Jury Indicts Capt Halpin as a Graf ter
Chicago reports Captain James Halpin Lieutenant John Tobin and former Detective Walter O Brien indicted for conspiracy to obtain funds and bribery in a clairvoyant swindle case. Bertsche confessed acting as middleman. Bail set Halpin 30000 Tobin 15000 O Brien 15000. suit filed over 13000 loss in Naperville. Lieutenant Governor O Neill and six others indicted in Indianapolis for presenting false claims paid from legislative funds.
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Chicago
James Halpin
John Tobin
Walter O Brien
O'Brien
Ryan Brothers
Barney Berteche
Halpin
Tobin
O Brien
Bertsche
Ryan
Mary Rapp
Naperville
Ryans
Indianapolis
Ind
O'Neill
The Empty Stocking Charity Appeal by The Argus
A poem urging aid for poor children at Christmas. It contrasts empty stockings and tears with the reach of charity. The Argus Santa Claus Fund asks readers to help by contributing to support children in need as the holiday season nears.
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Argus Santa Claus Fund
Santa Claus
Trail a Suspect in Murder Case
Aurora December 5 The baffling trail of Miss Jennie Miller’s murder leads back to the former mayor Holmes Miller home. A 2500 reward is offered for the “yellow faced” man with a heavy pipe wrench and a light complexion, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 pounds, blue eyes, last seen in Aurora.
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Aurora
Jennie Miller
Holmes Miller
LaSalle Street
Miller
Michaels
United States
al Lodging House
Austrian Not Able to Testify in Stabbing Case
Madison Cave in Louisville reports that Peter Winkenhvoldh faces assault charges after allegedly stabbing John Wincinich at a party in an Austrian boarding house. Wincinich, hospitalized and unable to testify, caused the case to be continued until Saturday December 12 under Magistrate C. J. Smith. Co-defendants Raphael Anton George Steden and Mrs S Shopert are held on disorderly charges. Nick Marvoldh released after bond.
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Peter Winkenivoich
John Wincinich
Winkenhvoldh
Bonda
Chare
Raphael Anton
George Steden
S. Shopert
Nick Marvoldh
Shupert
Posty Fith Street
First Avenue
Winkentvotch
Wincinich
Von Buelow for Italian Embassy Opportune Move
Rome dispatch reports the German embassy considering Prince Bernard von Buelow for the Italian post. Former chancellor, he is noted as a singular choice, with strong Berlin pressure expected to influence the appointment and its placement among Germanys key missions.
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Rome
Italy
Bernard von Fuel
Berlin
Dr Wray O Neal Lectures On Popular Fallacies At Augustana
Dr Wray O Neal spoke on popular fallacies at Augustana college last night noting that intellect cannot replace character in a lecture that drew a large audience and applause Rep utation versus character distinction drew him to Rock Island and leave with substance Kane Funeral Held For Michael Kane Dean J Quinn presided at St Josephs church with Calvary cemetery interment Six are killed and 49 hurt in Cassino train collision near Naples Italy December 5
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Wray O'Neal
Augustana College
Rock Island
Lyceum
Luther League Annual Session Opens in Grace Lutheran
The Tri-City District Luther League holds its annual session at Grace Lutheran Church with a 3:30 p.m. business meeting after a rally and hymn. A 6:30 p.m. banquet features talks on The Master’s Vineyard and church roles, with H A Mohr of Davenport as toastmaster.
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Tri-City
Luther League
Grace Lutheran Church
Forty-fourth Street
Seventh Avenue
I. O. Nothstein
Edward Ekstrom
Martha Foss
H. A. Mohr
Davenport
Master's Vineyard
A. F. Bergstrom
John H. Hauberg
Karl Nilsson
Edith Heden
Mamie Peterson
Ira O. Nothstein
L. W. Kling
J. Wohlgemuth
Rock Island
Esther Johnson
League
August N. Brissman
Margaret Osterman
Ellen Rosenkranz
John C. Mohl
St. Paul's
Frank Johnson
Eee
Island
Harold Peterson
Grace
Ith Moll
Moline
Philip A. Johnson, Jr
Ernest Swanson
Tri- City
Ten
Luther League of Emanuel’s
Young People's Society of
First Swedish Lutheran Church
Luther League of Grace Lutheran Church
This City
Young People’s Society of the First Swedish Lutheran Church
Rich Man Held In Slavery Case
Chicago and Providence figures figure in a white slave indictment. Colonel Charles Alexander a Rhode Island millionaire is arrested on a Mann Act charge at his Providence home on a Chicago grand jury request. Miss Jessie E Cope accuses him of bribery and blackmail, while federal indictments under the white slave act are reported but not yet announced.
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Chicago
Jessie Cope
Charles Alexander
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Alexander
Jessie E. Cope
Los Angeles
Cal
Cope
United States
Berkshire Hills
Taunton
Mass
Clyne
Colonel Alexander
A. ©. Matteson
Miss Cope
Grand Jury
Apen
Grand ‘Pacific Hotel
Granlund to Edit Augustana Observer for Coming Year
Clarence Granlund will edit the Augustana Observer for the coming year and Emil J. Johnson will continue as business manager, as decided at the annual Lyceum election. The officers include President C. E. Gunderson and Vice President Elmer Olson, with a Lyceum Board of K. Erickson and W. Nelson, among others.
