Priests summoned in Paris for mass without authority
In Paris, December 13, authorities summoned 69 priests after mass was held without legal authorization. Police, in plain clothes, gathered names of officiants as government seeks to curb unauthorized worship while Vatican disavowal and 20,000 papal papers are being reviewed.
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Paris
Madelaine
Prefecture of Police
St. Thomas Aquinas
Pordeau
Vatican
Republic
Toy Mission Appeals for Christmas Gifts and Donations
A Toy Mission appeal details preparations for a Christmas donation drive in Steubenville. It requests toys, books, games, and money by December 18 to aid needy children, with collection at Star ton school December 15 at 2 PM and lists committee members and contact treasurers.
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Toy Mission
Oy Mission
Steubenville
Bethlehem
Earth
Starton School
Fourth
Dock Street
Woman's Club
North Sixth Street
Jessie Myers
4Th
Clinton Streets
Hugh Clark
Donaldson
J. M. Cook
C. J. Davis
J. M. Robinson
S. K. Wallace
H. W. Cooper
A. E. McLane
E. B. Redhead
I. Sulzemacher
Simon Loftus
M Kelly
Wm. Crawford
R. M. Mahon
George Henry
Nettie Erskine
John Pearce
Lewis May
Bertha Koventhal
Milligan
James Bair
FE. Dunbar
J. N. Carnes
W. H. Maurer
Emma. Grimes
Marie Sinclair
EB. Erskine
R. C. Bowman
T. A. Hammond
Elizabeth Iti
FE. L. Hammond
Wm. Welch
J. J. McCoy
Stella Shaffer Ends Life in Saloon Rear
Stella Shaffer, a 28 year old hotel and restaurant worker with a troubled past, died of morphine poisoning at a house behind Jones saloon on South Fourth Street. An inquest by Coroner Campbell is planned. bartender James Campbell allegedly ordered the coroner off the premises.
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Stella Shaffer
Mettenberger’s Morath
Jones Saloon
South Fourth Street
Miss Shaffer
Barkhurst
Campbell
Stella Shafter
Medina
Ravenswood
Tones
James Campbell
Howe Sentenced After Trial Rejection in Pittsburg
Pittsburg judge refused Clifford Howe a new trial and sentenced the former negro coachman, employed by Augustus Hartje, to six years in prison and a $50 fine for perjury and making false depositions against Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje.
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Pittsburg
Frazier
Clifford
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Howe
Bishop Hartley Links Paris Indifference to Church Trouble
Columbus December 13 Bishop James Hartley of the Diocese of Columbus says the Roman Catholic church will prevail in its clash with the French Republic. He blames Parisian indifference to religion and rural Catholics abstaining from politics for outsiders gaining influence, and denounces lay associations as enemies of the church.
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Columbus
James }. Hartley
Battle Fought in Mountain Pass Near Gjakovica
In Belgrade reports a fierce engagement near Gjakovica in Macedonia left 35 men dead and hundreds wounded before daybreak. About 2,000 Albanian tribesmen clashed for nearly three hours in the mountain pass.
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Belgrade
Servia
Gjakovica
Macedonia
Wellsburg Area Fire Claims Three Lives Including Child
Three people died from fatal burns within a 36 mile radius on Wednesday. Russell Lucas two and a half, son of Roy Lucas near Wellsburg Brooke County, perished after clothing ignited while seeking mittens. Mollie Payne sixty nine, of West Liberty, was burned when her night clothes caught fire at an open grate and died next day. Frank Gerber owner of a New Martinsville cleaning and dyeing shop was burned to death in a gasoline can explosion. his wife is hospitalized with burns likely to be fatal.
