Life Sentence for Dr Harry W Webster in Beasie Kent Murder
Dixon Illinois January 23 Dr Harry Wynn Webster was sentenced to life in Joliet Penitentiary for the murder of his wife Beasie Kent near Oregon Illinois. Judge Farrand ordered solitary confinement at first and hard labor for the remainder of his natural life with costs of prosecution.
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Dixon
Harry Wynn Webster
Richard S. Farrand
Joliet
Beassie Kent
Oregon
Ill
Farrand
Webster
Harry BE. Webster
Bessie Kent
Turkish Court Martial Condemns Twelve in Mosque Bombing
A closed court martial at Istib near Salonika condemned eight Bulgarians two Jews three gypsies and six Turks to death for December mosque bombing that killed twelve people in the village.
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Salonika
Turkey
Istib
Here
Knox subpoenaed over secret fund for 1909 celebration
Secretary Knox served with a subpoena at the capitol to appear before the house committee on state department expenditures to explain alleged secret fund disbursements for the Lake Champlain celebration in 1909. In Paris, Italy proposes bringing all questions of the Carthage and Manouba seizures to The Hague for resolution.
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Washington
Knox
Capitol
House Committee On State Department
Lake Chamalain
France
Italy
Hague
Paris
Hague Tribunal
Carthage
Manouba
Fuerst Bismarck damages Jamaica pier and yacht
The steamship Fuerst Bismarck broke from its berth in Twe ston Jamaica and cut the American railway pier in two. The harbor master’s yacht sank and damage is about $20,000.
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Ier
Tweston
Jamaica
Fuerst Bismarck
Hamburg-American Line
American Railway
I C Disaster Inquiry To Fix Blame For Collision
Chicago January 23 A rigorous inquiry will be made into the Kinmundy wreck that killed James T Harahan Frank O Melcher BF Pierce and Elbridge E Wright. General Manager Foley says train No 25 was near Kinmundy taking water and the line behind was clear the night calm and straight. Officials in Centralia and nearby areas are investigating though no report has yet reached Chicago.
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Chicago
James T. Harahan, Sr
Frank O. Melcher
RB. Pierce
Elbridge E. Wright
Kinmundy
T. EF. Foley
Foley
Centralia
Tobacco Competition Restored After Trust Dissolution
Attorney General Wickersham says public interests were served and competition will be restored under the tobacco trust reorganization following the Supreme Court's dissolution of the corporation. He testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in executive session for over two hours.
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Washington
Wickersham
Tobacco Trust
United States Supreme Court
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Gore seeks joint probe into early presidential funds
Senator Gore of Oklahoma introduces a joint resolution calling for a congressional investigation of the 1904 1908 and 1912 presidential campaign funds. The measure requests 50 000 for the probe with the first report due next summer. Shuster arrives in Paris en route home to the United States after being expelled at Russia's urging.
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Washington
Gore
Oklahoma
Shuster
Paris
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Russia
United States
Vienna
Yale selects Robert A Gardner as track captain
New Haven Conn January 23 Robert A Gardner of Chicago has been elected captain of the Yale track team to succeed Clarence C Childs who announced his resignation last Saturday.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Robert A. Gardner
Chicago
Clarence C. Childs
Aviators Die in Early Aviation News
Reports from California and Texas detail three aviation incidents. Rutherford Page, flying a Curtiss plane at Dominguez Field, fell 100 feet and died minutes later. Charles K. Hamilton completed a Gulf of Mexico flight test over Galveston, returning to Fort Crockett. In Berlin, engineer G L Ulich set a two hour two minute forty five second two passenger flight record at Johannisthal, surpassing a U S Army lieutenant.
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Dominguez Aviation Field
Cal
Rutherford Page
Page
Yale
Galveston
Tex
Charles K. Hamilton
Gulf of Mexico
Curtiss
Fort Crockett
Gulf
Berlin
Johannisthal
G. L. Ulich
Harlan
Lieut. T. DeWitt
United States Army
William Watts Sherman Dies, Father of Lady Camoys
William Watts Sherman died at his Fifth Avenue home after months of illness. His daughter Mildred postponed her wedding to Lord Campus until last November. Sherman was a longtime prominent figure in New York and Newport. Mrs. Sherman, a daughter of the late Mrs. John Carter Brown, inherited much of her mother's $30,000,000 estate.
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New York
William Watts Sherman
Camoys
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Sherman
Mildred
Lord Campus
Sherman
Newport
John Carter Brown
Leader of Sacrifice Church Tied to 26 Louisiana Murders
Detectives in Jennings hold King Harris a Black preacher head of the Sacrifice Church suspected of instigating followers to kill in the name of their religion. Investigators note 26 murders across Louisiana in the past year, all victims being Black. Harris faces no specific charges yet.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Jennings
King Harris
Harris
Sacrifice Church
Trinity College Afrechooses to Permit Bunny Hug Dances
Hartford Jan 23 Trinity College selects not to ban dances including the bunny hug turkey trot and grizzly bear at college entertainments. The prom committee says dancers may go as far as allowed by decorum, keeping the dances permitted within college events.
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Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Coulon Defeats Forbes By Technical Knockout in Bantam Bout
Johnny Coulon of Logan Square scored a technical knockout over Harry Forbes in the third round of a windup boxing show in Kenosha Wisconsin. Forbes faded while making weight and was stopped after being floored twice more as referee Santry ruled a foul claim.
