Nicaragua Crisis: Estrada Claims Impregnable Position
President Estrada and provisional government officials in Washington deny Zelaya victories and vow no concessions. Navy orders Tacoma to join Des Moines at Bluefields while 700 Marines sail toward Colon to protect American interests and support operations to Corinto if needed.
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Washington
State Department
Manague
Zelaya
Henry Caldera
Managua
Salvador Castrillo
Estrada
Rama
Bluefields
Navy Department
Tacoma
Colon
Des Moines
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Isthmus
Panama Railroad Company
Buffalo
Panama
Nicaragua
Corinto
Doubt Over Bluefields Danger Report In Nicaragua War
New Orleans reports questioned danger near Bluefields as Zelaya’s forces were not credibly advancing toward Rama. Consul General Richard Sussmann and Estrada supporters cited a Estrada cable denying Zelaya triumph and predicting victory.
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New Orleans
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Richard Sussmann
Estrada
Sussmann
Mr. Sussmann
Bluefields
Mexican Diplomat Creel Arrives in Washington to Confer
Senor Enrique C. Creel former Mexican ambassador and Chihuahua governor has arrived in Washington for talks with Secretary Knox on a peaceful solution to Central American crisis. He carries diplomatic credentials and is to meet Knox at 3 o clock tomorrow. Creel will stay about two weeks.
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Washington
Senor
Enrique C. Creel
Mexico
United States
Chihuahua
State Knox
Central America
Senor Creel
Knox
TERSE TELEGRAMS OF VARIOUS REGIONAL EVENTS
A Virginia legislature poll shows opposition to statewide prohibition. A Racine plant suffered total loss by fire, $600000 in damage. Two Lancaster boys died skating on a one inch thick Conestoga River ice. Rabies spread is claimed by Veranus A. Moore of New York State Veterinary College. H A Willard, Washington magnate and former Willard hotel owner, dies at 88. Pellagra link to dogs cited by Dr. Rushing of Louisiana Medical Society. The National Monetary Commission plans multiple volumes on world monetary systems. A NYC area railroad engine fatally struck Edward Madden and Mrs Rudolph Wagen, of Danbury Conn. A Pennsylvania RR express near Malvern Pa saw John Miller, Pittsburg banker building supervisor, fatally slash his throat.
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Virginia
Racine
Wis
Lancaster
Conestoga River
Veranus A. Moore
New York State Veterinary College
H. A. Willard
Washington
Willard Hotel
Rushing
DeSoto Parish
Rudolph Wagerin
Danbury
Conn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Malvern
John Miller
Melton National Bank
Pittsburg
Indiana Grangers to Meet This Week in Columbus
The annual state grange session opens in Columbus tomorrow for a three day meeting. About 300 to 400 visiting grangers are expected including Aaron Jones of South Bend master of the state grange F J S Robinson of Brazil overseer and W J Banks of Warsaw lecturer. Bartholomew county has three granges Columbus Newbern and Hope and new ones are anticipated as farmers institutes collaborate with the order to expand the movement statewide.
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Columbus
Ind
State Grange
Aaron Jones
South Bend
F. J. S. Robinson
Brazil
W. J. Banks
Warsaw
Indiana
Bartholomew County
Newbern
Hope
Storm's Grim Harvest From Lake Erie Storm Toll
The Cleveland report says the Lake Erie passage storm caused more than 1.9 million dollars in vessel damage. Fifty nine lives are lost, twenty sailors rescued, four boats destroyed, one aground with heavy damages. No survivors expected from Clarion crew. lifeboat No. 4 with nine dead was found in Erie.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Clarion
Bessemer & Marquette
Commodore Perry
Erie
Fireman Vanishes From Engine Near Seymour
Louis M. Vogel fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad disappeared from his engine between Crothersville and Christy south of Seymour. The crew searched unsuccessfully. His cap found on ice near a bridge leads to belief he slipped from the engine and was drowned.
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Seymour
Ind
Louis M. Vogel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crothersville
Christy
Alexander Seeks Alibi in Anna Pelley Murder Case
Cairo Illinois December 13. Grand jury continues evidence on alleged link between Arthur Alexander and Anna Pelley murder. Alexander aims to prove an alibi. The only evidence cited includes a bloodhound visit to his home and a prior statement by James before his lynching.
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Alexander
Cairo
Ill
Arthur Alexander
Anna Pelley
James
Read begins year in penitentiary for dynamite extortion
Denver, Dec 13. Mrs Allen F Read started a one year term in the penitentiary after threats of dynamite against Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps. Judge Shearer overruled motions seeking delay.
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Denver
Col
Allen F. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Shearer
Flelay
Backbone of Strike Broken at Elwood as Court Anticipated
Elwood Indiana December 18 1910 tin plate workers on strike since July face a federal injunction suit from the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. The decision at Indianapolis could end the strike or trigger further trouble. About 400 of 720 workers remain out with many returning to work at Granite City Atlanta and here.
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Elwood
Ind
Tin Plate
Indianapolis
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Tin Plate Company
Granite City
Atlanta
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Steel Trust
Elwood Mills
Tin House
P. J. McArdle
Amalgamated
Supreme Court Upholds Parole Law in Joyce Case
Illinois Supreme Court upholds the 1905 parole law as constitutional in all details. William F. Joyce, convicted of forgery in Cook County, failed to report and was returned to Joliet, his habeas corpus challenge rejected. Joyce must remain in the penitentiary.
