Woman Sells Son's Vote to Boodlers in Adams County
A widow indicted for selling her son's vote for five dollars amid a ballot corruption case in Adams County. Her son also indicted. a Jacksonville township farmer confessed to voting for multiple tickets for ten to twelve dollars. Judge Blair delays grand jury adjournment as more indictments surface and fines rise beyond six hundred dollars.
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West ‘Union
Adams County
Blair
Jacksonville
Pavlova and Mordkin Return Engagement at Shubert Murat
A new program is announced for the return engagement January 25 by Mlle. Anna Pavlova and Mikail Mordkin with their group of famous character dancers from the imperial opera houses of St. Petersburg and Moscow. They are supported by the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra of New York for one night only at the Shubert Murat theater, following strong patron demand after last October’s success.
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Anna Pavlova
Mikail Mordkin
Imperial Opera House
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
New York
Shubert Murat Theater
Court fines for vote selling amid rising turnout
A farmer and his son charged with vote selling appeared in court on Wednesday as turnout rose to 988 and could exceed 1,200 this week. The father paid 70 plus costs, the son 5 plus costs, both disfranchised for five years. Sixty men over 70 and forty first voters indicted confessed to vote selling. one refused to sell even after his father did.
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Blair
Eddy Guard Story Absolutely False
Boston dispatch says New York Christian Scientists did not protest guard at Mrs Eddy's tomb in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Alfred Farlow, publicity committee head, denies any such communication and explains guards were placed for ordinary reasons. He notes Christian Scientists hold scriptural belief in eventual elimination of pain and death but accept that centuries may pass.
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Mass
New York
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Cult
Alfred Farlow
Christian Science Board of Directors
Mrs. Eddy
Misplaced gift of coal on Indiana train shocks passenger
On a Southern Indiana train Miss Laura Emerson received a box she believed was candy. Inside were coal chunks. anger rose as the box burst, injuring no one but humiliating the supposed deliverer who acted for a friend.
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Indiana
Miss Emerson
Mt. Olive
Poison Dose Fatal in City Hospital Death
Elizabeth Baker died in city hospital on Thursday from a poison dose. Authorities report a fatal poisoning incident as the cause of death with details pending.
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Elizabeth Baker
Yale student elopes after tiff ending in Covington wedding
Charles Sayers of Yale, son of a Philadelphia auto man, witnessed the elopement of his fiancée Aideene Trucker and his friend Minor Challinor of Hamilton Ohio. Aideene and Challinor married in Covington Kentucky after a quarrel with Bessie Trucker. Sayers attended the wedding by telephone.
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Charles Sayers
Yale
Philadelphia
Aideene Trucker
Minor Challinor
Hamilton
O. Sayers
Challinor
Aideene
Bessie
Covington
Sayers
Keith's and Empire Lead Week at Local Theaters
Amusements week highlights Keith's operatic headliner at Park and Majestic offerings Brown of Harvard and Colonial vaudeville. Empire Burlesque showcases William Faversham at Shubert Murat with The World and His Wife, adaptation The Great Galesto, plus The Faun on Wednesday.
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Park
Red Mill
Brown
Harvard
Tion
Shubert Murat
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Jose Ecengaray
Galesto
Mr. Faversham
Edward Kunoblauch
New York
Faversham
William Favershammon
Margaret
Tellington Seas Teatinon
Mall Orters
Eac
Red Mill at Park Promises Musical Comedy Pleasure
Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom present The Red Mill for the rest of the week. Blossom writes the book and lyrics and has gained fame as American Gilbert. The operetta follows two Americans touring Europe who face trouble in a Dutch village when funds run out. The 50‑member cast includes the Dutch Kiddies and actors Con Kidder and Kid Connor.
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Henry Blossom
Red Mill
Gilbert
Mke Herbert
Checkers
Mlle. Modiste
Blossom
Europe
Holland
James Crawley
William Moore
Con Kidder
Kid Connor
Panama
Arvine-Benton present Brown of Harvard at Majestic
The Majestic stages Brown of Harvard with Irving Cummings Eugene Moore Rea Remonde and Martha Boucher leading a versatile company. New Year week attraction follows as George M Cohan's Little Johnny Jones is expected to draw strong crowds with Frank Jones in the title role and a large chorus.
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Arvine-Benton
Brown
Harvard
Irving Cummings
Eugene Moore
Rea Remonde
Martha Boucher
George M. Cohan
Little Johnny Jones
Frank Jones
Williams Imperial Art Studies At Empire Stage
The Williams show introduces living art studies evolving from original pictures into bronze and marble poses. Williams uses models drawn from famed European galleries, presenting poses from historic and modern masters among the finest selections available.
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The
Empire
Wiliams
Europe
Special Song Service at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
A special song service will be held Friday evening by the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation in the temple at Delaware and Tenth streets. Singers include Mrs Arnold Spencer Mrs James Lathrop Garvin Miss Mildred Moore Homer Van Wie and Arnold Spencer Franklin N Taylor as bass and director. The sermon subject is A Chauccah Thought.
