UPRISING RACE DEATH THREAT TO PORTUGAL AMID REVOLT
A Morning Journal summary from London reports a coming Lisbon conflict between moderate republicans and extreme revolutionaries. The source ties the Camorra to army corruption, fears police stockpiles of explosives, and notes political infighting in Lisbon with a minister of justice likely to resign.
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Morning Journal Special
London
Daily Chronicle
Lisbon
The
Chronicle Today
Camorra
Marquis de Souveral
Great Britain
Manuel
Duke of
Oporto
Madrid
No Babies in America by 2020 Says Professor
St Louis December 30 The American Home Economics association closes its convention with officers Isabell Bevier C University of Illinois president and others. Professor Walter F Wilcox Cornell University estimates no children under five in 2020 and predicts France will still have babies after 2020. He urges state endowment for motherhood and child care, arguing women who raise children deserve income and social justice.
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Morning Journal
St. Louis
American Home Economic Association
Isabell Bevier
University of Ilinois
C. F. Longworthy
Washington
B. R. Andrews
Columbia University
United States
Walter F. Wilcox
Cornell University
American Statistical Association
Willcox
France
Ile
Frances
American Sociological Association
George Eliot Howard
University of Nebraska
Portuguese Foreign Minister Reports Tranquil Republic
Senor Machado says tranquility reigns in the republic with improving finances and disciplined armed forces. He denies false reports, confirms April elections with full liberties, and notes orders to telegraphic authorities to suppress false news. He also denies a British request for a warship to the Tagus.
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IHS
Liston
Senor Machado
Sener Machado
Portugal
Tagus
Englishman Discovers New Star in Northwest Sky
Cambridge Massachusetts reports a new star detected by Rev TYJE Estin of Walsingham England in Lacerta. Professor Edward Pickering at Harvard observed the star both photographically and visually, noting its seventh magnitude and fading brightness with seven bright spectral lines. The star appeared November 23 through December 7, was visible to the naked eye initially, and now requires a field glass.
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Cambridge
Mass
TY. JE. Estin
Walsingham
England
Edward CC. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Harvard
Federal court upholds grazing rights in national forests
The federal courts in New Mexico awarded damages to the government for stock trespass in national forests. The decisions affirm the secretary of agriculture authority to enforce grazing regulations. Civil actions were used, with grazing privileges valued at 150 per head annually.
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Washington
New Mexico
Alamo Pictional Forest
Agricultural Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
National Forest
Worthington Buried in Greenwood Cemetery Service
Worthington English actor Frank Worthington, who died on the Detroit stage last Wednesday, was buried today in Greenwood Cemetery. Services were held in the little church around the corner.
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E For Worthington
New York
Frank Worthington
Detroit
Greenwoor
Wrights to Establish School for Aviators in Augusta
Augusta reports the Wright brothers will start the country’s only regularly established aviation school here soon. Frank Coffin, representing the Wrights, will finalize arrangements at a joint meeting of business groups tomorrow with the city pledging half of the site expense. Weekly exhibition flights are planned and funds are assured.
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Augusta
Wright Brothers
Frank Coffin
Wrights
Utility Ties Spark California Merger in Delaware Form
Morning Journal reports the formation of a 200 million Delaware incorporated utility holding company to unify Berkeley and Oakland utilities. Directors include Harry W. Davis and B Smith. office in San Francisco and Oakland. aims to control railways steamship lines electric power water irrigation and port facilities. Charter secured by B Zabriskie in New York with a $100000 state fee.
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Morning Journal Special
Wilmington
Del
No! Properties Company
Calhifornia
San Franciaro
Oakland
Cal
B. Zabriskie
William Straet
New York
Champ Clark Ohio's Choice for Speaker
Dec 20 report notes Democratic Congressman elect James M. Cox of Dayton was endorsed for the Ways and Means Committee as Ohio's pick for Speaker.
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Champ Clark
Ohio
Columbus
At & Cane
James M. Cox
Dayton
Ways and Means Committee
Missouri’s Champ Clark Nominated for Speaker Unanimously
Champ Clark of Missouri was unanimously endorsed for speaker. A declaration backed a committee on committees to choose standing House panels. Four congressmen said they would not be bound by the caucus.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
House
Viennese Angered by Inquisitorial Census
Vienna residents flee the capital to escape the census seen as inquisitorial. The questionnaire probes minute household sanitary details and must be handed to house porters who will inform the police about accuracy of the responses.
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Vienna
Workman Blown to Atoms by Dynamite in Ensley Tunnel
A dynamite blast in a Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad tunnel at Ensley, Birmingham, today killed three laborers two white and a black and fatally wounded another negro. The blast occurred while a black worker thawed frozen dynamite and tore his body apart, with remains placed in small boxes for undertakers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Ensley
Missing Musto Scores Returned After Police Case
New York December 30 The $10,000 Metropolitan Opera House contest scores for American composers disappeared from an express on Saturday and were returned unharmed. Dennis Higgins claimed the bundle under the name John Rea and said two men threatened him, but later admitted no two men existed. Higgins was charged with larceny and bailed at $2,000. The scores were shipped by Walter Damrosch to George W. Chadwick and valued at 40 000 to 50 000. Metropolitan directors stated the scores and envelopes were intact.
