Labor graft indictments total forty six hearings begin
Forty six indictments naming fifty four defendants were returned by the grand jury in a labor graft inquiry. The cases involve extortion and conspiracy with bail totaling sixteen million five hundred twenty thousand dollars. Evidence described intimidation and harassment of contractors who refused to submit to union demands.
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Chicago
Ithe
Josif
Burke
Hoyne
Frank
Comerford
Benedict
Sport
William A. Cunnen
Charles Center Case, Jr
John B. Johnson
Alex
Alex. Luthers
Charles” H. Brown
Painters’ Union
Don ‘L, Bernard, Joseph , Casey
Jack Cleary
Raymond , Cleary
Electrical Workers’ Union
William Oo. Geimer
Painter's District Council ‘No
Frank Hayes
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Hugh, Hahn
Glaziers’ Union
Ed.Hamilton
Hammer
L . Hitt
Lawrence L. Lindelof
Julius Lichtenstein
Thomas Redding
Sheet Metal Workers
Walter E. Staley
Glaziers
Ray .C. Stewart
Johnson
McQuade
Hyman Kellman
Israel Scheer
Plate
Frank Curran
Curran
Americans report Villa soldiers torture and extortion near border
Douglas Arizona dispatch says McEnnis Ring, an American miner and storekeeper, was robbed, tortured, and forced to pay 200 gold to Villa troops led by Col Martinez after looting his store. Ring and two cowboys, Easton and Friend, were held twelve hours. other Americans were stabbed or imprisoned as Villa forces retreat toward Chihuahua.
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Douglas
Ariz
Dee
Villa
McEnnis
Ring
Col
Martinez
Pablo Lopez
Chihuahua
Calabanas
Col. Aguirre
Nacozari
Tom Lester
Cananea Cattle Company
Nogales Ranch
Cananea
Sonora
Lester
Carranza
Laveaga
Siqueda
Rodriguez
Cmap
el Tigre
Agua Prieta
Eastern colleges form agreement on eligibility rules
Yale Harvard and Princeton leaders met in New York to craft a common set of eligibility guidelines for intercollegiate contests. The session lasted two and a half hours and adjourned with a plan to reconvene tomorrow. The meeting follows Yale's ban on five athletes who accepted fees for summer baseball, signaling efforts to address ongoing questions in intercollegiate athletics.
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New York
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Depretiory Speech in Rome Chamber Discusses War Losses
December 3. The chamber of deputies debated Baron Sonnino's remarks with all speakers in agreement. Deputy Treves praised socialist propaganda for uplifting the people. Debates stressed deaths and ruin from the war and faulted capitalists, notably Americans, for profiting and potentially mastering European markets.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Baron Sonnino
Treves
De Oro Sets New Billiard Record
Alfredo De Oro established a new world standard in three cushion billiards by reaching 50 points in 35 innings in Chicago. He broke Frank Day's 36 innings for 50 points, set in 1807 at St. Louis. De Oro led August Kieckhofer 100 to 63 after two blocks, with the final block to be completed tomorrow night.
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Chicago
Alfredo de Oro
Frank Day
New Orleans
de Oro
St. Louis
August Kieckhofer
Kieckhofer
Pine-Tar Honey Says Bell’s Treats Colds
The advertisement touts Bell's Pine-Tar Honey as the next best thing to the pine forest for cold relief. It claims to clear the throat ease congestion and aid children’s colds. It warns early treatment prevents complications and notes a 35 cent price.
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Bell
Whitlock News Suppressed Belgium and Brussels
Amsterdam telegraph reports Belgian newspapers under German censorship state Brand Whitlock will not return to Brussels. Gen Von Bissing seeks his ouster and removal of the American and Spanish legations from Brussels to Havre. Secretary Lansing had said Whitlock’s leave was not due to German objections and expected his return after leave.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange’ Telegraph Company
Rozendaal
Holland
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
Belgium
von Bissing
Whitlock
Washington
Dec
Lansing
Hillsboro Man Arrested in Housekeeper Killing
In Hillsboro Illinois William Meyer was arrested on a charge of killing his housekeeper Miss Coffey. After a quarrel she moved to her brother’s home. Meyer allegedly shot Coffey at the door, then barricaded his own house before surrendering to sheriffs without comment.
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Hillsboro
Ill
William Meyer
Langford Loses Bout to Witts in New York
New York reports Harry Witts of New Orleans, a Black heavyweight, outboxed Sam Langford of Boston in every round of their ten round bout. The December show featured a decisive victory for Witts in a clear display of power and technique.
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Langford
New York
Dec
Harry Witts
New Orleans
Sam Langford
Boston
Robbery attempt on Iron Mountain No 3 near Malvern
Desperate train hold up failed when two masked men tried to stop Iron Mountain No 3 southbound from St Louis to Texarkana. Engineer Howard feigned trouble with levers, allowed the train to continue to Donaldson before bandits fled. Posse from Arkadelphia and Little Rock with bloodhounds pursued the robbers.
