Seven Hurt In Wissahickon Trolley Crash In Snow
A snow sleet afternoon trolley wreck on the Wissahickon Electric line caused seven injuries and a car fire. Conductor Justice Laymond suffered crushed limbs and later amputation. Motorman Hiram Vanfassen and others were injured. George Yarnall, new motorman, escaped with minor bruises as rescuers evacuated passengers to St Timothy's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wissahickon
Justice Laymond
Pechin
Martin
Hiram Vanfassen
Fast Street
John Mower
Silverwood Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dinky
George Yarnall
Yarnall
Laymond
Vanfassen
St. Timothy's Hospital
Olcott Accepts Governor’s Appointment as D A of New York
District Attorney William K. Olcott of New York County announced he accepted Governor Black’s appointment to the post. The term is for one year with a $10 000 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olcott
Black
New York
William K. Olcott
New York County
Seneeee
Majecuied Webere &. Yao W Ck
Young Siebold Sentenced to Reformatory for Forgery
William Tiebold convicted of forging Charles B. Grubb’s name to $4,000 in Checks and sentenced by Judge Brubaker to the reformatory. The maximum possible penalty was 670 years for 67 counts. mercy recommendation was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William Tiebold
Charles B. Grubb
Mercy
Brubaker
Siebold
Reformatory
Addicks Sues for Libel Over Delaware Politics Editorial
J Edward Addicks filed libel suits in Delaware Superior Court against Colonel E T Cooper editor of the Milford Herald and Delaware Press and Publication Company owner of the Milton Herald, plus action against the Wilmington News for reprinting the article. The piece tied his name to Boggs defalcation and implied Addicks influenced stock speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Boggs
J. Edward Addicks
Walter H. Hayes
Ilbel
Superior Court of
Delaware
E. T. Cooper
Herald
Milford
Kent County
Addicks
Delaware Press and Publication Company
Miltons Herald
Ward
First National Bank
E. T. Yooper
William N. Boggs
Philadelphia
Dover Bank
Dover
Shaw Case Set Before Camden Grand Jury Today
Camden county grand jury hearings focus on minor crimes while El Shaw faces murder charges for his mother and grandmother. Twenty five witnesses summoned as Prosecutor Jenkins expects a true bill. Authorities plan potential indictments including Frank Kirby in a separate negligence case tied to a death last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden County
Grand Jury
el Shaw
Jenkins
Justice Garrison
Shaw
Frank Kirby
Lippincott
Willful Murder Verdict At Terriss Inquest
Coroner's jury in London returns a verdict of wilful murder over actor William Terriss. The crowd includes many actors at the inquest. Prince, the accused, is absent and the late actor's son identifies the body. Evidence mirrors Bow Street Court testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Terriss
Prince
Bow Street
Union Men Ordered to Quit National Guard
From Ontcaco on December 20 the Chicago Federation of Labor directs trades unionists to leave the National Guard immediately. It is stated without contradiction that a union man cannot properly serve in the militia and risk being ordered to shoot down fellow tradesmen on strike for better wages and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontcaco
Chicago Federation of Labor
National Guard
Schooner Marguerite Burns in Salem Harbor
The two masted schooner Marguerite from St John New Brunswick bound for New York carrying 737000 pounds of cargo burned in Salem harbor. Vessel and cargo were total loss with authorities reporting fire and destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Marguerite
St. John
N. B
New York
Russia Seizes Port Arthur Amid Far East Tensions
Berlin reports Port Arthur occupation linked to British Daphne visit at Port Arthur. German Russian plans discussed with Britain possibly joining a preliminary China division. Prince Henry of Prussia rested at Osborne en route to China pending weather conditions for further travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Port Arthur
Daphne
China
Pekin
Taliemoan
Cologne
Germany
Asia
St. Petersburg
Novosti
Great Britain
Russia
Kiao Chou Bay
Strait of
Formosa
Pechil
Manchuria
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Osborne
Russia has not seized Port Arthur says Shanghai dispatch
A Shanghai dispatch to the Daily Mail declares the report that Russia has seized Port Arthur is entirely untrue. The item appears in the London telegraph on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londes Daily Mail
Russia
Port Arthur
London
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Britain and Japan may cooperate on Wel-Hal-Wel stationing
London reports suggest part of the British squadron could winter at Wel-Hal-Wel signaling harmony with Japan. China’s indemnity and Wei Hai Wei hold stir press commentary as Britain, Russia, and Germany vie for Far East influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wel-Hal-Wel
Great Britain
Japan
Wei-Hai-Wei
Globe
Russia
Germany
China
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Pall Mall Gazette
Far East
France
United States
Paris
Yang-Tse Valley
West River
Halliday Macartney
Hancarth Gretary
Shanghai
Times
Port Arthur
Kiao-Chou Bay
San Russie
France debates higher duties on pigs and lard in chamber
