Northwest rail strike tightens hold on food and freight
Switchmen across Minneapolis, St Paul, Duluth and Superior halt work, idling more than 12 000 workers and stopping freight across the Northwest. Mills and mines suspend, wholesalers and commission houses curb shipments, while ore docks risk 10 000 layoffs in 48 hours.
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Associated Press Dispatch
ST. Paul, Minn
Twin Cities
Duluth
Superior
North- West
Wopris Cemits Ince Deseietns
Minneapolis
Iron Range
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Northwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Big Four railro ad inquiry sparks revelations
Frank M. Couden, cashier at the U S custom house, claims he helped launch the investigation into Warriner stealings and alleged blackmailing after a long inquiry linked to Senator Charles Dick. Ida Brockway remains missing as grand jury prepares to hear more about the Big Four treasury shortages and related figures.
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Big Four
Frank M. Couden
United States Custom House
Warriner
Couden
Custom House
Ida Brockway
Mr. Couden
Commercial Tribune
Charles Dick
Treasury Department
Hunt
Amor Smith, Jr
Customs Service
Frank
Senator Dick
Columbus
Cincinnati
President. Brown
New York Central
Head of State Accused in Central American Republic Pact Violation
The chief executive of a stormy Central American republic faces charges for violating solemn international pledges. A government insider known as the head of state is implicated as the principal malefactor in the alleged breach.
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Central American Republic
Earthquake Destroys Turkish Towns
An official dispatch from Bitlis in Asiatic Turkey reports several small villages in the region destroyed by a quake. No deaths are reported.
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Constantinople
Bitlis
Asiatic
Turkey
Street duel leaves one dead in Kiefer Oklahoma
In Kiefer Oklahoma on December 1 a street fight with revolvers left Melvin Coley dead and Deputy Marshal Gooch and Thomas Boxley wounded. The incident follows the prior killing of Homer Ooley by Marshal R P Highnote. Boxley, an bystander, was shot in the head.
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Associated Press
Kiefer
Okla
Melvin Coley
Marshal Gooch
Thomas Boxley
Homer Ooley
Melvin
R. P. Highnote
Boxley
Italian cobbler Joe Ignoria is detained in Marion
Italian shoe cobbler Joe Ignoria aged 86 was arrested in Marion today as his home was searched by department officers amid scenes of disorder at an English institution and rising opposition leaders.
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Cimmércial Tribune
Marion
Joe Ignoria
Ignoria
Black ‘Hand
Sam
Sebastian
Lintia
John Amicon
Columbus
Ignofta
Vis
Chita
Lita
The
Postal
Ignoffa
Mail
Lima’ Brothers
Toledo
Ares
Lime
Roman College and. Speaks Several Languages. Inspector Oldrieia
Liberal rally threatens Lords power in British crisis
The National Liberal Federation issues a manifesto urging restraint on the peers to keep veto power within the House of Commons and warn that conservative obstruction could topple self government. Lord Rosebery disputes Curzon’s charges and Asquith moves to rebuke a Lords veto as unconstitutional.
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Associated Press
London
National Liberal Federation
House
House For Commons
Lora ‘Rosebery
Ithe
Curzon
Tihe
Lord Rosebery
House of ‘Lords
Asquith
House ‘of
House of Commons
New Black Hand Suspect Taken by Federal Sleuths
Federal agents seize a key suspect in alleged Black Hand conspiracies as postal inspectors travel to Columbus to pursue leads and questions regarding the ring.
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Columbus
Loeb Seizes Chesbrough Pearl Necklace in Transit Case
New York December 1 Collector Loeb seized the Chesbrough pearl necklace valued with duty at about 250000. Mrs. Fremont B Chesbrough of Detroit and Boston claimed shipment with earlier misdelivery and imitation. Loeb cites rising customs receipts to support tighter enforcement while the necklace awaits further action.
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New York
Customs
Associated Press
Chesbrough
Customs House
Loeb
Fremont B. Chesbrough
Detroit
Mich
Boston
Mass
Secret Knox letter charges Zelaya with Nicaragua crisis
Secretary of State Knox denounces Nicolas Zelaya's Nicaragua regime in a letter to Senor Rodriguez, declaring U S recognition of Nicaraguan revolutionists and holding Zelaya accountable for alleged executions and tortures of Americans. He notes loss of diplomatic standing and signals passports for Managua consuls as tensions rise.
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Associated Press
Washington
Knox
Felipe Rodriguez
Legation
United States
Zelaya
Central America
Senor Rodriguez
Honduras
Mexico
Caldiera
Managua
Department of State
Sir
Zélaya
Costa Rica
Salvatore
Guatemal
Appea
Nicaragua
Thani
Wesern
Nae
Nitroglycerine Magazine Blows Up Killing Man
A nitroglycerine magazine at the Marietta Torpedo company near Cameron West Virginia exploded with a roar heard twenty five miles away. An old well shooter named Shuster was killed along with a horse and wagon. Window glass in about 500 houses shattered and chimneys toppled while ornaments were thrown from mantels and walls cracked.
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Cameron
W. Va
Associated Press
Washington, Pa
Marietta Torpedo Company
Shuster
Deliberate Suicide Reported Near Fort Sam Houston
In San Antonio a U S Army sergeant major Samuel B Bogart was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound near Fort Sam Houston. A note mentioned his life being ill spent and referred to his brother Robert Bogart of New York. In France Hubert Latham reportedly set a new balloon flight height record reaching about 1000 feet amid strong winds.
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Cook
Couden
Big
Big Four
Washington, D. C
New York Central
W. C. Brown
New York
Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Associated Press
Samuel B. Bogart
Third Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Robert Bogart
Wall Street
Mourmelon
France
Hubert Latham
Life Imprisonment Upheld for Beach Hargis Murder
FRANKFORT Ky Dec 1 The court of appeals affirmed the life sentence for Beach Hargis on the murder of his father former Judge James Hargis a feudist from Jackson Ky The ruling preserves the long jail term for the fatal act in a Kentucky case reported by the Associated Press.
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Frankfort
Associated Press
Court of Appeals
Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Jackson
Negro Burned at Stake For Shooting an Autoist
A Black preacher John Harvard shot Will D Booth near Cochran Georgia and was captured five miles away. A mob bound Harvard to a stake, torched him with wood and burned him alive as Booth lay mortally wounded. Surgeons reported little hope of Booth’s recovery.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Cochran
John Harvard
Will D. Booth
Booth
Bee ‘Ga
Hawkinsville
Harvard
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
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