Big Wave Deluges Ship Delivers Lifeboatless Vessel
The steamship Philadelphia arrived from Cherbourg and Southampton with one lifeboat missing and two bruised men after a gigantic wave struck her bow during a Sunday storm. Editor William F. Kennedy of the Boston Globe was slammed against a wall and wireless operator Charles Weaver was rolled along the deck and down the companionway.
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New York
Mec
Philadelphia
Cherbourg
Southampton
Willam F. Kennedy
Boston Gidbe
Charles Weaver
Indianapolis Mourns Hugh J. McGowan in Rite of Respect
One thousand employees of the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company paid tribute to their late employer Hugh J. McGowan as his body lay in state at the family home. City cars paused at 11 30 tomorrow morning in his memory while active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from Philadelphia Cincinnati and Indianapolis prepared for the services.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Hugh J. McGowan
Marshall S. Morgan
Philadelphia
A. H. Craney
Harry S. New
John J. Appel
Harold B. Hibbon
W. Kelsey Schoepf
Cincinnati
Ohio
Randall Morgan
Thomas Dolan, Jr
J. Levering Jones
Charles W. Fairbanks
Albert J. Beveridge
Admiral George Brown
Ferdinand Winter
Arthur W. Brady
George McGee
Frank Rozzelle
Ernest Bross
John B. Lamb
Samuel T. Murdock
Henry W. Marshall
John W. Holtzman
Charles A. Bookwalter
W. T. Durbin
Charles L. Henry
H. Kennard Wasson
E. J. O'Reilly
W. J. Mooney
Thomas Taggart
Woman Claims Marriage Ties After Hartford City Death
A Cincinnati woman asserting marriage to William E. Weaver sought proof of a Kentucky license but Covington county records and Newport, Kentucky failed to show any marriage record. Weaver, electrocuted at Hartford City, Indiana, left two other women claiming wife status.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
William E. Weaver
Hartford City
Ind
Covington
Kentucky
Newport
Weaver
Bond Set For Noted Horseman In Burning Case
A Peru report states Martin Bligh will stand as surety on a $25,000 bond for Johnn A. Schuster, famed horseman convicted in Miami circuit court for burning his Lafounain hotel in wabash county two years ago. Bond fixed by Judge Tillett pending appeal to the supreme court. Schuster must raise bond by Monday 9 o clock. failure means transfer to Michigan City as sentenced.
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Peru
Martin Bligh
Johnn A. Schuster
Miami
Lafounain
Wabash County
Tillett
Supreme Court
Schuster
Michigan City
Taft recommends Paxton Hibben for Santiago post
Washington dispatch reports Paxton Hibben of Indianapolis nominated for promotion from The Hague to first legation secretary in Santiago Chile. He previously served in St. Petersburg and at the City of Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Paxton Hibben
Indianapolis
Ind
The
Hague
Taft
Dr Edward J Panvrin Dies After Appendicitis Operation
New York reports the death of Dr Edward Joseph Panvrin a founder of the international congress of gynecology and obstetrics and a noted specialist at Roosevelt Hospital after an appendectomy performed last Saturday He was seventy two or seventy three years old tonight.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward Joseph Panvrin
International Congress of
Roosevelt Hospital
Edwards and Bumm Set New Two Man Bowling Record
In Columbus Ohio on December 21 Edwards and Bumm reportedly set a new world two man bowling record with 1385 pins. Edwards rolled 299 in his third game and achieved a perfect crotch hit though the tenth pin did not fall. The prior mark dated to 1908 at a Pittsburgh national tournament.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Edwards
Bumm
Madei
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt Harriman funds dispute revealed in 1911 letters
George R. Sheldon states to Theodore Roosevelt that Harriman contributed 160000 dollars after Odell warned of defeat in New York 1904 race. Bliss raised 380000 and 240000 went to Odell, not the national committee treasury. Sheldon confirms facts and scope of private accounting.
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Theodore Roosevelt
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Roosevelt
E. H. Harriman
National Committee
C. N. Bliss
Higgins
Odell
New York State Committee
Mr. Bliss
Bliss
Will File Bonds by Receivers of Wabash Railroad
St Louis December 31 F A Delano Edward B Pryor and W K Bixby expected to appear before Judge Adams in the United States Circuit Court tomorrow and file bonds of 300 000 each as receivers for the Wabash Railroad Company The three receivers will confer tomorrow regarding the circular to be issued by them.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
F. A. Delano
Edward B. Pryor
W. K. Bixby
Adams
United States Circuit Court
Wabash Railroad Company
Pine cones shipped abroad to aid reforestation
Minnesota residents will ship jack pine cones to foreign countries for reforestation. A Connecticut firm has a contract to export to Switzerland, France, England, Germany, Japan and others, paying fifty cents per bushel. The seeds will be extracted in Connecticut before shipment.
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France
England
Germany
Japan
Minnesota Forestry Board
Emperor Francis Joseph Reported With Cold and Hoarseness
Vienna dispatch reports the emperor suffers only a cold and hoarseness with good appetite and sleep. Despite circulating rumors of serious illness, a reliable source states there is no cause for alarm.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Fortune for Chicago Newsboy's Heir Surprises Omaha Woman
Ottawa Kansas dispatch says Mrs. Rebecca Powers, wife of a truck gardener, learns by death of her brother George Bonnet a Chicago newsboy that she will receive the larger share of a $35,000 estate. The will divides the fortune between Powers and her half brother Charles Lovett of Wooster Ohio. Powers had not heard from him in forty years.
