California University secretary admits $20,000 defalcation
Berkeley reports W K Mc Kowen, secretary of the board of regents, confessed to Wheeler that he is a defaulter, possibly over $20,000, largely spent at the race track. He admits taking funds and covering them by university charges, with $4,200 lost in this fiscal year and more uncertain in total. He has been suspended and arrested.
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Berkeley
Cal
W. K. McKowen
Board of Regents of
the State University
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
McKowen
Wheeler
Phoebe Hearst
John Davis
Davis
Western National Bank
Pardee
Board of Regents
Victor Henderson
Count Leo Tolstoy
Kishiner
Gomel
Sunday Journal
Count Tolstoy
America
Arsarkhadon
Assyria
Tolstoy
Russia
Indiana
Brutality Charged Soldier Franzki Severely Punished
Berlin reports a court martial at Rendsburg sentenced Franzki an NCO of the Eighty-fifth Infantry to five years in prison and dishonorable discharge for brutal treatment of soldiers on 1530 counts and abuses of authority. The case cites repeated beatings with fists clubs and whips, deserter disclosures, and a police posting prior to the offenses.
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Berlin
Franzki
Eighty-fifth Infantry
Rendsburg
Friedrich Wilhelm
Frederick the Great
Bittinger Sentenced To Prison For Mail Fraud
Frank D. Bittinger, president of the Nicaragua Land Company, is jailed for one year and fined $1,000 for using the mails to defraud. In court, District Attorney Bethea stated pamphlets claimed thousands of acres under cultivation and huge profits, but only a small portion was cultivated and profits were overstated. A listed treasurer from Sesapeeny was linked to prosecutions.
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Chicago
Frank D. Bittinger
Nicaragua Land Company
Bittinger
Bethea
Nicaragua
N. ‘Vincent
Sesapeeny
Bes Poraibilicy
Sere
Chamberlain Outlines Policy for Splendid Isolation
Joseph Chamberlain spoke to 3,000 at Leeds Coliseum and another 3,000 at the town hall, advocating a collaborative yet isolated path for Britain and its colonies. He announced a 30-man committee from UK and colonial business circles to probe trade issues and promised unity as a family of nations.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Leeds
Coliseum
Town Hall
Chamberlain
United Kingdom
Cholera Epidemic and Global News Highlights
An epidemic of cholera rages near Baghdad, with rains causing deaths. Jewish emigration aid requested from Kishineff to Argentina or Canada. Ireland to raise twenty six battalions of volunteers. Denmark’s King Christian and Prince Waldemar visit Berlin and will lunch with Emperor William. Santos Dumont plans a Paris to St Louis trip to prepare for dirigible competition. An Italian court condemns Garnine Arcinell for attempted poisoning a priest. Greece’s Ralli Cabinet resigns. new cabinet talks begin. French measures push church-state separation. church funding and immunity under review. Emperor Francis Joseph pledges to maintain the Dreibund. Dreyfus commission report delayed. Sardou denies politics influenced his new play La Sordiere. Berlin Wagner Society protests Parsifal in New York as desecration of Wagnerian art.
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Kerbela
Bagdad
Kishineff
Argentina
Canaenae
Belfast
Ireland
Christian
Waldemar
Denmark
Berlin
Schloss
Emperor William
Potsdam
Santos Dumont
Paris
St. Louis
Court of Assizes
Avelino
Italy
Preziosi
Ralli
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
Theotokis
Victorien Sardou
Sarah Bernhardt
Wagner Society
New York
Richard Wagner
Deaths by Fire Reach Johntown Family Tragedy
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on December 16 a fire in the Crosby household killed James Crosby's wife and daughter Grace aged thirteen. A son James is missing and presumed dead as neighbors forced entry after the blaze started in the kitchen while all slept. In New York an unrelated kerosene lamp explosion left John Stankervich, his daughter badly burned and his wife and son severely injured.
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Johnstown
James Crosby
Grace
James
New York
John Stankervich
Pops Ae
Tosy AG
Mrs Austin Buckwheat Cakes Delicacy Shines
Mrs Austin offers buckwheat cake batter praised for fine texture and rich flavor. Ready in minutes, the warm cakes provide a comforting breakfast treat.
Army Post Site Delay Tests Indiana Politics and Claims
Washington dispatch reports Representative Overstreet working to settle a dispute over the Indianapolis army post site as Secretary Root resists funding before land titles pass. The piece covers opinions on state damage claims to Indianapolis buildings, reforms in naval and shipping policy, and personnel moves in Indiana politics.
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ARMY
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Overstreet
French
Indianapolis
Army Post
Department
Bossman and Dyer
Root
Congress
Indianapolis Post
Trade and labor notes across steel and coal sectors
Directors of Corn Products declare a regular 1% quarterly dividend on preferred stock. Steel price talks in New York amid wage shifts. widespread mine and plant suspensions loom as 16 hundred miners quit in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Readings cover rail bond extensions, stockholder turmoil, and reorganization plans for a slew of coal and steel interests.
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Corn Products Company
United States Steel Corporation
Scotch Steel
Haledon
Paterson
N. J
Wilkesbarre and
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Braddock
Reading Company
Denver & Southwestern Road
United States Steel Company
Everett
Mass
Boston
Mercantile Trust Company
United States Shipbuilding Company
Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
New York
James Smith
Flynn
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Union
Birmingham
Ala
Osgood
Toronto
Soo
Messrs Drummond and
Clergue
James Conmee
Treasury
Consul Davis to Return Aboard War Vessel at Beir ut
Washington dispatch notes the State Department requests a warship for Consul Davis at Beirut to return to Alexandretta. Navy lines up Brooklyn or similar vessel and awaits Davis approval on reception. Minister Leishman reports assault by Turkish police on Davis. Turkey urged to express regret and provide reparations.