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Russell Lucas
Roy Lucas
Wellsburg
Brooke County
Mollie Payne
West Liberty
Wheeling
Franzier
Frank Gerber
New Martinsville
Schmeid Hospital
German Reichstag Dissolved Over Southwest Africa Funds
Berlin declares dissolution after a clash between the Kaiser and Reichstag over the budget for German Southwest Africa. Chancellor Von Buelow sought a compromise but the budget committee report risks an open conflict if funds are refused. The Reichstag's rejection and the dissolution mark a peak in the crisis.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
Africa
Government Grants Transvaal Immediate Responsible Rule
London reports the government will grant the Transvaal immediate responsible government. It declares full confidence that free institutions will secure prosperity and contentment for the Transvaal and its people as a constitutional framework is issued.
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London
Transvaal
Hartje Divorce Appeal Promised After Pittsburg Ruling
Augustus Hartje plans to appeal a Pittsburg court decision denying his divorce claiming the letters presented by the plaintiff prove guilt beyond doubt. The judge found Susie Wagner prejudiced and noted disputed letters lacked dates, casting doubt on the alleged affair with Madine and on the overall testimony submitted.
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Augustus Hartie
Pittsburg
Frage
Hartje
Susie Wagner
Susie
Madine
Jury Disagreement Predicted In Smith Burglary Trial
Defense rests on Cord Trotter and George Conley affidavits securing a new trial. Both witnesses testified Smith had no involvement while recounting a night of drinking, break in, and a hurried escape. Prosecutors pressed cross examination as jurors retired at 2:15 p.m. to deliberate.
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Kim Smith
Oscar J. Smith
Cord Trotter
George Conley
Smith
Trotter
Steenberg
Greenberg's
Conley
Thattev
Third Street
Éresse
Adams Street
Alban
Frank Smith
Richards
Wooster Gas Light Co Placed Under Receiver
The Wooster Gas Light Company business and plant were placed in the hands of a temporary receiver named by Judge Taylor. John McSweeney was named receiver as Pikeburg stockholders dominated the ownership and internal factional conflict is blamed for the trouble.
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Wooster
Wooster Gas Light Company
Judge Taylor
John McSweeney
Pittsburg
Minnesota Guardsmen Convention Opens in St Paul
The annual Minnesota National Guard Association convention opened in St Paul and will continue tomorrow. A long agenda covers militia duties and improvements to personnel and efficiency.
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Minnesota Guardsmen
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Pleasant Heights oil test comes in dry
The Pleasant Heights well was drilled to 1510 feet and found no Berea sand, only a formation. The dry result dashed hopes of many area holders who expected an oil geyser in their yards. A Heights resident hoped no further tests, fearing oil could hurt the suburb as a place to live.
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Pleasant Heights
the Heights
King Oscar of Sweden critically ill in Stockholm
A dispatch to the Central News from Stockholm reports King Oscar II of Sweden is critically ill with heart trouble. The health crisis grounds royal duties and stirs concerns across Europe. The Swedish court has not announced a change in the line of succession.
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London
Central News
Stockholm
Oscar ST
Sweden
Poisoned Cakes Sickened Five at East Liverpool Home
Five people at the home of Mr and Mrs Alexander Bryan East Liverpool were poisoned after eating tomatoes “put up at home” during a family meal. Victims include Mr and Mrs Bryan and Mr and Mrs Thomas Bryan and a son. Nine dined. five ate tomatoes and fell ill. Mrs Harvey Maple, of Waynesburg, also seriously ill after eating poisoned cakes. Her mother in law, Mrs Adam Maple, secretly placed arsenic in cakes intended for rats.
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Alexander Bryan
East Liverpool
Bryan
Thomas Bryan
Harvey Maple
Waynesburg
Inlaw
Adam Maple
Maple
Ohio Weather Outlook Calls For Snow And Cold
Washington dispatch reports unsettled conditions in Ohio with rain tonight, followed by colder air. Friday expected to bring snow or rain and a further drop in temperatures.
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Washington
Ohio
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New York World
Jones’ Saloon
Hooe
August Hartje
Hartly
Church Responsible
the Kaiser
South Africa
England
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Berea
King Oscar
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