Marines bound for Corinto amid Nicaragua crisis and Zelaya influence
American forces tighten grip in Bluefields as Commander Shipley bans fighting per orders from Rear Admiral Kimball. Buffalo carries 700 marines to Panama and sails for Corinto after US consulate reports Zelaya’s hostile references to Americans. Rumors claim Madriz or Irias gain backing, with Managua awaiting votes and ball cartridges dispatched to Des Moines.
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Irias Zelaya
Man Killed in Ludlow Family Shooting After Violent Scene
James J. McClure surrendered after allegedly shooting William Traylor at the McClure home. Traylor, a railroad switchman, died. McClure, 27, is in Covington jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. The incident occurred during a supper-table confrontation witnessed by several relatives.
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad
G. H. McClure
Carneal Street
Ludlow
James J. McClure
Southern Railroad
Callahan
Calahan
Young McClure
Orpha Barber
McClures
Traylor
Traydor
G. H McClure
McClure
Ald
Traylor McClure
Police
W. W. Tarvin
Harry Traylor
Boy Fires Pistol Accidentally Kills Grandmother in St Louis
Ten year old Harry E ndaley Jr. shot his grandmother Mrs Josephine Payne in St Louis while playing with a small air pistol believed unloaded. The cartridge in the pistol fired when the hammer fell, killing Mrs Payne instantly. The boy was arrested.
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Associated Press Dispatch
ST. Louis
Harry Endaley, Jr
Josephing Pdyne
Kentucky
Harry
Finney Avenue
Robbers Dynamite Bank Safe and Escape with $2000
Robbers dynamited the Citizens State Bank at Geronimo Okla early today and escaped with about $2000 in cash. A posse pursued the gunmen as authorities investigated the heist and searched for suspects.
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Ees
Citizens’ State Bank
Geronimo Early Toy
Jurist Found Dead in Kingston Hotel
Supreme Court Justice George H. Vite of Albany was found dead in his bed at the Eagle hotel Kingston. He had suffered from heart disease and acute indigestion for several months.
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Kingston
N.Y
Kentucky Beauty Named Defendant in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Margaret Ingles Miller of Kentucky, noted as beauty, wit, poet, actress and politician, is named as defendant in a novel divorce filing by a Marion cleric. The petition alleges cruel treatment and abandonment. she denies these charges and questions whether Ohio courts will grant a divorce on his claim that she called his sermons rotten.
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Lexington
Margaret Ingles Miller
Kentucky
Marion
New China Minister Sees Warm US Ties and Investment Openness
Chang Yin Tang the newly arrived Chinese minister said relations between China and the United States are better than ever and the Chinese people have confidence in the American people. He added that while not tasked to attract American capital, China would welcome overtures for investment in its development.
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Washington
Associated Press
Chang Yin Tang
China
United States
Kentucky Court Reverses Burley Society Receiver decision
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed Judge Benton in the Burley Tobacco society case, ruling the receiver appointment and accounting demand premature with many unsettled claims including $130,600 in society assets and $900,000 in pending damages. Funds in Winchester will be sent to Lexington for Burley Tobacco Society. The decision notes unresolved suits and expenses and remands for consistent proceedings.
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Burley Society
Lexington
Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Tobacco Group Sues over Pooled Crop
The Clark county board of control of the Burley Tobacco society filed suit in Fayette circuit court for an injunction against John G. Witt of Clark county and Central Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse company to stop sale and purchase of a four acre pooled tobacco crop. A temporary restraining order was granted with a hearing set for December 20. Colonel John R. Allen is attorney for the plaintiff board.
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Lexington
Clark County Board of Control
Burley Tobacco Society Today
Fayette
John G. Witt
Clark County
Central Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Company
John R. Allen
Burley Tobacco Society
Coroner's jury finds negligence in Northeast train wreck
In Erie on December 17 the coroner's jury blamed Flagman George J. Sleight of train No 10 and engineer M L Burger of the New York Central limited for the collision with a passenger train at Northeast, Pa., which killed three and injured several.
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Erie
New York Central Limited
Northeast
George J. Sleight
M. L. Burger
The
Limited
Cleveland
Taft Attends Sister-in-Law Funeral in Connecticut
President Taft left Washington in a private car for Watertown Connecticut to attend the funeral of his sister-in-law Mrs Horace. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon with Taft returning to Washington Sunday morning. He recalled White House dance invitations canceled due to the death.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Taft
Butt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Watertown
Conn
Horace Oo
White House
Drayman Killed as Train Hits Van in Canton
In Canton Ohio a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck a moving van killing drayman William Haas and injuring three girls. Laura Mohr 18 suffered brain and scalp wounds. Rosa Burian 20 had a skull fracture. Katherine Pall badly cut. The girls were riding from a place of employment to a carline.
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Canton
Associated Press
William Haas
Pennsylvania
Laura’ Mohr
Rosa Burian
Katherine Pall
Imitation Pearls in Astor Necklace Value at 51000
New York December 17 Associated Press the transfer tax report shows ninety pearls in Caroline Webster Astor’s five strand necklace are imitations yet the necklace is appraised at 51000 Mrs Astor left diamonds and emeralds valued at 180000 additional
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New York
Associated Press
Astor
Caroline Webster Astor
Bonuses Said To Link Trust With Sugar Frauds
New York report ties the Havemeyer era sugar trust to large bonuses paid to Williamsburg refinery superintendents for plant profits amid weighing frauds. About 35 000 dollars yearly to Williamsburg leaders. other refineries sought details but were not enlightened. Jury convicts five of six American Sugar Refining employees of criminal conspiracy.
