Lewis Eyes 1912 Gubernatorial Run in Wisconsin
Racine figure Captain William Mitchell Lewis reportedly plans to seek the Republican nomination for governor in 1912 with a county option issue at the center of his campaign. He may announce soon after legislative session ends, aided by detectives who gathered opposition history.
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WRECKED SHIP CREW RESCUED AT SEA NEAR FIRE ISLAND
Reports from Fayal Azores and Campbelltown detail rescue of crews from two ships. Italian steamer Lazio carries crew from British freight St Leonaras abandoned at sea while French bark Elizabeth arrives with sailors believed from barge Baroness sunk near Fire Island on November 10. Also, Dunelm crew rescued by tug Whalen after stranding on Blakes Point Isle Royale. hull badly punctured forward and exposed to heavy seas.
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Scotland
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New Tore
Glasgow
Fire Island
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Whalen
Port Arthur
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Alvinstone
Dunelm
Blakes Point
Isle Royale
Three Years For Perjury In Wisconsin Court
Beaman chicken theft case returns to Fond du Lac circuit court as Irving Allen pleads guilty to perjury. Judge Fowler sentences him to three years in the state penitentiary but suspends the term and assigns Allen to the state board of counsel. if he violates, prison time follows.
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Counzel
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Chandler Weds Clerk at New York Ceremony
Albert Breen Chandler aged seventy of Brookline, longtime chairman of Postal Telegraph, obtained a marriage license to wed Mildred Vivian, thirty eight, who came from Texington Missouri and met Chandler during his career with the Postal Telegraph. Chandler has Civil War era telegraph service records and has long been associated with the company and several banks and corporations. He also maintains a summer home in Massachusetts.
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Albert Breen Chandler
Breaklin
Postal Telegraph Ecompear
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Texincton
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Powial Company
Mars Banks
Brooklsn
Mauseachusetts
Wealthy farmer Ernset Kinney drowns in La Crosse River
Associated Press report from La Crosse Wisconsin states wealthy farmer Ernset Kinney, age not given, drowned when he stepped through a hole in a bridge under repair near West Salem. He was returning home at the time. The incident occurred today in the La Crosse river.
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Wis
Ernset Kinney
la Crosse River
West Salem
Kinney
Harmony in Honduras says country at peace
Associated Press reports in Mobile that N M Wilsbere an English mining engineer for a British syndicate in Honduras claims harmony prevails as congress is due in January and warns that any disturbance will be frowned upon He arrived via Puerto Cortez and dismisses sensational strife rumors with a laugh
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Mobile
Honduras
Congress
N. M. Wilsbere
Texucigilpa
Puerto Cortez
Wilsbere
No Open Steel Market Says Pittsburgh Meeting Predicts Stable Prices
Pittsburg officials report no open sheet steel market forthcoming. A Pittsburgh meeting of manufacturing interests blamed overproduction and excess capacity for current unease rather than price cuts. James M. Campbell noted prices held, with market steady and expected improvement around mid January. 1931 tonnage anticipated higher than 1930.
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Pittsburg
James M. Campbell
Department of the American Insitute of Iron and Steel
Lane
Roosevelt Bequeathed Timber Land To Roosevelt, Codicils Change
In South Bend Indiana on December 9 Theodore Roosevelt was named in a will as heir to 10 acres of timber land on Brimstone Creek Scott County Tennessee. A codicil reversed the bequest giving the property to his brother Charles W Hall who died in Michigan two years ago leaving an estate valued between 100.09 and 206 900 The will was probated today.
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South Bend
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Hall
Benton Barber
Mich
Wastington
D. C
Brimstone Creek
Scott County
Tenn
Mmr. Poosevelt
French aviator breaks altitude record at 16499 feet
Pau, France December 9. Legagneux ascended from the aviation field to 16499 feet in a Bleriot monoplane, landing half frozen after the remarkable descent. The record surpasses Ralph Johnstone's Belmont Park height of 1614 feet, while Drexel's 2897 feet claim faced Aero Club of America scrutiny.
