France dragged into Zelaya row by his soldiers
A San Jose cable reports France drawn into Nicaragua crisis after French citizens are brutalized by troops loyal to Zelaya. Faustino Montel lodges official complaint with the French consul in Costa Rica. Montel claims he and others were seized, beaten, and forced to witness a mock trial at a farm on the Great Lake of Nicaragua. Soldiers looted the property and the French flag was hoisted and abused during the incident.
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New Orleans
San Jose
Costa Rica
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Faustino Montel
Montel
M. Menier
Paris
Great Lake of
Larios
Ruinart
Portuga
James
Zelaya offers retirement plan amid Nicaragua crisis
Washington reports Zelaya has proposed a provisional presidency chosen by Congress as rebels gain leverage. Estrada's liberal party backs a provisional government, while the Buffalo ship reportedly reaches Panama with Marines bound for Corinto pending official Navy orders and State Department approval.
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Zelaya
Washington
Nica Yague
Congress
United States
Bluefields
General Estrada
Zenho
Estrada
Liberal Party
Buffalo
Ias
Pani Ia
Nicaragua
Navy
Department
State Department
General Grant on Zelaya Killing of Americans Sparks Debate
Washington reports General Frederick D. Grant questioned the Zelaya act in the capture of two Americans, with remarks later defended as correct. A high legal authority notes belligerent rights may apply to insurgent forces when rebellion is organized, influencing treatment of captured combatants under The Hague norms.
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Grant
Washington
Frederick D. Grant
Zelaya
eral.Grant
Seeentiog
Leent
Grace
EU Sps
the Hague
Nicaragua
Football Star Saves Father by Transfusion
Hartford December 3. Timothy McCarthy of Farmington donation to his father a Holy Cross star football patient in urgent need after kidneys leaked life blood. Blood transfusion, then removal and treatment of kidneys performed share rare operation. Son volunteered and helped father recover enough to go home, though precarious.
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Hartford
Francis’hosp
Alscarry
Timothy McCarthy
Farmington
Aera
Holy Cross
Hasardous
Nan
McCarthy
Tors
Plot to murder Rockefeller found by police
East Cleveland police guarded John D Rockefeller’s home all night after a man Sawyer Smith claimed to overhear a plot to assassinate him. Smith said two men discussed the plan in Alliance on Sunday. the Rockefellers left for Newark to spend the winter.
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Cleveland
Lang
John Rockefeller
East Cleveland
Forest Hill
Sawyer Smith
Minerva
Alliance
Rockefeller plot threats spark guard for Rockefeller visit
Cleveland report says lumber dealer Smith told of two men plotting to kill or kidnap John D. Rockefeller after overhearing them near a railway in Alliance. Chief Stamberger of East Cleveland secured Forest Hill, detaining two suspicious characters and delaying Rockefeller’s church banquet attendance. Police reinforced security as Rockefeller left for New York.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Smith
Rockefeller
New York
Weds Beside Her Father's Casket
Miss Juanita C Howard wed Irving Herriott beside the open casket of her father James Howard farmer and Washington Park club secretary who died from an automobile accident. The ceremony followed his last wish to witness the marriage.
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Chicago
James Howard
Washington Park Club
Juanita C. Howard
Irving Herriott
Miss Howard
Mr. Herriott
W C T U Opposes Whisky at Fred Rosena's Gallows
New Castle Pennsylvania December 2 Members of the W C T U of New Castle plan to appeal to Governor Stuart to stop giving whiskey to murderer Fred Rosena before his December 2 execution. Sheriff Waddington says drugs are not needed and Rosena fears death and leaves three dependents behind.
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New Castle
Stuart
Fred Rosena
Rosena
Waddington
Roosevelt Party Arrives In Splendid Health In East Africa
Colonel Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt Edmund Heller and Leslie At Tarlton landed at Quan Inghisu plateau in Londinns British East Africa and sent health reports back as they greet R. J. Cunningham and the American party. The hunter is elated by plateau success and a Mandi spear battle display astonishes the group. The party plans to stay at Lord Delamere's Njero ranch until December 10 before moving to Nairobi.
