Lewis in Lead as UMWA Election Returns Trickle In
Indiana district officials backed by revocation of local charters against Lewis create a close Illinois result. Friends of Thomas Lewis predict a larger overall majority than last year despite Green winning Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Ballots from national headquarters show Lewis carrying anthracite districts and holding in Iowa and Kansas.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Lewis
William Green
Ohio
Lewis
Iowa
Kansas
Green
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
WENT INTO DITCH Passengers on Burlington Limited Have a Close Call Near Chicago
Thirty two persons injured when the Oriental Limited derailed near Western Springs Illinois after a tail broke. Among the passengers was George H Snowden fiance of Miss Louise Taft niece of President Taft en route to New York for his wedding. Rescue trains moved victims to Chicago Lagrange and Aurora as crews battled cold and danger of fire in the wreck.
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Chicago
Oriental Limited
Burlington
Western Springs
Lagrange
George H. Snowden
Louise Taft
Taft
New York
Seattle
Wash
Aurora
Crook Surrenders in Bloomington Details Robbery Career
John Sullivan surrendered in Bloomington telling of a life of crime from Montana to New York. He claimed the Morgan Vermont post office robbery of 1908 yielded 2700 dollars and named accomplices George Edwards and John Williams. He said he served time in Massachusetts and Rochester and planned to reform and live honestly.
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Bloomington
Ill
John Sullivan
United States Army
Montana
Sullivan
Morgan, Vt
George Edwards
Portland Fatty
John Williams
Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts
Rochester
N. Y
New York City
Corn Expo Planned for Lexington
A permanent organization was formed at a meeting in Lexington Kentucky to hold an annual corn exposition. The aim is to interest Bluegrass residents in improving Indian corn grain cultivation and production.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Bluegrass
Robbers Blow Safe At Speeds Store In Henryville Area
In Speeds ten miles south of Henryville the Louisville Cement company's general store safe was blown open and a large amount of money stolen. Entry gained through a window.
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Henryville
Ind
Louisville Cement Company
Robbery at Hunterton strands railroad agent
Boyd Coates, agent for the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad at Hunterton, was bound and gagged by two robbers who fled after taking a small sum. He crawled to a telegraph key, got a Fort Wayne dispatcher to alert Hunterton, and the cash and watch he discarded into a waste basket were not recovered by the intruders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Boyd Coates
Grand Rabids & Indiana Railroad
Hunterton
Coates
Indianapolis hears of illegal organization beyond the Black Hand
In police court C. C. Pettijohn claims an Indianapolis group worse than the Black Hand exists and could be exposed with proper inquiry. Thomas Cefyddi and John Mayer face robbery charges. both are discharged. The Harris murder case remains unresolved as detectives fail to tie Corydon and Mayer to the crime, while Luka is bound over as a key witness.
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Indianapolis
C. C. Petttijohn
Black Hand
Thomas Céfyddi
John Mayer
Nestor Luka
George Flesher
Jefferson Harris
Harris
Katie Clegg
Jacob King
Gus Guiffre
Guiffre
Gutffre
Antonio Mascari
King
Katie Clegz
Corydon
Mayer
Corydan
Luka
Flesher
Pettijohn
Corydon and
West Pearl Street
Captain Manning
Manning
Girl dies after unsafe use of toy stove
East St. Louis report says six year old died after using a toy stove Edward Coming gave her. She lit a fire with kerosene in imitation of her mother, leading to fatal injuries before Christmas.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Edward Coming
Death at the Crossing in Augusta Kentucky
John MM Jones a liveryman was instantly killed at the Upper street crossing when his buggy was struck by a train. The horse also died instantly and Jones’s neck was broken in the accident.
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Augusta
John MM. Jones
Upper Street
Jones
Night Rider jury unable to agree in Rankin murder case
In Union City Tennessee on December 20 the jury in the murder case of Quentin Rankin against defendants Garrett Johnson and Arthur Clear reported they could not reach a verdict.
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Union City
Tenn
Garrett, Johnson
Arthur Clear
Quentin Rankin
Old Pennsylvania Assemblyman Fatally Burned at Home
Thomas Valentine Cooper, veteran politician and the eldest Pennsylvania assemblyman, died at his Media home after a cigar ignited his bathrobe while he slept on a sofa. The incident occurred December 20 and investigators labeled it a fatal fire.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Valentine Cooper
Pennsylvania
Media
Ghostly confession seals Stephen Cole murder plea
Stephen Cole, haunted by visions of his slain cousin George, confessed to first degree murder in Washington Indiana. He pled guilty and received a life sentence, after his son Charles faced possible charges as an accessory and his wife’s threats of exposure spurred the admission.
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Stephen Cole
Washington
Ind
Daviess County
George Cole
Michigan City
Indiana
Charles
Cole
Knox County
Hastings
Woman Convicted in Laporte County Jury Finds Subornation
In Laporte Indiana Mrs Cromwell and her husband Clinton Cromwell were found guilty of subornation of perjury and sentenced to one to twenty one years in the penitentiary. Orland Rhoades who provided false testimony also received a penitentiary term. It marks the first woman conviction in Laporte county in many years.
