Petition Demands Inquiry Into Smith Killing By Canadian Soldiers
Buffalo residents file a petition asking the state department to investigate the killing of Walter Smith twenty one by Canadian soldiers near Fort Erie. Charles Dorsch survived with a shattered arm as gunfire erupted while they duck hunted in the Niagara River. An inquest was begun. witnesses describe a chaotic scene with Canadian authorities cautioning soldiers and frontier tensions rising amid war-time reporting.
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Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
State Department
Walter Smith
Charles Dorsch
Fort Erie
Forty-fourth
Welland and
Lincoln
Niagara River
Jelany
Fort
Eric
Delaney
Dominion
Ben
Iself
Thaw Ordered Returned for Trial in New York
The U S Supreme Court unanimously ruled Harry Kendall Thaw is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus and must be returned from New Hampshire to New York to face conspiracy charges and possible lunacy commitment. Thaw’s escape from Matteawan in 1913 is the backdrop for the pending arraignment and potential recommitment ahead of the piracy case. Territorial officials in Terre Haute, Indiana, face federal action after arrests tied to a broad corruption probe, as automobile manufacturing counts for the year close with high vehicle output orders.
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Gene Court
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
New York
New Hampshire
Latteawan
Wthe Supreme Court of the United States
Thaw
Aldrich
Matteawan
Duchess to Claim Full Estate of Eugene Zimmerman
Private cablegrams from Cincinnati to London indicate the Duchess of Manchester will seize the entire estate of her late father Eugene Zimmerman for herself and her children. Estimates place the value at up to seven million dollars due to investments of doubtful value. other claimants are anticipated.
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Cincinnati
Duchess of Manchester
London
Eugene Zimmerman
Prohibition Defeated in House Vote Against Hobson Plan
Representative Hobson failed to secure a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition as the House rejected the measure 197 to 189 with one present. The two-thirds threshold of 288 votes was missed by 91, leaving prohibition advocates short 20 votes for a majority. Party lines did not decide the outcome, with Mann and Underwood opposing unified by Republicans Campbell and Mondell in support.
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Hobson
House
House of Representatives
Representative Mann
Hitneis
Representative Underwood
Campbell
Kansas
Mondell
Wyoming
No bonuses this year at United States Steel
Officers and department heads of United States Steel will receive no bonus this year. It is the first time since the firm’s formation that bonuses have not been distributed in this season. Last year earnings exceeded 137 million dollars with about 2 million in bonuses, but this year earnings are estimated at around 75 million and bonuses are withheld.
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Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Superior Steel Company
Carnegie
Sams
Market Quotations from Chicago and Pittsburgh
Chicago hog receipts reach 34000 with prices across bulk light mixed heavy and pigs. cattle receipts 19000 with native western cows and calves. sheep receipts 15000 with varied values. Pittsburgh shows butter prints and cattle prices from choice to common, plus sheep lambs and veal calf ranges. Cleveland lists hog yields yorker and mixed, calves and sheep values, with varied hog and stag prices.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
S. Hoga
Cleveland
Meteor from the skies lands near Greensburg farm
A large meteorlike body fell on the Harry Patty farm near Delmont on the Greensburg Delmont road, shocking twenty men on an adjoining farm. It exploded, tore up the earth, and pieces of hot cinderlike material were recovered as souvenirs. The event drew reports from Delmont residents.
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Greensburg
Harry Patty
Delmont
Outlook most favorable for business this week
Dun's Review of Trade notes the railroad rate decision, major wheat exports, and colder weather boosting retail distribution as the key influences. December usually slows activity, but progress in financial recovery and a growing trade balance, aided by the rate decision, create a positive business sentiment.
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Dun
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Western Penitentiary
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Montgomery County
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John Stiles
Buffington Township
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