Turko Bulgarian War Front Moves and Armistice Talks
Vienna reports first class reserves called in six Austro Hungarian corps with three in the north and three in the southeast. In Constantinople fighting persists along fortifications at Tchatalja as Bulgarians press to breach Turkish lines aided by warships. Diplomats caution that Turkish resistance and allied terms may lead to renewed negotiations for an armistice with Bulgarian envoys meeting Turkish plenipotentiaries in Sofia within 24 hours.
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London
Vienna
Empire
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Sofia
Balkan League
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sidna Allen Found Guilty in Cerro County Murder Case
Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan, was found guilty of second degree murder for the killing of Judge Thornton J. Masile. The jury set a fifteen year penitentiary sentence. Wytheville Virginia recalls Cerro county courthouse shootings last March that left five dead.
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Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Allen
Cerro County
Hillaville
Thornton J. Maseile
MacVeagh Tells of Assistant Treasurer Change
Secretary MacVeagh asked for the resignation of Gideon C. Bantz as assistant treasurer of the United States saying he is not in sympathy with the secretary's policy. Bantz will be succeeded by Christian C. Pearce, currently chief of the division of banks, loans and postal savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacVeagh
Gideon C. Bantz
United States
Bantz
Christian C. Pearce
Charger the Horse Killed on McKinley’s Farm
Charger, former President McKinley’s riding horse, died on Albert Lewis’s Stras farm after becoming entangled in a wire. The incident occurred near New Philadelphia Ohio on November 23.
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M’kinley
New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Charger
McKinley
Albert Lewis
Stras
Wasservogel crushes defense in Gib son murder trial cross examination
Goshen New York November 23 Assistant district attorney Wasservogel of New York County tore apart the defense of Burton W Gibson in a cross examination that sidelined two expert witnesses and challenged defense witnesses. The state also presented letters by Rose Szabo showing her mother was dead and outlining motive for the murder. Gibson sought to persuade a Bronx woman she was Petronelle Menechik, mother of Mrs Szabo, to whom the estate was left.
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Goshen
N. Y
Wasservogel
New York County
Burton W. Gibson
Otto H. Schultze
Laux
Greenwood Lake
Gibson
Goshenites
Rose Szabo
Marion to Elect Postmaster in First Experiment
Marion Kentucky to hold an election for postmaster with Senator-elect Ollie James endorsing the winner. The secret ballot will be used, and candidates will draw lots for ballot positions. Voting occurs Saturday January 18 at the courthouse yard in P. S. Maxwell's former office.
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Hopkinsville
Marion
Crittenden County
Ollie James
James
P. S. Maxwell
President-elect Wilson in tense clash with photographer
In Hamilton Bermuda on November 23 President-elect Wilson engaged in a heated exchange with an American photographer who violated a prohibition by snapping a photo. Wilson declared the photographer uncouth and warned of consequences while noting his purpose to avoid photographers. He mostly rode bicycles near his Bermuda residence.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Wilson
Miss Norma Garvin Drowned Near Lonsdale
The body of Norma Garvin thirty six daughter of former Gov L F C Garvin was found in New River near the Garvin home in Lonsdale after she disappeared Wednesday evening. A note read I cant get the water off my mind indicating possible suicide while en route to Brown University lectures.
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Providence
R. T
Norma Garvin
Garvin
Lonsdale
Brown University
Man shoots at Estelle Baggot then kills himself at Reno baths
H S Weems, son of a Baltimore family, shot Estelle W Baggot in the Moana Springs baths near Reno and killed himself after a woman was wounded. In a letter to a San Francisco paper he recounts four marriages and three divorces. the first wife died.
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Reno
Estelle W. Baggot
Los Angeles
New York
Weems
Baltimore
Moana Springs
Frank Murray
San Francisco
Indictments in New Orleans Election Case Grow
A grand jury returns indictments against United States commissioner Arthur H. Brown G Prudhomme and 8 Palaque for false and fraudulent certification of votes as part of a widening probe into alleged election fraud in New Orleans. Twenty six city officials have now been indicted as the investigation barely begins.
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New Orleans
Grand Jury
Arthur H. Brown
United States
G. Prudhomme
8. Palaque
Grand
Dynamiters Planned Attack Tied to Burns Case
Joseph Schwartz of Chicago was arrested in Indianapolis on a federal warrant for attempting to intimidate government witness Cornelius St Crowley in the dynamite conspiracy case. Ortie McManigal described the four year violence linked to J B McNamara, including the French Lick and Milwaukee bombings and a plotted assault on detective W J Burns.
