Vote Buying Scandal in Ohio Grows Amid Graft Probes
A flood of indictments arrives at the West Union courthouse as many men plead guilty or face fines and disfranchisement amid a statewide vote buying probe. Gov Harmon backs a legislative inquiry into Adams county graft and hints at broader investigations across Pike Clermont Lawrence Jackson Gallia Scioto Highland Brown counties with payments ranging from a few dollars to five thousand in efforts to influence elections. The grand jury has issued hundreds of indictments and the investigation aims to expose bribers and bribe takers in multiple counties.
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Weather Outlook For Rock Island Area Through Wednesday
Increasing cloudiness with rain or snow late tonight or Wednesday. Moderate temperatures with tonight’s low just below freezing. 7 am temperature 29, yesterday’s high 39, wind 4 mph. No precipitation. Moon rises 4:49 am, Mercury visible 9:12 pm, moon at apogee 252,300 miles.
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Black Hand Bomb Wrecks Tenement in Italian Quarter
Panic gripped New York as a black hand bomb exploded in a lower hallway of a East Fourteenth Street tenement. Two hundred occupants fled to fire escapes and the roof after windows shattered and stairways were wrecked. Salvatore Catino Janio, a lace manufacturer on the ground floor, said he had recently received a letter demanding $1,000 under threat of death or destruction of his property.
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Judge Fawcett Delivers Blow Against Kidnaping Bands
New York December 27. A Brooklyn court delivered a sharp ruling against kidnaping rings as Judge Fawcett decried the crime and rejected calls for the death penalty for such offenses. The decision follows widespread kidnaping incidents in the city and other locales.
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Maria Pappa
Chinese Throne Meets Situation in Peking
The throne responds with firmness to the national assembly’s defiant stance. An edict, noncommittal in tone, signals a move toward a constitutional cabinet and a general parliament. Progressives see a pledge while more radical delegates reassess after Saturday’s memorial denouncing the throne.
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German cruiser Emden sails to Ponape for insurrection
Tsingtao reports Emden sailing to Ponape in the Carolines to quell a reported insurrection. Berlin says the German governor landed there with 160 soldiers. insurgents supposedly number about 250, with the natives largely loyal.
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Emden
Ponape
Carolin Islands
Berlin
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Body of Captain Bennett Found After Yacht Collision
The body of Captain Stuart Bennett, New York magazine writer and Phra yacht owner, was found near Western banks. His wife and crew member Herman Parker are believed drowned after the yacht sank following a Sunday collision. Three crewmen were rescued Monday. six were aboard.
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Stuart Bennett
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Herman Parker
Mother on errand ends in gas fire deaths of two children
Columbus report states Myrtle Sheets aged 4 and Margaret Sheets aged 2 were found burned to death by their mother upon returning from a grocery errand. Authorities believe flames from an open gas fire caused the tragic accident.
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Myrtle Sheets
Margaret Sheets
Dumas Woman's Will Probated In Probate Filing
Chicago December 27 The will of Kn tela L Dumas, whose death W S Morris is jailed for, is probated detailing an estate valued at 10000 dollars with Philp Ray Seeler as sole beneficiary.
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Kntela L. Dumas
W. S. Morris
Philp Ray Seeler
Alton Road's Red Hummer Wrecked
Kansas City dispatch reports Train No 9 known as the Red Hummer from Chicago to Kansas City collided with a freight near Farber Missouri. Three trainmen were killed B Davis M J Crabtree H M Flora. No passengers injured. A second fatality in Parkersburg West Virginia notes three trainmen killed and three injured in a Mercers Bottom collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Mercers Bottom
Lake trade grows two miles up in air
Commerce at Port of Chicago shows a big gain for the past year with more than forty million bushels shipped including wheat and oats. The report by Collector John C. Ames notes 6156 vessels entering and 8,482,575 tons of tonnage, with 6118 entries and 8,386,635 tons of clearances. 1909 figures reflect a growth in both entrances and clearances. Classified shipments include corn 40,626,100 bushels wheat 9,171,503 oats 7,529,628 flour 2,813,997 barrels.
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Brooklyn court convicts Stanilao Pattenza in kidnapping case
Stanilao Pattenza is sentenced to the maximum penalty for kidnapping, an indeterminate 25 to 49 years plus 10 months in state prison. He was found guilty of abducting and holding in captivity 18 year old Giuseppe Longo and 7 year old Michael Rizzo, sons of Brooklyn Italians.
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Giuseppe Longo
Michael Rizzo
Brooklyn
Brave Soldier Is Dead Major William P Huxford Passed Away
Washington telegram reports Major William P Huxford United States Army retired at 66. He served 23 years as recorder of the Loyal Legion and had enlisted in the 4th Michigan then the 162nd New York before joining the regular army. He fought in major Civil War battles.
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Legion of Honor
Washington
Loyal Legion
4Th Michigan Regiment
162Nd New York
Regular Army
State Teachers Gather for Midwinter Meeting in Chicago
Illinois State Teachers association opens tonight in Chicago. Welcoming remarks will be given by Mayor Buase and Chicago school board president Urion. Mrs Elia Flagg Young, superintendent of Chicago schools, delivers the annual address.
