Drama in Erb Trial Ends in Confession Read to Jury
Washington Post report from Mesa Pennsylvania details Mrs Florence Erb and co defendant Mrs Katherine Bessel in a murder case. Letters read in court reveal a past relationship and confession to shooting Captain J Chyton. The defense cites past abuse while the prosecution seeks first degree murder.
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Washington Post
Mesa
Florence Erb
Katherine Belsel
J. Chiyton
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Siar
Variety Actors May Strike In English Halls
British variety artists threaten a general strike over a long running fee dispute with the Agents' Association. The Artists' Federation will hold meetings in London and Manchester on Sunday for decision. If adopted, most performers plan to refuse to appear next week.
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London
Artists’ Federation
Agents’ Association
Feds
Manchester
Earthquake in Teneriffe Causes Alarm in Streets
An earthquake shock lasting twelve seconds struck Teneriffe in the Canary Islands today. It overturned furniture and rang bells in halls as people rushed into the streets in a state of alarm, but no damage was reported.
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Teneriffe
Canary Islands
SULTAN AIDS BRITISH RETURN FOR FAVOR IN TURKEY DISPUTES
British diplomacy with the Ottoman sultan seeks Mohammedan backing in India to sustain British influence in Turkey. Riots erupt in India as Muslims and Hindus clash at Titaghur, troops firing to restore order, casualties reported. Mohammedan loyalty cited as pivotal in the wider European parleys over Berlin and Austria.
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London
Foreign Office
Austria
Balkan
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India
Berlin
Jan
Russia
Great Britain
Calcutta
Titeghur
Ttashur
Titaghur
Rose Eytinge Seeks Admission to Edwin Forrest Home
Rose Eytinge famed actress, once allied with Annie Yamans as a leading grand old woman of the stage, seeks admission to the Edwin Forrest home but faces a full will governed tenement of twelve residents. She travels from Portland, Oregon, clinging to hope a room may be found despite ahead applicants.
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Rose Eytinge
Gilbert
Annie eYamans
Edwin Forrest
Forest
Wytinge
Portland
Orex
Giant Clay County Hickory Sought by German Government
Daniel Buell, a farmer near Bowling Green in Clay County, sold a 38 inch diameter hickory tree to a German government representative. The tree will be cut, shipped to Germany for cannon carriage tongues, and marks the largest tree in the county. The meeting occurred yesterday in Brazil Indiana and transportation details followed.
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Brazil
Ind
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Bowling Green
Clay County
Germany
Taft Discusses Church Influence on Civilization in Augusta
President-elect Taft told Augusta Protestant ministers that church influence is essential to civilization and government progress. He cited United church equality, urged moral reform, and praised education for African Americans, while noting cabinet talks with Horace E. Andrews and L.H. Bulley and calls from scholars.
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Taft
Tart
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Philippines
Spain
Leo XIII
Vatican
South
Taft Cabinet Names and South Tour Hints
G Carpenter of Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station chairs a committee from the National Association of Agricultural Colleges at Experiment Stations. Taft discusses Cabinet selections and asks visitors to name their mint. J Elwood Cox arrives for North Carolina judgeship talks as Senator Knox and Hitchcock plan stops. James Markham, Chicago police secretary, travels with Taft southward.
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Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
National Association of Agricultural Colleges
Taft
Wilson
North Carolina
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
Hig
Augusta
Cox
Philander C. Knox
Frank H. Hitchcock
Birmingham
Atlanta
James Markham
Chicago
Wey South
Deadlock in Illinois as rebel Speaker challenges governor
Former Illinois House speaker Edward B. Shurtleff leads Republican defections after a two man conference at the St. Nicholas Hotel. He denounces governor’s domination of the legislature and urges each department to mind its own affairs as a possible deadlock looms in the 46th General Assembly with 77 votes needed for speaker.
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House
Springfield
Edward B. Shurtleff
House of Representatives
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Republican House
St. Nicholas Hotel
Shurtleff
Ilinota
Supreme ‘Court
Roy West
State Central Committee
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Edward D. King
Galesburg
Edward de Shurtleff
Willam HH
Troyer
Oure
General Assembly
Illinois
John A. Logan
Albert J. Hopding
Thompson for the Navy and Taft cabinet
Special to The Washington Times Augusta Georgia January 5 at Augusta Col Robert M Thompson of New York appears set to become Secretary of the Navy in the Taft cabinet He arrived in Augusta talked with Mrs Taft and visited Talttcher at Hot Springs on a trip toward Miami Fla Thompson a Naval Academy graduate with active service records has long studied naval affairs and funds.
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Waarington Tast
Augusta
Col
Robert M. Thompson
New York
Taft
Col. Thompson
Talttcher
Hot Springs
Miami
Fls
Navy
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Belmont Tunnel Plan Rejected by New York Commission
The Public Service Commission rejected the Steinway Belmont tunnel proposal linking Long Island City to Manhattan at 7,000,000 dollars. The tunnel, completed by Belmont, would have tied street railways to midtown Manhattan via East Forty-second Street, but the commission declined the project. The report also notes current Pennsylvanian Limited Through Service to Chicago from Union Station at 10:30 a.m. daily with sleeping cars and no extra fare.
