Memorial Service for Ambassador Reid at Westminster Abbey
A solemn memorial service for the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid was held at Westminster Abbey with a 2,500 strong congregation including American embassy staff and diplomats. Notables such as Prince Arthur of Connaught, Premier Asquith, and various royals attended, as did leaders from the arts, government, and diplomatic corps. The ceremony featured Bar Pell music, Wesleyan anthems, and a grand organ performance, with wreaths from President Taft and Secretary Knox displayed in the abbey.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Westminnster Abbey
Thadyrda
Agsolu
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
King George
Queen Mary
Lord Howe
Alexandra
Duke of Argyll
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Granduke Michael
Tasala
Oxford
Cambridge
Asquith
Edward Gres
Reginald McKenna
Lewis Harcourt
Couneil
Viscount Morley
Uuis Og Crewe
Board of Trade
Sydney Biston
Channel
Rufus Isanet
Muto
Cole
Wesley
Dean
Dean Tivle
Abbey
Chapel Royal
Frederick Bridge
Saur
Taft
State Knox
John Aubdout Ward
Don-Indaw
Earl
Youth found guilty of manslaughter in family killing
Youl Garozo, 16, was found guilty of manslaughter in Judge Wind's court after a dispute over money ended with him shooting and killing his father at the family home on the West Side. The jury recommended reform school confinement until age 21, marking the youth's second trial after an earlier hung jury.
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Youl Garozo
Agel Hi
Chisage
Prat Garezo, Jr
Wind
Tha Hay
Homain
Pontiac Reformatory
Prticser
Wisagreth
Union Labor Heads Call on Gov Wilson
Labor leaders Samuel Gompers and Frank Morri gon met Governor-elect Wilson in Trenton to discuss legislative aims. They urged action on injunction limits and contempt trial provisions and support for a new department of labor while signaling further talks with Wilson on union rights and organizing.
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Gov. Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Samuel Gumpers
Frank Morrigon
American Federation
Lalisi
Wilson
Chan
Bly
Gompard
Chompers
Congress
Department of Inbar
Geof Lisuner
Washington, D. C
Lee Querman
North Carolina
Osephus Baw
Overrun
Wilson Ul
Mrr
Hanlels
Cavernor Wilson
Unierwoor
Burlgon
Elowry
O'Gorman
Hoke Smith
Gore
Yagard
Viale
Ompera
Slorrison
Elach
Senate
Oime
Joseph FF
Davies
Madson
Wis
Chisago
Self defense claimed in Lone Tree tragedy case
Moving Tennessee report on Guy Baker and Mrs. Oliver Driver as they argued before Governor Carroll and the guard board over the Tuona Tree murder case. Driver’s attorney presented an affidavit identifying a pocketknife as her husband’s weapon and previously testified to it, suggesting Baker’s conviction rested on false testimony and the knife was Driver’s property.
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Yes Moving
Sperial
Guy Baker
Oliver Driver
Atty
Sovernor Carroll
Garde
Tareslea
Baker
Bakay
Probe into United Police methods by Chicago civil service body
A municipal civil service commission opens a pre inquiry into the United Police, a Chicago department group, amid charges of a stash fund used to dodge reorganization ordinances. The probe, ordered by the city council and Mayor Harrison, subpoenas police officials for testimony as the mayor seeks reform.
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Chicago
United Police
Chicago Police Department
iMimlatpal Civil Service Commission
Ets
Harrison
Prisoner Dies After Poisoning in County Jail
George Brown aged 27, awaiting transfer to the Tonia reformatory for burglary and theft of shoes, drank poison in the county jail in Blason Michigan. He had warned he could not endure prison details and died from the fatal act.
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Blason
Mich
Tee
George Brown
Tonia Reformatory
Hall Pardoned by President Taft for Oregon Conspiracy
President Taft granted a full and clear pardon to Joyn TH Hall formerly district attorney of Port of Oregon convicted June 1 1909 of conspiracy in fencing public lands. The pardon followed findings Hall was innocent and should never have been prosecuted. he served no portion of a sixty day sentence. The case hinged on the district attorney’s handling of the land fencing matter. Also reports note Taft to be an “alligator” by Jacksonville shrine and a Charleston welcome during his Key West journey, with the president's health improving.
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Washington
W. C
Taf Mas
Joyn TH. Wall
Port Jnd
Oregon
Hall
Hell
Gene Fence
Las
Supreme Court of the
Francis J. Feney
Wielotsham
Tate
Jacksonville
Pla
Taft
Mystic Shrine
Tackgonville
Key West
Boston Book Swindle Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Scanlon of Philadelphia surrendered to police in Boston and pleaded not guilty in Superior Court to an indictment charging conspiracy and larceny of 2200 from Kate M Hager. Seven book salesmen were arrested in connection with the alleged swindle and Hager was held on 5000 bond.
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Boston
Mass
T. P. Scanlon
Philadelphia
Kate M. Hager
Committee Banking Committee Postpones Session After Inquiry
Washington D C December members of the house banking and currency committee return home for holidays after concluding the climactic phase of their inquiry with the examination of J Pierpont Morgan yesterday. The panel will reconvene January 6 to finish the remaining ground of the investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Lae House Banking | Currency Committee
Washington
J. Pierpont Mor Xan
Easterday’s Loss Story Tangles Iowa Swindle Tale
Marengo Iowa resident Easterday, accompanied by county officials, reported losing 3000 dollars in a bogus real estate scam after a confidence game with two men named Hicks and Standall. He allegedly won 51003 in a nickel game but was required to prove funds, borrowed 3000 from a bank, and the pair absconded with the money while one later slugged and robbed him of 48 dollars in Burlington.
