Inside Panama independence conspiracy and Varilla cable
This dispatch from the Journal’s special commissioner in Panama Dec 12 outlines how conspirators believed Washington promised support for Panamanian independence. It credits M Bunau Varilla with triggering events via a cable that allegedly said America would station ships near the isthmus within hours to secure independence and ensure transit.
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Panama
R. P
Roosevelt
Washington
Amador
M. Bunau-Varilla
Varilla
Arila
Navy
Dor
Tne
America
Vanilla
Hinglik
Juto
Pene
Republic
Colombia
Javiaer Janguito
Bogota
Janguito
Combian
Cartagena
War With Colombians Not Expected by Washington Officials
Washington officials say no real expectation of outbreak or collision with Colombia despite naval mobilization in isthmian waters. The Monroe Doctrine guarantee and treaty obligations are cited, with emphasis on preventing bloodshed while ready to act. The Hague reference is discussed for Panama Colombia debt issues, and Navy instructions to prevent hostile landings remain in effect.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Colombia
New Granada
Subbiantter
State Department
Hague Tribunal
Genoa
Panama
Hague
Russia
Germany
France
The
Navy Department
Isthmian
Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe At Home in Dunbar
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe arrived in Dunbar and received a grand welcome from the provost, town officials, and Roxburghe tenants. A brief speech by the Duchess introduced by the Duke, with thousands cheering, torchbearers, and fireworks marked the reception before they moved to Broxmouth Park for a fort night.
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Edinburgh
Duke
Duchess of
Coast
Dunbar
Dentist Dr Edgar Swain Dies by Gas at Clinic
Cleveland Ohio December 22 Dr Edgar C Swain once a leading dentist killed himself in his office by attaching a rubber tube to a gas jet and placing the other end to his nostril He then covered his head with an overcoat to ensure death after years of illness in a final act of self destruction
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Cleveland, CO
Edgar C. Swain
Swain
Indianapolis Men Benefited By Mexico Court Ruling On Copper Claim
News from Indianapolis reports a Mexican Supreme Court decision favorable to investors in the Indiana-Sonora Copper and Mining Company. Harry B. New describes a three year old purchase of Sonora copper claims from Lycurgus Lindsay and associates, with Lindsay receiving large shares while Indianapolis men held the remainder. The ruling affects title to Mexican mining property valued at $1.8 million and is carried in a continued column.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court of Mexico
Indiana-Sonora Copper and Mining Company
Harry 8. New
Indianapolitans
Mexican
Supreme Court
Lycurgus Lindsay
Los Angeles
Cal
Sonora
Mexico
Sierra de Cobre Copper and Mining Company
Lindsay
Lindsay Vege
Ense
United States
Kheen
West Virginia
Condemned murderer Burness smiles at jurors during verdict
Brooklyn jury convicts Frank H. Burness of first degree murder in the shooting of Capt. George B. Townsend over a disputed $6.30. Burness, who claimed premeditation, faces the electric chair with sentencing set for Monday. He remarks to jurors he bears no grudge and wishes them a merry Christmas.
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New York
Frank H. Burness
Crane
Brooklyn
Burness
George B. Townsend
Charles K. Buckley
Butler
SINGER FINDS MOTHER BRUTALLY MURDERED IN DES MOINES
In Des Moines Iowa on December 22 the inquest into Mrs. Charles W. Graves death found evidence of strangulation before her home was burned. A kerosene can was found near the body while the husband faced court orders restraining entry and threats. Mrs Graves was mother to Winifred Leader of the Grau Opera Company and had secretly married actor Walter Halbach two years earlier. Winifred returned home with Christmas news and found her mother murdered.
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Des Moines
Charles W. Graves
East Des Moines
Grau Opera Company
Walter Halbach
Winifred
Two Months Married Playette To Be Produced This Week
New York readers may catch a glimpse of Mrs. James M. Leathers, a young singer famed in Indianapolis social circles, in a playette titled Two Months Married. The production is slated for this week.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
James M. Leathers
Indianapolis
Will of D H McAlpin admitted to file in Morris County
The will of the late D H McAlpin is admitted to file in Morris County Probate Court. The Morris County estate is valued at five million dollars with total assets around seven million dollars. Most of the property goes to the family with no public bequests.
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Morristown
N. J
D. H. McAlpin
Morris County
Wreck injures men as streetcar fender tosses workers
A northbound Indiana Union Traction car struck a People's Outfitting wagon at Central avenue and Twenty eighth street last night. Thomas Griffin and Albert Grove were thrown in front of a southbound Central avenue car. Grove suffered serious head and arm injuries, Griffin only minor bruising. Both men were taken to St Vincent's Hospital. The crash occurred at 7 o'clock when the wagon crossed Central avenue. Neither man saw the approaching car and both escaped instant death.
