Nicaragua Ex-President Zelaya Arrives in Mexico City Amid Peace Talks
Jose Santos Zelaya former Nicaragua president arrives in Mexico City unofficially greeted by Central American delegates. He may confer with Diaz about the Central American situation while peace talks with Estrada Cabrera and Madriz face strain and a possible new plan to guide U S mediation.
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Estrada
Madriz
Nicaragua
United Press
Mexico City
Jose Santos Zelaya
Zelaya
Diaz
Bassador Dela Barra
Washington
Creel
Dela Barra
Rosena Receives Murderers Gun From Prothonotary
The weapon used by Fred Rosena to kill John Coccho was turned over to Rosena’s wife Mrs. Rosena by Prothonotary Charles Andrews. Andrews obtained a signed order from Rosena directing transfer to Mrs. Rosena, a deed akin to an unwritten will, not probated.
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Fred Rosena
John Coccho
Rosena
Beavers Man Held On Death Threats After Whiskey Night
Beav er Pa December 29 William Dunn of College 4 was committed to Beaver jail on $300 bail after his wife alleged he threatened the family with a bread knife. A struggle ended with Dunn restrained by two sons. He claims whiskey influenced his behavior.
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Beaver
William Dunn
College 4
Squire McCormick
Dunn
College Coaches Endorse Safer Football Reforms
More than a hundred college professors and football coaches at the Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting urged reforms to cut gridiron casualties. They backed rules to curb mass plays, limit advances after downs, and replace the forward pass with a less dangerous version, while West Point pushes for removing fatal plays.
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New York
Inter-collegiate Athletic Association of the
United States
H. L. Williams
University of Minnesota
J. A. Babbitt
Haverford College
E. K. Hall
Dartmouth
L. B. Hackett
West Point
C. W. Savage
Oberlin
W. L. Dudley
Vanderbilt
W. A. Lambeth
University of Virginia
Captain Nesbitt
Cadet Byrne
West Pointers
Women to Work for Less Than Men in City Schools
A New York committee report finds women teachers accept lower pay than men and that city should profit from the wage gap. The panel estimated equalizing salaries would cost 7 to 10 million dollars annually and urged equal pay for equal work.
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New York
City
United Press
Gustav H. Schwab
North German Floyd Steamship Co
John B. Clark
New York Central Railroad
Charles Keep
McClellan
American surgeons denounced as out of date by Roumanian expert
Dr Thomas Jonnesco, who popularized spinal anaesthesia with stovaine in America, claims American surgeons lag in instrument design and operating tables. He contrasts European tables with 40 joints to allow body adjustment and argues European antiseptic practices reduce infection, while criticizing American speed.
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United Press
New York
Thomas Jonnesco
America
Europe
Gould’s Love Letters Believed to Support Promise Claim
New York dispatch reports love letters said to be from Frank J. Gould to dancer Bessie Devoie were released to counter her $250000 breach of promise suit. Lawyers say the letters prove a bonafide betrothal, noting Gould referenced the Vanderbilt case in divorce discussions and wrote you are everything that is good sweet and noble.
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United Press
New York
Frank J. Gould
Bessie Devoie
Gould
Miss Devoie
Vanderbilt
Elusive Dr. Cook Reported Passing Through London Ont
Special dispatches from London Ont say a man closely resembling explorer Dr. F A Cook passed through London Tuesday en route to Detroit. Newspapers have failed to locate him in Detroit or nearby Mt Clemens or Jackson where he has relatives.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
London
Ont
F. A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Mt. Clemens
Jackson
Fathers of Husband and Wife Both Dead
The East Sutton Street home of Mr and Mrs Howard Pyle mourns two deaths. Mrs Lomax the Pyles’ father died last Friday and will be buried there tonight. Mr Pyles father Enoch Pyle died at New Castle hospital and will be buried tomorrow afternoon.
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Howard Pyle
East Sutton Street
Mrs. Pyle
Four Men Die In Mine Explosion At Mineral Point Wisconsin
Four men were killed when 150 pounds of dynamite exploded in the Ollie Bell mine between Mineral Point and Platteville. Foreman Edward Sullivan and three coworkers, Thomas Clegg Charles Morton and John Oldery, were blown apart as tools and powder were used. Bodies of three men were found. a fourth remains missing amid torn remains. The mine is owned by Mineral Point Scenic Co with W A Jones as president.
