Seven Die in Tenement Fire in Cincinnati
Seven persons died and seven were injured with about 60 escaping serious harm when a four story tenement and lodging house at Ard and Sycamore streets burned early. Victims include William Grant 35 Isaac Rucker 35 Thomas Wilson 385 Mrs Henderson 35 Nora Coyle 18 Ruth Henderson 12 James Henderson ? The blaze began on the second floor from a kerosene lamp during a quarrel between tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ard
Sycamore Streets
William Grant
Isaac Rucker
Thomas Wilson
J. Henderson
Uarry Nora Coyle
Ruth Henderson
James Henderson
Fritzi Scheff Stops Train for Bath in Arizona Desert
Fritzi Scheff halted a Mrs Harriman passenger train in the Arizona desert to finish a bath in her private car. The train rocked, water splashed to the ceiling, and the conductor stopped at Stein's Pass to request new running orders. Scheff remained aboard until the bath ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Fritzi Scheff
H. Harriman
Arizona Desert
Miss Scheff
Stein
Stein’s ‘Pass
King Leopold undergoes operation no tumor found
Brussels reports King Leopold was operated on successfully for a simple intestinal obstruction. Surgeons found no tumor, and the king’s condition remained very cool after the procedure. He regained consciousness and expressed relief at the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Leopold
Fire trap blaze drives dozens to stairways in Kansas City
A basement blaze in Kansas City trapped tenants on the sixth floor forcing more than 50 residents to flee via fire escapes. Two women Miss Minnie Cavanaugh and Miss Frances Land were rescued, along with Victor Peas and two bookkeepers. Loss listed at $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rep
Hneas
Nilea
Minnie Cavanaugh
Frances’ Land
Victor ‘Peas
Uncle Joe Hosts Seminary Girls at Opening Session
Washington readers recount how Speaker Joseph Cannon invited his granddaughter Virginia Le Sucre and a class to visit the house galleries during the opening session. The plan, aided by the Cathedral school pupil, nearly caused a political headache as a large group attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cannon
Helen Cannon
Virginia
Sheo
GOAL OPERATORS GET NEW PREXY
Des Moines Iowa December 16 John P Reese of Oskaloosa will be elected president of the Iowa Coal Operators Association meeting here today succeeding H L Waterman of Ottumwa who declines another term The group meets to fix the wage scale to be offered to miners next April
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John P. Reese
Oskaloogza
Iowa Coal Operators’ ‘Association
H.L. Waterman
Ottumwa
Wealthy Woman Found Suffering in Monterey Street
In Monterey California a well dressed woman, about 65, found lying ill in the street clutching a handbag containing 12000 in diamonds and jewelry, 20000 in bonds, and 30000 in Oakland insurance policies. She claimed a daughter Mrs Daniels at Care by the Sea and hinted her name was Ina L Cummings. She could not identify herself. A letter to Ina L Cummings 528 Twelfth St Oakland was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Cal
Oakland
Ina L. Cummings
St. Louis
Daniels
Caresby-the-Sea
Ambassador Griscom awarded Red Cross gold medal
President Taft was re elected president of the American Red Cross at the fifth annual meeting. Taft presented a gold medal to Lloyd C Griscom for Italian earthquake relief work and silver medals to Miss Katharine B Davis and Samuel L Parrish. Other officers were re elected including Beekman Winthrop and Henry M Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
American Red Cross
Memorial Hall
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Red Cross
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Katharine B. Davis
Samuel L. Parrish
Robert de Forest
Beekman Winthrop
Henry M. Hoyt
Mabel Boardman
Strikers Desert Ranks In St Paul Rail Tie Up
In St Paul on December 16, between 60 and 80 switchmen and trainmen who had been on strike returned to work. Fifteen rejoined the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul road with others dispersed among Great Northern Northern Pacific and Omaha lines. A meeting of the American Federation of Labor railway department called by President Gompers was confirmed for Saturday morning to address action on the strike. Governor Eberhart will inspect traffic conditions and seek arbitration if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Omaha
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
St. Paul
Stenographer Gertrude Mowry Elopes and Marries
Greenwich, Conn. Dec 16. Miss Gertrude Mowry, former private stenographer to Ernest Thompson Seton, elopes to New Rochelle and marries Nathaniel R. Palmer, cashier of Adams Express. The ceremony occurs at New Rochelle city hall with Alderman William J. Crennan officiating. They then travel to Pittsfield for Thanksgiving with the groom’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Gertrude Mow Ty
Ernest Thompson Seton
New Rochelle
Nathaniel R. Palmer
Adams Express Company
Mowry
Palmer
William J. Crennan
Pittsfield
