Millionaire for a Month enters congressional race
John Jay Moevitt, once broke after a brief millionaire act, announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congress from his district. He says party leaders offered county treasurer nod but he seeks broader fight, promising to oppose party bosses and fund his campaign, even proposing a special coastbound train to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayaleesnors
Johna Jay Moevitt
Mmniilianalye
Congress
Gelist
Cohwress
Tue
Rebel Fleet Seen Off Chinese Town
London reports a rebel fleet sighted off Shan Wai Kwan on the Shan Wai Kwan railway line from Peking. Imperial commanders order mobilization of transports to oppose a landing. Russian concession at Shan Wai Kwan strengthens station approaches with patrols.
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London
Shan Wai Kwan
Peking
Herve
Tien “Taln
Shan ’al Kwan
Swinney Testifies In Kimmel Case On Forest Murder
John B Swinney a New Mexican rancher testifies in the Kimmel mystery case that he killed the man who shot Georgy A Kimmel in a Gregan forest on August 14 1898 two weeks after Kimmel disappeared Swinney a two dime convict says he and accomplices hunted for a buried treasure of 40409 in gold finding 4000 then Johnson shot Kimmel and Swinney killed Johnson and buried both bodies in a common grave Andrew J White the claimant was absent for the testimony.
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St. Louis
John B. Swinney
Kimmel
United States District Court
Georgy A. Kimmel
Gregan
Himmel
Robert M. Snyder
Kansas City
Johnson
Swinney
Snyder
Andrew J. White
Conyvner
Prosecutor Seeks Pardon Ties in Brandt Case
New York district attorney Whitman moves to secure pardon for Folke E. Brandt, former valet to Mortimer Seniff. Grand jury to probe conspiracy and subornation of perjury as Brandt faces habeas corpus action and a motion to reopen the case. Brandt has served five years of a 30 year sentence for burglary.
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New York
Whitman
Folke E. Brandt
Mortimer L. Seniff
Brandt
Gerard
Supreme Court
Martin FL Auberth
Hosaiski
John Doe
Foundling rises to claim Cam Mann estate in Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut on February 12 an appeal and bond were filed by Mrs Frank McGuinness claiming she is the daughter and natural heir of Mrs Henry Cam Mann so a contested will case arises over the Cam Mann estate valued at 28718709 dollars. Attorneys for the Cam Mann husband deny any right of Mrs McGuinness and plan a full defense in Bridgeport Superior Court next month.
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Greenwich
Conn
Henry GL. Cammann
Frank McGuinness
Cammann
Henry W. T. Mall
No. Td Fifth Avenue
New York
William Churchill
Northbrook
J. H. Flagler
McGuinness
Studwell
Anita Smith
Young
Strugeie
William P. Mulville
Pro- Gultess
Merc
Bridgeport
Nebraska Supreme Court Opinions Summary
Lincoln Neb Feb 12 The Nebraska Supreme Court issued opinions in multiple cases including Meuszy vs Winrighs rehearing modified affirmance in part Farshi vs Nebraska Airline Plow companys rehearing denied Price vs Pouke affirmed Louvain vs Adbel reversed and remanded Reinke vs term affirmed Allen vs Alcots tied Neroner vs affirmed Olsen vs Or reversed Mathews vs Gillette affirmed Taylor Mary are od Western Gridse and Construction companies County of Clererne res yd and remand Staite ex rest Neilowe vs Turr affirmed Hhockwell vs state reviewed remanded Motions for researcings overruled in Essex vs Ksen sky Clark vs Burlington eg and re-
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Lincoln
Neb. iBeb
Supreme Court
Meuszy
Winrighs
Farshi
Nebraska
Price
Pouke
Louvain
Adbel
Reinke
Erm
Allen
Alcots
Neroner
Olsen
Mathews
Gillette
Taylor
Essex
Ksensky
Clark
Burlington
Granite Stone Inscribed He Was Friend of the Poor
Report from Maines Ta Feb 12 notes petitions to erect three monuments for General Weaver were abandoned. The deceased requested a simple Iowa granite stone marking his grave with only his name and the words He was a friend of the poor. William J. Bryan offered 100 to start the fund.
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Maines
Oheratives
Henry Heorges Expresses Interest in University Work
Washington, Dec 12. President Wilbur Thirkield of the Hoenserth University asserts no new era in the educational life of the Negro race. He notes a marked increase in the number of students who progress to higher grades. The report reflects optimism about progress in higher education for Negro students.
