Rumor of Warriner plant sought by sleuths in eastern cities
A secret service operative hired by a St. Louis detective agency and the New York Central Railroad visited multiple eastern banks in Buffalo seeking deposits linked to Charles Warriner the Cincinnati embezzler. Officials question the 643 000 discrepancy and parole efforts loom as detectives extend to Montreal and Rochester.
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Warriner
Secret Service
St. Louis de
Hunt
New York Central
Recalled Warriner Embezzlement Case Stuns Cincinnati
The Warriner embezzlement scandal, once linked to $40,000 and later raised to $643,000, captivated Cincinnati for nine days as auditors investigated and officials remained reticent. Warriner, serving a six year Columbus prison term, faces renewed parole talk amid ongoing inquiries.
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Warriney
Cincinnati
Nolle
Hunt
Edgar Street Cooke
Friends of Warriner
Columbus
Youth Dies During Football Game in Pomeroy
Cline Watson, 17, son of KE Watson of Middleport, collapsed on the field during a football game between Pomeroy and Middleport high schools and died from a brain hemorrhage. He played right end for the teams.
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Pomeroy, CO
Cline Watson
KE. E. Watson
Middleport
Pomeroy
Olympic Sails With Big Passenger List
The Olympic departed Southampton at 7 15 this morning bound for New York with 1200 passengers aboard her first voyage since colliding with the Hawk on Sept 20. Fog delayed the scheduled sailing last night.
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Southampton
White Star
Hiner
Olympic
New York
Hawk
Gas Explosion Kills Two and Injures Several at Mattoon Farm
At a Mattoon Illinois home of farmer J. M. Henton a gas heating and lighting plant exploded. Two women died, a third person is dying, and three children are severely injured. The dead include 70 year old Rachel Gearhart and 16 year old Evelyn Benton.
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Mattoon
J. M. Henton
Rachel Gearhart
Evelyn Benton
Bernardine Henton
Cecil Benton
Taft Defends Administration In Outlook Interview
President Taft, in an authorized interview with Francis Leupp for The Outlook, reviews his acts and speeches, defends cabinet choices including Dickinson and MacVeagh, and clarifies his tariff board as a tool for investigation. He describes a candid cottage chat at Virginia Hot Springs after a 49 day trip. He says his past experience did not fully prepare him for the presidency and his first task was assembling a cabinet.
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New York
Francis
Leupp
Taft
Dickinson
MacVeagh
Congress
Outlook Company
Virginia Hot Springs
Tatt
Philippines
Independent tobacco interests seek Supreme Court mandamus
Felix M. Levy announces plans to seek leave from the United States Supreme Court to file a writ of mandamus directing New York circuit court judges to vacate their decree approving the American Tobacco Company reorganization. The Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade of New York seeks intervention and an appeal, with a production writ for all relevant documents.
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New York
Felix M. Levy
Independent Tobacco Interests
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of New York
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court
Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade
City of New York
Circuit Court
Wickersham
James Co. McReynolds
The
Tobacco Company
James B. Duke
Percival S. Hill
Italian Warship Bombards Mocha and Fort Sheik Said
News reports Italian warships bombarded the fortified seaport of Mocha in the Yemen province and Fort Sheik Said on the Red Sea coast this morning. No details are available.
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Perim
Red Sea
Fort
Sheik Said
Arabian
Mocha
the Yamen
Newlywed couple flee as chase ends in double tragedy
In Boston two pursuing drivers Julia Galvin and Mary Gaffey were killed when their car skidded and rolled while chasing a newly married couple fleeing in an automobile. Two others were injured in the crash.
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Boston
Mass
Julia Galvin
Mary Gaffey
Lumber mill burned in West Mansfield blaze
The Big Seven Lumber company, largest industry in West Mansfield, burned tonight at Bellefontaine Ohio. Loss estimated over 10000 dollars with partial insurance. The adjacent West Mansfield planning mill was badly damaged and part of the town faced threat during the fire.
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Bellefontaine,o
Big Seven Lumber Company
West Mansfield
Steamer Raleigh Strikes Rocks Off Port Colborne
The steamer Raleigh under Captain Beauvais of Cleveland ran aground six miles east of Port Colborne in heavy seas. Two crew members, Mr and Mrs Wise, drowned while engineer William Prichard remained aboard the wreck as nine others reached shore. Cargo was pulpwood bound for Erie Pennsylvania.
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Buffalo
Raleigh
Beauvais
Cleveland
Port Colbone
Point Abino
Midlake
Empire Company
Hear Sterkston
Anaenen Puele
Storm wrecks tug off coast near Galveston
A Destructive storm offshore wrecked a tug near Galveston causing damage and casualties. Only bare details survive with pilots and Mexican crew remaining unaccounted as cables report the incident.
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Galveston
Téx
O’campo
Pilot
Murderer of Circus Owner Dies by Suicide
London reports Arbert Cooper who killed Lord e Sanger, famed circus owner, near East Finchley on Tuesday last, shot himself on a railroad two miles from the scene. body found this morning, details scarce as authorities investigate.
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London
Arbert Cooper
Lord E Sanger
East Finchley
Cooper’s. Ca
Gun Incident Near DeGraffih Ends in Death
Reported today a gun caught in a wire fence near DeGraffih led to the death of a man named Fen and injuries to another, with Homer King charged in the incident. Authorities describe a fatal shooting through a wire fence with ongoing legal action.
