PA Chief Justice Attacks Roosevelt Attitude on Courts
Pennsylvania Chief Justice Mitchell denounces Roosevelt's stance toward the judiciary at a New York banquet. Other speakers include Attorney General Bonaparte James M Beck and Hampton L. Carson. Mitchell warns against centralized executive power and defends judicial authority and constitutional limits.
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Morning Journal
New York
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Justice Mitchell
Bonaparte
James M Beck
Hampton L. Carson
Ten Killed in Premature Panama Canal Dynamite Blast
A premature dynamite explosion at Bas Obispo on the Great Panama Canal project killed ten Spanish workers and injured fifty as debris flew across the site. The blast occurred while the last hole was being loaded, with reports varying on cause, including a steam shovel affecting the main charge. Rescue teams and relief trains searched the area. many wounded were sent to Ancon hospital.
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Bas Obispo
Coleén
Culebra
Ancon
Anam
Pedro Miguel
Battle Fleet Drops Anchor at Colombo
The United States Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Sperrs anchored in Colombo Ceylon for six days to coal and allow shore leave after leaving Manila on December 1. The voyage home bypassed Singapore. Colombo hosts a hospitality fund planned by the colonial secretary and a 30 member committee. Officers will receive five pounds of tea, sailors one pound each.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Bec
Poe
United States
Atlantic
Sperrs
Manila
Singapore
Harbot
Great Britain
London
Edward
Legislative Council
Two American Victims Identified in Canal Explosion
Washington dispatch reports two American workers killed in an explosion on the canal project at Obiapo today. The foreman John J. Relay of Indianapolis and crane operator James J. Hummer of Dunnellen New Jersey are named. The accident is one of several premature dynamite blasts during canal construction.
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Washington
Obiapo
John J. Relay
Indianapolis
James J. Hummer
Dunnellen
N. J
Food manufacturers must revise labels
Washington December 12. The pure food and drug board with Secretary approval bans misleading phrases in guarantee labels. Effective January 1 guarantees must state they are the manufacturer's, not the government. Old labels will be honored for two years due to investments in existing labels and plates.
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Washington, DD
Pure Food and Drug Board
Cortelyou
Wilson and Straus
Commissioner of Patents
Moore
Cums
Morgan Aids Church Rebuilding Program
New York December 12 Bishop William Ford Nichols of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of California leaves the city for the Pacific voyage amid efforts to aid church rebuilding programs.
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Morgan
New York
William Ford Nichols
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
California
Pacific
J Pierpont Morgan Gives 100000 For SF Episcopal Churches
J Pierpont Morgan contributed 100000 for rebuilding the Episcopal churches in San Francisco damaged by the earthquake and fire. Bishop Nichols, touring American cities for funds, had pledged to match the gift, but initially cited financial panic as a barrier. After a conference, Morgan removed the condition and paid the full amount.
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Coast Today
J. Pierpont Morgan
San Francisco
Nichols
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Bright future for Hayt and San Domingo urged by ex admiral
Howard Patterson former admiral of the Haytien navy and president of the New York Nautical society told the Arctic club that the United States should keep hands off Haiti saying the island with its two republics is moving toward a brilliant future as education rises among the people and peace and justice will prevail.
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Haytien Navy
Howard Patterson
New York Nautical Society
Arctic Club
United States
Black Republic
Hayti
Paris interview with Castro sparks protest by Temps
A Morning Journal Special Leased Wire report describes a Paris interview with Cuban President Fidel Castro. The Temps newspaper denounces France's stance for allowing Castro to remain without apology, citing prior expulsions and calls to explain the situation amid neutral Parisian chatter.
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Paris
Morning Journal
Castro
Venezuela
Berlin
Temps
France
M. Taigny
Caracas
America
Holland
Dangerous admirer calls on novelist in Stratford
An enthusiastic Birmingham admirer of Mario Correllis writings traveled to Stratford to see Miss Correl. He invaded her garden and fired a volley from a pistol before police stopped him. he offered no explanation beyond wanting to see the author.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Mario Correllis
Birmingham
Noted Men at Gridiron Inner Dinner in Washington
The Gridiron club annual fall dinner at the New Willard drew a vast guest list including President Roosevelt, President-elect Taft, Vice President-elect Sherman, and numerous senators representatives and dignitaries. A skit featured a battered parade of figures like Taft and Dawes with war references. Other attendees included Harriman, Fairbanks, Johnson, Cannon, Magoon, Frear, and many New York figures among the politicians and diplomats present.