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Heorges
Washington
Wilbur Thirkield
Hoenserth University
Greek immigrant Petro rumored to serve in Grecian army
Fremont Nebraska reports claim Join Petro, wealthy Greek migrant, may be serving in Greece’s army despite naturalization papers. Some Greeks say he entered army for four months and could be released by a bonus around 31000. Petro, who arrived years ago and became wealthy, owns the Teavitt farm once home to a sugar factory.
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Fremont
Petre
Greece
Athens
Petro
America
Teavitt
Mothers Congress selects St Louis for next meeting
Philadelphia report states Mrs. Frederic Schott president of the National Congress of Mothers announced the executive committee chose St. Louis as the site for the next congress. The meeting will run from March 0 to March 26.
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Philadelphia
Prederic Schott
National Congress of Mothers
St. Louis
Senate panel exonerates Stephenson on election charges
Washington February 12 Senate committee on privileges and elections advances the sub committee report exonerating Senator Stephenson from corruption charges tied to his election by a seven to five vote.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Today
Stephenson
Unfilled Steel Orders Reported by U S Steel
United States Steel Corporation announced that its unfilled orders on January 31 totaled 5 878 731 tons, down from 6 038 751 tons on December 3, reflecting a decrease in backlogged demand.
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New York
States Steel Corporation
Turkish wrestler Yusif Mahout defeats Ivan Romano in Lincoln match
Yusif Mahout from Turkey beat Russian giant Ivan Romano in straight falls last night in Lincoln Nebraska. Mahout led by about 40 pounds and dominated as Romano remained on the defensive throughout the match.
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Lincoln
Neb
Yusif Mahmout
Ivan Romano
Thrush
Romanoff
Revenue cutters Unalga and Miami launched at Newport News
Newport News Virginia February 12 1919 two new revenue cutters Unalga and Miami were launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company The United States adds two more vessels to its revenue navy aiding in coast guard duties and enforcement of customs laws.
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Newport News
Miami
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
United States
Revenue Navy
Notable Figures in Early 20th Century News Briefs
A compilation of brief items from New York and across the nation. Highlights include Mrs. Hettia Green facing court over an extortion claim tied to Hearst, US Mexico policy statements, bank wrecker Charles W. Aloise's return to New York, Emporia Kansas towel hygiene measures for barbers, and convention politics within the Republican ranks in Florida and Minnesota.
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New York
Hettia Green
Kkhown
William Randolph Hearst
M. Bovee
Chicago
Taft
Filles
Washington
Mexico
United States
Alexica
State Department
Mas
Alex.ican Federal
Charles W. Aloise
Pennsylvania ‘Station
Wu Taxical
Itt Wese
Fifty-Eighth Street
Ruimnatn
Uwelgt
Proming
Ebmporta
Kan
Kansas State Board of Health
John Wleinbaua
Emporia
Wenerdl
Palatka
Evo
Tunntigat
Cheodore Roosevelt
Charl Dickens
Derurr
New York City
Seth Low
Willizecca Bayardie
Mhesala Progressive Teague
James A. Peterson
Hennepin County
Shen Lin
Crimin Institute of
Hancey
Genacor Lorimer
Genaice
Rumors of Graft Charge Hit Milwaukee Road Extension
Chicago reports no suits filed against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway or stockholders while rumors persist that suits may allege excessive spending on the Pacific coastPuget Sound extension. Officials deny ties to Beaver Dam supply contracts and defend project as properly planned.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paw Railway Company
Minearity
New York
Pacific Coast
Chicasa
Mibwaukee
Puget Sound
Tai
Beaver Thin Aialeable - Tran Company
Trace
Beaver Durr Company
Lawrence Witch
Fa. J. Faeling
St. Paul
FLW
McKenna
Puget Bound
Pipybeut
Mer
Farting
Tenrling
Tk Wits
Ab Commercial National Bank
Cowling O&ly
Reaver Dam
Tron Co
Detroit Steel Casting Co
Yo Iron Ied Steel Co
Simplicity Fails to Appeal in Arizona Inaugural Plans
Phoenix actions clash with governor elect George Hunt about statehood events. Hunt favors Jeffersonian simplicity and a modest oath, but Phoenix committees push for a large celebration. Disagreement over militia presence and parade review leaves inauguration date and plan uncertain.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George WW
Arizona
Hunt
Globe
Elect
Washington
Coldest winter day hits 12 below in Detroit area
Detroit reports 12 degrees below zero at the weather bureau as the cold snap continues. Unofficial readings from Flint show 25 below, and Sagiu Tae notes 32 below in the state as frigid conditions persist.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Zere Tidday
Mercury
Wero
United States Weather Bureau
Flint
Sagi- Tae
Brazilian foreign minister dies after sudden illness
Rio de Janeiro February 12. Grao Braren Weri¢ Wraneco, minister of foreign affairs in the Brazilian cabinet, died at 9:10 this morning. He became ill on the previous evening with anemia and the attack was so severe he never rallied.
