Mine to Be Scene of Experiments and Rescue Lessons
The United States Bureau of Mines will conduct large scale experiments at a Bruce-ton mine, testing mine explosions ventilation and rescue under actual conditions. In Denver ten miners entombed by a fire at Leyden mine face slim chances of survival. government rescue cars arrived but entry was not made as foul air and unsafe conditions persist.
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Pittsburg
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburg Coal Company
Bruceton
Denver
Col
Leyden
Trinidad
Wrote to Girl Caught Gibson Arrested in Ill
Scott Gibson 21, wanted for Grinnell hardware store robbery, was captured at Belleville Illinois after writing letters to a Des Moines girl which her father sent to detectives. He had earlier broken jail at Grinnell, was re captured at Kellogg, and escaped again in Montezuma after two weeks in jail.
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Des Moines
Gibson
Iowa Hvening Press
Scott Gibson
Grinnell
Belleville
Ill
Kellogg
Montezuma
Workman Drops Dead on Ottumwa Street Railway Rack
William Boyles, a veteran worker for Ottumwa Street Railway, collapsed from heart failure while greasing a rack. His wife, hysterical, fought off doctors who tried to revive him, fearing a drug used in a previous child’s death.
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Iowa Evening Press
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Street Railway Company
William Boyles
Weighmaster shoots Wells Fargo driver in Iowa
Fred Anderson weighmaster for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line at Spring Valley Iowa shot and killed Clarence Conditt a Wells Fargo express driver in what authorities say was an attempt to rob the company He fled on a freight train but was arrested at Lansing Sheriff Nicholson reports Anderson confessed to the shooting and robbery plan
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Spring Valley
Iowa
Wells Fargo
Mason City
Fred Anderson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Clarence Conditt
Wells Fargo Express
Lansing
Nicholson
Anderson
Thief Gang Robs Potter Meat Market Safe
In Ottumwa Iowa on December 16 yeggmen blew open William Potter’s meat market safe but left most meat untouched. Only a dollar and fifty cents was recovered with no clue to the thieves.
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Ottumwa, Iia
William Potter
Robbers Loot Junk Shop in Dubuque
Robbers broke into Hirsch- Magdal junk shop in Dubuque Iowa on Thursday night and stole 42 mink hides valued at 210 dollars. Entry was gained by forcing a window. thieves escaped afterward.
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Iowa Evening Press
Dubuque, In
Hirsch- Magdal
Additional Raids Target Buck et Shops Across Midwest
Chicago secret service raids target Capital Investment company and Murphy & Company bucket shop offices seizing books and records and arresting staff. Western Union linked as an alleged accomplice. 5,000 miles of leased wire fed market data to branches. Government seeks grand jury indictment. Galesburg office in Illinois also closes with no arrests.
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Chicago
Ill
Secret Service
Murphy & Company
LaSalle Street
Capital Investment Company
Middle West
William J. Lloyd
Western Union
DeWoody
Department of Justice
New York
Hammond Elevator Company
Elevator Company
Hammond
Ind
Illinois
Sidmon McHie
William R. Holligan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Building
United States District Attorney's Office
Galesburg
T. G. Lawler
Dietz Family Held on Charge in Wisconsin Court
Hayward Wis Dec 1 John Dietz and family were held to the circuit court on a charge of assault with intent to kill a person dated July 25 1906. Bail likely set at 59000 for John Dietz 2000 for Leslie and 1000 each for Myra Mrs Dietz and Clarence.
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Hayward
Wis
John Dietz
Leslie Dietz
Myra
Otumwa group backs plan for $200,000 convent
The Ottumwa Commercial association passed resolutions approving the Sisters of the Humility of Mary plan to build a $200,000 convent in Ottumwa Iowa next spring.
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Ottumwa, Ia
Charges Against Moore In Letter From Ex-Weather Chief
James Berry former head of the United States Weather Bureau accuses Willis L. Moore in a letter to President Taft of gross mismanagement extravagance and irregularities. He alleges Moore used government workers during working hours to prepare a meteorology book and illegally used the mailing frank to promote its sale.
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Washington, D. C
James Berry
United States Weather Bureau
Taft
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Berry
Moore
Post Mortem Finds Woman Slain in Minnesota Home
St. Paul, Minn. Dec 16 The post mortem on the body of Mrs Charles P McKenna found dead in her home shows she was murdered. Her husband was alone with her when she died but denies attacking her.
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St. Paul, Minn
Charles P. McKenna
Memphis man commits suicide after failed business attempt
Memphis reports W. J. Lumas, later identified as W. J. Rigg of Knoxville Iowa and a former Eureka Springs hotel manager, died in a lodging house. Rigg had arranged to buy a saloon and paid part with a $1,000 check that bounced. He took morphine after burning letters to avoid identification.
