World News Snapshot of Global Events and U.S. Incidents
A condensed world roundup notes Chicago plans for a 1.95 million dollar glucose company to rival Corn Products Refining. Wireless election returns reach 15 000 aboard Pacific steamships from San Francisco. The Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railroad may pass to St. Louis San Francisco on January 1. A new Missouri state capitol plan is approved. Jail break in Belleville Kansas. Packing interests to control Kansas City stockyards. Coast defense tests at Sandy Hook with a 14 inch gun. A powder incident near a Dutch Reformed church in Racine. Election ballot losses in Spartanburg. Governor candidates attacked in Butte. A family dies from gas in Toledo. A worldwide boxing commission forms in New York. An incident in Anderson Indiana with gunpowder near a lamp. A Santa Fe train wrecks near Ottawa injuring three. Disfranchised voters in Adams County Ohio observe polls. Federal equity rules revise injunction notices. A miner in Bisbee Arizona kills a horse amid despair. Tulsa jurors convict for murder with life. Canadian bank robbery suspects arrested in Columbus. Stolen naval supplies recovered near Chicago. Bakersfield jail inmates escape. Oklahoma warns troops over good father clause. Army orders transports for Cuba. Concordia Kansas to host a large wholesale grocery. Army supply corps reorganization takes effect. Railcar shortage strains commerce. Lexington Kentucky election violence. Canadian balloon and birth record in Renees City. Stephen Neporé of Frenchiews, Tenn.
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Chicago
Corn Products Refining Company
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Missouri, Oklahoma & Guill Railroad
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Board of Permanent Seat of Government
Missouri ‘State
Belleville
Kan
Kansas City
War Department
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Racine
Wis
Spartanburg
S. C
Butte
Mont
E. L. Norris
S.V. Stewart
Toledo
New York
Hartley Lipton
Anderson
Ind
Santa Fe
E. P. Ripley
Glen Wood
Ottawa
Adams
Ohio
Federal Supreme Court
Glen Shipley
Bisbee
Ariz
Tulsa
Joseph Baker
Guy D. McKenzie
Charles ‘T. Reuter
H. E. Campbell
Joseph P. Cavin
New Westminister
Canada
Columbus
Mare Istead
Bakersfield
Cal
Lee Cruce
Army General Staff
Cuba
Concordia
Kam
Army
Supply Corps
Congress
Commerce
Commission - Sen
Carnegie School of Amar
Lexington
Renees City
Uncle Sree
No Vice Presidential successor to Sherman named before election
Washington announces no Republican vice presidential replacement will be chosen until after the election. The end of the Standard Oil-Waters-Pierce case will not influence Justice Department investigations. Lieutenant Henry Arnold air lieutenant sent wireless messages from an aeroplane at Fort Riley Kansas.
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Washington
Sherman
Standard Oil-Waters-Pierce
Department of Justice
Fort Riley
Kan
Henry Arnold
Global turmoil and medical claims feature in foreign affairs
A German scientist claims a cure for consumption by injecting living causative agents. London suffragettes face seizures and window smashing in the West End. Guatemala declares three days of mourning for James S. Sherman. Zapatistas surround Cuernavaca and seize control amid alarms. Rioting in Leira Portugal leaves 25 dead. martial law imposed. China opens fresh loan talks with major powers in Pekin. Berlin notes strong naval prep by Britain. Cuba’s conservative leadership wins the presidency and other offices. Berlin’s gambling crackdown planned. Bulgaria confirms Turkish defeat claims. The Porte seeks mediation for peace. Russian Poland police arrest suspected wartime resisters.
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London
West End
James S. Sherman
United States
Cuernavaca
Mex
Leira
Portugal
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
Japan
Pekin
Berlin
England
Cuba
Bulgaria
Russian
Poland
Notable Crimes and Calamities Span Several States
A collage of daily misfortunes spans the nation. William Travers is rescued from the Mississippi at New Orleans by May Lemons of El Reno. Multiple homicides and arrests ripple through Wichita, Osawatomie, and Buffalo. A pilot survives a crash near Ft. Riley. Clara Barton’s will is filed in Worcester. A Kansas college regent resigns, while a San Francisco cashier embezzles eighty four thousand. Additional cases include missing teens, a fatal shed fire, and political funeral attendance.