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Pau
France
A. Legagmeux
Ralph Johnstone
Belmont Park
Johnstone
Denve
Philadelphia
J. Strong Drexel
Drexel
Weather Bureau
Aero Club of America
Passenger railway's ward ruling shields passengers
Minnesota supreme court held railways must police trains and protect passengers from harm. Rev W T Jansen of Minneapolis sued Minneapolis and St Paul Railway for damages after an incident with an unruly passenger. The conductor excused the other man as drunk, but the court framed railway duty to maintain order.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Wt. B. QO. Jansen
Minneapolis
Weighers Denied New Trial in Bribery Case
New York judges denied a motion for a new trial for Charles T. Drex and Charles F. Wardell, former weighers at the Arbuckle dock in Brooklyn. The men were convicted in September of taking bribes from Thomas H. Doyle for false weigheings of sugar, with a motion for arrest of judgment also reserved.
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Feieral Isdre
Martin
Charles T. Drex
Charles FL Wardell
Ca House
Jadzmentt
Threw
Wardell
Thomas H. Doyle
Arbuckle
Brooklyn
Major General Wallace F Randish dies by suicide in Washington DC
Maj General Wallace F Randish retired former chief of the coast artillery corps shot himself at his Washington residence. The death appears linked to kidney trouble and intense agony. He was the first chief of the coast artillery and helped develop the field artillery system. He commanded the Feld ar Ruler with Shafter's army during the Spanish American War.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wallace F. Randsish
Coast Artillery Corps
Ranidolph
Randolph
Fort Riley
Shafter
Man's Life Hinges on One Yiddish Word Interpretation
Judge Lea recalls the night of an alleged murder and the pivotal Yiddish term used by Roth. The court record notes a family supper and prior events, with the word described as means to kill but often used to signify beating in context.
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Waethar
Ghar
Roth
Judge Rules Mrs Martin Sane for Murder Trial
Newark judge declares Mrs Caroline B G Martin sane under the statute after testimony on her mental condition. Consequent ruling sets January 3 trial date for her and sister Mrs Snead in the East Orange bathtub murder case of Mrs Ocey Martin Snead.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Teneyeex
Mra
Caroline BG. Martin
Ocey Martin Snead
East Orange
Martin
Snead
Rivers Congress Closes With Taft Backing Waterways Plan
Washington December ninth. The National Rivers and Harbors congress ended its seventh annual session after adopting resolutions praising President Taft and urging a 1000000 annual waterways appropriation. The group also called for stronger Army Corps of Engineers powers and expanded Interstate Commerce Commission authority. A special committee then delivered the resolutions to the White House and Capitol.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
J. E. Ellison
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Taft
Congress
Ftiz
Ellison
Treasury
John A. Fox
S. A.thompson
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Capitol
House
Senate
Moore Acquitted Amid Courtroom Cheers in Cambridge Trial
Vincennes Indiana reports Menlo Moore, theater operator, found not guilty of Charles E Gibson murder after a ten day trial. Crowd cheered as Moore was carried from the courtroom. In Cambridge Massachusetts Hattie Le Blanc case, Irene Langley testified that Le Blanc threatened suicide if convicted.
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Cam—bridge
Accuard
Glover
Associated Press
Vincennes
Ind
Menlo Moore
Charles E. Gibson
Moore
Cambridge
Mass
Dee
Irene le Blanc Langler
Tedas
Hattie
Glover Irs
Langley
Mystic trolley crash kills Miss Saunders in snow fog
An inquiry into last night’s collision near Saunders of Mystic reveals Miss Saunders of Mystic decapitated when a trolley struck the machine carrying her after both vehicles traveled in the same direction. Berjamin Casper Thompson of St Paul, Minn, Yale Gardens captain, was injured. Peabody, charged with reckless driving, awaits bail.
