Marlon Lawton named Philippine Scouts officer to Fort Thomas
Marley Lawton son of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton is appointed second lieutenant of the Philippine Scouts and ordered to Fort Thomas Kentucky after narrowly avoiding striking the U S president with his bicycle last Sunday. Also notes paper from cotton stalks cost and a new Atlanta company forming with capital of 500000, plus Taft Sherman inaugural prep.
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Marley Lawton
Henry W. Lawton
Philippine Islands
Philippine Scouts
Fort Thomas
United States
Church
Gilbert Boyer
Bureau of Manufactures
Atlanta
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Edward J. Stellwagen
Taft
Sherm
Taft Victory Plurality Reported From Official Returns
The tabulation of official returns by Sov. Folk reports William H. Taft carried aussourt oy f plurality of 1,026. A US Signal Corps lieutenant, Olio Bracman Grimm, died suddenly in a Long Beach drug store of hemorrhage while on leave. Col. John C. Babcock, Civil War figure, fled his Mount Vernon home at seventy two. In New York, two African American students entered class prompting a walkout by thirty four junior lass at Grand Rapids Veterinary college. Charles A. Walters and daughter Emma found dead from gas in their apartment. Swedish minister Herman de Lagercrantz and secretary escaped a car crash in Pittsburg. The Census Bureau notes a higher divorce rate in the United States than in foreign countries with at least one in twelve marriages ending in divorce.
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138 LIVES LOST IN MINE DISASTER AT MARIANNA
Pittsburg, Dec. 1. A mine blast at the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal company mine in Marianna leaves at least 138 dead, with 52 bodies recovered. Most victims horribly mutilated or dismembered, rescuers say the death toll will rise. Officials report a delayed clearance likely for several days as rescue and investigation continue amid cold, rain and wreckage.
Moonshine Gang Leader Jailed After All-Night Shootout
In Anniston Alabama United States revenue officers captured Jim Floyd longtime head of the Floyd moonshining gang and eight associates after a fierce all night gun battle Five bullets struck Floyd as he and his men numbered in the gang defended the Turkey Haven mountains The operation ends a months long pursuit and marks a major crackdown on illegal liquor production in the area
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Anniston
Als
Turkey Haven
United States Revenue
Jim Floyd
Floyd
Woodruff Drops Out of New York Senatorial Race
Hot Springs Va Dec 1 After a protracted conference between President elect Taft and Timothy J Woodruff New York state chairman announcement was made that Mr Woodruff had eliminated himself from the New York senatorial race in favor of Secretary Root.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Timothy J. Woodruff
New York State
Woodruff
New York
Ohio Industrial Home Fire Confession Ties to 1¢ Building Loss
In Delaware at a state industrial home, authorities report that unnamed girls confessed to setting a fire. The blaze damaged the main building, with estimated losses around $10,000. Watchman Joseph Sprow rescued eighty eight girls, while some victims were slightly injured.
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Columbus
Wee
Delaware
Joseph Spirrow
Looks Black for Steinheil Murder Conviction Deepens
Paris reports new light on the Steinheil murders of Adolphe Steinhell and Mme Japy. Authorities consider possible strangling after narcotic or poison, with Mme Steinhell alleged to have an accomplice. Body disinterred for chemical analysis. Faure death linked to Steinhell rumors. sensational details emerge from Parisian press.
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Paiis
Mme. Steinhell
Mawree Borderal
Hho
Felix Faure Carled
Steinhell House
Six Men Die in Salt Mine Near Detroit
Six laborers died after an air supply failed in a salt mine shaft near Oakwood on Detroit's edge. The workers lowering 350 feet into a 600-foot shaft were overcome as a two foot air tube clogged, cutting off ventilation and causing suffocation.
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Surafee
Detroit
Oakwood
Oakwood Contracting Company
Detroit Salt Company
Colorado 18 Snow Bound Heaviest Fall In East Colorado
Denver Colo Dec 1 Reginusas Saturday and continuing until late last evening the eastern portion of Colorado was visited by one of the heaviest falls of snow ever experienced in this section, with the plains area East of here included. Railroads faced the greatest difficulty though last night reports indicate delays are not serious.
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Colo
Reginusas
Colorado
Here
Nitroglycerin Blast Fails to Free Convict in Jail
Walter Reed, awaiting transfer to the state prison for manslaughter, exploded a large quantity of nitroglycerin against his cell wall in Hobart Oklahoma. The jail wall was blasted away but sheriff and deputies acted quickly, preventing escape and saving lives in a desperate escape attempt on December 1.
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Nna
Hobart
Okla
Walter Reed
Reed
Desperado Skirmish Fatally Wounds Ogden Deputy Sheriff
Ogden Utah December 1 Chief Deputy Seymour L Clark was killed at Uintah by an unknown desperado Deputy Sheriff J J Murphy was shot in the hand and a sick man in custody was shot twice in the arm The desperado escaped and the manhunt began
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Desperado
Drug Store Robbery Report From Rockwell
Mason City Iowa December 1 Bun Giara broke into the Smith drug store at Rockwell securing 110 dollars in cash and valuable articles involved in the burglary authorities are investigating the incident and no arrests are reported yet.
