Revised Penal Code Restricts Shipment Of Liquor
Washington outlines new federal provisions effective January 1 requiring every shipment of intoxicating liquor to bear consignee name contents and quantity. Federal notices urge manufacturers to label wares clearly, aiding enforcement against blind tigers and curbing railroad or express carrier role in liquor sales.
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Washington
United States
Sixtieth Congress
Congress
Department of Justice
Buffalo Jones to Africa to rope lions and horns
New York December 3 Buffalo Jones famed for saving buffalo arrives to sail for Africa hoping to rope lions and other wild beasts with a lariat. He will be joined by Mike Loveless Capitan New Mexico and Jim Owens Freedonia Arizona as partners expected to share profits on a shipload of captured animals.
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New York
Buffalo Jones
Africa
Jones
Texas
Mike’ Loveless
Capitan
N. M
Jim” Owens
Freedonia
Ariz
West
Mr Jones
Mr. Jones
Banquet Menu Promises Western Delicacies at Delmonico's
A banquet is planned at Delmonico's for tomorrow night featuring buffalo and bear meats among other delicacies intended to please western ranch men and hunters. Hosts include Buffalo Bill Pawnee Bill Charles M Russell cowboy artist Ernest Thompson Seton and William T Hornaday director of the Bronx Zoo.
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Delmonico
Buffalo Bill
Charles M. Russell
Ernest Thompson Seton
William T. Hornaday
Bronx
Wrights seek injunction over Curtiss aero plane dispute
In Buffalo on December 3 Wright brothers ask U S district judge Hazel for a preliminary injunction to stop Glenn H Curtiss and the Herring Curtiss Company from making using or selling the Curtiss aeroplane. They allege Curtiss infringes Wright patents especially on flexible wing tips.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hazel
United States District Court
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Herring-Curtiss Company
Hammondsport
America
Europe
Wrights
Herring-Curtiss
Aeronautic Society
Wright
Washington
English Channel
Hiram Maxim
Chanute
Herring- Curtiss Company
The
Wright Flying Machine
Dayton
Ohio
Sisters of Charity Centenary Celebrated in New York
The centenary of the Sisters of Charity founded by Mother Elizabeth Seton in 1809 is observed across Greater New York with services in churches and schools. Seton, born in New York, sent the first sisters to the city in 1817. today about 1,400 sisters serve in schools and institutions.
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New York
United States
Sisters of Charity
Mother Elizabeth Seton
Mother Seton
Wall Street Stocks Open Irregular, Then Rises Minor
The New York stock market opened with irregular price movement and no significant changes in major issues. Early trading was heavy, with weakness in Reading and some stocks, while a small pool of active rails, specialties, and Hawley stocks later pushed prices up despite light demand.
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New York
Reading
Hawley
Ordered to Port Limon by Charleston Collier Leonidas
Washington dispatch reports the collier Leonidas was ordered from Charleston to Port Limon Costa Rica to supply fuel to the cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma and the gunboat Marietta off Port Limon to protect American property and life in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Leonddas
Charleston
S. C
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Des Moines
Tacoma
Marietta
Nicaragua
Honaker Prepares for Boom as Rail Line Nears
Lewis Creek Railroad is ready for track laying and the lumber company will start development of property. Population of the town is expected to double once steel is laid, signaling rapid growth for Honaker.
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Lewis Creek
Lumber Company
New and Costly Homes Rise Near Honaker Mill
The Russell's Mark Transportation line near Lewis Creek, four miles from Honaker, nears track laying after completing four miles of roadbed. Honaker Lumber Co plans to develop the Norman Thompson tract bought for about $15,000, with the mill expected to operate in months. The plant will be fully electric, run day and night, with a daily capacity of 89,000 feet. Manager P. Perley has a $10,000 residence on a rise overlooking the works. a 50 by 100 foot three story commissary with cold storage nears completion. The lumber boom spurs Honaker town growth, with real estate investors buying 30 acres in the east end and many new homes rising at $5,000 to $10,000.
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Russell's Mark Transportation Company
Lewis Creek
Honaker
Honaker Lumber Company
Norman Thompson
Virginia
P. Perley
May Fight in Utah
The Jeffries Johnson bout may be held in Salt Lake City afterTex Rickards indicated the fight could take place in Utah once final articles were signed.
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Rickard
Jeffries and
Johnson
Salt Lke City
New York
Salt Lake City
Tex” Rickards
Utah
Jeffries- Johnson
Two Girls Escape Reform School Ride Forty Miles
Two white girls Annie Smith and Lucy Lucke fled a reform school in Milwaukee and clung to a passenger train to Jefferson Junction, a forty mile trip. The Smith girl is not expected to live from the ordeal.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Annie Smith
Lucy Lucke
Jefferson Junction
Smith
Pellagra Fatalities Rise in Alabama During 9 Months
Montgomery officials report fifty five deaths from pellagra in Alabama in the first nine months of the year. Thirty eight cases remain under observation. Twenty pellagra victims were habitual corn meal users.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Flagman Dennis Kelley Killed Saving Woman on Track
Dennis Kelley, a flagman, died saving a woman who stood on a track as an approaching train neared. The incident occurred in Chicago with Kelley losing his life in the rescue effort.