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Se. Louis
Alo
Dee
Marengo
Livg
Frank McKenna
The
Iowan
Burlington, Ja
Campaign to Cut Egg Prices Sparks Chicago Action
Chicago women organize street sales offering eggs at 23 cents per dozen in a bid to lower living costs. Stores and stations across the city host bargain days with signs advertising 23 cent dozen eggs while grocers push storage eggs at 23 cents to undercut higher prices. The effort draws crowds downtown as clerks wrap and sell eggs, though wholesale prices show little change. In Philadelphia, housekeepers league members sell storage eggs at 2 cents per dozen, moving from 4.5 cents yesterday as demand remains strong and supply from wholesale dealers arrives across the country.
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Chicago
Chisago Lib
Aix Ang
Gale Velall
Canungn
John 3. Bley
Chiladelphia
Philadelphia
Housekeepers’ League
League
Ealer
New York Supreme Court to rule on ten pin match fairness
The New York Supreme Court was asked to decide if a ten pin championship game won by a bowing club was fair after allegations the ball was used improperly. The Corinthian club, holder of the Eagle cup, seeks to restrain the National Bowling Association from expulsion and defend its right to participate in tournaments. The suit challenges the association’s actions regarding a member named Hein and charges of misconduct.
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New York Supreme Court
New York
N. Y
Supreme Court
Corinthian Club
National Bowling Association
Ang
Cllub
Wm. Hein
Wile Ord
Christmas Morning Rebellion in Quiet Bedroom
On a cold Christmas morning two children awaken to find awaiting gifts in the kitchen, hoping Santa will bless their mother with remembrance. The scene contrasts their hopeful and anxious whispers with a exhausted father and mother asleep, and a sobering moment as a younger sister weeps in the shadows while the elder avoids waking them.
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Moxpleas
Hheir
Gavin
Diamond Merchant Murdered in Office at Theatre Building
The diamond firm president Logan Logue aged 15 years, J. Logue & Co, found dead in his McVicker's theatre office. Body gagged and shot, vault untouched, but show cases ransacked. A large diamond stock valued in thousands missing. officers suspect robbery gone wrong. Police probe and notes of a chloroform scent and an empty cartridge found near the scene.
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Ocuiexve
Logue
Km, Junge & Company
Diamond Idealors
McVicker's Theatre
Nobbery Jg
Nate Investizithom 1
Sin
Joining Olices
Heant x
Polite
Mr. Legue
Monument Unveiled at Andersonville
At Andersonville Georgia in 1900 a large gathering including Governor Deneen and Captain J J Ryan witnessed the unveiling of a Illinois soldiers' monument. The $20,000 shaft was praised as a fine northern erected memorial in the national cemetery. A peace telegram from Mrs Walter D Lachar of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was read.
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Andersonville
Beneen
Nels
Minoie
Uinois
Deneen
J. J. Ryan
UU. S A
Department of the Surf
Fitzgerald Found Guilty or Not by Jury
Fitzgerald was declared not guilty by a federal jury in Judge Carpenter's court on charges he stole 173000 from the United States sub-treasury in Chicago. The trial began last November and centered on a long investigation into a large shortage.
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Chitngo
George W. Plisgerald
Tell Jer
United States Sub-Treasury Age
Carpenter's Court
Chitaga Subs! Treasury
Fitzgerald
Jay
Church Member Named in Automobile Bandit Ring
Louis Forbes and two companions were arrested on the West Side as alleged automobile bandits. A church club card for Trinity Episcopal on Savt jchigan avenue and East street was found, along with a contribution note for church purposes. The trio allegedly planned robberies with Elmer Heath signaling the crimes. Victims were asked to identify them at the station. Forbes denied involvement. companions Woll and Wild reportedly confessed.
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Chieago
Wherevor Lewis
Louis Forbes
West Side
Trinity Episcopal Church
Elmer Heath
Young Woll
Joseph Wild
Lewis
Bank Heist in Riverhead Nets $5000 After Big Safe Blast
Cracksmen dynamited the Mattituck State Bank safe in Riverhead during the night, escaping with about $5,000. The vault contained thousands in cash and securities, but many details remain unclear due to the garbled OCR text.
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Riverhead
Mattivuck
Autonomy for Albanians Favored by Great Powers
Six great powers including England France Germany Russia Austria and Italy accept the principle of an autonomous Albania with privileges for Serbia access to the Adriatic. This follows ambassadors conversations. London hosts a peace plenipotentiaries banquet with Asquith Grey Morley and other leaders. Adrianople remains a key point, with Turkey threatening no peace unless it is included in discussions.
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Lemon
Eng
Dee
England
France
Germany
Russia
Austrier
Valy
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Lelé
Turkey
Balkan
London
Asquith
Edward Grey
T He
Viscount Morley
Recbad Pasha
Tatker
Premiser Venigilos
Greece
Danette
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Varig
Prance
Temps
Constantinople
Porton
Sreece
Kec
Ottoma
Rechad Pasha
Athens
Anjianm
Mahinn
Diad
Sebastopol
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois This Weekend
Pairing forecast shows colder trend tonight and Saturday. Expect brisk winds and patchy frost with cooler afternoons.
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Easterday
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Pather
Agare
LOGUS
Atiead
United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Dalmitia
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