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Washington
New Willard
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Champ Clark
House
Fairbanks
John Johnson
Minnesota
Henry
Jim Waton
Charlie Landis
Watson
Charles G. Dawes
Frank Lowden
Norman EB. Mack
William J. Bryan
Loeb
Hitchcock
Thomas Walsh
Colorado
W. Hi, Crocker
San Francisco
Cannon
Navy
Newberry
Meyer
Interior
Garfield
Aldrich
Beveridge
Bourne
Gallinger
Guggenheim
Hemenway
Newlands
Warner
Hughes
Hall
Humphrey
Langley
Lloyd
Lowden
McKinley
Mann Dalzell
Moore
Nye
Stevens
Tawney
Perkins
Ransdell
Small
Burleson
Sparkman
Magoon
Cuba
Frear
Hawaii
Norman Bkb. Mack
Charles H Boynton
Victor Morawitz
George W Perkins
William Roehe
New York
Roosevelt
Toot
Hale
Senate
Crane
Massachusetts
Wright
Clarence Edwards
Insular Bureau
Oregon
Bishop O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Martin
South Dakota
Needham
California
Mr. Taft
Gridiron Club
Iis
Henry W. Taft
Augusta
Rockefeller Visits Cleveland On Adven tures Route
John D Rockefeller arrived in Cleveland from New York and toured his old oil interests. He visited his downtown residence, walked Mast Thirtieth Street oil works and Nickel Plate tracks, rode to Forest Hill East Cleveland estate, and spent two hours with the caretaker before returning home for the night.
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Morning Journal
Cleveland
Lee
John D Rockefeller
New York
Mast Thirtieth Street
Porest Hill
East Cleveland
Nocke
Rockefeller Expresses Desire to Run Street Car
On a Cleveland street car the visitor, identified as John D. Rockefeller, asked Motorman Miller if he could take his job. Miller welcomed the offer, and Rockefeller spoke philosophically about success saying it is simply doing something better than others.
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Ri Viera
Castro
Casttro
Paris
Mer
Feller
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Miller
Contract Awarded for Pearl Harbor Channel Work
The Navy Department awarded a contract to Hawaiian Dredging for dredging a channel from the open sea to the proposed Pearl Harbor naval station site Hawaii. The work is capped at 385000 dollars of a 400000 dollar appropriation with a 200 foot width and 35 foot depth, adjustable by the Navy, and dredged material to be placed on adjacent lands to boost harbor defenses.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Hawaiian Dredging Company
Naval Station
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Reformers in House to Be Busy Now
Morning Journal Special Leased Wire reports reformers in the House moving quickly to amend rules under Hepburn plans. Conference with Speaker Cannon and Rep Williams aims to lay proposed changes before next Tuesday night, with debates on a steering group and rules committee expansion.
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Cannon
Representative Williams
Representative Hayes
California
House
Payne
Representative Dalzell
Committee On
Committee On Rules
Beeing
Taft Considers Panama Visit Before Inauguration
President-elect Taft contemplates a Panama visit before taking office. He favors the trip with Roosevelt and Root approving, hoping to gain direct contact with Isthmian affairs and resolve administration tangles, despite constitutional objections. Taft plans to depart late January for a roughly twenty day trip, then proceed to New York and Augusta Georgia.
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Taft
Panama
Roosevelt
Root
Congress Debates Boundary Disputes And Labor Arbitration Bill
The House of Representatives returns to lively debate with roll calls on key measures. It adopts a Colorado Oklahoma New Mexico boundary resolution and debates an arbitration bill amid party lines before adjourning at 5 27 pm until Monday.
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Washington, DC
House of Representatives
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
House
Atleas
Case Dismissal Ends Seattle Slave Prosecution
Seattle December 12 The slave case against Captain T R Gawley of Bellingham arrested with three Japanese men and one Japanese woman on charges of procuring Japanese girls for illegal purposes has been dismissed. No reasons were given by the government. dismissal came after a conference between the U S attorney's office and Gawley’s attorney.
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Seattle
Wash
T. R Gawley
Bellingham
United States Attorney's Office
Gawley
Senate to Consider Pleading displeasure over Roosevelt secret service note
Washington reports that the Senate has not fixed its course on reacting to Roosevelt’s message about the secret service. A House style resolution for a select five member committee to scrutinize the matter is likely to be mirrored in the Senate, with Senator Burrows named as a possible sponsor. The Senate committee on appropriations may handle the inquiry, while leaders seek a timely but deliberate action before Christmas adjournment.
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Roosevelt
Secret Service
Sonntor
Committee On Appropriations
House
Senate
Burrows
Qo Select Committee of Five
Civil Service
Congress
Perkins
Select Committee
Debates On State Rights Figure In Alien Protection Bill
The House debated a bill to protect aliens in line with treaties with foreign powers. Supporters argued state laws suffice, while opponents feared expanding alien rights beyond constitutional limits. The tally finished 100 to 99 before a recapitulation, a tie broken by the speaker’s vote, leading to adjournment at 6 27 pm with 99 to 95 on the roll call.
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HOUSE
Washington, D. C
United States
Sherley
Kentucky
Messrs. Henry
Texas
Clayton
Alabama
Hughes
New Jersey
DeArmond
Missouri
Henry
Jenkins
Pope Manufacturing Company Reorganizes Hartford Trusts
Hartford Conn December reports the Pope Manufacturing company filing a certificate of incorporation for a new Pope Manufacturing company with 6.5 million dollars capital. The new firm will assume property and management of the New Jersey Pope Manufacturing company under receivership within ten days and follow a fourth dividend of 25 percent to wipe out old debts. Creditors will receive 100 cents on the dollar plus six percent interest.
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Hartford
Conn
New Pope Manufacturing Company
Pope Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
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