Paris Occupied by Clergy Amid Tense Franco Vatican Strife
In Paris today Cardinal Richard left the episcopal palace and sought hospitality with Denys Cochin as priests and bishops demonstrated loudly. Rome reported Spain refused to take charge of papal archives in Paris due to France Vatican rupture. The Vatican sought to protect nuncio privileges amid archival searches. Paris bishops welcomed the church state reparation bill easing clerical status under common law.
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Rome
Vatican
Paris
France
Spain
Monsignor Montagbini
Count Tornielli
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Richard
Denys Cochin
Eight Counts Charged In Bank Scandal At Waynesburg
National Bank Examiner John B Cunningham files eight counts against Cashier J B F Rinehart of Farmers and Drovers National Bank Waynesburg Pa closed by order of the Comptroller of the Currency. Alleged false reports and fake overdraft entries totaling hundreds of thousands. Rinehart expected to surrender to authorities and seek bail for May term. Death from measles hits Bristol as Mrs Willis Wheeler, 65, passes after brief illness. Hindustan crew nine sailors drowned when a cutter capsized off Portsmouth England.
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Pittsburg
National Bank
John B. Cunningham
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers & Drovers
National Bank of
Waynesburg
Cunningham
Ripehart
United States
King Omar Forecast in Cahpartiest Meeting
Stockholm December 17 King Omar forecast a cautious, centered policy while awaiting a broader coalition. Observers note a tentative path toward stability as party leaders weigh concessions and future elections.
Workers Happy Inducted Into Office In New England Mills
BostonDecember17 The week before Christmas brought wage gains to about 17 000 Lowell operatives with a five percent increase at the Lowell mills while Chicopee 1 000 workers received an announced raise the precise amount not stated In New England 175 000 cotton mill workers expected to gain five to ten percent by New Years Meanwhile in Washington December17 Secretary Metcalf retires and Secretary Straus is inducted in a ceremony at the Navy Department with brief remarks and a reception for bureau chiefs
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Lowell
Chicopee
Hardinell
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
New England
Mass
John Golden
United Textile Workers’ Union
Matthew Raw- Mason
Washington
Straus
New York
Roosevelt
Metcalf
Department
Theodore L. Weed
Leon A. Clark
Navy Department
Bonaparte
Solicitor Hanna
Newberry
Rixey
Rixey, Sirgeon General,of the Navy. Assistant Secretary Mufray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of the Navy
Montrihie
Peqrot
Not Guilty Verdict in Lowell Licensing Conspiracy Case
In Cambridge on December 17 the superior criminal court acquitted former Lowell police commission members Frank B. Dow and Tefereat Beals and Harvard Brewing Company officials Ward B. Halloway and Patrick J. Enwright on conspiracy charges tied to liquor licenses. The jury also found not guilty for John J. Joyce and Richard S. Hemman, Harvard Brewing executives, due to insufficient evidence, while separate indictments against the company for restraint of trade were dismissed.
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Mass
Superior Criminal Court
Lowell Police Commission
Harvard Brewing Company
Lowell
Frank B. Dow
Lowell Police Comission
Tefereat Beals
Ward B. Halloway
Jim Harvard Brewing Company
Patrick J. En
Ee Brewing Company
Burnham Convicted Larceny Sentenced to Two Years
George Burnham Jr general counsel for Mutual Life Insurance was convicted of larceny and sentenced by Justice Greenbaum in the supreme court to serve two years in state prison. His counsel then moved before Justice O Gorman for an order to show cause why a certificate of reasonable doubt should not be issued, returnable next Thursday.
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New York
George Burnham, Jr
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Burnham
O'Gorman
Minister Calls Belgian Lobbyist a Liar in Chicago
In Chicago at Park Avenue Methodist Church Rev Herbert Johnson of Boston accused Charles Henrotin the Chicago consul of being in the Belgian lobby aiding Leopold. Johnson said he would urge Washington to demand Henrotin’s removal, while Henrotin denied ties to any lobby and questioned the claim. He argued such a lobby may not exist.
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Chicago
Herbert
Johnson
Henrotin
Congo
Five Connecticut priests celebrate silver jubilee of ordination
In New Haven on December 17 five priests of the Connecticut diocese marked twenty five years of priestly service. Rev John D. Coyle of St John’s New Haven Rev Ter rance Dunn Thompsonville Rev Thomas Dunne Portland Rev James H. O’Donnell Norwalk and Rev James J. Walsh Tariffville led anniversary masses as large congregations attended the jubilee observances.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Hodgy
John D. Coyle
St John’s Parish
Terrance Dunn
Thompsonville
Thomas Dunne
Portland
James H. O'Donnell
Norwalk
James J. Walsh
Tariffville
Republican May Win In New Hampshire Governor Race
Concord reports the governor election result may shift after ballot inspection. Charles M. Floyd, the Republican candidate, led in votes but lacked a clear majority, sending the result to the legislature amid claims that ticket splitting errors favoring Nathan B. Jameson could reverse Floyd's standing. Both parties push legislators for votes as a rare 2% margin battle for U.S. Senator in the coming session looms.
