Fort Riley Plot Threats Endanger Officers and Battery
Reports from Junction City Kansas say three Fort Riley commanders received threatening letters since March after incendiary fires. Four Battery B members are in custody amid fears of a plot to blow up the fort with Rev Charles M. Brewer in pursuit and Mrs Anna Jordan expected to be arrested.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
W. 8. Schuyler
Charles A. P. Hatfield
BD. Hoyle
Charles M. Brewer
Anna Jordan
Kansas City
Terra Nova Sails South Pole Quest From New Zealand
Captain Robert Scott and the Terra Nova depart from New Zealand in search of the south pole. Lieutenant Pennell notes Scott will take a different route from Amundsen who follows Beardmore glacier.
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Christ Church
N. Z
Robert Scott
Antarctica
Scott
South Pole
Pennell
New Zealand
Amundsen
Beardmore Glacier
Collie Kills Timber Wolf Near Joliet Farm
A collie dog killed a gray timber wolf eight miles west of Joliet near Troy as the wolf entered a sheep pen on Matt Paul’s farm. The farmer arrived after the dog had bitten the wolf through the neck, amid reports of several wolves in Will county recently.
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Joliet, Tl
Troy
Joliet
Matt Paul
Will County
Chorus Girls Acquitted In Self Defense Trial
Lilan Graham and Ethel Conrad were acquitted of attempting to kill W FE D Stokes after the jury found their self defense claim credible. The panel did not accept Stokes account and appeared to view both parties as on trial. The verdict surprised both sides.
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New York
Lilan Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. FE. D. Stokes
Stokes
Weather Forecast and Fatal Mine Accident Report
Indiana faces rain in the south and snow or rain in the north with colder tonight and fair tomorrow. Illinois sees rain or snow today, colder tonight, with fair in the south and unsettled conditions in the north tomorrow. Wisconsin reports local snow today and likely tomorrow with moderate northerly winds. Decatur NL reports Michael Hidek a 17 year old coal mine worker killed when a door on a freight train swung out and struck him as the train passed. he died in Decatur hospital forty five minutes later.
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Indiana
Decatur
Michael Hidek
Blue Mound
Fifty Years Ago Sunday December 17 Battle at Rowletts Station
Vera Cruz surrenders to European invading forces as the Spanish flag again flies over Montezuma land. At Rowlett's Station Kentucky a rare open field clash sees Col Willichs Tudiana soldiers clash with Col Terrys mounted Texas rangers resulting in 43 killed and 72 wounded.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Monte
Zuma
Rowlett’s Station
Willich
Terry
Texas Rangers
British proclamation targets Irish tenants rent withholding
Twenty five years ago on a Sunday the British government announced by proclamation that urging Irish tenants to withhold rents would be punished as criminal conspiracy. The warning was aimed at the Irish Nationals.
Woolworth plans 600 store empire in US Canada and England
New York December 16 The F W Woolworth company seeks a charter to form a company that will acquire for 64 998 000 a chain of 600 five and ten cent stores across the United States Canada and England. Offices will be in the Woolworth building at Park Place and Broadway. Temporary directors include Lewis E Pierson William C Breed George W Kaggerty Western W Wager J Herbert Case. Partners include S N Knox Co Kirby Co Wilkes-Barre Pa S Woolworth stores Scranton Pa W H Moore Watertown NY and William H Moore & Son Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. W. Woolworth Company
Watertown
N. Y
United States
Canada
England
S. N. Knox & Co
Chicago
Kirby & Co
Wilkesbarre, Pa
S. Woolworth Stores
Scranton Pa
W. H. Moore
William H. Moore & Son
Schenectady
Indicted Firms Barred from UK Meat Contracts
London officials confirm the British government will not accept tenders from American meat packers under US prosecutions for war department supplies. Armour & Company of Chicago acknowledges exclusion and laments lost profitable trade as suits proceed.
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Armour & Company of Chicago
London
United States
War Office
New York Sun
Department
British War Office
Lawyer Scores Poole's Son in Indiana Trial Appeal
Emore H Barce delivered a forceful defense for John W Poole in Lafayette. He argued the state's murder case against Joe Kemper collapses under scientific evidence and legal standards. Barce labeled Emory Poole's testimony valueless and claimed Grace Poole's account remained unshaken as the trial continued.
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Lafayette
Ind
Emore H Barce
John W. Poole
Joe Kemper
Emory Poole
Barce
Grace
Action by Britain Cuts U S Canned Meat Market
Chicago packing firms react to British restriction that blocks American canned meats. Armour & Co official Alfred Urion says Britain is batting the products, removing the largest market and causing heavy losses for US canners.
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Chicago
Hbritich
Alfred Urion
Armour & Co
Great Britain
Market losses in canned meat industry noted
The article argues millions of pounds are lost yearly as certain products cannot be produced elsewhere. It states no domestic demand will offset the losses of affected companies and that one pound of canned meat requires two pounds of fresh meat, intensifying the impact.
Slayer Wolter Must Die in New York Court Decision
Albany reports the court of appeals has upheld Albert W. Wolter’s murder verdict for killing Ruth Wheeler. He was slated for execution originally on June 24, 1910 and a new date, likely within six weeks, could fall in late January following precedent.
