Verdict on 40 men in dynamite cases near close
Indianapolis December 27 jurors may reach verdicts today in dynamite prosecutions involving 40 defendants linked to iron workers union and others. About 100 special deputies guarded the Federal Building as crowds pressed to witness the trial’s closing scenes. Judge Anderson adjourned to 2:30 pm and again to 9:30 am tomorrow as jurors work through three months of testimony. The defendants include Frank M. Ryan and many union leaders across the country.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Building
Clar ‘Trehmoe
California Building Trades Council
Hiram Airline
Muncie
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Iron Workers’ Union
Anderson
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Herbert 8. Hockle
Detroit
Olaf A. Trehmoe
San Francisco
Cal
Eugene A. Clancy
Phillip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Michael J. Young
Boston
Frank J. Higgins
J. E. Mansey
Salt Lake
Utah
Frank C. Webb
New York
Patrick F. Farrell
John H. Barry
St. Louie
Paul J. Morrin
St. Louis
Henry W. Legleitner
Denver
Charles N. Deum
Minneapolis
Herman G. Seiffert
Milwaukee
William E. Reddin
Michael J. Cunnan
Philadelphia
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Frank J. Murphy
Ernest G. W. Basey
Hiram R. Kline
Munele
James Cooney
James H. Coughlin
Willam Shupe
Edward Smythe
Peoria
Ill
James E. Hay
Murray L. Pennell
Springfield
Daniel Buckley
Davenport
Iowa
William C. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wilford Bert Brown
Kansas City
William J. McCain
Frank Printer
Omaha
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
George Anderson
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Edward E. Phillips
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles Wachtmeister
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
Mine
Fred Sherman
Indianapolilis
Freer Held Without Bail For Conway Death
A coroner's jury in Chicago bound Thomas Freer, financial secretary of the United Steamfitters Local, over to the grand jury without bail on a murder charge after he killed James Conway, a finance committee member. In Rockford, Mr and Mrs William S Neville of Flagg Center will be buried together in one grave Sunday after both died of pneumonia over Christmas.
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Freer
Conway
Chicago
Thomas Freer
United Steamfitters
James Conway
Rockford
Ill
William
Neville
Flagg Center
New Senator as Santa is Singed in Garden City Incident
United States Senator elect Thompson played Santa for a house full of children when candles ignited his costume. Furs and cotton trimmings caught fire, burning his hands and singeing his hat and eyebrows. He rolled on the floor, wrapped himself in a rug, and smothered the flames.
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Garden City
Kan
Santa Claus
United States
Elect Thompson
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
The forecast covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity. Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures and a low around 25 degrees. The 7 am temperature is 20 with a high yesterday of 39 and a low last night of 19. Winds 12 mph. No precipitation. Humidity 76 at 7 pm and 78 at 7 am. Water stage 0.25 rising 1 inch in 24 hours. Astronomical events note Venus Saturn visible at night and Mars Mercury Jupiter in the morning.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Sherier
Illinois banks gain loans while deposits slide overall
Illinois national banks outside Chicago added over 2 million dollars in loans and discounts in the three months ending November 26, but deposits fell by a similar amount. The report from Controller of the Currency Murray covers 441 reserve banks and details assets, liabilities, and reserve metrics, with totals around 307.5 million dollars in resources and 205.6 million in individual deposits.
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Washington, D. C
Illinois
Chicago
Murray
U. S
United States
U.S
Revival Factions Clash Over City Tabernacle Work
Cleveland labor groups declare a boycott against a Franklin Avenue tabernacle project where Milford Lyon plans revival services. Nonunion labor is used. carpenters threaten action over elders and church leaders on site as construction proceeds with West Side churches oversight. A Kaiser lineage note follows with a birth for Prince August William of Prussia.
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Cleveland
Cleland Federation of Labor
Franklin Avenue
West Fifty-eighth Street
Milford Lyon
Chicago
West Side
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Bulgaria to Resume War Reported in Berlin
Berlin reports Bulgaria plans to resume hostilities, with the war minister calling up recruits and summoning men up to age 69. The dispatch notes preparations include 1914 enrollments as Bulgaria readies its colors.
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Bulgaria
Berlin
Rustchuk
Prince OF Albanes
Paris
Ahmed Fuad
Egypt
Albania
Temps
Fuad
Avlona
Count von Berchthold
Vienna
Washington
Europe
American Red Cross
Thesecays
Red Cross
Asia Minor
London
Constantinople
St. James Palace
Turkey
Count von Berchtholdt
Rechad Pasha
Janina
Dardanelles
Pratt a peddler of coke is fined
Chicago police linked Harry Pratt to distributing free small packets of cocaine to youths in pool halls to create customers, then profit from their patronage. He was fined 20 dollars. authorities found a dozen large boxes of the drug in his room.
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Chicago
Harry Pratt
Turkish response mocks drive on Saloniki and Adrianople
The piece reports Turkish leaders belittling the effort to hold Adrianople and Saloniki. General Danglis vows Greece will defend its ancient heroes as Ottoman plans for a bold offensive toward Philippopolis and Saloniki are discussed, with Bulgarian fears of breakthrough.
