Sympathy Withheld over Panama War Fear in Bogota
Diplomatic pressure from several European powers is urged to deter Colombia from retaking Panama and provoking a war with the United States. General Rafael Reyes fears unrest at home as European envoys press Bogota to abandon plans and accept no sympathy for any Panama move. Some diplomats doubt a Hague reference will be sought and report Colombian troops may remain on the Island of Pines with limited U.S. naval response.
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Washington
Colombia
United States
Rafael Reyes
Panama
Bogota
Europe
Rozota
Marroquin
Reyes
Hague
General Reyes
Keyes
Isthmian Canal
Isle of Pines
Unlik
Island of Pines
Colon
Mother of Gov Cummins of Iowa called to rest
Des Moines reports the death of Governor Cummins mother from pneumonia. The governor was at her bedside at the moment of death after arriving from Boston a week earlier, with constant vigil by his side.
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Cummins
Iowa
Des Moines
Pneumor
Boston
Peculiar Finding in Illinois Coroner Jury Verdict
Mount Carmel IL Dec 22 The coroner s jury found James Reinsmith guilty of willful murder in the death of Mrs Elizabeth Lacey aged 72 who was killed Sunday night in her home seven miles from Mount Carmel The killer fired through a window and fled amid frozen ground with few leads Reinsmith reportedly estranged from Mrs Lacey s daughter and said to have been in Oxford Kansas the past three weeks Dispatches from that place were cited by the coroner jury as context for the verdict The jury declared the death caused by an unknown person or persons but found Reinsmith guilty on circumstantial evidence.
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Mount Carmel
James Reinsmith
Elizabeth Lacey
Llow. Rheinsmith
Papers Should Have Jack the Ripper Been Suppressed
New York dispatch reports a postponed hearing in shipbuilding receivership due to counsel illness. Guthrie cites private letters and telegrams between Schwab firm and underwriters. both sides seek the leak source as court considers contempt. Separate item: Swedish sailor Totterman tied to Sarah Martin murder case. detectives link shoes and sweater in Bridgeport, Totterman identified by hotel owner and others, and arraigned on suspicions. Senator Hanna improves after illness at Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
United States Shipbuilding
Untermeyer
Guthrie
Schwab
Nder & Green
Wollman
Emil Totterman
Sarah Martin
Kelly's Hotel
East River
Sailors’ Union
Bridgeport
Fred C. Belano
ER. Totterman
Fred C. Belavo
Totterman
Meigs & Co
Catesmen
McClusky
Garvin
Louis Baldwin
Parker T. Silverman
Dietrich's Counsel Explains Pleading Before Court
General John C Cowin counsel for Senator Dietrich says the pleading before the federal court concerns indictments recently returned against him He explains the report that Dietrich declined to plead to the receiving money for post office appointment indictment is the one he pleaded not guilty to He says the conspiracy indictment was set aside due to a demurrer and the main case will reveal the facts at trial Omaha Dec.
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John C. Cowin
Dietrich
Jacob Fisher
Fisher
Omaha
Dev
Governor Mickey coerced by escaped inmate at capitol
Dexter, an escaped insane inmate of the Grand Island soldiers home, armed with a large paper knife, forced his way into General Mickey’s private office in Lincoln Nebraska. He declared Senator Deitrich under indictment for bribery innocent and compelled the governor to share the view. Capitol employees rushed in, overpowered the man, and removed him.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dee
Clayton
Dexter
Grand Island
Gen
Mickey
Deitrich
Capitol
Professor Moritz Meyer Arrested in Cassel Bank Failure
Berlin December 22 Dr Moritz Meyer once a political economy professor and financial writer has been arrested on fraud charges tied to the Treber Traucknung bank failure at Cassel in July 1901 His wife a former actress is also arrested. he is accused with banker Huge Joewey of helping Treber Traucknung directors deceive the public via newspapers. Pittsburgh December 22 A general wage reduction of about 10 percent is to be implemented at non union iron and steel plants nationwide based on the latest reports.
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Berlin
Moritz Meyer
Technical University of Charlottenburg
Treber‘Tracknung
Cassel
Meyer
Huge J.oewey
Treber’ ‘Traucknung
Pittsburg
Severe boiler explosion at Louis Transit plant kills five
In St Louis a seven boiler explosion at the Louis Transit powerhouse on Jefferson and Geyer avenues wrecked the building. Five workers died and many others were injured as walls collapsed and debris trapped about twenty employees. The total company loss is estimated at 75 000 dollars.
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St. Louis
Louis Transit Company
Jefferson and Geyer Avenues
Teacher files $10000 damage suit in Indiana
Miss Erline Sinclair, a Sullivan County school teacher, sues Floyd and Anna Deckard Gertrude and Jesse McClelland Pearl Parks and Parks alleging they assaulted her on December 8 1910 bound her hands with ropes lashed her to a rail and dumped her in an ice pond The suit seeks damages of 10000 claiming force and arms used against her to punish her refusal to reveal the nature of a promised holiday treat to her pupils
Mrs Rogers Found Guilty of Husband’s Death in Vermont
Mrs Mary A Rogers was found guilty of murdering her husband Marcos Rogers a year ago in Bennington Vermont. The verdict carries the death penalty as her sentence.