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Albany, N
Court of Appeals
Albert W. Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Wolter
Two Boys Drown While Skating at Centrepto
In Mason City Iowa on a cold day seven year old Berne Anderson and nine year old Ray Kuhl drowned at Centrepto while skating. Dee 16 partial report notes two youths fell through ice and could not be rescued. Authorities urge caution on thin ice.
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Mason City
Dee
Ray Kuhl
Berne Ancerson
Cntranto
Co. M. Laing Dies General Superintendent of Central New England
Hartford, Conn. Bee reports O M Laing, general superintendent of the Central New England railway, died here of typhoid fever.
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Hartford, Conn
Bee
M. Laing
Central New England Railway
Governors in Automobile Collision on Speedway
At Indianapolis on December 16 a speedway collision injured none of the governors except Montana’s Norris who suffered a finger cut. Wyoming’s Carey, a large man, was badly shaken but unharmed. Governors Harmon and others assisted after the crash.
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Norris
Montana
Carey
Wyoming
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
James Carey
Nettis
Harmon
Ohio
Young Man Crowned King of Siam Asia Twenty Five Years Ago
John Dillon Irish M P and three countrymen arrested for conspiring to defraud by pressuring land tenants in Ireland not to pay rent. New York Woman's Suffrage Association celebrated a ballot cast and recorded by a woman in Alleghany county at the November election.
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John Dillon
M. P
Ireland
New Y Woman’s Suffrage Association
Allegany County
Hines Again Testifies Before Senate Committee
Edward Hines Chicago lumberman testified again before the senate investigating committee on the Union League club meeting of March 27 1909 and faced repeated refusals to strike questions from the record. The committee abandoned the line of inquiry but said it would recall Hines after reviewing further information. Manny Abrahams of Chicago was cross examined and said he planned to vote for Lorimer after learning fellow Democrats would. He denied receiving money for his vote.
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Washington
Edward Ilines
Chicago
Lorimier
Springfield
Senate
Union League Club
Hines
Lorimer
Elbridge Haneey
Manny” Abrahams
Hell
Wether
Lee O'Neill Browne
Springfeld
Browne
Jones
Tammer
Abrahams
Poverty Ends a Romance in South Bend Marriage Bid
Peter Patow and Mary Ford sought a marriage license in South Bend Ind on December 16. Patow had only 2.50 dollars and asked Ford to pay. she refused and told him to get the money. He has not returned.
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South Bend
Ind
Peter Patow
Mary Ford
Insurance Bill Passes Parliament in London
The national insurance bill providing compulsory sickness and unemployment insurance for workers moved through its third reading in the House of Lords and now awaits final formalities before enactment. The measure is portrayed as one of the era’s most significant legislative efforts.
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London
House of Lords
Station at Elgin Robbed in Railroad Freight House
Robbers blew open the safe at the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul freight station in Elgin two blocks from the police station. They stole 50 dollars and escaped.
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Elgin
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Judge Withrow Accepts Verdict In McDermott Will Case
In St Louis on December 16 the jury in the McDermott will case returned a verdict against Rev Father John White and in favor of Mary Farrington. Judge Withrow signaled he would later exercise power to set aside the verdict, planning a possible retrial.
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Withrow
St. Louis
McDermott
James B. Withrow
Mary Farrington
Father John White
Holy Innocents Catholic Church
Nomar
Bridget Dermott
Chicago saves 205 million in deposits in sixty one state banks
Chicago reports state banks show total deposits of 486 057 421.70 with cash and banks at 141 273 497 95 and postal savings at 5 1M. Demand deposits fall to 187 435 968 68 while savings deposits rise by 7 194 636 26 since Sept 2 1911. Total capital surplus and profits stand at 77 753 894 with real estate 24 687 967 2 and collateral security loans 187 0417 340 90.
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Springfield
Chicago
Auditor of Public Accounts
McCullough
Postal Savings Funds
Crossing Tender Sacrifices Self to Save Children
Nicholas Foster, an aged Erie railroad crossing tender in Hammond Indiana, saved three Wallace School kindergarteners from an oncoming New York Chicago flyer. He bore the impact after lowering gates, pulling two children to safety before perishing under the engine.
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Hammond
Ind
Nicholas Foster
Erie Railroad
Wal Lace School
Foster
Clew to Buehler Girl in Racine Case
A watch found near Racine’s station of the Ohio and Milwaukee Electric Railway is believed to have belonged to Wipl Buehler a fifteen year old girl daughter of Mrs Annia Orsa proprietor of a South State street hotel. She disappeared after arriving from Chicago to attend a party and was last seen at the depot. Police think she was robbed and murdered.
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Racine
Wis
Ohio and Milwaukee Eléctric Railway
Wipl Buehler
Annia Ors
South State Street
Chicago
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Kansas
Edwin L. Norris
Explorer Scott
Collie
Will County Farm
Lillian Graham
F.W. Woolworth & Co
New York City Hall
American Press Association
City Hall
Burke
Hawley
Dix
Gaynor
West
Vessey
New York Harbor
Scores Poole
King of
Siam
Asia
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Senate Committee
Tots
Buehler
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