Knox to Be Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
Augusta Ga December 19 President elect Taft announced the appointment of United States Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania as secretary of state. Taft said Knox will advise him on cabinet matters and other preliminary administration work while a decision on attorney general remains unsettled.
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Augusta
William H. Taft
United States
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Knox
Senate
Senator Knox
Mr. Knox
George W. Wickersham
New York
Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Compeses Commission
Collision Near New York Sinks Daghestan After Fog
The British freighter Daghestan was rammed by the tramp Catalone in thick harbor fog near Gedney channel. The crew were rescued, none lost, as Catalone took aboard Daghestan seamen before fleeing to safety. the Daghestan sank with 3466 gross tons, Catalone 3788 gross tons.
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New York
Hindustan Steamship Company
Marseilles
Boston
Glover
Louisburg
C. B
Philadelphia
Leith
English & American Shipping Company
London
Rogers
Gedney Channel
Daghestan
Fight for Bleached Flour Across Nebraska
Nebraska millers oppose Secretary Wilson's order banning bleached flour in interstate commerce. A Lincoln meeting in January will organize the protest, as bleached flour is essential for white flour sales and most mills rely on bleachers. Railroads are likely to back the millers in the effort.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Wilson
Poisoned water sickens twelve in Campbellsville area
In Campbellsville, Kentucky twelve people were poisoned after drinking poisoned water. The eight Powell child and the Denson family plus their two children were among the victims. All may recover.
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Danville
Campbellsville
Here
Brent Powell
William Denson
Powellis
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days PAZO GINTMENT
Guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Simple topical treatment promises relief with a refund if not cured. 50 cents.
Smuggling Plot Revealed in Gloomy Mexican Route Case
In Los Angeles Chin Bow testified in a district court in the smuggl ing Chinese case. He described crossing from Imperial Junction with three Mexicans and five other Chinese suspects. Bow identified a Mexican guide and a Chinaman from Ensenada who brokered the illegal entry for a payment of money.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dee
Mexico
United States District Court
Chin Bow
United States
Imperial Junction
Ensada
Night Rider trial progress in Tennessee case
Union City Tennessee reports the end of day one testimony in the night rider trial. The state detailing the Ranken murder and identifying two prisoners as band members. Ed Powell played a pivotal role by describing the abduction to Walnut Log hotel and naming Frank Fehringer, Garrett Johnson, and Roy Ransom in the masked group.
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Union City
Tenn
Ranken
Ed Powell
Powell
Walnut Log Hotel
Taylor
Frank Fehringer
Garrett Johnson
Roy Ransom
Stock Broker Kills Himself in Joplin Apartment
Col. H. B. Marchbank a prominent stock broker in Joplin Missouri killed himself Friday by a gunshot to the head while standing before a bathroom mirror. He died thirty minutes later in his sister’s arms after leaving a note blaming ill health for his action.
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Joplin
Col
H. B. Marchbank
Marchbank
Kansas Glassblowers Strike Ends Coffeyville Labor Action
Coffeyville window glass workers at Kansas Window Glass Company and Coffeyville Window Glass Company walked off the job on Friday noon and at midnight to press for higher wages. Independent manufacturers refused to raise the wage scale.
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Kansas Glassblowers
Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas Window Glass Company
Coffeyville Window Glass Company
Root Not to Leave Cabinet
Washington reports denied that Secretary Root intends to resign from the cabinet due to knee trouble from a Western speech on Taft's behalf. Officials say no plan for resignation is under consideration.
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Root
Washington
Secretary Root
West
Taft
Fort Wayne men fined for hunting without license
Harry Smith and John Jones of Ft. Wayne were arrested for hunting without a license and each fined 33.50 dollars.
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Harry Smith
John Jones
Ft. Wayne
Bandits Hit Two Nebraska Banks In Christmas Week Heist
Six bandits dynamited the Keene State Bank vault and then attacked the Commercial Bank of Gibbon, taking about 55000 and escaping by auto after a gun battle with locals. One robber is believed wounded. pursuit continues as citizens exchange fire. Separately in Portland Oregon a Chicago express train robbery yielded 350 dollars cash and 150 dollars in jewelry with over 3000 left behind. a 1500 dollar reward is offered by the Harriman line for the three suspects.
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Gibbon
Neb
Farmers State Bank of
Keene
Commercial Bank of
Tne
Ses
Expio m
Gibbons
Commercial Bank
G. T. Holloway
Holloway
Portland
Ore
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Huff
J. P. O'Brien
Harriman Line
Pacific Express Company
Roosevelt Considers Mild Reply to Con gress on Secret Service Critique
Washington reports Roosevelt may disavow insult to Congress while denying use of secret service to spy on members. He reportedly holds back on personal accusations, seeking a temperate response to the house resolution demanding information.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Fleeing Prisoner Shot During Capture in Waterloo
John Lawrence alias John Brown is arrested in Waterloo on a fraud warrant from Detective H. C. Webster of Indianapolis. He escapes en route to a bank after cashing a $310 check and is shot by City five Houston. one bullet hits the lung and another the leg. His condition is precarious.
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Waterloo
John Lawrence
John Brown
H. C. Webster
Indianapolis
Ind
Corydon
Security Savings Bank
Lawrence
Houston
Five Million Deficiency Request For Canal Work
The secretary of war sent a request to Congress for an urgent deficiency appropriation of 5 458 000 dollars to fund ongoing Isthmian Canal work at the present rate for the remainder of the fiscal year and to cover new projects. Last year a deficiency of 11 590 000 dollars was approved.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
House
Secretary of War
Indianapolis Saloonkeeper Arrested for Ejecting Patron
James M. Jones, a saloonkeeper in Indianapolis, was arrested on a charge of throwing Clayton Montgomery out of his establishment.
