Hill Named as Chairman of Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee met in Chicago to outline the 1912 campaign plan. John S. Hill was unanimously elected chairman after Hitchcock’s resignation. William Hayward named secretary as the panel retained the 1908 convention call and debated primaries for delegate selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Den
Republican National Committee
John 5. Hill
Maine
Hitchcock
William Hayward
Nebraska
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Taft
Hilles
Arthur Corys
Ohio
Harry S. New
Indiana
Mr. New
David Mulvane
Kansas
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Arthur L Vorns
Gchio
A. BE. Wiliams
Oregon
E. C. Duncan
North Carolina
Victor Rosewater
Taft Committee
Walter Brown
Wiliam L. Ward
New York
White House
National Committee
Acquit Brothers in Late Verdict
The jury found Orva and Edward Montgomery not guilty of assault and battery with intent to commit murder against Hugh Golden after a little over an hour of deliberation. The trial, held in Bethlehem township, drew many local farmers and supporters, with state representation by Foster & Foskett and defense by McConnell Jenkines Jenkines & Stuart. Golden was not present in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orva
Edward Montgomery
Hugh Golden
Montgomery Brothers
Bethlehem Township
Shafersong
George Cogley
Golden
Montgomerys
Foster & Foskett
McConnell, Jenkines, Jenkines & Stuart
Beckley
George Kistler
Guthrie
Longwell-Cummings Company
Hendricks Brothers
Harry McSheehy
MccSheehy
McSheehy
Longwell-Cummins Company
Lybrook
Rodabaugh
Winn
Backus
Schlegelmilch
Butz
Robert Reed
Clinton
Walter Burrows
Washington
Eugene Walker
Miami Township
John Wallace
County Board of Finance
Ca’s County State Bank
Walton
Walton Bank
First National Bank
City National
Farmers & Merchants
Logansport Loan & Trust Co
State Bank
Royal Centre State Bank
Royal Centre City Bank
Bank of Walton
Council
Gates estate valued at 15 million in appraisers inventory
Beaumont Texas December 12 the estate of the late John W Gates is valued at 15 532 705 07 by appraisers who filed an inventory for record today the assets are said to be made up principally of rights titles and securities with further details forthcoming
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Tex
John W. Gates
Rev Edward Krepp Called to Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio December 12 Rev Edward A Krepp of Adrian Michigan was called to Cleveland for a church assignment. The report notes an arrival planned in the near future with local congregants awaiting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward A. ‘Krepp
Adrian, Mich
Landowners Fight Over Final Payment
Contract holders agree to pay more to secure land they believed was already paid for, signaling a disputed final settlement and potential legal action over ownership and fees.
Florida Fruit Lands Company Contract Holders Meet in New Orleans
More than fifty contract holders gathered at the Y M C A in Canal Street to shield their Florida Everglade land interests. They debated title clarity, drainage prospects, and a 50 cent per capita assessment to fund trustees in a Kansas City suit against the company, aiming to secure rights and force proper action.
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Land Company
Kansas City
Kansas
Whirling Bike Teams Break Records at Madison Square Garden
New York report notes bicycles from twelve teams racing ten laps to the mile at Madison Square Garden set fast paces with record hopes as action opened tonight.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Death at Caley school ends pupil Walter Logan life
Walter Logan sixteen a pupil at Caley school west of Royal Center died after a fainting spell while playing on the playground. Examination showed heart trouble as the cause. The body was moved to the home and the death shocked the school, which dismissed pupils. Walter was son of Spencer Logan a wealthy farmer living west of Royal Center.
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Walter Logan
Caley
Royal Center
Spencer Logan
Banquet Energizes City Missionary Drive at Broadway Church
Three hundred missionary workers from Protestant denominations gathered at Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church for a banquet and reception as part of a city canvass to recruit members. Reports from several churches showed significant gains, with new members added and calls made, closing with a keynote address by Mrs. H. A. Wells of Chicago.
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Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church
Queen Esther Society
God
Henry Tucker
Franklin Wipperman
English Lutheran Church
George Walters
Broadway M. E
Market Street
MM. E
Missionary Society
H. ‘A. Wells
Chicago
Minister Spurs Inquiry At National Anti-Saloon League Meet
Washington December delegates clashed as Rev. Dr. William H. Van Allen demanded a committee report on charges against national league officers. He was named chairman of the inquiry committee amid accusations from Rev. A. G. Robinson that graft and irregularities were common. Dr. Baker warned the league would pursue federal laws restricting intoxicants if Congress fails to act.
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Messrs. Kellogg
Ward and
Capers
Rosewater
Mr. Borah
Associated Press
Washington
William H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Boston
Anti-Saloon League
League
National League
A. G. Robinson
Missouri
Robinson
van Allen
Committee of Inquiry
P. A. Baker
S. E. Nicholson
Suit seeks dissolution of United Shoe Machinery Co
The United States files a bill in equity in the U S circuit court seeking dissolution of the United Shoe Machinery company of New Jersey and 18 subsidiaries and 23 individuals for unlawful combinations in restraint of trade in shoe machine manufacture and sales. The government asks receivers to wind up the business if public interest requires. Defendants include Sidney Winslow and other executives. indictments were issued last summer but trials have not yet begun.
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Boston
United Shoe Machinery Company
United States
United Shoe Machinery Company of
New Jersey
French
Wickersham
Sidney Winslow
William Barbour
Wallace F. Robinson
Geo. W. Brown
Edward P. Hurd
John H. Connor
Louis A. Coolide
Edwin P. Brown
Frank L. Babbott
Henry B. Endicott
Edmund Leb Gardiner
John Hanan
Elmer P. Howe
George E. Keith
Winslow
Federal Grand Jury
Federal probes seek who wrote and funded dynamite letters
Indiana dispatch reports grand jury inquiry into interstate shipments of dynamite and nitroglycerin used against non union firms. Officials question writers of correspondence, payers, and shippers amid discoveries of 1490 pounds dynamite in Ohio, 25 pounds nitroglycerin in Indianapolis, and other cache findings. Investigators plan exhaustive testimony. Burns notes possible wider extents of planted explosives.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John J
Federal Grand -‘Jury
Ortie H. McManigal
Tiffin
Ohio
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tronworkers
John J. McNamara
Union
Rochester
W. Miller
W. J. Burns
Erectors’ Association
Washington
New York
Burns
Missing Mrs Caplan Sought In LA Dynamiting Case
In San Francisco on December 12 Mrs. David Caplan wife of the man linked to the Los Angeles dynamiting cases is sought by deputy U S marshals who have a subpoena for her to testify before the federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
David Caplan
Los Angeles
United States
Federal
Investigator charged with bribery in Los Angeles case
District Attorney Fredericks filed a second information against Burt Peeson, an investigator, amid testimony by juror Robert F. Bain who testified to accepting a bribe. The defense in the case involving Franklin continues as details emerge.
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Hill
Mr. Ward
Frank Kellogg
Minnesota
Messrs
Lowden
Minnois
Ward
South Carolina
Acquit Brothers
Stocks and Bonds
Florida
Everglade Reclamation
Canal Street
CREAT
Camprick
CASS
Board of Finance
Sion
Lewis E. Beck
Shoe Machinery Trust
Great Corporation
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