Taft orders federal probe in McNamara dynamite case
President Taft initiated a federal investigation into the McNamara dynamiting case after visiting Los Angeles and learning of the witnesses and evidence tampering. Indiana authorities faced delays, and federal action followed pressure from Oscar Lawler and Attorney General Wickersham, prompting surrender by the McNamaras and shifting momentum to the state's case.
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Los Angeles
Taft
Indianapolis
McNamaras
Washington
Oscar Lawler
Fredercka
Lawler
McNamara
Wickersham
United States
Miller
W’namanls
Fredericks
Gragnet
Roundup planned in dynamiting case in Indianapolis
Federal investigators resume grand jury hearings with a plan to identify all individuals connected to handling dynamite used in open shop building wreckings over five years. Hundreds of witnesses, including clerks, transport workers, explosives makers, and railroad officials, are summoned as a hidden stash of dynamite and nitroglycerine tied to Indianapolis and nearby sites is noted.
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Indianapolis
Ortie E. McManigal
Tiffin
Ohio
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Rochester
Herbert G. Hockin
Hockin
Be Mayor: Dad to His Son in Jail Be Mayor
Unique letter from Arthur George Hurlbert of Glen Ellyn to son Francis jailed in Greeley on a charge of stealing a watch. The letter urges the son to stay in jail, then return to Greeley, win a mayoral seat, and repay persecutors, while advising study of prison conditions to foster pity for others.
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Greeley
Colo
Arthur George Hurlbert
Glen Ellyn
Chicago
Francis
Detective Burns Leaves for Washington to Aid Erectors Inquiry
W. J. Burns, the detective, who has been consulting with officials of the Erectors' association, departed last night for Washington and New York. He will return here Friday. He warned that more dynamite had been planted in the east than has ever been found, and may remain in place as those who hid it are unlikely to remove it now.
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W. J. Burns
Erectors’ Association
Washington
New York
Burns
Democrats Win in Arizona Election
Phoenix reports a sweeping Democratic victory across state offices and Senate seats in the first Arizona election. Republican leaders acknowledge the result, with no official tallies yet. A recall of judges amendment passed with near unanimity. Murder suspect “Big Fred” arrested near Paria Illinois. United States Steel shares surged, led by heavy buying, pushing prices up sharply.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Cleveland
Chicago
Big Fred
Edmund Kaufman
Oakland
Paria
Weather summary for night and Thursday forecasts
The forecast calls for cloudy unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with moderate temperatures. Low around freezing, 7 am reading 29, yesterday’s high 38, no precipitation, wind 3 mph, humidity 81 at 7 pm and 95 at 7 am, water stage 5.6 with a .1 rise in 24 hours. Mercury visible. moon rises 1:18 am. sun sets 4:29 pm and rises 7:13 am.
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J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Party of Business Men Proposed in National Meeting
Chicago December 13 The National Business congress heard John Ball Osborne on Promotion of American Foreign Commerce and Clarence Jones on Currency. Resolutions urge ratification and call for a new party composed wholly of business men to lobby for favorable legislation.
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Chicago
National Business Congress
John Ball Osborne
Clarence Jones
Cummins
Iowa
Supreme Court
Perkins
Washington
George W. Perkins
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Interstate Committee
Busines Court
Congress
St Patrick Day Kept As Holy Day By Papal Decree
Rome reports a papal decree changes the status of St Patrick day as a holy day not bound by fasting or abstinence while still observed. In other news Fred J Glover chief engineer at Silvis railway shops resigns effective Friday the 15th and a successor is not named.
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Rome
Holy See
Silvis
Fred J. Glover
Senate in session hears defense witnesses on Lorimer probe
In a two hour session the Lorimer investigating committee heard defense witnesses. Nominations were confirmed in executive session. The body adjourned to 2 p m, then to noon today.
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Senate
Lorimer
National Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Committee
Vardaman
Mississippi
Six Billion Copies Carried in Mail Reported to Congress
A House inquiry shows publishers produced over six billion five hundred million copies weighing 1.75 billion pounds in the last fiscal year. The postal service moved about 51 million pounds for a penny per pound, with most bulk shipments at fractions of a cent per pound.
