Centurion Sinks Unknown Steamer Off Devonport Warship Damaged
The British battleship Centurion sank an unknown steamer off Devonport after its bows were crushed by its own anchors. Centurion arrived near Plymouth sound with no shore contact. Also reported: seven thousand railway workers strike in Sunderland York and Leeds in protest over a rank reduction.
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Devonport
England
Centurion
Plymouth Sound
United States
Panama Canal
Pall Mall Gazette
Panama
Taft
Congress
Edward Grey
London
Sunderland
York
Leeds
Northeastern Railway
Knox
McKenna
Slingsby
Rev. C. Slingsby
Lynch Elected President of National League at Waldorf
Thomas J Lynch was re-elected president of the National League at its annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria. John Arnold Heydler was re-elected secretary. Lynch will serve one year, Heydler three years, both unanimously.
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New York
Thomas J Lynch
National League
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
John Arnold Heydler
Lynch
Heydler
Biggest Mexican Battle Reported at Chalchibultes
Washington says a major clash between federals and rebels occurred at Chalchibultes Zacatecas with three to four days of fighting and 70 rebel dead counted in the streets. Wytheville reports Sidna Allen case headed to the jury after the Carroll county court shootings.
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Washington
Mexico
Chalchibultes
Zacatecas
Allen
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Carroll County
Senate Says Archbald Trial Evidence Will Stretch Into January
Washington December 11 representatives say the Archbald impeachment trial will not conclude evidence presentation until early January. Judge Archbald faces allegations of using his federal position to gain favors in business dealings while denying undue influence. Scranton figures including Christopher Boland are cited as central to the conspiracy claim and Katydid culm dump option tied to Erie railroad assets.
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Washington
Henry D. Clayton
House
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Archbald
Scranton
Christopher G. Boland
William P. Boland
Cudahy Children Reunited With Parents in Kansas City
Four Cudahy children, separated from their parents for nearly three years, were formally returned to Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cudahy by Judge Slover in the circuit court. The long litigation stemmed from a 1910 domestic dispute and divorce involving Jerem Lillis and Mrs. Cudahy, with the children once in the charge of the grandmother, Mrs. Michael Cudahy of Pasadena.
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Kansas City
Dee
J. P. Cudahy
Slover
Circuit Court
Cudahy
Michael Cudahy
Pasadena
Cal
Cal., Following A Fight Between Mr. Cudahy and Jerem, Lillis, A Kansas City
Hearst and Foraker to Testify in Senate Campaign Fund Inquiry
Senate campaign fund inquiry resumes December 17 with hearings on standard oil actions revealed by the Archbold correspondence. William R Hearst will testify along with ex Senator Foraker of Ohio, to whom letters were directed.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Fund
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Foraker
Ohio
Standard Oil
Boston man testifies in dynamite conspiracy trial
Michael J. Young of Boston testified in his own defense at the dynamite conspiracy trial in Indianapolis. He denied participation in the McNamara plots and said he never talked about blowing up any place or saw dynamite. He acknowledged being on the Iron Workers union executive board and disputed $1,000 monthly payments alleged to fund the campaign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Michael J. Young
Boston
McNamara
Young
Iron Workers’ Union Executive Board
John J. McNamara
Ortie BE. McManigal
McManigal
Hoston
Springfield
Mass
McManiga
Shawn
Los Angeles
Y W C A Opens Hotel in Tokyo for Women Tourists
The Y W C A of Yokohama opens a pension hotel in Tokyo for foreign women tourists and local women. It operates under foreign supervision and aims to fill a long felt need in the area.
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Tokyo
Japan
Young Women's Christian Association
Police kill bandit in Memphis raid by detectives
In Memphis the bandit Dee Kinney Bergman, leader of a train robbery gang, was killed during a hut raid by detectives. Three accomplices Frank Mitchell John McCoy and Frank Holloway were captured. Holloway had escaped from Oklahoma state prison. Bergman lost footing and fell breaking both legs during a roof escape. The group had terrorized trains and banks across the southwest for two years and is linked to the Rock Island train hold ups near Memphis a year ago. In another item a Trenton woman Luella Marshall died in Mercer Hospital a week after seeing an unknown man near her home.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dee
Kinney Bergman
Southwest
Frank Mitchell
John McCoy
Frank Holloway
Holloway
Oklahoma State Prison
Rock Island
Bergman
Abiil Ence Schpenth
Arsenic Theory in 1840 LaFarge Trial Questioned
Paris reports a new committee of scientists writers and politicians seeks to revise the 1840 LaFarge murder conviction for life by arsenic poisoning with new findings by Gautier Bertrand and Raspail challenging Orfila’s evidence and arsenic testing. Mme LaFarge died in 1855 after a pardon by Napoleon I.
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Paris
France
Mme. LaFarge
Matthieu Orfila
Francois Raspail
Tulle
Arfila
Raspail
Armand Gautier
Gabriel Bertrand
Napoleon I
Webber Denies Rosenthal Murder Plot
Bridgie Webber, one of Rosenthal murder informers, returns from Havana and issues a statement denying a murder plot. He claims the gunmen went to the Hotel Metropole to frighten the gambler, but two were drunk and the fatal shooting occurred.
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New York
Bridgie” Webber
Charlies A. Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Havana
Rosenthal
Bankers Trust deposits rise linked to Morgan influence
Washington dispatch reports on the money trust inquiry as Walter B. Frew faces questions about the Bankers Trust Company surge from 5 million to 168 million dollars. Frew cites absorption of Manhattan and Mercantile trusts and notes government quality, while defense of clearing house powers amid 1907 panic.
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Washington
Dee
New York
House Money Trust Investigation Committee
Walter B. Frew
New York Clearing House Association
Sameel Untermyer
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Untermyer
Bankers’ Trust Company
Manhattan Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Frew
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Clearing House
Corn Exchange Bank
Mechanics and Traders
Jim Crow for All Cars in Mississippi Supreme Court Ruling
Mississippi Supreme Court rules that Jim Crow laws apply to cars as well as day coaches. Pearl Morris sued Alabama & Vicksburg railroad for 15000 after employees ousted three from a sleeping car she rode in. Court found 15000 excessive and suggested 2900 as verdict.
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Jackson
Mias
Suspreme Court
Mississippi
Allens Execution Planned Amid Governor’s Silence
Richmond reports preparations for the execution of the Allens on Friday the 13th for murder in the green cases. Petitions are circulating and will be presented to the governor today. Governor Maps remains silent on any potential action.
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Richmond
Allens
Mapa
Mrs. George Brown May Recover After Serious Operation
A serious operation was performed on Fannie Winchester Brown widow of George Brown at her home in Green Spring Valley Baltimore Md Indications are she will recover given her advanced age and improving condition reported today.
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George Brown
Baltimore
Fannie Winchester Brown
Green Spring Valley
Brown
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