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies opened discussion on a bill raising customs duties on pigs pork products and lard. Critics say it will cost consumers millions while supporters cite rising import value and export gaps. Continued on second page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Cherles Grust
Bordeaux
Georges Graux
Salut Pol
France
Jean Jaures
Workmen's Party
United States
Coal Miners Regain Wages Demand Prompting Strike Action
Pittsburg district miners meet and push for 75 cents per ton, ten cents above the present rate. Operators resist, planning an Inter State conference next January. Mines to close December 31 pending settlement as the miners push for higher pay and legal appeals proceed. District President Patrick Dolan led the convention amid talks of a Supreme Court appeal on the coal weighing act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrtsburg
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Lake Navigation
Patrick Dolan
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Young
M. A. Hanna
Illinois
Evans Will Mystery After Paris Sealing Of Documents
Dr Charles Heinitsh receives word that a will of the late Dr Thomas W Evans has been found and sealed by the French government. Translation will be provided later for heirs while government publication awaits. Notary Valois of New York and Colonel Charles Muller of Philadelphia assist in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Charles Heinitsh
Thomas W. Evans
Paris
Theodore Evans
France
Dr. Evans
New Jersey Gambler Reform Faces Supreme Court Review
Senator William D. Edwards of Jersey City reports that Brenton has informed him the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to review September constitutional amendments. Edwards expects a recount to overturn the gambling amendment by tallying illegally cast ballots against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William D. Edwards
Jersey City
Brenton Today
Supreme Court
Edwards
Thieves Loot Two Homes in Norristown Borough
Thieves entered the residences of William Stritzinger and John Earnest while families attended church, taking about 25 in cash and a valuable diamond ring from the Stritzinger home. They ransacked both houses and left behind a large silverware haul at the Earnest home, while Mrs Earnest jewelry worth 900 remained hidden in a drawer. The incidents occurred in a well populated portion of the borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
William Stritzinger
John Earnest
Stritsinger
Earnest
Mrs. Earnest
Duel Arranged in Open Court in Atlanta
In Atlanta, Colonel Orth Stein and Major Harvey Johnson clashed over a poker scandal and a libel dispute. A duel was reportedly arranged to take place on the street in front of the courthouse, with witnesses and officials present. The court discharged Stein and fined Solicitor General O Neill, while the pair may meet on the field of honor pending preliminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Orth Stein
Harvey Johnson
United States
Belgium
Major Johnson
James F. O'Neil
O'Neil
Stein
Johnson
Rogues
Calhoun
O'Neill
Kansas City
Fire damages Crook Horner & Co plant in Baltimore
A major blaze at the Crook Horner & Co establish ment at Howard and Saratoga streets destroyed extensive stock and seven stories of the building. Loss estimated near $150,000 with about $50,000 in irreplaceable patterns and $25,000 in other goods insured. Fire blamed on a match tossed into cotton waste by a firm employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Crook, Horner & Co
Howard
Saratoga Streets
Tuecao
Justice Russell awaits injunctive ruling in insurance case
In New York on December 20 Justice Russell reserved decision in the Supreme Court on a suit by Attorney General Hancock for a perpetual injunction. The action seeks to restrain the People's Fire Lloyds from carrying on an insurance business in the state. The record references about twenty or more Lloyds companies involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Justice Russell
Supreme Court Today
Hancock
Superintendent of Insurance
People’s Fire Lloyds
Earry
Erie
E& Ldapde Companiee
Ici
Twelve schooners ashore in Newfoundland gale
A terrible gale swept Newfoundland injuring fishing establishments and vessels. Twelve schooners went ashore in Green Bay and became wrecks, with several other ships badly damaged in collisions. The Gloucester fleet and the herring fleet near Placienta Bay are feared to have been seriously buffeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jouns
N. F
Green Bay
Gloucester
Placentia Bay
Fires Under Furnaces Idle 2000 to Return at Bridgeton Plants
Fires were started under furnaces at the Cohansey Cumberland and Moore Jones window glass factories near Bridgeton New Jersey. The works are expected to restart in a week or two likely January 2, with about 2,000 idle workers to be rehired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brirpleton
N. J
Cohansey
Cumberland
Moore-Jones
Sorrow for Ruiz death frames Havana editorials
Havana papers mourn Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz with El Diario de la Marina noting war era tactics reappeared near Zanjon peace. La Lucha calls his fate haste misfortune while Official Gazette prints autonomy decrees. Conservatives rally islandwide under Marquis de Aperteguia. Regia hosts a sensational bullfight where Spanish girl bullfighters kill bulls to applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Ruiz
el Diario de la Marina
Zanjon
