Confession Ties Two Youth Murders to Liquor Fueled Urge
Buffalo on November 29 reports Frank Hickey admitting to the killings of Joseph Josephs, 7, from Lackawanna, and Michael Kruck, 12, NYC newsboy, both by strangulation. He links crimes to alcohol and mania, recounts mailing postal notes to police, and faces first degree murder arraignment in New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jrank
Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Lackawanna
Michael Kruck
New York
Young Josephs
George Josephs
Dudley
Gilson
Boston
Kruck
Michael Ricac Kruck
86Th Street
Central Park
West
New York City
Arsenal
Joseph
Frank Hickey
Toms River
N. J
Taft Plans No Temporary Russia Pact After Treaty Ends
Washington reports that the Taft administration will not seek a temporary agreement to replace the Russia treaty when it expires January 1. A letter from President to Simon Wolf is released, denying any intent to alter the status quo or form a modus vivendi. The issue of American Jews traveling in Russia remains a heritage to Mr Wilson.
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Washington
Taft
Russia
United States
Wilson
Simon Wolf
Rusia
Engineers Inspect Port Aransas Deep Water Port Plan
A War Department engineers board visits Port Aransas to study the proposed deep water port and a 25 foot depth at the pass. They will report on funding for congress to authorize improvements and will conduct public hearings in San Antonio, with participation invited from Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Aransas Pass.
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Corpus Christy
Tex
C. 8. Riche
Lansing Beach
Burr
Engineers Division
War Department
Port Aransas
Department
Congress
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Rockport
San Antonio
Board of Engineers
Sap
Chamber of Commerce
Board Inspects Harbor at Port Aransas Site
ROCKPORT Texas November 29 Major Burr Colonel Beach and Lieutenant Colonel Riche special board of engineers appointed to investigate the needs of Port Aransas are at the harbor today Rockport is represented by Major Charles G Johnson 8 Lightburne S B Sorenson and D R Scrivner
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Rockport
Tex
Burr
Beach
Riche
Board of Engineers
Port Aransas
Charles G. Johnson
Lightburne
S. B. Sorenson
D. R. Scrivner
Thieves Escape Again In Chicago Heist
Thieves early today hurled a horseshoe wrapped in newspaper through a window on Michigan boulevard, loaded $1500 worth of furs into an automobile and fled. The incident follows a similar theft last week when a gang robbed a gem shop of $2500 after breaking a window with a horseshoe.
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Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Telephone Your Want Ads Ad Rates and Details
Public notice explains telephone want ads, billing later, and no extra charge. Ads for a ten day run starting tomorrow or Sunday cost one half cent per word per insertion and appear in two Sundays. Both phones 176.
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Nearby Areas
Fair to night and Saturday with warmer conditions tonight in San Antonio and vicinity. Observations show Saint Louis at 36 with a 14 mph south wind and a 34 degree low. other cities report varied clouds and winds with cooler or partly cloudy conditions and low temperatures ranging from 24 to 84 across the region.
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San Antonio
Ace
ST. Lowiis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
May suspend Taft's civil service order
Rep. Hull of Tennessee says Democrats in Washington plan to suspend Taft's October 15 civil service order placing about 36,000 fourth class postmasters under civil service. He notes potential Wilson revocation and cites Harrison's 1889 suspension as precedent. Hull argues the move violates merit and excludes Democrats, warning it would set back civil service progress.
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Washington
Taft
Representative Hull
Tennessee
Congress
Wilson
Harrison
Cleveland
Hull
Federal forces clash with rebels near Chalco in Mexico
Federal troops claim some advantage after dislodging insurgents near Chalco thirty miles from Mexico City, though two detachments, the Twenty-ninth and Sixteenth Infantry, fought each other and fired on each other. At least ten federals were killed in that portion of the engagement. Reports indicate widespread renewed fighting across the republic with several encounters in three days and growing rebel control in rural southern state districts. General Blanquet slated to lead new campaign. Delia llave son of rebel colonel killed near Chimalhuacan.
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Mexico City
Chalco
Twenty-ninth
Sixteenth Infantry
State of Mexico
Blanquet
Porfirio Dellallave
Genevivo Dellallave
Puebla
Chimalhuacan
Deliallave
Stolen Money Orders Cashed By Merchants In San Antonio
A forger cashed eight postal money orders worth 800 dollars total at several San Antonio merchants including Michael Loan Company Dromgoole Brothers and Pat cherack Sporting Goods House. Victims report about 200 dollars cash and 85 dollars in goods taken. Police and federal officers pursue the suspect described as a 45 year old gentlemanly man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Loan Company
Drumgoole Brothers
Patcherack Sporting Goods House
M. Reinie
Velasco Barrel and Cistern Company
Velasco, Tex
Reiile
Texas
Reinie
Rrest
Sol Saper
East Commerce Street
Saper
Dromgooles
Dromgoole
Houston Street
Mr. Dromgoole
Federal Building
San Antonio
Soledad Street
Potchernick Sporting Goods
Drontgoole
Chicago warrants sought for $700 theft suspect
A white man about 40 years old was arrested last night by Detective Marsden on information from Captain John J. Halpin. Chicago charges allege he obtained $700 by unlawful means. details not given locally. An officer with a proper warrant is en route after a telegram from Police Chief Lancaster.
