Strike Ties Up Fourteen Mines In Paint Creek
Nearly 2,000 workers in fourteen active Paint Creek mines refuse to report for work following a strike order from United Mine Workers District 17. Bosses remain at work. company houses are to be vacated. Operators say no strike breakers will be brought in until move time. National executive board endorses the strike. President Lewis pledges strong support.
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Lewis
National Executive Board
Charleston
W. Va
Benjamin Davis
United Mine Workers of America
Paint Creek
West Virginia Glass Operators Plan Plant Shutdown
Morgantown West Virginia December 17 independent window glass operators in West Virginia and SW Pennsylvania decide to shut down all plants until the National Association of Window Glass Workers withdraws its new flat scale or agrees to a sliding scale equal to last December's.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
National Association of Window Glass Workers
Trap Experts Shoot Today
Shooting experts from all sections gather at the traps of the New York Athletic club at Travers Island today and tomorrow for the fourth annual national clay bird championship. About 150 competitors attend including champions Dr. F. Gleason of Boston O. M. Foor of Wilmington Del and J. H. Hendrickson of Long Island City N Y.
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New York
Travers Island
America
F. Gleason
Boston
O. M. Foor
Wilmington
Corrigan to be Tried in New Orleans Racing Case
Detectives at City Park racetrack arrest bookmakers Placido Fingeris and R M Sheffield and manager W W Lyle for violating the Locke bill on racing and bookmaking. Affidavits also prepared against City Park president Heaslip and Ed Corrigan for racing law violations.
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New Orleans
City Park Racetrack
Placido Fingeris
R. M. Sheffield
W. W. Lyle
Locke
President Heaslip
City Park
Ed Corrigan
Carlisle Indian captain ruled ineligible
Dec 17 Carlisle Pennsylvania officials declared Little Boy ineligible for Carlisle Indians football after playing before joining the team. The decision ends his captaincy and participation with the Carlisle team.
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Carlisle
Sullivan and Thomas Tonight in Rochester Ring
Rochester boxing card features Jack Twin Sullivan versus Joe Thomas in a six round bout set for tonight in Rochester New York. The event headlines a local boxing program with two fighters scheduled for six rounds.
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Sullivan
Thomas
Rochester
N. Y
Jack
Castro Unperturbed by Caracas Riots Reports
Berlin December 17 President Castro keeps his calm amid reports of Caracas disturbances including arson vandalism and deaths. Dispatches allegedly show people rising against him and attacking buildings, but Castro dismisses the claims saying he had no notice of such events.
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Caracas
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Honest Plasterer Finds $2400 in Mail at Ogden Post Office
Charles L. Price a plasterer of Ogden Utah received mail wrapped in a newspaper. He opened it at home to find $2400 in currency hidden inside. The money was delivered with the daily mail on December 17.
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Ogden
Utah
Charles L. Price
Price linked to Portland bank theft recovered cash
An investigation traced tills connected to $15,000 stolen two weeks earlier from an East Side bank in Portland Oregon. Authorities search the town for a man named Charles L Price in connection with a mailed packet.
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Price
East Side Bank
Portland
Ore
Charles L. Price
Miss Whaley After Money Searched From Grandmother
Hempstead L I December 17 An attempt to obtain from grandmother Mrs Keziah Whaley a 5000 legacy left by Lorettas father failed The grandmother refused aid to Loretta Whaley and her two children to avoid benefiting her former husband the ex pastor Jere Knode Cooke who eloped with Loretta The attorney W Emerson said he was hired to secure the legacy.
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Cooke
Hempstead
L. I
Loretta Whaley
Jere Knode Cooke
St. George's Episcopal Church
Keziah Whaley
W. Emerson
Miss Whaley
Hazel trial resumes as alleged matricide defendant seeks stand
Harvey Hagel seventeen year old accused of murdering his mother may take the witness stand to deny guilt He would claim he did not slay his mother did not steal her jewelry and that his money came from her to pay debts He allegedly learned of the crime only after his arrest at his sweetheart's home The trial resumes today following a disruption from the death of a relative of the judge
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Toledo
Harvey Hagel
Alice Chambers
Aurora, Lir
Morris
Stands by the Jews in Russian Duma Debate
In St Petersburg on December 17 during a pension bill debate Monarchist M Purishkevich urged purging the prisons judiciary of Jewish officials. Justice Minister Chtcheglovitoff replied that the court must stay above political and religious differences.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
M. Purishkevich
Department of Prisons
Chtcheglovitoff
Resignation Reported By Duma President Khomyakoff
In St. Petersburg on December 17 Nikolai A. Khomyakoff president of the duma left the chamber and wrote his resignation. Uncertainty remains as to his position since he did not present the resignation to the chancellery and he may reconsider the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nikolai A. Khomyakoff
Duma
M. Khomyakoff
Charged With Poisoning Friend in San Francisco Case
J Walter Wilson, friend and business associate of Harry J Boas the electrician who died after taking stomach powders mailed to him, has been charged with Boas murder in San Francisco on December 17.
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San Francisco
Fragmented dialogue about love and loss
An exchange reveals concerns over possible separation and the idea of living without the partner. One speaker asserts others exist, while the other acknowledges the consolation of having someone else to turn to.
Roosevelt plans Africa hunting trip to stock museum
President Roosevelt outlines a proposed Africa expedition from April to March next year to collect animal specimens for the national museum. He asks for field taxidermists and naturalists to accompany him, paying expenses, with most specimens donated to the museum and few trophies kept.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Charles D. Walcott
Africa
Mombasa
German East Africa
Uganda
Nile
Tidewater
National Museum
Aiica
Regents of Resolution
Chicago man duped in fake prize fight scheme
H A Smith of Chicago testified before an alderman in Wilkes-Barre charging a conspiracy after losing 3000 to men posing as prize fighters. Defendants gave alias names including J M Courtney of New York and a Seattle citizen. police say several names were fictitious and others were prevented from big losses.
