Families Fight and Man Shot Dead in Reno Kitchen
Ruby File was shot and killed and Noah File wounded by John and George Willeford as they forced entry to stop them from harming Samuel File. Ruby died at Hecht temple three hours after the shot. Noah was hit in the right cheek but will recover. John Willeford and James Willeford were jailed. George Willeford is at large. The motive cited includes a $125 debt.
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Reno
Ruby File
Noah File
John
George Willeford
File
Willeford Brothers
Samuel File
Willefords
Wilefords
Ruby
George
Hecht Temple
Noah
John Willeford
Norah File
Henry W. Willeford
Mine Rescue Stations to Teach Explosion Response
The United States Geological Survey will establish rescue stations in major coal fields. Government mining engineers will train miners and mine bosses in use of rescue apparatus and safety lamps. Oxygen helmets let experts enter smoky or gassed mines. Stations will operate with the University of Illinois to serve Illinois Indiana Michigan Iowa northern Missouri and western Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
United States Geological Survey
University of Illinois
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Report on Rend Colliery Explosion Recommends Mining Reform
Springfield Dec 28 The governor received the mining board and inspectors report on the Rend Colliery explosion of Dec 13. They found excessive powder use created carbon monoxide gas ignited by a shot and coal dust, and warned that with current methods another blast will occur.
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Springfield
Cgovernor Deneen
State Mining Board
Rend Colliery Company
Rend City
Predicts liquor fight in Illinois legislature
Chicago December 28 W H Stead attorney general of Illinois said an effort will be made at the upcoming session which opens January 6 at Springfield to secure a public utilities commission He also indicated a likely battle to repeal the ward and township local option law now in effect in Illinois The law has been found to work fairly well
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
W. H. Stead
Ilinois
Springfield
Public Utilities Commission
Stead
Illinois
Crabtree Sells Two Trotters for 40600
John C Crabtree of Christian county sells Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maude C to Richard Wilson of Rushville Ind for a reported 40600. The two trotters are full brother and sister raised by J C Henry of Tayjorville who still owns their sire Chitwood.
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John C. Crabtree
Springfield
Christian County
Richard Wilson
Rushville
Ind
Lady Mauds C
J. C. Henry
Tay- Jorville
Hains Defense Trial Fights Indictment Dismissal
In Flushing New York December 28 the Hains murder case defense led by Eugene Young pressed to dismiss the indictment against Thornton J Hains and Captain Peter Hains. The judge denied the motion and Young argued the defendant could not be charged as an accessory after the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Crane
Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter Hains
William E. Annis
Eugene Young
Hains
Young
Legal Note on Murder, Lunacy, and Aiding Facts
A commentator argues that a person who aids and encourages a murder by a lunatic may be held responsible as a principal rather than an accessory, even if the shooter is insane. The claim foresees holding aiders liable for the act and its consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar
Troops Guard Mines After Miner Clash in Stearns
Stearns Kentucky December 28 militia guard Stearns Coal Company workings and lumber yards fearing an attack by miners. U S Marshal Sharp ordered Captain Henry Waddeth to bring to justice Berry Simpson and other miners in hiding. Deputy Marshal John Mullins, killed in the fight, was buried Sunday.
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Stearns
Stearns Coal Company
Covington
United States
G. Sharp
Henry Waddeth
Somerset Company of
State Guards
Berry Simpson
John Mullins
Will Talk On Family Life At Sociological Meeting
The American Sociological Society opens its eight sessions in Atlantic City with The Family In Modern Society as the principal topic. Attending professors and officials include TD A Ross of Wisconsin, W G Sumner of Yale, S N D North of the census bureau, Edward T Devine of New York, and Charles P Neill, labor commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sociological Society
Atlantic City
American Sociological Society
TD. A. Ross
Wisconsin
W. G Sumner
Yale
N. D
Census Bureau
Edward T. Devine
New York
Charles P. Neill
Labor
Long Race for Longboat in Matrimonial Marathon
Toronto news reports Tom Longboat the Indian runner will enter a race longer than any he has run. He partners Miss Maracle, formerly of the Mohawk reserve, in a matrimonial marathon. He will race Dorando in Buffalo next Thursday and then compete against Alfred Shrubb in a Madison Square Garden marathon on January 9.
