Walker Captured in Mexico as New Britain Bank Scandal Ties
A Pinkerton led rescue ends in Ensenada Mexico where William F Walker suspected embezzler from New Britain Conn is identified and agreed to return East. He faced thefts totaling 665000 from the Savings Bank and 55000 from the Connecticut Baptist Convention. Walker is 61 with ties to New Britain society and churches.
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Pinkerton
William F. Walker
New Britain
Walker
Ensenada
Lower California
Mexico
Pinkerton Agency
Los Angeles
Con
San Diego
New Britain Savings Bank
United States
Consu
Hoffman
Detective Bureau
Arrest in Romer Case Splits Philadelphia Police
George Williams alias Wilson, a negro, is arrested by Central Office detectives in Philadelphia on suspicion of murdering Frederick R. Romer at Orange NX 5. The body was found at the Park Hotel with the head crushed after a beating with axe handles. A diamond ring stolen in the robbery was recovered from the suspect, who denies knowledge of the crime.
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Philadelphia
George Williams
Wilson
Central Office
Frederick R. Romer
Orange
Romer
Park Hotel
Jesse Coe
Williams
Coe
AEROPLANE CRASHES TO GROUND
Paris reports M. Bleriot escaping death as his aeroplane wrecks after wing wires snap. He suffers severe bruises but is extricated by rescuers. Earlier near misses with airships have badly damaged his craft on two occasions.
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Paris
M. Bleriot
Apert
Booker T. Washington Becomes Freemason in Boston
Boston December 18 Booker T. Washington president of Tuskegee Institute Alabama was initiated as a Freemason by William Lloyd Marshall Grand Master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge Massachusetts. Alabama Grand Master B C Binford sanctioned the action and sent a congratulatory letter. Also an ad notes Pewey’s wines for holiday gifts priced at four to six dollars.
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Boston
Booker T. Washington
Tuckegee Institute
Alabama
William Lloyd Marshall
Prince Hall
Grand Tetec
A. M
Massachusetts
B.C. Binford
Grand Lodge
Dr. Washington
Lion Kills Trainer at Idle Wood Park Show
Alfred Clarke, trainer with Ferrari's wild animal show at Idle Wood Park, was fatally attacked by a lion named Sut ton after entering the cage before the performance. Clarke was torn to pieces and died from the injuries after fifteen shots were fired to subdue the beast.
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Richmond
Alfred Clarke
Ferrari
Idle Wood Park
Sutton
Clarke
Wireless chatter linked Berlin to Lyngby across sea
Copenhagen reports a successful wireless telephone test between Weis sen Zee station in Berlin and Lyngby near Copenhagen covering about two hundred miles. American Minister Maurice F. Egan and French Legation members observed Professor Poulsen's lab as he demonstrated clear message transmission and voiced hope to reach America via Ireland by February next.
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Copenhagen
Weissen Zee
Berlin
Lyngby
Maurice F. Egan
Legation
Poulsen
America
Ireland
Jewel theft arrest in Manhattan over $82 000 diamonds
Detectives Van Twistern and McCormick arrested Richard Gordon of 329 West 33th Street last night on a charge of being a suspicious person connected to a missing diamonds package valued at 82 000 dollars from United States Express Company. Witnesses place him on the wagon and near the branch office. No diamonds found.
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van Twistern and McCormick
Central Office
Richard Gordon
No. 329 West 33Th Street
Gordon
United States Express Company
No. 7
East 39Th Street
Joseph Mayhew
Mayhew
Eighth Avenue
38Th Street
Winters
Miller
van Twistern
Public Service Commissions Hold First Joint Albany Meeting
In Albany on December 18 the Public Service commissions from both districts met at the Governor Hughes executive mansion. The gathering reviewed the law and discussed clarifying amendments to define each commission’s jurisdiction over common carriers. No formal conclusions were reached. a New York City meeting is planned in January with final views to the Legislature.
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Albany
Public Service Commissions
Hughes
Executive Mansion
Stevens
Upstate
Ernor Hughes
William R. Willcox
Frank W
William McCarroll
Edward M. Bassett
Milo R. Maltbie
John E. Eustis
1St
Charles Haslam Keep
Thomas Mott Osborne
James E. Sague
Martin 8. Decker
Govsent
Prohibition Bill and Jim Crow Measure Pass Senate
Guthrie Oklahoma December 18 The Senate in session tonight passed the amended prohibition bill and the Jim Crow measure. Also notes an advertisement for a Christmas gift French wine from Mouquin and a drugstore advert for Myosotis Violet and other items.
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Tribune
Guthrie, Okla
Senate
Pia
Sixth Avenue
Amst
Underwood Fights Gompers On Labor Wage Claim
Frederick D. Underwood president of the Erie Railroad asserts that Samuel Gompers overestimates labor protection as prices and earnings fall. He predicts wage reductions and railroads dictating terms if labor asks for higher pay during the current recession. He cites wage declines in copper, iron and steel, coal, and the impact of a worker exodus from New York to Europe.