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Indiana Union Traction Company
People’s Outfitting Company
Thomas Griffin
Albert Grove
Central Avenue
Twenty Eighth Street
Grove
St. Vincent's Hospital
Griffin
Baker Has No Case In Cripple Creek War
British Consul Pearce told James A. Baker, member of the Western Federation of Miners, that as a British subject he sought protection after alleging unlawful imprisonment and expulsion from Cripple Creek by the military, but Baker decided not to pursue the matter.
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Denver
Col
Pearce
James A. Baker
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Woman Tries Suicide Over Hungry Babies at East Georgia Street
Mrs. Martin Robbins attempted self harm after her husband left seven days earlier. Dr. Crockett saved her with morphine overdose reversed, five children ages under ten crying from cold and hunger. Charity society to supply fuel and food for the deserted family.
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Martin Robbins
East
Georgia Street
Dr. Crockett
Denver Judges Held for Trial on Election Fraud Charges
Accused of fraud in the state election, judges E. D. Scudmore John A. Vananaugh and William Binswanger were held for trial. Reported discrepancies include hundreds more votes cast than residents in their precinct and poll books showing names in nearly identical order to registration lists.
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Denver
Col
E. D. Scudmore
John A. Vananaugh
William Binswanger
Victim of Conspiracy Says Carroll Roberts
Carroll Roberts of Laporte Indiana, aged sixty eight, claims a conspiracy by relatives to steal his fortune and confine him in a Michigan asylum for fourteen years. He seeks restoration to sanity in Lenawee county court to recover control of his estate. He was declared insane in 1889, released in 1897, and later transferred, with relatives asserting he was never insane.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Carroll Roberts
Henry B. Weir
Roberts
Lenawee
Michigan
Lenawee County
Kalamazoo
H. Brant Roberts
Carroll
Indictments and arrests at Rising Sun Indiana murder case
Grand jury indicts four for first degree murder in the Elizabeth Gillespie case at Rising Sun Barbour and Gillespie defendants arraigned not guilty pleas entered Photographer assaulted during seizure of booking Habeas corpus sought for two defendants Bail set at ten thousand dollars for Mrs Seward and Mrs Barbour Jail for James Gillespie and Myron Barbour City quiet with no mob violence. Mrs Seward in poor health.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rane Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
James Gillespie
Belle Seward
Carrie Barbour
Myron L. Barbour
Ohio
Rising Sun
Gillespie
Thad. A. Reamy
Cincinnati
Myron C. Barbour
Barbour
William Gillespie
Downey
Circuit Court
Gillespies
Elisabeth Gillespie
Coles
John B. Coles
Cynthia
Seward
Mr. Barbour
Pere Sons
John Elfers
Earl Seward
Harvey W. Scranton
Simon Boymer
Sene Geeken Harris
Myron Barbour
Man Struck and Killed Crossing Tracks with Christmas Gifts
William Trimble, a Brightwood painter living at 2859 Olney Avenue, was killed last night while hurrying home with Christmas presents for his wife and child. He attempted to crawl between freight cars to avoid being seen and was struck by a fast New York and Boston express on the Big Four tracks near Station Street. The collision left his head crushed and he died instantly. trainmen could not identify the engine number. Trimble left a widow and child awaiting a merry Christmas, and he was a member in good standing of Painters Local Union No. 47. The union will pay a $150 death benefit to his wife.
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William Trimble
Olney Avenue
Brightwood
New York and
Boston Express
Trimble
Station Street
New York
Down Town
Painters’ Local Union
Rockefeller Gives Away More Millions
John D Rockefeller donated a total of 180000 dollars to the University of Chicago at its forty ninth convocation. The gift includes 1500 dollars in real estate near the university and 245000 dollars for current expenses for the year starting July 1914, plus 55000 for power plant completion and grounds work, and 6000 for excavation and exploration of Oriental lands.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University
Rockefeller
Oriental Lands
Echo of Cronin Murder Verdict Against Fraternal Insurance
In Chicago Judge Smith's court Mrs. Margaret Cronin, sister-in-law of the slain physician, won 3320 against a fraternal insurance group over a beneficiary certificate for Dr. P H Cronin. The case ties to the Cronin murder saga as the insured was for the benefit of his brother John J Cronin.
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Chicago
Cronin
Dr. Cronin
Grand jury indicts Gillespie in murder in first degree
Rising Sun Indiana December 22 details show James Gillespie and three others indicted for murder in the first degree in the Elisabeth Gillespie case. Writs of habeas corpus granted for two women with bail set. Gillespie and two men denied bail. Court actions include arrests, arraignments, and planned hearings with defense noting insufficient evidence.
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Col. Shaler
Indiana
Huertas
Colon
Pello Guitierrez
Percame
Jose Domingos de Idia
Guitierres
Buchanan
Beaupre
Duke and Duchess OF
Broxmouth Park
Bryan
Bryan—Yesovitch
Indiana-Sonora Mining Corporation
Singer
Baker
Martha Robbins
Sherifi
Rising Run
Babe
Chicago University
Echo OF Cronin
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