Wreck on Lake Shore Line Feared Federal Sabotage
Reports from Cleveland indicate the derailment of Lake Shore and Michigan Central train No. 16 near Witeliff was suspected as a deliberate wrecking attempt. Spikes were removed from the rails and a $1000 reward was offered for apprehending those tampering with the track. Alfred Smith rode in the presidential car and helped after the derailment. the fireman was killed. Smith and engineer Jos Lamb provided statements on the obstruction alleged to have caused the derailment.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Witeliff
New York
Alfred Smith
Blect Smith
Elect Smith
Jos Lamb
Smith
Grafton Land Deal With B&O Falls Through
Progress on the proposed exchange between the B&O railroad and Grafton City stalls due to owners Jolliffee and Shayne of the Grafton Feed & Storage Co failing to agree. Latrobe Street widening and a link to the bridge could boost traffic and property values, but time is running out as post office and county bridge projects proceed.
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B. & ©. Railroad
City of
Grafton
Ruhl
Marcel Jolliffee
Harvey Shayne
Grafton Feed & Storage Co
Fairmont
Sentinel
Board of Trade
J. D. McCubbin
B. & O. Railroad
St. Mary Street
Latrobe Street
Ruhi
St. Marys Street
Railroad Company
Watkins
O. EB. Wyckoff
A. Shackelford
Shayne
Trafic
Messrs
Shayne and
Jolliffee
Post Ofice
Moor
B. O. Railroad
British press to suspend publication on Christmas Day
London papers including the London Times will close on Christmas as unanimous agreement and Sheffield Telegraph report. More than a million workers in news publishing and distribution will get a holiday this year after last year’s partial shutdown.
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London
Sheffield Telegraph
London Times
Property seizure could spur talks on St Marys Latrobe streets
Residents say the notice has moved to Grafton for Ruhl building now police hold. They report a suspect man extending about a foot on St Marys street and about one and a half feet on Latrobe street. If true, this may form a basis for further negotiations on the subject.
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Theii
Grafton
Ruhl
Sus- Shayne and Jolliffee
Fairmont
St Marys Street
Latrobe Street
U S Senator Proposes World Currency Conference
Senator Thomas introduces a resolution authorizing President Wilson to invite England France and Germany to a gold standard conference. Five U S delegates would attend once two European nations accept. He argues currency issues must be viewed globally to solve the parity crisis. Cummins continues to oppose the currency bill amid limited progress toward a vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Thomas
Wilson
England
France
Germany
Cummins
Police capture alleged Italian safecracker near Weaver
Elkins police detained an Italian traveling salesman suspected of complicity in the Weaver post office robbery and Buxton and Landstreet store safe blow. At the G B train depot, officers led by Chief Sayre intercepted him, found keys and papers, and booked him awaiting Elkins action. Bloodhounds traced a possible house but the proprietor said the stranger had left.
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Weaver
Sentinel
Elkins
Post Office
Buxton and Landstreet
Junior
Cole
Sayre
Belington
Hikins
Sakvenly
Grafton
Uniform Rates Planned by Railway Commissioners
Chicago Dec 13 A ten member sub committee of the National Association of Railway Commissioners met to outline uniform inter state express rates. C B Bee of Missouri was chosen secretary and Martin Decker, president, chair ex officio. Morning session focused on a fair minimum rate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Association of Railway Commissioners
C. B. Bee
Missouri
Martin Decker
Commissioners’ Association
Dixie Theater purse winner at 8 30 PM
Mr Earl Henderson of Pittsburgh won the purse at the Dixie Theater Friday evening drawing held at 8 30. He arrived in town Friday morning, reached the theater at 8 10 PM, bought two chances, and held the fourth number 61 192 as it was called. Some luck.
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Dixie Theater
Earl Henderson
Henderson
Pittsburg
Garment Strike Settle Moves Toward End
St Louis December 18 labor leaders call the settlement of a garment workers strike the first decisive step toward ending the eight week walkout. One company settled with 60 strikers and will return to work next Wednesday under a board of arbitration. Minimum wage set at 218 dollars a week for cloak and suit cutters. other workers receive a 25 percent wage increase. A 50 hour week with no overtime on Saturdays or Sundays.
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ST. Louis
Board of Arbitration
Mona Lisa Stolen Masterpiece Confirmed Genuine
Florence report confirms the Mona Lisa found with Vincenzo Perugia is genuine. Experts note Louvre seal and back repairs, while police fingerprints match Perugia’s on the frame and glass. He claims patriotic motive tied to Napoleonic depredations.
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Associated Press
Florence
Vincenzo Perugia
Louvre
Italy
Paris
Perugia
Death of George Brand in Myersdale Pa shocks family
Mrs Beverlin received notice that George Brand died at his Myersdale home on Thursday. Eva Brand of Fairmont arrived to assist, and the Beverlins plan to travel to Connellsville for the funeral set for tomorrow afternoon. The death was sudden and unexpected by his family.
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Daily Sentinel
H. W. Beverlin
West Side
George Brand
Myersdale
Byerlin
Eva Brand
Fairmont
Brand
Mrand
Suit On Woman Suffrage Act Dismissed In Illinois
Chicago December 11 Judge Roel of the superior court dismissed a suit by William Stone of Chicago seeking to prevent women from voting under the women’s suffrage act passed by the legislature. The case will go to the Illinois Supreme Court on appeal for final hearing. The same day Judge Landis in United States district court threw out a suit to test the income tax law for lack of jurisdiction.
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Chicago
Roel
Superior Court
Supreme Court of Illinois
William Stone
United States District Court
Landis
Dragnet Spreads for Bomb Sender on New York East Side
Detectives hunted a young foreigner with a clean shave described as wearing a black hat and sweater. They traced a bomb sent to Ida Anuswits at QO Bottling Co and held that the intended target was William Calahan in a business feud. A dragnet covered the East Side as police sought the unidentified suspect.
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Associated
New York
Ida Anuswits
QO. K. Bottling Company
William Calahan
Elso
Express Company
Women denounce Mayor Harrison in big meeting
Chicago women packed a mass meeting to condemn Ella Flagg Young’s forced resignation as schools superintendent. They urged a special session to make the board elective, praising suffrage and raising accusations against Mayor Harrison and the board members as underhanded and unprincipled.
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Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Board of Education
George Bass
Margaret Haley
Jane Addams
Joseph Bowen
John McMahon
Harrison
Board of Edeucation
Louis Greenwald Injured in B&O Shops
Louis Greenwald of the East End had a toe mashed when an engine tire fell on his foot in B and O shops. The injury, though not serious, will keep him from work for several days.
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Short Daily Sentinel
Louis Greenwald
East End
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