Three Die in Massachusetts Fire Room Disaster
Three men were killed and four injured in a boiler room accident aboard the battleship Massachusetts at League Island Navy Yard. Lieutenant William C. Cole led a rescue, escaping severe burns, while Elward Bub Andrew Hamilton Harleis Ritzel and Bramlet were among the deceased or injured. The failings centered on a gasket in a boiler head, with a board of inquiry formed under Navy Yard command.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia
William C. Cole
Jague Island Navy Yard
Elward Bub
Andrew Hamilton
Beilerr Vlan
Harleis Ritzel
Willam
CSN
Ebleter
Ineer
Naval Hospital
Wiliant Andersen
St. Agnes' Hospital
Cole
Philadel Pina Tlent
Navy Yard
Edward D. Taussig
Mavy Yard
Bramlet
Bub
Hamilton
Ritzel
Adiga Ischias
Legue Island Navy Yard
F H Delano
Clauncey Thomas
M F Gates
Philadelpha
Minneap olis church burned among Northwest
The Halty Rosary Church, one of the finest Catholic structures in the Northwest, burned today in Minneapolis. Loss estimated at 85,000 dollars with 50,000 dollars insured. Surrounding church property saved. building total loss. Additionally notes fire at Ohio Seat Company's plant and adjoining Rudolph Surre, Anchor Tannery, with 175,000 dollars in losses. At Baratoga, Mississippi, Mangum shooting by high school principal Woodward reported. Wireless across Kansas City to Cleveland sets record.
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Northwest
Minneapolis Minn
Dee
Halty Rosary
Bulding
Incinnati
Ohio
Ohio Seat Company
Rudolph Surre -Anchor Tannery
Denver Election Case Advances in Supreme Court
Denver reporting shows no action today to exclude election returns from the official canvass. Tomorrow, H J Hersey seeks an order to discard votes from four city precincts where fraud was shown. Contempt trial conclusions were reached for deputy Rog ers and others over conduct at Precinct 4 Ward 7, with judgment due tomorrow.
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Denver
Supreme Court
H. J. Hersey
Republicans
Leonard Rogers
Michael Geary
William G. Adams
Louis Hambaye
Thomas Kinsley
John P. Kendrick
Tall Man Outlaw Identified In 1938 Chicago Bank Robbery
Chicago police identify John Orme as one of two highwaymen who terrorized the city in 1938. They robbed the Peoria National Bank at Peoria and forced the teller to hand over about $2,000 at gunpoint. The pair were captured the next day in Toulon. The other man used the name Percy Warner and was Theodore Brockway, who had served two terms at Joliet. Brockway had a prior horse stealing charge. Orme was previously incarcerated at Joliet as an Incorpor Rigide, but was released months ago.
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Chicago
Bec. i
John Orme
Peoria National Bank
Peoria
Toulon
Til
Percy Warner
Theodore Brockway
Joliet
Grme
Delirious Floridian Kills Stepson Then Commits Suicide
In Tampa on December 16 Captain John Flowers, a Palma Sola resident, shot his adopted son James aged eighteen in the face with a shotgun and then fired at neighbor John Ray. He then took laudanum and died in his room. The stepson reportedly lost an eye and brain injury is feared. Ray suffered only a minor wound. Authorities cite delirium from drink as the motive.
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Tampa
Fla
John Flowers
Palma Sola
James
John Ray
Ray
Flowers
Summerfield Sentenced to Sing Sing After Years of Boasting
Lawrence Summerfield, famed confidence man, surrendered and began a prison term at Sing Sing. He faces four to seven and a half years for swindling linked to a copper mining company. He rode to the prison handcuffed to Frank Richards, a convicted burglar, after appeals failed at the Court of Appeals.
