
Moody Church
Calvary Cemetery
Conan Doyle
Schuettler
Calvary
William
Bvanston
Hich
Mary's
Insurgents Begin Effort to Revise House Rules
Washington deliberations report a meeting of 25 Republican insurgents to draft amendments to House rules. Hepburn presided and named a five member committee to report Tuesday night. Attendees included Hepburn Hubard Jows Campbell Madison Murdock Townsend McLaughlin Davis Lindbergh Volstead Cooper Nelson Esch Morse Foster Ellis McKinley Hayes Gardner Lovering Pollard Hinshaw Kinkaid and one unnamed member.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Representative Hepburn
Town
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Hepburn
Norris
Nebraska
Hubbard
Jows
Campbell
Madison
Murdock
Kansas
Townsend
McLaughlin
Michigan
Davis
Lindbergh
Volstead
Minnesota
Cooper
Nelson
Esch and Morse
Wisconsin
Foster
Vermont
Ellis
Missouri
McKinley
Hayes
California
Gardner
Pollard
Hinshaw and Kinkaid
Murder Mystery in New York City Guardsman's Body Found
Police search Gotham for a murderer who left a young woman's severed headless body in a padlocked East Eleventh Street apartment. The victim is unidentified, clothing stripped of distinguishing marks, pictures burned, and addresses torn from papers as investigators pursue clues amid a baffling crime.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
Separate Schools for Blacks in Kansas Law Decision
Kansas cities may provide separate grade schools for white and negro children but require equal facilities and access for negro students. State supreme court issued the ruling Saturday. Fire Causes Bombardment in St Louis Shooting Gallery Fire erupted at 3 North Sixth Street on Saturday triggering ammunition explosions endangering fire crews and bystanders. no injuries reported as windows shattered nearby.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Supreme Court
St. Louis
North Sixth Street
Treaty Signing Planned Between France and United States
Paris reports that signatures on the Franco American extradition treaty will occur in Paris in a few days. Ambassador White has been authorized to sign for the United States.
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France
Paris
Bec
Ambassador White
United States
Gunboat Verilores Arrives Un announced at Port de Paix
Lane J illicn reported that the Navy gunboat Verilores arrived unexpectedly at Port de Paix on December 14. No reason for her presence was given by officials.
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Port-de-Paix
Lane J
Naytia
Porl dePaix
Fleet at Panama sailors protected as fleet arrives
Panama city reports the Pacific squadron entering harbor with 6000 to 7000 sailors to visit. Senor Diaz pledges courtesy while Panama police promise protection. Washington confirms prompt trials for Buffalo incident and safe shore leave, as Georgia reports a smallpox case aboard Colombo bound fleet.
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Georgia
Colombo
Panama
Pacific Fleet
Yorktown
Senor Diaz
Pacific Squadron
United States
Requests for Embassy Building Funds Sparks Congressional Push
Washington lawmakers condemn the current diplomatic premises as unsuitable and push for immediate action. Representative Nicholas Longworth will lead the effort, backed by the foreign affairs committee to authorize 1 million dollars annually for constructing or purchasing embassies legations and consular buildings.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Nicholaus Longworth
Ohio
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Longworth
Explosion on Isthmus Kills Many at Bas Obispo
A severe dynamite blast Saturday at Bas Obispo on the Panama railroad left heavy casualties with details scarce. A special relief train with nurses and supplies moved to the scene. Separately in Beaumont three men died and one was badly injured when the engine of an extra freight exploded on a Southern Pacific siding. In Los Angeles a cobbler, William J. Perry, rose to wealth as his wife inherited $100,000 in stock and a further $200,000 promised on May next.
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Colon
Bas Obispo
Panama
Beaumont
Cal
Southern Pacific
David McDonald
Roy Reynolds
Guy Brockman
Los Angeles
William J. Perry
South Main Street
Bresnahan to Manage St Louis NL Club
Roger Bresnahan, famed New York catcher, will move to St Louis as manager of the St Louis National League baseball club after a completed deal announced Sunday by owner Stanley Robson of the St Louis club.
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Bresnahan
St. Loui
New York
Stanley
Robson
St. Lous
Roger Bresnahan
St. Louis
Castro Is Furigus Ignored by France
Paris dispatch reports President Castro of Venezuela, fresh from Bordeaux, has made no moves toward formal talks with the French government. He stays in his hotel suite, shunned by most officials and the Venezuelen colony, as Foreign Office insists it will not explain its stance. A journalist notes Castro’s anger and hints at a demanded apology, while a black maid fusses with a new French shoe outside his door.
