District Attorney challenges defense in dynamite plot trial
Indianapolis December 25 District Attorney Miller openly challenged any defense attorney to declare defendants Herbert S Hockin of Indianapolis and J E Munsey of Salt Lake City innocent He offered twenty minutes of time to any lawyer who would defend Hockin or Munsey but none accepted He assailed United States Senator John W Kern and accused several named men of murder and involvement with McNamara conspirators He argued Kern had not read the indictment and criticized his stance in the case He explained how he obtained letters and documents from the iron workers and urged jurors to consider defendants from distant regions and working men facing a harsh court.
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Indianapolis
Miller
Herbert S. Hockin
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Hockin
Munsey
Mr. Miller
United States
John W. Kern
Senator Kern
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
Eugene A. Clancy
J. A. Munsey
Frank M. Ryan
H S. Hockin
Philip A. Cooley
Michael J. Young
Kern
Sherman
Washington
Albert E. Anderson
McManigal
Ortie E. McManigal
Eighty Pardoned by Governor Blease in South Carolina
Governor Blease granted Christmas pardons to eighty chain gang convicts across South Carolina. The total pardons issued by his two years in office reach 509, surpassing prior records for a single grant.
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North Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Blease
Four Aeroplanes Burn at Coal City Plant Fire
Joliet NL December 25 The Sinois Aero Construction company plant at Coal City was destroyed by fire. The blaze consumed the building and all contents including four aeroplanes. Loss estimated over 25 000 with partial insurance.
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Joliet
Sinois Aero Construction Company
Coal City
Rail chiefs plead not guilty in Sherman act case
Charles Mellen and RE J Chamberlin, indicted for Sherman act violations, pleaded not guilty and were freed on $10,000 bail each. They have until Jan 6 to change pleas. Alfred W. Smithers, Grand Trunk chairman, may come to plead. Both presidents deny crime and cite money market as reason for Grand Trunk extension delays.
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New York
Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
RE. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
London
Alfred W. Smithers
Grand Trunk Board of Directors
Mellen
Chamberlin
Frank L. Crawford
Providence
Rebels Take Another Town in Mexico Burn and Loot
Washington reports say Guatamipe, six miles north of Durango, fell to about 200 rebels who sacked the town and killed many natives while burning it. No Americans were known to be hurt. Rebels also confirmed capturing General Blanco, the federal leader of Northern Chihuahua.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Guatamipe
Durango
Blanco
Chihuahua
Department
Innocent Circus Attache Freed After Confession Change
Benjamin Lucky of Birmingham Alabama a circus attache was cleared of manslaughter charges when another man confessed. Lucky had faced prison before his release immediate after the confession. Earlier a June parade clash in the city left one boy dead.
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Boston
Benjamin Lucky
Birmingham
Ala
Lucky
James Gaughan
Reformatory
McLean Couple Cook and Serve Christmas Dinner
Edward Beal McLean and Evelyn Walsh McLean cooked and served Christmas dinner for eighteen servants in the carriage house. The couple donned large aprons and helped supervise the meal before joining the staff at table.
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Washington
Edward Beal McLean
Evelyn Walsh McLean
McLean
Train Hits Funeral Auto Near Waukegan
A northbound Chicago and Northwestern train struck a funeral procession auto at Valley Junction near Waukegan Illinois killing Mrs P H Tadwig of Norwood Park and injuring three others. Injured listed include John Brannon of the Chicago fire department who will die, Mrs William Shannon and Paul Frank who may die.
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Waukegan
Ill
P. H. Tadwig
Norwood Park
Chicago & Northwestern
Valley Junction
Here
John Brannon
Chicago Fire Department
William Shannon
Paul Frank
Warnings on arsenic wallpaper from Berlin professors
Berlin researchers Professor Kuttner and Professor Loeb warn against using arsenic wallpaper after tracing numerous intestinal catarrh cases to arsenic poisoning from sleeping in rooms whose wall coverings contained arsenic in their dyes. They urge avoidance and further analysis.
