Views of the Week in Epitope and National Affairs
The Wa rp eto n Times reports a House vote authorizing a Mississippi River bridge near St Paul and a tobacco tax bill. Washington notes Taft cabinet steam, Roosevelt orders in Panama policing, and a temporary Isthmian guard. Supreme Court overturns Colorado conspiracy verdict. Army brigadier vacancies to be filled from colonels. Indian war pensions clarified. Prominent deaths and honors include Arthur Curtis James as NYYC commodore, Herman Knickerbocker Viele, Mrs. Nicholas Fish, John Bruce Woodward, and Bishop William S Lewis. Chief William T Belt dies in Washington.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
Inn
District of Columbia
Charles J. Bonaparte
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Panama
Supreme Court of the United
United States District ‘Court of Colorado
Colorado
Anthony of
Kan‘san
Secretary of the Interior
Oregon
Washington
Arthur Curtis James
New York Yacht ‘Club
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Herman Knickerbocker Viele
New York
Viele
Egbert J. Vi
Nicholas Fish
Grant
John Bruce Woodward
The
State University
Lexington
Charles H. Gaus
Otto Kelsey
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Union League Club of
Philadelphia
James F. Hope
William 8. Lewis
Multiple Accident and Injury Reports Across States
Reports detail a Southern Pacific engine explosion near Beaumont California killing three and injuring one. hunting mishaps in Iowa leave a miner and companion injured. a Rend mine explosion in Mount Vernon Illinois suffocating three men. a Pennsylvania poisoning tragedy from tainted groceries. a Chicago street collision injuring a resident of a prominent family. and a Kansas City hunting accident fatally injuring Fred N. Sewall with a head injury.
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Beaumont
Cal
State Center
Iowa
Harry Groth
A. Groth
John Donahoe
Will Murphy
George McMannen
Frers
Rend
Mount Vernon
Mil
George van Horn
Mendenhall
Chester County
Savage
Ganshow
Chicago
Fred N. Sewall
Kanesee City
Fragmented World News Gathers Surprising Items
A chaotic jumble reports on General Booth’s surgical operation in London, a Paris tobacco tax study, a dramatic hat causing fainting in Murich, and Archbishop Ireland’s Paris visit. It notes suicides and crimes in Elgin and Cleveland, a Montana murder suspect, embezzlement, a New Orleans racetrack incident, and payroll gifts to Chase & Sanborn workers. Also covered are political divorcé cases, a boxing draw in Los Angeles, Australian praise for a battleship, and job-impact of steel industry cuts at Dover.
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Mur Bich
Ireland
Paris
Taft Names Knox Secretary of State for Cabinet
Augusta Ga Dec 20 President elect William H Taft announced United States Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania would be secretary of state in his cabinet He said Knox accepted the premiership of the Taft cabinet and would advise on cabinet appointments and early administrative matters Knox’s influence in the new administration was freely admitted Taft sought a great lawyer and public figure to fill the role and project American leadership abroad
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Augusta
William H. Taft
United States
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Knox
New York
Senator Knox
Senate
Tatt
Evidence Against Hains Gains Strength in Trial
Flushing New York December 20 The trial of Thornton J Hains facing charges of aiding his brother Captain Peter C Hains Jr in the killing of William E Annis adjourned until Monday after state witnesses Funke and Andrews testified there was a gap between the first shot by Hans and the subsequent rapid shots. Both witnesses said Thornton Hains aimed his revolver at those on the float after the first shot. An exhaustive cross examination could not dislodge the testimony. Justice Crane cautioned jurors not to discuss the case at home.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E.annis
Herbert L. Funke
Arthur Andrews
Hans
Annis
Thornton Hains
Crane
Eight Lives Lost In Channel Collision At Dover
Eight crewmen of the Swedish steamer Lindholmen perished and two were injured when Lindholmen collided with the German steamer Frederick E. Muller in the Channel near Dover. Lindholmen sank, Lindholmen crew escaped in lifeboats and were landed near here exhausted. Frederick E. Muller was badly damaged and towed into port.
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Dover
England
Lindholmen
Frederick E. Muller
Cardisf
Sweden
Divorce Granted To Evelyn Cain Romadka Case In Milwaukee
Charles J. Romadka, husband of Evelyn Cain Romadka now serving a Joliet prison term for larceny in Chicago, was granted a divorce in Milwaukee County court. The unopposed application passed through Judge Ludwick's branch, ending the marriage.
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Milwaukee
Charles J. Romadks
Evelyn Cain Romadka
Chicago
Earthquake Report Shakes Coutances France
A slight quake was felt in Coutances last evening with no damage beyond broken crockery. In Columbus Ohio Fred Lied, ex-member of the board of control, was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary by Judge Rogers for accepting a bribe from Nelon Cannon of a Cleveland paving firm.
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France
Coutances
Castro Forms With Rag
Berlin December 20 President Castro accuses Acting President Gomez of treachery and vents fury on his suite and family. He has shut himself in the Hotel Esplanada for forty hours amid feasting and drinking. A German official visited his apartments yesterday. Castro seeks to renew Venezuela France relations by arbitration. The Hague notes confusion over a supposed war and doubts Castro’s stability in Europe.
