Governors Meet Again for National Conservation Plan
Washington dispatch reports a major gathering of governors and distinguished leaders to shape the national wealth report for the president. Key figures include Roosevelt Taft Pinchot Mitchell Hill Carnegie and Mitchell. proceedings cover waters lands forests and minerals as the conservation effort moves toward practical policy. The article also notes Mrs Ingersoll winning a $100,000 case over services tied to the Davis will.
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America
Washington
Roosevelt
National Conservation Commission
National Resources
Jan. J. Roosevelt
Taft
Red Room
Willard Hotel
Belasco Theater
Hlec Taft
Joint Conservation Conference
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Joint Conference
Hubbard Memorial Hall
Gifford Pinchot
Rales
Ingersoll
Supreme Court
Taft Attends National Red Cross Meeting in Washington
President Elect William H. Taft, president of the Red Cross Society, attends the annual meeting in Washington. Routine business is expected and current officers likely to be re elected. Taft’s attendance is attributed to Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Washington, an executive committee member, and his longstanding interest since the 1905 reorganization.
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Washington
National Red Cross Society
William H. Taft
Judge Taft
Mabel T. Boardman
Framing New Tariff Bill empowers witness subpoenas
Washington December reports the House Ways and Means Committee to start drafting a new tariff bill with majority designated to lead. A adopted resolution grants the panel power to subpoena witnesses for tariff hearings and an executive meeting is expected to pick initial attendees including President Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Congress
Washington
Dec
House
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
House Ways and Meats Committee
van Cleave
Congress Adjourns After Roosevelt Message Read
Washington reports Congress closes after the president’s message to both houses. Attention centers on senate committee changes following Senator Allison’s death, especially the appropriations and finance panels. Senator Hale may chair naval and act as appropriations chair, alongside Senator Aldrich as finance chair.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
House of Representatives
Hale
Maine
Senator Aldrich
Rhode Island
Committee On Finance
Equity session in Indianapolis reviews Milwaukee convention
Representatives of the American Society of Equity meet in Indianapolis on December 8 to finalize action from the national convention in Milwaukee held October 6 to 8. Indications point to rallying the convention's deliberations as the session proceeds. In Calcutta an explosion at a military magazine kills eleven and wounds twenty six, mostly native soldiers and noncommissioned officers converting ball cartridges to blanks.
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Society of Equity
Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
Milwaukee
Calcutta
Fresh Disturbances In Persia Reported
In Meshed nationalist forces routed the garrison and seized government offices. Fresh disturbances were reported at Ramadan Kermanshah and Talish as unrest spreads in northeastern Persia near Teheran.
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Persia
Teheran
Dec
Meshed
Ramadan
Kermanshah
Talish
Reprieve Granted for Bik in Chicago Murder Case
Acting Governor Sherman granted Herman Bik of Chicago a further reprieve until January 29, 1909. Bik was sentenced to be hanged December 11 for the murder of Mary Vraal in Springfield TL.
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Biliik
Springfield
Sherman
Herman Bik
Chicago
Bilik
Mary Vraal
Parsons Man Breaks Jail In Kansas Escape
Parsons Kansas December 8 Paul Weegen a policeman held for complicity in a $6000 burglary at the Strasburger general store last month broke jail and escaped.
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Parsons
Parsons, Kan
Paul Weegen
Strasburger General Store
Contract Awarded for Chicago City Hall to Noel Construction
Chicago awards the contract to Noel Construction Company of Baltimore for the new city hall. Bid amount listed as 3,295,000 dollars. In Detroit, Raymond Schmelzer, 22, shot his mother misidentifying her as a burglar. she was seriously wounded but expected to recover.
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Chicago
Dec
Noel Construction Company
Baltimore
Detroit
Raymond Schmelzer
Names and deeds across politics and press in Ohio and Germany
A Cleveland mayoral tale shows resilience amid financial woes as O L Johnson contemplates moving from his elegant Euclid Avenue home. The piece shifts to former congressman Johnson noting steel duties, while journalist Dr William Bayard Tate’s career and an influential Kaiser interview are recounted. It also covers German Reichstag debates about the emperor’s foreign policy and the Conservative response.
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O. L. Johnson
Cleveland
Dwuclid Avenue
Tom J. Johnson
Big House
Johnson
Congress
Ohio
Dingley
Hind
Johaen
Dorando and Hayes Rivalry Amid Olympic Memories
Dorando Petri, famed Italian long distance runner, challenges Bobby Hayes with strong showings in Madison Square Garden events. The piece recalls past legends, recounts Shrub and Deerfoot era, and notes Dorando’s claim that wine fuels his energy for long races.
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Dorando Mietri
Dorando
Bia
United States
Johnny Tayes
Madison Square Garden
New York
Ete Wegelman
G. Mason
Law Murst
Z. Hewitt
L. Bennett
Deerfoot
Gue
Speerh
Alfred Shrubh
Wngland
Shrub
Amougs
Kenny Shaly
Johmy Hayes
London
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Andrew Carnegie
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Red Gross
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Reichstag
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Indianna
Harvard
Middleborough
Mags
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Public Lodge
Cosmopolitan
Current Literature
New York World
Vimes
Ife
Snd
London Telegraph
Count Udo
Stolberg-Wernigerode
Joe Cannon
Germany
German Empire
Scire
William Bayard Mall
Udo
Tripee von Bulow
Carl Bunz
Emperor Williams Court
Mexico
Holstein
Kiel
Leipzig
Berlin
Gluckstadt
Ile
Holstein Raailway
Department of the Exterior
Buzman
Island of
Hatti
Dolvando Fibtri
Ibe
TRAX
Saman
Saint Nicholas
Santa
Ackley
Ray
Louis Coordes
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LeWiro
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