Miss Mowry
Pet Wolf on Rampage in Owensburg Ky
A pet wolf belonging to Reuben Masters escaped its kennel and attacked Masters’ young daughter inside the house. Masters tackled the animal and it bit his arm before he choked it. A neighbor killed the wolf with a hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro, Ky
Reuben Masters
Masters
Brothers Die of Alcohol Poisoning in Iowa
In Council Bluffs Iowa Henry Kurtz 39 and Oliver Kurtz 24 died after drinking wood alcohol mixed with water the brothers had obtained from a local candy factory. Henry left a wife and five children. Oliver was single. Coroner Treynor planned autopsies to determine if inquests are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Henry Kurtz
Oliver Kurtz
Henry
Oliver
Johannah Kurtz
Carroll, Ta
Carroll
Herman
William
Des’ Moines
Treynor
Rayner Savage Denounces Zelaya in Senate Speech
Senator Rayner of Maryland denounces Nicaragua's President Zelaya in a lengthy Senate address. He urges all necessary steps to capture Zelaya and bring him to trial for smuggling Grace and Cannon aboard two American ferries in Nicaragua. The speech portrays Zelaya as a leading criminal of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Unite States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
End of Boone Dies at Omaha
P S Bibbs long time employee of the Chicago North Railroad died in Omaha on December 16. A funeral service will be held for his daughter, with details to follow.
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Boone
Omaha
Feta
P.S. Bibbs
Chicago
North Railroad’ Company
Onawa Man Ends Life With Poison
Onawa Ia December 16 Reed Fletcher a middle aged man ended his life by taking strychnine. He had been of unsound mind for years and housed in an asylum twice. He leaves a wife and several children.
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Onawa
Reed
Fletcher
Taft Goes to Yale for Yale Visit
President Taft left for New Haven at 11 o'clock in the morning. He was accompanied only by Captain Archibald Butt, his military aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
YALE
New York
New Haven
Archibald Butt
La Follette Admits Bacon Diet Sparks Confusion
Washington reports linked to a vegetarian flag were debunked as Senator La Follette confirmed he ate bacon for breakfast. He stated he has eaten it since, after a nine year period with no such meat, expressing strong relish for side meat and disappointment when it ran out.
Ice Trust Convicted on Conspiracy Charge
The American Ice company was found guilty in New York Supreme Court of restricting competition and attempting to create an ice monopoly. The jury was out 1 hour 40 minutes and the court imposed the maximum $5,000 fine under the Donnelly anti monopoly law. The verdict, first under the new law, may lead to the corporation’s dissolution as defense counsel noted the company serves 8,000,000 customers.
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New York
American Ice Company
Supreme Court
John B. Stanchfield
Third Woman Victim Dies In Savannah Double Slaying
In Savannah Georgia Mrs Maggie Hunter died from injuries after being beaten and left for dead during the same weekend that Mrs Elizabeth Gribble and her daughter Mrs Carrie Ohlander were murdered at their home. Her husband J C Hunter is held despite her accusation and police search for a negro seen entering the Gribble residence continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Maggie Hunter
Elizabeth Gribble
Carrie Ohlander
J. C. Hunter
Hunter
Gribble
Dobbins Sentenced to Prison Term on Larceny Case
John R. Dobbins was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term with a maximum of five years after conviction for larceny of $30,000 from T. W. Ballew of Princeton Mo in a Maybray horse race in Council Bluffs Iowa. An appeal was filed to the supreme court and a $5,000 bond posted for release pending decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
W .R. Green
District Court
John R. Dobbins
T. W. Ballew
Princeton
Dobbins
Supreme Court
H. H. Byers
Explosion Aimed to Halt Unpublished Story, Police Say
In St Louis a blast wrecked a weekly's office and damaged a contributor's home. Owner George C. Dyer named a man tied to a prior marital story as possibly involved. Police largely reject that lead and note Harry B Wandell denies involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
George C. Dyer
Harry B. Wandell
W& Dyer
Secretary Wilson to Retain His Position
New Haven Conn Dec 16 Emphatic denial given to report that William O Thompson president of Ohio State University will be appointed January 1 secretary of agriculture to succeed James Wilson President Taft knows Secretary Wilson has no intention of resigning Taft is here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
William O. Thompson
Ohio State University
James Wilson
Taft
Wilson
Two Killed by Train in South St. Joseph Crossing
Albert Bender was killed and John Vituckle was mortally injured when struck by a Burlington train at a grade crossing in South St. Joseph. Both men were packing house employees.
