Rouse Simmons Disappears With Fifteen Men and One Woman
Chicago reports fear for the schooner Rouse Simmons loaded with Christmas trees, overdue since Nov 14. Life savers searched Lake Michigan from Kewaunee to Two Rivers but found only wreckage and no crew. Pentwater, Mich., lies opposite the likely drift point.
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Chicago
Simmons
Lake Michigan
The
Great Lakes Life Saving
Spector
Pentwater
Mich
Tuscarora
Miwaukee
Andrew J. Henderson
United States Revenue Cutter
Herman Schuelman
Nelson
Thompson's Pier
Manistique
Kewaunee
Wis
Bailey’s Harbor
Two Rivers
George Sogge
Charles Carland
Rouse Simmons
Henderson
Anarchist Shoots Editor in Montmartre
An anarchist, believed to be a Bonnot gang survivor, burst into M. Ducret’s bedroom at Montmartre and mortally wounded the Freeide editor. The attack is framed as vengeance for alleged informer activity as police hunted the gang. Ducret accused an anarchist named LaCombe as the assassin.
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Paris
France
Bonnot
Montmartre
M. Ducret
Freeide
Ducret
LaCombe
Suffragettes Consider Bomb Plan If Franchise Bill Fails
London reports militants vow to employ explosives if the government rejects woman suffrage in the forthcoming franchise bill. Volunteers would target inside and outside the house of Commons.
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London
House of Commons
England
Democratic campaign costs for Wilson cited in house filing
Washington reports the Democratic campaign to elect Woodrow Wilson president cost 1 159 445 dollars with 1 184 404 dollars in total contributions from 69 854 donors. Major gifts included 106 000 from Jacob Ruppert and others such as Crane 40 000 Dodge 35 000 Ridder 25 000 along with Bryan Phelan Schiff Belmont Wells and Straus among numerous contributors.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
Clerk of the House
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cleveland H. Dodge
Herman Ridder
New York
Star
Crane
Dodge
Ridder
Samuel Untermyer
House Money Trust Committee
William J. Bryan
Phelan
Exhiov. Dpd. RR
Francis
Missouri
Senator Watson
West Virginia
Virginia Vanderbilt
Roger Sullivan
Nathan Straus
Clark
Montana
Charless. Guggenheim
C. BE
H. M. Baruch
Mayor Fitzgerald
Moston
Governor Foss
Massachusetts
Jacob Ruppert
Councilman Toppman Targets Hat Plume Nuisance
Los Angeles councilman Toppman cites constant tickling from long hat plumes as a nuisance and menace. He proposes an amendment to curb plume length to ease discomfort and safety concerns in public spaces. Canton Rent Drive Funds War Support
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Los Angeles
Cal
Toppman
Canton
China
Mongolia
Senate Bristow pushes emergency referendums for constitutional amendments
Kansas Senator Bristow introduces two constitutional amendments to allow nationwide referendums and recall of Supreme Court decisions. If Congress approves and states ratify, the measures would force congress or the people to decide on laws the president recommends within six years. The proposals aim to bypass Congress and require popular approval at regular elections.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Bristow
Kansas
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Mr. Bristow
Germans Reinstate Ban on American Born Wives for Diplomats
Berlin reports Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg restored the Bismarck era rule barring German diplomats from marrying foreigners. The move comes as a formal retirement signal for any official choosing a foreign spouse, ending years of to date lax practice in the diplomatic corps.
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Berlin
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Prince Bismarck
Bernhard von Buelow
Maria Heccadelli de Pologna
Lillian May Langham
Loulaville
Haron Speck von Sternburg
Jeanne Luckemeyer
New York
Washington
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
von Hethmann-Hollweg
Rabbit Hunting Costs Nine Lives
Cleveland reports the twenty day rabbit hunting season in Ohio caused nine deaths and fifty three injuries. Many victims lost an eye arm hand or leg in the accidents.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wickersham seeks new trust busting legislation
Attorney General Wickersham urged Congress to authorize continued litigation against the so called coffee trust and United States Shoe Machinery company. He announced an upcoming action against Lehigh Valley coal and railroad firms and praised recent Supreme Court decisions on Standard Oil and American Tobacco. He said no more Sherman act amendments are needed though prosecutions of trust officials have not encouraging results.
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Washington
Wickersham
Congress
Department of Justice
Coffee Trust
United States Shoe Machinery Company
Lehigh Valley Coal and Railroad
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Thaw Jury Disagrees. Case Reopens in January
The jury in the Gorham company suit against Evelyn N. Thaw failed to reach an agreement over a $2,042 claim for goods sold. The jury was discharged and the case will be tried again in January.
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New York
Gorham Company
Evelyn N. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Lynch
Bride of Day shoots rival at Logansport wedding
Elizabeth Lang a bride of one day killed Mrs. Mary Copple at the wedding dinner after Copple allegedly slandered the groom. Lang confessed to police saying she shot Copple as her children clung to her skirts. Lang was arrested and reportedly expressed no remorse.
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Logansport
Ind
Elizabeth Lang
Mary Copple
Safety of Americans in Leyte and Panay
Washington reports after a typhoon on November 25, the Bureau of Insular Affairs confirms no American deaths or injuries and only one missing in Leyte and Panay amid numerous inquiries.
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Washington
Leyte
Panay
P. 1
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Archbald Loses Test as Senate Reads Letters on Coal Deal
Washington dispatch reports Judge Archbald’s defense faltered as the Senate admitted a contract between E. J. Williams and a “silent partner” including Archbald. Williams testified Archbald would share in a one third stake, and letters show Archbald negotiated coal properties. The trial opens with Williams as hostile witness and multiple witnesses anticipated.
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Washington
Archbald
Senate
E. J. Williams
Scranton
William P. Boland
Worthington
Webb
Williams
House Committee
Commerce Court
Myself
McGoorty Outlasts Gibbons In Madison Square Garden Bout
Mike Gibbons and Eddie McGoorty fought a full ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. McGoorty pressed the action throughout and appeared to have the edge in the bout.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Mike Gibbons
Eddie McGoorty
McGoorty
Czarevitch Still Under Care At Tsarskoe Selo
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the czarevitch is dosen at Tsarskoe Selo with physicians in constant attendance. An apparatus to support his left thigh and leg is being prepared for the journey to Gagry.
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London
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Czarevitch
Tsarskoe-Selo
Gagry
Mrs Robert Goelet Dies in Paris Residence
Mrs Robert Goelet of New York died at her Paris home. Born Harriette Warren she married Robert Goelet in 1879 and had two children Beatrice and Robert Walton Goelet. She spent much time abroad aboard the Nahma and knew royalty including the prince of Germany. The Nahma cruise linked her to Naples where Mr Goelet died in 1899.
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Paris
France
Robert, Goelet
New York
Harriette Warren
Robert Goelet
Beatrice
Robert Walton Goelet
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Mustapha Pasha
U.S
THAW
Bride OF
Indiana Woman
Jurist
M’goorty
Gibbons
Danville
Georgetown
May Thomas
Frank Thomas
United Mine Workers
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