Harriman Threats Over Hyde Stock Share Stir Insurance Probe
Thomas F. Ryan testified that Harriman threatened to influence legislation and block trustees to gain a share in Hyde stock. He described a strenuous offer to place Harriman in a joint role, with threats aimed at steering the deal. Senator Dryden of Prudential defended corporate expenditures as legitimate, noting campaign aid totals and allocations to defeat hostile bills.
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Harriman
Ryan
New York
N. Y
Thomas FP. Ryan
Insurance Investigation Committee
Hughes
E. H. Harriman
Hyde
ONL
Jim
Sathhan Harriman
Hats Timan
Barriman
Pquite
Strempurg
Armstrong
Dryden
New Jersey
Prudential Insurance Co
Senator Dryden
Prudential Life
Republican National Committee
Prudential
Andrew Hamilton
Gambling Closes at French Lick and West Baden Casinos
French Lick Indiana December 15 Governor Henry wins fight against gambling in the two resort casinos at French Lick and West Baden. The gambling devices have been shipped away or stored and the venues closed permanently. Governor Hanly remains in office.
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Henry
French Lick Springs
French Lick
Ind
West Baden
Hanly
Governor Cumming Delivers Tariff Views At Rochester
Washington dispatch reports Governor Cumming praising Roosevelt’s message while avoiding detailed tariff discussion He supports tariff revision and predicts action after a railway bill debate He will present Shiloh monument facts to delegates at Allison’s room and attend a Commercial Club banquet in Rochester New York Thursday night President Taft and Shonts attended Panama emergency appropriation hearing with Secretary Taft and Shonts confirming need for full funds.
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Washington
D. C
Dee
Goveror Cumming
Allison
Shiloh Monument
Taft
Tarife
Commercial Club
Rochester
New York
General Bussey
Iowa
Frank ¢. Stillman
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Panama
Theodore P. Shonts
Commission
Bigelow Policies Forwarded to Milwaukee Bank
Defaulter Isranik ty Bigelow, former president of the First National Bank, will see insurance policies turned over to Milwaukee Bank for payment of 59325.79 by order of Referee Maxwell. Policy face value 350008 with cash surrender value of 42000. total original policy around 800050 reduced by creditor claims.
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Milwaukee Bank
Milwaukee
Whi
Isranik Ty Bigelow
Pirst National Bank
Maxwell
Bigelow
Cody Ang Wife Make Up
Lincoln dispatch reports close friend of the estranged couple says reconciliation is sure. Ira L. Bare, editor of a North Platte paper, quotes Cody and Mrs William FY Cody as predicting the reconciliation will be effected.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dee
Ira
L. Bare
North Platte
Wiliam FY
Cody
Stockman Geeseka Dies in Chicago Gas Accident
R W Geeseka of near Mt Pleasant Iowa dies in Chicago from gas asphyxiation after leaving a carload of stock in market and retiring at Palmer House. He was about 85, one of Merry County’s largest stock raisers, survived by many siblings in the Mt Pleasant area.
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Chicago
Ill
T. W. Gee Seka
Mt. Pleasant
Palmer House
BR. W. Geeseka
Merry County
Hye
English Policy Holders Urge Mutual Board Representation
London policyholders in American Life companies push for a British representative on the Mutual Life Insurance board. They demand a successor to Richard A. McGurdy be an insurance man trusted by British policyholders and vow action, sending an urgent cable to Mutual officials in New York.
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Mutual
London
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Richard A. McGurdy
Todas
Gripple Arrested in Fort Dodge After Robbery Tools Found
Police nabbed Gripple at Fort Dodge Iowa after locating a full set of burglar tools and arresting a supposed crippled peddler. Officials believe a planned residence burglary was thwarted in this city. Tools included instruments for every kind of lock. The man registered at a cheap hotel under an alias and was identified by two missing fingers.
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Gripple
Fort Dogge
Fort Dodge
Dac
Rexisteetl
Against football a public reprimand at Stanford and Cal
The faculty athletic committee at Stanford University and the University of California adopted a resolution condemning football as played in America. They urged adopting rugby and removing intercollegiate contests from the current rules committee. Washington DC reports midshipman Merwether was sentenced to one year confinement and public reprimand for naval conduct with acquittal on manslaughter.
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San Francisco
Cal
Stanford University
Washington, D. C
Merwether
Naval Academy
Secretary
Navy
Meriwether
Government of the Navy
Hardow Bank Embezzlers Bill Toughens Penalty
Washington December 12 Representative Johnson of South Carolina introduced a bill to raise the maximum sentence for absconding bank officers to thirty years from ten, aiming to punish embezzlers more severely.
