Estrada’s Forces Dominate near Rama in Nicaragua Battle
Bluefields Nicaragua December 21 revolutionists under Gen Estrada rout Zelaya's army near Rama capturing Recreo and advancing eight miles. Dispatches from Consul Moffat report partial routing while Diaz and Castrillo declare complete victory possible with next assault.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Estrada
Recreo
Godfrey Fowler
Thirty-third Infantry
Washington
State Department
Thomas H. Moffat
United States
Zelaya
Dr. Castrillo
Diaz
Moffat
Colon
Tatumbla
Rama
Mena
Chamorro
Mattuti
Fornos Diaz
Gonzales
Steel Trust awards $1,000,000 in stock bonus to employees
The United States Steel Finance Committee voted a million dollar Christmas bonus for workers nationwide in stock rather than cash. Beneficiaries may choose common stock at $90 a share or preferred at $124 a share, with prices closing at 91 1 2 and 124 1 4 respectively. The practice began in 1906 and entails delivery after three years under protective conditions.
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United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street St. Nick
Steel Trust
Corey
Wall Street
Financial District
First National Bank
Denman Signals Ohio Telephone Merger Challenge
Ohio Attorney General A G Denman announced a probable challenge to the purchase of Cuyahoga Telephone Co by J P Morgan Co, arguing the merger of independent and trust lines may violate Ohio telephone statutes, not the Valentine anti trust law. Sources hint Toledo capitalists influenced the lead, with suit expected in Columbus courts.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Independent and Trust Telephone Lines
Cuyahoga Telephone Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
A. G. Denman
Morgan Company
Denman
Cuyahoga Company
Toledo
Corporation
Harden Wins Seventh Brooklyn Senate Seat After Special Election
In the special election to fill the Seventh Senate District vacancy caused by Senator McCarren's death, Democrat Thomas C. Harden won with 6,386 votes while John McCrate received 3,081, John J. Clancy 2,639, and Albert Pauly 96. Total votes 12,500. voting was light and officials reported no incidents. Police checked lodging houses for floaters, resulting in 65 warrants but no arrests at the polls. District enrolled strength stands at 19,500.
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Senate
Brooklyn
McCarren
Thomas C. Harden
Harden
John McCrate
John J. Clancy
Ind. League
Albert Pauly
McCrate
Clancy
Pauly
Leary
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Washington Town Goes Wet Vote in Walla Walla Ends Wet
Walla Walla Washington voted wet by a solid majority after an exciting campaign. The outcome ends prohibition efforts and sets the city on a new liquor policy path.
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Washington Town
Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla
Sail Frigate SS Oscar N. Delayed by Copenhagen Dispatch
The Oscar N. from Copenhagen was reported December 9 as due Friday afternoon after a telegraphed notice from Marconi. The SS St. Paul from Southampton was 1,148 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8:30 P M yesterday, awaiting further schedule.
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St. Paul
Southampton
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
Oscar
Dewey's Wines for Holiday Gifts
Dewey & Sons Co offers special assorted wine cases priced at 4.00 5.00 and 6.75 located at 188 Fulton Street New York in a holiday advertisement.
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Dewey’s
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Indict 27 and arrest 20 in New York smuggling case
United States Attorney Henry A. Wise led a round-up of smuggling rings tied to the American Line and Red Star Line piers. An indictment names 27 defendants as authorities pursue bail and arraignment while Chicago and Boston arrests fast-track the case.
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American Line
Red Star Line
United States
Henry A. Wise
Holt
United States Circuit Court
Marshal Henkel
Shields
Chicago
Boston
Augusta Wickstrom
West Fortyeighth Street
Teresa F. Hannon
Thomas F. J. Hannon
West Forty-seventh Street
Alice McEvoy
West Forty-fifth Street
Phillipsen
Schwartz
Murphy
Phillipson
Mary A. Moore
Isabel Holland
American
Red Star Lines
New York
United
Wise
Times Preview Emphasizes Preorders for Next Sunday
The notice urges readers to place orders with news dealers today to ensure access to the many notable features in next Sunday's Times.