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Toronto
Tom Longboat
Dorando
New York
Miss Maracle
Longboat
Buffalo
Alfred Shrubb
Madison Square Garden
Winter golf season opens with holiday tournament at Pinehurst
Pinehurst North Carolina December 28 With the holiday golf tournament begun here today the winter season for golf in the south may be said to be fairly started. Most of the southern clubs have engaged experts from the north or from abroad to keep their links in good shape.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Maloney Sets New World Marathon Record in Rye to NY Finish
New York Bac 28 reports MM Maloney established a world mark for the full marathon distance at 26 miles 385 yards finishing first among 118 runners in 2 hours 36 minutes 26 seconds in a Rye to Columbus Circle race in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bac
MM. Maloney
Rye
Columbus Circle
New York City
Soldier Nine Beats All-Americans in Orient Tour
Manila December 28. Lieutenant Johnson's army team defeated the all-American baseball squad by four to three. It is the only defeat the All-Americans have suffered on the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier
Manila
Orient
Johnson
Army
Charles Tapp Shot Dead by Farm Employee
Charles Tapp a famous harness horse breeder driver and trainer in St Joseph Missouri was shot dead by Edward Fairhurst an employee at the King Hill stock farm during an attempted ejection Tapp was attempting to eject Fairhurst from the farm authorities investigated the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tapp
St. Joseph
Charles Tarp
Edward Fairhurst
Tapp
Fairhurst
King Hill
Auto Tilts Through Three Somersaults In Race
Gun Seyfried drove a car that broke a tire on a curve during an auto race in Los Angeles on December 28. The machine hurled into three complete somersaults and burst into flame, leaving bystanders shocked at the fiery crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Gun Seyfried
Vagrant Say Heir to Fortune Faces Baltimore Society
A Los Angeles report states William Jefferson Powell titled heir to half a million dollars and a Baltimore society position, has been sentenced to 180 days in the work house on a vagrancy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Tiei
Baltimore Society
William Jefferson Powell
Griscom Resigns as Ambassador to Italy Confirmed
Washington reports the resignation of Lloyd Griscom from his post as ambassador to Italy has been confirmed. In Chicago a separate incident notes Martha Baben derde was punched for refusing to eat chop suey, leading to the arrest of George Kuoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griscom
Washington
Lloyd
Italy
Chicago
Martha Babenderde
George Kuoll
Don's Kidney Pills Ad From Freeport Citizen
A Freeport resident Mrs J S Fisher 143 Homer Street endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy for kidney trouble. She recounts initial neglect followed by relief after using the pills purchased from Emmett's drug store. The ad notes the price 50 cents and lists FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents.
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Freeport
Mra. J
Doan
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Earthquake Plunges Virginia City Into Darkness
Virginia City Montana reports a severest tremor in a week long sequence. The electric power plant ten miles away was crippled, telephones failed, and the town faced widespread alarm as cracks widened and chimneys and dishes shattered. Over thirty shocks have rattled the area with panic and damage mounting daily.
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Virginia City
$50,000 Purse for Jeffries and Johnson
In Sydney on December 28 the talk centers on James J. Jeffries facing Jack Johnson with Hugh McIntosh planning to travel to the United States on January 2 and offer a $50 000 purse to lure Jeffries to cross the seas. McIntosh’s wealth is shown by the Johnson Burns receipts of $150 000 from that bout. Johnson has a five week engagement at a Sydney music hall and will be paid $1 750 weekly for bag punching and training methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
United States
Bengland
Jeffries
Johnson
McIntosh
Eleven Killed in Anti-Opium Riot at Amoy Der
Orders to stop planting opium poppies were issued at Tun Ban but were declined, triggering a riot in which one officer and ten Ngilians were killed. About 400 troops were dispatched to Tungan to restore order as authorities pledge strict enforcement of the anti opium edict.
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Amoy
Der
Tun- Ban
Tungan
International Peace Centennial aims for cross border links
In Cleveland plans for a 1913 centennial celebration of Commodore Perry’s victory on Lake Erie are refined. The event, titled International Peace Centennial, seeks English and Canadian involvement via Canada through England to strengthen ties. A Harvard alumnus report also suggests James B. Storrow may succeed Dr. Charles W. Eliot as Harvard president, with Nicholas Murray Butler to follow.
