Sun Cult Heiress Willy Lindsay Rescued From Chicago Temple
Chicago police rescued twelve year old Willie Lindsay, heir to millions, from the Mazdazman sun worshippers temple at 3016 Lake Park avenue. His mother Elizabeth F. Lindsay faces guardianship action in juvenile court on January 4.
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Chicago
Willie Lindsay
Lake Park Avenue
Briar Place
Charles R. Lindsay
Lindsay Light Company
Elizabeth Fr. Lindeau
Sun
Bottoman Zar-Adusht Hanish Ia
W. H. Lindsay
Philadelphia
Guardian Trust Company of
Gerry Society
Europe
Charles KR. Lindsay
Hanish
Patrick Hennessy
New York
Denver
Salt Lake
Central Park West
Mazdaznaniam
Lil- Man Berry
Bandits Shoot Messenger in Paris Rob Satchel of 60,000
In a crowded Paris street four bandits stopped a week messenger carrying a satchel with 60,000 dollars. When he resisted they shot him dead and seized the satchel before fleeing in a waiting car. The murder drew thousands of frightened witnesses.
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Paris
Kentucky Negro Pleads Guilty in Assault Case
Adiiite Lafea? and Miss Iva O Connell are involved in a December Indiana case with Nathaniel Lea of Kentucky pleading guilty to attacking Miss O Connell. He receives a sentence of two to four years in the reformatory.
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Adiiite
Gim
Afayette
Ind
Nathaniellea
Sity
Iva O'Connell
Reformatory
Luther Burbank Plant Wizard Predicts Cactus Wonders
Visionary horticulturist Luther Burbank, famed for his spineless cactus developments, forecasts dramatic future uses and adaptations of the plant in agriculture and decorative gardening. Public interest surges as researchers explore practical applications and potential commercial value.
Spineless cactus touted as plant of the future
Santa Rosa California December 22 Luther Burbank described spineless cactus at the California Fruit Growers annual convention. He claimed leaves can be converted to paint whitewash fruit is tastier than strawberries the spine substitutes for rubber and wood pulp and a single cactus leaf contains more nutrition than a beefsteak.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
California Fruit
Burbank
Camorra Trial Dragging On in Viterbo After Nine Months
In Viterbo on December 22, the Camorra murder case against Erricone and others stalls as witnesses refuse to appear and jurors threaten to strike. Prosecutors had planned lengthy closings, but tenacious delays and a lack of testimony extend the nine month trial.
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Viterbo
Camorra
Erricone
Abbatomaggio
Fabrione
Cervino
Sortino
Wool revision moves in Congress on tariff lines
Washington reports both parties scrambling wool tariff revisions. Democrats push downward ad valorem changes while Republicans split over specific rates or compound ad valorem. A Feb 1 report from Ways and Means expected, with holiday drafting by some Republicans and ongoing Democratic progress.
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Washington
House
Tariff Board
Congress
Taft
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Walter Gibson Found Guilty in Dean Franchis Bribery Case
Alder Walter Gibson of Gary is convicted by a Lake county circuit court jury of soliciting a bribe connected to the Dean franchise. penalty ranges from removal from office to two to fourteen years in state prison. Other aldermen and officials face forthcoming trials, with money tied to the Dean ordinance. President Taft sent a message to Congress on treasury banking and currency reforms.
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Crown Point
Ind
Walter Gibson
Gary
Lake County
Emerson L. Bowser
Porter
Valparaiso
John J. Nyhoff
Public Works
T. E. Knotts
John Simfasko
Dominick Szymanski
Bolice
Porter County
Antony Bankus
Taft
Congress
Treasury
Weather Summary From Regional Observations
Weather reports from U.S. weather bureaus at 8 p.m. yesterday show temperatures in cities including New York 30, Boston 28, Indianapolis 46, New Orleans 52, Washington 32, Cincinnati 38 with conditions varying from cloudy to rain likely in parts.
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United States Weather
Temp
New York
Boston
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Washington
Cincinnati
New Independent United States League of Professional Baseball
A new eight city league named the United States League of Professional Baseball clubs announces aims to challenge major and Class A baseball by forming big clubs in six cities with strong backing. Cities named include New York Brooklyn Washington Reading and Richmond with candidates from Baltimore Pittsburg Cincinnati Newark and Buffalo. William Abbott Witman of Reading was elected president secretary and treasurer with the league office in Reading Pa.
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New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Reading
Richmond
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Newark
Buffalo
William Abbot Witman
Hugh J. McCowan Tribute Halts Traction System Today
Authorities halted the traction system in a city area today as a tribute to the memory of Hugh J. McCowan. Officials cited respect and public mourning, with services and obituaries planned for the afternoon.
Lorimer Seat Likely Vacated by Senate Vote
Washington observers say the Lorimer inquiry will end with his seat declared vacant. The Privileges and Elections Committee stands eight to six against Lorimer, with several new senators leaning against him and a potential vote to declare his seat empty.
