Mexican General Reyes Surrenders Amid Peace Push
From Mexico City to New York a day of dramatic claims and medical marvels unfolds. President Madero cites absolute peace as Gen Reyes surrenders while a New York surgical feat restores sight to a blind 11 year old boy after removing a tumor and damaging brain tissue.
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Bim
Gaid
Reyes
Mexico
United Press
New York
John J. Galick
Sampson
Farmer
Arthur J. Walechetd
Mayo Brothers of
Rochester
Minn
Dynamite Plot Foiled at Monessen Mill Complex
Police in Monessen, near Pittsburg, arrest George Bridges amid claims of a planned dynamiting plot to blow up the 8,000-employee Mill complex of American Tin Plate, Page Woven Wire Fence, and Pittsburg Steel. Fuses found. Bridges yielded little information and detectives confirm they disrupted the planned attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Pittsburg
Monessen
George Bridges
Monessen Mill
American Tin Plate Company
Page Woven Wire Fence Company
Pittsburg Steel Company
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Bridges
Comparative
Quiz Congress to Grill Candidates at YMCA Auditorium
City election coverage outlines a weekly quiz congress at the YMCA auditorium. All filing candidates will face cross examination by AI selected in turn, with questions vetted by a referee for propriety. Initially council candidates speak, with mayoral candidates to be heard later in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M
Pooter
Seattle Police Celebrate Christmas Spirit at Station
The article recounts a Seattle police Christmas day where officers, judges, and desk staff loosened rules to share goodwill. Chief Bannick and Judge Gordon show leniency with drunks, releasing 17 inmates and extending holiday greetings. Only 68 arrests were made from midnight to midnight.
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Seattle
Bannick
Gordon
Lyman Readied for 18 Months at McNeil's Island Prison
Dr. John Grant Lyman, a noted get rich quick promoter who escaped custody twice in California, is now confined at the federal penitentiary on McNeil's Island after arriving in Tacoma on Christmas Day. He will serve 18 months for misuse of the mails.
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United Press
Tacoma
John Grant Lyman
California
Federal Penitentiary
McNeil’s Island
Lyman
Taft Allows Christian Scientists to Practice Medicine on Canal Zone
President Taft issued an executive order amending Isthmian canal zone medical regulations. It allows Christian Scientists to practice there after protests over fines imprisonment for practicing medicine dentistry or pharmacy without license or using the title doctor without authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Isthmian Canal Zone
Barons in United States beef packers trial denied immunity bath ruling
United States Circuit Judge Carpenter ruled the government may present evidence of all acts by ten Chicago millionaire packers prior to the indictments in the Sherman law case. The decision, seen as a government victory, makes convicting the defendants more likely. Defense argues immunity for several defendants under Humphreys decision and objects to evidence pre 1965 operations.
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United Press
Chicago
United States
Carpenter
J. Ogden Armour
Humphreys
Commissioner of Corporations
Tragic Dania Family Saga Continues With Mrs Sharp Death
Mrs May Dania Sharp 26 dies at Santa Monica hospital in a case likely to trigger investigation. The two months married wife of 76 year old real estate owner Geo M Sharp, the death follows a string of Dania family tragedies including a shooting by S L Lea Dania’s father and later revolver wounds amid alleged self defense.
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May Dania Sharp
Geo. M. Sharp
Santa Monica Hospital
Mra. Sharp
Dania
L. I
Lea Dania
Geo. Koerner
Eva Bovee
April
Bovee
Lines Drawn for City Campaign in February Primary
Seattle voters hear speculation as February city primary looms. Mayoralty race tops the field with corporation counsel hotly contested. Tom Alderson plans a strong bid for counsel while Calhoun may quit the mayoralty race amid unsettled field and delayed filings.
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Tom Alderson
Tion
Suicide of James H. Karmany at Van Siclen Apt 6130
James H. Karmany a 37 year old meat cutter killed himself at the Van Siclen apartments 6130 in the morning. Health is listed as the cause for the act. He is survived by his wife.