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Cleveland
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Canada
England
Butler
Harvard
New York
James 8. Storrow
Charles W. Eliot
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Stanford scholar uncovers key to Etruscan inscriptions
Professor George Hempley of Stanford University reports deciphering fifty of about eight thousand Etruscan tomb inscriptions. He argues the discovery will alter Italian history and Latin etymology, showing Etruscan and Roman languages shared roots and suggesting early connected origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hiemple
Stanford University
California
Cal
George Heompley
Stanford
Italy
Professor Hemple
Hemple
Troy
Jordan
Rome
Greece
HENEY GOING TO PITTSBURG
Francis J. Newey, famed for unearthing Oregon land frauds and San Francisco graft prosecutions, is said to visit Pittsburg at President Roosevelt's request to probe alleged briberies tied to federal institutions. A court hearing noted $176,000 spent by national banks seeking city depository status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Francis J. Newey
Oregon
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Carnegie Cash 2 Rout Grafters in Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie has offered 159000 dollars to clean Pittsburg up morally after a municipal bribery scandal. Noted philanthropist ties to reform efforts surface amid ongoing investigations and local political fallout.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
France richer than ever end of year figures show $1109 per person
Paris reports 1968 trade sagged like Europe yet France remains the world banker. Figures by Leroy-Beaulieu and colleagues show annual income from foreign holdings near 9.36 billion dollars, mainly government stocks, nearly double in 15 years. French wealth estimates top 45 billion dollars, about 1109 dollars per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Leroy-Beanlieu
Leroy-Beaulieu
Earth Scientists Gather for Geological Society Meeting
Washington December 28. Students from earth sciences assemble for the twenty first annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. The sessions will cover the latest European discovery of the so called oldest man and notable Iowa finds as researchers seek to learn the earths age and formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Society of America
Washington
Europe
Iowa
RIDERS' CASE NEARS END IN TENNESSEE MURDER TRIAL
Union City Tenn Dec 28 with three remaining witnesses the state will likely close its case against the alleged night riders for the murder of Captain Ranken. The prosecution continued its hearing today and the defense will present its testimony in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Tenn
Ranken
Nurse Sarah Koten Case To Be Called This Week
New York dispatch reports that the case of nurse Sarah Koten charged with killing a doctor in revenge for alleged wrongs is expected to be called early this week.
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Sarah Koten
New York
Weather Forecast for Midwest and Great Lakes
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana and Iowa with cloudy skies and probable showers while Michigan and Wisconsin are expected to remain cloudy.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Repetition. Chestnuts and the weary wife in court
A fragment shows a husband entering with a bag of chestnuts saying he brought more home. The wife, without looking up, responds with a short line in a tense scene directed at a judge. The text reads as a brief domestic exchange ending with the word Judge.
Tragedy in Johnstown as Stormer Kills Four Then Himself
Johnstown man John Stormer shot his wife, her brother and the brother's wife, Mr and Mrs Kurtz of Keosport and then killed himself in view of bystanders. He had not lived with his wife for years. Officers found him dead on arrival.
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Johnstown
Dee
John Stormer
Wip
Nam Kurtz
Kkeesport
Stormer
Woods Liver Medicine advertised by local sellers
A liquid liver remedy marketed to regulate the liver relieve sick headache constipation stomach and kidney disorders and act as a gentle laxative. It claims tonic effects from the first dose with a dollar bottle containing more than double the contents of the fifty cent size sold by H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Alarm clocks that wake the family not the hired help
A Chicago Tribune quip depicts a customer asking for a clock that rouses the hired girl without disturbing the family. The clerk jokes that no such clock exists and they stock only ordinary models that wake the whole family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Advice From Twain Urges Red Cross Stamp Sale
New York December 28. Encouragement for the Red Cross committee to extend the white plague Stamp sale to New Year’s Day comes from many sources. Samuel L. Clemens letter urges readers to buy stamps to help the Red Cross as America shows its warm, generous heart. Boston committee reports large sale.
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New York
Red Cross Committee
Samuel L. Clemena
Mark Twain
Red Cross
America
Boston
Injunction Opens Shows In New York Sunday Matinees
New York authorities faced a Supreme Court injunction preventing police interference as exhibitors defied Mayor McClellan by running Sunday matinees. The court had granted injunctions Saturday blocking license cancellations and setting today for arguments on restoring licenses for over 600 venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
McClellan
Congressmen Off for the Canal Today
Twelve members of the House committee travel from Charleston to Colon to study Panama Canal Zone conditions. They will examine the judiciary’s role and consider attaching the zone to a southern federal circuit, while also reviewing canal construction. The delegation includes Stevens of Minnesota, Townsend of Michigan, Morse of Wisconsin, and Loud of Michigan.