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Mason City
Iowa
Bun ‘Giara
Smith Drug Store
Rockwell
Root Exhanges Japan Policy Seen Like Monroe Doctrine
Secretary Elihu Root and Japan's Kogoro Takahira exchanged notes outlining Far East policies. The brief ceremony at the state department concluded with mutual satisfaction. public release planned tonight. The nonbinding statements aim to influence future diplomacy, likened to the Monroe Doctrine in American history.
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America
Washington
Elihu Root
United States
Kogoro Takahira
Japan
Root
State Department
Pacific
Senate
China
Steinheil case in Paris faces hostile crowds and new testimony
Paris December 2 authorities plan precautions for possible demonstrations as Mme Steinheil is to undergo a major examination today and tomorrow. M Andre the examining magistrate heard few witnesses and will decide if reconstructing the crime in Mme Steinheil’s presence is needed. Mme Steinheil will be taken to court early and held at the Conciergerie with counsel Rubin withdrawing to hand the case to a special advocate.
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Steinheil
M. Andre
Mme. Steinhell
M. Rubin
Wills Brother by Accident in Chippewa Falls Deer Hunt
In Delmar town Oscar Anderson was hunting with his brother Andrew Anderson when Oscar discharged a rifle and wounded Andrew in the back. Surgery not required. the death was instantaneous, happening during a deer drive in the woods.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Oscar Anderson
Andrew Anderson
Delmar
Oscar
Fernie to Michel Line Opens in New Rail Route
Yesterday announced the opening of a new line from Fernie British Columbia to Michel British Columbia. The twenty two mile route traverses the country scarred by last summer's big fire. The road will operate in connection with the Crow's Nest Pass Coal company's line.
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B. C
Michel
B.C
Crow's Nest Pass
Boy Bleeds to Death After Gunshot Wound in Hunt
Clarence Johnson, a fifteen year old resident six miles from Carver Minnesota, bled to death from a gunshot wound to the arm while hunting with companions. He tried to draw a gun from a boat when the accident occurred on December 2.
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Carver
Minn
Clarence
Washington Ballot Totals Reported from Olympia
In Olympia Washington the presidential vote tally shows Taft 106310 Bryan 68883 Debs 14177 Hisgen 248 Chafin 4700 with the decisive counts reflecting the state results. The report lists the candidate totals by name and notes the statewide count as of December 2.
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Olympia
Wash
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Hisgen
Chafin
Disaster at Marianna mines leaves over a hundred dead
An explosion at the Pittsburg Buffalo company mine in Marianna Pennsylvania wrecked the shaft and killed more than 100 miners. Surface teams recovered about 110 bodies by last night with 2 thirds identified. Officials expect the death toll may not exceed 120 as rescue operations continue amid burned remains trapped under slate and roof structure.
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John Tvill
John H. Jones
Buffalo
Pittsburg-Buffalo Company
Marianna
James E. Roderick
State Department of Mining
Detective fatally shoots farmer in field near Marion
In Marion Ohio on December 2 detective H R Curry shot and killed J W C Jackson a 50 year old farmer after an argument in a corn field. Crowd urged lynching Curry surrendered and was taken to Delaware for safekeeping as mobs gathered and police moved him from the city.
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J. W. C. Jackson
H. R. Curry
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Jackson
Iter
Agaim
Delaware
Seven Hundred Lives Lost In Japanese Steamship Collision
Off Chefoo China two Japanese steamers collided and seven hundred people are feared drowned. Details are scarce. the reported loss includes passengers and crew from both ships. Tokyo confirms a collision was reported today with no official confirmation yet.
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China
Chefoo
Tokyo
Japan
Pine Bluff debate plan to divert Arkansas River channel
Citizens discussed diverting the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff by cutting through a narrow land arm near a horse shoe bend several miles north. If successful the diversion could leave Pine Bluff from the main channel and reduce flood risk, though it may cause other dangers and property damage.
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Ety
Vanderbilt Husband Declared Sane by Jury
New York on December 2 Edward Ward Vanderbilt once deemed insane and unable to manage his affairs was yesterday found sane by a sheriff s jury. He is husband to Mary Ann Scannell Pepper Vanderbilt and a wealthy retired lumber dealer from Brooklyn.
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Edward Ward Vanderbilt
Mary Ann Scannell-Pepper-Vanderbilt
Brooklyn
Dynamite damages new Wheeling & Lake Erie bridge abutment
A dynamite blast damaged the abutment of the Wheeling and Lake Erie lift bridge in Cleveland during the night. The blast halted traffic while an examination is conducted. Reports say the bridge was built by non-union labor.
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Cleveland
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Flood Danger Receding Across Guthrie Oklahoma
Flood waters in Guthrie Oklahoma recede and danger lessens as train service resumes. Reports from Hot Springs Arkansas note multiple safeblowers and post office burglars arrested, with alleged ties across the Mississippi valley under investigation.
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Okla
Orlah
Hot Springs
Ark
Posto
Missisippi Valley
Dera Jes Rigby
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