Senators Clear Lorimer Unanimously of Bribery Charges
A Senate subcommittee ruled unanimously that testimony failed to prove bribery allegations tied to William Lorimer's Illinois senate seat. The probe follows multiple Illinois prosecutions and past political events involving Lorimer and invitations to Roosevelts and Tafts Chicago banquets.
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Washington
Senate
William Lorimer
Ilinois
Merdle
Illinois
Lorimer
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Jewelry seizure looms in Mrs Shonts customs case
New York December 13 detained jewels of Mrs Theodore P Shonts wife of Interborough president were discussed at the customs house. Shonts presented his side while Mrs Shonts and her husband arrived aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Jewelry valued about 15000 was claimed not dutiable since obtained in Paris in exchange for pearls already taxed. A decision seemed unlikely to favor the couple and could require seizure plus payment of duty and foreign value. Ada Adriance later recovered her necklace and gowns after attorney paid 12063.35. she could have paid duty 4000 instead and was fined 5000 for smugglings.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Company
Shonts
Ada F. C. Adriance
SL. Reynolds Adriance
Poughkeepsie
Adriance
Clapp
Thomas G. Morris
Mary Post
Mary Leakeer
Philadelphia
Texas
Prisoner Escape Foiled by Informant in New Jersey
Hackensack New Jersey December 13 A burglar Martin Goresen said to live in New York planned a jail breakout at Ridgefield Park. He had removed bricks and a wall bar and arranged a rope and hooks, but another prisoner warned Undersheriff Heath blocking the escape.
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Hackensack
N. J
Martin Goresen
New York
Ridgefield Park
Heath
Goresen
Farm hand held for murder in Kansas farm killings
Kansas City dispatch reports J FP Seagles, a farm hand, arrested and held for investigation in the murder of Mrs. Emeline Bernhardt, her son George, and two other farm hands, James Graves and Thomas H. Morgan, on the Bernhardt farm. Seagles refused to discuss the killings.
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Kansas
Kansas City
J. FP. Seagles
Emeline Bernhardt
George
Thomas H. Morgan
James Graves
Bernhardt
Seagles
Clubman Shot Accuses Wife in Philadelphia Case
Herbert Mason Clapp, heir to the Mason wealth, is dying after a shooting in his Philadelphia apartment. His wife, Miss Mary Leakeer Clapp, is under arrest as the investigation unfolds with competing stories of self defense and intentional shooting.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Mason Clapp
Mason
St. Joseph's Hospital
Clapp
White Is Now Chief Justice in Record Senate Action
Edward Douglas White of Louisiana is named chief justice by the Senate in one hour five minutes, a record for rapid action. Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming and Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia are named associate justices, succeeding Fuller Moody and the seat of White.
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van Devanter
Lamar
Sena
Washington
Edward Douglas White
Louisiana
United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Taft
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Joseph R. Lamar
Georgia
Justice White
Melville W. Fuller
Justice van Devanter
Williame H. Moody
Justice Lamar
Jassice White
Black Hand shoots tollizzo after refusal to pay $1000
Hoboken New Jersey December 13 Salvatore Tollizzano dies in St Marys hospital from three bullet wounds. He revealed to police he was shot for refusing to pay a Black Hand tribute of $1,000. Within an hour Dominick Branda, a supposed lifelong friend, is charged with murder. Tollizzano was shot November 30 after ignoring a Black Hand demand.
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Hoboken
N. J
Salvatore Tollizzano
St. Mary's Hospital
Tollizzano
Dominick Branda
Jersey City butcher Gottfried Munz commits suicide
Gottfried Munz a forty year old Jersey City butcher killed himself in his room by inhaling gas. He left a broken note explaining his distress and hopelessness about work and life amid a grim scene in his lodging. Weather forecast mentions fair but cold conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Jersey City
New York
Gottfried Munz
G. Munz
Knapp Seeks to Avert Threatened Railroad Strike
Martin A. Knapp plans measures to head off a looming railroad strike, outlining steps to prevent disruption, rallying industry leaders, and urging swift negotiations to avert work stoppage.
Engineers Favor a Strike Amid Mediation Push
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers reports a 97.52 percent strike mandate among sixty one western railroads. Mediators under Erdman law may avert a walkout as Chairman Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill are designated to oversee mediation.
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Chicago
Bec
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western Railroad
Warren 8
Stone
General Managers’ Association of the Railroads
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
Waiters Save Tips Turn Into Million Dollar Hotel Purchase
Chicago December 13 Colonel Richard H Southgate handed Max Teich a one dollar tip twenty years ago. Teich and Carl Roessler waiters then, now they have paid Southgate over 1 000 000 for his interest in the Congress hotel and annex. They began as waiters twenty one years ago and built a small hotel empire including the Kaiserhof.
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Chicago
Richard H. Southgate
Max Teich
Carl C. Roessler
Teich
Roessler
Colonel Southgate
Congress Hotel
Southgate
Auditrium
Congress Street
Michigan Boulevard
Auditorium Annex
Judge to Adjourn Court for Funeral of Dinah Hicks
Judge Keogh of the supreme court adjourned court until tomorrow to attend the funeral of Dinah Hicks dignity aged 110 who served the Keogh family for thirty years. Hicks, born a slave in Virginia, was taken at sixteen and later worked at the judge’s country place on Pelham road New Rochelle New York.
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White Plains
N. Y
Keogh
Supreme Court
Dinah Hicks
Virginia
Pelham Road
New Rochelle
Eames to Wed Gorgona Opera Singers on Farewell Tour
Paris reports the engagement of Eruma Eames and Emilio Gorgona a baritone causing talk they will tour America before their wedding In 1900 Eggpio de Gor ee separates from her husband and Mme de Gorgona sues Mme Eames for 30000 for alienation of affections. A boiler explosion kills workers at Reed mills in Hagleton Pa.
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Paris
Eruma Eames
Emilio Gorgoza
Eggpio de Goree
Mme. de Gorgona
Mme Eames
Prices Cut on Women's Coats and Suits for Christmas Purse
Winter weather hasn t fully arrived yet yet prices on women s and misses coats and suits are reduced. The store says it isn t selling below cost but is giving up profits to boost holiday purchases and fill Christmas purses.
Public Schools To Receive Bust Of Washington
Miss Bella A MacDonald seeks public support to place a colossal Washington bust in New Jersey schools. Three busts exist in Red Bank Highlands and Newark funded by Frank Tilford Hal Reid and the Daughters of the Revolution. The plaster bust with bracket stands six feet two inches tall and costs 50 dollars.
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Bella A. MacDonald
Wilson MacDonald
Col. H. W. Westbrook
Eatontown
Washington
New Jersey
Red Bank
Frank Tilford
Park & Tilford
Highlands
Hal Reid
Playright
Newark
Daughters of the Revolution
Plaster of Paris
Greasway Pictures Offer Wordless Poems for Gifts
An advertisement promotes Greasway Pictures as fine gifts with “Poems without words” that bring joy in homes. It invites readers to step in and view pictures and art pieces and suggests choosing gifts from the collection.
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