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New York
aAtfter
Lawrence Summerfield
Europe
Sing Smeg
Frank Richards
Summerfield
Court of Appeals
Jerome to Investigate Disputed Gambling House Cash Find
Felice Inspector Mc Clusky denied any connection with detectives locating 44000 in checks and 324 in cash lost by two young men from Chicago and Cleveland while gambling in a New York house. The inspector said he knew nothing of the car chase reports. District Attorney Jerome said he would investigate the matter.
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New York
Felice
McClusky
Chicago
Cleveland
Jerome
Son shoots father's slayer at Hardys Cross Roads
In Covington Georgia December 16 at Hardys Cross Roads Jasper County eight een year old Joseph Parker seized his father J M Parker's pistol after he fell and fired twice at Jesse Hodges mortally wounding him though Hodges remains alive The fatal attack arose from an old feud The constable will not prosecute the youth as he acted to aid his father and is believed to be justified.
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Covington
Hardys Cross Roads
Jasper County
J M Parker
Jesse Hodges
Joseph Parker
J. M. Parker
Hodges
Parker
Uylig
Appleyard Stock Sold to Buffalo Bank Interests
Buffalo men purchase Arthur Appleyard's stock in the German-American Bank. Purchasers are Henry W. Hurt former bank president G. Moller and E. A. Weppner. Weppner resigned as cashier amid loan calls on Appleyard. Resignation followed by a bank run and failure of the German Bank. Weppner reinstated as cashier and outside interests removed.
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Buffalo
German-Amercan Bank
Arthur
Poverty and Death in New York City Headlines
A New York clerk John Corcoran ends his life by drinking carbolic acid after family of six faced eviction for unpaid rent. In another incident, Captain and Otto Anderson of a tank barge die from gas oil fumes during cargo removal. Hearst anti trust bid denied. Comtesse de Mendoza plans European departure with furniture auction. Sleeper cars offered for Seaboard trains to Pinehurst Camden and Florida.
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New York
Bee
Upper East Side
John Corcoran
Newbork
Wec
Vom
Saameen
Otto Anderson
Hearst
Albany
Dee
Cuneen
William Randolph Hearst
Consolidated Gaa
New Amaterdam Gas
Standard Gas Light Companies
Ruined Man's Plea Tragedy at Mrs Chadwick Jail Visit
Mrs Chadwick's first county jail day included multiple attorney visits and a dramatic face to face with Oberlin bank president Beckwith who blamed her for ruin. Hearing delays possible as bankruptcy proceedings continue and receivers exchange estate control.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Chadwick
Beckwith
Oberlin Bank
Barry
Dr Chadwick Plans Return to America
In Paris on December 15 Mrs Cassie L Chadwick's belief that her husband Dr Leroy S Chadwick sailed for New York from Liverpool is incorrect He said he intends to return to America and denied expectations of being included in any charges He will not face further press representatives and dislikes misquoting of his previous statements.
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Mr. Beckwith
Mrs. Chadwick
Judge Olcott
New York
Mr. Loeser
Chadwick
Common Pleas Court
Savings Deposit, Banking and Trust Company
Hlyra
Ohio
Loeser
Sir Reynolds
United States District Court
Judge Wing
Beckwith
Spear
Keeler
Edmund W. Powers
Oberlin
King
Friends of the College
Paris
Cassie L. Chadwick
Leroy S. Chadwick
Liverpool
United States
Majority for Black in New York Senate Caucus
New York December 15 The Herald reports a conference of 26 Republican leaders at the Republican Club. Seventeen favored Black, seven favored Depew, while Odell and Speaker Nixon offered no preference. Cornelius Bliss warned that electing Black would be a breach of faith. Odell said Depew would have fewer than 40 votes if a caucus contest occurred. 101 votes needed to elect a senator. The Times notes planned outreach to Gov elect Higgins to reveal preference.