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Associated. Press
Ottawa
Kas
Rebecca Powers
George Bonnet
Chicago
Powers
Charles Lovett
Wooster
O. Mre
Outlaw League Plans Field Debut in East
The United States League of Professional Baseball Clubs forms to back an outlaw league in the east this summer with five candidate cities New York Brooklyn Reading Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Buffalo. President Whitman of Reading says backers include three Wall Street men and plans include no contract jumpers and national commission protection. A second meeting in two weeks aims to finalize grounds and franchise details.
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United States League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Brooklyn
Reading
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Buffalo
William A. Whitman
Pennsylvania State League
E. C. Landgraff
J. G. Lazarus
Richmond
Hugh McKinnon
Washington
Ambrose W. Hussey
Whitman
Wall Street
Baseball
National Commission
New York City
Indianapolis to Elect J G Collicott Superintendent
The Indianapolis board of school commissioners will meet next Tuesday to formally elect J G Collicott as superintendent. Collicott accepted the post after wiring his decision and a Tacoma board released him from his contract. He may assume duties around January 10, 1912, and is a graduate of Indiana University with prior principal roles in Alexandria, Elwood, and Evansville.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Board of School Commissioners
J. G. Collicott
Collicott
Tacowa
Wash
Indiana University
Tacoma
Alexandria
Elwood
Evansville
Ind
Calls for Confessions in Virginia Vote Sale Case
Judge Sheen of Lee county Virginia issued a proclamation inviting all who sold their votes in the recent county election to appear before the court and confess. Those who confess face a minimum fine and the court will allow one year to pay. Indictments will be returned and prosecutions begun for others. The law disfranchises a voter for life on a fraud confession. The grand jury returned two hundred true bills and the court adjourned until February to await confessions.
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Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Sheen
Lee County
Virginia
Mrs Abelhouser Returns From Seventeenth Street Visit
Mrs. John Abelhouser has returned to Royal Center after visiting her sister Mrs Powlen of Seventeenth street.
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John Abelhouser
Royal Center
Powlen_ of
Seventeenth Street
Bott v Workingmen's Mutual trial over jury interrogatories
Cass County circuit court weighs whether the jury ignored its own answers in a $17 verdict for Frank Bott against the Workingmen's Mutual Insurance Co. Attorneys seek to set aside the verdict and require a ruling on the interrogatories. Judge Larry to decide if the jurors were striking or not.
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Cass County
Missouri
Frank Bott
Workingmen’s Mutual
John Smith
B. F. Long
Larry
Bott
Mutual
Benton Harbor
Mich
President Taft Becomes Santa Claus in New York Shopping
President Taft began a Christmas shopping tour in New York and in a late downtown walk visited a book store and a silversmith. He bought standard works while Major Butt joined in selecting volumes and did not notice the president. Taft returned to the White House after 6 pm.
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Washington
Taft
New York
Major Butt
White House
Southern Cotton Congress approves plan to cut acreage
New Orleans December 21 the executive committee of the southern cotton congress adopted a system that aims to reduce next year’s cotton acreage by twenty five percent. The region will be organized into state units counties and township bodies with solicitors to urge farmers to sign pledges to cut acreage by a quarter.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Cotton Congress
South
Christmas Entertainment at Pisgah Church
A Christmas program at Pisgah Church is planned for tomorrow evening with an elaborate program and a large crowd expected.
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Pisgah Church
Arabs and Turks mass near Tobruk trenches amid Balkan crisis
Report cites 15 000 Arabs and Turks gathering within miles of Italian trenches at Tobruk as Durazzo hosts six Italian warships off the Albanian coast. Derna reports Turkish assaults on Italian works, with Italian reinforcements and a counterattack. three Italians killed and 24 wounded. Also John P White leads United Mine Workers reelection bid in Ohio district returns.
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Tobruk
Durazzo
Porte
Columbo
Barca
Tripoli
Egypt
Great Britain
Balkans
Balkan
Derna
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Ohio
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
T. L. Lewis
White
Police officials face inquiry after disciplinary action
Chicago civil service commission dismissed Inspector John L. Revere from the force and exonerated Lt. M. J. Sandy Hanley after hearing charges of incompetency neglect of duty and inefficiency. Captain Bernard Baer’s case was referred to Mayor Harrison for review. Hanley testified he aimed to clean up the north side vice but was told by Revere there was nothing doing.
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Chicago
John L. Revere
M. J
Sandy” Hanley
Bernard Baer
Harrison
City Civil Service Commission
Hanley
North Side
Revere
Americans Will Win
Australasian lawn tennis players regard the victory of the American cup challengers as a certainty according to a cablegram from Christ Church New Zealand to American Lawn Tennis. The first singles are set for Friday December 29 the doubles for Saturday and the final singles on Monday January 1.
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Associated Press
New York
Christ Church
New Zealand
Bank cashier held on Mont. theft charges in Columbus
Vernon H. Bostwick was arrested in Columbus at the request of Glasgow Montana officials and awaits word from Sheriff Stephans. He is held on a charge of having appropriated $15,000 from the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Culbertson where he formerly served as cashier.
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Columbus
Ohio
Glasgow
Mont
Vernon H. Bostwick
Stephans
Montana
Bostwick
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Culbertson
Declared Statements Delay Legal Action Over Discontinued Service
The record notes concern that Murphy might waver in a showdown and that delays arose while seeking substantiation of his statements. Progress halted when a letter from the telephone company announced service would be discontinued.
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Murphy
Organize Wilson Clubs Midwest Wide Reach
Woodrow Wilson clubs in every county in Illinois pledged support for his Democratic nomination. The Woodrow Wilson Club of Illinois announced headquarters will open in Chicago on January 1 after a meeting in Chicago today.
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Ill
Woodrow Wilson
Ilinois
National
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson Club of
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