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Saunders
Mystic
Berjamin Casper Thompson
St Paul
Minn
Yale Garden
Stervesant Yale
Chicago
Jat
Peabody
Milford
Mies Saunders
Mysile
Erastus Chesebro
New Jersey Population Rises to Over 2.3 Million
Washington December 9. The population of New Jersey reaches 2,307,167 per the thirteenth census report issued today. The state shows a gain of 453,298 and 34.7 percent since 1900, with a 30.4 percent rise from 1890 to 1900. The figures mark substantial growth since earlier decades.
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Associated Press
Weehington
D. C
New Jersey
Robinson Child Dies in Sobustown Murder Case
Miss Fannie M. Robinson mother of the three days old child in the Ebensburg jail murder case died in Memorial Hospital without being informed of the fate. She was a nurse from Hollidaysburg and refused to disclose the child’s paternity. The child was chloroformed as the grandmother was taking it to the railway station.
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Sobustown
Fannie M. Robinson
Adeline Robinson
Ebensburg
Seidel Aims to Oust Janssen as Milwaukee Police Chief
Milwaukee December 9 Mayor Emil Seidel asks for the resignation of Police Chief Twin T Janssen, citing lack of harmony with the city administration. Janssen reportedly refuses to resign, foreshadowing a board showdown among four commissioners with one Democrat aligned with opponents, risking a deadlock.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Emil] Seidel
T. Janssen
Janssen
Board of Fire
Police Four Missioners
Seidel
Versy
Taft submits nine names for chief tribunal chief justice bid
President Taft has sent a list of nine candidates to senators for two associate justices plus Charles E Hughes as probable chief justice. Names include Swayse Lamar Russell Hook Van Devanter Pollock Winston Southerland McHugh and others with ongoing cabinet discussions and a goal to finalize by Monday.
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Pat Down Os
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Charles E. Hughes
Francis J. Swayse
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Joseph R. Lamar
Augusta
Georgia Supremeourt
Gordon Russell
United States District Court of Texas
Kansas
William C. Hook
Leavensworth
Kas
Eighth United States Circuit Court
Willis van Devanter
Cheyenne
Eighth Circuit
John C. Pollock
Topeke
United States
John Bradley Winstow
Miners Dead in Prussia Firedamp Explosion
An explosion of firedamp at the Holland mine in Bochum Prussia today killed six miners and seriously injured five others. One man is missing following the disaster reported by the Associated Press.
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Supreme Court weighs Dietz habeas corpus case in Madison
The Wisconsin supreme court heard arguments on John F. Dietz habeas corpus petitions. The court quashed the state's motion to quash the writ and denied immediate service of all warrants, with Justice Timlin warning against using habeas corpus to remove a man not yet held on.
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Der
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John F. Dietz
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Maddenhee
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Supreme
Timlin
Elections in Louisville elects several AOUW officers
Mrs Fannie Buell Oleson of St Paul Iowa was reelected superior chief of the Degree of Hour of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Dirs Frank M Kempsey of Spokane was elected part superior chief and Margaret F Lentz of Stuttgart Ark superior lady of honor. Other officers named include Mary A Pratt Mary E Ailburn Elizabeth E Ailburn Mary Aftner Frances Lichin and Amy Newell with various superior posts.
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Louisville
Fannie Buell Oleson
St. Paul
Linn
Ancient
Order of United Workmens
Frank M. Kempsey
Spokane
Wash
Margaret F. Lentz
Stuttgart
Aria
Mary A. Pratt
Coldwater
Mich
Elizabeth E. Ailburn
Sioux City
Iowa
Mary Afitler
Diller, Neb
Frances Lichin
Chicago
Afary Newell
Sturgis
5. D
Superior Watch
Cotton Market in Frenzy at New Orleans Exchange
New Orleans December 9 traders on the cotton exchange surged into buying frenzy after the Department of Agriculture posted its crop estimate for the season. Immediate advances of 34 to 43 points occurred in the most active future positions.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Drunk man revived after mistaken death report
A man named John Cowpinger was found lying on a track north of Edgerton in a drunken stupor. An undertaker and the chief of police processed to the scene. he was revived and taken back to town to plead for mercy from the judge.
