Seventeenyearold Arrested For Threat To Shoot Wilson
A seventeenyearold youth in New York was arrested in front of a police station with a loaded revolver and held without bail on a Sullivan law charge. He claimed intent to go to New Jersey to shoot President elect Wilson. A coal dealer testified to prior threats to Wilson, leading to his discharge.
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New York
Mwermann Sieinberg
New Jersey
Eleet Wilson
Russia
Wilson
Sullivan
KH Wilson
Prisoners Escape Workhouse Cage During Joy Ride
Five inmates fled from a city cage after driver George Hamilton, escorting them to the workhouse from the city court, said the escape occurred when loud yelling from the prisoners during a fast trip provoked him to unleash them. Hamilton, who described a quiet ride after the escape, faces charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Atlanta
Dee
Police
Bears
George Hamiton
Vantage
City Court
Hamilton
Whistling Rescues Prisoner in Headline Tales
In Connersville Indiana on December 14 a county jail inmate named Fdl Baker, deemed insane, tried to hang himself with suspenders. His efforts failed when the suspenders broke and a nearby umbrella repairman began shrill whistling. Baker stopped choking, danced briefly, and guards used a long stick to remove the remaining suspender ends.
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Whistler
Connersville
Ind
Fdl
Baker
Gouged Out Eyes of Infants In Village Scandal
In Cerebere a man and wife in Gacve, Carolina, were caught gouging their five year old child eyes to gain public sympathy as beggars. Neighbors heard screams and found the child blinded and harmed. The couple were arrested.
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Cerebere
Gacve
Catalona
Luring Sweetheart to Death in Idaho Mine
Jesse Dillman shot and killed his 18 year old sweetheart Miss Jennie Jiner and fatally wounded himself in a mine near Harvard Idaho after luring her there. Men entering the mine to investigate were fired upon by Dillman who drove them out.
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Palouz
Wash
Jennie Jiner
Harvard
Idaho
Jesse Dillman
Dillman
Tragic duo found on St Croix after search
The bodies of A. L. Tilseth and his wife were recovered by searchers who had combed the St. Croix River for miles downstream and upstream after they planned to cross by ferries.
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Hudson, Wis
A. L. Tilseth
St. Croix River
Masked bandit robs Imperial Limited east from Vancouver
Vancouver police hunt a masked robber who boarded the east bound Imperial Limited on the Canadian Pacific railway in Vancouver and held up the conductor and all passengers as the train departed.
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Lone Bandit
Geta
Limited
Vancouver B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Imperial Limited
Vancouver
Fire destroys Gibson house block in Cincinnati blaze
A rear construction fire in Cincinnati driven by a gasoline torch explosion during trench excavation sent flames racing through Walnut Vine Fourth and Fifth avenues. The Gibson house and multiple adjacent buildings including the Metea cafe and Union Trust building suffered major damage. About 1.5 million dollars in property was lost. guests and staff were evacuated safely with no injuries reported.
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Cincinnati
Walnut Street
Vine Street
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Gibson House
Pouger’s Cate
Metea Cafe
Bendigs-Lothman
Missouri Pacific Railway
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Union Trust
Honing
Johnston
Kelly
Martin
Roosevelt outlines four year program at Chicago meeting
Col. Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago outlined the Bull Moose program for the next four years. He called for a persistent fight against the Republicans, no entente with old parties, a uniform Progressive platform across legislatures, attacks on the Republican party, exposing lip loyalty, and a recall provision for judicial decisions. The gathering, led by Rep. Joseph M. Carter, marked the start of a three day conference.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph M. Carter
Champaign
U. National
Bowman Seat Contested in Pennsylvania Race
The House voted 145 to 114 to take up the Bowman seat contest in Pennsylvania's Eleventh District. George B. McLean alleges ineligible voters and large mining district spending aided Bowman's election. The Republican side plans to oppose Bowman's unseating.
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Washington
House
Bowman
Pennsylvania
George B. McLean
Memphis Police Kill Thief in Southwest Bank Robber Raid
In Memphis detectives killed Kinney Bergman, a train bandit and cracksman, and captured three other bandits who had terrorized trainmen and robbed banks and post offices across the southwest over the past two years, during a raid in a south Memphis hut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Kinney Bergman
New War Now Possible Amid Austrian-Servian Rift
London reports the Austria Servia diplomatic split widening beyond repair with Vienna pursuing threats while Belgrade notes arrests and mistreatment of Serb civilians near Austro Hungarian frontiers. Serbs say they would welcome a second war to force a correction of Austrian attitude.
