Taft speaks at New York banquet pledges Chicago platform loyalty
President Elect William H. Taft attends the Ohio Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, urging an honest thorough tariff revision and enforcement of the Sherman anti trust law as part of Roosevelt era policies. Notable financiers and figures attend, and a trolley accident injures but revives One Natsko of Millville.
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New York
William H. Taft
Ohio Society
Astor Gallery
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Taft
Chicago
Mr. Taft
Mr. Sherman
Charles FE. Hughes
Henry W. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Horace D. Taft
Watertown
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
John S. Spooner
J. Pierpoint Morgan
Paul Morton
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Straue
Frank Hitchcock
Leonard
Ohio
H. C. Corbin
Casper Goodrich
Wall Street
F. H. Harriman
George F. Baker
First National Bank
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
E H. Gary
United States Steel Company
John Claflin
Frank A. Vanderlip
The
National City Bank
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life. Insurance Company
J. P Morgan, Jr
E. T. Stotesbury
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Revival of man shocked to death in Camden hospital
A man revived by physicians at Cooper Hospital in Camden after appearing dead from electric shock. The incident fuels interest in a proposed program to resuscitate electrocuted killers at the New Jersey state prison in Trenton.
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Philadelphia
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Trenton
Two Jurors Picked In Night Riders Murder Case
Union City Tennessee December 17 After a full day spent seeking a jury to try the eight night riders charged with the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken the court adjourned with only two men in the jury box Fifty three talesmen were examined The defense exhausted twenty six of its ninety two challenges and the state challenged but one man The court excused the rest for cause It is probable the trial will take a week to seat a jury.
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Union City
Tenn
Quentin Ranken
Count Boni de Castellane Alters Custody Case Stance
Paris report on the final day of Boni de Castellane versus Princess de Sagan custody suit shows the count withdrawing a request for a $60,000 yearly child maintenance. Bonnet for the count cites moral welfare as motive while public and court await the prosecutor’s conclusions next week.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Anne Gould
Marquise de Castellane
M. Bonnet
de Sagan
Slaying of Publisher Featured in Hains Case Testimony
In Flushing New York December 17 a jury heard how Edwin Andrews used miniature figures to trace the Bayside Yacht Club tragedy involving Thornton and Peter Hains. The missing Swedish witness John Tanning is deemed crucial as prosecutors seek to prove Thornton Hains directed the killing of publisher William E. Annis.
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Flushing
N. Y
William E. Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Pam
Edwin Andrews
Yacht Club
John Tanning
Darrin
Tanning
Sweden
McIntyre
Captain Hains
Thornton Hains
Andrews
MclIntye
White
Mrs. Annis
Daring Street Car HoldUp in East Toledo
In a bold Oak street line holdup at East Toledo two bandits robbed Conductor Bert Higley and shot motor man Thomas Regan after a hand to hand struggle. The incident occurred on the outskirts with no other passengers aboard as the thieves fled after firing.
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Toledo
Oak Street
Thomas Regan
Bert Higley
Carmen
G A R National Encampment Set for Salt Lake City
The executive committee announces the next national encampment of the G A R will be held in Salt Lake City from August 9 to 14.
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Salt Lake City
Shrubb to race Longboat at Madison Square Garden
Alfred Shrubb the English distance runner will race Tom Longboat the Indian who defeated Dorando Pietri at Madison Square Garden against the Marathon distance at the garden on January 9. Harry Pollock wired an offer for Shrubb who is in Boston and the Englishman consented.
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New York
Alfred Shrubb
Tom Longboat
Dorando Pietri
Madison Square Garden
the Garden
Harry Pollock
Pat Powers
Shrubb
Boston
Auto Dives Into River at Open Bridge Tragedy Claims Two
Milwaukee reports an early morning crash when a speeding car halted the draw on Oneida street bridge. Two occupants died, Oscar Z. Bartlett and Albert Kunz, while A F Solliday survived after being rescued from the river. The Town steamer crew assisted with boats. Kunz remained trapped beneath the vehicle.
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Milwaukee
Oneida Street
Oscar Z. Bartlett
Board of Trade
Albert Kunz
A. F. Solliday
Solliday Motor Company
Kunz
Bartlett
Solliday
Castro Maintains Composure Amid Caracas Uprising Reports
President Castro of Venezuela keeps calm after dispatches claim Caracas residents rose against him. The reports allege arson of his images in public squares and attacks on several prominent buildings and stores.
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Castro
Caracas
Hollland
Germany
Senor Veloz-Gollicoa
Holland
Venezuela
Berlin
House Revising Penal Laws Debates and Amendments
The U S House spent nearly all day on revising the penal laws with little routine business. The Garrett amendment banning mailings about futures trading failed, while Houston Tennessee won approval to make mailing intoxicants a crime. Humphreys Mississippi sought interstate liquor identification, triggering extended debate.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United States
Garrett
Houston
Tennessee
Humphreys
Mississippi
Freight and passenger train crash near Limoges
Fifteen people were killed and thirty injured in a collision between a freight and passenger train in the Pouch tunnel between Limoges and Brive. The accident occurred on December 17 in France, with rescue efforts underway and authorities investigating the cause. The line remains closed pending cleanup and safety checks.
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Limoges
France
Pouch Tunnel
Brive
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Cipals
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