Indicted Undertaker in Knabe Murder Case in Indianapolis
William B Craig president of a veterinary college and undertaker Alonzo M. Ragsdale were indicted by the Marion county grand jury for murder and accessory after the fact in the October 23 1911 Knabe case. Craig released on 15000 bond Ragsdale to appear in court in Columbus Indiana. Evidence shows Knabe pressed Craig to marry her and a bloodstained kimono was found with contents washed in chemical solution. Police and detectives traced life with Craig over years including appointments at the veterinary college.
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Willem B. Craig
4 Veterinary College
Knabe
Indianapolis
Ind
William B Craig
Collcge
Alonzo M. Ragsdale
Marion County Grand Jury
Helene Knabe
Ragsdale
Columbus
Grand Jury
Dr. Knabe
Dr. Craig
Dr Knabe
Kpabe
Corewem Durham
Amelia Koffer
Crate Thas
Craig
Orime ! Inesdales
Gur
Prine
Knabel
Dr Knabe 9
Augusta Knabe
Slater
Katherine McPherson
Durham
Christmas necklace worth 93000 loses in Rome crash
Waterbury Connecticut reports a one time State pic and a New York fashioned Mrs Chase pearl necklace valued at 93000 disappeared from a dresser amid Christmas wrappings. She believes a servant burned the waste paper with the necklace discarded in a furnace during cleanup.
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Waterbury
Rome
Pic
Chase
Chage
Substitution of Caronia For Lusitania Sails Delayed
In London on December 31 a derailment of Lusitania machinery caused the Caronia to substitute for Saturday's voyage. Threats to dynamite the liner were recently made by striking crew members, with authorities beefing up security as officials reassess the sailing plans.
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Caronia
Lusitania
Londo
Lusttanias
Thas
Hner
Richmond Pursuit Of Bank Messenger Morton Ends In Hiding
Washington detectives chase Satchel Morton who absconded with 6000 from the Washington and Southern Bank. He fled to Richmond, then hid at his grandmother’s home. Police fired until Morton vanished into darkness, leaving part of the cash in a satchel. Authorities scramble to secure the remainder as searches extend to Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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Washington
Treasury
Virginia City
da Street
Webster Morton
Washington and Southern Bank
G Street
Baltimore
Phiadelphia
WI and
Kellam
Morton
Genedveday
Wiley
Virginia
Vient
Hartley
Richmond
Philadelphia
United States Treasury
Washington, Halthermore and Annapolis Railway Company
New York Avenue
Bac
Monumental
Barrysle
Chesapeake Junction
J Selwin Tait
Aome
Inaugural Ball Plans Behind Pension Building Support
Officials of the inaugural committee report confidence Congress will grant the use of the pension building for the inaugural ball. Chief Justice White and Speaker Clark offered assurances that no objections will block the Capitol option. A $100,000 guarantee fund is being built with Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade letters urged to contribute. Subscriptions at a finance meeting push total to $56,245, with names including Miller Kenyon, Tucker Kenyon & Macfarland, Dulin & Martin, Pompeian Company, Gardiner & Dent, Lee J. Lanneau, and Henry L Kaufman among others.
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Miller Kenyon
Tucker, Kenyon & C G
Sldan & Co
Dulin & Martin
Pompeian
James B Lamble
Gardiner & Dent, Inc
Lee J. Lanneau
Blackiston
Wiliam H. Walker
O. G. Staples
Hugh Reilly
Stone & Fairfax
Henry L. Kaufman
House & Herrmann
H. L. Rust
Emil G. Schafer
Congress
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
Clark
House of Representatives
Capitol
Percy
Woater
Finance Committee
Thom
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Retail Merchants’ Association
White
Pension Hall
Spe
Peni m
Sixth and Batreeta
Wean
Spencer Cosby
Thaw
Subsenibera
Guarantee Fund
J Miller
Fear for dance plans stalls Senate inquiry motif
Chief Justice and Speaker ready to aid Eustis and committees. Members confident Congress will drop objections as plans are perfected and original outlines are retained. Cosby suggests temporary building. Foster calls rehearsals. Fund now $55,645.
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Congress
Cosby
Foster
Inaugural Committees Plan Rail and Ball Preparations
George James chair of the transportation committee announced an active drive to secure rail and steamboat rate reductions for Inauguration week aiming at one and one third fares round trip. Percy S Foster reports a flood of applications from East musicians. Willam Corcoran Eustis calls a General Inaugural committee meeting at the New Willard Hotel Friday at 11. Harper announces Civic Organizations Committee members.
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George James
Transportation Committee
Percy S Foster
East
Willam Corcoran Eustis
General Committee
New Willard Hotel
Harper
Civic Organizations Committee
Rockefeller Subpoena Battle Grounds New York Mansion
Decisive clash over serving William Rockefeller with a Pujo committee subpoena to testify on money trust matters. Detained by guards around his Fifth Avenue and Tarrytown homes, Rockefeller reportedly ill with throat trouble, doctor says he would not travel to Washington.