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Morning Journal Special
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Dennis Higgine
Higgins
John Rea
Walter Damrosch
George W. Chadwick
New England Conservatory of Music
Danish Greeting From Dr Frederick Cook
Dr Frederick A Cook thanks the Danish people for their hospitality upon his arrival from the north in 190%. In a message cabled to Copenhagen papers he says he is grateful for patience and loyalty to his ambitions despite deprivation and remains inspired by Danish kindness.
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Morning Journal
New York
Frederick A. Cook
Nordsveet
Copenhagen
Wind Halts Aeroplane Pights Near New Orleans
A cold wind stopped sensational flights at New Orleans. John H Moisant and Seymour raced a five mile course in a fifty horsepower Blriot air plane automobile device but failed to start in time, the margin two seconds.
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New Orleans
John H. Moisant
Bleriot
Seymour
Cudahy Bank President Retires After Knife Attack
Jeremiah Lillis, victim of a March 5 attack by John P. Cudahy, retires as president of the Western Exchange Bank in Kansas City. His shares are sold to J. Miller Jr., who will become president.
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Kansas City
Jerem. Lillis
John P. Cudahy
Western Exchange Bank
Lillis
J. Miller, Jr
Mexican Army Withholds Details on Latest Battle
Mexican government officials report no official details of the Mal Paso engagement and expect no forecast of the next fight. The Herald correpondent Gerald Brandon was wounded near Pedernales but has recovered. Official casualty estimates and a list of battles through December 26 are given with limited totals and unclear Guerrero date.
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Morning Journal Special
Mexico City
Mal Paso
Guerrero
Gerald Brandon
Pedernales
The
Herald
San Andres
Federal
Federals
Standon
Coloa
Cerro Prieto
Mil Jase
Chihuahua
Lique's relief column battles near Casa Colorada
Special correspondent reports four days of fierce fighting near Casa Colorada with 600 reported dead. Navarro's command remains bottled up near Mal Paso while Lique's relief column suffers demoralization and setback.
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el Paso
Texas
the Times
C3lhhuahua
Lique
Casa Colorada
Navarro
Mal Paso
No News of Attack on Córdoba Report Fails to Arrive
Mexico City December 30 no telegrams from Córdoba Vera Cruz reached here. Earlier reports claimed an attack on Córdoba was expected, but efforts to verify failed due to no press dispatches. The absence of confirmation leads to belief the city was not molested.
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Cordoba
Vera Chez
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Federal scouting force reports engagement with insurrectos at Mal Paso
An official report from Chihuahua states Colonel Necuedero and federal scouts engaged insurrectos at Mal Paso on Wednesday with the insurgents retreating. No casualty details are given. Colonel Luque reports the pass is believed clear and a repair train proceeded, while telegraph and wireless lines are being restored.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Necuedero
Mal Paso
Luque
Hernandez
Naos
San Antonio
Guzman
American Troops Ordered to Mexican Frontier Movement
Denver December report says Brigadier General Karl D. Thomas ordered a company of regulars from Fort Douglas Utah Fort Huachuca Arizona to the Mexican frontier as part of frontier defense. The dispatch notes the deployment by the Colorado department commander.
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Denver
Karl DD. Thomas
Department O the Colorado
Mexican Frontier
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Troops to Guard Border in Arizona Action
General Thomas said Whipple Barracks troops will be stationed at several points to keep Mexican revolutionists from crossing the border. In Sonora, rebels and civilians clashed at Tampichi near Moctezuma. the rebels were routed, with one dead, four wounded and ten taken prisoner.
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Whipple Barracks
Ariz
Thomas
Sonora
Douglas
Moctezuma
Tampichi
Flood damage confirmed after Bering glacier flood
Forest Ranger George Johnson returned from the Bering glacier region to verify flood damage caused by a glacier burst last month. A California receiver was appointed for Aetna Indemnity’s California business, while Connecticut’s status remains unaffected per the attorney general.
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Alaska
Cordova
George Johnson
Bering Glacier
Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
California
Aetna Indemnity Company
McDonald
Connecticut
Confession Exposes Embezzlement Case in Utah Trial
George B. Smith of Ogden likely to serve eight years in Utah penitentiary for embezzlement despite Edward Hooven’s Chicago confession of stealing the same funds. Hooven, released last May after a hospital stay for eye trouble, had helped Smith with a loan. Hooven’s parole and drug history noted. Smith’s prison record shows at least ten special confinements.
