Taft Terrorist Conspiracy Inquiry Expands Reach
Federal grand jury probes alleged attempt to destroy President Tafts train near a California bridge where dynamite was found. Investigators plan sweeping action across Harriman lines and other sites linked to rail shopmen strike. Subpoenas issued coastwise as labor leaders named. McNamara warns of possible assassination threats as he resists plea.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Taft
West
California
Federal Grand Jury
Southern Pacific
Department of Justice
McNamara
Harriman
Federation of Railroad Shopmen
Witnesses to be examined by U S grand jury here
Sixty witnesses from Indianapolis will be examined by the United States grand jury in the McNamara dynamiting probe. Their names are guarded as the government seeks to determine if the terrorist council that met here planned the dynamitings carried out by the McNamaras and their gang.
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Indianapolis
Dec
United States Grand Jury
McNamara
McNamaras
Indianapolis in uproar over federal terrorism probe focus
Miller is angered as Special United States Attorney General Lawlor presses to make Los Angeles the center of the government's investigation into the pleced terrorist conspiracy. Special United States District Attorney Miller is absent, believed en route to protest in Washington. He argues Indianapolis should lead since conspiracies were formed there.
Next Confession Editorial Sparks Harriman Suspicion
Los Angeles December 8 The Times editorial claims that under the caption Next Confession the publication stirs suspicion around Harriman political acts. The piece emphasizes alleged concealment of motives and questions ties to governing decisions.
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Harriman
Los Angeles
The
Times
Grand Theatre Changes Hands in City
The Grand Theatre has changed ownership with Mr Hert Longnecker named manager. A seasoned showman, he has run Majesco Theatre in Salt Lake for two years and will implement new policies. Opening Monday, a twelve person musical company with chorus girls and comedians will debut for twenty five cents, led by Dick Austin the Swede comedian.
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Grand Theater
Hert Longnecker
Longnecker
Iast
Majesco
Salt Lake
Utah
Grand
Dick Austin
Dynamite Case Developments in Taft Train Plot Probe
The investigation expands as an attempt to dynamite Taft’s train is linked to McNamara conspiracy claims. Ortie McManigal finishes testimony with 130 more witnesses expected from Pacific coast cities. Indianapolis jury plans to end after sixty witnesses. Labor leaders are summoned, books seized from Salt Lake Iron Workers Union. McManigal allegedly confesses. McNamara refuses to "squeal" fearing assassination. Harriman, Los Angeles defender fund misappropriation charges surface, with Federal Attorney Miller shifting focus from Indianapolis to L A.
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Ortie McManigal
Pacific Coast
Indianapolis
Salt Lake
McManigal
John J. McNamara
Job Harriman
Seclker
Los Angeles
Miller
Taft
Union probes ex mayor candidate over defense fund spending
The piece notes Job Harriman, defeated socialist union mayoral candidate, will be questioned by unions regarding expenditures of the McNamara defense fund, of which he was a trustee. It suggests some funds were diverted to political uses.
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Job Harriman
McNamara Defense Fund
Salt Lake Evidence Secured In McNamara Probe
Salt Lake Utah, December reports fresh era and documentary evidence in the McNamara probe. Authorities seized the books of the local iron workers union and served Businore Agent J B Munsey with a grand jury summons. Munsey and James McNamara were intimate friends and it is alleged he housed McNamara after the Times explosion.
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Salt Lake
Utah
McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
Businore
J. BE. Munsey
Munsey
James McNamara
Poltish Alleged Confession Exposed Across Cities
The document purportedly contains Ortie McManigal s confession detailing alleged dynamiting schemes in Toledo Cleveland McKees Rocks Kansas City Peoria Milwaukee and Springfield Mass It claims John McNamara visited each wreck site before agreeing to pay for the job.
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Poltish
Indianepolis
Ind
Ortie McManigal
Toledo
Cleveland
McKees Rocks
Kansas City
Peoria
Milwaukee
Springfield
Mass
John McNamara
Labor Leader Summoned in San Francisco Case
Marshal Eliott served a flipoenk on KE and E. Clancy, a labor leader and Iron Workers member, who is believed to know details of the Liew yin Iron Works dynamiting. The event involves a labor dispute connected to the site at United Sites.
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San Francisco
Dcc
United Sites
Marshal Eliott
E. Clancy
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Clancy
Liewyin Iron Works
McManigal Accuses Labor Leaders In Bomb Plot Testimony
In Los Angeles on December date, federal probe into dynamiting resumes with Ordle McManigal still on the stand. He accuses several labor leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco of involvement in the plots he claims to know about as witnesses await to testify.
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McMenigal
Los Angeles
Dec
Ordle McManigal
McMuanigal
San Francisco
Commercial Club Sets Special Meeting at City Hall
A special Commercial club meeting will be held Tuesday night in the City Hall assembly room to hear representatives from nearby towns and Inter esteas regarding the club's actions. President Smythe and a committee will organize an evening program for visiting school directors arriving next week.
