Knocks Push Off Nicaraguan Probe For Now
Secretary Knox asks for clarity on Central American affairs prompting the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay the Nicaragua inquiry for a week. Rioting continues in Managua with arrests, shootings, and troops deployed as Marines prepare for a second Panama-bound transport.
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Akron arrests Italian slayer in wife and two stepchildren murder
Antonio Manzino, missing since the Cleveland murder of his wife and two stepchildren on December 11, was arrested in Akron. Police say he confessed to killing the woman and children.
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Antonio Manzino
Cleveland
Leopold Suffered A Relapse In Ill King’s Condition
Brussels dispatches report King Leopold’s health deteriorated with a relapse this evening. Officials say he is kept alive by artificial means and there is little hope for recovery. Earlier reports described a worsening condition and renewed intestinal complications affecting prognosis.
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Widow of Judge Hubbard 185 Dead in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 15 Mrs Hubbard widow of the late Judge Hubbard died early this morning. The death leaves a widow and several children. The judge was prominent in local affairs and his long career ended with his passing.
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Iowa Evening Press
Cedar Rapids, In
Esch Bill Passed by the House
The Esch bill requiring railroad companies to report all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission passed the House with overwhelming support. The measure becomes law upon enactment and grants the ICC power to compel uniform railroad car equipment. President Taft returned to Washington.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Taft
Washington
Robbers dynamite bank after cutting Paoli wires
Ardmore Okla Dec 13 robbers cut all telegraph and telephone wires entering Paoli then dynamited the State bank securing 3000 dollars and escaped a posse is in pursuit. Lumber combine formed Pacific Coast capital about 50 million with 60 percent of coast output and 5 to 6 million feet daily.
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Paoli
Pursut
Pacific Concern
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Heald
Morgan Firm Buys Majority of United States and Cuyahoga Stocks
It is announced that J. P. Morgan & Co. has purchased for its own account a majority of the stocks of the United States and the Cuyahoga companies. The disclosure came this afternoon in Toledo Ohio, December 15.
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Cuyahoga
Arbuckles Bear Sugar Taint Repayment Report
Assistant Attorney General Steimson announced that due to a federal probe into sugar duties paid on Arbuckle Brothers imports, a shortage of 50573 dollars was found and repaid in cash by the Arbuckles.
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N. Y
Steimison
Arbuckle Brothers
Stimson
Arbuckles
Thought He Was Robbed He Wasn't In Town City Ia
Peter Olsen of West Liberty complained of robbery to police. He claimed $80 vanished but officers found the money in his boot purse. Mayor Otto then took $1 and trimmings from the wad to penalize his wandering from the straight path.
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Town City
Peter Olsen
West Liberty
Olsen
Otto
No Verdict Yet In Radford Case In South Dakota
A jury failed to return a verdict this morning in the case of Charles Radford of Sterling Indiana, charged with murdering George Hurd of Sioux Falls on September 6 after a fight over Radford and his brother keeping his daughter and sister out late.
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Charles Radford
Sterling
George Hurd
Hurd
Radford
Girl killed in auto wreck near Pasadena Valley
Agnes Claypont daughter of a wealthy resident was killed when Harvey Bissell son of a Grand Rapids Michigan manufacturer lost control of his automobile and it plunged a hundred feet down Eagle Rock Valley road. Bissell was injured and the girl was found beneath the car with a broken rib puncturing her lungs.
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Agnes Claypont
Harvey Bissell
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bissell
Eagle Rock Valley
Iowa Jurist Deemer Mentioned for Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington December 15 Iowa considers Judge Horace L Deemer for the United States Supreme Court if a vacancy occurs The Iowa delegation presented his name to the president who did not commit He may face questions over a potential appointment while a Lurton nomination proceeds and a caucus weighs pension commissioner options and possible ship subsidy stances
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Dee
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
Horace KE. Deemer
Lowa Supreme Court
Towa
Supreme Bench
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Deemer
Smith
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Judge Lurton
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Dolliver
Des Moines
Cummins
Fitzpatrick
Story County
J. D. McGarraugh
Col. H. &. Hedge
Bishard
Altoona
H. M. Pickell
Newspaper man may get place in NL club case
Horace Fogel named Harry P. Sayers A S L Shields and Grant Lafferty as Philadelphia National League owners and controllers. The NL presidency remained unsettled with R W Brown a compromise candidate if Ward or Heydler is not elected. Charles Dooin to be captain and manager. Kling ruled out as a possibility. Shields denied ownership claim, saying he has no interests in the club.
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N. Y
National League
Philadelphia
Horace Fogel
Harry P. Sayers
A. S. L. Shields
Grant Lafferty
Orpheum
Fogel
R. W. Brown
Louisville
John M. Ward
John Heydler
Charles Dooin
Kling
Chicago Nationals
Shields
L. Shields
Pich
Repulsed suitor shoots mother in Carmi
In Carmi Illinois on December 15 Marshall Ridd, a negro, shot and killed Mrs Ann Bolerjack after forcing entry and pursuing Lee Bolerjack, the daughter. Relatives arrived to aid the girl, and Ridd fired a fatal shot. Sheriff Grissom detained him and took him to Mount Vernon for safekeeping. The suspect denies guilt as tensions rise.