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Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Buase
Urion
Chicago School Board
Elia Flagg Young
Rebels Can Defy The Whole Army In Big Bend Region
El Paso report says rebels control the Big Bend area and can defend it against a large force behind protected mountain passes. They are smuggling arms from Texas and sending men to join insurgents in the Sierra Madre west of Chihuahua. A separate item notes Hoxsey soaring to 11 474 feet in a 40 mile gale near Venice after Lathams wrecked a plane.
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Tex
el Paso Herald
Big Bend
Texas
Sierra Madre
Chihuahua
Baltimore and Ohio strike ends after 18 months
Baltimore Maryland December the striking machinists of the Baltimore and Ohio system reach agreement with the company and will return to work. Concessions were made by both sides.
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Baltimore & Ohio System
Seyferlich Named Chicago Fire Marshal
Chicago on December 27 announces First Assistant Fire Marshal Charles Seyferlich was appointed fire marshal, succeeding the late James Horan. The transition marks Seyferlich's rise to lead the city fire department.
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Horan
Chicago
Charles Seyferlich
James Horan
Taft to Stand by Archbald Nomination to Federal Court
Special correspondence notes President Taft intends to support Judge Robert W. Archbald's federal court of commerce nomination. Archbald, once a partner in Amity Coal, faced a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling calling that firm a fraud. Taft reportedly sees no prior warnings about Archbald's record, though disclosures annoy him. Senate fate looks aided by reactionaries in control, with a subcommittee led by Senator Dillingham considering the matter.
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Robert W. Archbald
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Wright camp aviator wrecks Antoinette aircraft in crash
Parmalee Brookins and Latham braved a 1 pm start in an expedition that lasted two hours and fifteen minutes against a head sea wind. An adverse current sent the Antoinette into a fence and gully, leaving the machine a tangled mass. The French pilot escaped unharmed though his craft was destroyed except for the motor.
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No Fight in Bath Tub Trust Denied by Stetson
Mrs Augusta E Stetson excommunicated leader of New York First Church of Christ Scientist issues first statement denying the Boston directors powers to depose her She contends in divine metaphysics truth defeats mortal mind and malignant magnetism while asserting the sword of the spirit will defend her against attacks from rivals in Boston Washington reports indicate no further opposition to injunctions in the bath tub trust case with four firms pledging to operate independently and prosecutors pursuing jail terms if convicted
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Christian Science Cult
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Christ
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Department of Justice
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Million Dollars in Gifts Sent by Chicago Post Office
Chicago December 27 report from Superintendent Schlossman shows gifts totaling over 1.4 million dollars sent via money order department this year. More than 1.4 million went to foreign countries.
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Chicago Postofice
Schlossman
Money Crater Department
Two Million Bond Fixed for Banker
Lisbon December 27 The record in court bonds was broken yesterday when former Premier J Luciano de Castro was held in jail along with twelve former governors and directors of the Portuguese Credit Foncier bank on a charge of using legal methods in the institution. All were released on bail. Castro, a paralytic, could not appear before the magistrate. His bail was supplied by four capitalist friends.
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J. Luciano de Castro
Portuguese Credit Foncier Bank
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Castro
Blame Basketball Injuries Linked to Youth's Death
Chicago reports say Harvey Kerr of South Chicago died from injuries suffered in a basketball incident in Champaign ten days earlier. Police reports attribute the fatal outcome to those injuries. Kerr was 19 years old.
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Champaign, Jr
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Officer Seizes A Bank In New York City
The Northern Bank of New York at 215 West 125th Street with deposits around 6 million was taken over today by Superintendent Cheney. He cited irregular transactions and conditions, saying action was for depositors' protection. The bank's capital stood at 790 thousand with a book surplus of 185 thousand at the last statement and deposits about 6.9 million.
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Bronx
Cheney
Back After Five Years Surrenders in Milwaukee Loan Case
Frank J. Heller, former secretary of the Skarb Polski Loan and Building Society of Milwaukee, who vanished five years ago while charged with a shortage of funds, surrendered this afternoon in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
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Honor system futile as prisoners escape Kansas City farm
Eleven Kansas City prisoners on the city farm escaped today after the place was left unguarded by the honor system. Twenty four prisoners refused to take the opportunity to escape. Drowning at Keokuk near Keokuk Iowa a three year old girl named Rare Stout fell into the Micetesine river while crossing with her family. The current carried her away. Mattoon Has 11 456 Washington December 27 The population of Mattoon Illinois is 11456 an increase of 1908.
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One Not Candidate for Youngs Place Des Ones Owa Sec 27
Carvell today announced he is a candidate for the United States vote before the coming legislature. He favors Senator Young.
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Owa
Carvell
United States
Senator Young
Auto Killed Child Woman Is Sentenced
Fort Wayne Indiana December 27 Mrs Ross Seldel Trescett wife of a business man today pleaded guilty to manslaughter for running over and killing Irene Cox nine years old August 20 last She was sentenced to two to twenty one years in prison but the sentence was suspended and she paid for Irene Cox laborer of the child five thousand three hundred dollars
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