Be GENTRAL BANK SUGGESTED BY SECRETARY SHAW
Former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, president of the Carnegie Trust Company, urged either a strong central bank or expanded powers for national banks to prevent a money crisis. He warned that taxing bank notes could destroy their use and argued for grants of prerogatives to national banks under safeguards to mimic central bank benefits.
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New York
the Treasury
Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
New York Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Andrew Jackson
United States Bank
House of Congress
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
U S Army Strike Sweeps Across Posts
New York special reports the army 20 000 short of authorized strength with 3 000 retirees not reenlisting. Soldiers demand higher pay monthly practice marches shorter drills ration reforms and private toilet kits as part of a nationwide campaign at every army post.
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New York
United States
Princeton Freshman End Killed by Live Wire
James T. Walker Jr. of Evansville Indiana, a Princeton University freshman and football end, was electrocuted behind Hill dormitory after attempting to retrieve a rubber coat snagged on a live wire. He was hailed as a future varsity player.
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Princeton
N. J
James T. Walker, Jr
Evansville
Ind
Princeton University
Hill
Walker
Pope may honor Vanderbilt couple in Rome visit
Vatican circles say Pope Paul VI would receive Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Szchenyi before marriage. The Pope is sanguine about her joining the church in Rome and may grant them titles of count and countess of the holy Roman empire if they visit the Vatican.
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Rome
Farley
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Szchenyi
Vatican
Miss Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Holy Roman Empire
Mutiny Trial Ends In Odessa Special Court
Twenty seven men of the Eleventh Nicholas I Regiment faced mutiny charges. two sergeants and one private who destroyed a picture of the emperor were executed, nine others sent to the mines for life, twelve to the mines for ten years, the rest acquitted. Proceedings were secret.
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Tore Czar
Odessa
Nicholas I
Emperor Nicholas
Kaiger Seeks Giant Airship For Next Summer
Berlin officials announce a supplementary credit of 100000 dollars to fund a new airship to be built by Count von Zeppelin. The project is in addition to 400000 dollars in the interior department budget, with payment tied to performance results.
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Berlin
Count von Zepplin
Interior Department
New York Special Theo Dora Shonts to marry Duc De Chaulness
The long running debate on American women wed to foreign nobility receives new fuel as Miss Theodora Shonts daughter of Theodore P Shonts is announced to marry the Duc De Chaulness. It is said the Duc has sought a wealthy American wife for some time.
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New York
New Life
Theodora Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Duc de Chaulness
Eccentric Indiana Man Showcases Water-Garden Pearls
Hazleton resident John Lucas displays pearls he claims to grew in a riverine water garden after long mussel experiments. He also claims a secret mixture can weld metals without heat, and notes his sixty years and bachelor status amid hazardous chemical tests.
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Hazleton
Ind
John Lucas
Wabash
Lucas
Mississippi
Illinois
Bali
Sponge divers clash over giant sponge near Tarpon Springs
Two Greek sponge divers, Nicholas Andreas and John Bastoni, fought for possession of a large sponge six miles off Tarpon Springs in the gulf, each wounded. Andreas traveled to Tampa to prosecute Bastoni but found no court had jurisdiction.
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Tampa
Fla
Tarpon Springs
Gulf
Nicholas Andreas
John Bastoni
Andreas
Bastoni
Indian Land Frauds Probe in Shawnee Uncovers Fraud
Oklahoma City special: Senate committee on Kicka poo Indian lands fraud completes witness hearings at Shawnee. Large fraud uncovered may block Congress from removing restrictions on five civilized tribes lands.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Senate
Shawnee
Congress
People Tiring of Religion Says General Booth
General Booth told the Salvation Army in Berlin that people worldwide grow weary of religion and that about two million Londoners never enter a church. He noted similar apathy in Europe, America, and even heathen countries.
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Berlin
General Booth
Salvation Army
London
Europe
America
Ambitious Plot Uncovered in Montenegro Conspiracy
Dispatches from Cettinje report a conspiracy to blow up the Montenegro national assembly and murder Prince Nicholas and his family and ministers. The plot aimed to seize the government to unite all Serb speaking lands. More than 150 arrests have been made with prominent men implicated.
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Vienna
Montenegro Skupshtina
National Assembly
Nicholas
Montenegro
Cettinje
The Yoke of Christ Will Not Fit a Stiff Neck
A short aphorism noting that rigidity of character opposes spiritual submission and humility, suggesting that true faith requires pliancy of heart rather than resolve. The saying contrasts stubborn pride with humility before spiritual guidance.