Death by own action alleged in Snead case
East Orange murder inquiry tightens as handwriting expert says Ocey W. Snead wrote the death by own action note. Prosecutor Mott gains new evidence of a conspiracy against the dead girl, indictments expected for three women, and grand jury report anticipated today amid testimony from police, witnesses, and investigators.
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William J. Kinsley
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
N. J
Mott
Essex County
Mr. Kinsley
Mr. Mott
Kinsley
Mary Sneada
West Twenty-second Street
Grand Jury
Findings on Dr. Cook Expedition Reported by Commission
The examining commission found the Cook expedition materials unreliable for proving polar achievement. They state the notebooks show only results with no original astronomical data and lack details on observations or sledge travel. They conclude there is no proof that Dr. Cook reached the North Pole.
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Cook
New York Herald
Canadian police monitor fugitive Fletcher Snead
ST CATHERINES Ontario December 21 police report no word from New York or New Jersey on the arrest of Fletcher Snead They keep him under surveillance and await orders to seize him He rented a lock box at the Post Office today directing all mail to be held there instead of his hotel delivery until he calls for it
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New York Times
ST. Catherines
Ontario
New York
New Jersey
Fletcher Snead
Purse Steal From Baby Prompted Chase and Arrest
Mrs. Anna Silverstein reported two boys grabbed a pocketbook from a baby carriage outside a shop at 1,350 Fifth Avenue. She chased and caught one boy, finding $7 on him. The purse held $16.50. Reuben Greenblatt, 11, of 7 East 115th Street, claimed another boy gave him the money. Reuben was arrested and paroled to his parents.
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Anna Silverstein
West 113Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Reuben Greenblatt
East 115Th Street
Reuben
Electrical Base Tree and Outfits Shop Ad
Advertisement listing Electrical Toys Fancy Lamps from STANLEY and TASTE at 23 Murtsy Street Uptown and 829 4th Avenue. Public notice of small hardware items for home improvement.
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Stanley & Taste
Murtsy St
Uptown
Big fire driven by wind roars through Newburg shipyards
A massive blaze at Marvel Shipyards in Newburg N Y broke out at 130 this morning and spread to nearby factories and homes as a northwest wind pushed flames toward the south shore. Nearby towns including Poughkeepsie Fiskill Landing and Matoon promised aid and extra apparatus as firefighters fought an uncontrollable fire.
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New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
Hudson River
Marvel
Poughkeepsie
Fiskill Landing
Matteawan
Citizens’ Line
Manhattan
New York Central Railroad
New York
Marvel Shipyards
Thomas F. Marvel
Odell
Woman Captures Burglar in Jersey City Home
Mrs Patrick Kenny widow of the Assessment Commissioner of Jersey City returned from a visit to her daughter Mrs Thomas Lally and caught John Dowd of 278 Twelfth Street breaking into her Dowd is frail and Kenny is bi and strong She took Dowd by the net and marched him into her parlor and held him under subjection until a policeman arrived Dowd was held for the Grand Jury in the First Criminal Court Judge Farmer presiding.
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Patrick Kenny
Jersey City
Thomas Lally
John Dowd
Twelfth Street
Dowd
Kenny
Farmer
Saving a Day on the Famous Southwestern Limited
Advertisement urges travelers to leave via New York Central Lines today at 2 45 P M reach St Louis tomorrow at 1 45 P M on the Famous Southwestern Limited a water route that means sleep. Phone 6310 Mad Adv.
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New York Central Lines
St. Louis
Southwestern Limited
University of Copenhagen Rules Out Cook Pole Claim
A formal decision by the University of Copenhagen declares there is no proof that Dr. Frederick A. Cook reached the North Pole. The commission brands him a deliberate swindler and abandons the hallucination theory as to his failures.
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Cook
North Pole
Denmark
Loose
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
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