la’ Lucha
Marquis de Aperteguia
Conservative
Forged Indorsements Tied to Luetgert Notes
Four $1,000 notes held by Judge William A. Vincent allegedly bear forged indorsements. Signed by Adolph Luetgert and endorsed with Paul H. Jaeschke’s name, Jaeschke denies the signatures. Vincent reportedly lent Luetgert $1,000 based on the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
William A. Vincent
Adolph L. Luetgert
Vincent
Luetgert
Paul H. Jaeschke
Jaeschke
Today’s city events and meetings schedule
A list of daytime and evening events across Philadelphia including dinners at 220 South Broad Street, Horticultural Society meetings at Horticulture Hall, entertainment at the Institute for the Blind, Mask and Wig Club preliminary performance, Haverford College freshman play in Alumni Hall, a Pharma meeting at 145 North Tenth Street, and multiple public notices. Also mentions funeral services for John W. Woodward and Sidney Corbett, debates and mass meetings, and bids openings by council committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Institute For Blind
Haverford College
Alumni Hall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
North Tenth Street
University of Pennsylvania
College Chapel
Harvey K. Newitt
Thirty-second Ward
Episcopal
Olney
Church of St. Alban
Whitaker
Joseph B. Clemmer
Emma Kaiser
Norristown
Sidney Corbett
Church of the Transfiguration
Woodland Avenue
Progressive Euchre
Annunciation T. A. B. Society
Carroll's
South Broad Street
Utan
Academy of Natural Sciences
Zoological Society of Philadelphia
Deta Upsilon Fraternity
Philadelphia
Mortimer Lawrence
Girard Avenue
Philadelphia Coal Exchange
Eisenbronn
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Magistrate South
A. J. Speese
Black Diamond Company
Leiter’s Father Goes to Chicago in Wheat Traders Move
Chicago December 20. Interest in the December wheat deal grows as Levi Leiter confirms his son’s wealth and plans to stay in the market. The Leiter group expects at least 3 million more bushels to arrive while Armour pushes millions into Chicago, with prices rising to 1.02 and high near 0.944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Levis
Leiter
George B. French
Leiter Clique
Armour
Lester
Lnc
French
Wheat crop prospects abroad vary by region
The Mark Lane Express notes English wheat fields show satisfactory appearance while French crops look favorable but acreages may not match last year. Italian sowing should rise due to a favorable autumn. Russian conditions vary with mild Black Sea weather and snow elsewhere. exports awaiting in Russian ports total 1,562,000 quarters, down from 2,552,000 a year ago, indicating heavier shipments than reserves justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane Express
France
Russia
Black Sea
Empire
Colored boy Decker shot marshal during bank escape attempt
In Princeton Indiana a colored youth named Decker tried to pass a forged $16.50 check at Farmers Bank signed by Charles Howard Trustee. As bank officials investigated he fled. Marshal Murphy of Patoka pursued him and was shot, seriously wounded. A potential lynching was feared if Decker was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Decker
Farmers’ Bank
Charles Howard
White River Township
Marshal Murphy
Patoka
Deckerla
Vernon Bank cashier and county official arrested on bribe indictments
Vernon Indiana December 20 John Morris cashier of the Vernon Bank and Charles G Beatty county commissioner are under arrest on indictments. Morris is charged with bribery and Beatty with acceptance of a bribe alleging Morris paid Beatty fifty dollars to secure a loan of unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norry Vernon
Ind
John Morris
The
Vernon Bank
Charles G. Beatty
Morris
Beatty
Local Ads Promote Medicines and Jewelry Deals
An assortment of vintage market notices touts MEDITRINA medicine with a 50 cent price, a jewelry sale by J. P. Robinson & Co at S O G Market Street, and low-rate loans. Mitchell's at 536 Chestnut Street advertises almonds and customer service as reasons to shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Robinson
Market St
Mitchell's
Chestnut St
MacDonald and Campbell Bright Furnishings at 916 Chestnut
Bright fresh furnishing goods store offers new stock with no old inventory and keeps late hours until Christmas. The ad promises high class taste and experience with moderate prices and notes a Christmas stamp as a mark of quality on gifts.
Perry's Salts and Overcoats Christmas Clothing Sale
Perry's offers a broad stock of all wool suits and overcoats for Christmas. Prices start at seven seventy five and rise to twenty five dollars for suits and forty eight dollars for overcoats, with emphasis on good tailoring and wide selection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rebe Newton
Kalos Street
Michael Garrity
Baldwin Street
Mary Wood
Grape Street
Horace Platt
Manayunk Avenue
Adams Street
Leverington Avenue
Philadelphia and Reading
George Leibert
Street Railway Company
van Wyck
Young Siebold
Tom Times
Colonel Cooper
the Times
Camden
Terriss
England
Britain
DR. Evans’ Will
New Jersey
Jess
Timms
Representative Oliver
Burke County
James H. Blount
Georgia
Pierce
Hardeman
Crook, Borner & Company
Newfoundland
Bridgeton
Joaquin Ruiz
Regia
Spain
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Art Club
South Broad
John W. Woodward
North
Fiftieth Street
Andi
Meditrina
MacDonald & Campbell
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