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St. Joseph
Albert Bender
John Vituckle
Burlington
South St. Joseph
Packing House
Postal Violator of Child Labor Law
Des Moines Iowa December 16 State Labor Commissioner Edward Van Dlyn caused the arrest of local officers of the Postal Telegraph company charging it employs messenger boys under sixteen in violation of Iowa child labor law The board of education at Pierre South Dakota decided to build an additional school building at a cost of 40000 dollars
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Des Moines
Edward van Dlyn
Postal Telegraph Company
Iowa
Pierre
8. D
Board of Education
Snow and Sleet Hit Central West in December Storm
A large storm spanning the eastern districts disrupted telegraph lines as sleet froze on wires. Communications failed in many eastern areas while the Great Lakes saw mainly snow. The system centered over Indiana and Ohio with the Ohio valley hardest hit.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Pittsburg
Indiana
Ohio
Great Lakes
Severe Ice and Wind Storm Strikes Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania endures a severe sleet and wind storm crippling wire communications east of Pittsburg. Several deaths are reported in Ebensburg Latrobe and Greensburg as winds topple fences barns and cause heavy damage. Telegraph service slowly resumes with hopes of full restoration by tonight or tomorrow.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny Mountains
Ebensburg
Latrobe
Greensburg
Loss of Marquette & Bessemer Dock ferry on Lake Erie
Detroit reports head office of Marquette & Bessemer Dock & Navigation says 32 people are missing after the boat ferry was lost on Lake Erie. The crew counts 31 and one passenger who boarded at Conneaut. A payroll listing of 88 names caused earlier confusion about eight missing.
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Detroit
Mich
Leslie
Marquette & Bessemer Dock & Navigation Company
Lake Erie
Conneaut
Only Lepers in Army Die of Disease in Savannah Report
First Sergeant O Mix of the Seventy second coast artillery died at Fort Screven, perhaps the only leprosy case in the US Army. He will be buried with full military honors at the National Cemetery. Mix contracted the disease during the Cuban campaign. His father died recently, leaving him forty thousand dollars, and his army pay left him a tidy fortune. Two carloads of medical paraphernalia were sent to Fort Screven for his treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
United States
O. Mix
Seventy-second Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Screven
National Cemetery
Mix
Handsome man faces wives in police court
Clarence Flanders who is described as a handsome man about town was arrested and brought to police court where two wives confronted him. One wife traveled from Glenwood to here and learned he was married to a former sweetheart named Cora Burt. The second wedding occurred Thanksgiving Day.
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Des Moines
Clarence Flanders
Glenwood
Flanders
Cora Burt
Sugar Frauds Probe Targets Prosecutions Across Agencies
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham will vigorously pursue recovering all moneys and prosecuting those involved in sugar frauds at New York. The probe reveals a broad corruption network beyond the American Sugar Refining company, spanning years and touching importers and government officers. He seeks a $50,000 special appropriation to advance prosecutions and notes commodities clause cases will be clarified by the Supreme Court. Public land fraud cases remain a priority as immunity measures are urged to aid testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Wickersham
Congress
American Sugar Refining Company
Supreme Court
Miners Entombed After Kentucky Mine Explosion
Henderson Ky Dec 15 Hope faded today for six Black miners trapped since Saturday in the Baker mine of the West Kentucky Coal company. Fire was quelled but water hampered efforts to extinguish remaining flames and rescue the crew.