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New York
the Herald
Republican Club
Odell
Depew
Black
Gov. Odell
Nixon
Cornelius N. Bliss
Bliss
Mr. Black
Gov
Times
Higgins
Forty eight days fast ends with weight loss in Arkansas woman
Rogers Arkansas December 16 A physician reports Miss Carrie Sawney living three miles southwest of the city completed a forty eight day water fast to slim down. She weighed 240 pounds at start and 200 pounds at finish, subsisting on water without ill effects. Dinner in Honor of Governor Higgins in New York December 15 at the Metropolitan Club drew a notable guest list. Manuel Agozcue becomes insane aboard the steamship Philadelphia on route to New York for treatment after mayoral scandal. Baltimore and Return excursion offered at 1.25 with limited services weekends.
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Arkansas
Rogers
Ark
Carrie Sawney
Young Murder Trial Feature in New York Court
Mrs Young testified she searched her husband Caesar Young’s pockets on June 4 finding no revolver and that he never carried one. The intercepted letter from Julia Smith was read, and John Mellin testified about plans for Miss Patterson to go away with Young. The trial also covered a dinner at Luce’s and Young’s European trip plans as witnesses described his cheerful mood that evening.
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New York
Young
Caesar Young
Rand
Nan Patterson
Vernon M. Davia
Supreme Court
Miss Patterson
Julia Smith
Europe
Bernard L. McKean
Imperial Hotel
Nunc
Tam
Mother
May Queen
Coggins
Mr. Smith
Nan
Nana
Sret
Abe Te
John Mellin
Los Angeles
Fnally
Mellin
J. Morgan Smith
Smith
London
Mrs. Young
MiNa
Long Island City
Manhattan
Mr. Luce
Luce's
Mr. Young
Luce
Court testimony recounts revolver absence and flirtation details
In a trial scene, witnesses describe Caesar's pockets searched for cash, no revolver found, and a man leaving to get a shave and hat. The exchange includes a kiss goodbye and questions about a revolver, with Nan Patterson and Mrs. Young present as jurors and spectators observe with tension.
Stewart Loses His Fight at Prohibition National Meeting
Chicago reports an all day Prohibition National Executive Committee session ended with Oliver W. Stewart urged to resign by a 24 to 2 vote. Opponents led by Samuel S. Dickle Judge A. A. Stevens and A G Wolfenbarger pressed for his exit while other actions targeted W H Johnson and James K. Yates.
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Chicago
Prohibition National Executive Committee
Oliver W. Stewart
National Committee
Samuel S. Dickle
Michigan
A. A. Stevens
Pennsylvania
A. G. Wolfenbarger
Stewart
O. W. Stewart
Sach Committee
W. H. Johnson
New Voice
Legisla Tien
National
James K. Yate
Bigamist Surrenders Amid Divorce Battle in Chicago
Frank Nowlin, who claimed bigamy, faces potential loss of a wife as Mrs. Alice Nowlin sues for divorce in Circuit Court. The suit accuses him of a second marriage and desertion since 1871. Mary Moore, wed in Cincinnati in 1847, is also cited. Nowlin remains at the police station as proceedings hinge on the appearance of the two wives.
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Chicago
Frank Nowlin
Alice Nowlin
Nowlin
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mary Moore
Cincinnati
Polce
Chamberlain to Workers Advocates Tariff and Immigration Restriction
London dispatch reports Joseph Chamberlain addressing East End workers. He urged import taxes to aid British workers and urged limiting alien immigration. He criticized crime, poverty, and disease linked to aliens, urged reform, and proposed English rule colonies to divert migrants, noting a delegation headed to West Africa.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
C. A. Pearson
Europe
Fie
Great Britain
England
West Africa
Night Attacks Resumed at Zeigler Illinois
Zeigler Illinois reports resumed night attacks with militia responding near the pumping station. Eighteen fifty-five guards on duty as 30 nonunion miners were imported from Chicago by rail yesterday, intensifying the strike atmosphere. Zeigler Coal Company claims ambush aims to intimidate strikers while miners at Camp Turner dispute imports affecting local unrest.
