Indictment Targets Black Hand Conspiracy in Ohio
Federal grand jury in Toledo charges sixteen Sicilians and Italians with a conspiracy to extort money by threats through the mail and violence. The case names 15 individuals across Columbus, Greenville, Coshocton, Cleveland, Dennison and Indianapolis and aims to curb Black Hand operations nationally. Six defendants held. bond set at 10000. trial likely next month.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Toledo
Columbus
Greenville
Coshocton
Cleveland
Dennison
Indianapolis
The
Black Hand
Knappen
W. L. Day
United States
Salvatore Lima
Sebastian Lima
Salvatore Rizzo
Joseph Ignoffo Oton
Grazio Rumiola
O Pittseph Nuzzo
An' Colegia Vicario
Teatore
John Amicon
Michael Amato
George Pash
Ignazio Fazone
Ignazio Gentili
Salvatore and
Antonia
Cincinnati
Battista Tirzo
Cinci
Ignazio Cam‘Mella
Trippo Dee Purpura
Gu Cosenteno
John Eee Ison
Matteo Rini
Ta Giardina
Givonni Amerino
Gustano D'Camila
Deadly Lake Erie Storm Claims Many Vessels
A December storm over Lake Erie caused over 1 million dollars in vessel damage. Fifty nine lives were lost and twenty sailors rescued. Ships Clarion Stemmer Richardson Carl Marquette Bessemer No 38 Josiah G Munro Yosiah G Munro faced wrecks or groundings with several crews saved. One sailor from Richardson died by suicide after exposure.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Dro
Carl Marquette
Bessemer No. K
Yosiah
G. Munro
Clarion
Richardson
Home of City Editor Shattered By Bomb
The residence of Harry B. Wandell city editor of the St. Louis Star was dynamited early this morning. No one was hurt.
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T. Louis, Mo
Associated Press
Harry B. Wandell
The
St. Louis
Mine Explosion Traps Six Men Near Henderson Kentucky
Associated Press dispatch from Louisville reports an explosion in West Kentucky Coal Company mines near Henderson. Six men are entombed 160 feet underground. Mine inspector Thomas Long is on site as efforts to fight a fire continue at the Webster County mine near Clay Village.
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Louisville
West Kentucky Cos Company
Henderson
Thomas Long
Clay Village
Webster
Rumored deal to buy pooled Burley crops discussed
Winchester Kentucky December 11 skepticism rises over reports that the Burley Tobacco Society negotiated with Vice President R K Smith of the American Tobacco Company for selling 1909 pooled crops. Editor William A Beatty of The Winchester News denounces Burley leaders and their foes. Street talk claims a ruse to move Le Bus East but sources say Kentucky-origin moves are likelier.
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Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
R K. Smith
American Tobacco Company
William A. Beatty
Winchester News
Duvers Dow
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le Bus
Kentucky
Indians Seek New Tribal Home in Old Mexico
An Osage delegation led by former Chief Black Dog and Henry Tall will travel to Mexico to negotiate with President Diaz for a tract of land where Osages can establish a new tribal home. A Quapaw delegation will accompany the mission, and only full blood Osages will be sent.
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Bartleeville
Okla
Artoclateg Press
Black Dog
Henry Tall
Diaz
Mexico
Ellis Pleads Guilty as Court Reviews Insanity Evidence
W Y Ellis pleaded guilty to kiting N P Wilts. The court will examine insanity testimony before sentencing, with a term between two and seven years. The case reopened before Judge Lea after denial of bond to allow a guilty plea.
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Little Rock
Ark
Associated Press
W. Y. Ellis
Kiting N. P. Wilts
Lea
War Department seeks relief over Northwest switchmen strike
Washington reports the switchmen strike in the Northwest paralyses army logistics with the Dixie bound for Manila three quarters loaded for animals and forage. U S Quartermaster Miller asks the Seattle US attorney for help to move supplies in time for January maneuvers on Luzon amid stalled rail cars and potential troop movement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Northwests
War Department
United States
Seattle
Dixie
Manila
Philippines
Department
Philippine Army
Luzon
Miller
Hag
Court-Receiver Rules on Burley Society Funds Fallout
Shelbyville reports the receiver now controls the Burley society affairs after court action. The receiver settles with the court, and suits against the society name the receiver. If judgments exceed funds, a shortage raises questions of liability for members and stockholders.