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Steinway
Belmont
Long Island City
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Penn. Limited
Union Station
Willington
Uso
Wrights voyage to France sparks doubt on passenger planes
New York January 5 Orville Wright and his sister Katherine set sail for France where Wright says passenger planes are not yet viable for mass travel. He foresees eventual special uses for air travel but emphasizes large passenger shifts remain unlikely.
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New York
Orville
Wright
Katherine
Peter
Sam Houston's Indian Wife Denied by Heirs
Col A J Houston and other Gen Sam Houston's children reject claims that his Indian wife remains in destitute condition near Anadarko Oklahoma. They state he never concealed the marriage and that she died before he wed Miss Lea, his third wife and mother of his current children.
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Austin
Tex
A. J. Houston
Sam Houston
Anadarko
Okla
Indian Territory
Miss Lea
Houston
Pirate Bailey Sentenced in Goldsboro Goods Case
Albert W. Bailey former secretary treasurer of the Export Shipping Co in New York was sentenced to State's prison for four years six months to six years eight months for his role in dispatching the steamer Goldsboro to Honduras with eighty thousand dollars of goods obtained under false pretenses. His brother Francis G. Bailey, president of the company, was arrested in Honduras at the time but remains at large.
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Ford
Goldsboro
Honduras
Albert W. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
Bailey
Francis G. Bailey
Mrs Maybrick To Marry Convict’s Secret Hope
Mrs Florence Maybrick, soon to wed Chicago official Charles L. Wagner, after years of lecturing for a lyceum bureau. Wagner pressed for marriage despite her past, including a murder conviction in England. Born in Mobile, she married Maybrick then moved to London. The couple’s union follows Wagner’s persistence and public support to clear her name.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Florence Maybrick
J. H. McCracken
Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
McCracken
Maybrick
Charles L. Wagner
Bureau
Wagner
Sio Ael
Mobile
Ala
London
Maybelck
United States
England
Virginia
Baroness la Roque
Kentucky
Forestry Rules Upheld In Grazing Fees Case
In Denver Judge Lewis ruled for the United States in the suit against Fred Lithe et al, upholding the department of forestry right to charge grazing fees. The decision concerns reconstitutionality of forest reserves and is described as highly important in the West.
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Cote. Inn
United States
Lewis
United States’ District Court
Fred Lithe
Department of Forestry
West
Eighty Cent Gas Rate Reduction Hinted by Court Ruling
New York January 5 prompt note says the Consolidated Gas Company signals a likely immediate drop to eight and a half cents per thousand cubic feet after yesterday Supreme Court decision. A mandate to refund over $3,000,000 to consumers within three years is anticipated once the court acts and lower courts receive authority.
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Yesterdax
United States Supreme Courts
Consolidated Gag Company
Med
Surrender of Larceny Convict by Surety in Boston
Boston bail agent Caraomo I King, convicted of larceny last week, was surrendered by surety Mrs. Rona Barnstein in superior court. He was returned to detention at the house of detention after being taken into custody tonight.
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Bia
Rona Barnstein
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King
Admissibility Ruling in Court Debates Letters and Alleged Affair
District Attorney sought letters from the defendant. Justice Crane ruled them inadmissible even if available. Testimony recounted Amnis and Claudia's hotel stay and late night drinking. Haine described past encounters with Annis and implied improprieties, leading to questioning about revealing the affair to a brother.
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Déclarell
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Hla
Wad Owpp
Haine
Peter Hains
Winthrop
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Relief Ship Funds and Italy Relief Drive Grow
The American Red Cross has raised 408000 for Sicily and Calabria relief, with 980000 already forwarded to Italy. Funds include 320000 to Italian Red Cross, 50000 to a relief ship, and 10000 to a Messina agent. Washington contributions total about 4000 yesterday, with calls from post offices, churches, and banks. The Italian Red Cross thanks the American Red Cross for 1 538 500 lire toward Reggio and Mesaiia relief.
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Calabria
Italy
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Messina
Aadseh
Congrese
Celtic
Culgoa
Washington
Howard S. Reeside
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Amercan
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Rome
Reggio
Calabrian
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Red Cross Society
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Earthquakes Ravage Reggio Messina Amid Relief Efforts
Ambassadors Griscom leads an aid ship preparing to sail from Civita Vecchia with doctors nurses and supplies for Sicily and Calabria as tremors strike Regio and Messina. Queen Helena opens a workroom for refugees while plans to rebuild rely on a technical commission and possible tax relief. An orphan relief program and typhoid fears frame a crisis unfolding across Italy.
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Rome
Jan
Rizzo
University of Messina
Reggio
Moon
Hotel Central
Brancaleona
Griscom
Ambassador Griscom
Civita Vecchia
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Jerty
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Calapiia
Italian Red Cross
Ylene
Grizeau
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