Foraker Reads Letters On Brownsville Confession Effort
Washington dispatch reports Senator Foraker reading letters from a former Twenty-fifth regiment soldier about government attempts to force a confession in the Brownsville affair. He proposes tripartisan review and a one-year window to reinstate soldiers proven innocent while continuing the war department inquiry.
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Foraker
Washington
Brownsville
Senate
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Hranteville
War Department
Secretary of War
Herbert J. Browne
Department
Cap
Iain W. G. Baldwin
Wasville
Agust
Company B Mnust
B Troop
Nnne
Ray
Mutiny by Foreign Legion Troops Delays Train at Oran
About fifty soldiers with fixed bayonets held up a train bound for Oran. General Charles L. Vigy confronted the mutineers aboard, urging loyalty. The engineers were forced to reverse course as soldiers guarded car doors. Mutineers say comrades head for the Moroccan frontier with ammunition, signaling a potential clash between columns.
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Oran
Algeria
Foreign Legion
Charles L. Vigy
Glazier Placed on Trial for Misusing State Funds
Former Michigan state treasurer Frank Glazier faced trial in Lansing on charges he appropriated about 865000 of state funds to his own use and that of the Chelsea Savings Bank, where he served as president, following the Chelsea Savings Bank failure and his Glazier State company collapse.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Frank Glazier
Chelsea Savings Bank
Glazier Staye Company
Glazier
Castro Arrives in Berlin Amid Crowd Inquiries
President Castro of Venezuela reached Berlin after a cluttered arrival greeted by a dense crowd. He sent a dispatch to Emperor William declaring medical treatment in Germany while praising the monarch.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Tate
William
Herbathall
Germany
Gelderland
Quiet in Hayti and Odd Fellows Leader Dies
All quiet in Hayti as American naval presence withdraws except for one vessel. In Nashville Judge John L. Nolen, grand sire of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the World, died.
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Hayti
Washington
Odd Fellows
Nashville
Tenn
John L. Nolen
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the World
Supreme Court Rules Harriman and Kahn Need Not Answer
Justice Holmes writes that the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot press questions about private stock dealings of E. H. Harriman and Otto Kahn in an inquiry begun by the commission. The ruling limits IC C inquiries to cases with complaints, with a dissents arguing broader scope and calls for full responses.
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Washington
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
E. H. Harrinan
Otto Kahn
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Commission
Messrs. Narriman and
Kahn
Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Harlan
McKenna
Justice Day
United States Circuit Court
District of
Moody
New Theater Cornerstone Laid in New York
The cornerstone of the New theater will be laid this afternoon in a ceremony with authors city officials and other distinguished guests. Mayor McClellan Augustus Thomas and John H Finley will speak Richard Watson Gilder will read an ode Geraldine Farrar will sing and Percy MacKaye will lead a dedicatory chorus.
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New York
The
Dramatic Art of America
McClellan
Augustus Thomas
John H. Finley
City College
Richard Watson Gilder
Geraldine Farrar
Percy MacKaye
Big Poultry Show Opens in Chicago Exhibition Today
Chicago opens the big poultry show with thousands of specimens including chickens pigeons turkeys ducks and geese. More than 1000 chickens are entered and prizes exceed 16000 dollars. A rare hen valued at 10000 is among the featured birds and many birds fetch 3000 to 100 dollars others far below cattle valuations.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Boston Votes Today on Abolishing Saloons Question
Boston voters face a decisive municipal ballot on whether licenses should be granted for intoxicating liquors. The election also selects aldermen, council members, the school committee and a street commissioner amid statewide prohibition momentum and nationwide interest.
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Boston
Massachusetts
National Horticultural Congress Holds Business Meeting
Council Bluffs will host the National Horticultural congress for its officers election and to choose next year’s meeting site. Northwest titles vie for the location while Maryland aids a large state display as sixteen states participate. Exhibitors prep business dealings as floral displays frame the fruit showcase.
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Council Blaffa
National Horticultural Congress
Northwest
Council Bluffs
Congress
Maryland
Want Better School Teachers in Country Areas
In Champaign Illinois on December 15 the commission on country life under President Roosevelt met at the University of Illinois. A farmer urged consolidation of country schools and said many teachers hold only common school educations while all teachers should graduate from a normal school.
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Champaign
Commission On Country Life
Roosevelt
University of Mlinois
Engineer Struck by Mall Crane in West Burlington
Creston Iowa Dec 15 Engineer Carey long time Burlington fast mail worker was struck by a mail crane at West Burlington and badly injured. Three other engineers suffered similar injuries in the same location two deaths reported.
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Creston
Carey
Burlington
West Burlington
Two Boys Victims of Accidents at State Center Iowa
From Marshalltown Iowa December 15 two boys from State Center were hurt in separate incidents. Roy Gowdy was struck by an automobile with severe injuries risking death. Roscoe Goth suffered a gunshot wound to the hip while rabbit hunting, described as serious. Arranging for G A R Reunion in Salt Lake City next August William Neving commander in chief and staff arrived to plan the encampment. Governor Cutler leads welcome committee.
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Marshalltown
State Center
Roy Gowdy
Roscoe Goth
Salt Lake
William Neving
Grand Army
Cutler
Work of Civic Federation Session on Labor Relations
The National Civic Federation sessions in New York on December 15 focused on fostering friendly relations between employers and employees and on evaluating measures aimed at improving the welfare of workers.
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Civic Federation
New York
National Civic Federation
Ireland and Scannell Arrive in Rome in Good Health
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell of Omaha Neb arrived from Genoa and are reported to be in good health.
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Ireland
Scannell
Rome
St. Paul
Richard Scannell
Omaha
Neb
Genoa
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