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Trust
Havemeyer
New York
Liamsburg
Henry O. Havemeyer
The
Mr.Havemeyer
Mr. Havemeyer
American Sugar ‘Refining “Company
James F.bendernagel
Wilig
Central American Union Proposed for Five Republics
John Barrett of the International Bureau argues the five Central American republics Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua and Costa Rica could unite into a single government. He cites potential for vast trade and a three million population, with strong U S ties, as a Pan American cornerstone.
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Associated ‘Press Dispatch
Toledo
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
John Barrett
International Bureau of American
Nicaragua
Nicargua
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Night Riders' Fate Lies With Jury in Rankin Killing Case
Union City Tenn December 17 Argument in the trials of Arthur Clear and Garrett Johnson alleged leaders of the night riders band at Reelfoot Lake for killing Captain Quentin Rankin was finished and the cases were given to the jury No verdict tonight expected.
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Union City
Tenn
Associated Press
Arthur Clear
Garrett Johnson
Night Riders’ Band
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Prison Denounced as Inhuman and Vile in Atlanta Stockade
Atlanta grand jury indicted Prison Superintendent D M Vining and Guard P Cornet after reporting conditions in the city stockade as inhuman and vile. The panel urged a complete office overhaul and broader rehabilitation measures.
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Atlanta, Ga
Associated Press
D. M. Vining
P. Cornet
Adeler Explosion Kills Two Men at Ohio Plant
Two workers died as a boiler exploded at the Robison-Clay Product company plant in New Philadelphia Ohio. David Hinds and Daniel Abraham were killed instantly. Fireman John Dolan survived. seven others were injured. The boiler and engine rooms were wrecked.
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Associated F’ress
New
Philadelphia
David Hinds
Daniel Abraham
Robison-Clay Product Company
Hinds
Abraham
John Dolan
Four Die in Central of Georgia Wreck Near Harris City
Four persons were killed and three seriously injured when a Central of Georgia passenger train collided with another at Harris City on the Macon & Birmingham line. Dead include H. C. Rawls joint station agent H. C. Williams bystander W. A. McHarga Harris City and Jack Holt trainman.
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Macon
Associated Press
Central of Georgia
Macon & Birmingham
Harris City
H. C. Rawls
H.C. Wiliams
W. A. McHarga
Jack Holt
Cincinnati Authoress Hurt in Santa Fe Railway Crash
Coroner's jury probes money carried by Mrs. Alice Bennett of Hartford after the Santa Fe wreck. Fifty passengers injured, none severely. Among the injured: Mrs. G A Fitch of Cincinnati, neck bruised, and Thomas Johnson of Columbus, neck hurt. Fitch is a noted author and Cincinnati club member.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Associated Press
Alice D. Bennett
Hartford
Spar Marks Spot Where Car Ferry Sank
The wreck of the car ferry Marquette and Bessemer No. 2, sunk in Lake Erie during the storm on December 7, claimed 33 lives. The Reed tug located the wreck twelve miles from Conneaut, Ohio, with only a long spar protruding above the water as evidence.
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Associated Press
Marquette
Bessemer No
Lake Erie
Reed
Conneaut
Mrs. Mary Brokaw Ends Testimony in Divorce Suit Battle
In Mineola L I A Mary Blair Brokaw rests her case seeking separation with alimony as high as 100 000 annually. Brokaw vows to fight to finish while his sister and grooms testify to a loving marriage. A prankster accused bribed witnesses but is dismissed as baseless.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Mary Blair Brokaw
Mineola
L. A
W. Gould Brokaw
Mr. Brokaw
McIntyre
H. Bramwell Gilbert
Brokaw
Duel to the death on downtown street over woman
In Chicago on December 17, Walter McClendor died after a knife duel with James Kirk over a woman. Kirk survived with two shoulder wounds. he was later arrested. McClendor suffered eleven wounds including three in the left lung and one in the heart as a crowd watched without intervening.
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Chicago
Walter McClendor
James Kirk
McClendor
Kirk
Longworth Victory Boosts Playgrounds Amid Congressional Clash
The house approved a $17 000 district playgrounds appropriation under Longworth leading a pro playgrounds coalition. Representative Mann denounced executive officials for criticizing Congress and attacked auditor Tweedale over public remarks. The District of Columbia bill adjourned toward Monday. The senate did not meet.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Executive Department
Congress
Mann
Illinois
Fitzgerald
New York
House
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Longworth
Ohio
Tweedale
Senate
Sulzer Favors Estrada Recognition of Nicaragua Leader
Representative Sulzer proposed a resolution in the House on December 17 urging immediate U S recognition of General Estrada as Nicaragua s president instead of Zelaya. He also called for punishing Zelaya for murders of Americans during the revolution and sought authority for the president to act as he sees fit.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sulzer
United States
General Estrada
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Hardy of Texas Seeks Ocean Mail Bill Investigation
Rep. Hardy of Texas introduces a resolution in the House calling for a congressional inquiry into corruption charges surrounding the ocean mail bill. He proposes a 6 member committee split 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans to examine money spent by supporters and opponents and any hiring of newspaper writers and lobbyists.
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Hardy
Texas
Ocean Mail
Washington
Associated Press
Congress
House Today
Representative Hardy
Pennsylvania Congressman seeks steel mill probe
Representative Tener of Pennsylvania offers a resolution to investigate the steel mills and car shops of Western Pennsylvania following recent labor disturbances. The move aims to address conditions and possible labor issues at these facilities.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Associated Press
Tener
Rep
Right of Way Battle Over Pork Barrels in Congress
A clash over two major pork barrel measures rivers and harbors and public buildings stalls action in the House buildings and grounds committee. They plan to wait until February to frame a general bill or push the issue to next year as the rivers and harbors committee remains involved.
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Washington
Associated Press
Congress
House Committee On Buildings and Grounds
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