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Ity Morning Journal
Salt Lake
Utah
George B. Smith
Ogden
Utah Penitentiary
Edward Hoeoven
Chicago
Smith
Hooven
Great and General Court Convened in Boston
Boston reports an impending Massachusett s session with a Senate of 25 Republicans and 15 Democrats and a House of 127 Republicans 122 Democrats and one Socialist. Observers note signs of insurgency in both parties as Lodge's political future draws scrutiny. Several Republicans oppose a caucus and no Democratic aspirant has surfaced.
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Morning Journal Special
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetta
Senate
House
International Railway Commission Assured
Washington December 30 An international railway commission with supervisory authority over lines operating between the United States and Canada is practically assured. After negotiations US and Canada agree to extend regulatory power within a few months. Martin A. Knapp and J P Magbie presented their joint report after days of talks and a conference at the state department.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Magbie
Railway Commission of Canada
Department of State
International Railway Commission
Prison Trust Defendants Face Jail as Offer of Fines Fails
Washington dispatch reports attorneys for the bath tub trust defendants refused to plead guilty or accept fines in lieu of prison. The Justice Department expects jail terms and bail of four thousand dollars per defendant, with defendants to appear January 4 in U.S. Court. The government rejects a proposed civil injunction compromise as insufficient to dissolve the alleged price fixing.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Bath Tub Trust
Department of Justice
Kenyon, Jr
Department
United States
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Eircuit
Baltimore
Wickersham
Frank Uf Watson
Detroit
Kenyon
Department of Juction
Government Fraud Probes Expand to New Orleans and San Francisco
A federal official says a grand jury probing sugar sampling will reveal long running frauds against the government in New Orleans spanning at least fifteen years. San Francisco draw back frauds are also under imminent investigation likely to surpass New York cases tied to the American Sugar Refining Co. Evidence suggests duties were paid on Philippine sugar used to preserve California fruit and then on Java sugar reimported with duties.
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iUy Morning Journal
Washington, Dee
Erand
New Orleans
Customs Services
San Francisco
Treasury
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Customs Service
United States
California
Java
Gold output in Alaska falls as placer mines decline
My Morning Journal notes from Washington report Alaska mining conditions for 1919 show gold production dropping to about 16.36 million dollars from 20.97 million in 1909. Beach placers near Nome and other placer mines in Fairbanks and the Seward Peninsula districts are exhausted or unprofitable, while a shift to lode mining for gold and copper begins amid high fuel costs.
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Nome Beach Placers
My Morning Journal Special
Washington
Alaska
Fairbanks
Fpeward Peninsula
Geological Survey
Copper and Lead Production Up in United States
The United States Geological Survey reports 1909 copper output from smelters at 1,092,951,624 pounds and refined copper totaling 1,391,021,454 pounds. Lead production reached 457,054 tons with apparent consumption of 274,013 tons. Zinc output was 255,760 tons with consumption at 271,274 tons. Montana led copper, Arizona second, Michigan third, Utah fourth. The U S produced 35 percent of world lead and 30 percent of world zinc.
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Washington
United States
United States Geological Survey
Montana
Arizona
Michigan
Utah
Sugar Fraud Probes Quiet as Grand Jury Report Deliberated
Washington reports of impending disclosures on sugar fraud at the San Francisco port surprised locals. The federal grand jury inquiry, conducted last spring for about ten days by Special Prosecutor James B. Knapp, examined coast sugar trust methods with testimony from dealers, refinery officials, and grocers. Knapp sent his findings to Attorney General Wickersham with no public hints.
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San Francisco
Washington
Federal
James B. Knapp
Wickersham
Grand Jury
Knapp
Coal Entry Frauds Charged in Routt County
Denver reports that Ethelbert Ward assistant United States district attorney asked for subpoenas duces tecum to compel American Fuel and Iron Co to produce its books in a Routt County coal land fraud case. Ward alleged entries worth over 1 million dollars. The company linked to F. W. and Arie Keltel of St Louis with offices in Denver.
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Denver
Routt County
Ethelbert Ward
United States
F. W. and
Arie Keltel
St. Louis
Dynamiters Attempt to Wreck Metal Works in Kansas City
A blast at Walter Van Stone’s furnace and sheet metal shop at 2910 East Kishteenth Street damaged the building’s rear end. Van Stone, who runs an open shop with five workers, linked the trouble to labor unions. The explosive was set on a stair leading to the basement. no one was inside, and damage is under $100.
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Kansas City
Dee
Walter van Stone
East Kishteenth Street
van Stone
Governor declines Sunnyside women jury exemption plea
Morning Journal report from Olympia notes Governor Marion Hay refused to back a bill exempting women from jury service after Sunnyside residents petitioned him. He acknowledges earnest support for women serving on juries and will not recommend legislative action.
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Morning Journal
Olympia
Wash
Marion Hay
Sunnyside
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