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Laporte, Ind
Clinton Cromwell
Cromwell
Orland Rhoades
Laporte County
Prison brothers reunited by same agency in Fort Wayne
John and Alexander Baker, brothers separated by the law, are reunited by the same agency in Fort Wayne Indiana. If Alex Baker does not win a new trial he faces an indeterminate sentence of one to eight years at Michigan City for stealing an overcoat from Joe Faulkner. Their father John Baker is serving a life sentence at Michigan City for complicity in the murder of Marshal Columbus Croy of Woodburn.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John
Alexander Baker
Alex
Michigan City
Joe Faulkner
Columbus Croy
Woodburn
Quarrel Ends in Tragedy in Evansville Saloon
George Cline nineteen and Owen Logsden sixteen quarreled in a saloon. The dispute followed them outside where Cline was stabbed with a dirk and died a few hours later.
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Evansville
Ind
George Cline
Owen Logsden
Cline
This Boy Had a Close Call
In Henryville Indiana on December 20 a freight train on the P C C S L railroad struck a wagon carrying Lou Smith seventeen. The wagon was demolished but Smith escaped with slight injuries.
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Henryville
Ind
Lou's Smith
Smith
Death Follows Election Quarrel at Grange Corner
In Rockville Indiana on December 20 Chauncey Belp shot and killed Ralph Bryant after a dispute over the election of supervisors at Grange Corner Belp has not been arrested both men leave families a local tragedy from a quarrel turning fatal
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Rockville
Ind
Grange Corner
Chauncey Belp
Ralph Bryant
Belp
King Edward VII Forgives Dowager Duchess Consuelo
The article recalls King Edward VII forgiving Consuelo, Dowager Duchess of Manchester, after a breach of confidence in 1909 about Asquith’s resignation. Once close confidants, she fell from favor, was excluded from events, then gradually restored to the royal high society circle, with the king visiting her in bed and keeping her physician at her side during illness.
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Edward VII
Duchess of Manchester
England
Consuelo
London
Biarritz
Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
Edward
Lord Mandeville
Alexandra
Kerry House
Europe
Lord Desborough
Taplow
Buckingham Palace
His
Grosvenor Square
Plan for Open Football to Reform Opening Play
Pittsburg Washington and Jefferson colleges will send three representatives to a New York conference on December 28 to draft a rule change. The proposed rule requires five yards behind the center on the first snap, with the ball passed back fifteen feet to avoid mass plays and injuries, forcing runs outside the tackles or a quick kick to open the game.
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Pittsburg
Washington and Jefferson
New York
Geometry Practical Bridges Theory And Football
Professor H E Slaught of the University of Chicago plans a geometry textbook that makes the subject practical. The text shows diagrams including a triangle with a stream, a tree growing on a perpendicular side, a stained glass window, and cut glass bowl hexagons. It includes a theorem on kicking angle and a method to measure a tree without climbing.
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Slaught
H. E. Slaught
University of Chicago
The Children's Queen Helena Aids Earthquake Children
Queen Helena of Italy earns the title children’s queen for her relief work after the Messina earthquake and her ongoing devotion to Rome’s youngsters since ascending the throne.
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Helena
Italy
Messina
Rome
Old French Junk from Panama Sent to New York for Sale
The Panama Canal Commission begins moving about 100000 tons of old French locomotives dump cars tanks girders dredges and more to New York by biweekly shipments on the Ancon and Cristobal. Most will be sold off and much will be scrapped with proceeds offsetting canal costs.
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New York
Isthmian Canal
Isthmus
New York City
French Canal Company
Ancon
Cristobal
Sam
Uncle Sam
Chagres
Rio Grande River
Atlantic
Pacific
Yale honors first Orient student with Ten Eyck prize
Yan Hsiang Tsao, a Chinese Yale junior, won the Ten Eyck prize at the annual exhibition. He spoke on America and the Far East. Established by the Kingsley Trust in 1888, the prize is among Yale's largest honors.
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Yale
Yan Hsiang Ts’ao
Yale University
Orient
America
Far East
Kingsley Trust Company
Henry J. Ten Eyck
Rockport Office on Main Street Announces Practice Courts
In Rockport Indiana an office on the ground floor south side of Main Street invites practice sessions across all courts. Local authorities and staff emphasize accessibility and convenient hours for community use.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
F.J. Reinhard
Arch Stevenson
Main Street
Main St
B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug
Main and
Third Streets
Occidental Hotel
Krieger
Fourth Street
Main Home
Cumberland
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Burlington Limited
Cousin
Tence
Mrs. Cromwell
Panama
M. Swan
W. C. Mason
Swan & Mason
J. W Burns
F. A. Hearing
J.P. Burns
Burns, Hearing & Burns Lawyers
W.M. Smith, W. A. McCullough Smith & McCullough Lawyers
L. N. Savage
R. E. Roberts
Eva Buxton
Chase
Poole
Oklahoma
Fred B. Eiibhling
Porum
First National Bank
Bank OF Commerce
Home Insurance and Loan Company
East 4Th Street
Farmer's Bank
D. C. Pattridge
Wm.e. Hartley
Rob't Luckado’s
A. G. Whiting
Fendrich
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