Holiday crime in Michigan and Oklahoma report
In Lansing two brothers, Bibert and Melvin Conklin, quarreled over property. Melvin shot Bibert at his home at midnight and again in the bedroom, killing him. a woman, Mrs. Elert Conklin, was wounded. Melvin shows signs of insanity. In Pawnee Oklahoma, Fred Springer, a saloonkeeper, was attacked by two masked men. Springer fired, one bandit died, another may live, Springer was injured.
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Lansing
Mich
Bibert
Conkiln
Wan Ehot
Melvin Conk
Melvin Conklin
Eibert
Melvin
Elert Conklin
Pawnee
Okin
Fred Springler
Springler
White
Np Bleis
Murdered man Cravens linked to bandit kin in Iowa case
Ta neville Dec 27 A man named Cravens was found dead by the roadside about six miles north of Lineville. He was last seen alive near Olla where a moving wagon with two men and two women was observed. occupants were reportedly intoxicated. The two suspects were arrested and taken to Corydon for an inquest. The victim was B B Cravens's youngest son, brother to the noted bandit Craven who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary years ago.
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Taneville
Mie Cravens
Lineville
Olla
Corydon
B. B
Plan to Fight Twine Trust and Expand Prison Plant
The Minnesota Prison Outlet plans to raise twine production and craft farm machinery. The state board of control urges removing sales restrictions and boosting output to challenge the so called farm equipment trust. They seek to put the twine plant up for auction and study prison-made machinery feasibility to lift annual product from about 13 million pounds toward 16 million.
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Minnesota
Pauly Dee
Twice Trust
State Board of Control
Johnson
Lecislature
Corpse Walked Away in Embalming Chaos
Mrs Auguste Goldman of 2060 Farrell Street rose from an undertaker’s slab as embalmers worked. She chastised the undertaker for rough handling and then the petrol wagon arrived. Witnesses described the scene as the mortician struggled to complete embalming while two physicians later certified the death.
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Chicago
Auguste Goldman
Farrell Street
Timsett
Gardman
Walt
Ben
Massacre Report From Sonora Stirs U.S. Officials
Col H B Maxson arrives in Los Angeles with a graphic account of Yaqui raids near Laneho on the Cananea Yaqui River line. Four killed at Laneho station, Thompson and wife survive behind barricaded doors. Burned station, four more bodies found along the line, suspects at large.
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Los Angeles
Cali
H. B. Maxson
Ma Honal Irrigation Congress
Board of Education
Meno
Nev
Thompson
Maxson
Stein
Hi Wife
Colonel Maxson
Laneho
Maxton
The Blizzard in England and Hills of Scotland Trapped
The blizzard that began Christmas night continues across Great Britain. Northern districts are snowbound, trains blocked, roads impassable, and villages cut off. Pedestrians blocked in Scottish hills reported deaths. steamship traffic across the Channel and Irish Sea greatly impaired. In some places small steamers paused due to fierce gales and heavy snowfall.
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London
Great Britain
Traina
Beottiah Hills
Telesrapile
Scotland I
More Trouble with Raisuli Summons Council Meeting
Raisuli the famous bandit has called a meeting of his vasal chiefs for December 30. Tangier Morocco reports a Moroccan war minister Sidd Mohammed Gabbana arranged seven small camps each with 150 men and sent envoys to Hewtenants to govern. Raisuli has summoned a council to meet at Boularous head quarters on December 30.
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Tangier
Morocco
Sidd Mohammed Gabbana
Raisull
Vansal Hhints
White Men Protect Innocent Negroes in Mississippi Lynching
New Orleans reports detail violence in Kemper county Mississippi where white residents defend black families, while a mob targets suspected hoodlums. Authorities name five white men linked to lynching acts, with four killed in the mayhem. A deputy sheriff and others shielded a negro victim before being overpowered and killed. District Attorney Currie announces arrests for those responsible.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Kemper County
Currie
Devercy
Christmay Day
Dixpatches
Alabama
Beroha
Webalak
Neapo
Calvin Nicholson
Nichelson
Simpson
Nicholson
Alexander
State Meeting In Progress At Grand Forks
Auditors from several North Dakota counties gather in Grand Forks for discussions on vital matters including a resolution urging the legislature to create a county assessor office to improve property tax administration and assessment efficiency.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Eleventh Victim Dies From Enderlin Wreck Injuries
G M Brockett of Minneapolis died at Enderlin hospital from injuries suffered in a railroad wreck earlier in the week. His left arm was broken and internal injuries caused the death, making the wreck's death toll eleven.