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Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad Company
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Underwood
Gompers
Mississippi River
Underwood
New York
Europe
Fireman Rescues Invalid Woman From Third Floor Ledge
Fireman Andrew Patrick McManus of Hook and Ladder 30 climbed into a burning building at 50 West 185th Street to save Mrs. Mary McGill, a sixty year old invalid on the third floor. He carried her along the window coping to safety across to the neighboring house amid heavy smoke and flames.
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No. 50
West 185Th Street
Andrew Patrick McManus
Hook and Ladder 30
Mary McGill
McManus
Cat Sucks Breath of Child in Gladstone Incident
A stray cat entered Clarence Stearn’s home in South Gladstone and nearly smothered a baby by sucking its breath. Four other children were attacked. physicians fear two may die. The incident occurred on December 18.
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the Tribune
Gladstone, Mich
Clarence Stearn
South Gladstone
Deputies OK Arrest of Nunzio Nasi After Eight Hour Debate
In Rome the Chamber of Deputies voted 293 to 91 that the arrest of Nunzio Nasi former Minister of Public Instruction was legal after an eight hours discussion. A brief ad followed mentioning a whisky label.
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Nasi
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Nunzio Nasi
Fleet Aligns At Sea In Double Formation Near St Thomas
On board U S S Connecticut the battleship fleet sits seven hundred fifty miles north by northwest of St Thomas with fine weather. In the past day the fleet logged two hundred forty miles southeast and Admiral Evans ordered double formation at sixteen hundred yard spacing. Wireless communication links connect the Connecticut Georgia and Minnesota with Norfolk Washington and New York as the fleet maintains orderly squadrons and a clear view of the sea.
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Admiral Evans
Associated Press
U. S. S. Connecticut
St. Thomas
de Forrest
Evans
Gulf Stream
Savannah
Savannah de Forest
Connecticut
Georgia
Minnesota
Norfolk
Washington
New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Navy team holds fleet return plans as rumors dismissed
Washington reports no official messages from the battleship fleet. The White House and Navy Department reject a wireless claim that President Roosevelt told Admiral Evans the fleet would return via the Suez Canal. Secretary Loeb says no return plan has been formulated.
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Washington
Navy Department
White House
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Evans
Suez Canal
Loeb
Metcalf
Newberry
Brownson
Taft Pleased With Fleet's Pacific Cruise
Secretary Taft aboard the President Grant near Halifax says the warships’ Pacific voyage provides essential practice and war-footing experience. He expects to reach New York around Friday noon and declines to comment on U S politics.
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President Grant
Halifax
N. S
Taft
New York
Pacific
United States
Japanese View Of Cruise Editorial In Jiji Shimpo
The Jiji Shimpo will publish an editorial stating the American fleet’s Pacific dispatch is notable but not a threat to Japan. It says cordial reception if ships visit, fears anti Japan sentiment on the Pacific Coast, and urges U S precautions to prevent repeat of San Francisco incident. The view reflects wide Japanese public sentiment.
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Tokio
Jiji Shimpo
Pacific
Japan
United States
Siberia to Rival America in Emigration Trends
Prince Vassilchikoff told the Douma committee that 564000 emigrants have left Tchelyabinsk eastward this year, eight times the prior annual average, with prospects Siberia may someday surpass the U.S. in productivity though current accommodations are strained. He outlined plans to boost transport in 1508 and to use General Zemstvo relief to run train kitchens amid high infant mortality on the forty day journey.
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St. Petersburg
Siberia
Prince Vassilchikoff
Douma Committee
Tchelyabinsk
America
General Zemstvo Relief Organization
Railroad chief to ship snow daily at Denver convention
The Moffat railroad general manager announces a car load of snow will be delivered daily to the Denver Auditorium during the Democratic National Convention session next July. HAAN'S RESTAURANT advertises refined cuisine and precise service with music at Park Row Building.
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Tribune
Denver
Moffat
Denver Auditorium
Haan
Park Row
Major Curry Killed In Automobile Accident
Major Manly B. Curry chief paymaster of the Department of the Gulf was fatally injured when a car driven by Dr Carnes struck a railing at an Atlanta underpass. He died an hour later leaving a wife and three children. Curry was son in law of Senator Bacon and son of J L M Curry former ambassador and Confederate senator. He had visited a friend to get a car for his son and was en route to Macon to pay soldiers.
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The
Tribune
Atlanta
Washington Street
Manly B. Curry
Department of the Gulf
Major Curry
Senator Bacon
J. L. M. Curry
United States
Spain
Alabama
Richmond College
Richmond
Curry
Macon
Dr. Carnes
Yaqui Massacre Near Magdalena Reported
Information from Nogales details a massacre forty five miles southeast of Magdalena Sonora where twelve men were killed after Yaqui Indians captured a party of thirteen including José Fernandez son of Cucuripe’s president and Mescal plantation owner. An American among the captives survived.
