Plot to kidnap or kill John D. Rockefeller spurs alert
In Cleveland a report of a plot overheard near Canton aims to harm John D. Rockefeller. Harold Smith, a mill worker from Stark County, alerted police after overhearing men in a shed discuss kidnapping and killing the oil magnate and received government protection and Rockefeller aid for warning and safety.
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Cleveland, O
D. Rockefeller
New York
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Mr. Smith
John D. Rockefeller
Alliance
Canton
Cleveland
East Cleveland
Middle West
East
Smith
Pittsburg
Bill
John D
Americans Grace and Cannon Held Prisoner Near Bluefields
Wireless report picked up on the Atenas near the Caribbean coast says Leonard W. Grace of Texas and Leroy Cannon of Pennsylvania have not been executed by order of Zelaya but are imprisoned near Bluefields. Captain Holmes and Atenas passengers relayed the information. the wireless operator could not identify the source.
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Mobile
Ala
Leonard W. Grace
Texas
Leroy Cannon
Pennsylvania
Zelaya
Bluefields
Holmes
Atenas
Two Boys and a Gun in Joliet Shooting
In Joliet Illinois on November 30 16 year old Fred Lay lay dangerously wounded at St Josephs hospital with face and chest perforated by birdshot after being shot by Howard Stafford during a hunting incident. Lay reportedly did not know the gun was loaded and Stafford was handling the shotgun.
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Joliet
Ill
Fred Lay
St. Joseph‘s Hospital
Ley
Howard Stafford
Child Labor Law Ties to Mine Disasters Reported
Cherry Illinois December 1. Evidence of violations of the child labor law in the deaths of three boys in a recent mine disaster has been turned over to Coroner Malm by Factory Inspector Edgar T. Davis. The boys are Alfred Howard Joseph Leondeck and Alfred Kroll. Davis says he has more evidence about other boys who did not die and will submit it to the state's attorney.
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Cherry
Malm
Edgar T. Davis
Alfred Howard
Joseph Leondeck
Alfred Kroll
Lords Cast Out Commons Budget Amid Historic Rift
London reports a dramatic Lords act as the upper house rejected the annual appropriation bill in a 350 to 75 vote on an amendment by Lord Lansdowne. The historic division drew a crowded chamber and foreign dignitaries as the country faces a possible election and a shaken government.
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London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lord Lansdowne
Trial Reveals Sugar Trust Payoffs to Inspectors
In the Sugar Trust case, witness Andrew Mellen testified that six former employees received irregular pay. He described Bendernagel delivering money in bills from the cash drawer to men in uniform alleged as United States customs inspectors.
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Andrew J. Mellen
Mellen
Mr. Bendernagel
Connecticut
United States Customs
Mr. Rendernagel
Hendernagel
Spitzer
von Dey Spitzer
Kehoe
Coyle
Bowl- Hennenses
Voelker
Halligan
Bendernagel
United States Customs Inspector
Mr. Denis
Indiana Fratricide in Seymour Brother Shot Dead
Garfield Bohall fatally shot his brother Thornton Bohall during a quarrel in Seymour Indiana. Joseph Bohall was present as a witness to the incident that occurred on Sunday.
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Seymour, Ind
Garfield Bohall
Thornton
Joseph
Quarre
Zelayan Forces Defeated Near Las Sajina
In the Las Sajina area above the Topaz mine near Raina, General Matuty led revolutionary troops to defeat about 1,000 Zelayan soldiers. Casualties were eight Zelayan killed and many wounded, while twenty revolutionaries fell. General Chamorro reports no change at Grestown siege. Recruits arriving from multiple areas strengthen the revolution. authorities expect the conflict to end soon.