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Christ
Americans Must De Poisoned Victims for Insurance
New York detectives expose a Chihuahua Mexico murder plot in which three Americans planned and executed poisonings to collect $25,000 in life insurance. Richardson Mason and Dr Harle plotted killings of Devers and Mitchell to profit via policies. A Chihuahua extradition led to arrests and confessions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Chihauhuu
Mexico
Chihuahua
Revers
Mitchelll
Devers
Merccury
Mitchell
Richardson
Dallas
Mason
New York Life Insurance Company
Harle
el Paso
William Devers
Marle
Harry Mitchell
Dr. Harle
Foolhardy Die in Alps
London Cable reports 1907 Alps deaths total seventy five with Swiss victims most numerous. Germans, British and Italians follow. Foolhardiness as main cause as climbers go ascents without guides or companions. Fourteen deaths from flower gathering. non fatal accidents about 350. Call for international action to require qualified guides for dangerous climbs.
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London
Switzerland
France
Italy
Austria
Revolution Threatens Portugal in Administrative Dictatorship
Paris reports cautious dispatches from Portugal say the crown prince banishment and fleet mutiny are denied by the embassy while arrests, a suspended newspaper, and repressive measures signal a critical phase under Premier Franco.
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Paris
Portugal
Franco
Watson to Remain Whip in National House
Washington Special reports Speaker Cannon will appoint James E. Watson as whip of the House. Watson is described as one of the most efficient whips and popular across party lines, with Republicans likely to accept his leadership without protest.
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Washington
Cannon
James E. Watson
National
House of Representatives
Watson
House
Cuba Paves 'The Way' to Cuban Republic Return
The Cuba census reaches about two million, with foreigners totaling roughly 400000 not eligible to vote. Governor Magoon must approve the reestablishment of the Cuban Republic. Municipal elections are planned for May or June and a presidential vote in December, followed by troop withdrawal in July.
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Havana
Cuba
Magoon
Crime of Rich Young Wife in Tragic New Rochelle Mystery
Westchester coroner solves double tragedy in New Rochelle at 80 Woodlawn Avenue. Nicholas M Smith Jr. and Grace Bulkley Smith found shot dead amid a house fire. Coroner cites temporary insanity by Mrs Smith who killed her husband then burned the home and killed herself. Her background includes kinship to former Lt. Gov Bulkley and U.S. Senator Bulkley.
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New York
Westchester County
New Rochelle
Nicholas M. Smith, Jr
Grace Bulkley Smith
Woodlawn Avenue
Mulai Hafid Loses Battle At Mogador
Paris dispatches report Mulai Hafid forces suffered seventy killed at Mogador on November 16 in a clash with tribesmen under Abdel Aziz. The defeated force retreated with limited pursuit possible due to booty and insufficient numbers for effective follow up.
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Paris
Mulai Hafid
Mogador
Adbel Aziz
Largest gold shipment on Fairbanks to Valdez trail reaches Seattle
A Denver dispatch reports a gold shipment worth 1.2 million dollars arriving near Summit on Thompson's Pass Alaska on its way from Fairbanks to Seattle. About 450000 dollars is in dust and the remainder in bricks. It is described as the largest trail shipment to date.
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Seattle
Wash
Summit
Thompson's Pass
Valdez
Fairbanks
Alaska
Collision Under the Sea Off Toulon
During naval maneuvers off Toulon the submarines Bonite and Souffleur collided at thirty meters while aiming at the Jaureguiberry. The Souffleur suffered a smashed conning tower window. water rushed in but the commander used the rising mechanism to surface before flooding.
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Toulon
Jaureguiberry
Bonite
Souffleur
Football Fatalities Under New Rules Show Mixed Results
Chicago statistics tracking football deaths and injuries nationwide indicate eleven deaths and ninety-eight injuries under the new rules. High schools and smaller colleges show more harm while Harvard Yale Princeton and University of Chicago report no serious injuries. Overexertion and illness are cited in at least one death.
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Chicago
Indiana
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
University of Chicago
Michigan
Burglar A Beau Brummel The Munich Arrest Of Carlsson
Berlin Cable reports the arrest of Carlsson a Swede now in Munich after a spree of burglaries deemed unrivaled in scope. He posed as a nobleman author millionaire and diplomat living lavishly in Vienna Paris and elsewhere. Described as gentlemanly refined with artistic tastes he impressed women and even influenced necktie fashion. He was arrested while staying in a luxury Munich hotel room where he posed as a Danish nobleman of wealth.
