Race riot averted as Savannah murder case grips city
Savannah Ga Dec 11 A brutal triple assault and killings at 401 Perry St left Mrs Eliza Gribble age 70 and her daughter dead while Mrs Maggie Hunter lay near death. Police rearrest J C Hunter after his wife Maggie accused him of the deed. A negro suspect tale sparks a citywide dragnet and mob fears as officers soothe public panic. A Detroit child murder and cold weather notes follow.
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Savannah
Maggie Hunter
Deageet
Savan
Gragnet
Eliza Gribble
Carrie Ohlander
Savanosh Hospital
Yamacrow
Perry Street
Earthquake Strikes Guam Damaging Hospital
A strong quake hit Guam at 9 am injuring no one but wrecking the Women's and Children's hospital. The facility is described as untenable and will need about $6,000 in repairs. Guam population is about 10,000, mostly natives, with a Navy coaling station on the island.
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Washington
Guam
Navy Department
Son of Rich Cattle Raisers Slain
Dode Mackenzie, heir to the Mackenzie cattle fortune of Murdo Montana Trinidad Colo died when shot by Bud Stevens who was arrested in Lebeau. The incident marks a violent end to a prominent cattle king life with a swift arrest following the shooting.
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Hiram Paulding
United States Navy
Clarence Sophia Lozier
Plainfield
Charleston
S. C
Fredericksburg
Va., By General Burnside
Edward Atkinson
Miss Wardlaw Held for Murder
New York Dec. 11 Miss Virginia Wardlaw aunt of Mrs Snead victim of the East Orange bath tub tragedy was held to await grand jury action on a murder charge. May corn at Top Chicago Dec. 11 May corn touched 64% today a new high record for the crop.
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New York
Virginia Wardlaw
Snead
East Orange
Chicago
Army supplies held by strike may trigger troop action
Washington reports troops could be used to move army supplies stalled in Seattle yards due to the Switchmen's strike. The Dix is at harbor with little cargo and delayed en route to the Philippines while federal authorities probe the situation. In St Paul, 15 to 20 striking switchmen consider returning to work and arbitration to end the strike swiftly.
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Washington
T&e
Seattle
Dix
Philippines
St. Paul
Zelaya Shows New Power In Nicaragua Crisis
Washington reports a significant conference at the navy department with Secretary Meyer and other top officials on Nicaraguan affairs. Marines aboard the Dixie head toward Panama to join the Buffalo, signaling a possible Pacific coast move. Bluefields braces as Estrada’s insurgent cause faces US intervention hopes, while Zelaya accuses the US of coercion and seeks investigation into Knox.
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Washington
Navy Department
Meyer
Winthrop
Wainwright
State Wilsorm
D. C
Dixie
Colon
Panama
Buffalo
Pacific
Nicaragua
State Department
Naval
Estrada
Sore Straits
Bluefields
Zelaya
United States
P. Man
Associated Press
Moffat
Des Moines
General Vasquez
Rama
Greytown
Saya
Managua
Knox
Isadore Herera
United Stes
Tetatuca
Bloody crimes awaken France in two sensational killings
Paris reports two grisly murders stirring France today. In Marseilles a wine seller killed his wife and three children and then killed himself by shooting his mother and slashing others with a razor. Near Tonnerre two Swiss cowherds murdered a farmer his wife and four servants in a cowhouse during a robbery.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Tonnerre
Home Rule Pledge by Asquith at Albert Hall
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith pledging Liberal self government for Ireland while urging limitation of Lords power. He repeats his past stance that Ireland must be governed by a system guaranteeing imperial Parliament supremacy yet granting Ireland full self government within that framework.
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London
Albert Hall
Herbert Henry Asquith
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Ireland
House of Commons
Asquith
Cannon Already Showing His Hand as Czar of Lower House
Special correspondence reports Speaker Cannon steering investigations to rules committee, sidelining a sugar trust probe. The five member panel is dominated by Cannon, with Republicans Dalzell and Smith effectively controlling outcomes. The sugar fraud and Ballinger Ballinger Pinchot inquiries face likely death in the pigeonholes of the rules committee.
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Czar
TAV
The
Argus
Washington, D. C
Sugar Trust
House
Senate
Joe
Himsel
Committee On Rules
Gannon
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Aldrich
Smith
Town
Joseph G. Cannon
Uncle Joe
Fearful Blizzard Toll on Lake Erie Details Pending
A flood of bulletins from the lakefront recount the perilous blizzard toll on Lake Erie as authorities continue to gather details. Reports describe ships and crews facing extreme weather with investigations underway into the losses and hazards, while officials urge caution and preparedness for ongoing cold season conditions.
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Lake Erie
Three Score Sailors Lost With Ships In Lake Erie Storm
Cleveland reports deadly Lake Erie storm causing 59 lives lost and 20 sailors rescued. Marquette and Bessemer No 2 car ferry missing with 38 aboard. 18 crew of Clarion crew listed with no survivors. Shipyard losses total over a million dollars. Detroit dispatch notes abandonment of hope for No 2 crew. two ferries, No 1 and other vessels affected. Separate boxing item: Jack Britton defeats Kid Farmer in Savannah in seven rounds.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Clarion
W. C. Richardson
Marquette
Bessemer No. 2
Josiah G. Munro
Richardson
Conneaut
Detroit
Mich
Marquette and Bessemer
Walkerville
Ont
Marquette and Bessemer Dock and Navigation Company
R. R. McLeod
Connenut
Bessemer No
Connéam
Port Stanley
Point Pelee
McLeod
John McLeod
F. Stone
R. C. Smith
E. Wood
E. Buchler
T. Kennedy
Four men trapped in tar vat fire at Pittsburgh plant
Four men were trapped in a tar vat at McClintock and Irvine roofing plant in Pittsburgh as flames closed in. Three died. The fourth, though badly burned, escaped. The workers had been sleeping there during cold weather, not employed at the plant.
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Pitlsburg
McClintock & Irvine Company
Work of Day in Congress Summary
Washington December 11 A report from official records shows the Senate forced over 250 bills and resolutions while considering a revolution proposal urging action regarding Nicaragua and adjournment planned for Monday The House introduced many bills including one for a 32000 post on the west side and a provisional trial measure for contempt cases along with a resolution by a Minnesota member
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Houses
Congress
Senate
Reyner Aulzex
Nicagua
HOUSE
Lundin
Inoels
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