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Springfield
Ill
Joliet
Chester
Illinois Supreme Court
General Assembly
William F. Joyce
Cook County
Supreme Court
Joyce
Whisky Movement in Memphis Delays Sends 10000 Packages Out
Memphis authorities did not interfere as over ten thousand sealed whisky packages were moved Sunday by express companies after Saturday shipment delays. Prohibitionists offered no challenge amid legal opinion that interstate shipping from within Tennessee to other states did not violate state law.
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Memphis
Tenn
Agar Begins Prison Term for Embezzlement in Indiana
Henry Agar of Princeton Indiana has begun a prison sentence of two to fourteen years for embezzlement at the Michigan City Indiana facility. Agar says he will spend his leisure time writing a novel about his experiences.
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Michigan City
Ind
Henry Agar
Princeton
Agar
Northwestern student dies in farm accident
Wills Fields of Northwestern University was crushed to death when a tree fell on him while he worked on his father's farm near Trea Mitchell Indiana on December 13.
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Trea. Mitchell
Ind
Wills Fields
Northwestern University
Calhoun for China Glimpse of Chicago Lawyer Appointed Minister
William J. Calhoun of Chicago is named minister to China by President Taft. A lawyer with long public service, he led investigations for McKinley and Roosevelt, taught school in Danville, and served on the Interstate Commerce Commission. He was born in 1848, served in the Civil War, and is now married to Lucy Monroe of Chicago.
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Chicago
Far East
William J. Calhoun
China
Taft
Calhoun, Lyford & Sheean
Pittsburg
Danville I
McKinley
Cuba
Roosevelt
United States
Venezuela
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Calhoun
Mr. Calhoun
Nineteenth
Ohio Volunteers
President McKinley
MacWhinley
Danville
East
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lucy Monroe
Exchange of Professors Promotes Goodwill Among Republics
Secretary Knox proposes an exchange of professorships and students among American republics. The International Bureau of American Republics endorses including the plan in the fourth Pan American Congress at Buenos Aires next summer. The aim is to strengthen ties by using the intellectual resources of western hemisphere nations.
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Knox
International Bureau of American Republics
Buenos Aires
Bureau of American Republics
Latin America
United States
Twelfth Avenue Baptist Opens Church Meat Market
Evansville Indiana church opens a grocery and meat market in a nearby building to raise funds for about 4000 dollars in debts. Goods sold at a small profit with no short weights, pastor Rev. I G S Burdette urges congregation support.
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Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church
Evansville
Ind
I. G. S. Burdette
Seeing Sights in Washington with Ohio delegate group
Representative Thornsberry led Ohio constituents through the House in a morning tour. Homer Davenport and his Ari slave boy drew crowds as they mingled with visitors until the jovial Representative Hughes from New Jersey arrived in the lobby.
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Washington
Thornsberry
Ohio
House of Representatives
Homer Davenport
Hughes
New Jersey
Billy Hughes
Mr. Ansberry
Taft Wins Grand Prize at Missouri Poultry Show
Taft the turkey weighing 55 pounds won the grand prize at the Missouri state poultry show in St. Louis, beating 150 competitors from 23 states and Canada. Taft is owned by S. C. Havens of Shelbyville, Indiana.
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Taft
Canada
St. Louis
5S. C. Havens of
Shelbyville
Ind
Worcester Inventor Quietly Demonstrates Three-Man Aeroplane
Wallace B. Tillinghast of Worcester Mass reports a monoplane capable of carrying three passengers with 200 pounds each, flying at 120 miles per hour for 300 miles without fuel stops. He says it traveled from New York to Liberty Statue to Boston and back without alighting on Sept 8.
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Worcester
Mass
Wallace B. Til-inghast
Tillinghast
New York City
Boston
Tilinghast
Rheims
Supreme Court blocks Spiller deportation in Panama case
The Panama Supreme Court issues a long habeas corpus ruling in the W. H. Spiller case, holding no cause for deportation and restoring his civil rights. The decision follows a clash with canal zone authorities who sought his removal for allegedly inducing employees to leave the zone. The ruling sparks commentary over the government’s deportation stance.
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Panama
Supreme Court
W. H. Spiller
Canal Zone
Spiller
United States
Sheriff leaves Mt. Carmel after ruling on tramp murder case
Evansville Indiana dispatch reports Sheriff R F Moore from Mt. Carmel Illinois concluded neither Frank Meyers nor Thomas Roache have information about the murder of a tramp whose body was found in a camp near Mt. Carmel last Wednesday.
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Evansville
Ind
R. F. Moore
Mt. Carmel
Frank Meyers
Thomas Roache
Colonel Roosevelt Arrives in Nairobi in Good Health
The Colonel in Good Health reports that Roosevelt has landed in Nairobi British East Africa and is in excellent health. He hoped to bring back a bongo and a giant pig but none were seen and he will attend several dinners during his stay.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Preacher Hurt by Falling Telephone Pole in Indiana
Rev. A. W. Arford pastor of the United Brethren Church at Odon is in critical condition with a skull fracture after being struck by a falling telephone pole in Washington Indiana on December 18.
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Washington, Ind
A. W. Arford
United Brethren Church
Odon
Two Seriously Burned In Nashville House Fire
Nashville Indiana December 13 Mrs Lin zey Chitwood and her infant child were severely burned when a fire destroyed their home. The condition of both is reported serious with neighbors aiding in the emergency.
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Nashville
Ind
Linzey Chitwood
Rockport Court Practice Office Location
Rockport Indiana announces will practice in all courts with offices on the ground floor south side of Main Street.
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Rockport
Court House
Postoffice Building
Main Street
Indiana
Main St
B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug
Main and
Third Streets
Occidental Hotel
Krieger
Fourth Street
Main Home
Cumberland
East 4Th Street
Farmer’s Bank
Hoth
Rob’t Luckado
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R. E. Roberts
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