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Bennington
Mary A. Rogers
Marcos H. Rogers
Roosevelt Says He Will Not Again Promote Wood
Washington December 22 A Wyoming senator and Senate Military Affairs member says President Roosevelt stated that even if Gen Wood were confirmed as major general the president would not promote him again during his term. The remark addresses Wood's potential rise by seniority to lieutenant general and chief of staff, with lasting implications into 1924. Frederick D Grant is noted as the likely future commander.
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Washington
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Roosevelt
Wood
Gen. Wood
Army
Frederick D. Grant
Record Surgery at St. Josephs Hospital Novel Vertebrae Operation
A pioneering surgery performed by Dr. William Jepson at St. Josephs hospital removes and replaces a part of the third cervical vertebra to treat a broken neck. The patient John Norstrom from Danbury, Conn. is reported to be recovering well. In Chicago, five Columbus Laboratories staff were arrested for operating a distillery center in shopping districts in violation of regulations.
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Sioux City, Lt
St. Joseph's Hospital
William Jepson
State University
John Norstrom
Danbury, Conn
Jepson
Chicago
Columbus Laborateuries
United States
Selomen
United States Revenue
Nurt
Charles Norton
J. A. Westner
A. Gehrmann
Bacterius
M.D
A. 1
Wages to be Cut at Oliver Mining Plants
Noughton, Mich December. The wages of all iron mine employees of the Oliver Mining Company will be reduced starting January 1. The cut is expected to range from 1 to 17 percent, with the smallest cuts for the lowest paid workers. General officers, the superintendent, and top officials across the ranges have already had salaries reduced from 2 to 30 percent.
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Noughton, Mich
Oliver Mining Company
Steel Trust
Cuba Accepts US Proposals For Isle of Pines Arrangements
Washington reports from Sqmers United States minister to Cuba indicate the Cuban government has largely accepted the State Department suggestions for Isle of Pines. Key points include schooling, a simplified judicial form, and an open port for American settlers. The measures will be carried as diplomatic notes rather than amending the Pines treaty.
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Washington
Sqmers
United States
Cub
Lasued
Leninis
State Department
Isle of Tynes
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Brockway Will Be Free Tomorrow
Trenton N Dec 21 Past three score years and ten for more than half a century Brockway was regarded by police as a clever counterfeiters and tomorrow will commence ten years at New Jersey state prison. If he pays a $1,000 fine he will be at liberty. otherwise committed for an indefinite period. Brockway has long resisted revealing the location of a government plate and has thwarted every bribe and scheme to obtain the secret. He studied at Yale, can forge high quality bonds and certificates, and has a long criminal record including arrests in Brooklyn and Morris and Essex railroad scams.
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Trenton
Iscin
William E. Brockway
New Jersey State
Trackway
United States
Bank of
Montreal
Adolph Smith
Libbie Smith
Brockway
Gov
Long Island
Clark
Chicago
Leagrn
T Brockway
Philip Ganzer
Ounce
Brockw
Yale
Brooklyn
Treasury
Morris and Essex
Russia metes out punishment for Kisheneff massacre
In Kisheneff two Russians found guilty of murder were sentenced to seven and five years penal servitude. Twenty-two others received terms from one to two years. One person got months’ imprisonment, twelve were acquitted, and forty-eight civil actions were dismissed. Prosecution costs fall on the convicted.
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Kisheneff
Pec
Nyetshin
Silent Man Leaves Hospital in Des Moines Report
Des Moines dispatch reports a silent man, held for three weeks with intensive sweating, has left the hospital. Authorities suspect the man may be tied to a dynamite gang that terrorized railroads in recent months.
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Des Moines
Eek Island Deectives
Eartham
Brospicion
Rock Island
Bank Robbers Driven Off by Exploding Bells
Bloomington reports a safe blowing gang dynamited the Anchor bank last night. When the office bells rang, the thieves fled, securing vault loot before cutting town wires to block outside contact. Meanwhile in Sunnyside Utah strikers attacked a non union miner’s home. he was rescued by company guards. Brighton Michigan notes a town of widows with 67 married men dead out of 700.
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Bloomington
Mainess
Sunnyside
Utah
Man Tan
Cuares
Diplomatic efforts ease Far East tension amid Japan Russia talks
London reports that Lansdowne and Delcassé pressed Tokio to avert a crisis with Britain and France backing diplomatic restraint. Japan's reply to Russia awaited. officials see continued talks likely and deem war improbable for weeks. France says it will not intervene. Russia remains hopeful of settlement.
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Paris
Dee
Lansdowne
Delcasse
Tokio
Japan
Uritain
Great Britain
France
Offi
Aris
Peking
China
Russia
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Far East
First union label funeral marks strike era
December twenty second news notes the livery drivers union accepting terms as the first union label funeral since the strike began. Undertaker Marks arranged the service with a decedent carried in a "dead" wagon bearing a placard. Six carriages joined the improvised hearse for mourners.
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Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Joseph Orquist
Sioux Rapids
Orquist
Meath
Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Wis. Dee
Marshe A. Forbes
Iowa County
Illinois
Jack the Ripper
Tottermin
James Wheily
Martin
Tottermam
Hanna
Waldorf- Astoria
Srippe
Nebraska
Fall Oi
Germany
Ron Dixo
William Watso
Jesse Thomas
Frank Steele
Louis Barber
Menominee
Midh
H Guest
James Geatty
Wilfred Barney
Joseph Vorachek
Fred
Lake
Distillery IN Fashion
Sioux City
Rae
Columbus Laboratories
Silent Man
Anchor
Brighton
Mich
John Gillaly
Peage
England
Terlin
Greatain
London
Free Office
Union
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