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William A. Travers
St. Thomas
Canada
New Orleans
May Lemons
el Reno
Daniel Deisher
Charles Deisher
Wichita
Red Phil" Davidson
Big Jack” Zelig
New York
Justices Goff
Oscar Dudley
Don Rawlings
Mount Hope
Kan
Henry Arnold
Ft. Riley
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Worcester
Mass
Arthur Capper
Board of
Regents
Kansas Agricultural College
Edwin Taylor
Edwardsville
W. J. Poland
San Francisco
International Harvester Company
Ethel Madison
Viola
G. W. Perdue
Perdue
Osawatomie
Kaw
Louis R. Glavis
California State Conservation Commission
State Board of Control
Milo
Marshall Mowery Kired
Charles Tidball
Taft
Sherman
Luther Spainhauer
Walcott
Heir to $20,000 Estate Tied to California Uncle
Ralston Marshall of Hannibal will receive the bulk of the $20,000 estate of his uncle Isaac Marshall of California who recently died. California lawyers notified him of his inheritance and he will depart soon for that state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston Marshall
Hannibal
Isaac Marshall
California
Marshall
Paroled J H Rice from Jasper County Penitentiary
Gov Hachey released J H Rice who had been sent to the penitentiary in October 1911 for felonious assault after a dispute with a railroad contractor over wages. He claimed he was driven to crime by his starving wife and three children. since incarceration his wife died.
Fulton to Get Brick Plant
Chicago Fire Brick plans a $500000 fire brick plant in Fulton employing 600 men with weekly payroll of 7500 if locals subscribe a $10000 bonus. Commercial club to take up the proposition immediately after W J Gilbert, president of the company, praised Fulton fire clay deposits as high grade.
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Fulton
Chicago Fire Brick Company
Commercial Club
W. J. Gilbert
Chicago Concern
Royal Neighbors Hold Instruction School at Moberly
A Royal Neighbors instruction school convened in Moberly under Mrs Susie Rose of St Louis and Mrs Anna M Shepherd of Columbia. An informal reception occurred at the Merchants' hotel. Delegates attended from 13 camps.
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Royal Neighbors
Moberly
Susie Rose
St. Louis
Board of
Supreme Managers of the Order
Anna M. Shepherd
Columbia
Merchants’ Hotel
County Attorney Maj. Lute McKinney Dies at 72
Maj. Lute W. McKinney longtime Callaway county prosecutor died at Fulton state hospital at age 72. A Callaway native, he lived in Moberly for 30 years and served four years in the Confederate army as an orderly to Gen Shelby, receiving a brevet rank of major at war’s end.
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Lute W. McKinney
Callaway County
Fulton State Hospital
McKinney
Callaway
Moberly
Gen
Shelby
Col Green Clay Dies in Mexico After Political Service
Col Green Clay dies at his Mexico home after a career as secretary of the American legation in Florence and St Petersburg under Cassius M Clay. A complication of ailments caused his death.
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Col. Green Clay
Florence
Italy
St. Petersburg
Cassius M. Clay
Russia
Mexico
Popular Child Wins Springfield Baby Show Prize
Out of 280 babies entered at a Springfield event, Harry Durst Jr son of an attorney, won the most popular child with 800 votes.
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Springfield
Harry Durst, Jr
Infant Strangled by Bed Quilt Hole
The infant child of Lloyd Underwood of Fair Grove died after getting its head through a hole in a bed quilt while playing on the floor. The incident is under investigation.
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Lloyd Underwood
Fair Grove
Raid on Counterfeiters' Plant Nets Arrests in St Louis
Acting on information from a captured gang member government secret service men and detectives raided a St. Louis house and arrested two men and a 16 year old girl. The home contained counterfeiting equipment and 280 silver dollars in various stages of completion.
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Government Secret Service
St. Louis
Kimmel Claimant Fails to Prove Identity in Suit
A St. Louis jury verdict favors Mrs Edna K Bons Tett who sues to collect two $10,000 life insurance policies on her brother George A Kimmel who disappeared in Kansas City in 1898.
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Kimmel
St. Louis
Edna K. Bons Tett
George A. Kimmel
Kansas City
Train Wreck on Bridge Delays Kansas City Southern Run
Passenger train No 1 bound for Port Arthur Texas wrecked on bridge B 73 between Amoret and Worland when the tender left rails and overturned the baggage car. One man was slightly injured.
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Kansas City Southern Railroad
Port Arthur
Texas
Amoret and
Worland
Benjamin Wallis Pioneer of Cley County Dies in Church
Benjamin Wallis aged 80, a pioneer of Cley County and longtime resident, died in a church at Kearney during a baptismal service. A Confederate veteran, he was among the county's oldest residents.