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Henderson
Baker
West Kentucky Coal Company
Receiver Sought for Two Ohio Telephone Companies
In Cleveland on December 15 a common pleas court suit was filed seeking a receiver for the United States Telephone company and the Cuyahoga Telephone company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Telephone Company
Cuyahoga Telephone Company
Common Pleas
Lurton Named to Fill Vacancy on Supreme Court
President Taft nominated Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee for the Supreme Court to succeed Rufus W. Peckham. Chicago state judge George A. Carpenter was named for district judge of the northern Illinois district to succeed Judge Bethea. Union Labor Against Lurton. Lurton, nearly 66, has faced GOP skepticism and labor protests over his railroading rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Horace H. Lurton
Tennessee
Rufus W. Peckham
Supreme
United States
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
Northern
Illinois
Bethea
Lurton
Senate Judiciary Committee
Clark
Wyoming
Judge Lurton
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
President Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Roosevelt
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Judge Lorton
Carpenter
Newport
Cumberland University of Tennessee
Federal Circuit
Cleveland
University of Tennessee
Nashville
Taft warns census supervisors against political use
President Taft told the newly organized census supervisory team not to use their offices for political ends. He warned he would remove any enumerators or supervisors engaging in politics and emphasized the obligation to select capable workers. The supervisors were introduced by Census Director Durand and then met Secretary Nagel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Congress
Durand
White House
Naegel
Dynamiters attack editor’s home with deadly bomb
St Louis officials report the residence of Harry B Wandell city editor of the St. Louis Star was dynamited early Sunday. No injuries were recorded though the house front was blown out and a man was seen fleeing. A note read be careful next time under your chair. Wandell collapsed later and received medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Harry B. Wandell
Wande
Police Have Clew to Kidnapped Alma Kellner
Louisville police say a telegram from another city provided a lead to the missing Alma Kellner kidnapped last week. With Kellner family cooperation they expect to solve the case by night. They note the lack of offered reward has hindered progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alma Kelner
Kellner
Body of 8-Year-Old Girl Found in Abandoned Well
The unknown child was discovered in an abandoned well on J. P. Harrington’s farm seven miles south of Sandusky Ohio on December 15. No local missing report matched. authorities suspect she may have been part of a traveling gypsy group encamped near the farm last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Ohio
J. P. Harrington
Asquith Champions Irish Self Government Policy
London reports Prime Minister Asquith pledges Liberal party policy to grant self government to Ireland while preserving the imperial parliament. He reiterates a plan to limit the House of Lords and denies any Irish separation or rivalry, stating a single path to solution. The meeting at Albert Hall drew protests from women suffrage advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Albert Hall
Herbert Henry Asquith
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Ireland
Minneapolis Faces Coal Shortage Amid Nationwide Drought
Minneapolis coal dealers report no supply as of December 15 with none available by phone inquiry. Officials say the city and many towns including Milbank Grand Forks Fargo Moorhead Wadene face a growing crisis and call for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis. Minn
Minneapolis
Reeves
Northwestern Coal Dealers’ Association
Milbank
S. C
Grand Forks
Fargo
Moorhead
Wadene
Preacher Brands Poet William Watson a Malignant Cad
The Rev Dr Charles F Aked denounces William Watson in New York as a malignant cad for attacking Miss Asquith and Mrs Violet Asquith in a poem titled The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue. Aked says Watson's recent words reveal him as mean and spiteful and unworthy of American readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Watton
Abed
England
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
William Watson
Dr. Aked
Watson
Anderson Winner of Fast Wrestling Bout
Hubbard Neb December 16 Andrew Anderson of Hubbard a clever mat artist defeated Peter Sundergard of Plumb Grove for a side bet of 25 dollars. Anderson won the first fall in 13 minutes with a scissors hold and the second in 15 minutes 5 seconds with a back half Nelson and harlock. Preliminary bouts featured Harry Rockwell Willis Rooney Stribble Frederick Rense Loescher Hefferman Knudgen and Hartnett refereeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Neb
Andrew Anderson
Peter Sundergard
Plumb Grove
M. W. A. Hall
Anderson
Nelson
Harlock
Harry Rockwell
Willis Rooney
Karlock
Harry Stribble
Frederick Rense
Will Loescher
Joe Hefferman
Louis Knudgen
Sundergard J
Ed Hartnett
Two Italians Arrested for Des Moines Mine Murder
Milne Ditto and Joe Romani were arrested at Oralabor mining camp near Des Moines charged with the murder of Constable Frank Sporer who was killed while trying to restore order at a mine riot Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Moines
Milne Ditto
Joe Romani
Oralabor
Des Moines
Frank Sporer
Broker to Prison for Mail Fraud Conviction
Wallace H. Hopkins, former broker, was sentenced by the federal district court in Chicago to four years and three months in Leavenworth Federal Prison for using the mails to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wallace H. Hopkins
Federal District Court
Leavenworth
Kun
Millionaire Contractor R B Dear Dead After Operations
R B Dear a wealthy contractor and mining man died in Superior Wisconsin after a third operation for appendicitis. He had recently served as president of the Butte Ballakiava Copper Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
R. B. Dear
Butte-Ballakiava ‘Sopper Company
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Monterey, Cay
Ambassador Griscom
Ernest Seton
Rayner Savage
President Zelaya
LA Follette
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
ICE Trust
Central West
Asquith
Charles F. Aked
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