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Congress
Washington
Dec
Rear Admiral Lillie Dies in New York Home
Rear Admiral Abraham Bruun Hasbrauch Lillie, retired U S Navy, dies at home in New York on December 12. Leading naval figures mourn as obituary notes his lengthy service and status as retired admiral.
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Lillie
U. S. IIi
New York
Abraham Bruun Hasbrauch
the. S. N
Young Man Arrested Over Belief He’d Married Miss Roosevelt
A New Yorker identifying himself as Joseph Thomas of Greenwich Street was committed to Bellevue Hospital for sanity evaluation after claiming police barred him from Miss Roosevelt whom he termed his sweetheart. The 35 year old appeared seedy with gold rimmed spectacles and a faint German accent, saying he had once been well educated.
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New Yorker
New York
Des
Ie Roosevelt
Joseph Thomas
Greenwich Street
Bellevue Hospital
Thomas
Fraud Alleged In Land Fraud Case Involving Mueller Lumber
Portland Oregon December reports forged land certificates tied to the Mueller Lumber Co of Davenport Iowa. Two men linked to conspiracy with Horace McKinley vanished. genuine certificates remain with Mueller Lumber. The forgeries use identical signatures and paper distinct from state board issues.
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Pany
Davenport
Portland
Ore
Des
AL Salem
School Land Board
A.D. Pater
Horace McKinley
Mueller Lumber Co
Iowa
Puter
McKinsey
State Board
Ballot Box Litigation Opens In Court Of Appeals
Albany December 13 Hearst Ward and Stokes contend they were rightfully elected mayor comptroller and board president of greater New York, with a recount and recanvass sought of votes from the second assembly district. Chief counsel included Frank S. Black for Hearst and Alton H. Park for McClellan and allies.
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Albany
New York
Court of Appeals
William * Randolph Hearst
John Ward
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Couptroder
Board of Aldermen
Greater New York
Appellate Division
First Department
Second Assembly District
New York City
Supreme Court
Appellite
Frank 8. Black
Hearst
Alton H. Park
McClellan
Escaped Convict Letts Found Working for Panama Canal Commission
Kansas City Mo Dec 12 Letts once station agent at Princeton Kan stole 70000 worth of railroad tickets and burned the depot to hide his crime He escaped from Ottawa Kan after arson and robbery conviction and was arrested at Panama where he held a clerk post with the canal commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Panama Canal Commission
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Princeton
Kan
Panama
Canal Commission
Ottawa
Miss Roosevelt Engaged to Congressman Longworth
Announcement from Washington states Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the President, is engaged to Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati. The wedding date has not been fixed, but plans call for a spring ceremony possibly before winter ends.
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Congressman Longworth
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Miss Roosevelt
Western Miners Form $1,000,000 Cooperative
The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners approves proposing to unions a $1,000,000 fund to start a cooperative mining company in Denver California. The plan aims to operate on an cooperative basis with funding secured from unions.
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Western Miners
Denver
Calo
Western Federation of Miners
Judge Ruddick of Twelfth District Dies at 70
Waverly Iowa December 1942 Judge Ruddick longtime jurist of the twelfth district died today after a long illness aged 70 cancer was given as the cause of death He had served on the bench for over two decades leaving a noted record of service in the district court
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Ruddick
Waverly
Iowa
Horrific massacre details reach Lienchau victims mutilated and killed
A detailed report from a Ching Mail correspondent recounts the October Li enchau massacre of Eleanor Chesnut Miss Amie Machle Mrs Mable Mr and Mrs Peale and others. Witnesses describe stripping, river drowning and brutal killings amid a crowd fed by boycott tensions. The report notes unprovoked violence and a savage finale as the mob dispersed.
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Hong Kong
China
Massacra
Eleanor Chesnut
Airs
Feaic
Mable
Amis
Lienchau
Lienchan
Adde
Amie Machle
Little Amie Machle
Dr. Chesnut
Little Allie
Little
Amie
Mrs. Mackie
Sue
Steleas
Peale
Dr. Mable
Miss Patterson
Beef cases on trial in Chicago with packed courtroom crowd
The preliminary to the beef trust trial opened before Judge Humphrey in U S court with ten special pleas by packers needing jury verdicts. Gas man Samuel A McRoberts of Armour and Co. was dismissed and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beef Trust
Perfora
Humphrey
United States
Samuel A. McRoberts
Armour and Co
Weasel-Wasp Rescue Mystery From Nantucket Shoal
Sailors on the Nantucket lightship were saved after 24 hours of continuous bailing and a wireless message brought aid. The crew abandoned ship in lifeboats as the vessel sank shortly after. The gunboat Wasp, nearby and reported safe, is expected to return once fog lifts.