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Benjamin Wallis
Cley County
Kearney
Wallis
Third Fire Victim Found at Hotel Berlin Ruins
The body of Mrs. C. K. MacFadden was recovered from the third floor corridor of the Hotel Berlin in St. Louis, the third death linked to the blaze. Earlier, Mrs. Helen Harrington Abeles was found nearby in the same ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. MacFadden
Berlin
St. Louis
Helen Harringtoon-Abeles
Deaf and Dumb Woman Guilty of Disturbing Peace
Minnie Duncan, described as deaf and dumb, was found guilty in Springfield police court of disturbing neighbors, able to answer only on paper. The charge cited loud and offensive conversation as the disturbance.
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Minnie Duncan
Springfield
Nevada Defeats Waterworks Franchise Bid
Waterworks franchise submitted to Nevada voters by W. Gunn of Fort Scott Kansas was defeated by 301 votes. Gunn had recently purchased the old plant from the Missouri Lincoln Trust Company of St Louis whose prior franchise had expired years ago and sought a 20 year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Project Waterworks
W. ©. Gunn
Fort Scott
Kas
Gunn
Missouri-Lincoln Trust Company
St. Louis
Pontiac Cow Produces 829 Lbs Butter in State Test
Carlotta Pontiac of State University at Columbia produced 829 pounds of milk enough for butter, just 39 pounds shy of her dam Chief Josephine. At seven years old when testing began Pontiac ranked as the state's second best dairy cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlotta Pontiac
State University At Columbia
Josephine
Pontiac
Summer Course for Clergy at State University
A summer short course for all country preachers will be offered next summer at the State University. The program rests on the idea that a country preacher should be a farmer and a man of ideas, able to advise on temporal as well as spiritual matters.
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the State University
State Bankers Meet at Springfield Convention
One hundred fifty members of the State Bankers Association gathered for their annual convention in Springfield. The group includes bankers from 15 counties and about 30 additional bankers from Kansas City St Louis and New York City attended.
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State
State Banker’s Association
Springfield
Kansas City
St. Louis
New York City
Mexico Pastor Resigns Over Ill Health
The Rev. J. Jackson resigned after six weeks as pastor of the Methodist church in Mexico South, citing ill health. When asked if a church board investigation influenced the decision, he declined to comment.
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Mexico
Methodist Church
South
J. Jackson
Church Board of Stewards
Dr. Jackson
Road Bonds Carried for Center Township Rock Roads
A proposition to issue 20000 dollars in bonds to build rock roads in Center township Nevada area narrowly passed by eleven votes. The project ties into the Kansas City Joptima automobile highway plan.
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Center Township
Nevada
Kansas City
Arnold Investment Company Incorporation in Kansas City
A certificate of incorporation was issued by the secretary of state to the Arnold Investment Company of Kansas City with capital stock of $5,000.
Woman Faces Felonious Assault Charge After Acid Attack
Mrs. Louise Koeppen 60 was arrested in Springfield after allegedly hurling acid in the face of life long friend Mrs. Anna Linds burger during a quarrel at Koeppen home. Linds burger suffered serious eye injury and facial damage. Koeppen posted bond pending a preliminary hearing on the felonious assault charge.
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Louise Koeppen
Anna Linsburger
Springfield
Chafins Nephew Runs Joplin Saloon
In Joplin an audience hears Eugene W. Chafin speak on prohibition. R C Fordham, Chafin's nephew, runs a Joplin saloon and is noted as one of the most interested listeners.
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Chafin
Joplin
Eugene W. Chafin
R. C. Fordham
Students Sell Old Guard Buttons for Kansas Game Fund
Girls from five sororities at the State University will auction old guard buttons to Tiger supporters to raise funds for the cadet band yell leaders and the mags meetings chairman to attend the Thanksgiving Kansas game.
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The
State University
Kansas
Omaha to St Louis Hydro Plane and Motor Car Race Planned
Plans are completed for a motor car and hydro aeroplane race from Omaha to St Louis along the Missouri River. The route includes checks at river towns to verify progress and ensure fair conduct.
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Omaha
St. Louis
Missouri River
Arrests in Davis Case Shock Kirksville Family
Mrs J W Davis and Ed Tigen Fritz were arrested on a joint charge of murdering J W Davis whose body lay in the Kirksville home backyard. Mrs Davis collapsed when the warrant was read.
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Davis
J.W. Davis
Ed Tigenfritz
J. W.davis
Kirksville
Boy Fire Fatalities After Tank Car Explosion
In Detroit Michigan Joseph Starzyk thirteen and Joseph Tomasczewski fourteen were burned when a gas laden tank car exploded as they played hide and seek with peers. Tomasczewski struck a match near the open mouth of the empty car triggering the blast which hurled Starzyk fifty feet and left Tomasczewski unconscious on the car floor. Four other boys suffered severe burns as they fled the flaming wreck.