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Marsden
John J. Halpin
Chicago
Lancaster
Halpin
Impostor Posing as Press Club Solicits Subscriptions
San Antonio residents were scammed by a man posing as the Press Club of San Antonio planning a near future booklet. The largest donation involved W. E. Simpson who gave 17.50 before realizing the deception. Police and Press club officers confirm no subscriptions are being collected and no booklet is planned. A description of the suspect is sought.
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Press Club of
San Antonio
San
Arrest warrant issued for T. E. Leonard in New Orleans
Police report T. E. Leonard, 30, was arrested in New Orleans on charges of obtaining money from San Antonians in sums from five to thirty five dollars. Superintendent James W. Reynolds says Leonard faces multiple offenses as alleged by New Orleans authorities.
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T. E. Leonard
New Orleans
James W. Reynolds
Leonard
Fraudulent Checks Tied to San Antonio Realty Firm
Leonard, posing as a plate glass insurance agent, circulated numerous forged checks in San Antonio during a ten day stay. Police hold twelve checks drawn on various banks, signed in pencil by a realty company, and declared worthless as detectives prepare to pursue the suspect in New Orleans to face the grand jury.
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Grand
Marsden
New Orleans
Leonard
San Antonio
San
Waco Bond Heist Resolved on Kansas City Dump
$140,000 of Waco Texas city bonds missing since June were found on a Kansas City dump by laborers while tending a weed fire. The bonds insured for full value were shipped from Commerce Trust to Guarantee Trust New York and the loss had been covered. Three workers share a $1000 reward from the English insurer for return of the paper with minor items missing from the first sack unearthed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Waco
Tex
Commerce Trust Company
Guarantee Trust Company
New York City
Insurance
Navy Officers Attend New Orleans Luncheon Parade
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher and his aides were guests of honor at a luncheon in New Orleans hosted by local businessmen. More than 3500 sailors and marines are set to parade the city tomorrow, escorted by national guard units.
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New Orleans
Frank F. Fletcher
Progressive Union
National Guard
Sneed Murder Trial Draws Crowded Fort Worth Courtroom
In Fort Worth on November 29 John Beal Sneed faces a murder trial over Captain Al G. Boyce Sr. His two young daughters Leonora 11 and Georgia 6 sit in the courtroom beside relatives from the Boyce and Beal families as attorney Jordan Cummings denounces Sneed and argues manslaughter cannot safeguard him. Georgia weeps and is led from the room while Sneed bows his head and witnesses crowd the enclosure.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Beal Sneed
Leonora
Georgia Beal
Ocey Sneed
Waco
Sneed
al G. Boyce Sr
Will Boyce
Captain Boyce
Henry Boyce
H. W. Eubanks
Boyce
Lynn Boyce
Cuff
Nick Beal
John Barton
Jordan Y. Cummings
Cummings
Mexican bandits pursued by three New Mexico posses
Three posses from Hillsboro Eagle and Albuquerque chase a group of about twenty five armed men said to have crossed the border into Sierra county New Mexico. Army officials doubt the raid and report. A clash near Engle is expected as traces of raiders are found in a sparsely settled remote area.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Sierra County
Hillsboro
Eagle
Albuquerque
United States
Romero
E. Z. Steever
Fort Bliss
Steever
Engle
Legal challenge to Mississippi anti-fraternity law
J P Waugh of Goodman Alabama, a Millsaps student, faced entry denial to the University of Mississippi after signing a pledge not to join a secret society. He vows to contest the law’s constitutionality with state lawyers assisting.
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Jackson
Miss
J. P. Waugh
Goodman
Ala
Millsaps College
University of Mississippi
Waugh
Arkansas Cooperage Plant Burns
Fire destroyed the H. G. Williams Cooperage company plant in Leslie Arkansas causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The plant was among the largest of its kind in the world and the cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Arkansas Cooperage
Leslie
Ark
H. G. Williams Cooperage Company
Plan Entrange Into Capital At All Goods Plan Entrange Into Capital At All Goods
Peace talks stall as Osman Nizami Pasha arrives. Bulgaria shifts troops toward Tchataldja with 90,000 planned forces, while 50,000 already deploy, threatening to march on Constantinople if terms are refused. Russia’s occupation of the straits looms as a likely outcome per Sofia dispatch.
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London
Osman Nizami Pasha
Charles
Sofia
Times
Tchataldja
Theodoroff
Kovatchoff
Siege of Adrianople Pushes Serbs to Endure Hunger
Belgrade dispatch reports a Servian officer describing relentless Turkish sorties and heavy bombardment around Adrianople. With 80,000 troops inside, dwindling provisions and advancing hunger threaten the city as fighting continues daily and refugees say relief is unlikely.
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London
Belgrade
Daily Telegraph
Adrianople
Danube
Arda
Maritza
Executions Sought for Young Turks Arose in Conspiracy
A Vienna dispatch relays a Constantinople telegram reporting that Turkey plans exile or imprisonment for most young Turks arrested, death for ringleaders. Nedjmeddin and Mahmoud Shefki Pasha were released on pledges to support the government, tied to officers from the committee of union and progress. The conspiracy’s main seat was Smyrna.
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London
Navy
Vienna
Constantinople
Turkey
Nedjmeddin
Mahmoud Shefki Pasha
Committee of Union and Progress
Smyrna
Reserves Called Home Amid Baltic Provocations
Austro-Hungarian reservists in the Baltic provinces were summoned to return home to Austria and Hungary, with warnings to join their men at a moment's notice. German forces at Kiev are guarded by police as tension rises and a student protest attempt formed outside the Austrian consulate.
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ST. Petersburg
Baltic
Austria
Hungary
Riga
Red
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