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Washington
House Committee
Postal Service
Express
Sulzer
House
Russia
Congress
House Steel Committee
Steel Corporation
Taft
Judson LaMoure, Jr
District of
North and
South Dakota
Lorimer Case Nearing End as Witnesses Finish
Washington December 13 prospects rise for quick Lorimer probe end as counsel plans to place Lorimer on the stand soon. The committee has one or two witnesses left and Judge Haneey says extended testimony may follow. Patrick F McCarthy of Davenport Iowa was called as a witness.
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Lorimer
Haneey
Illinois
Senate
Patrick F. McCarthy
Davenport
Iowa
Hyde Jury Held A Week For Waldron
Kansas City December 13. The Hyde murder case jury remains intact for a week as juror Waldron is still missing. Judge Porterfield kept 11 jurors in place hoping Waldron reappears competent to resume duty. Police and deputies search continues after Waldron vanished from the jury hotelMonday.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Harry Waldron
Porterfield
Waldron
Reidy Werby
Waldrons
Steamer Carrying Royalty Grounded Off Moroccan Coast
The Delhi steamer carrying the Duke of Fife and family ran ashore south of Cape Spartel on the Moroccan coast. Rescue efforts, aided by French forces, saved the women and children amid a storm. Also, Thomas J. Lynch was reelected president of the National League in New York, with calls for peace between leagues.
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Peniinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Delhi
Duke of Fife
King George
Egypt
Cape Spartol
Moroccan
Weymouth
Friant
Tangier
Lynch
New York
Thomas J. Lynch
National League
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Herrmann
National Commission
Backed by Chum Miss Graham Faces Prosecution Witness Testimony
New York December witness Miss Conrad testifies that she and Miss Graham shot W. E. D. Stokes in self defense last June. Graham denies intent to injure Stokes and recounts a struggle in which Stokes grabbed her throat and a pistol was fired during their confrontation.
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New York
W. E. D. Stokes
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
Miss Conrad
Mr. Stokes
Miss Graham
Stokes
Buckner
Louis Miller
Plattsburg
Peace talks in Shanghai advance amid Manchu plans
Shanghai reports Tang Shao Yi will press for favorable terms for the Manchus after conferring with General Li. Rebels promise liberal guarantees for royal family status. Preparations begin for a national convention at Nanking. In Hakow a U S gunboat landing protects American missionaries at Yo Chow. Meanwhile Chicago jurors progress slowly in the Packers case and Hoopeston pastor Rev H F Keitch resigns for Berea Kentucky.
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Shanghai
Tang Shao Yi
Tang
Nanking
Hakow
China
United States
Tung- Ting Lake
Yo Chow
Riot at Carnegie Hall roils pro treaty rally
A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall devolved into a riot as Irish and German demonstrators clashed with supporters of arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. Rabbi Wise struggled to restore order while attendees and speakers, including Nicholas Murray Butler, Andrew Carnegie, and Joseph Choate, watched the disruption unfold amid claims the meeting was not prearranged and accusations of pro England plots.
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Carnegie Hall
Stephen S. Wise
Alphonse G. Keelble
New York State
England
Carnegie ™ Hall
Citizens’ National Committee
Great Britain
France
Andrew Carnegie
Frederic R. Coudert
Carnegie ‘Hall
Joseph H. Choate
Marie” Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Senate
Dr. Butler
Mr. Carnegie
Choate
Senate of the
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Indiana for Taft Declares Mr New
Washington, Dec. 13 Colonel Harry New of Indiana issued a statement responding to Lee, who said Taft cannot carry Indiana next year. New accuses Lee of pushing a prearranged plan and insists Taft is essential for Republican victory. If Taft cannot win Indiana, he argues no Republican can.
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Washington
Harry New
Indiana
Lee
Indiana Republican Central Committee
Taft
New
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