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ST. Louis
Tron Mountain
Texarkana
Ark
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Malvern
Iron Mountain
Etta
Reed
Elmore
Howard
Donaldson
Sheriff's
Pension Advocate Froderick Rogers Dead in England
London December 3 The death of Froderick Rogers removes the foremost worker for the old age pension act and a leader of the democratic movement in England. Born in Whitechapel London in 1846 he began as an errand boy at ten earning five hundred cents weekly. His father a dock laborer Rogers later apprenticed to a bookbinder for 27 years becoming self taught and politically active.
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London
Froderick Rogers
England
Rogers
Whitechapel
Bank messenger killed in Fourteenth Street subway holdup
Alan Gardner and bandit George De Brosa died from gunfire after a bold late rush hour theft at the Fourteenth Street subway station. Walter Oreleman wrested the bandit's revolver, recovered the bag of money, and helped pursue De Brosa onto Broadway before police halted him.
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New York
Alan Gardner
George de Brosa
Fourteenth “Street
Gardner
de Brosa
Walter’p. Oreleman
Bank of the Metropolis
Union ‘Square
DeBrosa
Broadway
Oreleman
Citrolax Claim As Superior Laxative By Users
A Utah reader from Salt Lake City endorses Citrolax noting it eases constipation, sour stomach, and lazy liver with no gripe or after-effects. The message cites rapid relief from headaches and a cleansing, pleasant system, calling it the best laxative they have used. Miller & Arthur Drug Co. is mentioned as a source.
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Salt
Lake City
Utah
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Paris Bill Passes House To Fix Prices Of Basics
The government bill fixing prices of life’s necessaries passed the chamber of deputies with one dissenting vote. The measure proceeds to the senate for approval.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
McCall Faces Public Service Board Charges In Albany Hearing
Governor Whitman presided over a six hour hearing on charges against Edward E. McCall, chair of the downstate Public Service Commission, seeking his removal for alleged misconduct and neglect of duty. McCall defended himself while the Thompson investigating committee pressed the stock ownership issue, noting McCall kept 387 shares in King's County Electric Light and Power, despite transferring them to his wife. The governor called the charge serious after confirming the transfer did not meet the law’s spirit.
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Albany
N. Y
Edward E. McCall
Downstate Public Service Commission
Whitman
Thompson
McCall
King’s County Electric Light and Power Company
Public Service Commission
Lewis
Devise methods to meet Atlantic coast freight congestion
New York December 3. A joint committee of eastern railroads met under Curtice McCain to devise ways to ease port congestion. They announced embargoes on flour and lumber for through export bills to New York by major lines, with no firm conclusions beyond urging shippers to consolidate split deliveries and concentrate shipments in the same car when possible.
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New York
Eastern ‘Railroads
Atlantic Seaboard
Curtice
McCain
Trunk Line Association
New York Central, Erie and
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Joint Committee
Birthday Observance Marks Illinois Statehood Centennial
A Springfield banquet celebrated the ninety seventh anniversary of Illinois statehood with Gov. Dunne as toastmaster. State Senator Kent E Keller and Nathan William MacChesney urged vital history teaching for schoolchildren. Hugh S Magill Jr spoke on a proposed 1918 centennial celebration and statewide gatherings. State Centennial Commission members and officers attended. telegrams came from other cities marking similar events.
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Springfield
Illinois
Gov. Dunne
Kent E Keller
Ava
Nathan William MacChesney
Chicago
State Bar Association
Hugh S.magill, Jr
State
Thirteen Thousand Serbian Prisoners Reported
Paris dispatch reports from Florina Greece that Serbians sent battalions to hold Buo near the Greek frontier to block Bulgarian moves and guard the Zanaili railroad station. Serbian sources say about 13,000 Serbians were taken prisoner, with the bulk of their army remaining intact.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Florina
Greece
Buo
Grecian
Zanaili
Epidemic Typhus Ravages Mexico City Region
Reports from Mexico City and Pachuca describe a severe typhus outbreak spreading among the poor with daily deaths and rising case numbers. Miners erect cleanup efforts, doctors from the United States are called in, funeral processions overwhelm streetcars, and drug shortages worsen the crisis as authorities pledge price controls.
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Mexico
City
Laredo
Texas
Mexico City
Federal District
Pachuca
English
Guanajuato
City of Mexico
Tramway Company
United States
General Hospital
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Cea
Eastern Colleges
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Bulgaria
Pension Advocate
Llessenger
New York Subway
San Francisco
Misses Ingebord Kindstedt
Marie Kindberg
Frances Jollifte
Congress
Susan. B. Anthony
McAll
New ‘York
Downstate Commission
Eastern Railroad
Ilinois
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