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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
6
Orme and Bessie travel by buggy to a quiet estate to recover important documents. They outwit a Japanese foe, gain access through a guarded drive, and present papers to the awaiting girl in a ceremonial reunion.
Orme waits for the mysterious woman as she returns with words of faith. They enter a library where a group of grave men sit around a mahogany table lit by a lamp. One face in particular resembles the woman’s, hinting at a prior, forgotten connection.
Orme uncovers a hidden plot linking the secretary of state, a German ambassador, and Japanese intrigue. A rescued treaty and a five dollar bill prove pivotal as Poritol’s burglar alarm prevents a last minute loss. The secretary thanks Orme and introduces his daughter, ending with a quiet promise of reunion tomorrow.
London reports a massive explosion at Hulton collieries Leigh Lancashire entombing about 300 miners. The mine pit is on fire hindering rescue with estimates up to 400 entombed. Five bodies including the assistant manager have been recovered and were asphyxiated. many others are said to be burned or mutilated.
President Taft listened to representatives from the Anti-Saloon League the WCTU and the International Reform Bureau arguing against lifting a liquor ban tied to Indian treaty lands in Minnesota including parts of Minneapolis. Reform bureau officials urged total prohibition within treaty territories until congress votes otherwise while awaiting word on whether Indians live in the area.
New York reports the Baroness Von Zedtwitz age 43 died of heart disease December 16 at the Carlton hotel in Frankfort. formerly Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell of Louisville she and her sister the Marquise Monstiers Merinville sparked sensation by leaving the Catholic church. She leaves a 14 year old son and is survived by estate estimated around 2.5 million dollars. Her sister Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell died October 4 1999 aboard ship near the American shore. The baroness was born in Louisville Kentucky daughter of William Shakespeare Caldwell with Greek lineage on her mother's side.
Arthur Middletown, arrested on Sixth Avenue, carried suitcases packed with stolen silver. He claimed a Buffalo man hired him to sell the silver, which totaled 129 pieces stolen from ex Governor Franklin Murphy of New Jersey in Newark. Middletown confessed at police headquarters.
Mrs. Augusta Brickman of 43 West Adams street collapsed at Desplaines street police station while begging for food for her three children. A physician was summoned and money was given to her after the incident.
Washington reports the confirmation of J. H. Meyer and C. C. McChord as interstate commerce commissioners will lead to the organization of the commission by January 3. The move sets the body to begin its formal work promptly.
Charles F. Treman accepted Governor-elect Dix's offer to head the public works department. The Justice Department said the electric trust case under the Sherman Act would commence before January 1. A Spanish steamer Palermo wreck off Cape Corrobodo has 19 lost passengers and crew. In Havana Vedado police arrested Roca and five others for counterfeiting U S treasury notes of 10 and 20 dollars.
Congressman Joel Cook of Pennsylvania died at his Philadelphia home from paralysis. The death sparks attention amid a year of political shifts and memorials noted in the era's national coverage.
The Chilean minister to the United States, Don Anibal Cruz, died suddenly of heart disease at his Washington home.
The murder of three London policemen sparks agitation for nighttime arming of constables. Washington reports the Chilean minister’s widow accepted President Taft’s offer to move the body to Chile aboard a U S warship. Austin A Dorian resigns as state fish hatchery protector in Freeport New York. Ballot boxes under guard in Fort de France Martinique after Sunday’s election were rifled.
A party of Mormons arriving at Portland Maine from Liverpool England was detained for inquiry into their目的. A London correspondent reports Britain's election result widened the government majority from 124 to 126. Lexington tobacco growers plan a five state boycott of the 1911 crop and will plant none in 1912. Taft commuted a Honolulu murder sentence to life imprisonment on grounds of intoxication. John D Rockefeller Jr. donates 10 million dollars to the University of Chicago, lifting his total to about 35 million.
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