27 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
1
Forty defendants in a federal dynamite conspiracy trial await a verdict with jury in recess until 2:30 PM. U.S. Attorney Miller expects a verdict by night. leaders may face acquittal while less involved defendants risk disagreement. Courtroom restricted as wives attend.
Grace Odell eleven-year-old lies in an eighty six hour sleep in Sterling Alabama as doctors search for awakening cause, with vaccination suspected as trigger. The item notes a fire scene in the evening Lyric section and links the report to tonight's edition.
Articles of agreement entered at Rogers for a new Fayetteville venture to manufacture and supply heat water light power gas to Fayetteville and nearby towns. Incorporators include George E Locke J E Felker F F Freeman Dick Rice and W B Felker with 200000 capital stock subscribed. Officers named George E Locke president and others.
Mrs Elizabeth Adams Stites aged 87 and Bentonville pioneer dies at her North Smarts street residence. Funeral conducted at the family home by Dr J P Pinkerton and Rev Peter Carnahan with the James H Berry Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy in attendance. She leaves three sons and two daughters including Capt William R Stites of Siloam Springs and Stephen L Stites of Pilot Grove Missouri.
From Sofia dispatches: Bulgaria mobilizes for potential conflict with Turkey. Youths not due for service until 1914 are conscripted and all troops remain under strict orders as tensions rise.
Senator Robert L. La Follette declared in Indianapolis that he will support President Wilson if he serves the people. otherwise he will help hammer him to ground. He warned that progressive Republicans may back Wilson but will oppose compromise with reactionaries.
New York dispatch reports six months of pursuit for William Rockefeller sought by the Senate committee to answer questions about the copper market deals with H. H. Rogers in 1906 07. Authorities fear he is snowbound in the Adirondack forest reserve.
United Press reports from Colón Panama that President Taft and his party aboard the battleship Arkansas are progressing toward Key West with all well. The wireless message said the voyage was uneventful last night and the party remains in good health.
In Colonia, Juarez, two Mexican federal detachments fought for over an hour before realizing they were not rebels. Twelve soldiers were killed and many wounded in the misidentification incident reported from El Paso.
London December 27 Secretary Ponsonby reiterates the King is not ill and has fully recovered from a Christmas chill. The private secretary says the King hunted for several hours today, underscoring the monarch’s improved health despite circulating rumors.
London reports extra guards on rail lines after militant suffragettes tampered with signal wires. No injuries reported yet, but officials fear possible loss of life and property. In Massachusetts a jealous 15 year old kills his 14 year old sweetheart at a Millsbury mill gate.
Over 1500 teachers attend the Arkansas State Teachers Association forty fifth session in Little Rock with wide interest in general sessions and conferences. Mayor C. K. Taylor opens the event, with remarks by Gov. Joe T. Robinson and State Superintendent George B. Cook. Notable speakers include J. P. Wormack and Nathanial Butler, plus Jessie Page and Henry S. Hartox on Mark Twain.
A mother asks if the gifts can be exchanged while a father worries what’s wrong. The son contemplates trading a set of tools for a new parlor table as the night ends.
Gov Woodrow Wilson departs Princeton at 10:30 am for Staunton Virginia his old home. He has been ill with a cold since Christmas Eve but his physician says he is fit for the journey. Arrives Staunton around eight tonight as precautions are taken to avoid exposure.
Rhodes scholarship board convenes at 10 30 in the High School Principal's office Little Rock to select the Oxford candidate. Members include Supt Geo B Cook Dr A Miller President B G Bowers Prof Bb W Torreyson and President J H Reynolds. Qualified candidates: Arthur McCain Jonesboro W L University Washington Arnold Texarkana Harvard Phillip Brodie Van Buren Hendrix Hot Springs Robertson Hot Springs Hendrix. Only one candidate will be chosen amid aims amid films listed.
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