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Berlin
Kuttner
Loeb
Child is fatally shot during sparrow hunt near Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa on December 25 Edwin Ross five years old was shot and killed by seven year old Elmer Koesmeyer during a sparrow hunt. The body was returned home and laid beside a Christmas tree adorned with gifts for the boy.
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Waterloo
Edwin Ross
Elmer Koesmeyer
Yamagata Target for an Assassin in Tokyo Night
An assassin attacked Prince Aritomo Yamagata in his Tokyo residence early in the night but the prince escaped unharmed. The would-be killer then tried to take his own life and was seized before harming the prince. Investigations into the motive continue as police hunt the assailant. Baron Hardinge in Delhi remains under satisfactory improvement after the viceroy’s near-fatal bomb incident.
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Tokyo
Aritomo Yamagata
Privy Council
Supreme Military
Japan
Prince Yamagata
Hardinge
Delhi
Baron Hardinge
India
Castro barred from landing in New York next week
Washington officials say Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president will not be allowed to land in New York next week. Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson announced the decision stating Castro will be deported if he attempts to land, following cooperation with Venezuela over past revolutions.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
New York
Huntington Wilson
State Department
Castro
Mexico Chamber Votes 5 Percent Tariff Increase
Mexico City reports the chamber of deputies approved a flat five percent rise in import duties. The move does not finalize the broader tariff revision bill which includes a special tax on many items, notably luxuries.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Wireless Operator Killed At Norddeich Post
New York wireless operators report the death of a wireless operator at the great German wireless station Norddeich near the North Sea. This is likely the first recorded case of a wireless operator killed at that post.
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New York
Norddeich
North Sea
Suspects Rounded Up After Alton Hummer Train Robbery
Springfield police and sheriff's deputies hold several suspects after a vigorous man hunt for the Alton Hummer robbery from Chicago to Kansas City. Two men Jack Harrnet of Chicago and Elmer Vigus of Springfield are ordered held following a tense questioning period. Detectors expect arrests to lead to convictions as Sheriff Master and his unit detain F. H. Waggoner Jessie Wilkes and others. Express officials say nothing was lost and messenger Frank Ayers is blameless. Ayers is ordered to return to assist the inquiry.
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Springfield
Ill
Alton
Chicago
Kansas City
Jack Harrnet
Elmer Vigus
Underwood
Wireless Operator Killed At Norddeich Station
New York reports a German wireless operator named Mueller is said to have been killed at his post at the Norddeich wireless station near the North Sea. Berlin dispatches say contact with high voltage transmission wires caused instantaneous death.
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New York
Norddeich
North Sea
Berlin
Mueller
Fire Imprisons 35 in Mine at Happy Thought Creede
In Creede Colorado on December 25 the Nelson tunnel of the Happy Thought mine trapped thirty five men when fire broke out. After fifty tons of debris were removed all were rescued with help from two hundred volunteers. A Regent mine connection supplied a escape route. Ropes lowered to the men enabled them to climb out exhausted but unharmed.
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Creede
Colo
Nelson
Happy Thought
Regent Mine
Kansas man dies saving two children from frightened horse
Dodge City Kansas December 25 Dean Kirk lost his life while attempting to save two children from a frightened horse driven by his motor car. He jumped from the vehicle to restrain the animal but struck his head on the car and died instantly. The children were not injured.
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Dodge City
Kan
Dean Kirk
Kirk
Cleveland man kills self after wounding wife in Tremont hotel
A. M. Funk, a prominent Cleveland citizen, shot himself at six o'clock after attempting to kill his wife at the Tremont hotel in Jalveston Texas where he and his wife and son had wintered for health. The wife was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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Jalveston
Texas
Dee
A. M. Funk
Cleveland
Ohio
South
Tremont Hotel
Blizzard Sweeps Eastern Section Strands Fruit Liner
A massive blizzard from Maine to the Carolinas with inland reach near western Pennsylvania disrupts transport and mail, halts streetcars and subways, and delays Christmas deliveries. The United Fruit steamship Turrialba ran aground four miles north of Atlantic City with 60 passengers and about 55 crew, all reported safe.