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Bellefontains
Homer King
DeGraffih
New Cardinals Created in Vatican Consistory
In Rome at the Vatican a grand consistory installed eighteen princes of the church with red hats, including three American prelates Cardinal Falconio Cardinal Farley and Cardinal O Connell. Crowds cheered as the papal procession and ceremony unfolded in the Hall of Beatification with Pope Pius X blessing the kneeling multitude.
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Rome
Vatican
Falconio
Farley
O’connell
Bristol
Cardinal Farley
St. Peter's
Holy See
Curia
Pius X
Oil Trust Ends As Supreme Court Decrees Dissolution
New York Nov 30 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey faces dissolution as its holding company splits into more than thirty independent subsidiaries. Stockholders will receive shares in each subsidiary while offices at 26 Broadway are closed and leadership shifts to home states. Regulators expect more competition but impact on prices remains unclear.
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New York
Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Father of Trusts
United States Supreme Court
Soil Trust
Exlstece
Sidiaries
Np Companies
Bradaway
New Jersey Corporation
Broadway
Standard, Oil Company of
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Group
Middlesboro Man Confesses Presence in Local Murder
Harry Farre, a Negro, told Middlesboro police he was present when James Mays was killed. He said Roy Idle and Charles Balltrip delivered the fatal blow with a club, but he could not identify who dealt it. Idle and Balltrip are jailed on murder charges. Farre is held without bond.
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Tarhak
Heni
Middlesboro
Harry Farre
James Mays
Clarbone
Farre
Roy Idle
Charles’ Balltrip
Mays
Idle
Balltrip
Stand Collapse Injures 90 at Mississippi State Fair Event
A grandstand at the Mississippi state fair grounds collapsed just before kickoff of the Ole Miss vs. Mississippi A and M game. About 90 people were injured, with several in serious condition. Physicians and volunteers responded quickly. Thomas Spengler, J. C. Gatsing, and T. W. Henry were among the most seriously hurt.
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Jackson
Miss
State Fair Grounds
University of Mississippi
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Thomas Spengler
J. C. Gatsing
Prairie
T. W. Henry
Clinton
Spengier
Gatsing
Henry
Eeee Dae
Pekin assembly backs loan and bridge project amid power struggle
Peiping news reports a secret session of the national assembly at Yuan Shi Kai’s urging approving a Franco Belgian loan of 30 million dollars and a Yangtse bridge contract. Troop movements shift balance between Manchus and Chinese as Yuan seeks power, with foreign legations urged to guard the premier. American minister Calhoun urges interior Americans to seek foreign protection while Shanghai provinces weigh on the constitution.
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Pekin
National Assembly
Yuan Shi Kai
Cotta
Yangtse
Hankow
Wu-Chang
Beeve
Legations
William J. Calhoun
Shanghai
Hydrophobia Fatal to Wealthy Artist in Ravenna
Bert Canfield, a wealthy artist, died of hydrophobia in Ravenna Ohio after months of illness. Opiates eased his pain but facial paralysis appeared in the forenoon and brought doctors no hope. He had been bitten by a dog some time earlier.
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Ravenna
Bert Canfield
Canfield
Parole Board Grants Extra Sentences in Ohio
President Allen W. Thurman of the state board of administration said four extra paroles will be granted at the Ohio penitentiary after Christmas. The timing is linked to Christmas and Memorial Day observances.
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Columbus
Allen W. Thurman
State Board of Administration
Ohio Penitentiary
President outlines cabinet balance amid Southern support
The speaker defends allying two Democrats with a Republican cabinet and explains aiming to honor the South while strengthening the judiciary. He cites past election strength in New York Boston Missouri and St Louis and argues the move seeks a broader foundation for Republican progress and future change.
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McKinley
New York
Boston
Missouri
S. Louie
Dickinson
Lurton and Lamar
Supreme Bench
White
South
Negro appointments and race in Washington politics
The speaker defends appointing blacks to federal offices while avoiding imposing them on Southern communities. He cites leaders like Lewis and Napier and argues higher level posts foster progress and self-respect. He downplays party labels, noting MacVeagh as a non Democrat and a progressive regular.
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Lewis
Napier
J5hnson
McKinlay
Washington
South
MacVeagh
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Mir President Reflects on Tariff Speech Revisions
In discussing the tariff issue, Mir President contemplates revising a past Winona speech. He admits drafting on a train and later rescinding some superlatives, arguing the Payne tariff act, while flawed, reduces earlier burdens. He questions tariff board positions if a hostile port challenges changes to wool duties.
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Mir
Contingency Seen in Tariff Debate Across Parties
An editorial weighing tariff policy notes doubts about protectionists admitting the need for trimming duties. It criticizes partisan charges and urges caution against guesses disrupting business, urging a measured approach before the best data arrives.
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New York Central Railway Company
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
New York Cental Railroad
Charles Warriner
Big Four
Ohio State Penitentiary
Sensation
Montreal
Nto
Rochester
Dian
Italy
Tripoli
Signor San Guiliano
Mosque of
Hani
Talion
Bersaglieti
Bersaglieri
Levy
United States
Jis
American ‘Tobacco Company
R. R. Richardson, Jr., & Co
American Iompany
Gedal
Bellefontaine
Port Colborne
Michelangelo
Sistine Choir
Abbe Perosi
Papal Court
John D. Rockefeller
Pen
Winona
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