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Kenosha
Wis
Johnny Coulon
Logan Square
Harry Forbes
Conlon
Forbes
Kid Howward
Santry
Johnny
Harry
Two Meals a Day Diet Advice for a Busy Young Man
A reader asks if a two meal a day plan suits a young office worker. Advice favors two meals daily with a midmorning fruit or small snack, a principal noon meal if possible, and a lighter evening meal. The plan emphasizes spaced eating, slower cereals, and avoiding fermenting meals.
Illness Delays Lorimer Case Hearing
The Lorimer bribery inquiry stalls due to Judge Manecy illness, delaying testimony. Burns claims new evidence concerns a conversation about a jackpot fund to elect Lorimer, involving McGowan and Wiehe. McGowan and Hines are in Washington as hearings await Lorimer’s return with counsel.
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Washington
Lorimer
Manecy
William J. Burns
Charles McGowan
Regina
Canada
C. F. Wiehe
Edward Hines
William M
Boulder elevator manager recovers hidden loot and note
Boulder administrator Charles W. Rowland finds $600 in a St. Paul package returned with a note claiming prior theft from 1885. The message says the thief paid back the amount with interest and asks for acknowledgment to Rev Moynahan at St Thomas College. The original theft occurred when the office safe was blown open.
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Boulder
Colo
Charles W. Rowland
Boulder Elevator & Mill Company
St. Paul, Minn
Moynahan
St. Thomas’ College
St. Paul
Minn
Yuan Holds China as Abdication Looms in Peking
Premier Yuan Shi Kai remains in control as talks among imperial princes fail to secure abdication by force. In Tientsin preparations shift to provisional government HQ at the railroad administration building. Three hundred American soldiers arrive to join British guards, with a parade of the American anthem exciting observers.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Tientsin
Provisional Government
North China
Yuan
Railroad Administration
Astor House
British Inniskilling Fusiliers
Woman burned to death at Indiana University bonfire
Bloomington Ind Jan 23. Mrs Anna Biew fifty of Wabash died after her dress caught fire at a bonfire behind the Phi Pat chapter house on the Indiana University campus. She fainted and fell forward into the flames and died a few hours later after students dragged her out and took her to a hospital. Her son Michael is a freshman at the university.
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Bloomington
Ind
Phi Pat
Indiana University
Anna Biew
Michael
Richeson warrants served. execution scheduled in May
Death warrants for Rev. Clarence T. Richeson were served on Governor Foss Warden Bridges and Sheriff Quinn. Richeson will be held at Charles Street jail until May 9 then moved to the state prison death chamber with execution set for the week of May 19. In a separate item, Danny Shay, former Kansas City manager, has sold his hotel stake and may manage a team in the Northwestern league.
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Boston
Clarence ¥. T. Richeson
Avis Linnel
Foss
Bridges
Quinn
Suffolk County
Richeson
Charles Street
Shay
Kansas City
Danny Shay
Roads Must Carry Beer Supreme Court ruling on dry counties
The Supreme Court ruled railroads must carry beer offered for transport from Indiana into dry Kentucky counties, despite Kentucky's laws. The decision centers on interstate transportation of beer and state restrictions in dry counties.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana
Kentucky
Betrothal Reported for Princess Victoria Luise
Berlin dated January 23 reports semi official confirmation of the betrothal between Princess Victoria Luise daughter of Emperor William and Grand Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg Streits.
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Berlin
Victoria Luise
Emperor William
Adolph Frederick of
Mecklenburg Streits
Pennsylvania crude price rises five cents to 145 a barrel
Pittsburgh January 22. One hundred nine men were surprised as Seep purchasing agency announced Pennsylvania crude had advanced to 145 dollars per barrel, an increase of five cents over Saturdays close.
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Pitttsburgh
Seep
Pennsylvania
Congress urged to reform Department of Agriculture methods
A House committee report clears Dr. Marvey W. Wiley of conspiracy to evade the law and attacks the national pure food program. It urges major changes in how the Agriculture Department enforces the pure food act, calls for a fully internal food and drug board, and limits the solicitor's powers. It also recommends equal rank for Wiley and two associates and criticizes the Remsen board’s structure.
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Washington
Marvey W. Wiley
House
Taft
Wiley
H. H. Rusby
New York
Rusby
Agricultural Department
Ley
W. D. Biglow
le Kebler
Bureau of Chemistry
Thies
R&r
E Rs
Bureau
Board of Food and Drug In
Bureau of
Remsen
Roosevelt
Bureau of Cecal
McManigal Confession Ties to New Plot in Dynamite Case
Indianapolis January 23. McManigal’s confession reveals more than previously known about the dynamite conspiracy. Noel, special assistant to the U S district attorney, says the government’s investigation has unearthed new details and a list of witnesses to be called after a midday conference.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McManigal
McManisai
Noel
Taft Denies Cabinet Pressure Over Hitchcock Allegations
President Taft rejected claims that cabinet members urged him to dismiss Postmaster General Hitchcock from his official family. He stated he had no belief Hitchcock was disloyal to him.
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Washington
Taft
Aero plane powered motor boat sets speed record near Rochester
A boat built like an ice boat with a plane engine and propeller achieved about 140 miles per hour in recent tests near Rochester New York. The craft followed a general ice boat design and demonstrated high speed during trial runs.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ace Boat
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