Rouse Simmons Said Sunk With 16 Aboard Off Lake Michigan
Rumors of a disaster involving the schooner Rouse Simmons, laden with Christmas trees for Chicago, gain weight as wreckage and three Christmas trees wash ashore near Pentwater and Manitowoc. Fourteen to sixteen aboard, including Captain Herman Schuelman and a guest couple, were reported missing after leaving Thompson's Pier on November 14. The Tuscarora and life-saving crews scoured the lake but found no sign of the vessel.
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Chicago
Simmons
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes Life Saving Inspector
Pentwater
Mich
Tuscarora
Milwaukee
Andrew J. Henderson
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Herman Schuelman
C. Nelson
Thompson’s Pier
Manistique
Kewaunee
Wis
Ers
Rivers
T. Hansen
Chicago Lake Seamen’s Union
Berry
Manitowoc
Suits for Oil Lands Target Harriman Spinoff Rules
The federal government and others prepare suits against Southern Pacific and part of the Harriman system over California oil lands valued at 500 million dollars. Attorney General Wickersham’s annual report, submitted to Congress, cites grants exempting minerals except iron or coal.
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Washington
California
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Wickersham
Congress
Tha Company
Armistice Terms Revised in Sofia Negotiations
Sofia Bulgaria officials report modifications to the armistice terms signed at htsche as plenipotentiaries affix all signatures. Greece objects to some changes while main provisions keep Turkish fortresses resupplied and troops in current positions. Negotiations are set to begin December 13.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Htsche
Greece
Turkey
Football Star Dies From Shot Wounds in Swakee Wis
Henry Schoell, once Harvard varsity halfback in 1903 and a noted player, died in Swakee Wisconsin from a gunshot wound. The shooting drew public inquiry as details emerged about the incident and the involved parties.
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Swakeee
Wis
Henry Schoell
Harvard
Kopf
Milwaut
Governor Upholds Reno Divorce Industry
Tasker L. Oddie announces Nevada policy supporting Reno’s divorce industry, citing economic gains and local employment. Officials state reforms will streamline filings while preserving court oversight. Citizens expect continued growth as service providers expand in the capital’s northern region.
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Nevada
Reno
Nevada Governor Advocates Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws
Governor Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada told a governors conference that marriage and divorce are fundamentally sociological. He argued that divorce can be a cure for evil in some cases and supported uniform laws to alleviate present evils rather than label divorce as purely evil.
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Richmond
Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Conference of Governors
Oddie
State Board Ends Work on Illinois Tax Valuation
The state board of equalization completed its 1912 tax valuation. Total taxable property is 7.03 billion with assessed value of 2.349 billion, up 25.55 million from 1911. Major gains include town and city lots, personal property, and railroads led by Chicago elevated lines with a 1.19 million increase.
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Springfield
Ill
Railroads and Capital Stock Committees
State Board of Equalization
Chicago
Cook County
Chicago and Western Indiana and
Belt Railways
III
New Senators Sworn In and Appointments Sent to Senate
William P. Jackson of Maryland and Kirtland I. Perky of Idaho were sworn in as senators succeeding late Isidor Rayner and Weldon B. Heyburn. Robert F. Broussard, a representative, presented credentials as senator for 1915 term. Taft recess appointments sent to the Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
William P. Jackson
Maryland
Isidor Rayner
Kirtland I. Perky
Idaho
Weldon B. Heyburn
Senate
Robert F. Broussard
Louisiana
Taft
Congress
Witness Denies Union Conspiracy in Dynamite Plot Trial
Henry W. Legleitner testifies in Indianapolis accusing he knew nothing of any bomb plots or union funds used for explosives. He denies knowledge of McNamara’s supposed $1,000 monthly payments and any December 1910 Indianapolis visit with the nitroglycerine case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Henry W. Legleitner
Pittsburg
Legleitner
Denver
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
J J. McNamara
McNamara
Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan
The
Union
William N. Harding
Seastone
Union Headquart
Explosion Destroys Train Near Stockton Ohio
A water drip on the crown sheet in the boiler of a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton locomotive caused it to explode in a southbound freight near Stockton Ohio. Engineer William C. McDonald of Lima was killed. Fireman Howard Sarvey of Van Wert was blown from the cab but survived with a broken collar bone and bruises. The engine was demolished and twelve cars wrecked.
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Hamilton
Evangelist Tufts Sentenced in California Swindle Case
In Chicago a divorce suit against Gorham Tufts known as Love God with Gold Teeth resumes before Judge McKinley. Tufts faces a three year prison term for swindling his second wife Jennie Roe Tufts and is jailed in Los Angeles awaiting appeal. The case accuses him of seeking to dispose of a 1 million dollar estate and cites a 25 000 dollar gold tooth fund. Relatives intervened to remove a power of attorney.