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Chicago
Dennis Kelley
Swallows Carbolic Acid in Columbus Tragic Death
Columbus officials report J. M. Brown, son of a Cleveland real estate dealer, took his own life by swallowing carbolic acid in Columbus. Police say the suicide appears deliberate with no known accompanying factors released.
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Columbus
J. M. Brown
Iealthy
Cleveland
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions across West Virginia with forecast rain or snow possible Saturday into Sunday. In Virginia expect partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday with variable winds throughout the weekend.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Committed Murder Claim Recounts Bluefield Secret
In Columbus Ohio William Johnson is jailed on threats against Gertrude Bates while detectives probe a claim that two years earlier he confessed a murder in Bluefield West Virginia. Bates says Johnson vowed to kill her if she spoke of the story. Bluefield authorities were notified but Columbus police have no confirmation. Johnson denies confessing. Local officers doubt the alleged murder and question Bates’s motives.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Johnson
Gertrude Bates
Bluefield
W. Va
Johnson
Columbus Police Department
Foregong
Bates
Dark in Chicago
The purchase by J Pierpont Morgan of a majority stake in the Pontile Life Assurance Society signals a major shift in finance as control of about half a billion dollars in assets passes and two large trust companies come under dominance, with market observers foreseeing a possible move toward mutalization of the Equitable.
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New York
Pqnittole Life Assurance Society
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Equitable
Have You Got Yours
Treasury figures show every person in the United States would hold 34.98 if December circulation were divided. Population estimated at 89,524,900 with total money in circulation 5,428,602,048 dollars as of December 1.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Treasury Department
Gloucester Schooners Lost In Newfoundland Gale
A violent gale in New Foundland waters wrecked two Gloucester fishing schooners. The John R Brailey, famed for carrying Dr Cook's Arctic expedition, is reported missing and feared lost along with the other vessel Birchy Cove Newfoundland reports indicate the missing schooner John R Brailey may be the Cook expedition carrier.
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Birchy Cove
N. F
Gloucester
Mass
Taft Delivers First Annual Message to Press Associations
About 16,000 words Taft first annual message delivered at the White House this morning and turned over to press associations for distribution to daily newspapers. The message reportedly runs from 15,000 to 16,000 words.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Mercer County cases adjourned by West Virginia Supreme Court
In Charleston on December 3 the state supreme court refused a writ of error and supersedeas in the Sherwin Williams Paint Company case and allowed the appeal in the Thomas Levering versus Allee D Burgess matter, both from Mercer County.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Mercer County
Sherwin Williams Paint Company
Thomas Levering
Allee D. Burgess
Four-Masted Schooner Marie Palmer Wrecked Near Frying Pan Shoals
The four masted schooner Marie Palmer, bound from Carteret New Jersey to Savannah, stranded on Frying Pan shoals Wednesday night and is now a hopeless wreck with cargo a total loss. Wreckers are at work salvaging strippings.
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Beaufort
N. C
Marie Palmer
Carteret
N. J
Savannah
Demarest Captures World Balk Line Billiards Title
Calvin Demarest of Chicago defeated George Sutton of Chicago 500 to 78 in the fourteenth inning to win the world professional balk line billiards championship in New York on December 3.
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New York
N. Y
Calvin Demarest
Chicago
George Sutton
United States Warns Zelaya as Emissaries Enter Washington
The State Department is aware of secret emissaries sent by Nicaraguan President Zelaya to Washington and Congress in an effort to set aside Secretary Knox's ultimatum. Any attempt by Zelaya to flee Nicaragua would be met with vigorous action by American warships offshore. The cruiser Eagle has arrived at Bluefields for surveying duties.
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Washington
Zelaya
Knox
State Department
Congress
United States
Nicaragua
Grace
Cannon
Eagle
Bluefields
Navy Department
Navy
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Des Moines
Tacoma
Marietta
Sitle Survey Ng
Italians to Be Protected in Nicaragua
Rome reports the foreign office has instructed Consul General Campori at Managua to arrange for thorough protection of Italian subjects in Nicaragua and ensure their safety amid local tensions.
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Rome
Foreign Office
Campori
Manegua
Nicaragua
Walsh Appeal Denied by Circuit Court of Appeals
John R. Walsh convicted of misappropriating funds from the Chicago National Bank received a five year sentence. The circuit court of appeals denied his rehearing this morning. Walsh remains in U S custody. only the United States Supreme Court can stay execution.