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Berlin
Europe
Munich
Carlsson
Paris
Vienna
Hanly Rejects Prohibition Nomination Talk
Governor Hanly calls a Chicago Examiner claim that he seeks the Prohibition presidential nomination in 1908 false and ridiculous. He says he is a Republican in the party’s sense and a prohibitionist, but becoming Prohibition’s standard bearer is wholly absurd.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Hanly
Roosevelt calls cabinet to curb electoral activity
President Roosevelt has asked cabinet members to tell federal employees under their jurisdiction to refrain from political activity aimed at his renomination. The letter’s text has not been released.
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Teddy
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago Iron Master Gifts Pearl Necklace Worth 150000
Richard T. Crane presents his wife a 45 gem string of pearls valued at 150000. The necklace contains gems from nearly as many countries, highlighting a notable international possession.
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Chicago
Richard T. Crane
Doctor's Act to Save Girl in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana a surgeon removed skin from Dr R A Cushmans arm and grafted it onto Mary Salm a badly burned girl in a bid to save her life. The doctor is the mayor of Princeton.
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Girl
Evansville
Ind
Mary Salm
R. A. Cushman
Princeton
Curtain Falls Imminent for Salvini Actor.
Florence reports veteran actor Tommaso Salvini, aged seventy eight, critically ill with a heart condition. Doctors fear for his outcome due to advanced age and frailty.
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Salvini
Florence Cable
Tommaso Salvini
Sullivan switches sides backing Roosevelt in 1904
Indianapolis dispatch reports John L. Sullivan, once a prominent prizefighter, leaving the Democratic fold to support Theodore Roosevelt. He praises Bryan but favors Roosevelt, criticizing Taft and endorsing Oyster Bay leadership.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Sullivan
Roosevelt
Bryan
Teddy
Taft
Oyster Bay
Radium Production Cost Dropped in Vienna Experiments
Vienna's Imperial Academy reports successful radium production experiments from pitchblend. Nearly three grams were extracted from ten thousand kilos, lowering costs to one third of prior levels. Earlier estimates put an ounce of radium at about $3,000,000.
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Vienna
Imperial Academy of Sciences of
Theater Ushers Inspire New York Opera House Habit
The Manhattan Opera House employs twelve ushers in black uniforms with white collars guiding patrons. Oscar Hammerstein introduced the custom locally and audiences warmed to the quiet, professional service. Many ushers aim for the stage, viewing the theater as educational.
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New York
Europe
Manhattan Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein
Bomb Plot Uncovered After Lisbon Theater Bomb
Investigation into the November 18 explosion in Lisbon reveals a planned bombing network. Two anarchists were killed, a third arrested, and police seized over seven hundred bombs connected to a scheme against the dictatorship. The blast targeted the San Carlos Theater.
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Lisbon
San Carlos
Carnegie Grants Lifelong Pension to Ida Wilson
Andrew Carnegie has awarded Ida Lewis Wilson a life pension of 30 dollars per month for life. The famed lifesaver, who rescued many from Rhode Island waters, will remain on Carnegie’s private pension roll for the balance of her life.
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Carnegie
Newport
R. L
Andrew Carnegie
Ida Lewis Wilson
Hfesaver
Fonyeare
Rhode Island
Skibo
Princess Elizabeth Leaves Belgian Royal Household
A Brussels dispatch reports Princess Elizabeth has fled from Prince Albert of Belgium and will not return to Belgium. She is said to be with her parents in Munich, while Belgian royal duties are unsettled.
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Vienna
Brussels
Die Zeit
Elizabeth
Prince Albert
Belgium
Munich
Sunday closing law tested in Albuquerque court
Lidon in New Mexico reports that Albuquerque could face a Sunday with no newspaper or streetcars no telephone or telegraph service no tobacco no confectionery no soda water and no open saloons if the current Sunday closing law is upheld as constitutional. The case is now before the court.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Big Ship Made Money
The Liverpool Courier reports Lusitania and Mauretania each turn a profit of about 66000 on a single voyage with expenditures near 89950, yielding total income about 155950 per trip for these liners.
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London
The
Liverpool Courier
Lusitania
Mauretania
Ohio Saloon Tax Upheld by State Supreme Court
The Ohio State Supreme Court rules the Aikin saloon tax of 1000 dollars valid in the Bernard Wride case from Cincinnati against Richardson. The ruling also sustains acts of the last session whose validity was questioned amid Governor Pattison's illness.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Bernard Wride
Richardson
Governa Pattison
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