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Temple
Delaware
Tenth Streets
Arnold Spencer
James Lathrop Garvin
Mildred Moore
Homer van Wie
Franklin N. Taylor
Thaw Released From Bankruptcy in Pittsburgh Court
Harry K. Thaw was discharged from bankruptcy in U S district court in Pittsburgh on Thursday, marking the end of his financial proceedings. The decision follows a lengthy case procedure and closes the creditor claims against him.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
United States
Dr Frederick A Cook Faces Arctic Controversy on Return
New York report notes Cook, famed for his pole claim, arrived home amid debate over his Arctic prowess. He refused to reveal plans to rehabilitate his reputation or his family's standing with the public.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
America
North Pole
Cook
Paroled Groom Becomes Inmate After Wedding Revocation
Clarence Beauchamp of Kennett Missouri was paroled as a Christmas gift by Governor Hadley and married Ruth Ritch, a Kennett widow, at the penitentiary. Hadley revoked the parole on recommendation of Senator Ely and Representative Hawkins. Beauchamp must serve a two year sentence for assault with intent to kill.
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Kennett, Mo
Hadley
Ruth Ritch
Kennett
Ely
Charles P. Hawkins
Dunkin County
Beauachamp
Judge Fort
Stitch
Beauchamp
Knox dismisses war scare with Japan at White House
Secretary of State Knox told a startled audience the nation faces no war danger with Japan and that relations are cordial. He even joked about enlisting only newspaper reporters in the front ranks, insisting there is nothing in the scare.
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Knox
White House
United States
Wilson to resign as assistant secretary of state
Secretary of State Knox conferred with President Taft on Thursday over choosing a successor to Huntington Wilson who will soon resign. Wilson is to be assigned to a diplomatic post abroad, and the State Department has not yet named a replacement.
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Washington
Knox
Taft
Huntington Wilson
Wilson
State Department
Priest Mistaken Communion Cup Poisoning Tragedy
In Peterhof district a Lutheran church priest accidentally filled the communion cup with sulphurated chromate instead of wine. Three congregants died and more than twenty are seriously ill with the incident occurring on December 29 in St. Petersburg.
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ST. .Petersburg
Peterhof
Hornet Lander and Honduran Revolution Advance
The Hornet gunboat reached the Atlantic coast of Honduras as 35 000 revolutionists began marching on Tegucigalpa. Gen Lee Christmas and former President Bonilla lead the advance while Nicaraguans Americans and Hondurans join the rebel force. Early clashes near Cape Gracias yielded feeble resistance.
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Honduras
Hornet
Atlantic
Lee Christmas
Bonilla
Cape Gracias
Cavilla
Beleaguer Chihuahua Seiges Rattle Mexican City
Beholden to siege by revolutionists the city of Chihuahua girds for defense. Reinforcements stockpile ammunition and range guns are mounted as insurrectos mass on Sierra Madre foothills. Regulars retreat under growing pressure. hospitals fill with southbound troops.
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Chihuahua
Sierra Madre
First Blow Struck in Honduran Revolt Seen Spreading
New Orleans reports private cables say Honduras has drawn first blood in a revolution that could drag Nicaragua and Guatemala into conflict. Fighting around Tegucigalpa pits Cavilla loyalists against revolutionaries with heavy casualties feared. The rebel army is described as exceptionally well drilled and equipped.
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Cavilla
Revolutionista
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Revolutionary Army
Davilla
Hornet
Revolt Worsens as Mexican Forces Move on Vera Cruz
The Tabasco uprising worsens with troops and gunboats dispatched from Vera Cruz. The crisis ties to the Madero movement and alarms Americans as haciendas are attacked. Yucatan reports Maya rebels near Quintana Roo. government forces advance.
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Mexico City
Tabasco
Vera Cruz
Yucatan
Quintana Roo
Americans Flogged in Honduras Seizure and Flight, 1900s
State Knox opened an inquiry into a report that William Barber of Kentucky and two other Americans were seized by Honduran authorities at Puerto Cortez. They allegedly were jailed and whipped, then boarded the gunboat Tatumbia toward Guatemalan territory and landed penniless in forested areas.
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Washington
State Knox
William Barber
Kentucky
Puerto Cortez
Miss Helen Taft Spurs Early Dining and Dances in Washington
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the president starts a movement for earlier hours among Washington society hosts. As a result many hostesses set dinner and dance times earlier in the social season.
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Washington
Helen Taft
Cupid Gets Years Mixed for Lovers
Chicago December 29 Western developments show the Langenau family of Cleveland Ohio. William G Langenau 72 married Pearl King 23 or 24 two weeks ago in Chicago. Thursday J F Langenau 39 arrived with a bride Mrs Fannie B Wilson 72 of Kansas City. The story began with the oldest daughter who married Mayor Robert McKinnon of Cleveland at age 20.
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Cleveland
William G. Langenau
Pearl King
Fannie B. Wilson
Kaness City
Robert Be, McKinnon
Martinez Named Peru Foreign Minister
Washington reports Dr. Germaine L. Martinez has been appointed minister of foreign affairs of Peru. He previously served as Peru's minister at Quito.
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Washington
Germaine L. Martinez
Peru
Quito
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