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Commercial Club
City Assembly Hall
Commercal Club
Smythe
City Hall Assembly
Jack Keefe
L. G. Frazier
J. S. Landers
Tomorow
King George Receives Princes and Unveils All Indian Memorial
Delhi reports King George receiving native princes in a steady stream of color and unveiling the large equestrian monument to the late King Edward, an All Indian memorial funded by British residents and natives. Jealousy over salutes and seating at receptions stirs concern of tribal tensions after the king's departure.
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Delhi
George
Edward
Explosion Blows Thompson To Pieces In Washington
Henry Thompson a 40 year old rancher formerly of Walla Walla, carrying a package of fifteen sticks of dynamite into his Pacific City home, dropped the package and was blown to pieces on his doorstep in Seattle Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific City
Henry Thompson
Walla Walla
Widow of Congressman Charged With Fraud
San Francisco December 8 fraud valued at 1 million dollars is charged in an equity suit filed in the superior court by Mrs Moore of Nebraska against Mrs Phelps widow of the late Congressman Timothy Phelps. The suit alleges the executrix withheld rightful inheritance from family branches and kept most property for herself.
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San Francisco
Timothy Phelps
Moore
Nebraska
Phelps
Man Who Exposed King George Completes Trim
Edward Mysis, editor of the Liberator, was released after serving ten months for publishing a story about the alleged Morganic marriage of King George. He had been convicted of libel.
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King George
London
Dee
Edward Mysius
Rome Observe American College Founding and Cardinal O Connell Birthday
A ceremony in Rome marked the fifty second anniversary of the American College in Rome and celebrated Cardinal O Connell s fifty second birthday with attendees and remarks reflecting on the institution s history and the cardinal s service.
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Rome
American College In
Cardinal O'Connell
Rebels suspect Yuan of coveting throne in Peking
In Peking on December 8 rebels extended the armistice to December 21 as peace talks proceed. Rebels insist on abdication of the emperor and recognition of a republic, while Premier Yuan is said to concede all but republic acknowledgement, fueling suspicions he desires the throne.
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Yuan
Peking
Revolutionista
Yuin
Packers Seem To Seek Farmer Exclusions In Trial
Two of eleven jurors were excused in the Packers case after defense showed one had poor eyesight and the other defective hearing. Both were farmers. Counsel Miller questioned jurors, implying defense aims to remove farmers and replace them with business men. The session continued with questioning and strategy notes.
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Chicago
Det
Stite
Clef
Miller
South and West Governors Meet in Baltimore Conference
Six southern and nine western governors met in Baltimore for a large conference on regional issues. Speaker Clark, Congressman Underwood, and many transportation officials attended. Governor Carothers gave the welcome address, with Governor Brady delivering the response.
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Baltimore
Dec
Clark
Underwood
Carothers
Brady
Spiniards Destroyed Maine in Havana Harbor
An outside explosion, reported as a Spanish mine, blew up the U S battleship Maine in Havana harbor. The land board of inquiry announced the findings this afternoon, noting significant damage and loss of life.
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Washington
Dee
U. S
Maine
Havana Harbor
Land Board of Inquiry
Miss Graham Tells of Stokes Affair in Trial
Susan Graham testifies in the Stokes murder trial recounting her relationship with millionaire Colonel Ebert Stokes born in Washington state twenty three years ago. She describes travel from Los Angeles to New York with her sister and says Stokes lured her to his Lexington Kentucky farm then pressured her to write a letter.
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New York
Susan Graham
Ethel Conrad
Ebert Stokes
Washington State
Los Angeles
Singleton
Colonel Stokes
Stokes
Taexington, Ky
Lexington
Memphis
Graham
Andrews
New Director of Athletics Photos Lakeward Move
Pennsylvania man Dr. El J. Stewart, Allegheny College athletic director, Meadville, is called to Oregon Agricultural College to fill the chair of physical education and director of athletics. The Oregon vacancy followed Prof. E. D. Angell’s July 1910 resignation. Stewart, in three years at Allegheny, built championship football, baseball, basketball and track programs. In 1908 he coached Purdue basketball to a Western Conference runner up.
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Pennsylvania
Angel
Corvalliz
Ore
EL. J. Stewart
Allegheny College
Meadville
Oregon Agricultural College
E. D. Angell
Allegheny
Stewart
Purdue
Stubblefield Will Case Heads to Judge Knowles
The Stubblefield will case, valued at about 200000 dollars, advances to Judge Knowles in La Grande after prior trials and appeals. Executors’ counsel were S A Lowell. appellants were Rader and Barker of Walla Walla. The dispute centers on funds used by the Stubblefield home and widow’s rights.