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Colon
Las Sajina
Topaz
Raina
Matuty
Josses
Chamorro
Grestown
Zelaya
Atrocities Reported From Granada Executions Ordered by Zelaya
New Orleans dispatch reports three executions in Granada by order of President Zelaya. Among the victims was 70 year old Espinosa, father of Rodolfo Espinosa the Washington representative and of Emilio Espinosa of Bluefields. The notice cites George Lacayo a Leon Nicaragua planter and former British officer delivering the intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
George Lacayo
Leon
Nicaragua
Granada
Zelaya
Espinosa
Rodolfo Espinosa
Estrada
Washington
Emilio Espinosa
Blue Elds
Isadore Newman Dies in New Orleans
Isadore Newman banker street railway man and probably the wealthiest man in New Orleans is dead at the time and place not specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Newman
New Orleans
Good Recovery Man Hari Witeen Able to Sit Up
Hari Witeen shows signs of progress after a broken neck and spinal injuries. He can sit up with assistance and continues hospital treatment as doctors monitor recovery.
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Hari Witeen
Midshipman Bari D. Wilson Shows Early Recovery
Rampapolis Maryland December report notes Bari D. Wilson, injured October 16 in a football game, able to sit up. Condition remains good with excellent spirits. Electrical and massage treatments started with good results expected. After November 14 operation there is slight paralysis improvement and the operative wound has fully healed.
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Rampapolis
Bari D. Wilson
Northwestern switchmen strike halts northwest rail traffic
In St Paul, union switchmen walked out at 6 pm after a day of talks with Northwestern railroad. The strike affects freight nationwide from Twin Cities to the Pacific coast, while passenger trains may still move. Officials Knapp and Neill stayed to assess next steps.
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St. Paul, Minn
Switchmen's Union
Northwestern Railroad
Twin Cities
Pacific Coast
Charles H. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner of
Charles P Neill
Northwest
Messrs
Knapp
Nelli
Minnesota Transfer
Union Depot
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Frank T. Hawley
International Switchmen’s Union
Puget Sound
Federation leaders granted stay in contempt case
In Washington a court of appeals stays the execution of the mandate sending Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor to jail. The stay remains indefinitely pending the U S Supreme Court appeal. In Bloomington Illinois Mrs Mary Conrick of Chicago dies on a Chicago and Alton train en route to Boise City Idaho while accompanying her daughter at age seventy eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Court of Appeals
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Bloomington
Mary Conrick
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Boise City
Idaho
Embezzler McDaniel Compromises Suit for 13000
Mt. Carmel Dec 1. Mo B McDaniel avoided circuit court trial on a $17 embezzlement charge by paying Votaw Lumber Co. $13,000 in settlement.
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Mt. Carmel
Votaw Lumber Company
Mo B. McDaniel
Football in Disfavor at State Legislature Sessions
Wheeling WV November 29. West Virginia University halfback Sinew Mack suffered a skull fracture at Morgarstown Thanksgiving day. State legislators plan to curb football in the coming session with bills to make foot ball playing a penal offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Sinew Mack
West Virginia University
Morgarstown
Nurse Perseveres at Rapids Fatal Act Near Goat Island
Miss Margaret Callan a 33 year old trained nurse from Buffalo is believed to have ended her life by leaping into the upper rapids near Goat Island bridge Niagara Falls on November 29. Clothing found.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Margaret Callan
Buffalo
Goat Island Bridge
New Slant on Steinheil Case Circulates in Paris Gossip
Alfred P. Klots arrives from Europe with a rumor that Grand Duke Alexis killed Mme Steinheil’s husband in Paris. He claims the tale says the duke shot Steinheil after surprising him at home and that the mother then choked on her false teeth.
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New York
Kroonland
Antwerp
Dover
Alfred P. Klots
America
Cardinal Gibbons
Mme. Steinhell
Steinheil
Mme
Paris
Steinhell
Klots
Vengeful Cuban Accuses Gomez After Fatal House Fire
In Tampa on November 30 Miguel Gomez enraged by Maria Acosta refusing a visit, with two accomplices he obtained gasoline and doused Acosta in her bedroom. A lit match started the blaze and neighbors fought the flames but she died. Gomez is jailed.
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Tampa
Fla
Maria Acosta
Miguel Gomez
Gomez
Breathitt Feud Revived in Breathitt County Shootings
Douglas Hays, once bodyguard to Reach Hargis, was fatally wounded by an assassin who fled. Investigators regard the incident as a new flare in Breathitt county feuding. Hays, linked to Judge James Vareis, had previously served as Beach’s bodyguard after Vareis was slain by his son.