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Londinns
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Edmund Heller
Leslie
Tarlton
Quan Inghisu
R. J. Cunninghame
Njero
Lord Delamere
Nairobi
Girl Feeds Hungry Burglar Who Tries to Purloin Dinner
Miss Leona Bryse twenty feeds a hungry youth burglar who broke into her Chicago home on Thanksgiving morning. The 18 year old, James Wilson, said he had no home and no friends and sought food. He spent Thanksgiving on the doorstep after the attempted robbery.
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Chicago
Leona Bryse
Campaign to Close Sunday Theaters
Des Moines December 2 War is declared on Sunday theaters by the Ministerial association and a lawmen's group. Police Commissioner Hamery was questioned by a committee and preachers on enforcement. Ministers plan to use the issue in the next municipal campaign.
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Des Moines
Tra
Hamery
Police Department
Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria Dies at 76
Bayreuth, Bavaria. Duke Karl Theodor died of kidney trouble. He was not prominent in military or politics but studied medicine, became a renowned eye surgeon, ran private hospitals aiding the poor, and advanced home sanitation for mountaineers. He led the Bavarian ducal line. his sisters connected to European royals and his children married into Belgium and Bavarian nobility.
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Bayreuth
Bavaria
Karl Theodor
Karl
Empress of
Austria
Geneva
de Alecon
Paris
Albert
Belgium
Rupprecht
Otto
Alabama liquor amendment retains large anti-prohibition majority
Related returns from yesterday's election show the anti prohibition majority in Alabama near 23 000 despite six of 67 counties voting for the amendment. In those counties the totals were small and did not alter the overall result.
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Birmingham
Ala
Japanese Vessel Lost in Severe Storm Near Shimonoseki
A fierce storm swept the Shimonoseki area with the Kisagata Marue, 2373 tons, foundering and feared lost with all aboard. Twenty five bodies washed ashore and piers suffered heavy damage. other vessels may have wrecked in Korea Bay near Congampo.
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Tokio
Shimonoseki
Dairen
Manchuria
Korea Bay
Congampo
Korea
Yalu River
Inspector McCann Denied New Trial in Corruption Case
Chicago police Inspector Edward McCann, found guilty of taking money from improper individuals for protection, was denied a new trial by Judge A C Barnes. The verdict carries a penitentiary sentence under the indeterminate sentence act, with sentencing expected next Thursday. An appeal is planned.
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Chicago
Edward McCann
Criminal
A. C. Barnes
Sailors Adrift in Caribbean Sea
Five men in the whaleboat of the gunboat Marietta drifted after a Friday night incident and have been missing for over 80 hours off Port Limon Costa Rica. Navy officials believe they have food and water for days and fear the boat may swamp. An inquiry will determine how the two small boats were separated from the Marietta.
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Washington
Caribbean
Marietta
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Navy Department
Department
Veteran merchant prince dies in New York at 77
New York December 2 Charles Stewart Smith a veteran merchant prince and founder of fortunes before the civil war died today at age 77.
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New York
Charles Stewart Smith
Suit halted as Iowa stock food law upheld
Des Moines federal court Judge McPherson sustains the demurrer and upholds an Iowa rule requiring disclosure of stock food ingredients. The National Linseed Oil Co. sued to halt enforcement but lost, as the state dairy commissioner’s enforcement stands.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McPherson
Wright
National Linseed Oil Company
Farthing Fare Brings Back a Vanishing Coin
London reports a new half-cent fare on 600 miles of street railways serving the poor district. The farthing, nearly extinct as change, regains use as competition from trains and motor buses drives fares down.
