President Roosevelt Urges Senate on Canal Property Libel Case
President Roosevelt denounces allegations about U S purchase of the Panama canal property as libelous. He names Joseph Pulitzer of the World and Delavan Smith of The News, calls for government action, and says Knox directed the purchase with Morgan & Co handling funds. He cites congressional authorization and provides stockholder lists.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Panama Canal
United States
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
Smith
New York
the World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
World
Camal
Congress
New
Panama Canal Company
Baron Alleged Robber Held in New York
A man described as a European baron was detained at police headquarters on theft charges from his hosts Mr and Mrs Charles Zur Helle of West One Hundred and Twelfth Street after a visit. A separate item reports Benjamin Clary a 26 year old Black servant escaping from Bellevue hospital’s prison ward on Tuesday.
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New York
Austria
Charles Zur Helle
West One Sundred
Twelfth Street
Nec
Benjamin Clary
Believug Hospital
Hughes appoints nine to probe New York exchanges
Governor Hughes named a panel of bankers merchants and economists to study securities and commodities trading in New York. The nine include Horace White Charles Schieren David Leaventritt Clark Williams John B Clark Willard V King Samuel Ordway Edward Page and Charles Sprague Smith. They will begin work Friday to recommend possible changes in state laws to protect investors and regulate the markets.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Wall Street
Horace White
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
David Leaventritt
The
Supreme Court
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Columbia University
Willard V. King
Columbia Trust Company
Pleads for Toilers' Safety at National Civic Fed
New York December 16 Wisconsin labor commissioner J D Beck urged adoption of workmen compensation laws at the National Civic Federation. He cited 80000 annual work fatalities and 500000 cripplings in the United States and noted that only the U S lacks such insurance. He argued that benefits seen abroad, especially in Germany and Britain, should come here.
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New York
J. D. Beck
Wisconsin
National Civic Federation
Annanally
United States
Beck
Germany
Great Britain
Value of Nation's Grains in Final 1908 Estimates
Washington reports final revised 1908 farm production and December 1 farm values for key crops. Corn yields 2,668,651,000 bushels valued at 1,616,145,000. winter wheat 437,908,000 bushels valued at 410,330,000. spring wheat 226,654,000 bushels valued at 206,496,000. oats 07,156,000 bushels valued at 21,171,000. barley 166,756,000 bushels valued at 92,442,000.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Turkish Detachment Arrives at Dilman to Protect Inhabitants
A dispatch from Urumiah says a Turkish detachment arrived at Dilman on Tuesday to shield residents from Persian irregulars led by Satar Khan, aiming to curb abuses amid ongoing tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Urumiah
Dilman
Satar Khan
Body of Chief Biggy Found in San Francisco
The body of Chief of Police Biggy, drowned from the police launch patrol, has been found floating in the bay and brought to San Francisco. Oldest Woman Dentist Dead in New York at 78. Mrs. R. Truchsess, reportedly the oldest woman dentist in the country, died at Bellevue Hospital.
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Biggy
San Francisco
New York
San Fransisco
Pate
Dutch take Venezuelan coast guard ship 23 de Mayo at Willemstad
In Willemstad on December 16 the Dutch battleship Jacob van Heemskerk escorted the captured Venezuelan coast guard vessel 23 de Mayo into harbor. The prize crew anchored aboard, Venezuelan crew sent ashore, while the Gelderland pursued the Venezuelan coast for a torpedo boat, margarita. President Castro visits Berlin meeting Chancellor von Buelow amid cautious German reception and press notes on his trip.
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Willemstad
Jacob van Heemskerk
Netherlands
Cumuna
Gulf of Carasco
Gelderland
Igeut
Margarita
Castro
Berlin
Venezuela
Paris
von Buelow
von Schoen
Goetsceh
Caracas
Germany
Vissische Zeitung
Tageblatt
William
Foreign Office
Pick Jurors for Hains Trial in Bayside Case
In Flushing New York on December 16 the first session of the state case against Thornton J Hains proceeded with jurors being chosen. Jury box and counsel remained hopeful as Justice Crane declined to lock up the jury reducing fears of Christmas confinement. Alexander Jardin a plumber was selected as the seventh juror and Hugh McCullagh a milk dealer was the eighth. Louis Now a carpenter was the ninth juror chosen for the Hains case.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Presentation
Crane
Alexander Jardin
Hains
Hugh McCullagh
Laurel Hil
Louis Now
Halas
Firebugs Foiled at Brill Plant Fire Work Suspected
Philadelphia dispatch reports that an alleged arson attempt to burn the J. G. Brill Company car building in Philadelphia on Monday night was thwarted by vigilant guards. The plant has been under watch since a prior incendiary blaze two weeks earlier caused losses exceeding 250000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
J. G. Brilt Company
Anarchists Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman Arrested in Bellingham
Emma Goldman and Dr. Ben Reitman were arrested in Bellingham Washington on December 16 to stop an anarchist gathering. Police Chief Code says treason is illegal under the Constitution and that anarchy constitutes treason. Emma Goldman plans to mount a defense.
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Bellingham
Wash
Emma Goldman
Ben Reitman
Code
United States
Evans Defends Our Warships in Magazine Article
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans asserts in Hampton's Broadway Magazine that American battleships vastly surpass England's dreadnoughts. He defends the navy against critics, argues against reducing calibers to England's type, and questions the waterline armor belt location while contrasting with the Russian fleet.
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New York
Eagland
Robley D. Evans
Hampton
Broadway Magazine
Henry Reuterdahl
Evans
England
Admiral Evans
Pleads Guilty, Gets Life In Hazelhurst Slayer Case
Jackson Mississippi December 16 Dr Thomas Birdsong pleaded guilty to the slaying of Dr A B Pitts a prominent Hazelhurst physician and under a counsel agreement received a life sentence in the penitentiary.