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Paris
France
Castra
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Foreign Office
Castro
Black Maid
Germany
Mre
Tafts Classmates Honored In Inaugural Parade
Washington December 14 The inaugural committee awards the right of the line in Tafts inaugural civic parade to Yale 78 graduates Taft attended Gen J Franklin Bell names Gen John A Johnston as chief of staff and adjutants including Maj S N Sturgis The Washington and Albany items note Bonaparte will retire from public life after March 4 and a stone laying in Allahabad for Bethany Jubilee hall at Allahabad Christian College and the Lieutenant Governorship ceremony in India
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Civic Organizations
Taft
Deas
Yale University
J. Franklin Bell
John A. Johnston
E. M. Weaver
Coast Artillery
Maj
S. N. Sturgis
General Staff
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Allahabad
India
Bethany Jubilee
Ruef Sentencing Postponed in San Francisco Case
San Francisco on December 14 reports Abraham Ruef, convicted of bribery, will have his sentencing postponed by Superior Judge Lawler until Saturday December 15. The delay shifts the final action to the following week.
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Ruef
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Lawler
Bribe Claims Shake New York Baseball Meeting
New York reports detail charges of attempted bribery aimed at umpires from the 1998 National League final between New York and Chicago at the Polo Grounds. A league committee was set to investigate. statements from umpires Klem and Johnstone were released, with one naming a caller and the other denying knowledge of the accuser. The league insists the alleged individuals are not connected to organized baseball.
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New York
Chicago
Polo Grounds
Klem
Johnstone
League
Harburg Runs Aground On Long Island Coast
Dense fog slows the German freighter Harburg as it grounds a half mile from Bellport life saving station. Bound from Fowey to New York with pine clay, the 2,857 ton vessel carries about 20 crew and no passengers. The crew remains aboard as the ship, built nine years ago at Pensburg, is safely grounded with calm seas.
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New York
Long Island
Harburg
Bellport
Bank Seizure in New York Prompts Major Stake Change
Centrol New York Bank reports that Senator Elk in s of West Virginia and a syndicate of New York interests have taken control of the American National Bank stock once held by Robert N. Harper, former president and current head of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Explosion at Carnegie Steel Ohio works kills one and injures four others in Youngstown.
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Centrol New York Bank
Washington
Elkins
West Virginia
New York
American National Bank
Robert N. Harper
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Farmers wealth in 1908 hits record value at seven billion
Washington reports the 1908 farm product value reaches 7.773 billion, about four times mining output. Farm wealth shows a ten year total surpassing 60 billion, led by Indian corn worth 1.615 billion. The secretary notes gains over 1907 and a strong year for agriculture despite cotton and hay pricing.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Natron
Panama Canal
Seize Venezuelan Ship by Dutch Cruiser Gelderland
Dutch cruiser Gelderland captured the Venezuelan coast guard ship Alix outside Puerto Cabello. The Alix crew was sent ashore, the vessel towed to Willemstad with Dutch officers and marines aboard. Further ships Jacob van Heemskerk and Friesland were reported off La Guaira, signaling possible more action.
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Coast Guard
Wessel
Willemstad
Puerto Cabello
Maracaibo
Venegelan
Venezuela
Jacob van Heemskerk
Friesland
la Guaira
Hains Trial Today Promises Noted Murder Case Rival
Flushing New York December 14 Thornton Jenkins Hains author and writer goes on trial today as an accessory in the murder of magazine writer William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last summer. Hains and his brother Captain Hains will face a jury with defense likely arguing temporary insanity. The elder Hains may contend one cannot be an accessory to an act by another who is temporarily insane. Separately a Washington bill proposes increasing pensions to 24 dollars monthly for officers and soldiers with eye losses in any service.
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Flushing
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Hains
Willam FE
Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Peter
Washington, D. C
Keifer
Ohio
United States
Taft Plans Panama Visit Endorsed by Roosevelt
Washington December 14. President-elect William Howard Taft contemplates a trip to Panama before inauguration. The plan has the approval of President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War Elihu Root.
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Taft
Panama
Washington, D. C
Wiliam T
Roosevelt
Roar
Burton Starts Fight Over Ohio Senate Campaign
Representative Theodore F. Burton of Washington D C plans to travel to Ohio to personally lead his campaign to succeed Senator Joseph B Foraker. He says he will stay in Columbus until the legislature elects a senator, indicating a prolonged contest.
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Burton
Washington, D.C
Theodore F. Burton
Ohio
Joseph B. ‘Foraker
Columbus
Monument to Oscar Wilde Donation in Paris Cemetery
London December 14 One hundred thousand dollars has been given for the erection of a monument to Oscar Wilde in Pere le Chaise cemetery Paris by a donor who desires to remain anonymous.
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Oscar Wilde
London
Pere le ‘Chaise
Paris
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