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Washington
Leishman
Alexandretta
State Department
Navy Department
Davis
Beirut
Cotton
Brooklyn
Egypt
Atlee
W. R. Davis
Attaman
United States
Constantinople
Department
Cting
Adee
Abuses in Post Office Scandals Attributed to Heath Beavers
The report blames Perry Heath and George W. Beavers as the chief culprits in post office abuses. It names Charles Emory Smith James P Willett John A Merritt Robert J Tracewell and Henry A Castle among others for misconduct and lax enforcement. It condemns illegal classified work and improper wage practices linked to post office operations and Treasury payments.
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New York Post Office
Perry 5
Heath
George W. Beavers
United States
Charles Emory Smith
James P. Willett
Pearmeste
Washington
Treasury
Civil Service
Thomas W. Gilmer
F. A. Vanderlip
Vanderlip
Seymour W. Tulloch
Merritt
Shaw
Payne
Smith
Tracewell
Gilmer
Bristow's Full Postmaster Report Released Withheld Exhibits
The complete Bristow postmaster general inquiry report is released today minus exhibits held over criminal cases. It repeats charges against Perry Heath and notes supporting analyses by Conrad and Bonaparte on the Bristow review, underscoring the report's overall conclusions.
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Washington
Bristow
Perry
Heath
Messrs
Conrad
Bonaparte
Prohibitionists To Meet In Kansas City
The Prohibition party will hold its next national convention in Kansas City on June 29. Eight cities bid for the gathering, Kansas City led with nearly double the votes of the next contender. The committee plans changes to representation and reports $7,000 on hand after paying all bills.
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Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Prohibition Party
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Baltimore
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Samuel Dickey
Michigan
British Expedition Enters Thibet Faces Severe Cold
Calcutta reports the British expedition crossed Jelep Pass at 14 380 feet and reached Rinchangong on route to Chumbi valley. They endured intense cold of 36 degrees, Indian troops held firm while bullock transport suffered and Nepalese bulls contracted anthrax. The force included Indian troops, British artillerymen, the Norfolk Regiment detachment, two seven pounders and a machine gun.
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Calcutta
Thibet
Jelep Pass
Rinchangong
Chumbi
Norfolk Regiment
Jail escape from Memphis follows counterfeiting case
Irving Tolley convicted of counterfeiting and Luke Ray charged with the same offense escaped from the county jail in Memphis. Ray is also charged with murdering a Kentucky deputy sheriff who attempted to arrest him near Louisville on the counterfeiting case.
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Memphis
Tenn
Irving Tolley
Luke Ray
Ray
Kentucky
Louisville
Sea of Azof Recedes For Thousands Of Feet At Taganrog
In St. Petersburg report dated December 16, the Sea of Azof is rapidly disappearing with water pulling back over thousands of feet at Taganrog. High winds have blown dry sand and the region’s factories face reduced activity due to water scarcity.
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Petersburg
Taganrog
Sette Hastae
Mr Skinner and party reach Abyssinia capital in good health
The United States Consul Skinner and his delegation, traveling with the American mission to Emperor, arrived at Alisabetha, the Abyssinian capital, after crossing the desert. All members are reported in health and were warmly received at every stop.
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Jubital
Somaililand
Des
United States
Skinner
Com
Barchi
Alisabetha
Abyssinia
Charity event nets funds for St Luke's annex
Chicago on December 16 reports the annual charity ball by high society folk raised a substantial amount for St Luke's Hospital. The net total will finance construction of an annex to the hospital facility.
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Chicago
St. Luke's Hospital
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Terre Haute, Inc
J. F. Wild É CO
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Stevenson Bullein
Ares
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Meridian St
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California University
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General Foreign News
Fair Grounds
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House
A. L. Wishard
State Board
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Hay
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Committee On Appropriations
Reet. Hemenway
Senate Committee On Pensions
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Minerva McMillan
James W. McMillan
Twenty-first Indiana Volunteers
Landis
Republican Club of
Philadelphia
Beveridge
Fred Landis
Thomas H. Bringhurst
Logansport
Mathias
Friend
Fairmount
Alice Barnard
Justice
Job Barnard
Porter County
John Reed Swanton
Representative
Crumpacker
Senator Beveridge
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New Castle
W. W. Dawson
Carpentersville
Samuel R. Glenn
Greensburg
Fred Cunningham
Portland
William A. Mathes
Bedford
Harriet D. Cotton
Goshen
Arthur P. Merrill
H. A. Merrill
North Vernon
Wilber L. McClure
Lowell Whitmore
Giles Grant
Louis P. Wetzel
John Becher
Elmer B. Gant Sullivan
Charles P. Lucas
Arthur E. Willis
Levi N. Willis
Charlies E. Tate
Arthur B. Lucas
Willie B. Willis
Carolin N. Willis
D. E. Tate
Glenwood
Edward Farlow
John F. Mapes
Liberty
James M. Wilson
Clyde Carrington
Tional
Cam
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Roosevelt
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National Bank
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Patrick Deery
Peoria
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Deery
England
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Portsmouth
Navy Yard
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F. E. Farley
Dora A. Woods
Stoutsberg, Ind
Consul Davis
Turkey
Porte
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Sheffield
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West Washington St
Euvenings
Merchants’ Association
Leo Tolstoy
MR. Skinner
King Menelilé
Cluett, Peabody & Makers of
Cluett and
Tasassch
Hirte
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