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London
Austria
Servia
Belgrade
Dreadnought Centurion Sinks Unknown Steamer
In the English Channel a mysterious steamer with her entire crew sank after colliding with the British 30,000 ton dreadnought Centurion. The vessel tried to cross the Centurion’s bows as it steamed at 20 knots, vanished in darkness, and left the ship badly damaged. The unknown vessel’s burning port light was found on the Centurion’s forecastle.
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Plymouth
English Channel
Harris Breaks World Altitude Record in Flight
Tunis dispatch reports Roland G. Harris the French aviator broke the world altitude record on Wednesday rising to 5,801 meters 19,032 feet surpassing the previous best of 17,881 feet.
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Tunis
Roland G. Harris
Two Allens Reprieved by Gov Mann in Virginia case
Richmond Virginia December 13 Governor Mann reprieved Floyd Allen and Victor Allen until January 17 on representation by their attorneys, citing newly found evidence bearing on the case.
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Allens
Richmond
Mann
Floyd Allen
Victor Allen
Cudahy Heir to Receive 2.5 Million Settlement
Kansas City Missouri December 18 Johnny Cudahy will receive two and a half million dollars from a settlement of his father estate details show the heir will be paid amid the proceedings. His attorney announced the distribution and stated Mr Cudahy accepted the terms of the settlement.
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J. P. Cudahy
Kansas City
Johnny Cudahy
Mr. Cudahy
Robbers Blow Safe at Citizens' State Bank
Robbers blew the safe at the Citizens' State bank in Goldfield on Wednesday, escaping with between $4,000 and $5,000 after stealing a team. The crime was not discovered until 7 a.m. Thursday.
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Goldfield
Citizens' State Bank
Fiery Roddenberry Speech Attacks Chicago Marriage
Representative Roddenberry denounces the Johnson Cameron interracial marriage calling it black slavery and predicts a bloody war. He seeks a constitutional ban on intermarriage and condemns Chicago officials for issuing a license to wed.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Jack” Johnson
Lucille Cameron
Chicago
8. A. Roddenberry
Georgia
Ilinois
United States
Roddenberry
New York
Mr. Roddenberry
Timina
Jack Johnson
Johnson
South
Black Hand letter threat targets Gov Wilson
Dover New Jersey December 11 three men Jacob Dunn Peter Dunn and Seeley Davenport were arrested by federal officers for sending Black Hand letters to Governor Woodrow Wilson demanding 5000 by November 24. The note claimed they were part of the same gang behind McKinley and Roosevelt cases and was sent to Trenton.
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Dover
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Jacob Dunn
Peter Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Ford Mine
United States
Breckman
Post Office
R. Francis Butler
New York
Clinton A. Larabee
Philadelphia
Trenton
McKinley
McCarty Defeats Flynn in Sixteenth Round
In Los Angeles on December 12 Luther McCarty defeated Jim Flynn after Flynn was knocked down twice in the sixteenth round. Referee Charley Eyton stopped the fight declaring McCarty the winner.
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McCarty
Jim Flynn
Los Angeles
Cal
Charley Eyton
Luther McCarty
Sidna Allen Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter
Sidna Allen, leader of the Hillsville gunmen who ambushed the Carroll county court and killed five people, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Wytheville on December 13. The jury assessed a five year term of imprisonment.
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Sidna Allen
Wytheville
Hillsville
Carroll County
Gets 25 Years as Wife Slayer
Fred Wheeler of Rockford UL was found guilty of poisoning his wife by a jury that deliberated overnight. He received a twenty five year penitentiary sentence.
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Rockford
Fred Wheeler
Author of Boys Books Dies in Portland at 64
James Otis Koler a widely known writer of boys books died in Portland Maine on Wednesday aged sixty four He authored 145 books under the pen name James Otis for boys readers and publishers mourn his loss.
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Portland
James Otis Koler
James Otis
Britain protests free tolls for American ships in canal
Great Britain filed a formal protest with Secretary Knox and in Parliament over free tolls for American ships in a canal. It claims such tolls violate the Clayton-Bulwer and Pauncefote treaties. The matter raises two questions: whether it is arbitrable and whether the United States will submit it to arbitration.