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Stubblefield
Witteh
Knowles
la Grande
Judes Knowles
S A. Lowell
Messrs. Rader & Barker
Walla Walla
Circuit Court
Phelpa
Stubblefield Will Cease
Willa Walla
Witnesses Charged With Attempted Extortion in Triangle Trial
New York December charges claim Sam Bornstein, a key witness in the Triangle Shirtwaist trial of Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, demanded $5000 from Blanck days after the fatal fire. Bornstein, found at the locked factory doors, admitted he sought money to help his father after his brother died in the blaze.
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New York
Sam Rbernstein
Max Blanck
Isaac Harris
Triangle Shirt Company
Blanck
Bornstein
Irrigon Commercial Club Backs West Umatilla Extension
At a meeting in Irrigon Oregon the commercial club adopted resolutions deploring rivals opposition to the west Umatilla extension. They contend many property owners favor the project and urge water use to benefit the lower river while praising unity across Morrow Umatilla counties and the northwest. A copy was sent to the president interior secretary and congressional representatives.
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East Oregonian
Umatilla
Stanfield
Pilot Rock
West Umatilla
West Umatilla River
Umatilla River
Willow Creek
West
Morrow
Umat'lla
Oregon
Northwest
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Irrigon Commercial Club
Por LL. B Kieker
Commerceial Club
Hell
Keefe
The
Commercial Club
Chapman
Portland Commercial Club
C. 8. Jackson
Oregon Journal
Portland Club
EB. G. Hopson
Irrigan
Irrigon
Citiiens
Morrow County
Era
Chamber of Commerce
Pendleton
J. N. Teal
Oregonian
Umatla
JI H Smith Company
WG. Corey
Trrigon Commerciat, Co. Eobert & Wadsworth
TI. B
Kicker
Pendleton High Sets Showdown With The Dalles
Pendleton high school football teams up for a postseason clash at The Dalles as Eastern Oregon title claims hinge on a first ever meeting. Local players including Rugg Sturdivant Kilpatrick Williamson Hampton Fee Thompson Mcdonald Chapman Hinderman Finnell Houser and Krees travel under coaches Lytle and Agbahr with superintendent J S Landers along for the trip.
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Dalles
Pendleton High School
Eastern Oregon
Pendleton
Dalles Inds
Oregon
Bova
Rugg
Sturdivant
Kilpatrick
Wilameon
Hampton
Fee Thompson Mcdonald
Chapman
Hinderman
Finnell
Houser
Krees
Lytle
Agbahr
J. S Landers
General Reyes Reaches Mexico City Hideout
Word arrives that General Reyes, disguised as a laborer, reached Trowneville Texas and is a fugitive charged with inciting revolution. Washington dispatches say he reentered Mexico again and was received by royal followers.
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Reyes
Mesivo
Mexico City
Trowneville
Texas
Washinton
Metico
Children Drown After Raft Capsizes on California Pond
In San Mares California two boys and a girl aged nine eight and Margerite Mc Lennon died when a raft capsized on a pond while returning home from school yesterday afternoon. John Jerard, Tr w n Daniels and Margerite were aboard the raft when it toppled and sank, leaving authorities to investigate the tragedy.
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San Mares
Calif
Abo
John Jerard
Trw N Daniels
Ace
Margerite McLennon
Meeting Called on West Umatilla Extens ion Project
Letters from Irrigon and other communities show strong backing for the West Umatilla extension. Officials from Portland and Pendleton clubs plan to attend the Tuesday evening meeting. engineers and businessmen urge action and presidential courtesy. A plea urges appeals to President and Interior Secretary for favorable consideration and fund reallocations.
Bridge Collapse Kills 200 In Volga Construction
Russian workers building a bridge over the Volga river near St. Petersburg were crushed when supports failed and the structure collapsed. Between 150 and 200 laborers died, troops recovered a dozen bodies, and several escaped amid the disaster.
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St. Petersburg
Volga River
Murderess wife Sudall freed in San Francisco court
In San Francisco superior court Mary Sudall was acquitted of the murder charge stemming from the July shooting and killing of her divorced husband. Testimony suggested Sudall may have acted in self defense as part of the alleged marital conflict.
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San Francisco
Dee
Jory
Superior Court
Mary Suda
Sudall
Visitation Of Elkdom Leader To Pendleton Sunday
John F. Sullivan grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks will visit Pendleton Sunday afternoon for a brief stay. Accompanied by grand secretary and other officials, plans are under way by local elites to welcome the distinguished visitor. A grand lodge committee meeting will be held tonight to decide on arrangements. Local lodge members will meet at the depot to greet the brethren. Other officers include Pred Robinson grand secretary Cary Appletonte of Salt Lake and Grand Trustee Mills of Minneapolis.
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John F. Sullivan
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Pendleton
Grand Lodge
Pred Robinson
Cary Applecnte
Salt Lake
Grand Trustee Mills
Minneepolis
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Irrigon Club
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