Minister and Heiress Eloped Couple Found in San Francisco
Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, ex pastor of St. George's Hempstead, and Florette Whaley, a seventeen year old heiress, were located Sunday in a San Francisco flat with their baby after eight months of eluding police. They used the names Gerald Balcom and wife. The couple faced legal peril but Cooke pleaded for leniency while recounting his life, marriage woes, and choice of love over status.
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San Francisco
Jere Knode Cooke
Yale
St. George’s Church
Cooke
Los Angeles
Captain Clearey
Morse Patrol Agency
Gerald Balcom
Cocke
Hell
Florette Whaley
Tam
Gerald Palcom
Balcom
M. Miles
Big Suds Poured Into Oklahoma City Sewers
In Oklahoma City on December 21, about 2300 barrels of beer valued at 17560 dollars, owned by the New State Brewery, were poured into city sewers by U S Internal Revenue Collector Charles Howard after statehood. State authorities had prohibited sale and shipment from the state.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Waz
United States Internal Revenue
Charlies Howard
Oklahoma
Actress Henrietta Crosman Files Bankruptcy
New York December 31 A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has been filed by actress Henrietta Crosman and her husband Maurice Campbell in United States district court. The couple cites financial difficulties from the production of The Christian Pilgrim in which Miss Crosman starred as the leading actress. Campbell’s liabilities are $72 558 with $29 447 assets while Crosman’s liabilities are $46 889 with $8 349 assets.
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New York
Henrietta Crosman
Maurice Campbell
United States District Court
Miss Crosman
No Share for First Wife in McDonald Estate
Judge Barnes rules Mary McDonald has no interest in Michael McDonald estate. Trustees not enjoined from delivering her dower to Dora McDonald the second wife awaiting trial for shooting Webster S. Guerin. Dora McDonald arraigned for trial. Mary had knowledge of divorce proceedings and correspondence with Dora after the marriage.
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Chicago
Barnes
Superior Court
Mary McDonald
Michael McDonald
Dora McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
New Jersey
McDonald
Druce’s Body Revealed in Highgate Exhumation
In London on December 31, the coffin of Thomas Charles Druce at Highgate Cemetery was exhumed forty three years after burial. The remains were found to be a human body, debunking the claim of a lead roll and supporting that the 1864 burial was indeed Druce.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate
Robert ©. Caldwell
New York
Druce
Home Office
T. C. Druce
Judge Frees 18 in Coal Lands Case
Denver December 31 Judge Robert E. Lewis of the United States circuit court freed eighteen defendants on charges of legally acquiring coal lands in Colorado under the dummy entry man system. He ruled the government theory in prosecutions is wrong and quashed all indictments except one.
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Denver
Col
Robert E. Lewis
United States Circuit Court
Colorado
Federal Grand Jury
Lewis
New Orleans Stock Exchange to Resume Trading
The New Orleans stock exchange will resume stock trading on January 15 after a halt. Other items note Governor Sparks calling an extra Nevada legislature session for January 14 and a Democratic dollar dinner in Lincoln honoring William Jennings Bryan. Wheat futures slid over three cents on the Chicago exchange amid heavy selling. President Roosevelt and family returned to Washington from Pine Knot Virginia. The San Francisco grand jury indicted four California Safe Deposit and Trust officials for embezzlement. The old gunboat Pinta was surveyed, condemned, and offered for sale at Mare Island. A Paterson New Jersey man killed his wife and then committed suicide.
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New Orleans Stock Exchange
Sparks
Nevada
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Russell Sage
New York
Chicago Exchange
Roosevelt
Washington
Pine Knot
San Francisco
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Mare Island Navy Yard
Charles Bennett
Paterson, N. J
Jennie Mazzolli
Death of Gary grain dealer sparks murder mystery
George Wildermuth a Gary hay and grain dealer was found dead beside Pennsylvania tracks near Crown Point with his head severed. Police suspect murder and robbery on a train after a visit to Logansport. He carried 300 dollars a gold watch and a diamond ring but no valuables remained on the body.
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Gary
Ind
George Wildermuth
Crown Point
Wildermuth
Logansport
Chicago
Zimri Dwiggins Dies In Lincoln Nebraska
News arrives from Lincoln Nebraska of the death of Zimri Dwiggins born in Rensselaer Indiana He founded the Columbian National Bank of Chicago and a bank chain later failed leaving empty vaults and harming relatives He later worked in Nebraska in the insurance business leaving a widow and one child in moderate circumstances
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Rensselaer
Ind
Lincoln, Neb
Zimri Dwiggins
Columbian National Bank of
Chicago
Columbian
Dwiggins
Nebraska
Aged Man Convicted in Malpractice Case
John A. Dodd a Franklin township farmer in Crawfordsville Indiana was sentenced to three to fourteen years in Michigan City for complicity in a malpractice case involving Hazel Houser who lived on his farm. Dodd a Civil War veteran served ten months in Andersonville prison and is aged and feeble not expected to survive the minimum term.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
John A. Dodd
Franklin Township
Hazel Houser
Michigan City
Dodd
Andersonville
Farmer Jealous Delirious Ends Life in Kokomo
Jasmus Zeigler a 54 year old farmer in Kokomo Indiana shot himself while delirious from a headache. He was entertaining friends when he expressed he would rather be dead than live and walked to a adjoining room where he fired a bullet through his heart. He was described as well to do and a man of family.