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Washington
Lorie
Lorimer
Senates Ae
W Hale
Jorimer
Dillingham
Gamble
Heyburn
Bradley
Iver
Paynter
Johnston
Fletcher
Clapp
Sutherland
Jones
Kenyon
Kern
Lesa
Gan le
Illinois
Senate
Governor Hooper Imagines Prison Life In Tennessee
Governor Ben W. Hooper began a two day confinement in the state penitentiary at Nashville. He ate prison chow and joined inmates for meals while wardens treated him as an ordinary prisoner, listening to convicts' complaints and considering pardons.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ben W. Hooper
State Prison
Penitentiary
Hooper
State
Prison
Ife
Quackenbush Arrested in Memphis After Ex press Office Robbery
Traced from Bedford Indiana to Memphis Tennessee where Delbert Quackenbush is arrested in connection with the robbery of the local express and freight offices. Edward Steele who posted a 260 dollar bond has not yet been located.
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Memphis
Bedford
Ind
Delbert Quackenbush
Ma Aon
Tenn
Edward Steele
Funeral Car Service Halts Five Minutes in McGowan Remembrance
At Indianapolis on December 22 the funeral of Hugh J. McGowan was held at St Peter and Pauls Cathedral with a high mass by Rt Rev Joseph Chartrand. Cars paused for five minutes in all three cities as a sign of respect to the longtime magnate and his company affiliations.
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Indianapolis
Hugh J. McGowan
Peter and Paul's
Joseph Chartrand
Diocese of
Holy Cross Cemetery
McGowan
Richmond
Terre Haute
Pleaded Guilty in Counterfeiting Case Near Mt. Vernon
John Ellis of Philadelphia known as Sister Jack received a five year federal prison sentence at Leavenworth after pleading guilty to counterfeiting. John Kirkpatrick of Aurora alias Texas Red drew two years for the same crimes. Ellis admitted he learned the trade in Philadelphia and the pair traveled the Ohio river by houseboat passing bogus money before their Mt. Vernon arrest.
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Indianapolis
John Ellis
Philadelphia
Sister Jack
Leavenworth
John Kirkpatrick
Aurora
Texas Red
Ellis
Anderson
Kirkpatrick
Father Punished for Assault on Daughter in Fountain County
In Attica Indiana a Fountain County circuit court jury found Joseph Williams guilty of assault and battery on his daughter. The wealthy farmer, 45, near Yedda was fined 800 dollars and ordered to two months in the county jail after a three count charge. Prosecution witness Zola Williams, 17, testified. The verdict was a juror compromise.
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Attica
Ind
Fountain County
Joseph Williams
Williams
Yedda
Zola Williams
Man’s Defiant Quote Lands Him Jail Time in Wabash
In Wabash Indiana on December 22 Richard McHale received eleven days in jail after stating he would rather die in a ditch than work. He faced a public intoxication charge, and when asked for his occupation he declared he scorned labor.
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Wabash
Ind
Richard McHale
McHale
England May Follow Suit In Abrogating Treaty Bar
London reports British Jewish associations move to end the Russia Great Britain treaty used to exclude Jews from Russia. Jack Johnson returns from Europe and mocks talk of quitting the ring, saying he will fight anyone who puts up the purse.
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England
London
Russia
Great Britain
Csar
Jack Johnson
Archbishop Ireland Celebrates Golden Jubilee Quietly
In St Paul on December 22 Archbishop John Ireland marked fifty years since his ordination. Amid numerous messages celebrations in churches were avoided by his orders, yet friends sent cablegrams and gifts while he received visitors at his residence.
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St. Paul
John Ireland
Ireland
Governor Commutes Sentences of Boys
Indianapolis December 22 Governor Marshall commuted the life sentences of Amos Wells and William Ward both sixteen from Peru for assault on a life girl to indeterminate terms of five to ten years at the reformatory. The cases drew state wide attention for ages and nature of the sentences and appeals by the court and public to offer reform instead of lifelong imprisonment. Logansport robber breaks plate glass at Hugh Smith’s jewelry store, stealing bracelets rings and lockets valued at 300. A clerk had left display items in window and the thief missed diamonds valued at over 1000.
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Indianapolis
Peru
Amos Wells
William Ward
State Reformatory
Marshall
Logansport
Ind
Hugh Smith
Prisoner learns of daughter's death amid murder case
Daniel Spurgeon, jailed in Jasper Indiana on a murder charge, was granted release to attend his son's funeral when he learned his daughter Laura aged fourteen died of diphtheria, adding tragedy to the family's distress in the county jail context.
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Jasper
Ind
Daniel Spurgeon
Albert Spurgeon
Laura
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Market quotes from Indianapolis and other cities list wheat Corn oats hay cattle hogs sheep and lambs with prices and receipts. Prices are given for No 2 red No 3 white No 2 oats timothy mixed hay and various livestock categories across Cincinnati Chicago St Louis East Buffalo and Toledo. Receipts include hogs cattle and sheep, and futures for Toledo show May and July wheat with cash prices.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
At &J. Louis
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Hugh J. M’cowan
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Hugh McGowan
Daughter
Chesapeake & Ohio
Frank Austin
East Buffalo
Toledo
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