Queen of blackmailers to face trial in Cincinnati case
Cincinnati correspondent reports Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford, once famed as the "queen of blackmailers," will stand trial before Judge Woodmansee for allegedly extorting from ex-treasurer Charles L. Warriner of the Big Four railroad. The case promises revelations about a ten year web of high society intrigue, with hints of others involved. Warriner has pleaded guilty and received six years. Ford remains free on bail, living in luxury as the trial looms.
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Cincinnati
Wiarriner
Ford
Ohio
Chicago
New York
Billy” Ford
Edgar 8. Cooke
Warriner
Cooke
Desalter
Only Woman Soldier Birthday Party At James Mansion
New York on December 23 reports arrangements for a birthday party to be held early next week at the James mansion in Washington Heights. Hostess Mrs. Kady C. Brownell, custodian of the historic house, marks her sixty seventh birthday and is noted for her distinction.
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Kady C. Brownell
New York
Woman Soldier of Civil War Recognized for Service
The piece notes she was the only regularly enlisted woman soldier the United States ever recognized. She joined the Rifle Guards of Providence Rhode Island by permission of Gov. Sprague when her husband went to the front in 1861. She and her husband were under fire at Harper s Ferry and Bull Run with Mrs Brownell seriously wounded at Bull Run.
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United States
Rifle Guards
Providence
R. I
Sprague
Harper’s Ferry
Bull Run
No Delay in Trial of Mrs Chesbrough
Trenton New Jersey December 23 announcement that there will be no delay in the trial of Mrs Fremont B Chesbrough recently indicted on a smuggling charge to be heard at the federal court convening next week The case arose after her arrival from Europe on the ship Kaiser Wilhelm II examination of her trunk uncovered a false bottom and receipted bills for undervalued purchases including an $18000 pearl necklace valued at 23000 later forwarded to the customs house Mrs Chesbrough is married to Tremont B Chesbrough head of the Chesbrough steamers and a major Detroit investor quoted as owner of Emerson Michigan.
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Trenton
N. J
Fremont B. Chesbrough
Chesbrough
United States
Mde
Custom House
Tremont B. Chesbrough
Boston
Clemency Refused for McDowell Convict Bert Adkins
Governor Glasscock denied clemency for Bert Adkins of McDowell indicted for grand larceny. Adkins pleaded guilty when called, received five years in the penitentiary. He claims innocence, citing fear of trial, but records show prior sentences in Virginia and U S prison under alias Bruce Brittain. The petition was refused.
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Charleston
W. E. Glasscock
Waugh
Bert Adkins
McDowell
Poitentiary
Adkins
Non
Virginia
United States
Bruce Brittain
Big Eight Council Meets to Set Future Football Schedule
Chicago is the scene as football coaches and managers from conference schools gather at the Auditorium Hotel to settle the 1930s intercollegiate turmoil. The meeting focuses on Michigan games and the potential readmission, with decisions pending on contracts for next year and relations within the Big Eight.
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Chicago
Middle West
Auditorium Hotel
University of Michigan
Michigan
Minnesota
American cyclists arrive for Berlin six day race
The American entrants Clarke Walthour Folger Root and McFarland have arrived in Berlin to compete in the six day race at the zoological gardens next week. They will race against top riders from Germany Italy Belgium Switzerland and France.
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Berlin
The
Zoological Gardens
Clarke
New York
Walthour
Folger
Root
McFarland
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
France
March on Managua Imminent as Insurgents Advance
Bluefields reports indicate General Estrada to launch immediate offensive against Madriz government after Rama battle. Insurgents claim Zelaya loyalists removed from play and seize Rams Recree Tatumbla hill area. Deaths and injuries tallied but not confirmed. funerals held in large numbers. Managuua expected to be target via Greytown.
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Bluefields
Estrada
Madriz
U S Aid Funds For Wounded In Nicaragua War
Washington reports Secretary Knox ordered Red Cross funds to aid sick and wounded from Estrada and Zelaya forces in Bluefields Nicaragua. At least 900 killed in Rama battle, with 2000+ incapacitated. Moffatt at Bluefields authorized $25,000 and ship supplies to assist.
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Washington
Madriz
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Knox
American Red Cross
Estrada
Zelayan Armis
Bluefields
theAmerican Red Cross
Moffatt
Peary Data Sparks Debate in National Geographic Society
Rear Admiral Schley urged Commander Peary to submit polar data to the University of Copenhagen after the Copenhagen board rejected Dr. Cook. The National Geographic Society split over whether US scientists should seek Danish official verification, with strong opposition to handing over Peary's data.
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Washington
Schley
Peary
University of Copenhagen
Dr. Cook
National Geographic Society
United States
Tere
Copenhagen
Surprise in Austin Favors Outgoing Texas Officer
News dispatches from Austin report Captain Godfrey Fowler leading insurgent forces in Nicaragua causing surprise in the adjutant general's department. Fowler, Texas National Guard member and governor’s staffer, has not secured the required permission to leave the country, and an investigation has begun. He is a grandson of the late John H. Reagan.