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Kokomo
Ind
Jasmus Zeigler
Zeigler
Robbers Blow Plainfield Grocery Safe for Nearly 100
Thieves broke into Reagan and Carter's grocery in Plainfield Indiana and blew open the safe taking about 100 dollars. Earlier they entered Joseph H Pruitt's dry goods store and Richard Faucett's drug store, taking small cash from registers. They fled in a buggy stolen from Perry Tuiley.
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Plainfield
Ind
Reagan & Carter
Joseph H. Pruitt
Richard Faucett
Perry Tuiley
Barthel Drowns In Canal Transit Incident At Broad Ripple
Gus Barthel a noted Indianapolis sports figure and longtime roadhouse proprietor at Broad Ripple drowned in the canal on December 31 while crossing the traction bridge en route to the city. He glanced back and lost his balance tumbling into the water.
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Indianapolis
Gus Barthel
Broad Ripple
Barthel
Rigid Cross Examination in Vanest Whitecapping Trial
Columbus Indiana December 31 with Attorney General James Bingham leading the state every defense witness in the whitecapping trial is subjected to a rigid cross examination during the hearing in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ind
James Bingham
Clash Over Democratic State Committee Control in Indiana
Indianapolis December 31 The race between organization and anti organization factions for control of Indiana's Democratic state committee intensifies as conventions approach. Key districts show mixed outcomes with leaders like Taggart supporters and various regional figures vying for chairmanships. The Anti-Saloon League coordinates county races to push temperance policies ahead of the next session.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic State Committee
Taggart
C. V. Menzies
Chas. A. Greathouse
Mt. Vernon
Arch Stephenson
Rockport
Stephenson
Greathouse
Hvansville
Alvin Padgett
Washington
Gilbert Hendren
Bloomfield
Stokes Jackson
Mark Storen
Scottsburg
Adam Heimberger
New Albany
Storen
Hillah Cox
Jasper
Congress
Zenor
Corydon
S. L. Scott
Anti-Saloon League
League
Eighth Wife-Whipper Fined In Evansville
Harvey Hawkins was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to sixty days in jail by Police Judge Winfrey in Evansville Indiana. The case followed an epidemic of wife beating with this being the eighth conviction in a week.
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Evansville
Ind
Harvey Hawkins
Winfrey
Body found in shallow water near Fort Wayne
The body of James Ballinger a farm laborer was found in three feet of water five miles west of Fort Wayne Indiana beside the Pennsylvania railway. The manner of drowning is unknown.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
James Ballinger
Pennsylvania Railway
Japanese boxers seen as future stars say Loughney
A. M. Loughney, who studied jiu jitsu in Japan, predicts the next great prizefighter may come from Japan. He notes Japanese fighters endure pain, study boxing quickly, and that Jiu jitsu training could adapt to prize fighting despite shorter reach. He contrasts Japanese wrestlers’ limited boxing knowledge with samurai elite jiu jitsu practitioners.
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Jeffries
Nippon
A.M. Loughney
Jim Jeffries
Japan
A. M. Loughney
Seattle Times
Loughney
America
United States
Pacific Fleets Pilot Named for Magellan Strait Passage
Captain Greene of the army transport service will pilot the fleet through the Magellan Strait from Punta Arenas around Feb 1. A 56 year old veteran with 17 trips through the strait since 1869 he says the voyage will take about 48 hours with no expected trouble if the channel is known. Admiral Evans assigns a fast torpedo boat to lead.
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Captain Greene
Transport Service
Magellan Strait
Strait of Magellan
Los Angeles
Washington
Rio Janeiro
Pacific
New York Sun
Army Transport Service
Strait
Juanita
Pacific Coast
Greene
Punta Arenas
Admiral Evans
Australia to issue artistic stamps in bold issue
The London Chronicle reports Australia plans a stamps issue of high artistic quality. The project aims to raise 40 000 pounds selling to philatelists in year one and about 20 000 pounds annually thereafter, marking the stamps as a worldwide advertisement for the commonwealth and printed from steel plates with designs showing Australia’s character.
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Australia
London Chronicle
Commonwealth
God Save the Fleet Poem Excerpt
A Los Angeles Times excerpt honors sailors with a wartime style prayer. The poem praises captains and crews facing storms and enemy threats, asking the sea and winds to keep them safe as they sail toward western harbors.
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Coral Isles
West
John
McGrarty
Los Angeles Times
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