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United Press
Mineral Point
Wis
Ollie Bell
Platteville
Edward Sullivan
Thomas Clegg
Clegg
Wisconsin
Charles Morton
John Oldery
Mineral Point Scenic Company
W. A Jones
U. S. Indian
Treat for Children of Tin Mill Strikers
The Amalga Molated association advisory board plans a New Year’s Day event at Emmanuel Baptist Church at 2 p.m. for about 1,500 children of tin mill workers. John G. Jones chairs the committee with Ben Jones as secretary. tickets are issued at the advisory board on East Long Avenue with parents applying for children’s tickets.
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Amalgamated Association
John G. Jones
Ben Jones
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Advisory Board
East Long Avenue
Walsh Case Moves Toward New Trial Amid Conspiracy Claims
Chicago banker John R. Walsh seeks a rehearing as his lawyers file an amended municipal court bill charging a clique of New York financiers with conspiracy to railroad him to prison. The suit names William C. Brown Charles Hotchkiss Robert Mather James Stillman and George Barker alleging they urged Walsh to sell 23 million dollars of Southern Indiana railroad bonds then abandoned the plan. Walsh expects a United States Supreme Court reconsideration.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
New York
William A. Armstrong
Wabash Counsel
United States Supreme Court
Armstrong
William C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Charles W. Hotchkiss
Robert Mather
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Walsh
Protest Meeting Sunday Afternoon at Coliseum
Sunday at 2 30 p m an indignation meeting will protest the jailing of tin strikers. J Pierce of Apollo is principal speaker. others may speak. The meeting condemns officials and the mayor for arrest and sentencing. Businessmen and ladies urged to attend to show support.
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Coliseum
J. Pierce
Apollo
Pierce
New Castle
Fight Over Land Where Dean Foundation Stands on Croton
City faces a legal contest over land east of Neshannock creek where the Dean foundation was built. J M McMillin claims the property by purchase and asserts the city had no right to erect the wall. He has hired attorney James M Martin to pursue the case, tracing ownership from the Cochran estate through Montgomery Mayne and McMillin and noting disputed city payment of taxes and authority to build.
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Neshannock Creek
J. J. Dean
J. M. McMillin
Court Street
McMillin
James M. Martin
Mayne
Harbison and
Offutt
Riverside
Whitla Plumbing Shop
Alderman Green
Croton Avenue
Strike in Northwest Switchmen Faces Waiting Game
As H B Perham travels to Washington to seek federal intervention, the Northwest rail strike shows no clear decision on a general walkout. Union leaders stay tight lipped while violence erupts in Minneapolis with strike breakers fleeing attackers and crews beaten. Guards to be posted in Twin Cities yards.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Northwest
H. B. Perham
Washington
Northwestern Railroads
Switchmen
Hawley
Switchmen’s
Harshberger
St. Paul
Robert J. Martin
Switchmen’s Union
Buffalo
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Division
Twin Cities
Northern Pacific
Republic
Nomination papers filed for city offices
The court house records show filings for Alderman Second ward A Reid English W P Morrison George E Daniels Select council Sixth ward John Rae City assessor H L Palmer George G Pearson Socialist Ticket Councilman Eighth ward Charles H McKeever city assessor A C Coulter Born to Mr and Mrs Samuel Jenkins of Croton Avenue a daughter
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Court House
A. Reid English
W. P. Morrison
George E. Daniels
John Rae
H. L. Palmer
George G. Pearson
Charles H. McKeever
A. C. Coulter
Samuel Jenkins
Croton Avenue
Suit for Marriage Annulment Over Alleged Negro Blood
New York lawyers watch a Yonkers man William Horton seek to annul his marriage on grounds of alleged Negro blood in his 19 year old wife. Horton says he learned of the taint months after marrying last March. His wife denies being a Negro, claiming French and Spanish ancestry.
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United Press
New York
William 5
Horton
Yonkers
Halley's Comet Visible to Eye Over New York
For the first time since its present arrival Halley's comet is visible to the naked eye in New York. Prof Eastman of Columbia University has studied the comet without a telescope. It lies in the northeast and is about 20 degrees long. It will be dim for two weeks and then plainly visible for several nights.
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United Press
New York
Halley
Eastman
Columbia University
S J Callahan Candidate for Common Council
It is said that Attorney S J Callahan will be a candidate for Common Council in the Second Ward. Callahan has been secretary of the chamber of commerce for several years.