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James M. Jones
Indianapolis
Clayton Montgomery
WISHES TO PLACATE FRANCE IN VENEZUELA CRISIS
President Castro signals desire to renew ties with France and suggests arbitration to settle outstanding issues. He met with a German foreign office representative and with Senor Matte, Chilean minister to Germany, at his Berlin hotel.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
France
Vendezuela
Senor Matte
Chili
Germany
Enraged youth kills rejected sweetheart in Somerville
James B Harmon an 18 year old son of Police Sergeant James M Harmon shot and killed Maud Hartley on a Somerville street after she rejected him. He lifted the body and threw it on a store step saying There there Ive finished her then surrendered to police half an hour later Miss Hartley 18 was daughter of Dr Agnes Hartley.
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Somerville
Mass
Maud Hartley
James B. Harmon
James M. Harmon
Miss Hartley
Harmon
Explosion Claims Two Workers at Senior Powder Plant
Lebanon Ohio December 19 A massive explosion at the Senior Powder Company plant one mile north of Morrow instantly killed Clinton Ertle 35 and Will Urton 23. The glazing mill was wrecked with an estimated loss of 3000 dollars.
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Lebanon
Senior Powder Company
Morrow
This County
Clinton Ertle
Will Urton
Slight Earthquake Felt in Coutances France
A minor earthquake shook Coutances France on Friday evening causing no damage apart from crockery breaking. No injuries reported and tremor details were limited to the local occurrence.
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France
Coutances
Richmond Bride Anna Slick Remarries After Divorces
Anna B Slick of Richmond, previously married and divorced to Thomas Slick, later wed Theodore Slick while keeping the Slick surname. The record notes her marital changes and continued use of the family name.
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Anna B. Slick
Richmond
Thomas Slick
Theodore Slick
Wrights set two air records in France and Germany
Wilbur Wright, the Dayton aviation pioneer, set a new world's record for heavier-than-air machines with a 1 hour 53 minute 59 second flight, then reached 360 feet for a height record at Le Mans while winning the Sarthe Aero club prize. A banquet celebrated Wright’s double victory as a rival airship project emerges in Berlin. Prof. Schutte of Dantzic plans a wooden framed rigid airship with two 150 horsepower gas motors aiming for 45 to 50 mph.
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le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Wright
Mr. Wright
Sarthe Aero Club
Aero Club
Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Prof. Schutte
Technical University
Dantzic
Zeppelin
Schutte
Fatal Jail Battle in Higbee Narrates Double Slaying
Frank Cain city marshal was fatally wounded and Elmer Magruder was killed in a Higbee jail by three men arrested for robbing Salisbury railway station. The assailants named Fred Anderson James Drener and Bud Drener of Des Moines after locking the prisoners in cells. Cain and Magruder searched doors when gunfire erupted wounding Cain and killing Magruder. another prisoner fired back wounding the marshal. One assailant escaped amid the chaos.
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Higbee
Frank Cain
Elmer Magruder
Cain
Salisbury
Fred Anderson
James
Bud Drener
Des Moines
Magruder
Commission Formally Created to Probe New York Exchanges
New York December 19. The Hughes commission to investigate the New York exchanges met at the state banking department. All nine members attended Horace White was named chairman. Two committees on plan and scope and on ways and means were formed. Next session set for December 26.
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New York
Hansbrough Improves After Ear Operation
Senator H C Hansbrough of North Dakota shows considerable improvement a week after ear operation in Minneapolis. Physicians say recovery likely but danger not fully ruled out.
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Hansborough
Minneapolis
Minn
H. C. Hansbrough
North Dakota
Trial of Kansas City Christian Science Healers Begins
In Warrensburg Missouri on December 19 the circuit court opened a trial against two Kansas City Christian Science healers on criminal charges. The case is expected to rise to the state supreme court as a test of Christian Science statutes.
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Warrensburg
Kansas City
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Council of Empire approves large Russian loan
St. Petersburg December 19 the council of empire unanimously approved a new loan of two hundred twenty five million dollars. The action will bolster Russian finances and finance government projects in the near term.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Empire
Prisoner Granted Permit to Attend Daughter Funeral
Albert Traylor a life prisoner in a Michigan city prison received permission from Gov Hanly to attend his daughter's funeral in Otwell.
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Albert Traylor
Michigan City
Hanly
Otwell
Woman Misuses Laborers as Love Peons in Indiana
In Porter Superior Court Judge H B Tuthill ruled that Mrs Hmma Shearer Adams Knowledge of Hobart created a love peon by paying farm laborers with kisses and caresses rather than wages. Her second husband was expelled from a buggy after their Crown Point marriage. Obstreperous laborers testified to her eccentric conduct.
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Hammond
Ind
Hmma Shearer Adams Knowledge
Hobart
Porter Superior Court
H. B. Tuthill
John Knowledge
Crown Point
Woman’s third marriage marked by demands for money
The excerpt notes that she married after demanding money from her partners. It mentions Joel Cannon as a potential speaker who may need to listen more than before. The passage reflects relationship dynamics and potential leadership changes.
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Joel Cannon
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