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New York
Dec
Rockefeller
Jerry South
House of Representatives
William Rockefeller
Pujo
Money
Tarrytown
Antes Terk
Walt di Jong
Elf
Stork
Nda
Fifth Avenue
South
Riddell
Becker Claims Frame-Up In Rosenthal Murder Case
Albany Dec 31 Charles Becker former lieutenant of police now on death row at Sing Sing insists he does not know the four gunmen convicted of killing Herman Rosenthal. State Prison Superintendent Col Joseph F Scott says Becker asserts the frame up has tainted his conviction and notes Becker has denied knowing the gunmen despite visits and proximity to their cells. The case is likened to Albert T Patrick who also proclaimed innocence.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Beckfer
Leutenant
Police
Sing Sing Prison
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Rosenthal
Joseph F. Scott
Becker
Sing Sing
Col. Scott
Albert T. Patrick
Body donated to science in suicide note case
An unidentified woman aged 35 to 40, registered as Miss Lotta Wells Bran ford of Blaisdord Pa, killed herself in the Grand Union Hotel by inhaling poison, likely chloroform. She left a farewell note requesting her body be given to a medical college for dissection and provided no verifiable address. a maid found her in bed at about 4 PM with cotton padding wrapped around her head.
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Medical College
Washington Post
New York
Lotta
Wells Branford
Blaisford
Grand Union Hotel
Five Days in Open Boat Rescue at Sea
Three residents of Atlantic City were rescued after five days adrift in a small powerboat that later sank. The men had endured a storm off Brigantine and were carried by a dory to safety, landing at Ship Bottom Life Saving Station aboard the Wyoma schooner.
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Atlantic City
N. J. Dee
Heme
Jered T
Eisid
Fit de Véene
Ship Bottom
Wyoma
Flood entombs nine miners at East Lehigh colliery
Tamaqua Pa December 31 nine mine workers are entombed in a flooded working at East Lehigh colliery near here. Rescue crews frantically jar the culm and rock blocking the gangway as interior sounds suggest some may be alive. Three escaped waist deep water but a wall of debris halted further access. It may take up to 24 hours to reach the trapped men.
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Tamaqua
East Lehigh
Ismay to resign from White Star June 3
London reports the resignation of J Bruce Ismay from his posts as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line will take effect June 3 1915 Harold A Sanderson will succeed him Ismay will remain a director of International Mercantile Marine and stay on British committee He also keeps chairmanship of the Asiatic Steamship Company and the Liverpool and London Steamship Protective Association
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London
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
Harold A. Sanderson
International Mercantile Marine Company
Iamay
Famay
Ismay
White Star
International Mercantile Marine
British Committee
Asiatic Steamship Company
Liverpool and London Steamship Protective Association
Parole Granted for Michael Angelo McGinness
Special to The Washington Post reports Gov Hadley will grant parole to Michael Angelo McGinness a Kansas City mathematician and scholar serving ten years for forgery. McGinness who forged a deed realizing $60 was sent to prison from Kansas City. He has a wife and son in Neosho Missouri and scholars nationwide urge release to demonstrate and solve algebra problems.
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Washington Post
JeMarson City
J. M. Greenwood
National Educational Association
Kansas City
Hadley
Michael Angelo McGinness
Neosho
McGinness
First Parcel Off Hitchcock Starts the Service With Cup to New York
Postmaster General Hitchcock inaugurates the parcel post by delivering the first package at Washington and sending a silver loving cup to New York official HE. M. Morgan. The two pound package, stamped 27 cents, will be engraved at the National Museum after its New York journey and return. Big preparations fund the new service with $200,000 for offices and trucks, and stores in New York Chicago and other cities plan to use parcel post for local delivery.
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New York
Hitchcock
Gov
Wilson
Washington Post Office
Parcel Post
Parcet Post
HE. M. Morgan
Postminster
City of
Washington
National Museum
Parcel Post Service
Throighout
Thy
Congress
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Boston
Iil
Post Office Department
Birmingham
Ale
Good Pine
Wanamaker
Taft
Philadelphia
States of the Union
Independence Hall
Smith
Indicted for Murder of Woman Doctor
An indictment has been returned charging a man with the murder of a woman doctor. Details of the case remain limited as investigators pursue additional evidence and witnesses.
Keene Financier and Breeder Moved to Private Hospital
New York December 31. The condition of James R. Keene the financier and horse breeder has become so grave that he has been removed from his up town hotel apartment to a private hospital. His health has been poor for over a year and he was confined to bed recently. At the hospital tonight he was resting as comfortably as could be expected.
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New York
James R. Keene
Keene
Castro 5 going back planning a trip to Germany
Gen Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan dictator who arrived in New York from France on the La Touraine refused to be seen, sought to return to Europe, and expressed a wish to go to Hamburg instead of France. Immigrant officials detained him at Ellis Island after a medical examination and reported he would depart on the Amerika to Hamburg. He declined interviews, complained of unwelcome treatment, and was kept under guard while authorities prepared his removal.
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Riddell
Walter F. Chapelle
Rockefeller
Washington
Toree
Rindell
New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
France
la Touraine
Chstra
Oficlala
Jeland
Gen. Gastro
Germany
Dobler
Castro
Eilfa Island
Ellis Island
Sprague
Stenor Castro
America
Atlantic
Hillis Feland
Wiliams
Bilis Iskend
Wilias
Europe
Hamburg
Harkiburz
Amerika
Hills Island
New Year Observed by Washington Diplomats and Public
The capital welcomed 1913 with radio signals from the Eiffel Tower and Naval Observatory marks. Arlington and city streets buzzed with revelers as hotels and cafes hosted toasts, music, and festive lights. Diplomatic envoys gathered at informal functions while others kept quiet at home. Ambassadors from Austria Hungary France Great Britain and others marked the occasion with social events and prayers for a prosperous year.
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Cafea
Washington
Nne
Baron Enech Zwiedinek von Sudenhorst
James Bryce
Great Britain
Alec
Mrs. Bryce
von Bernstorf
von *Bernstorf
Youssouf Ze Pacha
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