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Enderlin
Minneapolis
Minn
G. M. Brockett
N. D
Beresford Identity Clue Tied to Dakota Wreck Victim
Minneapolis reports a tentative link by Curry Carpenter, passenger agent, to identify the body of Delavale Beresford among wreck victims near Enderlin, North Dakota. Carpenter, who knew Beresford years ago in El Paso,Mexico, cites facial changes and time since last sighting, noting Beresford was connected to Str oar Beresford and the English navy. Further details await on Page Six.
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C. Carpenter
Minneapolis
Curry C. Carpenter
Santa Se
Hume & Davies
Delavale
Beresford
Enderlin
N. D
Carpenter
el Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Chihuahua
Mexico
Adin
Delaval 2
Secretary Hitchcock Defends Indian Lands Withdrawal
Washington, Dec. 27. Secretary Hitchcock is preparing to defend his action withdrawing 4,000,000 acres of Indian lands from allotments for a forest reserve. President Roosevelt is said to back the attitude. Senators and Congress clash over legality, with notes on executive overreach and precedents cited by Hitchcock as guidance for possible court rulings. Page six.
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New York
France’s
Washington
Ajax Bord Gardner
Sons of the Revolution
Wm. M. Moersereau
Praince
Continental Army
Fraunce
Filthcock
Congress
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Wilson
Indian Affairs Commitnees
Russian Consul Dead in Liverpool Bedshot Mystery
Liverpool December 21 Russian consul Colonel de Germinn found dead in bed this morning. He had been shot, manner unknown. Some believe suicide. motive not yet known. The representative of the government at Liverpool was found dead in his residence.
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Liverpool
de Germinn
Tr le
President Allman Declines Compromise on Japanese Question
San Francisco December 27 United States Attorney Devlin is enroute to Washington after a summons from Attorney General Bona parte. Local education board members may explain their stance on the Japanese question to federal authorities hoping for a common ground compromise. President Allman rejects any compromise saying a debate won’t change the issue and a Washington conference won’t alter the applicable law.
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San Francisco
East
United States
Devlin
Bonaparte
Board of Education
Tvor
Allman
Washington
Ottawa Valley railroad project fully financed in London
In London on December 27 the Ottawa Valley railroad project received complete funding after a special directors meeting. The Montreal to Great Lake line will begin construction immediately as capital was over subscribed.
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London
Montreal
Great Lake
Reform School Sentences For Salvation Army Box Thieves
Four Aberdeen boys were arraigned after stealing Salvation Army poor boxes. Norman Stocks and Elmer Flagg were sent to the reform school at Plankinton, while Frank Fry and Claude Grinnell received suspended sentences and were placed under parental care with warnings of future reform school punishment. The Fry parents reportedly sell their hotel at Geddes and plan a move to Butte county to remove their son from temptation.
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Salvation Army
Aberdeen
Justice McCoy
Plankinton
Norman Stocks
Elmer Flagg
Frank Fry
Claude Grinnell
Geddes
Butte County
Sword of John Paul Jones Returns to Navy Labs
Washington reports the historic sword used by John Paul Jones remains in the Navy Department labs in near original condition. The blade, once given by a North Carolina family when Jones adopted their name, sits under guard after transfer by Commander Reginald Nicholson. A separate item notes railroads will pay about 1.052 billion dollars in wages this fiscal year, a record high as construction expands.
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North Carolina
Washington
John Paul Jones
Navy Department
Reginald Nicholson
Would Loot The N P Company
In Helens Montana on December 27 unknown offenders tried to extort twenty six thousand dollars from the Northern Pacific Railway after a raid following a dramatic courthouse escape. They threatened to blow up the St Louis Burlington express between Livingstone and Billings unless payment was made, prompting detectives to guard the train and search for the alleged accomplice nearby.
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Helens
Mont
Northern Pacifc
Tsake Gravelle
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