Secretary Wilson Warns on Cold Storage Costs and Food Prices
Washington reports Secretary Wilson releases annual farm department findings on cold storage impact. He cites food costs, storage durations, and potential price speculation while urging publicity on stored goods and improved land rental practices. He notes poultry value at 750 million dollars last year and calls for consolidating health agencies.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Alsew
Som
Menia
United States
Florida
Kentucky
Tennesessee
Idaho
Calfornia
Buins
Cary
Sabere
Forestry Rean
Cajpriment
Olympia
Wash
Der
Resignation of Regent Announced in Edict
In Peking an edict from the empress dowager announced the resignation of Regent Prince Chun. It cites unpopularity, unsettled government, and turmoil, with Yuan Shikai now holding power within a disrupted system. Rebels expect him to influence regiments to suppress Manchu resistance.
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Peking
Prince Chun
Yuan Shi Kai
Shanghai
Highland and Mathews White House Callers
West Virginia Republican leaders Virgil L. Highland and Sam V. Matthews met with the President at the White House briefing on Taft. They reportedly discussed carrying West Virginia for Taft and instructing delegates to vote for his renomination at the national convention.
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Washington
Virgil L. Highland
Sam V. Matthews
West Virginia
White House
Scott
Taft
West
Ouster Case to Highest Tribunal
Chicago dispatch reports that International Harvester Company received a telegram from Jefferson City Missouri stating the Missouri Supreme Court granted a writ of error allowing the case to go to the United States Supreme Court. General Counsel Edgar A Brascroft said the case would proceed immediately.
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International Harvester Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Chicago
Thenternational Harvester Company
Jeferson City
Preme Court of Missouri
Ked States Supreme Court
Edgar A. Brascroft
Crpany
Lorimer Defense Begins as Senate Panel Probes Bribery Claim
Washington December 6 Senator Lorimer's lawyers started building his defense before the Senate Investigating Committee by calling witnesses to contradict Charles A White former Illinois legislator who admitted taking a bribe to influence Lorimer's U S Senate seat. Other witnesses supported and disputed Lorimer's case.
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Washington
Lorimer
Enate
Lecton
Charles A. White
United State
Enator
Merchants to Convene in Chicago on Merchant Marine Plan
Announcement today confirms completion of arrangements for the National Business League of America three day session in Chicago next week. About a hundred leading industrial and commercial organizations have signified their option to send representatives. A key topic will be the creation of an American merchant marine.
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Chicago
Dee. G
National Business League of America
Vee Lng
Marsne
St Louis Seeks GOP National Convention Bid
An organized drive began to lure the Republican National Convention to St Louis when the party meets next faceday. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Navell heads the effort, joined by Missouri Governor Hadhey and Postmaster Akin of St Louis.
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St. Louis
Washington
Louis Wan
Commerce and Labor
Navel
Missouri
Menbor
Hadhey
Akin
Lynchburg Tennessee Murder Case Sparks Surveillance
Report from Tennessee states that four armed men killed Ben Pettigrew and his two children near Lynchlag. Officials indicate the motive stemmed from the Pettigrew killing last Friday by highwaymen. Several suspects are under surveillance with no mob violence reported.
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Tennessee
Cifion
Tenn
Dee
Ben Pettigrew
Pettigrew
Build Parks Owatonna The Fly And Plan Cities
Prominent men plan a discussion on streets lighting shade trees smoke problems and other urban life phases to promote a more beautiful America through civic improvement efforts.
Taft to Attend Sessions at Civic Association Meeting
The Seventh Annual Convention of the American Civic Association in Washington will feature President Taft at one session. Speakers include Walter L. Fisher Senator Smoot Ernest Thompson Seton and Irving K Pond among others. The program covers national parks city planning fly control and civic improvement with women’s clubs highlighting progress.