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Austin
Tex
Godfrey Fowler
Nicaragua
Adjutant General’s
Fowler
Texas Nation Guard
John H. Reagan
Jefferson Davis
Cotton market hits sixteen cents a pound in New York
The cotton market surged with bullish enthusiasm, and today for the first time in five years cotton reached sixteen cents a pound. May option at 1.60 led the list as the entire slate advanced, remaining higher than any level since the Sully boom of 1904.
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New York
Weather outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Virginia forecasts fair Friday and partly cloudy Saturday with light to moderate northwest winds. West Virginia expect fair Friday with rain or snow Saturday or Saturday night.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Dixie Declared Most Popular Song in American Music
Washington reports that Dixie is officially proclaimed first in American songs in patriotic popularity by O G Sonneck head of the libraries music division. His new Library of Congress study covers Yankee Doodle Star Spangled Banner Columbia and America with facsimiles of original manuscripts. He notes Yankee Doodle as a maze of conflicting versions from the original.
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Washington
O. G. T Sonneck
Division of Music
Library of Congress
Columbia
America
Burlew Resigns From Adjunct General Post
Charleston West Virginia December 23 the adjutant general Noyes S Burlew offers resignation effective January 1 citing business interests requiring full time.
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Charleston
W. Va
Noyes S. Burlew
Glasscock
Street car held up by masked robbers in Pittsburgh
Masked highwaymen stopped a street car in Pittsburgh this morning, forced passengers to surrender valuables, tied occupants with a rope, and escaped.
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Pitsburg
Big West Virginia coal development plans announced
The Manufacturers' Record notes a major coal project in Marion County West Virginia led by John H. Jones of Pittsburg, Pa. The Four States Coal & Coke Co will form with $2 million capital to develop 1 000 000 tons of coal and build a town named Annabile with brick miners dwellings and modern utilities.
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West Virginia
John H. Jones
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Co
Pittsurg
Marion County
Fairmont
Four States Coal & Coke Co
A. C. Benson
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Annabile
Four States Corporation
Frick
Thomas G. Jones
Tyvid G. Jones
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Western Maryland
H. H. Patterson
Bascom Slemp Pushes Waterway Bill for Coal Route
Representative Bascom Slemp introduces a house bill to secure nine feet of water on the New and Kanawha rivers to the Ohio River to lower transport costs for coal iron ore and other Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia goods. It seeks a $50000 appropriation for four locks and dams from Glen Lyn to Kanawha. The measure is sent to the rivers and harbors committee.
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Bascom Slemp
Virginia
House
New
Kanawha
Virginia-West Virginia
Ohio River
West Virginia
Mississippi River
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Glenlyn
Glen Lyn
Hinton
Four Dead Bodies Brought Out at Scene of Workplace Accident
Report from the entry where the disaster occurred details twenty five men at work as authorities confirm four deaths to date. Officials express grave fears for the others missing amid the wreckage and ongoing search efforts.
Nine dead feared in Herrin mine disaster in Squirrel Ridge
Nine men killed and a score or more believed trapped after an explosion at Squirrel Ridge Mine No 4 near Herrin Illinois Rescuers work to learn exact details Four bodies recovered initial report says about twenty five men were at work in the affected entry no fire signs observed and officials fear for others
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Marion
Squirrel Ridge
Herrin
Eight Die in Herrin Coal Mine Disaster
Eight men were killed and 400 others endangered by a gas explosion in mine A of the Chicago and Carterville Coal Company at Herrin Illinois. Rescue teams led by James Ginney and Robert Hurston saved three men before flames hindered further recovery.
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Marion, Lil
Chicago and Carterville Coal Company
Herrin
James Ginney
Robert Hurston
Coal land deal seals two thirds stake in Huettel Coal Co
Norton Virginia report states Ek H Ould of Middlesboro Kentucky buys two thirds of the Huettel Coal and Coke Company from Bond and Bruce of Wise for 55000 dollars. About six hundred acres of mineral land sit north of the Virginia and Kentucky railroad between Norton and Wise. G Huttel retains the remaining third and becomes mine manager. Ould plans Norton homecoming.
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Norton
Ek. H. Ould
Middleshboro
Bond
G. Huttel
Rail disaster injures forty near Meonkato
Forty passengers were injured when spreading rails caused St. Paul train No. 42 to jump tracks and plunge down an embankment into a ditch near Meonkato last night.
Fear Cook Murdered Hurrying to Canenhseen
William L. Cook declared he believed the murder accuse rushed to Canenhseen with proofs when last heard of, as New York reports on December 23. no additional verified details were provided to confirm the claim.
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Canenhseen
New York
William L. Cook
Brother of Explorer Dies under Threats in Copenhagen Trip
The brother of explorer Dr. Cook reported foul play and possible murder. He said Dr. Cook had sent a letter claiming he hurried to Copenhagen with proofs and that threats of violence had warned him. He fears enemies may have overtaken him.
