Question Now Looms Large Over Tariff Reform Debate
London December 2 The row over A J Balfo ur's bid to push tariff reform out of immediate politics splits his party and fuels Liberal opponents. Bal fou r asserts tariff reform remains core policy but seeks referendum. As quith ridicules the idea as indecent and impractical. Churchill tours Dundee Grimsby Manchester and Chester with rapid speeches amid tight security for suffragist threats.
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Arthur J. Balfour
London
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Ing
Asquith
Wolverhampton
House of Lords
Winston Spencer Churchill
Home Secretary
Dundee
Cheshire
Grimsby
Sheffield
Churchill
Manchester
Chester
Emperor William asked to refrain from equestrian statue likeness
John Grosgebauer of Paterson New Jersey, president of Passaic County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, sent a letter to Emperor William of Germany begging him to stop sculptors embedding his likeness in bronze as a sovereign who allows docked tails on horses. The appeal was prompted by an equestrian statue at Cologne’s new Rhine bridge.
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Paterson
N. J
William
Germany
John Grosgebauer
Passaic County Society For the Prevention of
Cologne
Rhine
First Ship Up Panama Canal
The American three masted steam yacht Visitor II. became the first vessel to navigate a section of the Panama canal. On November 28 the Visitor II. entered from the Atlantic side with Colonel Goethals, Commodore Brown, Captain Scott, William Diehl, and others, reaching Gatun lock before returning.
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New York
Panama Canal
Commodore W. Harry Brown
Pittsburg
Colonel Goethals
Commodore Brown
Scott
United States Steel Corporation
William Diehl
Atlantic
Gatun Lock
Governor Fort New Jersey Man Chairs Arrangements Committee
A New Jersey man was named chairman of the arrangements committee under Governor Fort. The appointment positions him to oversee planning and event logistics for official functions and ceremonies.
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New Jersey
Governors Hold Third Annual Meeting In Kentucky
Louisville December news reports the third annual governors conference ending after a push to base the gathering on business and permanent HQs. Governors debated adjournment, work vs social functions, and planned a stronger prep process with pre circulated papers and reports on issues like employers liability and workmen's compensation.
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Louisville
Conference of Governors
Gov
Kentucky
Sloan
Arizona
Fort
New Jersey
Wells Accused of Murder in Police Officer Killing
Chippewa Falls Wis Dec 2 Sheriff Huntley of Huron D arrived to take Frank Wells to face a murder charge in Hawley s killing Sept 7 1909. Wells is a suspect or partner in a two man assault. The men fled to railroad yards after the shooting and were not heard from until last week identification by Mrs Mary Pope and her son George tied Wells to the case with a $1000 reward offered if guilty.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Huntley
Huron
Frank Wells
Hawley
Wells
Mary Pope
Here
Edward J
Rose
Denial of Decline Report for Christian Endeavor Movement
Boston, December 2. Denial of statements that the Christian Endeavor movement is declining was issued at the society’s headquarters here. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, president, said that in October and November more new societies were reported than in any comparable period.
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Boston
St. Paul
Christian Endeavor
Francis E. Clark
United Society
Societies of
Reapportionment Drive Advances in Northern Minnesota
Brainerd Minn Dec 2 delegates at the Northern Minnesota Development association open session debate reapportionment. Governor Eberhart backs a bill and may call a special session to secure fair senate and house representation. A two from each county committee will draft a bill for Legislature.
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Brainerd
Minn
Northern Minnesota Development Association
Eberhart
Senate
Maxfield
Wilson
Minneapolis
House
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Minnesota
Northern
Ramsey
Hennepin County
POUNDS A CHILD ON A ROCK IN GRANITE FALLS
In Granite Falls Minnesota Mrs G Halvorson recently released from St Peter insane asylum grabbed her five year old son and beat his head on a rock fracturing the skull exposing brain. She had been committed last summer for religious mania and later returned home before arranging to sell her children with their aunt in the country. She lured the child behind a barn to kill it.
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Granite Falls
Minn
G. Halvorson
St. Peter
Hulgerson
Runaway Dashes Into Train Near Emerald Wisconsin
New Richmond Wisconsin December 2 Mrs William Cody and her eleven year old son Henry were struck by a Soo line train while driving a horse team along a highway parallel to the tracks. The horses bolted onto the rails, the wagon wrecked and occupants thrown clear. Both horses were so badly hurt they had to be killed.
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New Richmond
Wis
William Cody
Henry
Soo Line
Emerald
Bemidji Four Arrested in Liquor Crackdown
Four Bemidji men Fred Dailey Robert Mahan Louis Anderson and Michael Wald were arrested on liquor in restricted zone charges tied to the Indian treaty era crackdown. Each waived exam bound over to the federal grand jury in February with $500 bail. arrests were by U S Deputy Marshal Frank Tufft and complaints by U S District Attorney J M Dickie.
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Bemidji
Minn
Blackduck
Fred Dailey
Robert Mahan
Louis Anderson
Michael Wald
Solway
H. A
Fergids
Dudley
Mahan
Anderson
United States
J. M Dickie
St. Paul
T. E Brents
Frank Tufft
Longrairie
Finkleyang
Kelliher
Bemidj
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