Yuan Shih Kats Troubled Time and Power Struggles
Reports from Pekin describe Yuan Shih Katsu consolidating power by edict and threat to suppress revolution. He dispenses daily audiences, threatens death for revolutionary talk, and blocks a planned constitutional convention while foreign intervention rumors swirl amid regent friction and imperial crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Yuan Shih Kat
Yuan
Sun Pao Chi
Shatitung
Kai Chu
Shantung
Officials cite Harvester case as murder of competition
In Jefferson City Missouri the attorney general urged the supreme court to reduce a fine in the ouster suit against International Harvester. He said the company’s conduct in killing competition has elements of first degree murder and that the convicted crime could lead to a five year penitentiary term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Navy
International Harvester Company
Major
Supreme Court
Held for Manslaughter in Water Disaster at Austin
Coudersport Pa November 23 Superintendent Fred N Hamlin and Michel C Bailey in charge of the Bayless Fulp and Sapaer company water system were held to the grand jury by Justice W W Thompson for voluntary manslaughter after the dam failure on September 30 that nearly wiped out Austin and caused over sixty deaths. Bail set at 1000 dollars. The grand jury will reconvene December 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coudersport
Fred N. Hamlin
Michel C. Bailey
Bayless Fulp and S’aper Company
Austin
W. W. Thompson
Van Pelt Convicted of Murder in Shelbyville
Charles Edward Van Pelt found guilty in circuit court of murder in Shelbyville Indiana for the Aug. 25 shooting of Charles Tindall. The prisoner showed no emotion and faces a prison term from two to twenty one years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Charles Edward van Pelt
Charles Tindall
van Pelt
Tindall
Shah of Persia Apologizes to Russia Prompts Debates
Gary business boom as steel plants resume full operation. Gary Indiana on November 23 reports 6 500 workers in one Gary steel plant with expanded mills including a sixty inch universal plate mill axle mill rail mill merchant mill and several blast furnaces. overall Gary steel industries now employ over 12 600 workers across multiple facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Gary Steel Plant
American Bridge Company
Gary’s
Steel Industries
Hope Oil King Will Come to Aid Inquiry
Washington reports the Senate committee hopes John D. Rockefeller heir John Chitocl feller will appear to explain how he acquired the Mesaba Range ore property in Minnesota later handed to United States Steel. If he declines, no compulsion will be used but public scrutiny remains over Rockefeller's alleged role in Merritt claims of funding totaling over 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stante Committee
John Chitoclfeller
Mesaba Range
Minnesota
United States Steel Corporation
Rockefeller
Alfred and
Leondius Merritt
Duluth
Two Men Hurt by Train Crash at Grant County Hospital
Two men were seriously injured and brought to Marion’s Grant county hospital by a Pennsylvania train. One is an unidentified Hungarian, part of a Bunker Hill Pennsylvania crew, allegedly caught in a crane chain and thought fatally hurt. H. Lamont of Converse lost his right legBelow the knee after falling from the same train at Converse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Pennsylvania
Grant County Hospital
Bunker Hill
H. Lamont
Converse
TWO SHIPS ON ROCKS NEAR LONG POINT ON DISCARD
The steamer Edward Smith and the schooner Iron City of Tonawanda with 1,206,000 feet of lumber lie on the rocks off Long Point Ontario. Reports say both vessels are in a dangerous condition. The Smith crew remains aboard but can reach shore if a storm comes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward Smith
Iron City
Tonawanda
Long Point
Ontario
Smith
Princ Joachim Grounded Near Fortune Island West Indies
The Hamburg America liner Prinz Joachim grounded at Atwood Cay near Fortune Island in the West Indies. William Jennings Bryan aboard with wife and grandson John, all safe as 86 passengers remain calm aboard the vessel with seven watertight compartments. Crew sent wireless calls for aid and wrecking tugs plus the revenue cutter Algonquin moved to assist, passengers later transferred to the Ward liner Segurenta bound for Santiago. The Prinz Joachim, 4730 tons, sails from a West Indies cruise including Jamaica and is supported by the Allemania and Prinz Wilhelm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Pring Joachim
Atwood Key
Fortune Island
West Indies
Mr. Bryan
John
Charles W. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
We Brean
Algonquin
Joachim
Atwood Cay
Emil Boas
Line
Kingston
Omaica
Santiago
Allemania
Premier
Jamaica
Artificial buttermilk versus market buttermilk safety
Dr T J Allen explains that tablet made buttermilk from pure culture in a sanitary lab is superior to store bought versions. Fresh whole milk preserves cream and allows longer safe storage in a clean refrigerator. He notes many buttermilks are unfit for use and urges maintaining about 80 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 hours after adding the tablet.
Tourist Vessels Serve South American and West Indies Routes
The service routes link South America and the West Indies and typically carry a large number of tourist passengers.
