Taft Plans Veto Threat Over Sulzer Russia Treaty Move
President Taft reportedly will veto the Sulzer resolution if pushed through Congress without changes. He plans two communications to Congress outlining his stance on abrogating the 1832 treaty with Russia, stressing careful handling of international relations and the role of the Senate in treaty matters.
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St. Petersburg
Taft
Sulzer
Senate
Russia
Chaitrean Culleom
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Atiz
Henty
House of Representatives
House
Guild
St. Petersborg
Rueda
United States
America
Japan
Taft Cabinet Meets Over Russian Treaty Withheld Details
President Taft convened five cabinet members in Washington for a midnight session on the Russian treaty issue. No public statement followed, but reports say a plan was formed to urge the Senate to adopt a resolution abrogating the treaty in carefully worded terms. Attending were Secretary of State Knox Secretary of the Navy Meyer Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham.
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Taft
White House
Senate
St. Petersbure
Brate Rox
Navy
Merrer
Et 4
Vulture Wilson
Trefary MacVeagh
Wickersham
Secretarien
Stimson
Fisher and
Hitchcock
fragmented state mine report announces substantial payout
A garbled OCR fragment notes a state mine issue with a governor and a figure around seventy thousand dollars. It mentions Black Bills and November in a report about mine activity and payouts totaling 70 500 23.
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Pierre
Dangwherry
Eyding
Clara Barton Hailed as Seriously Ill Founder of Red Cross
Clara Barton, renowned founder of the American Red Cross, is reported to be seriously ill. The veteran humanitarian, whose work spurred relief efforts, remains under medical care as family and colleagues monitor her condition.
Clara Barton in frail condition at Glen Echo home
Washington December 18 Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross lies in precarious condition at her Glen Echo home near Washington Friends and neighbors hoped to celebrate her 90th birthday on Christmas Day but illness has worsened She is very ill and only intimate friends may visit.
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Bliss Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Glen Echo
Mrs Barton
Roosevelt Blocks Traffic At Labor Temple Speech
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt blocked traffic after a speech at Labor temple while trying to find his automobile. He was rebuked by a motorman and assisted by police before entering a hired car, amid cheers from the crowd. The speech focused on religious themes.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Labor Temple
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Fourteenth Street
Otdrman
Sulzer Resolution Provokes Senate Debate on Treaty Abrogation
Washington notes report a Russia protest over abrogation of the 132 treaty with peers. The Sulzer proposed resolution passes House with strong support while Senate leaders discuss a modified form. Some say the Staer resolution could pass without amendment, others warn it would only declare abrogation.
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Russia
Sulzer
House of Representatives
Senate
Staer
St. Petersburg
Tie Gems for Mrs Gould Christmas Pearl Necklace
A Paris sighting sparked a reported Christmas gift of pearls valued at about 500000 dollars for Mrs Gould. The necklace features two perfectly graduated strands, with a possible third piece under consideration. Negotiations began after Mrs Gould viewed the gems in Paris months ago.
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Eco
York
Bec
Jay Gould
Paris
Conspiracy to Murder Madero Foiled in Mexico City
Mexican authorities halted a planned assassination of President Madero by a group calling itself the insurgent constitutional army. Higinio Aguilar and Meliton Hurtado led a larger cadre whose plot included a balcony firing on Madero at the Reform hotel and a coup at the national palace.
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Neaelastie
Dernardo Reyes
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Wood supports restoring army post canteens
Major General Leonard Wood in his annual report endorses reestablishing the army post canteen. He notes army-wide opinion favors it and outlines recommendations for canal defense with twelve coast artillery companies, four infantry regiments, one field artillery battalion, one squadron of cavalry and auxiliary troops to guard the Panama Canal and maintain neutrality.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Army
Wood
Panama Canal
German tariff threat seen by Berlin in Knox letter
Berlin reports the German government views tariff threats as not posing a direct menace to itself though a letter from Secretary Knox to Representative Oscar Underwood discusses amending duties to prevent food from entering nations restricting American goods. Authorities await congressional action.
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Berlin
Pcerson Ft
Germany
Knox
Oscar W. Urderwood
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Urgent deficit law eyed as Congress plans post recess action
Amid a backlog of legislation, lawmakers seek enactment of an urgent deficit law before the January 3 adjournment. The push follows sentiment that large congressional expenditures require swift action and planning for a busy legislative week after the recess.
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Weenington
Eardiings Service Pension
Ten Bodies Recovered From Briceville Mine Disaster
Ten bodies were removed from Cross Mountain mine at Briceville Tennessee, raising identified dead to seventy seven. The total dead is now estimated at eighty four or eighty five, with about eight remaining unaccounted for.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Briceville
Beither
Old Indian Fighter Dead
Captain George R. Bacon of Decatur Illinois a West Point graduate and Indian fighter who served with General Howard in the New Peres campaign died in a Chicago hospital.
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Chicago
George R. Bacon
Decatur
West Point
Howard
New Péres
Alfred Vanderbilt Marries in England Then Leaves on Motor Tour
Alfred G Vanderbilt has wed in England and soon departs on a motor tour abroad. The ceremony linked the Vanderbilt name with British society, followed by plans for a continental journey and road trip through Europe before returning home.
