Pope displeased by Ireland summary at Vatican
The Vatican rejects Archbishop Ireland of St Pauls summary on Franco Vatican conflict as biased toward French clergy. It questions the Matin report, says Montagnini papers were not recently removed, and notes Pichon denied Montagninis official status. Cardinals back the Popes passive resistance policy amid church state strife in France.
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Osservatore Romane
New York
France
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Paria
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Trench
Mgr Montagn Ni
Sacred College
Merry del Val
German Center party gains in German elections
Vatican reports from Rome say the German Center party’s prospects in the general elections have improved and a possible understanding with the government may occur before the polls. Paris dispatches mention Clemenceau’s cabinet showing resentment toward Briand over the religious question.
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Vatican
Sympathy for the pope cable from Knights of Columbus
New Haven Conn December cablegram sent to the Vatican expresses sympathy for Pope Benedict XV and support for his efforts to settle church troubles in France. Addresses Cardinal Merry Del Val in Rome. signed by Edward L Hearn Supreme Knight. Includes references to American Knights and regional lines.
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Conn
Vatican
Knights of Columbus
Merry del Val
Rome
Blackmailers Plot Fails on Northern Pacific Express
In Helena Montana on December 26 authorities report an attempted blackmail of the Northern Pacific Railroad for 35000 dollars. Following a stagey scheme linked to Isaac Gravelle and an escape from a courthouse, detectives shadowed the St Louis Burlington express between Livingston and Billings. No ransom was paid and a suspected accomplice in the baggage car did not act. The train encountered no incident and little plunder potential.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Isaac Gravelle
Rinehart Again Arrested on Forgery Charge
Pittsburg Va Dee w An additional charge of forgery was today preferred against J B Rinehart former cashier of the Farmers and Drovers National Bank Waynesburg In the information he is charged with forging the name of a prominent Waynesburg man to a note for 5000 Rinehart waived a hearing and gave bail for his appearance at the February term of Criminal Court The charge was made today by President Reed of the First National Bank of Reedville A warrant for his arrest was issued today and placed in the hands of a constable Before the warrant could be served Rinehart appeared before the justice waived a hearing and gave bail in 32000 Miller John A Goodwin and John Stronicher local contractors said they would immediately prefer charges against the former bank cashier alleging he had raised a note from 500 to 5000
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John A Goodwin
John Stroenicher
WANTS ARMAMENTS REDUCED REQUEST TO UNITED STATES
A December meeting of the board of trade and transportation adopted resolutions urging President Roosevelt to direct U S delegates to the Hague conference of 1907 to push a permanent congress with advisory powers a universal arbitration treaty and an armament reduction plan. A four member committee was appointed to represent the board at the Washington foreign commerce convention in January to discuss measures to increase foreign trade.
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United States
Congress of the Nations
International Action 4
Washington
Donelson Caffery Sinking in Washington Past Note
Special report on former Senator Donelson Caffery who after a troubled recovery period shows improvement, then relapses to critical condition. The piece traces his rise from poverty as a planter and lawyer to wealth after partnerships with his son Don Caffery and investments in Jennings oil fields.
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New Orleans
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Cattery
Senate
Don Caffers Becamme
Jennings
Missing Captain Lennan in Alaska waters
Captain William P. F. Gregory reports from Juneau Alaska that Captain James E Lennan, veteran pilot of many world ports and longtime government pilot in Alaskan waters, disappeared after piloting the Heather into Juneau and is believed drowned.
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Portland
William PF Gregory
United States
Heather
Juneau
James E Lennan
Lennan
Lennan Ia
Puget Sound
Alaskan
Suspected Anthrax Case At Newark Hospital
In New York the Washington Port reports doctors at St Bamaban Hospital Newark New Jersey monitor Morris Rubin twenty one from 8 Barclay street a hatter with suspected anthrax from handling infected animal hair. A final diagnosis awaits bacteriological test results from Dr Richard O Connelly of the Newark board of health.
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Newark
Morris Rubin
Barclay Street
Richard O Connelly
Newark Board of Health
Catholics to Protest French government action in church seizure
Catholics in Washington plan a mass meeting this Sunday at a theater to protest France’s confiscation of church property amid church state separation. Prominent laymen will be invited to speak. Also reports from Fort Myer note citrus groves in Caloosahatchee are frozen solid with minimal fruit damage.
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Washington
Tampa Fla
Fort Myer
Caloowzhatchie
Uprisings in Cuba Prompt U.S. Troop Reinforcement
Santa Clara sees marauding bands as Gen Bell orders heavy American troop reinforcements. Gen Bell and Gen Wirt tour the island to assess military needs while Gov Magoon may be reassigned to Manila. Repairs at Camp Columbus are funded and rural guards confront train saboteurs near Alto Cedro as unrest continues in Santa Clara and Camaguey provinces.
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Camp Columbus
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Camaguey
Ciba Company
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Hstonoz
Jose Miguel Gomez
Camp Columbia
Magoda
Resent Ridicule of Kaiser Probed by Cincinnati Germans
Cincinnati Germans protest a poem printed in a popular weekly deeming it an insult to the German Emperor. About seventy German Alliance groups hire a leading law firm to draft two resolutions, one denouncing the poem and another opposing a strict immigration bill. Copies will be sent to Congressman Herman Goebel and Nicholas Longworth.
