25 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1912
Page
1
Government’s counsel declares no lawyer has dared utter a word in defense of the two men charged. The district attorney challenges any ten speakers to testify for the accused as the court case unfolds in Hockin.
United States District Attorney Miller challenged any defense lawyer to speak for J B Munsey of Salt Lake or Herbert Hockin in the dynamite conspiracy case. He ridiculed Senator Kern for not attending to duties in Washington and pointed to defense silence as evidence of the case against the McNamara group.
Miller claims federal law violations were uncovered at Iron Workers HQ and calls for indicting Rappaport as an accessory after the fact for murder. He asserts a Cleveland reign of terror existed and accuses the local prosecutor of spinelessness and police court failure.
Sir Thomas Lipton who challenged for the American cup three times sailed from New York to England aboard the Lusitania. He expressed hope to return in 1914 to race for the cup again and said changes in racing rules could allow him to build a yacht capable of competing fairly with American boats.
Elmer H. Gary of United States Steel announces planned wage scale adjustments to raise pay for unskilled workers. After meetings of subsidiary presidents and the finance committee, the exact amounts and effective dates will be set soon. The move could affect at least 80,000 workers across various locations.
In Needles California a coroner's jury found Joe Bishop innocent in the killing of Aniceto Landerez and praised him. The panel collected funds to purchase him two revolvers to help clear the town of a weeks long gang terror. The coroner urged keeping Bishop on the police force after his actions halted a robbery and wounded two attackers.
President Taft toured the Athletic division of the Panama canal the new dock at Colon and the Gatun dam. He then conferred on local questions with ex presidents Frederico Bova Rodolfo Chiari and Carlos Mendoza. Four hundred U S sailors from the battleship Delaware will transit the Canal Zone on a special train Sunday.
A passenger train on the Tron Mountain line derailed near Hot Springs causing fifteen persons to be injured as the engine and five cars overturned. Local rescue crews assisted victims and investigators began examining the cause of the wreck on the Hot Springs division.
A purser was arrested and charged with theft of forty thousand dollars in gold bullion. Investigators believe the stolen gold was hidden near Seattle by a band of conspirators.
Chicago authorities and charities organize a record Christmas aid drive ensuring every resident citywide gets turkey. Public hospital events feature music and vaudeville while Dunning inmates feast and dance. Jail officials drop mutiny fears after prisoner protest for music.
Seattle purser Glen Shepard of the steamship Humboldt was arrested on charges of bringing stolen bullion into Washington. The plot involved Charles Durrett, Benny Wiseman, Orville Caveness, and Ben Kane, with part of the loot recovered near Newburg Oregon and San Francisco. Officers link the case to a Liverpool to Havre theft and say the gold originated in Alaska.
Major General Wood will marshal the inaugural parade for President-elect Wilson. The committee declined a military marshal choosing a civilian lead. Eustis appointed four chairmen and the inaugural fund reached fourteen thousand dollars with about ten thousand received today.
MacWharter a Seattle real estate broker pleaded guilty before U S Judge Kean to using the mails to defraud in a $5 5 million Columbia River orchard scheme.
In Kansas City 5000 needy residents receive Christmas baskets, clothing, and toys from business leaders traveling by car bus and on foot. Tomorrow the city plans another aid event at Convention Hall with a Mayor’s Christmas tree for an equal number of people.
A giant municipal Christmas tree blazed with red and blue lights in Boston Common tonight drawing crowds from nearby July Streets. A band played while choir boys from Church of the Advent and Church of the Messiah sang carols and strolled door to door in Beacon Hill.
In San Francisco a giant hammer was burned at Lotta's Fountain signaling the end of civic discord. The event featured a musical program, Christmas carols by a Cathedral mission choir, Mayor James Rolph Jr., and pianist Mae Josephine Bennett. Industrial Workers of the World mocked the ritual nearby with a burial of the hammer in garbage and a chant of internationalism.
New York on December 24 reports the citys first municipal Christmas celebration at Madison Square. A sixty foot illuminated tree with a white star drew hundreds, as crowds sang carols and listened to music. Boy scouts added warming coke as the season’s heavy snow ended.
President elect Wilson signals an early extra session to push tariff revision and fulfill Democratic platform pledges. He meets Speaker Clark to discuss timing and cabinet prospects while noting Bryan’s name not under consideration.
James Phelan of San Francisco joined governors in talks today, though he said the discussions aimed at policy rather than politics. The exchange touched on practical ground previously explored in conversations with Mr. Bryan.
Washington discusses the timing of an extra congressional session between March 4 and April 15 at a Princeton conference with President-elect Wilson and Representative Underwood of Alabama. The Ways and Means majority seeks to finish tariff work first, while Br yan favors staged, schedule by schedule revisions to reach a revenue basis.
President elect Wilson expresses relief that Christmas Day will arrive after a day spent commuting between Trenton and Princeton. He notes the heavy snow did not slow his schedule as he returns to his home for dinner with guests Louise Woodbridge and Causpar ins present.
Report circulated that Nevada Attorney General George B Thatcher was dying but officials said he is seriously ill yet now recovering from a threatened pneumonia attack. Deputy AG Patrick announced Thatcher improving after a high fever and expects to move home to Carson City on January 1.
In a single eighteen mile trek Rosalie Jones leads her suffrage band from Upper Red Hook toward Hudson and on to Albany. Despite a biting wind and stinging snow the group presses on with improvised aids and pinned skirts as they push to reach Hudson before nightfall for a Christmas charity ball in the city.
Allies express confidence that peace is likely as Austria's position is discussed with the Ottoman government. Differences between Vienna and Constantinople are expected to be settled, easing concerns across Europe.
Balkan states reach agreement on securing territorial boundaries and Albanian autonomy under a longstanding policy. The accord signals patience and emphasis on stability as borders are defined amid shifting regional dynamics.
A dispatch from Constantinople reports all officers on leave from the Tehatalija lines recalled to their regiments. They must appear within twenty four hours.
The Turkish delegates at the peace conference delay steps while allies pin down autonomous Albania boundaries from the Drin to the White Drin and riverside zones. Greece would gain Aegean islands with neutrality. Bulgarians may gain steady frontiers, and Austria’s demobilization lags as Russia intensifies mobilization in the broader European strain.
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