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Washington
Panama Canal Zone
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Charleston
S. C
Colon
Congressional Party
Stevens
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Townsend
Michigan
Morse
Loud
Men of Learning Gather for Annual AAAS Session
Baltimore hosts the American Association for the Advancement of Science as scientists from various fields convene at Johns Hopkins University. The sessions span several days with public access and include talks on recent research and a Darwin centenary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Johns Hopkins University
Association
Charles Darwin
Serious High School Fun Ends in Fraternity Initiation Injury
Council Bluffs Iowa December 28. Thomas Warvey sixteen threatens death from injuries after a high school fraternity initiation. He was hurt by a shotgun paddle causing a blank cartridge to fire powder into his hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bliffs
Thomas Warvey
Tarvey
Humans Get Cattle Plague Infant Dies and Others Suffer
Rochester New York December 28 ten cases of suspected foot and mouth disease have appeared in five Clarkson Monroe county families with one infant death linked to meningitis like symptoms. The children reportedly used milk while other household members did not. Fairmont West Virginia December 28 a boy and three companions were seriously injured or fatally hurt after Oscar Warr ignited mine powder with a cigarette.
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Rochester
N. Y
Clarkson
Monroe County
Fairmont
W. Va
Oscar Warr
When you have an automobile
Mr Chuggins argues that driving a car relies on personal judgment while a horse offers a sense of safety. The dialogue contrasts automobile and equine travel with a wry observation about risk and skill.
Pile Remedy Promises Quick Relief and Drug Sale
Personal experience claims Man Zan Pile Remedy gives immediate relief for all piles. Guarantee offered at 60 cents. Sold by H J Moogk and C P Guen or.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenor
Pope Sees Vision of Joan in Apparition Report
Rome dated December 28 Italia prints sensational tale that Joan of Arc appeared to the Pope in a vision urging him to continue current policy awaiting triumph. The Holy Father emerged from prayer pale and silent for several days after the beatification ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratory
Rome
Italia
Joan of Arc
Holy Father
Papa
Bewildering Ties Tie Dillinger Family Marriages
In Washington Pennsylvania on December 28 the tangled marriages link aged farmer Henry Dillinger his two sons Charles and David with widow Mrs Maria Richmond and her two daughters Lucy sixteen and Jennie nineteen. Lucy then married Henry and later David Dillinger wed Jennie. The households remained together, creating complex family bonds amid the unusual sequence of weddings within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Dillinger
Maria Richmond
Charles
David
Lucy Richmond
Labor Act On Jail Team Leaders Rally For Free Speech
Philadelphia delegates of the Central Labor Union adopt a resolution condemning actions against organized labor and urging support for free speech and jury rights. In New York, a federation plans a 200000-strong demonstration next Sunday to protest jail sentences for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. a committee is named and Roosevelt urged to hear the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Wright
Ie Bucks Steve and Range Company
Lst
Trent
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
New York
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Irrank Morrison
Central Federated Union
Roosevelt
Taft’s Classmate In Jail in Mexico
In response to appeals from New York, Theodore V. Johnson has left for Trinidad, Lower California, to aid William G. Morse who is under arrest there. The charge is believed to be that Morse killed a Mexican. Morse is the son of Professor A. Fr. Morse of telegraph fame and was a member of Taft’s Yale class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cali
New York
Theodore V. Johnson
Trinidad
California
Wiliam G. Morse
Willian G. Mocrse
Fr. Morse
Telegraph Fame
Taft
Yale
Coal Mine Fire Reignites in Hastings After Explosions
A coal mine at Hastings Colorado, burning since last Wednesday, broke out again after small gas explosions. Workmen trying to regain control were overcome by gas as efforts continued five days into the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Colo
Wire Tina
Thames
Sunday closing law enforced at Niagara Falls saloons and theaters
Niagara Falls on December 28 saw police strictly enforce the Sunday closing law against saloons and theaters. Mayor Douglass ordered the action, making the day likely the quietest and most uneventful in the falls' history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Douglass
Falls
An Exchange Between Moody and Gladstone in England
An anecdote recounts evangelist Moody meeting Mr. Gladstone in England during Moody and Bankey meetings. Gladstone, impressed, says he wishes Moody had his body and head. Moody retorts wishing Gladstone had Moody’s body and lines and designs, ending with hearty wishes as they part.
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Evangelist Moody
Mr. Gladstone
England
Moody and Bankey
Mr. Moody
Mr. Moocy
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Galena Ave
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Conover
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Kimball
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