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Shelbyville
Shelby
Burley Society
Le Bus Attacks Burley Society In U S Court Affidavit
Kentucky resident Clarence Le Bus president of the Burley Tobacco Society files a personal affidavit in a Cincinnati case brought by E O Eshelby Tobacco Co alleging damages. He says he was in Cincinnati for personal shopping and business for other companies and not in Ohio on Burley Society business.
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Burley Tobacco Society
Clarence le Bus
Alonzo Ferguson
Burley Tobacco
le Bus
United States
LeBus
Kentucky
Eshelby Company
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Iron Fence Company
Ohio
Burley, Society
Lipton Hotel
Purley Tobacco Society
Burley Society
Aegenieation
Taft and Cabinet Attend Gridiron Club Dinner Revelry
Washington notes report the Gridiron Club dinner with President Taft and many officials among the guests. The event featured political satire, a pole identification gag, a suffrage interruption, and a mock boxing scene. The program included jokes about Peary Cook, Roosevelt, and Taft's Alaska trip, with musical satire and parodic portraits.
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Taft
Ufe
Gridiron Club
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North Pole
Peary
Cook
H Edward L Keen
United Press
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Washington Post
San Francisco Call
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Bluefields Fears Zelaya Forces Attack This Week
Disquiet from Nicaragua prompts U S naval moves to Bluefields. Tacoma and Des Moines join forces with Prairie en route to protect American interests. Separate dispatch reports a Honduran revolt backed by Zelaya and Davila’s siege state.
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Nicaragua
State Department
Zelaya
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Blue Jackets
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Prairie
Philadelphia
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Colon
Insurgent Leader Estrada Faces Strong Government Forces
In Bluefields Nicaragua the provisional government fears the government army’s strength as General Estrada’s insurgent lines appear stalled. Belief rises that Zelaya may send troops at any moment while Estrada seeks timely help from the United States.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Provisional Government
Estrada
Zelaya
United States
Negro convict ends own life in Ohio penitentiary
John W. Beam a colored inmate serving life for murder of a white woman hanged himself in his cell at the Columbus Ohio penitentiary by tying a rope to a pipe near electric wires. His cellmate John W. Smith dusty from Cleveland for pocket picking woke to the disturbance.
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Columbus
John W. Beam
Lima
Beam
John W. Smith
Cleveland
Explosion injures seven at Suny Side Saloon in Lexington
Seven men were injured in an explosion caused by escaping gas that ignited at the Sun ny Side Saloon building at Short and Broadway streets in Lexington. The blast damaged the New Broadway hotel and shattered windows across the area with two victims believed fatally hurt.
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Lexington
Associated Press
Short
North Broadway
New Broadway
Cincinnati Man Hart Injured in Yard Accident
Charles Galvin a 22 year old brakeman from Cumminsville Cincinnati fell under a car in local yards. His right foot was badly mashed and he was taken to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton where doctors hoped to save his limb. He works for the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Charles Galvin
Ludlow Place
Cumminsville
Cincinnati
C., H.,& D.: Railroad Company
Galvin
Ercy Hospital
Mystery of Alma Kellner Plight Unsolved
Louisville Kentucky dispatch reports 8 year old Alma Kellner remains missing after a Wednesday disappearance. A shabbily dressed man named Sinking claimed to know the child, but fled as police pursue him. Rumors of a covered wagon and a Cincinnati bound duo persist as investigators press for clues.
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Alma Kellner
Louisville
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Dispatch
F. L. Kellner
Kelner
W. O O. Head
Kellner
Barber's Operation Fatal in Columbus Case
Herman Cox died after a barber procedure that went wrong with a shaving blade. The four week battle started when an ingrowing hair was removed from his chin in Columbus. Blood poisoning and rapid decline followed, with initial treatment in Columbus and continued care at home.
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Hil
Associated Press
Herman Cox
Columbus
Rbey
Taft Shatters Bradley Plans In Kentucky
President Taft refuses further Kentucky appointments until after the holidays. Senator Bradley and Representatives Langley Bennett urged immediate honoring of their slate, while Edwards and Richards of Louisville lead a faction opposing it, signaling a likely break in the Bradley slate.
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Washington
Taft Hae
Bradley
Kentucky
Langley
Bennett
Edwards and
Richards
Louisville
Federal power debated at New York dinner
Nine hundred sixty four distinguished men heard Taft cabinet members discuss federal control of commerce and railroads at the Pennsylvania Society of New York dinner. Franklin MacVeagh urged action against customs evasion and corporate excess while George W. Wickersham and Philarnder C. Knox spoke on national power and interstate regulation.
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Associated Press Dispatch
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Philander C. Knox
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Colorado
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Peary
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Washington
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