Dynamite conspiracy jury adjourns until morning in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 27, Judge Albert Anderson adjourned the dynamite conspiracy case until 9:30 tomorrow. Twelve jurors, after 22 hours deliberating, showed good humor despite the impending verdict. Defendants include labor leaders and individuals from Detroit Rock Island Milwaukee and San Francisco.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Anderson
Federal
Marshall Schmidt
Michael Young
Boston
Fred Shireman
Charles Bean
Minneapolis
Big Red Smythe
Jimmie” Ray
Peoria
George (Nipper) Anderon
Cleveland
Olaf Tveitmoe
Sa Francisco
Frank J. Murphy
Detroit
Daniel Buckley
Rock Island, T
Herman G. Seiffert
Milwaukee
Ac- Wittal
The New Freedom previewed by Wilson in The Worlds Work
President elect Wilson discusses his policies and the progressive wing of the Democratic party in The Worlds Work. He argues the corporation is a public concern, calls for reconstruction of American business, and notes the need to address power that crushes the weak. Staunton plans welcome Wilson home amid county audit disputes.
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New York
New Freedom
Wilson
Democratic Party
United States
Staunton
Oceanic Held Up at Cherbourg in Severe Storm
The Oceanic te Star liner faced a long delay entering Cherbourg to take on passengers as a German cable vessel Gros Her %Z arrived damaged by the storm. The Narrung from Y was reported in great distress off Brittany. Havre reports port works damaged by two days of storms with vessels ashore or storm bound.
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Cherbourg
Oceanic
Posse
Narrung
Brittany
Havre
Interstate Rail Rates Questioned for Copper Shipment
The state commerce commission ruled that the all-rail rate on refined copper from points in the peninsula of Michigan to New York City was unjustly discriminatory against Detroit. Railroads must adjust to ensure a minimum ten cent evential charge.
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Washington
E State Commerce Commission
Michigan
Newark City
Detroit
Mich
Chambers Behind Bars
Sen Isaac E Huffmann of Oxford and L R Andrews of Ironton convicted of accepting bribes and began sentences of three years and nine months at the Ohio penitentiary after arriving from their homes in December.
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Columbus
Ohio
Isaac E. Huffmann
Oxford
L. R. Andrews
Ironton
Wilson Writes of His Opinion on the Nation's Business
President-elect declares the nation is hindered not by individuals but by the business organization of the country. He stresses reform of economic structure and governance to empower productive enterprise and national progress.
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Wilson
Chicago teaches Gotham new graft
New York ticket speculators complain Chicago extortionists have secured all desirable New Year’s Eve restaurant reservations and are selling them for up to 16 dollars a seat. Broadway restaurants report few tables left, causing chagrin among criminals in the white light district and regret over not having devised the scam.
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New York
Chicago
Windy City
Broadway
White Light District
Supervisors Probe Financial Report On Road and Bridge Panel
County supervisors examine a financial report amid veiled charges of misappropriation of funds against the road and bridge committee. The inquiry seeks clarity on expenditures and potential irregularities affecting public works financing.
Keppel Triggers County Funds Probe
Insinuations by Supervisor W S Keppel about misappropriation of county funds led to the December county meeting where an investigation committee was appointed to probe the road and bridge committee charges.
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Mr. Keppel
L. B. Cox
F. J. Roth
J. H. Moran
Oscar H. Hulberg
Hulberg
Road and Bridge Committee
Keppel
Rawlinson
la Crosse
John Kindley
Cox
W. S. Keppel
Double Tragedy in Louisville Wife and Husband Die
Relatives discover Mrs. Jordan with her throat cut in the home and Philip Jordan dead nearby with his throat cut and head in a gas stove after a jealousy linked double tragedy.
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Louisville, Ky
Philip Jordan
Women Hike in Mud to Albany in Votes for Women Banner
A small group of suffragists trudges through rain and mud in Valatie New York as they press toward Albany bearing the Votes for Women message. They arrive ahead of schedule despite harsh weather conditions.
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Valatie
N. Y
Albany
John James Illness Ends Long La Crosse Foundry Era
John James longtime La Crosse manufacturer and Pioneer Foundry president for 28 years is seriously ill at his home 314 North Eighth Street. Born in Shrewsbury England, he moved to La Crosse in 1874 and led the foundry company until 1902. His brother Alfred now runs the Pioneer Foundry.
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John James
North Eighth Street
James
la Crosse
Pioneer
King and
Front Streets
Foundry
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
England
Indian Mercantile Company
Liverpool
Alfred
Boy kills sweetheart in jealous act at mill gates
In Millbury Massachusetts 15 year old Charles Adams a weaver's helper fired a shotgun at his 14 year old sweetheart Clara Lemay as she entered the Cordis mills then killed himself.
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Millbury
Mass
Charles Adams
Cordis Mills
Clara Lemay
Farmer Killed by Falling Limb in Wisconsin
Herman Guerts a 26 year old De Pere area farmer died when a dead tree limb fell and fractured his skull. He leaves a wife and two young children.
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Green Bay
Wis
Herman Guerts
de Pere
Pittsburg to go smokeless on Pennsylvania west lines
Relief comes as all engines on Pennsylvania lines west into Pittsburg will be smokeless within a year and a half. The plan aims to cut smoke and improve air quality in the city.
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Smoky City
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Town board charges Washington road boss with theft
John Ritter, road boss in Washington, arraigned before Judge John Brindley and charged by the town board with misappropriating town funds. The complaint says Ritter collected $7 for overtime work that was never performed. Ritter pleaded not guilty and the case is set for next Monday afternoon.
