23 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
1
Persia vows to remove Shuster from his post with official notification. The move targets Shuster as authorities prepare to enforce the transfer.
Persian cabinet concedes to Russian demands and dismisses W. Morgan Shuster as Persia agrees to Russian ultimatum. Teheran posts notices ordering no political meetings without police sanction amid fighting with Russian forces in Tabriz and Resht. London reports Persia accedes. Britain notes Russian and British approval for foreign advisers.
Robert T. Smith and Ezra Hallinger of Kokomo are jailed in Delphi on horse stealing charges. They were caught in Delphi while trying to sell a stolen horse from a Kokomo livery stable. Kokomo officers later took them back in custody.
Testimony links J C Mabray and wife Mink to the Marks swindle network in Council Bluffs. Mink describes waiting near Marks home while Mabray claimed to pay money. Ira Day testifies seeing activity near the Marks residence. Dan Weth, ex Council Bluffs detective, says Chief Richmond urged him to back off and notes the syndicate’s money flow into town. Weth recalls meeting Marks at Richmond’s home.
Rancher John B Swinney testifies in a case linked to George A Kimmel murder that he and companions found two fruit jars with 96 and 104 twenty dollar gold pieces each totaling 4000 dollars. He describes a pact of silence with R M Snyder and recalls the man identified as A J White in a Berthillion photo.
Shoppers rush to finish purchases on the last shopping day as the city braces for a green Christmas with snow unlikely and farmers flocking in. The Women’s Progressive Club backs Red Cross seals while Federated Charities and Salvation Army organize Christmas baskets from a newly secured Broadway room.
George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, says a letter he wrote at Col. Roosevelt's request explains the Harriman campaign contribution in 1904. He insists Roosevelt has not indicated a 1912 candidacy and calls the letter a bid to stop further comment.
President Taft held a secret White House conference with George Earle Jr. defeated Philadelphia mayoral candidate. The talks reportedly focused on Pennsylvania politics as Earle left for Philadelphia without comment on the meeting.
Fire in Williamsburg Brooklyn raged past midnight tearing through two large factories. The Vernon Company blank book manufacturers and Electrose Manufacturing Company suffered the heaviest losses in the blaze, which caused an estimated $500000 damage.
Fire of mysterious origin tonight destroyed the West Shenandoah colliery owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Company in Shenandoah Pennsylvania. Firefighters fought flames as crews searched for cause and to prevent spread of embers to nearby structures. The blaze prompted curfew and road closures while investigations began.
Edward Quinn aged forty one was thrown under a team of horses and killed today when the animals frightened by a passing train in Laporte Indiana.
The Tribune announces no issue on Tuesday due to Christmas. Readers are advised to expect the next edition on the following day.
A blunt declaration affirms that the still obstinate republic will not yield authority in the southern region, resisting attempts to place control under a republican regime.
Yuan Shi Kai remains firm against adopting a republican government as a condition for peace. Tang Shao Yi reports Yuan would resign if a republic becomes unavoidable, while Tang seeks Yuan's acceptance to avert Manchu power loss amid Shanghai talks. Japanese intervention rumors surface as nations ready Vietnam-style moves. loans urged for peaceful governance.
Cleveland December 22 Billy Wagner of Chicago shaded Herman Smith of Buffalo in a twelve round boxing match at the Moose Club and earned the decision.
Patrolman Thomason found a human arm in a coal bin at the Closson lumber yard near the Wabash station. The body belonged to Raymond Goodwin who had filled a bushel bucket with coal. Goodwin was jailed on a charge of petit larceny for stealing twenty cents worth of coal.
U S authorities expect to call about three hundred witnesses and anticipate several months for the proceedings in a major government case. The extended trial is described as a big cause that will test judicial resources and time.
New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road asks bondholders of 110 million in 3 1/4 percent collateral trust bonds to consent to merging the Lake Shore and Michigan Central lines with the parent company. Initial plan merges Lake Shore to gain a through Chicago line under one management. Michigan Central may follow. Bondholders would relinquish lien on pledged stock in exchange for second mortgage bonds on the consolidated system.
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