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London
England
Uni
Justice Brewer Opposes Secret Divorces
New York reports Justice Brewer of the U S Supreme Court condemns publication of divorce evidence in yellow journals and urges public trials. He argues for openness in judicial proceedings and rejects secrecy, stating better no divorces than secret ones.
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New York
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Progress Club
Far Rockaway
Court of Justice
Messenger Boy Suffer As Telegraph Merger Rolls Out
New York reports that after AT T acquired a large stake in Western Union a new device will let subscribers write dispatches on an electric machine and have them reproduced at telegraph offices. The move could end messenger jobs and expands telegraph capacity. Charges may run under 100 dollars for office devices. Telegraphs may switch to 25 cent 15 word messages in future.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Telephone Company
United States
Fireman Dies in Kansas Wreck Collision Near Parsons
In dense fog at Olive near Parsons, Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train No 82 collided with a flag engine. Fireman T B Wayman was killed. Engineer Lanahan fatally injured. John Haley conductor bruised. flagmen escaped. Lanahan may have inhaled steam.
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Parsons
Kan
Olive
Here
Wayman
Lanahan
John Haley
Son of Irish Patriot Dies in Philippines
Thomas Meagher, son of the Irish patriot, died in Manila from pneumonia after an attempted suicide. A West Point graduate, he spent years in Montana and California and held minor government posts in the Philippines for several years.
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Philippines
Manila
Thomas Meagher
West Point
Montana
California
War Department Plans to Restore Shiloh Monument
Des Moines Iowa December 1 Governor Carroll was informed by Secretary of War Dickinson the war department will seek Congress to appropriate 15000 dollars to repair storm damaged Shiloh monument preserving Iowa’s claim to that sum.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Dickinson
War Department
Congress
Shiloh Monument
Iowa
Governor Hughes vows to stop Albany prize fight
Governor Hughes informed District Attorney Sanford and Sheriff Besch that he had learned the Knickerbockers Athletic Club planned a 20 round prize fight at Bull's Head tavern on December 2. He warned authorities to enforce the law or face responsibility.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Sanford
Besch
Albany County
Knickerbockers Athletic Club
Bull's Head Tavern
Troy Road
British Lay Keels of Big Battleships
London reports two new warships the Orien improved dreadnought and the Lion cruiser battleship had keel plates laid at Portsmouth and Devonport. The Lion will be 21 000 tons 700 feet long with 70 000 horsepower and 12 inch guns aiming for 27 knots.
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London
Portsmouth
Devonport
King Edward Asked to Arbitrate Alsop Dispute
London reports that the United States and Chile have each asked King Edward to act as arbitrator in the Alsop claim dispute. The foreign office notes both nations want mediation and that the king has been approached informally before with a noncommittal reply.
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London
Edward
Alsop
United States
Chile
Foreign Office
West Indian Vessel Brewster Runs Hard Aground
The steamer Brewster of 831 tons and owned by H. H. Schmitt Hamburg, sailing Kingston November 15 to New York, ran aground near Diamond Shoals lightship south of Cape Hatteras and issued distress calls. A Norfolk wrecking crew was ordered to assist.
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New York
Brewster
Jamaica
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
United Wireless Company
H. H. Schmitt
Hamburg
Kingston
Norfolk
Wires and Poles Down Along Santa Fe Road
A weekend storm disrupted western Kansas rail service with 1000 to 1500 telegraph poles down and miles of wires out on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe lines. Rain and snow reduced visibility while trains from the west were delayed and damage estimates await detailed reports.
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Topeka
Kan
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas
Police may block Madison Square Garden prizefight opening
New York police say the law would prevent a December Madison Square Garden gathering to open bids for the Jeffries Johnson heavyweight title fight. Police Commissioner Baker stated promoting a prize fight is a misdemeanor under the New York penal law even if the bout does not occur in the state.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Jeffries- Johnson
Baker
American Exposition Concerns German Trade Paper
The Rheinisch Westfaelische Zeitung of Essen editorializes that the Berlin American exposition planned for next summer may harm German industry by letting Americans display superior goods. It fears German eyes will contrast German and American wares and cites Prince Henry of Prussia as an American trade patron and expo chairman.