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Cide
van Siclen
Elopement scandal to literary career for Mrs Cheney
In 1909 Frank Le Wright and Mrs Edwin H Cheney pursued a spiritual hegira to Europe, later divorcing. Mrs Cheney, returning to her maiden name Namah Bouten Bothwick, turns to journalism translating Ellen Key on women’s morality, in a work titled The Morality of Women and Other Essays. The piece argues love and marriage clash with social norms and women’s suffering in love.
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Frank le Wright
Edwin H. Cheney
Oak Park
Europe
Mohammed
Mecca
Wright
Fresh Egg Mystery, A Star Committee Debates Truth
A Star committee on truth debates egg freshness with reporters and dealers. They define strictly fresh eggs as five days old, candles test foggy shells, and classification hinges on farmer origins and candling to verify freshness.
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Committee On Truth
Westlake
Pike Place Market
Bill Banks
Bill
Bil
Prize Beauty Arrested in Grand Larceny Case
Ruth Smith a Denver prize beauty is under arrest in Los Angeles after taking 1900 from her husband Walter Smith. He asked authorities to cancel the warrant but legal technicalities prevent immediate action and she must appear before the bar for trial unless courts countermand the order.
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San Francisco
Ruth Smith
Denver
Los Angeles
Gnust
Walter Smith
Venire of 300 drawn for Richeson jury in murder case
A venire of 300 names was drawn in Boston for the jury to try Rev. C W T Richeson on a murder charge. The indictment cites poisoning Aval Linnell as the result of an entanglement, with Richeson alleged to have trapped her for marriage to heiress Violet Edmands. Each side gets 22 peremptory challenges. defense says no delay is sought.
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Boston
C. W. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Violet Edmands
Two Steamers Lost in Bay of Biscay News
Dec. 26 report states two steamers and 15 men lost in the Bay of Biscay on Dec. 21. The British steamer Guillemot, en route from London to Genoa, foundered. seven crew were rescued by the Lincairn, and an unnamed Spanish steamer was seen sinking with all hands. The Guillemot's captain went down with his ship.
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Glasgow
Bay of Biscay
London
Genoa
Mutineers Fight at Russian Naval Yard
Mutineers and troops sent to suppress them at the naval ordnance yard in St. Petersburg are reported fighting today. Several mutineers are said to have been wounded according to cables from the Russian capital.
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London
Naval Ordinance Yard
St. Petersburg
Shuster Will Fight On After Persian Cabinet Clash
Teheran cables quote W Morgan Shuster, American treasurer general of Persia, saying he will stay on the job until forcibly removed unless parliament approves dismissal. Martial law follows cabinet move, with crowds surrounding the ministry and indignation meetings at mosques.
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London
Teheran
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Shuster
Edison patent decision could reshape moving picture business
Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court declares Edison as the original inventor of the kinetoscope and issues a ruling restraining the Chicago Film Co. from using or selling kinetoscope and motion picture films embodying the Edison patent. The case tests patent rights held by the Edison Interests.
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United Press
Washington
Justice Stafford
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Motion Picture Patent Company
Thomas Edison
Chicago Film Co
Edison
College links in city leadership chatter and ties
Chief Kannick is described as a college man who played for Michigan. Ed Cheasty and Ed Chilberg are noted as schoolmates with political ambitions. Tom Alderson turned down Stanford law professor prospects. Councilman Wardall touts buttermilk longevity. Jules Redelsheimer is identified as a dog fancier. George Hannan is linked to Senator La Follette via family ties. Mrs Oliver T Erickson is mentioned in high school language plans.
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Chief Kannick
University of Michigan
Ed Cheasty
Park
Ed Chilberg
Tom Alderson
Corporation Counsel
Stanford University
Wardall
Jules Redelsheimer
George Hannan
The
Progressive League
Senator la Follette
Oliver T. Erickson
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Bertillon
Congress
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M’neil’s Island
Santa Monica
Cal
Corporation Counsel's Office
George Cotterill
Wke
Cotterill
Bme
Calhoun
Scott Calhoun
Businesa
James H. Karmany
Ter
Committed Sui
Namah Bouton
Cheney
Star Committee On Truth
Pricatios
DE Luke
Cope
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