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Dr. Cook
Copenhagen
Woman pleads guilty in killing of Dominick Ver Saiss
New York December 23. Mrs Louis Labette pleads guilty to the murder of Dominick Vérsaiss. Her husband was murdered eighteen months ago and two children died this year. Her father mother and five relatives perished in the Messina earthquake. She is sentenced to Bedford reformatory for women.
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New York
Louis Labette
Messina
Labe
Dominick Vérsaiss
Bedford Reformatory
On Road to Recovery Justice Moody Birthday Update
Boston reports Justice William H Moody of the United States Supreme Court received many felicitous messages on his fifty six birthday. He has been under hospital treatment in Boston with a period of critical condition but is now reported to be on the road to recovery though not expected to return to the bench soon.
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Boston
Mass
William H. Mooy
United States Supreme Court
Moody
Supreme Bench
King Albert I Enters Brussels Amid Gay Pageantry
King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth entered Brussels in a state procession as cannon boomed and bells rang. Thousands cheered shouting long live Albert and long live Elizabeth. At the oath chamber the new king was greeted by senators and deputies while he paid tribute to Leopold II and his uncle.
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Brussels
Albert I
Belgium
Elizabeth
Albert
Leopold I
Alber
Leopold II
Requiem Mass For Leopold Held At St Mathews Church
In Washington on Christmas Day the requiem high mass for the repose of the soul of His Majesty Leopold was sung at St Mathew's Roman Catholic Church in the presence of the president of the United States, members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps.
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Washington
United States
Is Majesty
Leopold
St. Mathew's
Hearst Reorganizes Independence League After Tammany Absorption
In New York on December 25 the Independence League, absorbed by Tammany last fall, reformed at a meeting called by state chairman William Randolph Hearst. No regularly elected Tammany delegates attended. The group met in executive session and seated the contesting Hearst delegates. Hearst was not present.
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New York
Independence League
Tammany
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Zelaya Leaves for Corinto Amid Guarded Departure
Ex President Zelaya departs today likely to board the Mexican gunboat General Guerrero anchored at Corinto harbor. Hostile demonstrations in recent days prompt a heavily guarded departure toward Corinto to escape unrest surrounding the old administration.
Exposition Planned in New Orleans to Mark Canal Opening
Commercial interests in New Orleans push for an exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and the 2005 anniversary of the city’s founding. The plan aims to showcase regional industry and attract visitors during the milestone events.
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Panama Canal
New Orleans
Dee
Gold In Demand During Treasury Effort For Christmas Gold
Washington reports treasury and mint efforts to supply gold and quarter eagles for Christmas stockings as demand remains high before the holiday.
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Washington
Treasury
The Wireless to Launch Woman Suffrage Daily
The Wireless in New York announces plans to publish a new woman suffrage daily. Prominent suffragists will release the first issue early in the New Year.
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New York
Wman
Largest verdict against Paint Creek Collieries in Kanawha case
A Kanawha county jury awarded Marian Peterson $15,000 against Paint Creek Collieries Company for a motor mans arm crushed by a fall of slate. The verdict is noted as the largest against a coal company in the state for negligence to an employee. Peterson was injured while employed as a motorman after the company ignored repeated warnings about dangerous conditions.
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Paint Creek
Kanaw- 10
Marian Peterson
Paint Creek Collieries Company
Peterson
California Rugby Team Arrives for Vancouver Series
The University of California rugby squad has arrived in Vancouver to contest the international championship with the local union team. The three games run Christmas Day, next Wednesday, and New Year’s Day, with Vancouver fielding British Columbia’s top players to reclaim the Keith cup from California’s last year’s holder Stanford.
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Vancouver
B. C
University of California
Vancouver Union
British Columbia
California
Stanford University
Extradition Fight Looms Over New Jersey Murder Indictment
Mrs Caroline B Martin mother of Gcey Snead and her two sisters face a stubborn struggle to stop extradition to New Jersey after an indictment for the bathtub murder. Grand jury evidence suggests a plot, with focus on unmailed letters from Ocey Snead to her husband that were intercepted and indicated he was dead.
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New York
Caroline B. Martin
Gcey Snead
New Jersey
Grand
Ocey Snead
Bryan Too Ill To Talk In Jacksonville Visit
Jacksonville report says W. J. Bryan, guest of ex governor Jennings, was too ill to deliver his scheduled address. He suffers a severe cold and is threatened with pneumonia, canceling all future dates and remaining in the city for several days.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. J. Bryan
Jennings
No Agreement Reached in Northwest Railroad Talks
A conference of railroad officials and striking workers in the northwest adjourned without an agreement at Governor Wherchard's office. The switchmen demanded full rights and details remain unsettled as plans move to continue discussions tomorrow afternoon.
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St. Paul, Minn
Northwest
Wherchard
Ardri
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Hus
Slayer
Justice Moody
Long Live
Zelaya
Corinto
Wireless
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Welch
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Samuel W. Williams
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