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Breathitt
Lexington
Methodist preacher William J. Richey found guilty in St Louis
The article reports that William J. Richey, a Methodist preacher who deserted his charge and family in Charlottesville about a year earlier, was arrested in St Louis and later sentenced by a circuit court jury. His wife, thirty nine, was mentioned in connection with the case.
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Greenteil
William J. Richey
Char- Tottesville
St Louis
Watt
Clicu
Mix Wins Coupe Internationale des Aeronautes Race
Zurich reports the Aero club declared Edgar W. Mix the winner of last October’s Coupe Internationale des Aeronautes. Mix started from this city and landed in Russian Poland about 650 miles away.
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Zurich
The
Aero Club
Edgar W. Mix
Mr. Mix
Russian
Poland
Returns From Alabama Election Defeat Prohibition Amendment
The Birmingham dispatch reports that the Monday election on the constitutional prohibition amendment shows the measure defeated by 26 190 votes amid a unclear tabulation of local figures.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Misty Apentis
Magapfienens Gad
Scandal at Cornell university dormitory in Ithaca
G HookS of Greigsville New York and L F Hobart of Cincinnati a Cornell sophomore and a freshman pleaded guilty to disorderly and immoral conduct after a carousal in Sheldon court a private dormitory at the university entrance. Their companions Mrs Sydney Adams and Mrs Timothy Sullivan were sent to a corrective institution while the young men were fined. The police found the four in various stages of intoxication.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Sheldon Court
University
G. 8
Hooks
Greigsville
Cornell
L. F. Hobart
Cincinnati
Sydney Adams
Timothy Sullivan
Sugar Trust Trial Proceeds In U S Court
New York November 30 The sugar trust trial is in progress in the criminal branch of the United States circuit court before Judge James L Martin of Vermont. Defendants include James B Bendernagel Oliver Spitzer Thomas Kehon P J Hennessey John R Coyle and Edward A Boyle with Bendernagel as former cashier at Williamsberg Sugar Refining plant and Spitzer as former dock superintendent.
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New York
James B. Hendernagel
Oliver Spitzer
Sugar Trust Weighern
United States Circuit Court
James L. Martin
Vermont
Henry L. Stimsom
Bendernagel
Spitzer
Thomas Kehon
P. J. Hennessey
John R. Coyle
Edward A. Boyle
Williamsberg Sugar Refinling Company
Taft Keeps Strict Watch On Sugar Fraud Probes
Washington report says President Taft plans full prosecution of sugar grafters and already has a mass of detailed evidence in his desk. Observers say he views the affair as a blot on the national honor and will pursue it to the limit.
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Washington
Taft
Fim Timate
Fatal accident at Utica clothing factory injures workers
In Utica New York a factory elevator incident in a clothing manufacturing establishment kills Harold Freer aged 21 and Edward Fleahs aged 20 and fatally injures Edward Fleahs and injures Edward McQuade aged 18 with serious injuries reported.
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Utica
Hamold Freer
Edward Fleahs
Edward McQuade
Desertion charge in circuit court proceedings
Mrs Isabelle S and George Joyce Combs are named defendants in desertion proceedings in the circuit court. The case involves an alleged act two years ago in a New York restaurant against Lieutenant James R. Combs of the U S Navy. Combs's mother resides in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onawa
Isabelle S
Pierce Trial in Progress Against Oil Magnate
The criminal case against H. Clay Pierce, head of Watera Pierce Oil, opens in the district court in Austin Texas with testimony started today. Both sides were prepared when the case was called.
German freit steemehig Bey aground near Cape Hatters
A vessel identified as Bey is reported fast aground near Cape Hatters amid uncertain weather. Authorities have begun assessments of hull condition and potential salvage operations as crews monitor shifting tides.
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Freit Steemehig Bey
Goven
Cape Hatters
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Ploy
United
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Mix
Pelics Court
James IF. Bendernagel
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