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Concord
N. H
Charles M. Floyd
Floyd
New Hampshire
Nathan B. Jameson
United
Henry F. Burnham
Maude Adams Takes Demarest Surname for Clarity
New York December 17 Miss Maude Adams one of vaudeville’s top actresses will bill as Maude Adams Demarest to avoid advertising confusion with Fred Frohman’s similarly named star. The demure performer, now appearing in the sketch Stop Look and Listen at a local vaudeville house this week, is praised for beauty grace and voice.
Immigrant Girl Wanders May Be Deported In New Jersey
Immigrant Annie Bagely from Ireland arrived at Ellis Island from Paterson New Jersey and may be ordered deported after wandering in the rain all night. She sought her three brothers she believed lived in Paterson but could not locate them, and was escorted to the Florence Crittenden home.
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New York
Annie Bageley
Ireland
Ellie Island
Florence Crittenden
Paterson
N. J
Pater N. J
Florence Crittenden Home
Body of Jouegh Neil Sent For Burial After Head Wound
Greenwich report states Jouegh Neil was fatally wounded by a nail driven into the head. The body was forwarded to New Rochelle for burial today, with funeral services to follow.
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Greenwich
Jouegh Neil
Rochelle
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Ren Is New Over Middletown Dec 17
A fragmented Middletown dispatch notes a run on the Colombie Tra company ending at 627 and the banker’s forbearance continued with no new bank action. The report lacks clear details but indicates financial strain and ongoing commitment to the banking situation.
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Middletown
Colombie Tra
Thermay
Probing Branford Election Probe On Five Dollar Bills
An election probe opened in New Haven under Judge Bennett into Branford voting day irregularities. Twenty-one witnesses from Stony Creek and Branford testified about corrupt practices, money distribution, posters and ballots within the 75 foot limit, and cigars tied to Kinney’s campaign. No arrests were made as yet.
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Bennett
Common Pleas Court
Woodruff
Stony Creek
Branford
Rollin Payne
Oscar C. Kelsey
Theodore Howd
J. J. Dyer
Messrs McLean
Vedder
Grenvail
Frank J. Kinney
Charles Hoadley
Franklin Smith
Kinney
Girl Exonerated in Johnstown Shooting at 15
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on December 17 a 15 year old girl was discharged after killing Elmer Briggs who allegedly tried to enter her home to attack his wife. The jury ruled the shooting entirely justifiable. Other items note Dolorel William D. Mann on trial for perjury in New York and mixed foreign market news.
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X. T
SN. Carey
New York Telegraph
W. E. Lewis
William B. Masterson
Johnstown
Smith
Elmer Briggs
Briggs
Colonel Mann
New York
Dolorel Willam D. Mann
Town Topics
Mwbei
Joseph Dear
Norman Hapgood
Satirical Toast Sparks Old Grudge In Chicago Speech
During an after dinner address in Chicago Lipton jokes that bachelors are villains and recounts a past prank at a dance. A single man is teased about marriage as a husband jokes he could have married the teasing lady if he wished, provoking a sharp response from the audience.
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Lipton
Chicago
Gragy
Pianos for Everybody at F. H. Lewis Co Store
Bold Christmas piano sale at 24 East Main by F. H. Lewis Co. Two floors house a large stock of well known makes like Knabe Kimball and Foster. Prices slashed by one third to one half with easy terms. pay a little down and small weekly or monthly amounts. A family gift with long warranty, open evenings for Christmas shopping.
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F. H. Lewis Co
East Main Street
Haines
Knabe
Kimball
Newby & Christmas
Evans, Armstrong
Marshall & Wenedell
Foster & Co
Brewster
Dolly Schencke
Aged Couple Elopes From Mountain Pass
In Lexington Kentucky on December 17 Ballard Gale of Winchester and Nancy Jane Wiseman of Cumberland Gap Tenn both over 50 years old and each with prior marriages eloped to wed. They skirted indignant relatives by crossing a mountain pass to catch a train, confessing their romance to fellow travelers once aboard, then found a clergyman in Winchester and remarried, leaving their grown children angered by the secrecy.
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Lexington
Ballard Gale
Winchester
Nancy Jane Wiseman
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Land
Wages Inquiries Prompt Local Factory Pay Question
A Waterbury workman laments no wage gains in town despite rising living costs and comparisons to other states. He notes outdoor labor pays fluctuated from $2 daily, with no broad factory increases, questioning local employers’ generosity. Also included is an incident of a paralytic woman falling from a Willimantic window and a cluttered ad fragment for a sale.
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