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Zeigler
Ill
Stockafle
Chicago
Zeigler Coal Company
Frorh
Iu Moatly
Brekkers
Minera
Camp Turner
Explosion on the Massachusetts Beck with Méete Mrs. Chadwick
Today’s issue presents an index of pages noting a mass explosion event in Massachusetts and a meeting involving Mrs. Chadwick, with coverage of related prosecutions and civic matters. It also previews editorial and international items, plus social notes and sports.
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Massachusetts
Beck
Chadwick
Patterson
Belmont
Civic
Capitol
Sevastopol
von Pichve
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Death by Own Action Sparks Paris Domestic Scandal
Paris reports a deputy Gabriel Lyveton's death by asphyxiation at Neuilly on December 8 amid a volatile domestic saga. His wife and Madame Syveton faced divorce and alleged improper ties with Madame Syveton’s daughter. A looming trial for assault on War Minister Andre frames the political angle, with claims of a conspiracy by government supporters. Lyveton had been paid 2000 as secretary to Count Boni de Castellane.
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Andre
Paris
Gabriel Lyveton
Neuilly
M Syveton
M. Syveton
Madame Menard
Madame Syveton
M. Menard
Chamber of Deputies
M. Lyveton
Count Boni de Castellane
Pleads Guilty to Murder in Second Degree
Jacob Walmer a Monroe Valley farmer pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the July 21 killing of neighbor William Mack. Accepted by the Commonwealth, Walmer received a fourteen year penitentiary sentence after Mack attacked John Bordner in the harvest setting and Walmer struck Mack with a heavy wood, fracturing his skull.
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Lebanon
Jacob Walmer
Monroe Valley
Wiliam Mack
Commonwealth
Walmer
Mack
John Bordner
Bordner
Runaway Wagon in Flames Rattles Central Park West
A wagon in flames with an imprisoned driver dashed fourteen blocks in Central Park West before being stopped by police. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, leaving a charred skeleton of the wagon. The frightened driver fled on the horse. the owner was Herman Hehoelgel of Union Hill New Jersey. A coal can overturned ignited the bottom materials.
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New York
Central Park West
Herman Hehoelgel
Union Hill
N. J
Florist
Belmont Elected President of National Civic Federation
August Belmont tonight won the presidency of the National Civic Federation at the Park Avenue Hotel to succeed Marcus A Hanna. The dinner drew 270 members with Samuel Gompers as toastmaster and speakers including Archbishop Ireland and Ralph M. Easley. Carnegie’s message urged arbitration and patience during labor disputes.
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Hanna
Samuel Gompers
Ireland
Belmont
Carnegie
New York
Naonal Civic Federation
Marcus A Hanna
Park Avenue Hotel
Archbishop Treland
John Mitchell
Franklin MacVeagh
Federation
Oscar 5. Straus
Henry Phipps
Charles A. Moore
Samuel Gouipers
Civic Federation
Labor
Civb Federation
Benator Hanna
United States
Lfe
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Norfolk
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Sloan's
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Camden
Florida
Pa.ave
Hirres
Diffault
Dawley
Fress
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Congressional Limited
DR. Chadwick
C. N. Elisa
Higgina
Gaivan
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Metropolitan Club
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Archbishop Farley
Whitelaw Reid
Hlinu Root
Morgan Dix
Red D. Grant
Warner Miller
Harriman
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Faee Ee Ae
Han Juan
Eure Meu
Manuel Agozscuc
Royal Limited
G St
Caesar
Mr. Rand
Prohibitionist Committee
Bigamist Surrenders
Chamberlain
the Post
Bede
Mangays
Washington Post
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Art Critica
Otto Gebler
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J. P. Morgan & Co
H. B. Holling & Co
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Erie Railroad
Martin Gaulcher
Academy of Design
Columbia University
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Flat Street
August Belmont
Movement For Industrial Peace
America
Ameria
América
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