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Nogales
Ariz
Magdalena
Sonora
Mexico
P. J. MacIntyre
José Fernandez
Fernandez
Cucuripe
American slain by Yaquis near Labisca in Mexico raid
Henry Stewart an American who joined Mexican troops fighting the Yaqui Indians was killed by Yaqui raiders in Labisca two days earlier. He had previously fought with the Boers in South Africa and endured several revolutions in the Americas.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
Henry Stewart
Labisca
Stewart
South Africa
Central
South America
University of Pennsylvania student dies by hanging
Frank Wise Miller a 22 year old dental student from Kansas City Missouri was found hanged in his dormitory room at the University of Pennsylvania. Reports say he battled an inward crisis while preparing for midyear exams and had attempted to end his life by chloroform earlier. A curtain cord used in the suicide was found with a note reading my last love to sister and parents.
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Philadelphia
Frank Wise Miller
University of Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Miller
John Noyes
Woman Coughs Up Needles in Remarkable Case
Mrs. Mollie Desmond nicknamed the human pincushion has coughed up three more needles at Fordham Hospital. She began coughing up needles a year ago after swallowing a package of 144. Twenty operations have retrieved two to three needles each, with magnets drawing others from the body. Surgeons had counted twelve missing until her recent recovery signs appeared.
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Mollie Desmond
Fordham
Bellevue
Hazers Nearly Kill Ohio Doorkeeper in Hazing Riot
East Liverpool Ohio December 18 John Tinnan doorkeeper of a theatre was found unconscious in the road with a rope about his neck. He claims he was raped and hanged to a tree and beaten by a crowd of young men. He may die tonight and arrests are expected.
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the Tribune
East
Liverpool
Ohio
John Tinnan
Tinnan
Holiday Tour to Washington by Pennsylvania Railroad
Holiday tour to Washington departs December 26 from New York with prices 12 dollars and 1450 dollars for three days. Includes necessary expenses. Consult C Studds E P A 2 Fifth Avenue New York or ticket agents.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
C. Studds
Fifth Avenue
Cortelyou Denies Candidacy Fueling Political Debate
Washington reports indicate Secretary Cortelyou issued a public statement that is viewed as a virtual withdrawal from the presidential race. The White House and Taft supporters say it simplifies the field while Cortelyou’s backers speculate about unintended obstacles to Taft. Frank H Hitchcock defends Cortelyou and denies disloyalty to President Roosevelt.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cortelyou
The
Tribune
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
White House
Treasury Department
Frank H. Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Physician Found Slain at Eighth Avenue Home
Dr. William B. Turner aged 36 was found dead in his bedroom at 170 Eighth Avenue with a bullet wound in the head beside a revolver. Coroner Shrady called the case suspicious and an autopsy was planned. Frederick L. Bishop, manager at P. F. Corbin Hardware, found Turner after returning from lunch with him earlier.
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William B. Turner
No. 170
Eighth Avenue
Shrady
Frederick L. Bishop
P. & F. Corbin Hardware Company
West 38Th Street
Turner
Bishop
Dr. Turner
Fouear
New York Hospital
Cowboy Baron Weds American in German Lutheran Parsonage
Baron Fritz Freie herr Marschall von Bieberstein of Marburg Germany married Miss Elva Moorman of Virginia in Albuquerque at a German Lutheran parsonage. They reportedly met at Valley Ranch in Southern Mexico last summer where Miss Moorman nursed him through illness. The baron is described as a fearless bronco buster and ranchman.
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Tribune
Albuquerque
N. M
Baron Fritz Freieherr Marschall von Bieberstein
Marburg
Germany
Elva Moorman
Virginia
Valley Ranch
Mexico
Court orders removal of family dog from Cave Hill Cemetery
In Frankfort Kentucky December 12 the Court of Appeals orders Alice Riddle W C Hansbrough and Ada Hansbrough to move the body of their pet dog buried in the family lot at Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville where many Kentuckians are buried. The notice appears in a condensed news item with additional unrelated travel ad text referencing Florida Cuba South and railway service.
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Tribune
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Alice Riddle
W. C. Hansbrough
Ada Hansbrough
Cave Hill
Louisville
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Balare
van Dyke
Connecticut Baptist Convention
Putnam
Thetate
Andover
William C. Walker
First Baptist Church
Te Savings Bank
New Britain National Bank
Negro
Diamond Ring
L Bleriot
Pewey’s
Rie & Gons Co
Fulton St
Lion Kills
Negro Employees Express Company
P.S
Oklahoma
Rikers Drug Stores
ERIE
Harlem House
Cat
Usher
Mande
Suez
Fleet
Navy
Douma
Kansas City, Mo
Frank W. Miller
John H. Miller
This City
Presbyterian Synod of Missouri
Hazers
Fred B
Bishop Turner
Cowboy Baron
Florida
Cuba
South
Pennsylvania & Atlantic Coast Line
R. R
Florida Information Bureau
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