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Memphis
W. J. Lumas
W. J. Rigg
Knoxville
Eureka Springs
Ark
Rigg
Lafollette Protege Nominated for Madison Postmaster
President nominates William A. Devine for Madison Wisconsin postmaster role after La Follette recommendation. Gabriel B. Hollis of South Dakota named consul general at Constantinople in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
William A. Devine
Madison
Wis
Devine
Senator la Follette
Gabriel B. Hollis
South Dakota
Constantinople
Mexican Rebels Gain in Numbers Near Cerro Prieto
Reports from Chihuahua indicate insurgents increase numbers near Cerro Prieto and Rancho Santiago as federal forces prepare for a larger anticipated engagement. A special train carried about one hundred soldiers, with cut wires delaying news of further fighting near San Andres and Pedernales.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Pedernales
Cerro Prieto
Rancho Santiago
Navarro
Hernandez
San Andrea
Insurrectos
San Andres
Rosario
Nippon Plans Major Navy Budget Boost
Tokyo December 16 Premier Katsura announced next year’s budget with receipts of 540,934,000 yen and expenditures of 540,935,000 yen. Over six years about 82 million yen will be spent on navy improvements, with 15 million allocated for the coming fiscal year, as Japan moves to modernize naval power while stressing amicable international relations.
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Tokio
Katsura
Japan
Robber Earl Ward Ends Standoff After Paradise Bank Raid
Earl Ward, 30, who robbed the Paradise Kansas State Bank of 2500 dollars, was surrounded by a posse near Paradise and killed himself. The four bank workers tied and gagged were found. Ward had bought a rifle and ammo and fled on horseback, but all the stolen money was recovered. Ward resided twelve miles northeast of Luray Kansas.
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Salina
Kan
Earl Ward
State Bank of Paradise
Paradise
Ward
Bert O’brien
Liberty
Luray
Fire destroys Des Moines grocery store of H Levine
A fire in Des Moines Iowa destroyed the grocery store of H Levine on Seventh Street with a loss of 32000 dollars. A box of matches exploded and a nearby gasoline tank also exploded before the flames were controlled.
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H. Levine
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Seventh Street
Jacobs acquitted after second trial in murder case
Oscar Jacobs, charged with the January 1909 murder of Elba Roberts at Sturgis South Dakota, was acquitted in a second trial after a prior conviction and life sentence.
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Sturgis
S. Dak
Oscar Jacobs
Elba Roberts
Jacobs
Neill Heads to Chicago to Mediate Railroad Dispute
Commissioner of Labor Neill, acting mediator under the Erdman act, travels from Washington to Chicago to work on the disagreement between 61 western railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Washington
Neill
Erdman
Chicago
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Burlington Hotel to Open February First
Criss Nertz the lessee of Burlington Iowa announces the new $300000 hotel will open for business on February 1 after a conference with contractors.
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Burlington
Iowa Evening Press
Criss Nertz
Children Die After Drinking Horse Medicine in Barn
Albia Iowa December 16 The daughter of James Glenn of Melrose is dead and his son is dying after both ingested horse medicine found in a barn officials report the incident as accidental poisoning.
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Albia
Iowa Evening Press
James Glenn
Melrose
Famine Looms Over Anhui Province In China
The American consul at Nanking reports to Washington that more than a million people in northern Anhui face a severe famine amid recent flooding. The situation is described as very bad after a careful investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Anhui
Nanking
State Department
New Indictments Against Packers Filed in U S Court
Chicago Dec 16 new indictments charging the National Packing company and its officers with violating antitrust laws were returned in the United States district court. The cases aim to bypass Packers claims of impropriety tied to Judge Landis who previously led beef packing investigations. Judge Carpenter will hear the new cases.
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Chicago, Lr
National Packing Company
United States District Court
Landis
United States District
Carpenter
Cuban Army Chief Resigns Commander-in-Chief
President Gomez accepted the resignation of Major General Guerra as commander in chief of the army in Havana on December 16.
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Gomez
Guerra
Havana
Army
Pleasant Valley Farmer Dies By Own Hand
Davenport Iowa December 16 Charles Henley 49 a prominent Pleasant Valley farmer killed himself at his farm early this morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Authorities say real estate worries contributed to the act and his mind was affected by brooding over the investment.
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Iowa Evening Press
Davenport
Charles Henley
Pleasant Valley
Battle ship size dispute and political moves unfold
Fitzgerald accuses the Navy of planning 27 000 ton battleships beyond legal authority as a six million dollar estimate falls short. McLachlan denounces Tawney over suppressing war department reports. Democratic caucus called for January 19 to set ways and means nominees and tariff strategy. Senate ties defeat a motion to strike French spoilage claims from omnibus claims bill with Sherman absent.
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Washington, D. C
Fitzgerald
New York
Navy Department
McLachlan
Tawney
California
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
United States
Congress
Ways and Means
Senate
Sherman
New Candidates for Senatorship
Des Moines announces two candidates for senator. W A Young of Waterloo seeks the seat to succeed Senator Lafe Young. A B Funk of Spirit Lake also enters the race.
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Des Moines
W. A. Young
Waterloo
Lafe Young
A. B. Funk
Spirit Lake
Civil Service Association Backs Extension Resolutions
The Civil Service association adopted resolutions today urging extension of civil service to public branches not yet under the law. The move was announced from Baltimore Maryland on December 16.
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Baltimore
Civil Service Association
Boulder to be moved after grading starts for new building
The large boulder at the Metho dist church site will stay until grading for the new building begins. The Civic Association will receive the stone from the church and place it in Durham parking near the depot once grading starts, then it will be rolled onto a wagon and moved.
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Civic Association
Durham
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Dietz Family
Ottumwa Commercial Club
Weather Service
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Statement of Naval Plans
Kansas
Cratic
Bulletin
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Borah
Rayner
Dillingham
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