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Berlin
Rheinisch Westfaelische Zeitung
Essen
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Sherman Visits Cleveland Before Akron Address
Vice President James S. Sherman arrived in Cleveland and rested with former Governor M. T. Herrick. He will attend a Garfield club banquet in Akron tonight and deliver an address.
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Sherman
Cleveland
Cleveland, CO
James 8S
M. T. Herrick
Akron
Garfield Club
Japanese Minister Named Ambassador to Austria
Tokio reports the appointment of 8. Akidzuki as ambassador to Austria to succeed M. Uchidt who moves to the United States in Washington. Akidzuki previously served as minister to Belgium.
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Tokio
Akidzuki
Austria
M. Uchidt
United States
Washington
Belgium
Youth Busted After Bank Robbery Attempt in St Louis
Tom Gallagher, 15, was captured after about four wagonloads of men surrounded the Lafayette bank at Broadway and Pa Avenue. He confessed planning the hold up with a lookout who fled when police approached. Gallagher entered the physician’s office and faced burglary charges.
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St. Louis
Tom Gallagher
Lafayette Bank
Broadway
Pa Avenue
Gallagher
Evicted Strikers in Ludlow Face Weather and Eviction
In Ludlow Massachusetts on December 1, 300 people were evicted from tenements by the Ludlow Manufacturing association due to a mill strike. Heavy rain worsened conditions as household goods lay in the street. Owners found refuge with friends while eviction work paused. 16 more houses were to be vacated Wednesday. A band of 40 Italian strike breakers was brought to the mills under police guard.
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Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Murderer Caught in a Strawstack Near Britton
Samuel Gant, 18, an alleged slayer in the Louis Maxwell murder at Englevale, was captured by Sheriff Jones in a straw stack near Britton, while his brother Daniel fled on horseback. Gant was armed but made no resistance as a posse from Aberdeen pursued. The killing stemmed from a dispute over $2, which had unsettled Englevale earlier.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Samuel Gant
Louis Maxwell
Englevale
Britton
Jones
Marshall County
Daniel
Maxwell
Gants
American swindlers held in Paris jail
Paris reports four men and a woman posing as American millionaires were arrested on charges of extensive jewel theft and fraud. Authorities recovered jewels valued at 15000 at their Paris home. Suspects identified as John Francks of New York and Jacob Hymen of Philadelphia, among others, with prior French expulsion noted for Francks.
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Paris
John Francks
New York
France
Jacob Hymen
Philadelphia
Burglar Returns Money After Seeing Sleeping Children
Chicago reports a thief who robbed Adolph Huber's Hoover home and then, moved by two sleeping daughters, returned the stolen money and added a coin of his own after promising not to harm their father. The burglar had menaced the father with a drawn revolver during the crime.
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Chicago
Adolph Huber
Hoover
Huber
Philippine education director named in Manila
Frank White appointed director of education for the Philippine islands succeeding Dr. Barrows who resigned. White had served as assistant director of education in Manila for several years. He was raised in Nebraska and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1900, arriving in the Philippines in 1901.
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Manila
Frank White
Philippine Islands
Barrows
White
Nebraska
University of Chicago
Philippines
Jewish Women Meet in Pittsburg for National Council Session
The annual meeting of the national executive committee of the Council of Jewish Women opened in Pittsburg today. Religion immigration and philanthropy are among the topics. Adjournment is set for December 2.
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Pittsburg
Council of Jewish Women
Explosion in a Mine Near Marion Kills One Miner
A mine explosion near Marion Illinois killed one miner and left over 100 rescued with difficulty after gas trapped workers. The incident was reported via a long distance telephone message to the Associated Press from St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Marion
Ill
Associated Press
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