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John Ritter
Washington
John Brindley
Town Board of Washington
Ritter
Husband Fatally Shoots Wife Then Kills Self in Hotel
In Galveston Texas Mrs. A M Funk and her ten year old son were unaware that A M Funk of Cleveland shot wife from behind a curtain in the Tremont hotel, wounded the son, then killed himself. The couple’s letters spoke of financial strain and a burial for Funk will be arranged by the local Masonic order. The child’s guardian family gave him a large Christmas as the bodies lay in morgue and hospital.
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Galveston
Texas
A. M. Funk
Cleveland
Funk
Tremont Hotel
Dunlap
Brooklyn
N. Y
Funks
Mary Blair Brokaw Seeks Counsel Fees in Divorce Case
Mary Blair Brokaw, suing for absolute divorce from William Gould Brokaw, asked Justice Aspinwall in Brooklyn for 15000 counsel fees. The court reserved decision.
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New York
Mary Blair Brokaw
William Gould Brokaw
Justice Aspinwall
Brooklyn
La Follette Eyes Speech Attack on Roosevelt in Minnesota
Wisconsin senator La Follette plans a pointed address in Minneapolis to attack Roosevelt while promising a politics free lecture. Beveridge intends to rebut him in St Paul at a January 24 progressives gathering. He allies with Wilson if the latter serves the people against reactionary democrats.
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Minneapolis
Minn
la Follette
Wisconsin Statesman
Roosevelt
George W. Perkins
Indianapolis
Beveridge
ST. Paul
A. J. Beveridge
United States
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Bull Moose
Wilson
Ind
Robert M. la Follette
Bryan
Indiana
Tom Taggart
Farmer Charles Thompson Killed by Switch Engine
Charles Thompson a retired farmer and former Union Grove postmaster was fatally struck by a St Paul switch engine in Sylvania Wisconsin on Thursday evening. He was a prominent Mason.
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Racine
Wis
Charles Thompson
Union Grove
St. Paul
Sylvania
Kirby Contempt Decision Scheduled For Friday
Federal Judge Carpenter set next Friday morning for a decision in contempt proceedings against Dr. William T. Kirby president of the bankrupt Kirby Savings Bank and his wife Margaret L. Kirby.
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Chicago
William T. Kirby
Kirby Savings Bank
Margaret L. Kirby
Carpenter
Arrest of Wallaceburg Man in Michigan Hold-Up
Port Huron sheriff reports the arrest of Clarence Johnson of Wallaceburg who is wanted in Marine City Michigan for a hold-up. The suspect was taken into custody in Sarnia Ontario on December 27.
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Sarnia, Ont
Port Huron
Clarence Johnson
Wallaceburg
Marine City
Mich
Italian man bound over on pandering charge in Chicago
Charles Bendoveno an Italian was bound over to the federal grand jury by U S Commissioner Foote on pandering accusations. He is said to have lured Agnes O Neil eighteen and Grace Fortune seventeen to a Gary Indiana resort operated by Ray Reimer.
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Chicago
Charles Bendoveno
United States
Foote
Agnes O’neil
Grace Fortune
Ray Reimer
Gary
Ind
Milwaukee to Discuss Next Year Income Tax With Mayor
Milwaukee State Tax Commissioner Adams will visit tomorrow to discuss the probable income tax amount for the coming year with Mayor Bading.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Adams
Bading
Treat y Signed for Guantanamo Lands Aid
The Havana treaty ends today with the United States and Cuba agreeing to a land transfer for the Guantanamo naval base, expanding the former government’s holdings.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
Visit to ill father lands Ferryville man in jail
Thomas Lee of Ferryville Wisconsin visited his very ill father in a local hospital. A chance meeting at a downtown saloon led to a loud dispute with patrons. Police intervened and Lee pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, fined $12.50.
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Thomas Lee
Ferryville
Wis
Louis Olson
Frank Bender
Edward Cronon
Mystic bean sect found among Winnebago near La Crosse
Game Warden Ed Gautsch discovers a Winnebago religious sect near Lytles Wisconsin that promises happiness through swallowing a mystic bean immune to evil temptations. One man Johnnie Black Crow refused the bean and was tied to a tree to starve before being found. The group forbids swearing dancing tobacco liquor fighting and gambling as part of the new creed.
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Lytles
la Crosse
Ed Gautsch
de Soto
Mauston
Black River Falls
Portage
la Crosse County
Johnnie Black Crow
Johnnie
Gautsch
Bulgars to Strike Vienna War Preparations Reported
Special dispatches from Sofia say Bulgarians resume war against Turkey with active preparations. Youths not due for service until 1914 are being conscripted and all troops kept under orders as of December 27.
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Vienna
Turkey
Sofia
Ripon Aboard Steamer Lost In Atlantic Storm
The British steamer Ripon bound for Philadelphia returned to Queenstown after two hours of heavy seas. Decks were swept by large waves and one crewman was washed overboard and drowned in the storm.
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Queenstown
Ripon
Philadelphia
Mexicans Strike National Railway in Mexico City
Six thousand employees of the Mexican National Railway walked out demanding higher pay and shorter work hours. The walkout began today in Mexico City and signals widespread labor unrest in the sector.
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Mexico City
Mexican National Railway
Weather Summary for La Crosse Area and Regions
Fair tonight and Saturday across La Crosse Wisconsin Minnesota and Town with little temperature change. Rain or snow has been general east of the Mississippi and along the west gulf coast, with rain from Jacksonville to Boston and snow in the lake region and upper Ohio Valley. Cooler in the Mississippi valley and lake region this morning, warmer from Nebraska and Colorado to the Canadian northwest.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Town
Mississippi River
West Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Boston
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
West
Plateau
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska
Colorado
Canadian Northwest
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