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Turralba
Atlantic City
New York
United States
Maine
Carolina
Pennsylvania
United Fruit Company
Revenue
Tarrialba
John H. May
Sandy Hook
General
Wickford Line
Society Colony
Newport
R. I
New York Central
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
Taft
New York City
Chicago Joe Buonomi Guilty of First Degree Murder
Bridgeport Conn December 25 Chicago Joe Buonomi found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in the criminal superior court for the Stratford killing of Jennie Cavaglieri last October. Co-defendants James Matto Frank Pizzichemi and James Ricco were found not guilty by direction of the court. Buonomi sentenced to be hanged at Weathersfield prison on April 4 by Judge Field.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Chicago
Joe Buonomi
Criminal Superior Court
Jennie Cavaglieri
Stratford
James Matto
Frank Pizzichemi
James Ricco
Buonami
Joe
Weathersfield
Field
Fourteen Hurt In Wreck Near Hot Springs
Fourteen people, including a woman who will die, were injured when a Hot Springs special from St. Louis to Hot Springs derailed seven miles from the city on the Iron Mountain line. Rail spread on a new roadbed due to thawing ground caused the crash. many ties were rotten and some rails aged and crystallized.
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Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Fleet Drill Program Set as Warships Sail January Eight
Admiral Badger takes command on New Year as the Atlantic fleet plans winter operations with a January eight sail for Guantanamo Cuba. The force will drill at sea and practice torpedo work while Marines train ashore and crews visit Colon and the Panama Canal before its waterflow. The return voyage begins March seventeen ending in Hampton Roads for further exercises. The Don Juan de Austria remains a naval militia boat on the Great Lakes. The Urdaneta, a captured Spanish prize, is offered for sale in the Philippines.
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Washington
Atlantic
Colon
Department
Panama Canal
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake Capes
United States Navy
Philippines
Manila
Don Juan de Austria
Great Lakes
Rescue of 35 Men From Happy Thought Mine Fire
In Creede Colorado on December 26 thirty five workers were trapped when the Nelson tunnel fire broke out. Two hundred volunteers responded and debris removed freed all men with only smoke and fumes as injuries. By midnight after sixteen hours the blaze was believed controlled.
Rockford Auto Fatality Claims Butte Man
Charles F. Dunlady of Butte Mont died from injuries after being struck by an automobile owned by Carl Ross a wealthy Rockford merchant. He had a premonition and told George Gilbert he felt every step in Rockford led to his grave before boarding a street car.
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Rockford
Ill
Charles F. Dunlady
Butte
Mont
Carl Ross
Roy Hutchis to Stay with Hutchinsons on South Main
Roy Hutchis will spend this afternoon with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hutchinson on South Main Street and will be with them tomorrow.
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Roy Hutchis
Mrs. J. J. Hutchinson
South Main Street
Markets report with grain butter eggs prices
The Markets column lists flour prices for spring wheat and jute variants, winter wheat, rye flour, and butter and eggs price ranges. It also notes New York wheat and corn values with December and May futures, plus general barley figures.
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New York
Manitoba
Chicago cattle and hog prices across markets report
Market notes from Chicago East Buffalo and Omaha show cattle ranges from 2.50 to 9.75 per cwt with steers and cows demanding varying bids, hogs between 7.00 and 7.80, and sheep and lambs in the 3.50 to 8.90 range. Regional variations by market and weight categories are outlined for each commodity.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Omaha
Texas
Card of Thanks for Bert F. Sarr funeral
We extend sincere thanks to the Rebekahs the Pythian Sisters W R C and other kind friends for kindnesses and beautiful floral tributes given at the funeral and burial of Mrs Bert F Sarr Bert F Barr Victoria Wagner Washington DC RS Wagner Libertyville IA
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Rebekahs
Pythian Sisters
Bert F. Sarr
Bert F. Barr
Victoria Wagner
Washington, D. C
RS Wagner
Libertyville, Ia
Louden Spends Christmas at Washington Home
Thomas Louden is now located in Washington D C and plans to spend the Christmas holidays at home with his children and other relatives.
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Thomas Louden
Washington, D. C
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