Abductor of School Girl Arrested Last Night
Tessie Norton, a fifteen year old girl, was found in San Francisco suspected abduction partner Parke, a 38 year old shoemaker with a San Francisco wife claim. They were jailed after officers traced them to Pleasanton then custody returned to the sheriff.
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Frank Parke
Tessie Norton
The
Pleasanton By
Francis Borgwardt
Si Drouillard
Parke
Fire Department
San Francisco
Chronicle
Will Davis
Pleasanton
Tessie
End of Strike Near in Redding California Today
Redding California December 13 Judge Edward Sweeney leading a businessmen committee has scheduled a meeting with Mountain Copper Company General Manager Wright to hear the strikers’ statement. Locals expect an imminent settlement as calm negotiation gains traction on both sides.
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Redding
Cal
Edward Sweeney
Genral
Wright
The
Mountain Copper Company
Christmas Jinks Postponed by Woman's Club
The Woman's Club postpones the Christmas Jinks to December 22. On that date members may contribute to a fund for retinting and improving the hall rather than giving individual gifts. The Monday program, arranged by the Board of Directors, includes readings from Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, a piano solo by Mrs. L Dinkelspiel, a reading by Mrs. Lucien Beer, a portrait presentation of Miss Frances Willard by Mrs. E. M. McLeod, a talk by Mrs. John Snook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggs
E. Conklin
L. Dinkelspiel
Lucien Beer
Frances Willard
E. M. McLeod
John Snook
Bennett and Doan Attorneys at Law in Bakersfield
Bennetts and Doans law firm is located in the Lend Company building Bakersfield offering legal services. The note lists the firms name and address suggesting a professional presence in the city’s business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett & Doan, Attorneys At Law—Lend Company Building
Bakersfield
Mitchell testifies again at strike commission hearing
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers testified before the strike commission in Scranton. He defended figures from his agents showing higher wage averages than those from the Delaware and Hudson Company. He said he opposed the strike at its outset but supported one later in the year. He declined to commit on enforcement of non-interference clauses without contracts or joint conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
James Torrey
Delaware and Hudson Company
Torrey
Mr. Mitchell
Hours Negotiated for Southern Pacific Clerks
Los Angeles Dec 13 The Southern Pacific Railroad has told the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes that hours and wages have been addressed. Clerks will gain about 8 percent in pay and their workday shortened from nine to eight and a half hours. The new scale is to take effect January 1. Freight handlers’ demands remain under review with a likely settlement before year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
United Brotherhood of Railway
Wall Street Must Stand By Itself
Washington December 13. Secretary Shaw declines to publish the Treasury stance on New York money stringency. Government not involved. Wall Street must rely on its own resources to tide over the stringency. Treasury reports available cash around 458 million dollars with no plan to reduce further through deposits or other means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Shaw
Treasury Department
New York
Department
Wall Street
Treasury
Mother Goose Party by St. Agnes Guild
The ladies of St. Agnes Guild will host a Mother Goose fair at the Guild hall on Friday next December 19. Friends will be entertained by a program from the Sunday school children. There will be booths selling refreshments and Christmas sewing items and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of St. Agnes Guild
Guild Hall
Friends of the Guild
Castro Will Not Yield In Berlin Ultimatum
President Castro refuses to yield on any point in response to the German ultimatum. The German telegram, dated December 10, states the reply was placed in the Charge dAffaires hands and that the executive refuses to yield to German demands on all points. No arbitration proposal has reached Berlin and the U S has not made such a suggestion. The foreign office has limited news and a coast blockade remains in effect with no imminent landing expected.
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Berlin
Castro
Foreign Office
Herr von Pilgrim-Baltagsl
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bowen
United States
Man Kear Killed By Live Wire In San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 12 Herman Kear was fatally electrocuted while helping a milkman raise a fallen horse. The wagon wheel touched a broken telephone wire and carried over four thousand volts into Kear’s body. He died at the hospital despite efforts to revive him.
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San Francisco
Herman Kear
Kearns
Barrett Declines Japanese Mission for Exposition Ties
Secretary of State Hay received a cable from John Barrett dated Calcutta stating he will continue his St. Louis Exposition duties and decline the offered Japanese mission. Lloyd Griscom Jr., minister to Persia and former charge d affaires in Constantinople, is expected to succeed Buck.
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Barrett
Washington
Hay
John Barrett
Calcutta
St. Louis Exposition
Lloyd Griscom, Jr
Persia
Constantinople
Buck
Blizzard in Cleveland Paralyzes Regional Transit
A heavy rain and sleet fell overnight in Cleveland and nearby areas, followed by a sharp temperature drop, a strong northeast gale, and driving snow. By noon the storm intensified into a blizzard, crippling telephone and telegraph lines and delaying trolley traffic. The weather disturbance is reported as widespread across the lower lake region.
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Cleveland
Trafic
Lower Lake Region
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Hibernia Bank
Salz
Royal
Woman's Club
L. P
Blizzard
A. Hl. Grenell
Jeweler
Nineteenth Street
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