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Bodies of Explorers Found Near Tiburon Island
El Paso reports the bodies of Prof Thomas Grindell and followers who left Douglas Arizona in June 1904 for Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California were found in a Sonora desert. They perished likely from thirst. Letters addressed to Grindell identified the dead. Grindell was principal of the Douglas schools.
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Bomb Explodes in Rambla Wounding One in Barcelona
A bomb detonated today on Barcelona's Rambla injuring one man. Police report three anarchists have been arrested in connection with the blast in the city's main thoroughfare.
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Roosevelts Isthmus Visit Chiefs of Police Report
Fifteen anarchists were detained on the Isthmus of Panama during President Roosevelt’s canal trip, according to a Panama battalion of U.S. marines who arrived from Camp Eliot. Marines described the landing, the Gatun dam inspection, and Roosevelt’s informal court at Ancon where he heard workers’ grievances and settled disputes during three days on the Isthmus.
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Moroccan Police Plan Joint Action With Spain Under Algeciras Pact
The Tangier Times reports War Minister Mohamed Gabbag will move near Tangier to read a sultanic deposing letter to Moorish chiefs. Moroccan authorities pledge restraint as troops prepare for joint policing with Spanish forces starting January 1 under the Algeciras convention.
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The
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Raisuli
Maghzen
Mohammed Gabbas
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Admiral Touchard
Morocco
Algeciras
Two Men Die In 500 Foot Mine Shaft Fall
Elias Lehtenian and Joseph Bardessono were killed when a skip carrying them to the surface fell 500 feet in the Colby iron mine at Bessemer Michigan. Two other miners, including Mike Scavardeni, were injured or saved by clinging to the rope as the vessel struck a beam.
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Bessemer, Mich
Elias Lehtenan
Joseph Bardessono
Colby
Mike Scavardeni
Miner Hicks to tour nation with living grave lecture
Special to The Washington Post Bakersfield reports Col Deck Hicka, the miner entombed for fifteen days, has signed a US lecture tour. He will recount his experience in the living grave and will bring several rescuers and artifacts from his tomb. The tour begins in Bakersfield tomorrow night.
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Bakersfield
Deck&t B Hicka
United States
Bakersfeld
VARDAMAN AT SCOOBA DEAD LIST REACHES FIFTEEN
Governor Vardaman led a militia march to Scooba and Meridien to quell violence after six lynchings in the region. Reports say about fifteen people were killed in Wahalak and Scooba as troops restored order. Probing the unrest, authorities noted no single outbreak but mass fear and delayed news complicated the picture.
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Wahalak
Sitreem
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Acquittal Shocks Court In New York Case
In a Special Sessions Court Justice McKean etc acquitted James Wilson amid a crowded East Side scene. Mrs Marion Dunbar testified Wilson showed a badge and abducted her. policeman Welsh testified he questioned Wilson and found the badge. three men vouched for Wilson's good character. Discharged and acquitted, Wilson hurried from the court as critics cried.
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Earthquake wrecks town in Chile and London warns
An earthquake devastates half the town of Arican in Tagna province while nearby towns suffer varying damage. The Iquique seaport remains unscathed. Prof Belar at Selbach observatory notes a second great quake near 7 11 Wednesday and urges repeated test measurements after seismic events. He recalls London's St Pauls and Charing Cross station roof incidents linked to strong quakes.
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Policeman Fires at Comrade in Newark Saloon Brawl
Special policemen George Brant and Albert Bennett quarreled over police merit in a Waverly saloon. Brant drew a revolver and shot Bennett who fled and later returned injured. Police sought Bennett but found him nowhere as Chief Adams and her force investigated the incident.
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Morristown Rescuer Drowns Saving Boy on Ice
In Morristown New Jersey on December 26 George Davis a 25 year old husband died while attempting to rescue eight year old John Arke who had fallen through the ice on the Rockaway River. Davis lashed a rope to a clothesline and tied the other end to his wife then plunged onto the ice to reach the boy. He saved the child but the rope broke and both he and the child drowned.
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Indicted men re elected in Mutual Reserve fight
Frederick A Burnham and George D Eldridge were re elected president and vice president of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company after a two hour session. Nine of twelve directors were present and Burnham Eldridge win was very close. George W Harper son of a former president was not re elected treasurer. Both Burnham and Eldridge are under indictment over the company administration.
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Mutual Reserve
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Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Frederick A Burnham
George D Eldridge
Edlridge
Japanese Turned Back at Rio Grande Border
At El Paso Texas a group of Japanese men discharged from the army attempted to enter the United States but were refused admission for lacking funds. A number were smuggled over at Fort Hancock and later recaptured by immigration officials patrolling the border.
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Wife of Epworth Herald editor wounded by accidental toy rifle discharge
Mrs Stephen J Herben, wife of The Epworth Herald editor, was taken to Evanston Hospital after a bullet wound. Officials report she improved today and no serious results are anticipated. Rev Mr Herben stated the injury occurred while she was inspecting a toy rifle given as a Christmas present to a son.
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Accuser's Tale Conflicts in Trautman Robbery Case
New York December 26. Conflicting statements emerge in the alleged robbery of Peter Hogan, a stenographer. Hogan later says he lost money. Dr Alexander Trautman and wife Jean Trautman deny involvement. Police and witnesses recount varied alibis and suspicions of mistaken identity. The case draws wide attention and prompts further inquiry.
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