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Chicago
Wilkersbarre
H. A. Smith
J. M. Courtney
New York
Seattle
Wash
Indiana
Chief American Horse Dies at Pine Ridge
Chief American Horse an Ogalalla Sioux leader is dead at Pine Ridge South Dakota. The war department once used him two years ago to subdue a renegade Ute band in Wyoming.
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American Horse
Pine Ridge
S. D
War Department
Wyoming
Steel Works to Resume Operations in Toledo
The Republic Iron and Steel company Toledo plant, with 600 workers, will resume operations on December 28.
Bank Shortage Triggers Closure of First National Somersworth
In Somersworth New Hampshire the First National Bank closed after an $85 000 shortage was found cashier H Varney was jailed and reportedly confessed Examiner Bean arrived unexpectedly and said the bank remained solvent while directors appointed Lim to liquidate the affairs Varney had served as city treasurer for two years and is said to have speculated in stocks.
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Somersworth
N. H
First National Bank
H. Varney
W. 8. Tebbetts
Varney
Examiner Bean
Lim
Shot Dead in a Quarrel at DeLorme
Matewan West Virginia December 17 H O Smith general superintendent of the Freeborn Coal and Coke company was shot and killed during a quarrel at De lorme near here by H A Conners station agent for the Norfolk and Western railroad The men quarreled over the handling of certain cars of freight Smith had struck Conners before the railroad man drew his revolver.
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Matewan
W. Va
H. O. Smith
Freeborn Coal and Coke Company
Delorme
Here
H. A. Conners
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Smith
Conners
Neilsen Singer Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
New York reports on December 17 that Alice Neilsen the singer filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 7200 dollars and assets of 75 dollars. In private life she is Mrs Benjamin Wentwig.
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New York
Alice Neilsen
Miss Neilsen
Benjamin Wentwig
General Inouye Dies in Kioto Army Report
Kioto Japan December 17 General Inouye of the Japanese army is dead.
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Inouye
Kioto
Japan
Witness Fails to Attend Key Hains Trial Figure
In Flushing New York December 17 the trial of Thornton J Hains for the murder of William E Annis features the Bayside Yacht club case with Edwin Andrews detailing the boat attack. Swedish boatman John Tanning, a crucial witness, cannot be located.
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Flushing
N. Y
William E. Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Pam
Edwin Andrews
Yacht Club
John Tanning
MelIntyre
Captain Hains
Thornton Hains
White
Historic church doomed memorial signed by Roosevelt leaders
A memorial signed by President Roosevelt and prominent New Yorkers protested Trinity Church’s plan to abandon St. John's Chapel on Varick Street and raze the edifice for commercial development. The church vestry was told a public worship closure cannot be altered.
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New York
Roosevelt
Joseph H. Choate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Elihu Root
William Dean Howells
Seth Low
McClellan
JD. OJ Mills
R. Fulton Cutting
Trinity Church
Trinity Corporation
St. John’s Chapel
Varick Street
Golf morals clash with science lesson from Tait
Sir Oliver Lodge learned golf at St Andrews years ago. His tutor, Professor Tait, warned you play with morals not muscles. Lodge replied he hoped no one would call his morals as bad as his golf.
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Oliver Lodge
St. Andrews
London News
Professor Tait
Sir Oliver
Beginner Wrathful Warning at Golf Game
A tense exchange unfolds as an angry beginner warns a younger player about rough conduct on the course. The caddie chimes in with bravado, claiming assurance in knowing the right club to enforce discipline. The Philadelphia Inquirer note hints at a tense social interaction at a golf game.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Hogs and cattle receipts shift in Chicago market report
Chicago markets report Dec 17 1908 shows hog receipts estimated 35000 with mixed packers 5.10 to 5.80 and light hogs 4.8 to 6.45 while heavy grades range 5.15 to 5.80. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices indicate mixed strength for beef and weak to lower sheep values with various grade ranges and estimated totals.
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Chicago
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
A notice from John A. Babcock assures readers of a fair, reliable service with a guaranteed square dealing approach. The message emphasizes trust and consistent value for customers seeking dependable provision.
Senate Debate Escalates Over President Message Criticism
Washington December 17 The senate opened an inquiry into the president's criticism of Congress for prohibiting secret service detail transfers. Aldrich urged the probe while Culberson sought specific actions, Bailey denounced the message as a gross insult, and Tillman urged blunt talk. House committee talks stalled awaiting direction today.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Aldrich
Culberson
Democrats
Whch
Kean
Bailey
Committee On Appropriations
Tillman
Newlands
Secret Service
House
McLaurin
Mississippi
Bacon
England
Ex Brigands In Turkish Parliament Arrive in Constantinople
Constantinople December 17 sees the opening of the Turkish parliament with a striking mix of delegates including former brigands tribal chiefs exiled politicians merchants and seasoned statesmen arriving for the session.
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Constantinople
Reformers Meet Today in Pittsburg Civil Service League
Reformers from across the nation gather in Pittsburg for the twenty eighth annual National Civil Service Reform league meeting. The two day sessions include addresses by Charles J. Bonaparte George R. Wallace Willis Fletcher Johnson and others on national service civil service law and regional reform progress.
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Civil Service League
Pittsburg
United States
National Civil Service Reform League
National Service
Charles J. Bonaparte
George R. Wallace
New Jersey
Willis Fletcher Johnson
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Donahey
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Hazel
Darling
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J. P. Morgan
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
IS Witt
The
North American Commission Company
Ali
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