Labor Leaders Implicated in McNamara Bombings
Indianapolis December 12 Six leaders named in Ortie McManigal’s testimony were reported as implicated in the McNamara dynamiting scheme with eight others said to be indirectly involved All live in the Midwest and East John J McNamara allegedly sent confederates to identify targets Federal authorities seek corroboration with Ironworkers documents Over 35 detectives and operatives are on the case
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Unswea Free
Indianapolis
Ortle McManigal
McNamara
Middle West
East
Tite
John J. McNamara
Wm. Burns Agency
Treat Offers Royal Heights Railway to City
Harry W. Treat proposes a municipal railway from the city heart to Royal Heights with an $80,000 package covering cars and a car barn. He offers 6 percent bonds for 40 years plus $20,000 in improvements and would defer cash, letting the city pay interest on bonds for the first year if connection is delayed. The offer was referred to the council utilities committee.
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Harry W. Treat
Royal Heights
Treat
Ifelty
Council Utilities Committee
Charter Amendments Proposed by Councilman Griffiths
Three charter amendments were introduced by Councilman Griffiths at the last council meeting. The main proposal aims to place jail operations and related institutions under the Board of Public Welfare, giving it authority over custody and reforms. A second amendment would extend the city’s bond-issuing power beyond twenty years, and the third would allow officials to hold another city office during their current term.
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Griffiths
Board of Public Welfare
Iman Griffitha
Travel Agent F M McKeon Dies by Own Hand in San Francisco
F M McKeon a 35 year old travel agent with Spokane Inland Empire railroad killed himself in a San Francisco hotel. He attributed the act to moral troubles in a letter to his father Thos McKeon a Sioux Falls banker.
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United Press
San Francisco
F. M. McKeon
Spokane Inland Empire Railroad
McKeon
Thos. McKeon
Sioux Falls
Pape's Cold Compound Ad Claims Quick Grippe Cure
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as the quickest cure for colds and grippe. It asserts immediate relief after the first dose and claims quinine is ineffective for colds based on three years of research. The 25 cent package is marketed as harmless and superior to any other medicine.
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Pape
Hyde juror may have died by own action
Kansas City December 12 No trace found today of Harry Waldron a juror in the Dr. B C Hyde germ prisoner murder trial He vanished after the defendant’s escape from the hotel guard Judge Porterfield warned of possible jury discharge and retrial if Waldron is not found by evening His wife says she has heard nothing Waldron’s disappearance prompts speculation of death by his own hand due to business worries
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United Press
Kansas City
Harry Waldron
B. C. Hyde
Thos. H. Swope
Porterfield
Waldron
Famine in Russia Stuns Officials and Citizens
In St Petersburg a famine threatens more lives than the 1991 disaster with an estimated 50 million tons of crop shortage from the Free Economic Society. In Ufa hundreds of children rely on a coma while Samara residents eat dogs and shrubs. Officials ban private relief groups and press fund appeals amid bureaucratic minimization.
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ST. Petersburg
Runsia le
Free Economic Society
Ufa
Samara
Zemstvo
Chanler Says International Marriage Affects Him
New York December 12 Sheriff Bob Chanler returns from Europe claiming he will soon be known as Lina Cavalieri’s ex husband. He says a quiet divorce is pending for Mme Cavalieri and plans to focus on art full time at his studio. He jokes about the “tall timber” of his canvases and notes the marriage’s world fame as his only solace.
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New York
Marshal Ney
Bob Chanler
Europe
Lina Cavalieri
Paris
London
Mme. Cavalieri
Bob
Mme. Chanler
Sheriff Bob
The Boy Picked to Fill John D's Shoes
New York December 11 a six foot two inch nineteen year old is chosen to fill the John D Rockefeller lineage at Standard Oil. Walter Teagle named director and vice president after Archbold’s election, praised for early managerial rise from Cornell to the Anglo American Oil Company and then Standard Oil footprint.
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New York
John D
John D. Rockefeller
John D.—Archbold
Standard Oil
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Rockefeller
Standard Ol
Walter Clark Teagle
Teagle
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Cornell
Blooming University
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Standard
Walter Teagle
Ol Co
Europe
Africa
Broadway
Riverside
Witty remark on taste and judgment by anonymous speaker
The quote contemplates beauty and judgment, noting that ugliness would have teased the speaker if wrong in taste yet claims no mistake in taste despite error in judgment. It reflects self satirical humor and social judgment.
Entombed Miners Alive Amid Rescue Efforts in Tenn Mine
Briceville Tennessee reports a major mine disaster with 200 miners trapped. Seven bodies recovered, bringing death toll to 30 as rescue teams push in shifts, hearing taps and racing to save those believed alive despite long entombment and scarce water.
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United
Briceville, Tenn
Dec
Awful Tragedy in British Columbia Home
G H Woolridge returned home to find his infant daughter with her throat cut and his wife near death in Vancouver. Mrs Woolridge died before a doctor arrived, and blood and a struggle marked the scene. Nearby a razor lay half opened. In Tacoma, Judge W O Chapman noted Newcomb’s appeal after sentencing him to death for murder with supper cooked by the inmate.
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United Presse
Vancouver
B. C
Harley Road
G. H. Woolridge
Tacoma
W. O. Chapman
Charles Newcomb
Newcomb
United States Supreme Court
Delhi to be capital moved from Calcutta
King George announced that the Indian capital will be moved from Calcutta to Delhi. The decision marks a historic shift in administrative center and designates Delhi as the new capital.
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Delhi
India
George
Calcutta
Murders in Tulare Over Rejected Baby Escort
Miss Ellanita Flagler, 17, and Henry Hood, a retired minister, are dying from bullet wounds in Tulare California. Hood shot the girl after she refused to take him to his baby. Hood is guarded in a hospital amid mob threats. Police link Hood's unstable state to domestic troubles following his six year marriage to Miss Flagler's elder sister.
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Tulare
Cal
Ellanita Flagler
Henry Hood
Hood
Fiagier
Woman Saves Daughter From Fire in Los Angeles
Mrs. Harry Adams rushed into a burning Los Angeles home and carried her 11-year-old daughter Eleanor, bedridden with scarlet fever, to safety. Mrs. Adams suffered severe burns to head face and neck but refused care until her child was safe and was later taken to a hospital.
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Los Angeles
Harry Adams
Eleanor
Jews Adopt Shield of David as Red Cross Emblem in Tripoli War
Turkish Jewish community forms the Mogen David hospital ambulance and medical corps to aid wartime efforts. Members will wear the shield of David on their sleeves in red, the emblem associated with King David and Judas Maccabeus in historical conflicts.
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Turkey
Tripoli
David
Mogen David Hospital
Judas Maccabeus
Nagging Wife Drives Man to Poorhouse in Ottawa
In Ottawa Illinois on December 12, John Driscoll, 7, sought county poor house admission after he deeded all property to his wife following her request for separate maintenance. He claimed his wife’s nagging for money spurred the transfer and his arrival with only a diamond pin and gold watch.
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Ottawa
Ill
John Driscoll
Driscoll
Title Insurance Services From Local Agencies
The prudent buyer should insist on an Owner's Title Insurance Policy and lenders require a Mortgage Title Insurance Policy. We provide both kinds and offer a facsimile of policy at agencies Title Trust Company B Cor, Osborne Tremper & Co, Washington Abstract & Guaranty Co. 800 Third Avenue 702 Second Avenue.
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Osborne, Tremper & Co., Inc
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Washington Abstract & Guaranty Co
Second Avenue
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