Alleged Slayer Trapped in Grace Roberts Murder Case
Philadelphia police say they have trapped the man who killed Grace Roberts the model. They know his identity and where he visited her apartment on Fifteenth and Poplar Streets. Suspect, a middle aged heir with a fortune, is surrounded by detectives awaiting arrest as evidence, including a perfume scented shirt, strengthens the case. Witnesses describe jealous motives and a possible plan to flee to Reading before returning to Philadelphia.
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Poplar
Murfarther
Galt
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Dered
Te Sare
East
Fen
Roberts
Tythors
Mivtecrives
Henry Fox
Norristown
Pune
Germantown
James Tate
Mel Tong
Miss
Cer Freed
Chicago
University of Pennnslvania
Miss Roberts
Staut Street
Wind Drives Freighter Into Coast Guard Cutter Seneca
A northwest gale drove the freighter Minneapolis into the Coast Guard cutter Seneca near Staten Island. The collision tore plates above the water line and damaged the Seneca’s bow while the freighter rode loose water. Captain Thomas Reynolds and quick maneuvering kept the Minneapolis from grounding and saved the freighter from going ashore.
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Seneca
Minneapolis
Tompkinsville
Coast Guard
St Thomas Reynolds
Staten Land
Reynolds
Tribune Writer's Story Finds Golfer's Mother
Golfer Jack Clark, an early American pro from Scotland, sought thirteen years to locate his mother and sister who left Montrose Forfarshire to join him in the U.S. A Tribune golf note sparked letters from Beatrice Clark and Mary Pike in Everett, Massachusetts, directing a reunion now possible. Clark plans a visit to Everett for a family gathering after more than a decade.
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Scotland
Americ
Montrose
Forfarshire
Clark
Jack
American
America
Tribune
Boston Globe
Everett
Mass
Beatrice Clark
Mary Pike
Mars
JoupIe Adopt 2 Babies as Surprise Xmas Gifts
Thomas Connell and his wife in Rockville Centre adopted two children as Christmas gifts after consulting Rev. Peter Quealy. The four year old boy and the fifteen month old girl became foster children in a financially strained family, with no plans to exchange or return the gifts.
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Omas Connell
Rockville Centre
L. 1
Magnolio Magnolia acquires Medan Oil for 35 million
In a record deal Magnolia Petroleum Company of Dalby Texas buys Medan Oil Company of Tulan Oklahoma for 35 million dollars. McFarlin and Chaprain hold chief stock in Medan, whose assets include 40 000 barrels per day output and fields across Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. Magnolia gains control over 100 000 acres and a 2 million dollar pipeline from Cashing fields to Texas state line.
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Tulan
Okla
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Stard Oil
Dalby
Tex
L. McFarlin
Me- Man
J. A. Chaprain
Magnolia
Oklahoma
Kanaoe
Texas
Texas State Line
John D. Archbold
H.C. Folger
New York City
An & Amaller
McMan
Patrolman Willed $30,000 by Woman He Assisted
Brooklyn court files reveal that patrolman Ha ward J. O Rourke of Fort Hamilton Station received a will leaving him more than 30 000 in property and cash from Miss Claire, the once fearful neighbor he aided years earlier in Sheepshead Bay.
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Ratrolman Haward J. O'Rourke
Fort Hamilton
Sheepshead Hay
Claire
Mufinn
O'Rourke
Miss Claire
Jewish Hospital
Brooklyn
Turks to honor 1877 defense with monument display
Sporadic dispatches report Turkish cannon artifacts melted and sliced, then placed in Bucharest square before the War Office to commemorate Plevna defense and Turkish campaign feats in Wallachia. William B. Fitzgerald, leader of the striking carmen, remains at home in Troy with pleurisy, his condition labeled non perilous by P. J. O'Brien.
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Jerico
Sayville
Constantinople
Bucharest
War Office
Plevna
Farmers Rule North Dakota exposé of Non-Partisan League rise
Biographical analysis by William M. Houghton chronicles North Dakota’s farmer led revolt as Lynn J. Frasier takes oath as governor. The piece details the Nascent Non-Partisan League’s rapid political gains and extensive member outreach across farm communities, including fundraising for campaign travel and state program demands. It notes the movement’s focus on rural credit, state grain elevators, mills, and hail insurance, and the expansion of organizing efforts to Minot Valley City and Fargo.
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N. D
Kota
Lynn J. Frasier
Commonwealth
New York
New Jersey
Pennsyvania
Wall Street
Public Service Corporation
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Dakota
State House of Representives
Supreme Court
A. C. Towsley
F. B Wood
Farmers’ League
League
Fman
Townley
Wood
Deering
McHenry County
Minot
McHenry
Boi Minto
Valley City
Valley Giy
Fargo
Brett
Noted Woman in British Army Scandal Inquiries
A court of inquiry censures Mrs. Cornwallis West for exerting influence over officers in a military scandal. The report details her involvement with Lieutenant Patrick Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers, the transfer pressures on him, and censure of several officers, including General Cowans and Lieutenant Colonel Delme-Radcliffe. The matter prompted a Commons inquiry raised by Sir Arthur Basil Markham and supported by Irish MPs. Continued on page 4.