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Washington
Great Britain
Knox
Edward Grey
Foreign Art
James Sirgee
Mitchell Innes
United States
Jim Crow law upheld in Mississippi sleeping cars
Mississippi Supreme Court rules that the Jim Crow law applies to sleeping cars as well as day coaches. In the Pearl Morris case against Alabama and Vicksburg railroad, a $15,000 verdict for denying entry to three negroes was deemed excessive, with a suggested $2,000 award. The decision requires separate sleeping cars for black passengers in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Mississippi
Alsberg Named Chief of Bureau of Chemistry
President Taft and Secretary Wilson select Dr. Carl Alsberg a chemist in the bureau of drugs and plants as head of the bureau of chemistry. The post has been vacant since Harvey Wiley’s resignation and Alsberg’s nomination will be sent to the Senate before Christmas for confirmation.
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Washington
Taft
Secretary of
Agriculture
Wilson
Carl Alsberg
Bureau of Drugs and Plants
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Alsberg
Senate
International and Domestic News Briefs From December Reports
Auerbach of Chicago sentenced to life in Jackson for the murder of his employer Harry W. Fisher. Nevada appoints John B. Thatcher as attorney general replacing William Baker. Sun Yat Sen travels to raise funds for China’s railroad system. Bermuda governor Wilson returns to work and outlines the NJ legislature agenda. Chicago powder house explosion affects Bellwood area with no serious injuries. Sandy Hook tests lead to a burst 14 inch gun with propelling muzzle and carriage damage.
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Baldwin
Mich
M. Auerbach
Chicago
Princeton
Jackson
Harry W. Fisher
Carson City
Nev
Joss
Oddie
Richmond
John B. Thatcher
Tonopah
William Baker
Nevada
San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
The
Republic
America
Hamilton
Bermuda
Wilson
New Jersey
A. C G. O’loughlin Company
Bellwood
Sandy Hook
N. J
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Installation Regalia Returned Report From London
An unconfirmed London report claims the St Patrick installation regalia stolen from Dublin Castle in July 1907 has suddenly and mysteriously been replaced.
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London
St. Patrick
Dublin Castle
Officer Townley Dies in Self Inflicted Gun Accident
Richard H. Townley a retired naval officer and former Nebraska state comptroller fatally shot himself while cleaning a gun before a hunting trip in New York on Monday.
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New York
Richard H. Townley
Nebraska
Mrs Highbrow Rhapsodizes About Music and Gwendolyn
Mrs Wood boasts of Gwendolyn’s musical gifts at the conservatory and mocks Wood’s practical view of buying musical machinery. She favors home lessons, praises antique composers, and claims the young girl will become a dilettante when she grows up.
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Mrs. Wood
Highbrow
Shakespeare
Gwendolyn
Conservatory
Wood
Antil
Goats Used as Fire Preventers in California Forests
California forest crews adopt goat grazing to maintain fire breaks. Government pastures thousands of goats along clearings fifty feet wide to curb weeds and brush, reducing labor costs and preventing brush regrowth that could threaten fire barriers.
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California
Forest Service
Wife Worth Having Causes Blumenthal Cashage Dispute
Herr Blumenthal of Berlin's Lessing theater faced a satire on his show Zum Weisses Rosse as his wife claimed 20 marks per thousand sold. The play thrived, she collected until receipts dipped below a thousand, then she demanded the full 20 percent of the remaining amount and pocketed 100 marks after a close inspection.
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Herr Blumenthal
Lessing Theater
Berlin
Frau Blumenthal
Ideal School Plans Emphasize Sunshine and Ventilation
Paris architect MM Augustin Rey outlines an open air school ideal prioritizing sunshine and ventilation. He argues heat and disinfecting measures matter, and rooms should be positioned for morning and afternoon sun with ample play areas and minimal decorative disruption to airflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustin Rey
Gun
Killing Made Paloleca Slaughterhouses Adopts Humane Pistol
The article describes a spring operated pistol that shoots a sharp blade into an animal's head as a new humane slaughter method. It cites Paloleca and mentions the source of sulfur supply. Swedish pulp mills need 72,800 tons of sulfur annually, mostly from Bicty.
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Sweden
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McClung
T. R
Memphis
Centurion
Whitestone
Groes
England
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Wiley’s
Mrs. Highbrow
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