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Turkey
Adrianople
Janina
Scutari
Saloniki
Danglis
Tchataija
Philippopolis
Freight charges held excessive in copper rate dispute
The interstate commerce commission ruled refined copper shipments from Michigan's upper peninsula to Detroit faced unduly favorable rates compared with New York City. NYC rates were three cents per hundred higher than Detroit, so the commission ordered a minimum differential of 19 cents and directed carriers to readjust rates accordingly.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Detroit
New York City
Funeral dispute over undertaker contracts in Congress
Washington reports a chaotic scene after Charles Curtis died. A widow hired a Republican colored undertaker, a Democrat clashed and was arrested. Arbiter Jerry South ruled both charges excessive and undignified, awarding the contract to a white undertaker, later revealed to be a bull mooser. Additional notices: Leonard C. Bryan found dead in Rock River. foul play suspected.
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Washington
Charles Curtis
House of Representatives
Robinson
Curtis
Jerry South
Arkansas
House
Representative Cox
Indiana
South
Massacre Wipes Away a Village in Papua
A Port Moresby dispatch reports Lemna natives massacred virtually the entire native village of Papua in British New Guinea. Men women and children perished as the assailants passed through en route to their own settlement, leaving a scene of terrible cruelties.
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Sydney
Port Horesby
British New Guinea
Papua
Farmers urged to grow sugar beets to bolster industry
Washington reports the US consumes 82 pounds of sugar per person yearly but produces only about 10. Sugar not yet meeting demand. total annual production valued at $15 million with consumption near $117 million. Beet sugar shows growth potential, with 66 factories in 17 states using 5,062,333 tons of beets on 473,877 acres. 1.6 million additional acres needed to replace imports.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Christmas Rig Collision Kills Whole Family Near Champaign
Edward H. Miller his wife and two children died when their vehicle was struck four miles south of Champaign by the Illinois Central Panama limited at a grade crossing. Opal Scott a neighbor’s child was fatally hurt and taken to a local hospital as the injured girl.
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Champaign
Edward H. Miller
Illnois Central Panama
Opal Scott
Millers
Jealousy blamed in Millbury mill double tragedy
In Millbury Massachusetts Clara Lemay fourteen was shot and killed by Charles Adams fifteen as she entered Cordis cotton mill The boy then shot himself and died later Police say jealousy sparked the fatal incident
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Millbury
Mass
Clara Lemay
Cordis
Charles Adams
Hinself
Jealousy Causes Mill Shutdown For Day
A case of jealousy unsettled the work crew prompting mill management to close operations for the day. Operatives were disturbed and the facility remained shut until further notice.
Husband Meant to Increase Alimony From $15 Weekly
Pittsburgh, Dec. 27. H. B. Kirkland, vice president and sales manager of the American Conduit Company, sought to raise alimony from $15 a week as he claims $6,000 a year is insufficient. He cited $1,900 annual entertainment needs and $85 monthly rent for his East End suite, noting he owes money in New York and to the conduit firm. The court reserved decision.
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Pittsburgh
H. B. Kirkland
American Conduit Company
Kirkland
New York
East End
Fire sweeps towns as flames ruin several buildings
Across three states on December 27 fires damaged multiple towns. Monroe City Missouri saw $25,000 in losses with the Conway & Proctor lumber yard and nearby structures burning while Quincy responded with aid. Separate fires in Janesville Wisconsin and Shawnee Oklahoma caused further damage and injuries. Congressman John G. McHenry of Pennsylvania also died.
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Quincy
Ill
Monroe City
Conway & Proctor
McCallister
Bristow Machine Company
Setle & Dawson
Janesville
Wis
T. M. Purtell
Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie
Arthur Brown
William
Old Home to Pay Honor to Gov Wilson in N J
Gov and Mrs Wilson depart Princeton in drizzle for Staunton where a warm welcome awaits the future president. National Chairman McCombs travels with Virginians in New York and hints at cabinet plans to be announced by March 1.Washington readies bonfires and an ovation as Wilson returns to his birthplace Staunton Va for a Virginia homecoming parade and ceremony.
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Wilson
Princeton
N. J
Staunton
Princeton Junction
McCombs
New York
Philadelphia
Capital
Washington
Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
Potomac
Congress
Stanton
New Illinois car lines planned in a merger
Mattoon December 27 plans to create a statewide interurban network rivaling Illinois Traction. Central Illinois Public Service merges power plants and interurban interests into a large corporation to extend lines from Mattoon to Charleston, Pana, Harrisburg, Taylorville, Nokomis, and possibly Springfield, with new plants at Kincaid and Harrisburg and existing lines serving Mattoon.
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Mattoon
Ill
Illinois Traction System
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Illinois
Theompany
Kincaid
Harrisburg
Charleston
Pana
Taylorville
Nokomis
Springfield
French Vessels Lost in a Storm Near Havre and Brest
Storms along the English Channel caused damage to Havre harbor and other French coast facilities. Brest reports crowded harbor conditions as telegraph and telephone systems faltered across northern and northwestern France. fishing fleets feared frozen with crews ashore.
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Havre
English Channel
Brest
Paris
France
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