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London
Patrick Barrett
Welsh Fusiliers
House of Commons
Colmel Delme-Radcliffe
John Vowans
Owen Thomas
Barrett
Delme-Radcliffe
Cornwallis-Weet
Western Command
William Nicholson
Lord Cheylesmore
James Richard Atkin
Donald Maclean
Peebles
Selkirk
Epor
Cornwallis
War Office
John Cow
Woman in Soldier Garb Delivers Final Words to Dying Husband
Mme Simone Puget, dressed in British uniform, marched with English artillery into Belgium to be beside her husband, French novelist Henri Puget, who died of wounds. She recalls being denied passage through the war zone and recounts donning Tommy’s garb with English help to reach him. In Chicago, E H Sothern cancels remaining tour dates for Red Cross benefit due to illness.
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Mme
Simone Puget
Belgium
Henri Puget
Paris
Mme. Puget
Espagne
Tommy
Paget
Berlin to answer Entente's charges in note
Berlin will issue an explanatory note to neutral powers regarding statements in the Entente Allies' reply to German peace proposals, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. The report dates from January 3.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Amsterdam
Roosevelt Labels Wilson Peace Note Immoral Criticism Grows
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounces President Wilsons peace note as immoral and an aid to Germany, praising Senator Lodge and Representative Gardner for backing an inquiry into a Wall Street leak. He accuses the administration of hypocrisy and warns against violent meddling in European affairs. The piece notes split readings by Secretary of State and a shifting interpretation within hours.
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Theodore Roosevelt
President Wilson
Germany
Senator Lodge
Representative Gardner
Wall Street
Wilson
United States
Roosevelt
Stessrs
Daniels
Baker
Artemus Ward
Rooseselt
Gardner
Christmas Fraud Strikes Jewelers in New York in 1815
A long history of Christmas fraud by Stanley Keough, alias G S Meighen, resumes as he targeted Fifth Avenue and Broadway jewelers with worthless Canadian Bank of Commerce checks. Merchants warned by a trade circular, while inspectors chase related arrests in St Louis and New York.
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Chicago
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Fifth Avenue
Broadway
G. S. Meighen
Christmas Keough
Theodore B. Starr
Gorham Company
Fifth Avenae
Thirty-fourth Street
Tayl
Three Navy Prisoners Die in Mutiny Punishment At Sea
Three sailors from the naval collier Ajax moored at Cavitt were killed by suffocation after several hours in a confined room above the boilers as punishment for mutinous conduct. The incident occurred aboard the Ajax with state authorities investigating the deaths.
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Jam
B—Tafee
Ajax
Cavitt
Troma
Allies to indicate terms in Wilson peace tangle
The Entente prepares a collective note to Washington likely by Saturday or Monday outlining terms for peace with Germany and a pledge of reparations. It stresses Allied insistence on guarantees against repetition of the war and hints at further stages in peace talks with Central Powers and colonial representatives to meet in February.
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U.S
Wilson
Arthur
Cobre
London
Entente
Washington
Germany
Reuter
The
Morning Post
America
United States
Wilson Has German Terms Revealed In Budapest Speech
In Budapest New Year speech Julius Andrassy asserts President Wilson now knows Germany’s peace terms. He says Entente can learn them from Wilson if they doubt the offer’s sincerity. A second dispatch via Reuters echoes that if negotiations stall, the terms may be learned from Wilson.
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London
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Budapest
Amsterdam
Entente
Wilson
Reuter
Gerar d Confers With Hollweg On Peace Move
In Berlin United States Ambassador Gerard discussed the Entente response to Germany’s renewed peace proposal with Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg. German papers say the Entente note to the Central Powers and allies was presented to the Berlin Foreign Office on Monday. The German reply to Scandinavian notes was issued January 1 and stresses peaceful aims while urging Entente action. Newspapers debate the note’s tone and aims, with some predicting continued war unless a decisive victory emerges.
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Berlin
London
United States
Gerard
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Foreign Office
Manding
Wilson
Kaiser Prays for Victory in Grave Time Message
Emperor William replies to Cardinal von Hartmann New Year greetings urging God's grace for the Fatherland to endure a grave time and overcome heavy affection with strength, as reported by Berlin newspapers from Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
William
Cardinal von Hartmann
Cologne
Berlin
Monroe Doctrine Now in Jeopardy
The article reports Senator Lodge opposing President Wilson’s December note on peace with Germany, arguing it risks U.S. entry into war and abandons isolation and the Monroe Doctrine. It details six points asserting the note could threaten democracy, warn of a shift in foreign policy, and pressure Congress to oppose quick approval.
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Bheing
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