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Rio de Janeiro
Grail
Braren Weri¢ Wraneco
Doctors for Pupils in St Joseph Plan Surgery
The St Joseph board of education in Missouri will fund surgical operations at public schools to remove adenoids in affected pupils. The program aims to raise intelligence standards by treating enlarged adenoids and related conditions.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Board of Education
Dramatic Labor Court Hearing In Mitchell Contempt Trial
John Mitchell faces contempt trial before Justice Wright in Washington related to the Buck stove and range boycott contact. He defends his actions and complains of delayed sentence while asserting his family hardship and belief a postponement request was conveyed through the American Federation of Labor.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompsis
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
New York
Wingis
Mpholis Sa
Mr. Mitchell
Justine Wright
American Federation of Tabor
Afr. Affechel
Amerian Federation of Labor
T Baye
Atitehell
Dynasties in Flux as Abdication Looms in China
Reports from Shanghai indicate Yuan Shikai or Li Yuan Sheng may be chosen to lead a republic after abdication, with Wu Tingfang drafting a Magna Charta for a five year term and possible capital moves. Desultory fighting continues with exaggerated casualty claims as Kaiping city faces bombardment.
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Wu Ting Fang
Senate
Nanking
China
Suan Yet Sen
Intraking
Peking
Tang Bhao Yi
Alukden
Manchuria
Kaiping
Chi Li
Reichstag President Signals Socialist Move
On February 12 the Center Party leader Shahn announced he will resign as Reichstag president. He will lay his colors aside and ally with the socialist bloc, with the vice president position expected to be filled by a socialist.
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Br. Shahn
Tl Center Party
Yesterlar
Reichstius
Fle
Yosler U Socialist
January Heat Records Set in Chicago History
Gustave Moiser and a printer were found dead on a sidewalk in Chicago as milder weather came through. The weather bureau notes January was the warmest month in 23 years, with records completed for the day indicating a notable warmth in the city.
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Gustave Moiser
Troy
Weather Bureau
Trecords
Chicago
Chleuce
State auditor calls for a ute ment from awa luinks in Sioux City
The state auditor issued calls for a statement from awan links, noting the condition on February 7 and that the party traveled to Sioux City with family. Haley left the area for work on Third and Pierce streets and resided later in New Haven with relatives. Ern Candee, formerly of Fort Dodge, was mentioned in connection with the shifting personnel.
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Yor Moines, Jr
State Auditor
Awa Luinks
Sioux City
Shlenkberg
Third and
Pierce Streets
Haley
New Haven
Mary Blayer
Ern Candee
Fort Dodee
Trial of Tarring Case Delayed by Jury Conjure
Albert Len Minn Feb 12 The trial of the man charged with tarring and feathering Br J Po Freeman of Glenville last April was interrupted by judge Alness of Jurol Henry Schoenrach. The case was adjourned until Monday. Evidence concluded with Mrs Freesmiu wife of the physician as last witness.
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Albert Len
Minn
TE Ien
Br. J. Po Freeman
Glenville
Tain Alness
Jurol
Henry Schoenrach
Airs
Frees Miu
Packers Case Goes Over Adjourning Trial Delayed
Chicago Feb 12 No testimony was heard in the packers trial today United States District Judge Carpenter announced an adjournment until next Tuesday before he was called to hear an emergency case in another court.
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Packers
Chicago
United States
Carpenter
Bevance
Woman Heiress of Hawley Is Convict
New York, Feb 12. Mrs Frederick Crandell nee McManus learns her husband is an heir to Edwin Hawley and a possible millionaire. She has been jailed since January 20 for disorderly conduct and mischievous mischief after a tenement row. The children stay at Chatham awaiting her release, and she may join them there. Crandell once attracted Hawley but quarrels arose in 1886 over his attentions to Miss Melanus. Hawley died intestate, Crandell to receive over 2 million.