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Joseph Schwartz
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cornelius St. Crowley
Monica
Crowley
Schwartz
Ortie McManigal
J. B. McNamara
Whee
McManigal
Detroit
Oxford
Heyland Patterson
Milwaukee
J. B
Fife
Aegart
French of
Omakia
Mo Manigal
J. J. Aid J. B. McNamara
Manigal
Hockin
J. B. McNamaral
Manmsigal
W. J. Burns
Angeles
Peoria
Pittsburg
Burns
Professor Louis D Hall Arrested in Illegal Voting Case
Champaign Illinois November 23 Professor Louis D Hall assistant professor of animal husbandry at the University of Illinois was arrested on a bench warrant from an indictment for perjury in a case over student voting at the last local option election. He posted $1000 bond and will be tried in January. Two more students James Noon and Walter Blum were indicted for illegal voting and about twenty more indictments are expected.
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Champaign
Louis D. Hall
College of Agriculture
University of Minois
C. N. Wilder
Chicago
Peru
Champaign County
Hall
Spurgin
Champaign County Grand Jury
Professor Hall
Civic League of
City of
H. J. Barton
James Noon
Everett
Mags
Walter J. Blum
Blum
Burton quits 1914 senate race amid GOP split
Cleveland reports Theodore Burton, angered by party factionalism and criticism during his term, will not seek reelection in 1914 and plans to quit politics. The move follows rumors that President Taft recognized Harry Daugherty as the Ohio patronage referee.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore Burton
Burton
Washington
Taft
Harry Daugherty
Son Kills His Mother in Burksville After Dispute
James Wells twenty one is arrested in Burksville Kentucky on a charge of shooting his mother Mrs Susan Capps. He admits the shooting but says it was an accident. The mother, wealthy and sole heir, died before she could testify as a grand jury investigates. In Ann Arbor Michigan Alfred Lindler a Buffalo freshman died from blood poisoning from a bruise on his heel suffered while a cross country run in October.
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Burksville, Ky
James Wells
Susan Capps
Wells
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alfred Lindler
Buffalo
University of Michigan
Doctor Held After Indictment in Wife Poisoning Case
Springfield Ohio reports Dr Arthur B Smith is in county jail after a special grand jury indicted him on four counts including first degree murder for allegedly poisoning his wife Florence Caviler Smith. Public uproar followed the findings as the case drew further scrutiny.
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Springfield
Florence Cavileer-Smith
Arthur B. Smith
American Superintendent Held for Ransom Near Chihuahua
The state department reports William M. Fink an American citizen and superintendent of the San Toy Mining Company camp about fifteen miles from Chihuahua is detained by Mexican rebel bands and held for five thousand dollars.
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Washington
State Department
William M. Fink
San Toy Mining Company
Chihuahua
Grey Refuses Help for Jews in Russia Policy
London November 23 Sir Edward Grey the British foreign minister declines to urge Russia to withdraw restrictions on British Jews. He says such action would terminate the Russo-British treaty of commerce and harm relations between Britain and Russia.
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London
Sir Edward Grey
Russia
Great Britain
Looting in Storm Zone Strikes Jamaica Relief Activated
Kingston reports armed constabulary rushed to Montego Bay and Savanna La Mar to curb looting in the hurricane zone. Hanover residents face hunger as urgent aid calls go out while Americans in Montego Bay open a relief fund and coordinate funds and supplies.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Montego Bay
Savanna la Mar
Hanover
Taft's Busy Day Tells Of Social Duties And Military Duty
President Taft faced a heavy schedule, attending the wedding of Migs Cullom Ridgely, granddaughter of senator Ridgely, in Fort Meyer Virginia, then piloted a special drill for troops. After a White House reception he joined Mrs Taft for an opera trip to Baltimore.
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Washington
Deat Taft
Migs Cullom Ridgely
Henry Parker
Fort Meyer
Army and Navy of
United States
White House
Taft
Baltimore
Informers in Rosenthal Case Pass Through City
Four Rosenthal case informers Schepps Bridle Schepps Bridgie Webber Harry Vallon and Bald Jack Rose reportedly traveled through on Lake Shore Line train No 19 of the Michigan Southern as the Rosenthal case developed.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio
Am Schepps
Bridgie” Webber
Harry Vallon
Bald
Jack Rose
Rosenthal
Lake Shem
Michigan
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Rhode Island
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Frisco
U. S
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ICAI
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James H. Morehead
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University of Illinois
Senator Burton Peeved
Ohio Statesman
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