McNamara Defense Loses Key Points in Trial
In Los Angeles on November 23 the McNamara murder trial defense lost three challenges for cause. The judge accepted nine sworn jurors and talesmen after rulings tied to Talesman F A Brode and possible state-affiliated work by his personal attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
Talesman F A. Brode
Bordwell
Talesmen
Justifiable Homicide Verdict in Pantley-Perry Case
Lake county court finds G. F. Pant ley Jr and W. T. Green not guilty of murder for killing G. F. Perry during an elopement with Pantley’s fifteen year old bride. Green is the bride’s father. Perry allegedly fired first and died in a woods battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Lake County
G. F. Pantley, Jr
W. T. Green
G. F. Perry
Pantley
Green
Perry
Firet
Packers Attorneys Head to Washington for Habeas Appeal
Attorneys Levy Mayer and John S. Miller left Chicago to present the Packers appeal from Judge Kohlsaar’s habeas corpus ruling to Chief Justice White of the Supreme Court in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packers
Washington
Chicago
Levy Mayer
John S. Miller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kohlsaar
White
Sanramea Court
Kansas tarring case nears jury in Lincoln Center trial
Wendell W. McCanless opens the tar party case in Lincoln Center with defense lawyers Davide Ritchie and Z. C. Milliken. state attorney Hawkes and defense counsel argue over jury instructions as Judge Dallas Grover prepares to read them. The state is satisfied while defense objects to all sixteen paragraphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Center
Kan
Wendell W. McCanless
Tar
Davide Ritchie
Z. C. Milliken
J. J. McCurdy
A. M. Hawkes
Dallas Grover
Hawkes
Hyde trial resume details cyanide purchase and coffin
Senator Reed reopened the Hyde trial presenting the alleged cyanide purchase by Dr. Hyde at a drug store, detailing six five grain capsules of cyanide of potassium and noting Hyde bought a coffin for Colonel Swope before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Reed
Hyde
Dr. Hyde
Augo
Elsie Sigel Murder Detail In New York Case
A New York girl Elsie Sigel is reported murdered by a Chinese pupil named Louis Ling. The incident is described in a concise crime note with focus on the killer and victim and the alleged motive noted by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Ling
May arrest Leon Ling in murder case linked to tong feud
Cleveland police seek Leon Ling in the Elsie Sigel murder in New York. Telegrams to a Texas city aim to locate Ling after a tong fight exposed clues. Leon Young shot Woeo Dip. Woo is dying. Ling, of Hip Sing, is not yet arrested. On Leon tong members say Ling is kin of Leon Ling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
New York
Texas
Ling
Leon Young
Woeo Dip
Woo
Leon Tong
Elsie Sirel
Chinatown
Leon Long
Aimire
Election of Grand Lodge Illinois Old Fellows Officers
Springfield Illinois November 23 Grand Lodge Illinois Old Fellows elected officers Grand Master W A Hubbard Carrollton Deputy Grand Master John E Jennings Sullivan Grand Warden Judge John A Lopp Mount Carmel Grand Secretary John E Sikes Springfield Grand Treasurer T B Needles Nashville Seven candidates vied for grand warden the sole contested post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprngfield
Grand Lodge
Illinois Old Fellows
W. A. Hubbard
Carrollton
John E. Jennings
Sullivan
John A. Lopp
Mount Carmel
John E. Sikes
Springfield
Girand
T. B. Needles
Nashville
Many suffragettes fined after Parliament protest
In London 223 militant suffragettes arrested near the Parliament building were brought to Bow Street police court. Those with minor property damage were fined small sums while those facing higher charges were committed for trial. Fines ranged from 10 shillings to 1 pound depending on the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Parliament Building
Bow Street
Death in Alcohol Rub in Birmingham Burned Man Dies
In Birmingham on November 23 M E B Torphy, a prominent young man, died after applying alcohol to his body following a bath. The flammable liquid ignited from an open grate, engulfing him. He was reportedly to be married that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
EB. Torphy
Senators Oppose Premature Perjury Inquiry by Grand Jury
Chicago reports that the Senate committee adjourned to meet in Washington on December 5 as a Chicago hearing ends. Grand jury action on perjury charges will be delayed until after Washington sessions. Assistant district attorneys review testimony from the hearings to draft possible indictments, with costs estimated between 95 000 and 100 000 dollars for the Chicago phase, and defense costs undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senate Lérimer Committee
Washington
J. H. Wilkerson
Lee Browne
Denver Death Penalty Request in Patterson Murder Case
Special Prosecutor Horace G outlines the state case against Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson for the murder of her husband. He asserts she planned to harm him after a divorce action, waited during his morning walk, and shot him in the back deliberately. A first degree murder verdict would carry the death penalty if proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Horace G.outline
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Testimony Highlights Poole Murder Trial in Indiana
Neighbors testified against John W. Poole in the Lafayette murder trial. A letter Poole wrote to his son Emory after arrest contained a threat and a plea to drop the case. Francis Moyer said Poole claimed to have seen a man killed with a shotgun. Robert Clute testified Poole said he paid Joe Kemper and Kemper left with Amaro Ponta to join the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
John W. Poole
Poole
Son Emory
Francis Moyer
Robert Dy Clute
Joe Kemper
Kemper
Amaro Ponta
The
Neye
Beattie Ready to Die in Electric Chair
Henry-Clay Beattie Jr. the rich youth convicted of wife murder approaches his execution in Richmond Virginia. Officials plan the electric chair soon after sunrise tomorrow and Beattie expresses resignation though asking why him at his young age given there are worse people.
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Richmond
Henry-Clay Beattie Jr
Beattie
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Missouri
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Persia
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Stanley Committee
China
Nanking
American Press Association
Chang Pato
W. J. Bryan
Prinz Joachim
Santi
T. J. Allen Wood
Mnamara
Kansas
ODD Fellows
Senate
Mr. Patterson
J. W. Poole
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