SENDS SUPPLIES TO NICARGUANS
The United States aids Nicaragua by funding Red Cross care for over 2000 the sick and wounded in Bluefields while dispatching ships and supplies. Secretary Knox approves $5000 with potential for another $5000 and orders ships to deliver relief to Bluefields amid recent fighting at Rama.
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Washington
Madriz
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Knox
Bluefields Bee
Areing
Estrada
American Red Cross
Thomas 4. Moffat
Bluefields
Navy Department
Shipley
Colon
Panama Canal
Moffat
Rama
Zelaya to Leave Managua for Mexican Gunboat
Ex president Zelaya will depart Managua likely aboard the Mexican gunboat General Guerrero, now in Corinto harbor. Reports from Rama show revolutionists won the battle, threatening the capital as government troops retreat and Estrada’s army advances.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
General Guerrero
Corinto
Estrada
Madriz
Northwest crops set records across Minnesota and Dakotas
Minneapolis reports the 3 state region produced 645.9 million bushels of grain this year, a record total. Eight principal crops on farms are valued at 442.799 million, with wheat, corn, oats, and flaxseed among the biggest gains in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota, signaling historic prosperity in the Northwest agrarian economy.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
North Dakota
Ae Dakota
Ta Will Send Special Rail Legislation Message
President Taft will prompt Congress with a special railroad bill after the holidays. The plan follows a report by a committee including the attorney general the secretary of commerce and labor the solicitor general and Representative Townsend of Michigan. The commission has worked since early summer and will finalize the message after Christmas time.
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Jane
Congress
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Townsend
Michigan
Three Negroes Guilty of Murder in Montana
In Butte Montana on December 24 three Black men Albert Jones Henry Johnson and Andrew Thompson were found guilty of murder in the second degree and each sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Evelyn Roberts the white housekeeper testified that the men duped John Jones a white victim then restrained him and cast his body into an unused mining shaft.
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Butte
Mont
Albert Jones
Henry Johnson
Andrew Thompson
Evelyn Roberts
John Jones
Nichols, accomplices sentenced in Northwestern station robbery
William R. Nichols received seven years in state prison from Judge I. M. Olsen for the June 11 robbery of the Northwestern station ticket office in New Ulm Minnesota. Floyd Bertrand and Harry Martin of Minneapolis pleaded guilty and drew five year terms each.
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New Ulm
Minn
William R. Nichols
I. M. Olsen
District Court
Northwestern Station
Floyd Bertrand
Harry Martin
Minneapolis
Statewide crackdown on mashing begins after Milwaukee case
Milwaukee leads a state wide effort prompted by the Zinda murder to curb street harassment. City committees draft ordinances imposing penalties of at least 100 dollars for men who insult or accost women on the streets, with Fond du Lac joining the trend as other cities prepare copies.
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Milwaukee
Zinda
Fond du Lac
Proposed Baby Auction Planned in Butte Denied
Butte Montana December 24 1930s statement from State Deputy Humane Officer P J Gilligan blocks an auction of a baby boy to find a home for the child and ease the mother’s finances. The promoter of the plan and the dancing academy manager were warned that arrest would follow if the baby was sold.
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Butte
Mont
P. J. Gilligan
Body Found in Dock Slip at Two Harbors
The body of Joe Miller of Cleveland was recovered from an ore dock slip at Two Harbors. He, the son of E. G. Miller of Cleveland, had shipped as an apprentice on the steamer F. W. Hart in October and disappeared from the vessel. Despite searches across the Northwest, the cause of drowning remains unclear.
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Duluth
Joe Miller
Cleveland
Two Harbors
E. G. Miller
Ohio City
F. W. Hart
Miller
Northwest
Hill May Get Rio Grande in Western Rail War
Boston reports the Denver and Rio Grande future owner could be James J. Hill. The rise of a Western Pacific freight line shakes Harriman interests and Gould properties, with Wall Street watching who will dictate transcontinental operations and pricing.
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Boston
Denver and Rio Grande
James J. Hill
Western Pacific
Harriman Territory
Edwin Hawley
Wall Street
Hill
Brakeman Hermann Freed After Blakely Wreck
F W Hermann of the Omaha road, charged with causing the Blakely Minnesota wreck by throwing a switch, was discharged from all restraint and left for his home in St Paul. The company filed no complaint and no arrest warrant was issued.
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Shakopee
Minn
F. W. Hermann
Omaha Road
Blakely
St. Paul
Hermann
Executors Deny Kennedy Estate Sells Northern Pacific
New York December 24. Executors deny any sale or contract to sell Northern Pacific and Great Northern securities held by John S Kennedy estate. Will probated recently. executors lack authority to dispose. They may convert securities or pay cash to fulfill will terms.
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New York
John S. Kennedy
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Kennedy
Railroads Offer to Rehire Strikers in Arbitration Path
After a closed conference in the Minnesota governor’s office with railroad, switchmen, and AFL officials, a proposal is presented. Railroads will reemploy as many former yard workers as there are openings, and seek arbitration under the 1898 act to settle remaining differences.
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Paul
Eberhart
State Capitol
Twin Cities
Switchmen’s Union
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Raiload
George T. Slade
The
Northern Pacific
Mystery Is Dissipated at Tiburon Island Expedition
Nogales Arizona December 24 The seven American explorers led by Professor Fayette A Jones returning from Tiburon Island Gulf of California debunk the mystery about inhabited SerI Indians and hidden treasure They found no value or interest on the volcanic island which hosts deer and wild pigeons Inscriptions showed a 1905 rescue party traced to Grindell expedition years earlier The report also covers wage differential talks and arbitration proposals from railroad unions and the American Federation of Labor with a planned future conference.
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Nogales
Ariz
Tiburon Island
Gulf of California
Fayette A. Jones
Guayamas
Gulf
Keno Bay
Grindell
Alaska coal lands case heads to final decision
The Cunningham Guggenheim affiliated interest seeks coal lands in Alaska. Commissioner Fred Dennett will rule first, with the Interior Secretary delivering the final decision on title. The Cunningham group faces inquiry over possible legal violations in filing multiple claims.
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Washington
Cunningham
Guggenheims
Alaska
R. A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Gifford Pinchot
Fred Dennett
North Dakota
General Land Office
Cunninghams
Dennett
Cunningham Group
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Will
Wisconsin
Rio Grande
Colorado Railroad
Hermann Free
Omaha
Mit
Billings
Havre
Switchmen’s Union of North America
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