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S. J. Callahan
Callahan
Chamber of Commerce
Five Nurses Charged in Fatal Assault at Essex Hospital
An affidavit by Mrs. Francisca Hinkel alleges Katherine Lindner died February 25 1904 after three nurses attacked her with a chair at the Essex County Hospital for the Insane. Hinkel says two more nurses and an inmate pinned Lindner to the floor and blood flowed from ears nose and mouth. Dr Daniel M Dill disputes the claim and calls the tale untrue.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
Katherine Lindner
Essex County Hospital For the
Francisca Hinkel
Hinkel
Daniel M. Dill
Miss Thatcher Attacked by Unknown Ruffian
Miss Bessie Thatcher, a Buwer's store bookkeeper, was assaulted on Pearson Street near Kline apartments Monday night. The assailant tried to stuff gloves into her mouth and choke her, but she screamed, scaring him away. a nearby resident heard the cries.
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Bessie Thatcher
Buwer’s
Miss Thatcher
Pearson Street
Kline
Captain Cody Falls 10 Make 3-H Flight to Quit
Captain Cody collapses after a 10 failure in a three hour flight attempt and quits. The report notes a dramatic setback during the mission.
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Cody
Aviation plans face hurdles as Cody fails cross country flight
Captain S F Cody's 36 mile Liverpool to Manchester attempt ends after 40 minutes when his bi plane hits a telegraph wire. The American born Briton holds a prior 47 mile cross country record from Aldershot. Cody's craft weighs 2000 pounds and uses an 80 horsepower motor. Meanwhile the Wright brothers deny restricting aviation innovation and warn patent actions will be pursued if infringed.
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London
S. F. Cody
British War Office
Liverpool
Manchester
Cody
Aldershot
War Office
Wright Bothers
New York
Pliny H. Williamson
Wright Brothers
Los Angeles
Wrights
Herring-Curtiss
Buffalo
Strenuous search for missing son asked by Butler mother
Mrs. Francis W. Courtney of Butler Pennsylvania is vigorously seeking her son Frank who has been missing for many years. The 37 year old man with fair hair and complexion is believed to be the heir to his late father’s estate which lacks a will.
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Butler, Pa
Francis W. Courtney
Butler
Frank
Gifts Presented to Company Officials on Christmas Morning
W. H. Kleckner, superintendent of the New Castle Portland Cement company, received a diamond scarf pin from his employer on Christmas morning. Francis J. Perry of the Pennsylvania Railroad was given a rocking chair in a similar surprise presentation.
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W. H. Kleckner
New Castle Portland Cement Company
Francis J. Perry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Death Records for Local Residents and Relatives
Death notices listing Enoch Pyle age 75 of 880 Mabel Street Lucile Davidson age 9 of Oneonta N XV Mrs C O Fisher age 52 of 515 Pollock Avenue Lea M Garnes four months of South Beaver Street and John Gallini age 24 of Hillsville.
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Enoch Pyle
Mabel Street
Lucile Davidson
Oneonta
C. O. Fisher
Pollock Avenue
Lea M. Garnes
Beaver Street
John Gallini
Hillsville
Five Men Die in West Reading Boiler Explosion
Five workers employed by Sims & Co. of Philadelphia were killed when a boiler exploded at the Metropolitan Electric plant in West Reading. The deceased include Frank Cole from Reading James Coney Waterbury Conn Clifford Martin Toms River N J Elmer Dengler Mount Penn and Martin Lynch Phoenixville Pa Their bodies were found scattered and severely mutilated several hundred feet from the boiler house.
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United Press
Reading
Metropolitan Electric Company
West Reading
Frank Cole
James Coney
Waterbury Conn
Clifford Martin
Toms River
N. J
Elmer Dengler
Mount Penn
Martin Lynch
Phoenixville
Sims & Co
Philadelphia
Lynch
Sharon Party Attended by Moore Gardner and Samsell
Miss Iona Moore and the Misses Sarah and Emma Gardner attended a party in Sharon last night. Barr Samsell of Front Royal Virginia, here visiting friends, also joined the gathering.
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Iona Moore
Sarah
Emma Gardner
Barr Samsell
Front Royal
Sharon
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Lusk
Waddington
Dean Foundation
Switchmvens’ Strike
William Horton
Common Council
Kline Apartments
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