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Mount Vernon
Peterson Shoots Wife Then Himself in Iowa Hotel
In Sioux City on December 15 Fred Peterson shot his wife as she packed belongings for separation and then killed himself. An officer in an adjoining room heard the shots. the woman is expected to recover while Peterson is believed fatally wounded after a recent three month trip to South Dakota. The wife had summoned aid fearing trouble and the officer waited nearby.
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Sioux’ City
Iowa
Fred Peterson
Peterson
South Dakota
Man sues for five dollars in Des Moines intro case
Mrs. Hattie Slotwick sues John Oppenheim for five dollars claiming he promised the fee for introducing him to Miss Little Breiweish, whom he married three weeks after the introduction in Des Moines Iowa on December 15.
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Des Moines
Iowa Evening Press
Clarence Flanders
Albla
Emma Bird
Albia
Heo
Stewart
Flanders
Bird
Hattie Slotwick
John Oppenheim
Little Bieiweish
Governor Haskell in Serious Condition After Illness
Guthrie Oklahoma December 15 authorities say Governor Haskell who suffered acute indigestion last night showed some improvement today but remains in a serious condition Former Commissioner Duty dies Washington December 15 Pension official from Indiana is dead
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Okla
Haskell
Washington, D.C
Fammier
Indiana
Portrait of Cyrus McCormick Unveiled at Illinois Hall
Urbana scene marks unveiling of Cyrus Hall McCormick portrait at the Farmers Hall of Fame with Miss Muriel McCormick and Governor Deneen among speakers. Springfield reports the legislature adjourned for holidays to January 4, with the house opposing a senate joint resolution on federal cooperation for Illinois deep waterways.
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Farmers’ Hall of Fame
University of Tlinois
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Muriel McCormick
Deneen
Solons
Springfield
House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Iowas Hotel Law Held Faulty
In Des Moines Judge McHenry ruled Iowa’s hotel inspection statute unconstitutional. F M Hubbell challenged the law asserting it applies only to hotels with more than ten rooms and that it delegates legislative power to the hotel inspector. The case will be appealed. Eight people were severely injured in a Southern railway wreck near Greensboro, with no fatalities reported.
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Iowa
McHenry
District Court
New York
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Southern Railway
Greensboro
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Average weights of 09 grains estimated in crop report
Washington December 15. The department of agriculture estimates the average weight per measured bushel for spring wheat 57.1 pounds and winter wheat 58.4, oats 32.7, against last year's 57.3 68.8 and 29.8. The quality of corn is $4.2 per cant, against $6.9 last year.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Wreck Near Bayard Iowa Kills Ten Injures Thirty Five
A Milwaukee line derailment near Bayard Iowa leaves about a dozen passengers slightly hurt. Official list names L. C. Parker Des Moines Ruth Cornish Elwood O W Carpenter Coon Rapids P J Correy Portsmouth I E Oblinger Portsmouth and Mrs Dan Curler Perry among the injured as reports vary.
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Milwaukee Railroad
L. C. Parker
Des Moines
Ruth Cornish
Elwood
O. W. Carpenter
Coon Rapids
P. J. Correy
Portsmouth
E. Oblinger
Dan Curler
Perry
Changes at Rock Island Freight Office
Quite a number of changes have been made in the working force at the Rock Island freight office. William Parkin is promoted to revising clerk, a new position. Raymond Michaels, formerly assistant car clerk, takes Parkin's former post as O. B. and D. clerk. Edward Bloomer accepts Michaels's former desk, and J. A. Lawrence moves into Bloomer's former yard clerk role.
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Rock Island
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William Parkin
Raymond Michaels
Parkin
Edward Bloomer
Michael
J. A. Lawrence
Bloomer
Sick Marries Miss Miller In Davenport Office
Theodore Sick of Davenport and Miss Harriet Miller of Muscatine were united in marriage at 3 pm today in Justice H.W. Howe's office. The ceremony was simple and the couple will reside in Davenport. The bride, daughter of Peter Miller of North Oak Street, has recently worked in Davenport.
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Theodore Sick
Miss Miller
Office of Justice
Howe
Davenport
Dinner at Bethel AME church draws large crowd
A noon dinner hosted in Yeoman Hall by Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church attracted a large attendance. Guests praised the meal and the event warmly.
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Yeoman. Hall
Bethel African Methodist. Episcopal Church
Oyster Supper Held by Twenty Three Club
The Twenty Three Club hosted an oyster supper last evening at the home of Rev and Mrs C M Olander of New Era. A pleasant gathering was held with many attendees from the city and several visitors from out of town.
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