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Clarence Granlund
Augustana Observer
Emil J. Johnson
Augustana Lyceum
Lyceum
C. E. Gunderson
Elmer Olsor
Ernest A. Palm
Lyceum Board
K. Erickson
W. Nelson
G. Engdahl
E. Johnson
Martha Foss
Elmer T. Peterson
Robert Parson
C. L. Bennet
Walter Tillberg
L. Lundberg
Harry Winstrom
Hugo Gibson
Observatory
Carl Swanson
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Tonight's low near freezing, 35 F at 7 am yesterday's high 42 F, wind 9 mph, no precipitation. Humidity 76 percent at 7 pm, 47 at 7 am. water stage 2.1 with a 0.2 drop in four hours. Evening stars Jupiter and Mars. morning stars Mercury Venus Saturn. Cassiopeia near zenith about 9 pm northwest.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Cassiopeia
Lodz Battle Bloodiest Clash of War
Desperate hand to hand fighting near Lodz described by British observers as the bloodiest battle of the war. Ninety per cent of German officers put out of action. German forces cut their way 15 miles through Russian lines in 36 hours.
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Associated Press
Alsace
Altkirch
Petrograd
Lodz
Tuszyn
Brzeziny
Hudson Says He Is Guilty Party
Chicago dispatch reports Carleton Hudson a Chicago real estate dealer admitted he is the right man after being charged with forging a receipt in New York. He previously used the name Carleton H Betts amid a 20 year-old forgery case. Extradition to New York is under consideration with an expected police arrival in Chicago.
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Chicago
Carleton Hudson
New York
Hudson
Carleton H. Betts
Hiram W. Betts
Betts
Minnesota
Germans Brace Colmar Defense As Bombardment Feared
Basel reports suggest German batteries are placed before Colmar city hall and church to pressure French bombardment, risking popular backlash. Tekija Tunnel blown up cuts Servia from Roumania, Danube passage blocked for Russian transports. Krupp plant at Essen denied attack claim. Japanese troops shown bold in Tsing-Tau assault echoing Port Arthur valor.
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Basel
Colmar
Tekija
Amsterdam
Servia
Roumania
Danube
Berlin
Essen
Tokio
Tsing-Tau
Port Arthur
Senior Class Party At Local High School
Senior class party enjoyed by about sixty students at the local high school last evening. Bert Metcalf, class president, appointed committees for the event. A minor incident saw a junior attempt to nab the seniors, resulting in one member being led to Aiken Street and later liberated, minus clothing.
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Bert Metcalf
Aiken Street
South Rock Island
Old Soldiers To Attend Campfire In Moline
John Buford Post G A R invites members of patriotic groups to a campfire at First Congregational church Moline Monday at 8 00 p m Guests of honor include D J Palmer commander in chief of the G A R and Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago Illinois commander of the state department The veterans will meet at 7 30 p m at the G A R hall and march in a body to the church Santa Appears Here notes daily Christmas spirit in Rock Island as Santa Claus visits distribution of candy and gifts to local children this morning and at McCabe's this afternoon Santa house on Third avenue west of the store is the scene of presents to schoolchildren</S>
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Moline Post
John Buford
D. J. Palmer
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Illinois Department
G. A. R. Hall
Moline
Santa
Rock Island
Young & McCombs
Santa Claus
McCabe's
Third Avenue
Morals Courts Suggested to Curb Vice Growth
Madison report pins liquor as the main driver of commercialized vice with autos, dance halls and parks as contributory factors. Recommendations include first class city morals courts, a Mann Act type law between cities and villages, posted ownership at hotels, policewomen in cities, industrial homes for women convicted of immorality, women on boards, and bans on indecent exhibits and immorality in cafes restaurants and saloons. O'Hara organizes Illinois meeting to push remedial legislation with a social welfare focus.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Legislative Vice
O'Hara
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Senate Welfare Commission
Lobbyist Mulhall Fined After Witness Claims Property
Baltimore December 5 A woman witness testified that lobbyist Colonel Martin M Mulhall kept her daughter as his property in a fourth floor ballroom for three years In court Mrs Bessie Springer Spilcker supported her husband in alleging Mulhall assaulted him during a Springer family dispute Judge Elliott fined Mulhall 100 dollars calling the interference unjustified.
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Baltimore
Martin M Mulhall
Bessie Springer Spilcker
Samuel H. Springer
Mulhall
Elliott
Girl Tennis Star Is Slain and Vo sburgh Victim in Auto Crash
In Milwaukee a telegram reports Miss Isabell Vosburgh formerly of the University of Chicago and Mount Holyoke College faculty was killed in an automobile accident near South Hadley Massachusetts. Her brother is William Vosburgh, noted Chicago swimmer. Cardinal Di Pietro Dead in London at 86.
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Isabell Vosbaugh
U. of C
Milwaukee
Frank Vosburgh
Isabell Vosburgh
South Hadley
Mass
Miss Vosburgh
University of Chicago
Mount Holyoke College
William Vosburgh
Chicago
Cardinal di Pietro
London
Sacred College
Rome
Central News
Carranza Plans to Blow Railway Between Vera Cruz and Mexico City
Washington reports that Carranza plans to destroy the British owned railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. He has seized British cotton consigned to interior mills and other British shipments at Vera Cruz. The British ambassador informed the state department of these actions in Mexico City.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
State Department
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Madison Cave
Louisville
Kentucky
DR. Wray Oneal
Naples
Maly
Cassino
Tri-City District Association
Carlyle
Frank P. Newkirk
Albert Gross
Providence, R. I
Emil Johnson
Kaiser
Bourse Gazette
Paris
Umeiai
Lys
Poesele
Dixmude
Ypres
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Argonne
Lorraine
Flanders
Metz
Labassee
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Poland
England
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Lizard
Booth
Anthony
Berne
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Mulhausen
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Lisbon
Exchange
Wisconsin Commission
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