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New York
Frederick Crandell
McManus
Blackwell's Island
Edwin Hawley
Mallionaire
Chatham
Crandell
Mr. Hawley
Miss Melanus
Southern Pacific Railway
Hawley
White Mate For Black Champion Weds In Secret
Pittsburgh, February 2. John A. Johnson known as Jack Johnson obtained a marriage license in 1911 and later married Etta H. Duryea in Pittsburgh. Duryea, previously married to Clarence Duryea of New York, later divorced him in Chicago. Johnson confirmed the marriage as open and legal, denying knowledge of Duryea’s former husband.
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Pittsburgh
John A. Johnson
Jack” Johnson
Johnson
Chicago
Etta
Duryea
White
Johnson State
Etta H. Duryea
Judge Grants Ditch Petition in Minnesota Town
Luverne Minnesota Feb 12 At a special term of the district court judge L S Nelson issued the final order approving construction of a judicial ditch draining the big marsh in Thase Dell township The project will make several farming lands fit for agricultural use Funds are provided by the county and costs will be repaid by benefited property owners Changes in local business were noted with sales of Luverne Mercantile and City feed store to new owners Ray Vincent purchased Chand theater from P D Brekke and Luverne Telephone Co sold its line to Western Telephone Co
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Luverne, Mien
Flon
L. S. Nelson
Thase Dell Township
Luverne Mercantile Company
PL Danes
John Cameron
Chand Theater
P. PD. Brekke
Ray Vincent
Luverne Telephone Company
Worthwestern Telephone Company
Troops Ordered to Mexican Border
A battalion of the Twentieth Infantry was moved from Whipple Barracks in Arizona to El Paso Texas. Juarez across the border faces tension as insurgents fret over possible Madero troop incursions via American soil. The State Department refused Mexico's request to cross Texas. An Eighteenth Infantry battalion with a machine gun detachment will assist Colonel Steever’s cavalry at El Paso to patrol the border.
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Washington
Whipple Barracks
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
el Paseo
Heuigh
Madero
State Department
Texas
Steever
To Paso
Divorce Granted After Foot Washing Revelation
Mrs. John Franks of Cass County is granted divorce from her wealthy retired farmer husband. The court valued the husband at $60,000 and awarded the wife one sixth. They had wed in Seattle two years earlier after meeting there.
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Atlantic
John Franks
Cass County
Seattle
Fremont Plans Withdrawal From State League
Fremont Nebraska moves to retire from the Nebraska State League amid chaos as officials expect surrender of the franchise and the finance committee says it cannot raise funds for next summer.
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Vranont
Neb
Fremont
Fremont Finance Committee
Floods devastate the Spanish Peninsula and Portugal
Severe floods sweep Spain and Portugal with rivers overflowing and towns inundated. Railways roads and communications are interrupted hindering aid as the Tagus carries wreckage and bodies. Lisbon reports large flood victims and hospitals treating the injured while the chamber approves 500000 for relief.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
Tagus
Churchill visits Ulster amid Home Rule protests
Winston Churchill arrives at Central Station amid mixed cheers from liberals and nationalists while Orangemen groan. Police guard the area as crowds confront his motor car and banners rail against Home Rule. Churchill and John Redmond attend a marquee speech outlining the proposed measure.
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Fielfast
Winston Spencer Churchill
the Admiralty
Central Station
Mr. Churchill
Churchill
Ire
John &. Redmond
Carson
Londonderry
Ireland
Making Plans for Big Dynamite Trial
Indianapolis date outlines tentative plans for trials of 40 or more men indicted in an unnamed conspiracy. Government officials aim to delay little, with arraignment set for March 12 before Judge A B Anderson. Trials likely in May to conclude before summer. District Attorney Charles W Miller coordinates service of indictments and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Charles W
Bathtub Trust Trial Opens in Michigan Proceedings
In Michigan on February 3 the government prepared to conclude its opening statement in the criminal case against the so called bathtub trust. Edwin P. Grosvenor, special assistant to the attorney general, led the government's case, which had continued the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sathtub Trust
Petrvit, Mich
Bathtub Trask
Edovin P. Grosvenor
Earthquake Felt Across Martinique at 3:55 A.M.
A quake struck Martinique with the tremor reported across Fort de France and the island at 3 55 this morning. No damage reports were received yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Fort de France
Martiniquy
Assault with Jack Knife Injures Neighbor in Laverne
Simon Lin enkahl of Beaver Creek Township was arrested in Laverne Minnesota on assault charges after attacking neighbor A. C. Scholfeld with a jackknife. The victim suffered two cuts, one severe, as the case heads toward potential penitentiary time.
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Laverne
Minn
Simon Linenkahl
Beaver Creek Township
A. C. Scholfeld
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