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Chicago
Dec
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
United States
United States Supreme Court
Thristlemer Sinks Off Appledere in Gale Disaster
In a December gale over the British Isles the steamer Thristlemer was lost off Appledere in Barnstable Bay. It is believed the entire crew of thirty perished, with bodies washing ashore. Lloyd's reports eight small vessels driven ashore at various points, but their crews survived.
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London
Eng
British Isles
Thristlemer
Appledere
Barnstable Bay
Lloyd's
Holiday Trade Active in New York and Northwest
Dispatches to Dan's Review say labor troubles curb business in the Northwest as holiday trade remains unusually active in other sections. Reports from various areas are uniformly favorable with brisk buying and strong demand for goods and shipments.
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New York
Dan
Mie
Woman Dies While Watching Son Operate
Fransville Indiana December 3 Mrs William Putter fainted during a surgical operation on her son and died before doctors revived her.
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Fransville
Ind
William Putter
Insurance Hold-Up Amid Unclear Body Identification
Three life insurance companies halted claims as authorities in New York and East Orange reassess a body found there, with no definitive proof the remains belong to Mrs. Snead. The case deepens as investigators seek corroborating evidence and the insurers await confirmation before settlement.
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New York
Snead
Insurance dispute over Mrs Snead life policy in East Orange
Authorities dispute claims of Mrs Snead death after her husband disappears and insurance totaling at least 53000 dollars is questioned. Officials say there is no proof the body found is the insured woman and believe Snead may still be alive.
Shot for Pulling Down Black Flag
Pittsburg December 3 Deputy Sheriff Conway Crowley was probably fatally shot while trying to remove a black flag defying a threatening mob of striking foreigners near the Colonial Steel Company's Monaco plant. Strikers had torn down the American flag and raised a black flag on one pole challenging police. Authorities have placed deputies on duty amid fears of further violence.
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Pittsburg
Colonial Steel Company
Monaco
Conway Crowley
Dejathey
Horses Move Freight as Strike Ties Up Northwest Railways
In St Penl and surrounding areas a coal shortage and a switchmen strike cripple traffic on the northwest lines. Terminal conditions worsen as hundreds of strike-breakers arrive, while officials report no freight received at Crookston and yardmasters resort to horse-drawn freight movement to keep some business alive.
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St. Penl
Crookston
Argo
Switchmen Rejoin Duluth Train Yard Forces Restoring Normal
In Duluth Minnesota on December 42 the backbone of the switchmen strike was broken as 44 switchmen returned to work in the Northern Pacific yards this morning and 15 more came back this afternoon. Conditions near normal with essential prices moving toward normal as well.
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Duluth
Minn
Taft sharply attacked over Negro question remarks
Francis D. Winston former North Carolina governor denounced President Taft as unqualified to speak on the negro problem in the south at a North Carolina Society banquet in New York. He charged Taft has written on the subject with heat yet lacks a northern man’s entitlement to debate the franchise.
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New York
Taft
South
Francis D. Winston
North Carolina
North Carolina Society
Hotel Astor
West Virginia Semi Centenary Commission Formed
The West Virginia Semi Centennial Commission elected Henry G. Davis as chairman and John Ek. Day as secretary. It plans to celebrate the state's fiftieth anniversary with a statewide program and an industrial exhibit at a central location, with scope to be decided later.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Henry G. Davis
John Ek
Worker killed as torpedo plant blast rocks Sistersville
A Marietta Torpedo Company employee was blown to atoms when a scow loaded with nitroglycerin exploded on the river. The blast rocked the town of Sistersville West Virginia shattering windows and flooding the boat with water.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Marietta Torpedo Company
Northwest railroad freight to move without restrictions
Traffic managers of railroads through the northwest issue orders to receive freight consigned to points on their lines with no restrictions. They state conditions will soon be normal as operations resume.
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Chicago
Northwest
Family donates 262 acre park to Richmond
The family of the late Joseph Bryan owner and editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch presented a 262 acre tract to the city as a park perk.
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Richmond
Joseph Bryan
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Receiver Named for Bluefields Steamship Firm in New Orleans
Elmer BE Wood was tonight appointed by Judge Poster of the federal court as receiver for the Bluefields Steamship Company in New Orleans Louisiana. The action places control of the firm under court supervision while proceedings continue.
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Elmer E. Wood
Bluefields Steamship Company
New Orleans
Elmer BE
Wood
Poster
Federal Court
Meyer Opposes Yard Closures and Reorganization Plan
Secretary Meyer submits in Taft’s era a detailed annual report urging two more all big gun battleships plus a repair ship. He calls senior officers too old for modern duties and pushes naval reserve and militia, warns on docking and emphasizes shipbuilding by private yards.
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Meyer
Panama Canal
Gulf of Meico
Caribbean
Lie
Guantanamo
Cuba
Carribbean Sea
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Atlantic
Navy Yards
United States
Congress
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Sutton
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