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Castro
Gomez
Venezuela
Hotel Esplanada
Germany
the Hague
Foreign Office
Netherlands
Venencia
Amsterdam
van Swinderen
Senor Castro
The
Hague
Bandits Loot Two Neb Banks In Fierce Gun Battle
Six desperadoes in a touring car dynamited the Commercial Bank of Gibbon and the Farmers' State Bank at Keene. They fired on residents, took 2500 dollars, wounded a robber, and fled with a pursuing citizen posse in pursuit.
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Girven
Neb
Commercial Bank
Farmers’ State ‘Bank of
Keene
Gibbon
Expert Testimony in Missouri Rate Hearing Cites 2.99C Per Mile
J W Kem Arick vice president of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe testified in the Missouri rate case that only a few lines in Minnesota operate at a profit, and that interstate handling should bear a 2.99 cent per mile passenger rate to earn a legitimate return on investment.
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Kansas City
J. W. Kem Arick
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Explosion kills two at Senior Powder plant in Ohio
A terri explosion at the Senior Powder company plant one mile north of Morrow, Lebanon County, Ohio, yesterday instantly killed two men and wrecked the glazing mill. In Somerville, Mass, James B Harmon, eighteen, shot and killed Maud Hartley, eight, after she rejected him.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Senior Powder Company
Morrow
This County
Somerville
Mass
James B. Harmon
Maud Hartley
Murder in Winnipeg Laundry Shacks by Chinese Highbinders
Two Chinese men Kung Pow and Chun Lung were found slain in their January Winnipeg laundry shack. The brutal double murder, with ax and butcher knife used, led police to suspect Chinese highbinders. The crime scene showed extensive blood and a powerfully brutal display.
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Winnipeg
Kung Pow
Chun Lung
Imne
French Court Considers Boarding School for Children
Paris court weighing transfer of Count de Cas tellane’s three children from Princess de Sagan to Marquise de Castellane debates placing them in a high school for a fixed period. Judges and public prosecutor examined the children to gauge their physical and mental fitness for school.
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Paris
Moonshiner's Last Stand in Desperate Posse Battle
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 22 Delbert Moore a moonshiner and robber fought a posse for over three quarters of an hour as his life ebbed away. He tried to blow up a circus and commit more crimes before falling lifeless down a precipice.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Delbert Moore
Desperado
Not Guilty in Slaying of Boy at Opening Game
In Central league opening night incident last May in land Rapids Ward Parks, accused of homicide after allegedly throwing an empty bottle that struck Willie Haverkamp, was found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury. The boy was an innocent bystander.
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Freedland Rapids
Midh
Parks
Willie Haverkamp
Haverkamp
Overwork Thought to Have Driven Union Pacific Cashier to Suicide
Omaha December 22 William R Kel sey cashier of the Union Pacific rail yard at South Omaha killed himself at his home early Sunday. A letter to his wife indicates overwork had perhaps unbalanced his mind.
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Omaha
William R. Kelsey
Union Pacific Railxy
South Omaha
Lodging House Fire Surcharges Panic in Chicago
A December 22 fire in a Chicago lodging house caused a panic among about a hundred occupants. Paul Helligendorf, aged ten, was suffocated in the blaze.
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Cago
Paul Helligendorf
Organized telegraph theft by railroad operators on the Pacific coast
Western Union probes six months of theft by railroad operators. Thousands of patrons were robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars as messages were destroyed and not transmitted. Warrants issued for Washington operators. none confessed. trials expected soon. Only railroad operators reportedly involved.
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Portland
Ore
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast
Telegraph ‘Company
Washington
Castro lionized in Germany amid lavish attention
Berlin reports Castro of Venezuela receiving a warmer welcome than in Paris. He enjoys a royal hotel suite of thirty four rooms as papers detail his daily program. Dr. Israel treats suspected kidney tuberculosis and may decide on an operation within a week.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Paris
France
Israel
Dr. ‘Hospital
Four of Family Dead Poison Suspected Foul Play
Idaho news reports that Mrs John Rosen and her three children were found dead at their home four miles from Montpelier. The husband John Rosen discovered the bodies and alleged the mother poisoned the children before taking poison herself. County attorney and coroner traveled to the scene to investigate foul play.
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Idaho Hom Boise
John Rosen
Montpelier
Lea
Schmitz Released on $110,000 Bail in Grafting Case
San Francisco former mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was released on 110000 bail after backers including relatives and friends posted the bond. The bondsman William J. Californian cement king refused to submit to examination of financial condition. Four of the sureties were relatives.
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San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
William J
Schmitz
LeBeau to be hanged for Montana double murder
In Kalispell Montana on December 22 Judge Erickson sentenced Frederick LeBeau to death by hanging for the murder of R. W. Yoakum and his son. LeBeau’s accomplice Joe Hobbins received a life prison term. LeBeau is to be hanged February 6.
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Dou Ale
Montana
Kalispell
Mont
Erickson
Frederick Lebeau
Lebeau
Joe Hobbins
Lebeast
R. W. Yoakum
Guilty of Murder in Laporte Court
William W. Delph of Laporte Indiana was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his mother yesterday.
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Laporte
Ind
William W. Delph
Delph
In-Aw
Montreal peddler Patricia Greene slain by highwaymen
Patricia Greene of Montreal, a peddler, was killed near Plaster Rock New Brunswick yesterday by highwaymen who escaped with a valuable aid to contain 3,000 dollars. The crime report notes the bandits fled with the money.
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Alexis
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Chase
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Davie
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Immaedt
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Halloway
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Anna
Union Telegraph Company
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