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Chicago
Gorham Tufts
McKinley
Supreme Court
Mary Housekeeper
Tufts
Los Angeles
Cal
Jennie Scranton Roe Tufts
Tufts No
India
London
Charles T. Parnell
Mrs Goelet Dies in Paris Residence
Mrs. Robert Goelet of New York died at her Paris home after a cancer illness diagnosed in August while she was at Southampton. Her maiden name was Harriette Warren. She married Robert Goelet in 1879 and had two children Beatrice and Robert Walden Goelet.
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Paris
Robert Goelet
New York
Oldest Douglas County Citizen Passes in Tuscola at 99
William G. Masuire dies in Tuscola at age ninety nine. A physician by training, he never was licensed and received only 1 75 for his services during life. He fathered twenty three children and was Douglas county’s oldest resident.
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Pontiac
Price Fixers Lose Jobs in Chicago Butter Board
The U S government action against the Chicago butter and egg board forced the body to purge itself before trial. The price committee controlled the board price for fourteen years, arbitrarily raising and lowering it to squeeze consumers and gouge producers.
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Chicago
U.S
Chicago Butter ‘and Egg Board
Price Committee
Board
State contracts awarded to several Illinois firms
The state contract commission awarded two year contracts for printing binding and coal. Second class printing to Illinois State Journal in Springfield, fourth class to Illinois Printing in Danville, binding to H W Hokker in Springfield, coal to Colvin Coal in Springfield. Doctors meet next in LaSalle as 39th annual North Central Wisconsin Medical Society adjourned with LaSalle chosen for 1918. Dr era T Goble of Harlville elected president.
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Springfield
Ill
Board of State Contract Commissioners
Illinois State Journal Company
Illinois Printing Company
Danville
H. W. Hokker Company
Colvin Coal Company
LaSalle
Pontiac
North Central
Wiinocis Medical Society
Era T. Goble
Harlville
Passenger Train Collision Delays Route In Illinois
An east bound passenger train rear ended a freight train on Illinois Central near Pekin causing hours of delays. No injuries reported. Two empty stock cars derailed and the passenger locomotive damaged. The state treasury received a protest fee of 110,885 from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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Freeport
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Pleroy
Here
Springfield
State Treasury of
Illinois
C. J. Doyle
Chicago, Burlington and Oquincy Railroad Company
Aree
Illinois paragraphs show Chicago Evening World suspension and bond issues
The Chicago Evening World silhouette, now the Chicago Socialist, stops publication due to financial trouble amid a $35 000 bond shortfall and a need of 100 000 to 150 000 more to restart. Other items report a convict reform bid in Joliet, a Cardiff stock train wreck in Pontiac, Loyal Americans injunctions in Springfield, a fur theft in Chicago, Elks memorial in Dixon, and a teenage assault in Danville.
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Chicago
Chicago Evening World
Chicago Socialist
East St. Louis Bankrupt Impacts Warrant Payments
East St. Louis faces bankruptcy with warrants no longer honored by banks and remaining merchants accepting them at 75 cents on the dollar. In Alpha near Galesburg, thieves blow safes, rob three stores, dynamite one, totaling about 500 dollars in cash and checks with a reward offered for suspects. Sterling bans turkey trot and similar dances in public halls per request of dancing masters. In Findlay, 18 year old William Garrison killed after being struck by a railroad train while attempting to board.
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East ST
Galesburg
Alpha
Here
Sterling
Fatal Fire After Sleep Near Railaccidents
Scott Campbell slept in a weed pile beside a railroad and was fatally burned when a passing engine ignited the weeds. The incident occurred in East St. Louis and authorities are reporting the death as an accidental fire.
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East ST. Louis
Scott Campbell
Chicago Markets Grain and Livestock Quotes
Chicago cash grain quotations show No 2 red wheat at 1.02 to 1.03 dollars per bushel, No 2 hard winter 85 to 88 cents, and oats around 34 to 38 4/4 cents. Hogs quotes range 7.40 to 7.70, cattle 10.85 to 11.00 for prime steers, and lambs 7.35 to 7.75 with other beef and veal prices listed. Receipts include 28,000 hogs, 6,500 cattle, and 22,000 sheep.
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Chicago
East Buffalo Live Stock
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
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Rouse Simmons
Schoellkopf
American Press Association
Board of Equalization
H. W. Legleitner
Stockton, O
Santa Claus
Illinois General News
Droudge OS Cvangelist
Os Sea
Mrs. Goelet
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Iiinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin
Loewe
Alaska
Wabash Railway
Cardiff
Loyal Americans
South Park
Gertrude Meyers
Michigan Avenue
DIXON
Order of Dixon Elks
Dixon Lodge No
Floyd Tilden
Rochelle
Kewanee Lodge
Georgetown
May Thomas
Frank H. Thomas
United Mine Workers
Shelbyville
William W. Garrison
Findlay
Garrison, N. M
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