Citizens Back Bond to Build Albuquerque Sewer System
A large Albuquerque meeting at the Commercial club urged the city council to draft plans for an adequate sewer system and submit a bond issue to voters. Kansas City firm representative Bullock proposed a cost plan of 198,866 dollars for about nineteen and a half miles, with completion in five months and bonds at five percent.
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Bo McMillen
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Higarana
Mavor
Lester
Bend
Taft Pledges Honest Tariff Revision With Veto Backing
President-Elect Taft signals use of veto if needed to rally the Senate for a thorough tariff revision. He met with Speaker Cannon and Ways and Means Republicans to push an honest, evidence-based bill, aiming to harmonize Philippine duties with sugar and tobacco interests and avoid disputes in the final tariff.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Willam H Taft
House
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Ways and Means
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Representative Metall
Massachusetts
Representative Crumpacker
Indiana
Hot Springs
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Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
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Republican Party
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Philippine Islands
Panama Canal Price Probe Crooked Claims Target France
William Nelson Cromwell accuses editors of malicious lies in a broad confrontation over canal pricing and related profits from the transaction from beginning to end, marking a charged public dispute between press and business figures.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Freight Rates Rise After New Year Across Eastbound Traffic
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced nationwide freight rate changes. Eastbound class rates fall from 3.75 to 3 per 100 pounds, and Chicago Central Traffic area rates drop to 3 per 100 pounds. Westbound class rates stay unchanged while westbound Atlantic to Pacific commodity rates rise about 10 percent. Eastbound commodity rates from Pacific to Atlantic rise about 18 percent on average, with some items up to 60 percent.
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Nental
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Central Traffic Association
Interstale Commerce Commission
Roosevelt Denounces Indianapolis News Charge Over Panama Canal
President Roosevelt’s ally Cromwell and others dispute a News report alleging America paid $40 million for the Panama Canal. The statement rebuts claims of financial misconduct by public figures and details the distribution of funds through Paris banks and liquidators.
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Indianapolis News
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
United States
Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House
McKinley
New Jersey
Secretary of State of
Bank of
France
Panama Canal Company
Paris
Seine
Senate
Marcel
Pat
United Stat
Credit Lyonnaise
Society General Comptol National IV Escompte de Paris
Credit Industre Et Commercia
Neue Rue
Louis la Grand
Senate to take up omnibus claims next Monday
The Senate held a brief session and agreed to consider the omnibus claims next Monday without affecting the postal savings DIN or other senator interests. Senator Lodge planned to discuss the Brownsville affair next Wednesday, seeking reinstatement of discharged Twenty-fifth regiment soldiers. In the House, a quorum never formed. the legislative appropriation bill was introduced and several measures passed, including one on removing loss of citizenship for deserters.
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Lodge
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Reward Offered for Train Robbers in Spokane Area
A $6,000 reward from Great Northern Railway and the U S government is posted for the arrest and conviction of three bandits who robbed Great Northern passenger train No 4 near Hillyard. Investigations trace suspects to Spokane with a citywide dragnet in place. rumors say $16,000 was taken but are unverified.
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Republic of Panama
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Panama Canal Company
Spokane
Wash
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Great Northern
Hillyard
Seattle
Post Office
Movement to Reform House Rules Considered in Washington
Washington December 14 leaders in the movement for rules reform will review three changes at a Friday night meeting. Proposals include increasing the rules committee from five to fifteen, designating two half days weekly for bill consideration, and creating a senate-like steering committee to jam all committees.
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Ruef Found Guilty by Jury in Bribery Case
The Ruef jury returned a verdict of guilty at 4 05 pm declaring Abraham Ruef guilty as charged. Prosecutor Heney witnessed the momentous decision in San Francisco as the courtroom reacted with silence and disbelief.
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Heney
Morning Journal
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McNamara
Welsh
Abraham Ruef
Francis J. Heney
Taft Considers All Summer Session as Tariff Revisions Loom
President elect Taft declined an immediate acceptance to attend the Transmississippi congress in Denver in mid August citing the potential for a congressional session. He promised a definite reply later if official duties permit and indicated he would attend only if not prevented by other obligations. The invitation was extended by Thomas F. Walsh and echoed by Senators Owen and Hopkins.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Denver
Thomas F. Walsh
Walsh
Isaac T. Prior
Texas
Executive Committee
Owen
Oklahoma
Hopkins
Illnois
Prior
Fanatic Adam God Captive in Kansas City killings
A Kansas City clash between religious fanatics and police leaves five dead including officers Mullane and Pratt. James Sharp, self styled Adam God, is arrested after feeding the mob. By Tuesday's battle, Abdul bystander deaths and a police death toll rise with hospital occurrences and funeral proceedings continuing.
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Mullane
Louis Pratt
Kansas City
James Sharp
Adam God
Monticello
Johnson County
Kansas
Adam Cod
Tou
General Hospital
Michael Mullane
St. Joseph's Hospital
Alberta
Dathon
Lulla Pratt
Pratt
Childen
Sharp
Geet
Policeman Dulbow
Contracts Awarded for Submarine Boats
Washington December 10 contracts for submarine boats authorized by Congress were awarded by Secretary Newberry. Four go to Electric Boat for Mare Island deliveries, one to American Laurent to be built at William Cramp & Sons, one to Lake Torpedo Boat at Newport News Shipbuilding, with two to be built by the government.
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Congress
Newberry
Electric Boat Company
Mare Island Navy Yards
American Laurent Company
William Cramp & Sons Establishment
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Chicago Delegation Pushes Lakes to Gulf Waterways Plan
A hundred Chicago business leaders urged national leaders to back the lakes to gulf deep waterways scheme. They met Vice President Fairbanks Speaker Cannon and Senator Frye to present convention resolutions. Cannon supported government aid while defending criticisms and weighing future funding terms.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Cannon
Frye
Accused Murderer Admits Embezzlement
San Francisco December 10 J Walter Wilson held on murder charges broke down and confessed to embezzlement of Boas funds. He said he collected sums for Boas but kept no records and could not fix totals. He begged to avoid prosecution if innocent of murder and denied writing the poison letter, though others implicate him.
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J. Walter Wilson
Stapleton
Henry Boas
Gallagher
Boas
Bows
Hous
Kytka
Omnibus Claims Bill To Be Considered By Senate
Washington Dec 10 The omnibus claims bill will be taken up for consideration by the senate next Monday if other special orders do not interfere.
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Senate
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