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New Bedford
Mass
Nantucket
South Shoal
Waap
Newport
Sawyer
Naval Training Station
Wasp
Nantucket Shoals
Mother and Children Die in Five Story Fire
A mother and five children died in a five story apartment fire at Columbus Avenue and One Hundredth Street in New York. Two other persons were injured and many tenants fled in panic as Mrs John Thomason and her children, aged from seven months to nine years, perished trying to escape.
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New York
Columbus Avenue
One Hundredth Street
John ‘Thomason
Rand-Herron will case ends with trust decree
Judge Smythe in Burlington Iowa signed a decree that ends the Rand Herron will dispute by affirming the declaration of trust. Trustees are authorized to pay 100000 to guardian Dr W Blythe for Horace Rand Jr and Ruth Rand in exchange for relinquishing all claims. The remaining one million dollar estate goes to Car vle Rand Herron for life.
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Smythe
Burlington
Iowa
James D. Smythe
John 7. Fleming
Mra. E. C
W. Blythe
Horace Rand Jr
Ruth Rand
H. 5. Rand
Carvle Rand Herron
Brazilian Complaint At Berlin Over Panther Incident
Berlin report says Brazil lodged a formal complaint to the foreign office about the German cruiser Panther at Itajahy Brazil claiming breach of international rights. The foreign office replied it would investigate the incident fully and impartially.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Panther
Itajahy
Brazil
Unprecedented Stay at Home Vote Dominates Boston Election
Boston voters turnout emphasized by stay at home campaign as five mayoral candidates compete amid signals for municipal ownership and reform. Massachusetts elites and local factions align behind party and reform banners in a heated contest.
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Boston
Mass
Hitory
Massachusetts
Mitchell's funeral rites held in Portland
The body of the late Senator John H. Mitchell lay in state two and a half hours at City Hall before being moved to the First Congregational Church for services. The obsequies reflected a period of mourning in Portland, Oregon, with public attendance and ceremonial honors marking the tribute to the prominent U S senator.
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Portland
Ore
John H. Mitchell
First Congregational Church
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Where Citizens Vote
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a person must vote in the precinct where he lives and sleeps. The decision clarifies voting location requirements for residents, affecting registration and polling place eligibility in Des Moines and statewide contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Lowe Supreme Court
Workmen halt general strike plan amid caution
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate strike leaders are arrested and workmen reject a general walkout as unseasonable. The workmen's council notes unpreparedness for conflict and that railroad workers already oppose the strike. Telegraph lines deteriorate with minimal interior communication. Leaders reportedly celebrate funding with lavish expenses. Pope addresses Polish pacification urging loyalty and restraint. Elisabethgrad suffers arson and mob violence against Jewish quarters.
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St. Petersburg
Munday
Russia
Moscow
Tobacco Factory Blown Up in Kentucky by Dynamite
A Kentucky tobacco factory in Likton was destroyed by dynamite early today. No loss of life. The owner, American Snulk, the tobacco trust, faces blame from the dark buses growers association supporters who condemn violent action. The building was completely wrecked.
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Kentucky
Likton
American Snulk
The
Tobacco Trust
Idsb
Dark Fobuses Growers Association
Datter
Million-Dollar Dam Planned Across Rock River
Dixon, December 12. Plans reveal a billion-dollar dam across the Rock River to supply electric power. The contemplated edifice spans the river just above Grand Detour with a projected expenditure over one million dollars.
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Rock River
Dixon
Nec
Hockiver
Grand Detone
Wrecking of three buildings hailed by open shop plumbers
In Lorain Ohio three buildings were wrecked at midnight after Master plumbers declared for an open shop. A carpenter agreed with the action of the employing plumbers and was assaulted. The incident reflects labor troubles and rising tensions in the city.
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Lorain
Ohio
Atlantic Coast Storm Damages Vessels No Loss Of Life
Halifax reports coast wide storm damage with vessels ashore but no loss of life as wire communications along the coast are being restored. PMID: none
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Iowa Man Convicted of Wife Beating Gets Life Sentence
Orange City Iowa December 12 Baldes convicted of beating his wife to death was sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Gete
Orange City
Baldes
Tillie Van Zyl Sues Wiggen in Estate Dispute
Tillie Van Zyl commenced suit in district court this morning asking the court to appoint a special referee to divide an estate the heirs cannot agree on. The action names Peter Wiggen as the defendant and seeks formal liquidation of the disputed property.
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Tillie van Zyl
I Deine
Peter Wiggen
Caurt
Iowa Weather Summary Dec 12 Fair and colder into Wednesday
Special weather note for Iowa indicates fair skies tonight with a tendency toward unsettled conditions by Wednesday night. Winds light, temperatures lower, and the forecast points to cooler air gradually moving in with the next system.
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Chicago
Iowa
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