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Detroit
Michigan
Joseph Starzyk
Joseph Tomasczewski
Tomasczewski
Starzyk
Little Money Changed Hands on Election Day on Wall Street
It was pay day in Wall Street as election bets were settled. The total amount wagered was about 100000 dollars, described by seasoned bettors as unusually small. Private and public wagering were both deemed insignificant compared with typical election betting in past years.
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New York
N. Y
Wall ‘Street
Three Men Held After Fort Smith Hotel Murder
L S McCain a traveling salesman from Jonesboro was shot dead in a Fort Smith hotel. Coroner's jury charged Gordon Casteel James Powers and Dan Karerauf with the murder and held them to the grand jury without bond after a closed inquiry.
Four Million for Wireless Stations Planned
Paris reports the French government will fund a wireless network linking Paris with colonies and the Americas. The program calls for 4 million dollars, with about a third spent in 1913.
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Paris
France
North
South
America
Chamber
North Carolina GOP Declared Dead For Failing Vote Threshold
The Republican party in North Carolina is "officially dead" after failing to poll 50,000 votes in Tuesday's gubernatorial election. State law bars recognition for any party not reaching the threshold in the prior election, according to statements by local lawyers in Ashville.
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Ashville
North Carolina
Republican Party
Wilsons Home Town Rejoices in December Homecoming
Staunton Virginia plans a large celebration for the president elect George Wilsons homecoming in December. Gov Wilson was born there and the jubilee is expected to be one of the state s biggest days with representation from every city in Virginia.
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Wilson
Staunton
Virginia
Gov. Wilson
German Cruiser to Liberia Reported by State Department
Washington asks Richard C. Bundy secretary of the American legation at Monrovia to report on conditions in Liberia and the extent of rioting amid concerns the German cruiser’s hastened voyage to protect German interests could threaten the bankers' syndicate funding relief for Liberia's financial distress.
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Liberia
Washington, D. C
State Department
Richard C. Bundy
Monrovia
Little Republic
Bankers’ Syndicate
Taft Thanksgiving Proclamation Stresses Self Government
President Taft issued a Thanksgiving proclamation from Washington DC. He added a paragraph praising the people’s strength in conserving the heritage of self government bequeathed by the fathers and their resolve to transmit that heritage unimpaired.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Arizona to Recall Judges Passes by Comfort At Taft Language
Phoenix officials report a constitutional amendment allowing recall of judges has passed by a comfortable majority. The text mirrors the language opposed by President Taft, creating a notable continuity with national debate.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Taft
Christians Flee Constantinople Refugees Reach Constantea
Refugees from Constantinople arrive in Constantea Romania by boat. They report mass Christian exodus from the Turkish capital amid fear of fanatical Turks and widespread departure of those able to leave.
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Constantinople
Constantea
Romania
Four year old boy note sparks quaint street encounter
A Savannah Morning News reader recounts meeting a four year old on front steps of a pretty house. The child’s big blue eyes and golden curls charm the observer, who records playful exchanges about family ties and a mother’s custody decree.
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Ted Robinson
Papa
Savannah Morning News
Situations Vacant Declares Need For Housekeeper
A rich bachelor speaks of his need for a capable woman to clean his house and straighten his tangled affairs. The conversation centers on finding a good, able-bodied housekeeper to restore life at home.
Auction bridge invite spurs Kenworthy defense
A local quarrel over a bridge night reveals Kenworthy declining an invitation. The remark implies others view him as odd for choosing a different pastime, drawing attention to his perceived oddity and the social clash.
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Kenworthy
There Is No Greater Enemy Than Anger
A reflective line warns that anger destroys joy and laughter, framing anger as a universal foe to happiness. The concise aphorism emphasizes emotional restraint and inner peace as antidotes to destructive outbursts.
Farmer Told Safety of Country Depends on His Vote
A farmer is informed that his vote is crucial for national safety. The message links civic participation to defense and security, urging turnout and responsible casting of ballots.
Proud and Glad After Quitting Coffee Postum Cure Claims
An Ohio woman credits quitting coffee with Postum for stopping stomach burns and belching, improving sleep and weight, and earning praise from family. She urges following mixing directions for the beverage touted by the Postum Co and references The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Wellvife
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Frenchiews
John Warner
Murray
Harlem
Virginia Carey
Buffalo
George H. Utter
Rhode Island
Lena Tyler
Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles Creighton
Pansy Hastings Lesh
Los Angeles
Missouri
St. Joseph
Louis S. Logan
St.Joseph
Glasgow
George Thompson
J. F. Tillery
Tillery
Slater
Doan
Iowa
Oan J
Hunt
Oiris
Foster-Milburn CO
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