Marines Land at Empire Panama Canal Camp
United States Marines from the Dixie, led by Captain Wirt McCreary, landed near Panama and established a camp at Empire for precautionary health and security. Additional Marines followed, with the camp supplied by water from the canal, as Isthmus tensions rise. Venezuela reportedly imported 15,000 rifles and 10,000,000 cartridges and may invade Colombia if war breaks out with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Sates
Dixie
Benes
United States
Venezuela
Colombia
Willemstad
Guracoa
Aeroplane launch disaster and crime report brief
Reports from Pittsburg and Boston detail a fractured Langley aircraft split during a trial launch with wreckage, a robbery assault on operator J R Largonot, and Joe Gans losing to Samuel Langford in a 15 round boxing bout despite Langford’s senior performance. A Jordan L Mott Iron plant collapse killed Frederick Campbell as a crane boss.
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Joe Gans
Boston
Mass
Samuel Langford
Cambridge
Baltimore
Criterion A
Gans
Trenton
N. 1
Jordan L. Mott Iron Company
Frederick Campbell
Winthrop, Mass
Campbell
Confessed Robbery At Carlin Station Mill
Vincent Sharp was found unconscious in the mill office near Nelefonte after a robbery. He later confessed to Detective Righmour that he probed the safe and feigned unconsciousness, with all the stolen money recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
J. R. ‘Largonot
Pitsburg and
Lake ‘Erie
Asquippe Park
Largonot
Larconot
Williamsport
Vincent Sharp
Carlin Station
Nelefonte
Young Sharp
Righmour
Center comty
Death of Herbert Spencer Marks End of an Era
London reports the death of renowned author Herbert Spencer after months of failing health. The obituary notes his influential yet controversial social science philosophy and his impact on thinking worldwide. The piece also cites government controversies, criticizing post office conduct and legal actions against McGregor and Upton.
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Ergileh
London
Herbert. spencer
Brighton
Vic
Herbert’ ‘Spencer
Wynne
district” attorney
McGregor and
Upton
Political riot in Norfolk over registering Negroes
A 300 strong mob of white Democrats stormed Norfolk county offices and the Berkeley Improvement Board injuring officials including County Treasurer Lyons and Recorder Old. County Clerk Alvah Martin, a Republican, was assaulted at the police station and escorted home as denunciations were hurled. The violence stems from partisan tensions and alleged poll tax manipulation. A separate item reports the assassination of Elizabeth Gill in Rising Sun, Ind, shot through a window with no known motive.
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Norfolk
Berkeley Avenue
Berkeley” “Improvement” Board
Lyons
Nicholas
W.H. Lyons
Berkley
Alvah“H. Martin
John Sumter
Martin
Standard Oil magmate
Herbert Scholz
Rising Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gill
chia
Confessed to Poisoning Husband in Three Weeks' Marriage
In Coldwater Michigan Katie Ludwick eighteen admitted she gave poison to her husband who died soon after their three week marriage she was arrested. Also burglars blew open a laundry office safe in Cleveland Ohio and stole three thousand eight dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
Mich
Katie Ludwick
Garlock-Frazee Laundry company
Cleveland, O
Police After Band of Ghouls Desecrating Newport Graves
Newport News Va December 9 police hunt an organized gang dubbed ghouls for weeks desecrating Greenlawn Cemetery graves and robbing newly interred bodies of jewelry shrouds and clothing Two exhumed bodies were found in remarkably preserved condition despite costly burial attire likely Mrs Edw in Thompson and her father John Nicolas the discovery made by Mrs Thompson's husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport. News
Newport.News
Greenlawn
Edwin Thompson
John Nicolas
Sirs. Thompson
Tense Talks and Incidents Across The World
Reports detail Japan Russia talks and US diplomacy amid Far East tensions. Berouhts describe a cautious stance by Japanese negotiators while American officials press for clearer reservations and station control. Also covered are Ottoman Porte actions toward Beirut, naval positions near Alexandria, and a Chicago jail dynamite plot foiled by police.
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Japan
Alexleir
Far East
Vladivostock
Port
Arthur
Russia
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Nervita
JOHN
WEST. & COMPANY
Wackeon & CHICAGO
Slintos
Osthodist church
New Bedford
ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
Patrick Sr
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MARINES
Canal
Panama
LANGLEY
Manly
T SPENCER
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Chicago Tiger
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George W. Turnbull
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Richmond
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prio
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Navy
Washington
navy department
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state department
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