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Jackson
Thomas Birdsong
A. B. Pitts
Hazelhurst
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed Against Patrick J. Kieran
A petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court here on Tuesday against Patrick J. Kieran, the missing president of the Fidelity Funding Company, in New York on December 16.
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New York
Patrick J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
Col. Henry A. Darling Dies After War Record
Col. Henry A. Darling of Toledo aged 80 died Monday afternoon at the home of his son in law Sudge L. W. Morris. Death followed a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Darling
Toledo
Henry A. Darling
Sudge L. W. Morris
Gov Harris County Goes Dry Vote Shocks Ohio Officials
Columbus dispatch reports Preble county voted dry by 1 043 in a statewide move while scattered county results include Ten Bee loans being knocked out and a note about Gay Marvis Wives in gris county.
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Harris
Columbus
Preble
Gay
Marvis
Gris County
Government Favors Deliberation On Pneumatic Tubes
A federal commission says government purchase and operation of pneumatic tubes is not feasible now but recommends further study in five to six years. Tubes currently run in New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago St. Louis and Cincinnati and are seen as a rapid mail ally for special delivery local origin mail and city dispatches.
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Washington
Congress
Meyer
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Supreme Court stay on tobacco trust decree triumphs
In New York on December 16 the U S circuit court issued a decree against the American Tobacco Company and allied firms and individuals ruling an illegal combination restraining interstate commerce. The government seeks a receivership but the decree denies it. An appeal to the Supreme Court acts as a temporary stay. In Sunbury Pennsylvania on the same date a jury found Angelo Morie guilty of second degree murder for the Shamokin killing of saloon keeper Joseph Delago after a 116 hour trial.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
American Tobacco Company
American Stuff Company
R. J. Reynolds Company
Pierre Lorillard
Blackwells Durham Company
United States Supreme Court
Sunbury
Angelo Morie
Joseph Delago
Shamokin
Arnst Wins World's Sculling Title in New Zealand
R Arnst of New Zealand defeated W Weblalo by eight lengths to win the world sculling championship at Wanganui on December 16. The race covered 3 miles ́ 3% miles in 19 minutes 52 seconds. Hansbrough Still Serious After Surgery in Minneapolis. United States Senator H C Hansbrough from North Dakota remains in grave condition at Ashbury Methodist hospital after Friday operation.
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Wanganui
North Island
New Zealand
R. Arnst
W. Webl
Alo
Hansbrough
Minneapolis
Minn
H. C. Hansbrough
United States
North Dakota
Ashbury Methodist Hospital
Fire destroys Curtis Ill in West Roxbury district
Boston reports a fire in West Roxbury on December 16 damaged Curtis Ill and caused about 50 000 dollars in losses. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours with no immediate word on casualties.
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Curtis
Boston
West Roxbury
Iowa Members Split On House Rules Change Vote
Washington December 16 Iowa members largely backed Speaker Cannon as most Republicans stayed aligned. Hubbard of the Eleventh district joined Gardner of Massachusetts against a chair division appeal over amending the resolution to form a rules change committee. Hepburn did not vote and Dawson, while not with the insurgents, supported changes hoped for in the next House.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
House
Hubbard
Eleventh
Gardner
Massachusetts
Cannon
Hepburn
Iown
Dawson
Jury Chosen as Hains Trial Opens in Fatal Bay Side Shooting
In Flushing New York a jury is selected to try Thornton J. Hains publisher and story writer for the killing of William B. Annis at the Bay Side Yacht Club. The state will present its case next with a court theater scene featuring water tank and miniature catboat to illustrate the case.
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Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
William B. Annis
Peter Hains
Bay Side Yacht Club
Talesmen
Thornton Hains
Marine Theater
Gold in Old Missouri Mine Near Macon
D J Reed, ex Colorado mine inspector, confirms a Chariton valley site west of Macon as a potential gold producer. Denver assayer reports ore averaging eight dollars per ton with many samples at forty dollars. A cyanide mill is being set up here. Reed owns eighty acres around the mine and controls four hundred acres of mineral rights. The shaft reaches a hundred feet, tapping an eight foot thick free milling ledge, fourteen miles west of Macon.
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Chariton Valley
Macon
Missouri
D. J. Reed
Colorado
Denver
Reed
Schwab Opposes Tariff Cut on Steel Schedule in Congress
In Washington Schwab, former head of the steel company, testifies to the House Ways and Means Committee on December 16. He disputes Carnegie’s views on tariffs and says cost rises in steel rail production justify keeping or increasing tariff protections despite past conditions that might have allowed reductions.
Emma Goldman Deported From Bellingham Train
Emma Goldman and Benjamin Reitman were arrested, released, and placed on a northbound train to Canada. They were intercepted by immigration officers at Douglas near the border and are held for deportation upon orders from Ottawa.
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Emma Goldman
Bellingham
Wash
Benjamin Reitman
Canada
Douglas
International Border Line
Ottawa
Council Bluffs Chosen for National Horticultural Congress
Council Bluffs Iowa was selected unanimously as the next meeting site for the National Horticultural Congress. A committee report proposing a board of thirty directors to select officers for the coming year was adopted.
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Council Bluffa
Council Bluffs
National Horticultural Congress
Murders In Chicago Top 1908 Record
Chicago police records show 156 persons murdered in 1908 with 24 unsolved. The figure marks a lower death toll than 1905's 178. In San Francisco, the body of Chief of Police Biggy was found floating in the bay.
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Chicago
Bureau of Records of the Police Department
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Holland
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