Six Men Dead and Injured in Delano Case Denial
Dec 3 Delano report shows Reverend Badgley vigorously denying a letter and any knowledge of the Glen dora woman. An informal church investigation found insufficient evidence beyond the letter and hearsay. Officials contemplate a broader church inquiry later, possibly in Glendora, with sentiment favoring moving the dispute to Southern California.
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Delano
Southern
California
Glendora
Dougherty
Badgley
Commission Wants Facts In Anthracite Hearing
In Scranton on December 3 the anthracite coal strike commission resumes miners hearings after a ten day adjournment. Samuel Dickson of Philadelphia appears for Lehigh Coal and Navigation and other regional concerns as spectators include Italian and Polish workers. The chairman clarifies that the commission will not abandon duties or permit unilateral settlements without all parties’ consent.
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Scranton
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
State
Samuel Dickson
Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigators Company
Panther Creek Valley
Hazelton
Gray
Ter
Commission
Dickson
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Oklahoma Statehood Plan Amid Indian Territory Provisions
Oklahoma favored for statehood with New Mexico and Arizona not. Proposed constitution protects Indian rights while they remain unextinguished and sets a three district judiciary. Convention may divide the Indian Territory and land into up to twenty four counties and forbids polygamy. Delegates to the constitutional convention are made eligible. Senate vote split along party lines.
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma Territory
Congress
United States
Indian Territory
Oklahoma and
Kaw
Senator Quay
The
Busy Robbers Strike Lemoore in Double Heists
Hanford California December 3 Four robbers broke into the Lemoore post office using a sledge and punch stolen from a blacksmith, blowing open the safe with powder from shotgun shells and taking about 100 dollars in cash and gold nuggets. They also raided Copeland and Love lace's store stealing jewelry and watches worth around four to five hundred. They fled, leaving powder cans and shell fragments. sheriffs notified and pursuit begun. The robbers are described as novices with no identified suspects.
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Lemoore
Copeland & Lovelace
State Seeks Payment on War Claims from Washington
Sacramento dispatch reports deputy State Controller W. W. Douglas starts for Washington to press a claim of 4 420 891 96 against the U S government for rebellion war claims. He will appeal to the War Department auditor to gain legislative support for payment. In San Francisco workers unearth a woman's skeleton beneath a Sutter and Stockton street building site, likely from a murder years ago, no identification found.
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W. Douglas
Washington, D. C
California
United States
Douglas
The
War Department
San Francisco
Sutter
Stockton Street
Progreso Explodes At Fulton Iron Works Wharf
The steel steamer Progreso blew up at the Fulton Iron Works harbor scene in San Francisco causing property losses and at least six deaths with many injuries. Eighty aboard included sixty workers and twenty crew. explosion traced to gas in an oil chamber. The vessel, being prepared to carry oil after reconstruction, did not sink and salvage is unlikely. Emergency and Presidio hospitals treated injured workers including Willie Van Tassel and Peter Hanson, with several in critical condition. Progreso, formerly Wells City, 265 feet, 1919 tons gross, owned by Progreso Steamship Co of New York, had restoration near completion when the blast occurred.
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Iron Works
Progresso
Fulton Iron Works
Presidio Hospital
Fulton Works
Willie van Tassel
Peter Hanson
McNearney
Edward Kane
Progresso Steamship Company of
New York
Atlantic
Wells City
Money for Bribery Trial in St Louis
Philip Stock the legislative agent for Suburban Street Railway testified in the Henry Nicolas bribery trial that two money packages totaling 135000 dollars were placed in escrow to push a franchise bill. He recounted the same tale as before in the Julius Lehmann and Harry Faulkner cases. No new details emerged about those who wrecked the California Power Company machinery at Kernville.
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ST. Louis
Philip Stock
Suburban Street Railway Company
Henry Nicolas
Bill
Julius Lehmann
Harry Faulkner
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Selz Perfecto
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Ries
Hanford, Cal
Sacramento
Rogers
A. HH. Grenell
Nineteenth Street
the Steel
Progreso
Harbor View
Sparks
McGregor
Glen
Dow
Conemaugh
McNaughton
Hugh MccGutie
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Californnia Power Company
Kernville
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