Vanderbilt Weds Mrs Smith-Holiings Mc Kim in Reigate
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt married Mrs Smith-Holiings Mc Kim formerly Miss Margaret Emerson of Baltimore at Reigate. They left London for a motor wedding trip with unknown destination. One account notes the ceremony occurred before Reigate’s night war.
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London
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Smith-Holiings McKim
Margaret Emerson
Baltimore
Reigate
Vanderblt
Railroad shop workers may strike from Chicago to Pacific coast
After a meeting of representatives of strikers from the Illinois Central and Harriman railroads it was said a general strike of shop employees on all railroads between Chicago and the Pacific coast might result from a conference of international union officers to be held in St Louis. About 3,000 men involved. James W Kline, president of the Blacksmiths Union, leaves Chicago for St Louis as chief director of the strike.
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Sinois Central
Harriman
Pacific Coast
International Union
St Loui S
Hririmn Ys
Jon Ataut
Feer
West
James W Kline
Blacksmits’ Union
St. Louis
Jurors Return Verdict Against Judge's Instructions
In St Louis on December 18 attorneys for Reverend Father John Waite defend him in a case where jurors returned a verdict after deliberating seventy two hours. Judge Withrow ordered the jurors to render a verdict for the defendant but the panel refused and delivered a verdict opposite to the court's directions. A motion for a new trial will be filed after hearing testimony.
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Fath Jehn Waite Cefendast
Xeke
Withrow
Jueze Withrow
Wheat for Sisseton Indians Proposed Seed Purchase
Seed wheat valued at 8090 will be bought for the Sisseton Indians of South Dakota if approved by May 8. Superintendent Mefor Allen submitted the request to Indian Commissioner Valentine, accompanied by Senator Gamble and Representatives Martin and Burke who backed the allotment.
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South Dakota
Mejor
E. Allen
Sisseton
Mefor Allen
Valentine
Indian Office
Gamble
Martin and
Burke
Mrs Hawley in Critical Condition After Operation
Ida. Dec. 18 Mrs Hawley the wife of Governor James H Hawley of Idaho is in a critical condition following surgery. The crisis is expected within twenty four hours a daughter in the hospital is in serious condition and the mother is kept unaware of her condition though both are in the same hospital.
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Ida
Hawley
James H. Hawley
Idaho
Kentucky horses die in fire at Cushing barn
Three Kentucky racing horses perished in a blaze that destroyed J. B. Cushing's barn in Minneapolis. The victims were Stade valued at 5000 dollars, W. H. Boody valued at 2000 dollars, and Jim Bissee valued at 1000 dollars.
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J. B. Cushing
Stade
W. H. Boody
Jim Bigsee
Chinese Delegates Meet to Discuss Armistice End
Yuan Shi Kai’s representative arrives amid a crowd and consuls as Tang and Dr Wu visit the town hall to formalize a meeting of five delegates from each side. Premier Yuen is accused of violating the armistice by attacking revolutionary forces in Shansi Shensi and Anhwei. Floods and famine worsen conditions across Kiangsu Anhwei and Kiangsi, with looting and half pay fueling unrest while revolutionists plan to resume fighting once the armistice ends.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Fang Si Yi
Wu Y Fat
Lovent
Tang
Yuen
Shansi
Shensi
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Kiangsi
Four Chicago youths to hang for murder Friday
Four Chicago youths Frank Shibalowe Philip Sommerling Walter Shibalowski and Thomas Schultz will be hanged on the jail scaffold Friday morning for the murder of truck farmer Fred W. Guelzow Jr on October 26. Two others received life sentences due to youth.
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Tile
Haymarket
Frank Shibalowe
Philip Sommerling
Walter Shibalowski
Thomas Schultz
Francis Repinski
St. Stanislaus
Fred W. Guelzow, Jr
Black Hand Said Flourishes in Columbus Police Report
Columbus police believe a branch of the Italian Black Hand operates in the city following the killing of Gaetano Sigari by Peter Albanese who confessed after threats to kill him and kidnap his wife unless he paid $50. Sigari allegedly said the money supported a mysterious brotherhood.
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Black Hand
Gaetano Sigari
Peter Albanese
Albanese
Columbus
Po- Hce
Carter
Sigari
Armenian Merchants Charged in Chicago Blackmail Plot
Four South Side Armenian businessmen were arrested by General James E. Stuart for conspiring to extract 10,000 dollars from two wealthy Armenian Chicagoans through blackmail. Garabed T. Pushman and Karekin J. Pushman were named as targets. Dr. Alfred Gelbert and Sarkis Deckmedji reportedly confessed.
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South Side
James E. Stuart
Post Office
Garabed T. Pushman
Karekin J. Pushman
Alfred Gelbert
Sarkis Deckmedji
Ara PF. Chutijan
Schoolteachers Killed by Train in Bucyrus
Dec 18 in Bucyrus two schoolteachers Miss Katherine Scott and Miss Pearl Schaller were killed when their buggy stalled on a street crossing as a Pennsylvania train approached. The collision occurred while they were attempting to finish crossing, with no successful move of the buggy.
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Katherine Scott
This Place
Pearl Schaller
Lexington
Pennsylvania
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