Officials Resume Cunningham Coal Land Hearing East
Spokane reports government officials in the Cunningham inquiry depart for Washington to resume hearings after holidays. Special Commissioner McGee will call the next sessions in Cleveland Minneapolis and New York City with arguments suggesting the entrymen were not dummies. Ex Governor Miles and Clarence Cunningham endorse the claimants’ good intentions despite some criticisms.
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Spokane
Cunningham Coal Land
Washington
W. J. McGee
Cleveland
Ohio
Minneapolis
Minn
New York City
Miles
Walla Wala
Clarence Cunningham
Fire Tragedy in Cincinnati Tenement After Lamp Clash
A domestic dispute ignited a lamp causing a fire trap four story tenement in Cincinnati. Seven people died including Mrs. John Henderson and three children. three others were fatally injured and an unidentified girl among the injured. The blaze blocked the stairs with six bodies found near a closed emergency door.
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Cincinnatia
John Henderson
Thomas Wilson
William Rucker
William Grout
Edna Teal
Laura Wilson
Strong Arm Holds Men in Spokane Incident
Spokane December 14 authorities report progress in handling the S. W. W. case as sixty prisoners arrested are being processed. A food aid was noted for those held, with officials saying control over the situation is improving amid the complications.
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Spokane
Conductor Cunningham Injured in Pleasant Valley Accident
Conductor Cunningham of freight train No. 23 was crushed between a coal car and a bunker while switching at Pleasant Valley yesterday morning. He suffered multiple broken ribs and internal injuries and was taken to St Elisabeth's Hospital in Baker for care.
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Pleasant Valley
Cunningham
Baker
St. Elisabeth's Hospital
Baker City
Commercial Club Eyes Regional Factory Alliance
The Commercial Club advocates uniting diverse industries under one umbrella to attract workers and build a multi-factory complex in La Grande. Plans include a fruit cannery trail, a vinegar factory, and jellies by products, with Grande Rondy valley noted for corn cannery potential.
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la Grande
Grande Rondy Valley
Spokane free speech movement ends at Franklin school
In Spokane the movement's leaders told authorities they would leave the Franklin school and work on the rock pile if given wholesome food. Initially the men refused to work and were locked inside the Franklin school on ration bread and water. The Industrial leader cited desire for enough food to sustain strength for ongoing struggle after terms expired.
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Spokane
Franklin School
Industriala
King Leopold Undergoes Successful Operation
Brussels reports an official bulletin at 11 this morning confirming King Leopold was operated on at 1 am by Drs Thirard Stin en and Bydelaga. The physicians say the king has a bare chance of recovery after removing an intestinal obstruction. No tumor was found or removed.
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Brussels
Leopold
Thirard
Stinen
Bydelaga
Airship trust forms to push development of flying machines
New York reports a plan for a Wright Curtiss airship trust aiming to dominate early aviation. The article notes a looming injunction hearing in Buffalo over patent rights, with the Wrights backed by a new corporation and plans to open Florida flight instruction and build heavier than air machines for 1 to 3, then up to 20 passengers.
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New York
Wright Brothers
Glenn Curtiss
Herring Curtiss Company
Hazel
Buffalo
Wrights
Curtiss
Million Dollar Corporation
Dayton
Ohio
Vanderbilt
Shonts
Ryan
Morton
Gould
Freedman
Collier
Bank
Forty-Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Aviation Feld
Florida
Florida Field
Gale
Cemetery space shortage prompts Walla Walla expansion plan
Walla Walla faces burial space shortage as the cemetery fills. The city council will consider enlarging the current cemetery tonight with offers for adjacent land, though prices are high. Less than a dozen lots remain in the present cemetery.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Dee
Managua in mobs power capital overthrown
Reports from Greytown and Panama say Managua is in pro revolutionary hands with crowds around the palace chanting for Estrada and Taft. General Morales defects to Estrada and advances on Rivas and border towns as provisional forces mass for a final clash near Rama and Recero under Zelaya loyalists.
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New Orleans
Managua
Nicaragua
Greytown
Netrada
Taft
Estrada
Morales
Panama
Zelaya
Rivas
Osisis
Bluefelds
Zelayans
Recero
Rama
Oklahoma Bank Fails Shakes Kiefer, Tulsa Link
The First State Bank of Kiefer Oklahoma closed today following the failure of Tulsa based Farmer's National Bank yesterday, linking the two incidents as the financial collapse ripples to Guthrie and surrounding regions.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
First State Bank of
Kiefer Oklahoma
Farmer's National Bank
Tulsa
Robinson Holds Power in National League Presidency Fight
Stanley Robinson, owner of the St Louis Nationals, wielded pivotal influence as magnates met to choose a successor to Harry Pulliam. The vote on John M Ward's candidacy for National League president hinged on Robinson's support, with Ward backed by John Heydler, former secretary and temporary president after Pulliam's death.
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New York
Stanley Robinson
St. Louisa
League
Pulliam
Birthday of Greek Prince Triggers Dynastic Tension in Athens
In Athens on December 14 Prince Paulos aged eight celebrated with a military league demonstration. Leaders fear Crown Prince Constantine may take the throne and seek renunciation of rights in favor of his son. The agitation could spark a dynastic crisis amid rumors of renewed contest for the Greek throne.
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Athens
Paulos
Constance
Greece
Military League
League
Constantine
Thornton has SLI rally today after fall from Lietch building
C R Thornton of this city living in Enterprise shows slight signs of improvement after a fall from the Lietch building yesterday afternoon. Surgeons earlier reported brain clotting with death likely, but by this afternoon there are twitching muscles and faint life signs, while Mrs. Thornton remains in critical shock and the outcome is uncertain.
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Lietch
C. R. Thornton
Enterprise
City Marshal Arrested For Profanity In La Center
La Center Washington reports city marshal W D Wampler jailed for using profane language on streets. He was fined five dollars plus costs with costs tallying about one dollar per word for the remark.
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la Center
Wash
City
W. D. Wampler
Wampler
Justing
The
Peace Brothers
Lulu crew survives explosive blaze thirty miles south of Prince Rupert
Ten men from the gasoline schooner Lulu were rescued after a fire and explosion aboard the vessel. They endured a harsh voyage through rough seas and high waves before reaching Vancouver.
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Vancouver B
Lulu
Prince Rupert
Hat Place
Mystery Jewel Theft In Monterey Suspect Man Alert
Mrs. Anna L. Cummings was found unconscious in a disreputable Monterey district with jewels over $6,000 and notes over $20,000. Police seek a mysterious man who phoned the station and may have drugged her to steal valuables before escaping. She has recovered enough to identify herself. formerly Mrs. Steward of St. Louis.
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Monterey
Cal
Anna L. Cummings
C. W. Cumings
St. Louis
Oakland
Hamilton Found Guilty In State Funds Embezzlement
Olympa Washington December 14 Attorney C M Vance prepares a motion for a new trial for Ortis Hamilton former adjutant general of Washington State found guilty of larceny by embezzlement. Convicted on embezzling 1186 with total peculations around 30000 in state funds.
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Olympa
Wash
C. M. Vance
Ortis Hamilton
State of Washington
Hamilton
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