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Edgerton
John Cowpinger
Tawn
Warzen
Yang
Storms wreck ships and hinders saloon crackdown
A late dispatch notes a November storm sinking part of a Japanese fishing fleet near Mokpo Korea with many drowned and several hundred saved. In Minnesota and Seattle reports a rush to resist Indian bureau agents enforcing an old treaty leads to injunctions. local saloons are temporarily allowed to continue business.
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Wash
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Mokpo
Korea
Tapatese Bemiji
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Indian Bureau
Belgian crown seeks Leopold era watch from foundation
Attorneys for Princess Louise of Belgium filed a formal suit to recover a watch once belonging to King Leopold. The piece is now held by the Nieder Fuhrich foundation. The Belgian government also claims funds alleged to originate from the Belgian Congo and belong to the state.
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Des
Louise of
Cyclone sweeps western Spain dissolving ships and lives
Western Spain reports say Don Miguel is active with ships sunk near Corunna and Bilbao. Several killed and many wounded as floodwaters hit valleys. Lisbon notes Don Miguel of Braganza summoned supporters to Australia to plan Miguelist propaganda in Portugal.
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Massacre of Christians at Werak shocks Damascus Mecca route
Telegram from Jerusalem reports Bedouins massacred the Turkish garrison at Werak Syria killing over a hundred Christian inhabitants in revenge for a Bedouin chief execution The town on the Damascus to Mecca road holds the fortress amid ongoing clashes with government troops Werak population about 5 000 with few American missionaries nearby and a single British mission station with three workers
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Jerusalem
Krerak
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Moab
Damascus
Mecca
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Church Missionary Society For
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Floods in Portugal Threaten City Water Supply
In northern Portugal heavy floods from the Douro river reach thirty six feet, menacing the pure water supply of Oporto. The Associated Press reports worsening conditions as banks overflow and areas near the river face rising danger.
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le Tédas
Season's Cotton Yield Estimated for 1916 11
The crop reporting board of the U S department of agriculture estimates U S cotton production for 1916 11 at 5 464 597 000 pounds not including linters about 13 426 800 bales of 5 percent pounds gross weight State totals show Virginia 13 000 North Carolina 675 000 South Carolina 1 136 000 Georgia 0 Florida 5 000 Alabama 1 Mississippi 1 160 000 Louisiana Texas 3 140 000 Arkansas 15 000 Tennessee 365 000 Missouri 48 Oklahoma 960 000 California 12
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Mississippi
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Oklahoma
California
Milwaukee journalist commits suicide at home
Special to Fhre Northwestern reports John W. Dum formerly part owner of The Milwaukee Journal shot himself in his Milwaukee residence at 22 Lake Drive after breakfast. He fired through his head with a revolver, killing himself instantly in the parlor, ending a tragic personal downfall.
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CERES
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Train Caroms on Depot in Batavia Ohio Wreck
A 27 passenger train on the Wheeling & Western railway derailed near Batavia Ohio and struck the depot. The car left the track and was tam ont. The wreck damaged the depot and several people were injured as the train speed was about fifty miles per hour.
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Wloth & Western Railway
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Creel’s Son Held Hostage In Mexican Revolution
Dispatch from San Antonio reports Enrique Creel Jr., son of Mexican foreign minister Enrique Creel, captured by revolutionists and kept as a hostage. He is believed detained in the mountains near Chihuahua City.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Brarnnhe Flas
Mexico
Francisco T. Madero
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Chihuahua City
Colonel Crawford Dead
Colonel P W Crawford aged eighty died in Dubuque Iowa. He commanded the guard during the execution of Mrs Surratt and others tied to the Lincoln assassination.
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Col
P. W. Crawford
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President Lincoln
Weather forecast for Wisconsin and eastern region
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with snow tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight and in the east portion on Saturday. Local observations include temperature readings and wind details from regional weather stations.
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