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Washington
American Civic Association
Taft
Walter L. Fisher
J. Horace McFarland
Association
Enos A. Mills
Estes Park
Colo
Moo
Utah
Herbert W. Gleason
Boston
Mass
Smoot
Samuel S. Thorpe
Minnesota
National Association of Real Estate Exchanges
Irving K. Pond
Richard B. Watrous
William V. Judson
Thomas E. Donnelly
Chicago Smoke Commission
Edward Hatch, Jr
New York
Fly Fighting Committee
Woods Kutchinson
C. F. Hodge
Clark College
Worcester
L. ©. Howard
Edward W. Biddle
Federation of Pennsylvania Women's Clubs
United States
Canada
John W. Nelly
L’ort
Hunter, Pa
Parrieburg
Regent Abdicates. Throne Guardians Named in China
Prince Chun abdicated today as regent of the child emperor. Shih Heu, former national assembly president, and Meu Bhi Chang, privy council vice president, will jointly guard the throne.
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China
West Virginia and Virginia Forecast Fair and Warmer
The West Virginia forecast calls for fair skies and warmer conditions on Thursday and Friday. In Virginia, expect fair weather Thursday and Friday with light to moderate south winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
McNamara Brothers Face Grand Jury Decision
Los Angeles dispatch reports officers weighing whether Joan and James McNamara should be questioned by a federal grand jury. No subpoenas issued yet as Oscar Lawler and Malcolm McLaren discuss McManigal’s confessions and possible federal appearance.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Joan J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
San Quentin
Oscar Lawler
Wickersham
McNamaras
McNamara
Joseph Scott
Lawler
Malcolm McLaren
Ortie FE. McManigal
McManigal
Grand Jury
Fredericks
Sulzer Calls Mass Meeting Urging No Arbitration Delay
Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee addresses a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall urging immediate relief from Uncle Sam and declaring that the Compact of 1822 should be abrogated.
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House Committee On Foreign Relations
Carnegie Hall
Reyes Dodges Rangers Across Rio Grande Frontier
Dispatches from Mexico City report Gen Bernardo Reyes evading Texas Rangers and Mexican rurales as he moves between Roma Texas and Matamoros area. Secret agents say Reyes crossed the border and is traveling toward the gulf, with appearances at Mier and possible movement along the river.
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Mexico City
Roma
Texas
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Matamoras
Bernardo Reyes
Texas Rangers
National Palace
Reyes
Madero
Mier
Gulf
Awerivan
Rockefeller and Gates Invited to Testify on Mesaba Ore Case
John D. Rockefeller and Rev. Fred D. Gates were invited by Chairman Stanley of the house committee to testify next Monday about charges by the Merritt Bros of Minnesota concerning the $20,000,000 Mesaba ore properties in Minnesota.
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D. May
Washington
Dec
John D. Rockefeller
Fred D. Gates
Rockefeller’s Charities
Stanley
House
Stee
Masonoagy
Merritt Bros
Minnesota
Pacer Guilty Plea Hinted In Sherman Case
In Chicago ten indicted meat packers face jury selection in U S district court before Judge Carpenter. Reported speculation says the packers may plead guilty after impaneling the jury, with fines expected as the likely penalty.
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Pacers
Chicago
United States District Court
Carpenter
One-Legged Man Completes Cross-Country Trip
Ralph Tompkins a nineteen year old from Poughkeepsie with one leg finished today four round trips between New York and Chicago. He started July 30 from New York on a $500 wager and arrived in New York on his ecrutches after hobbling into the city, beating his time limit by twenty four hours.
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New York
Ralph Tompkins
Poughkeepsie
Chicago
Tompkins
Operators to Confer in Chicago Conference Call
John P. White president of the United Mine Workers of America issues a conference call for operators in the central competitive field including Ohio Indiana Illinois and Western Pennsylvania. The meeting set for Chicago on December 14 aims to discuss industry issues.
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Indianapolis
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Indiana
Hilwols
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Trains Collide Near Manor Killing Four In Morning Wreck
Four men died and about twenty were injured when two freight trains and an express collided at Devils Bend near Manor Pennsylvania at around 6 o'clock this morning. Several passengers suffered serious injuries in the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck. The crash disrupted service as rescue workers converged on the scene.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Pittalurg
Devils Bend
Manor, Pa
English Aviator Killed in Yorkshire Air Fatalities
A double aviation fatality occurred at Filey near Scarborough Yorkshire today. Robert Oxley was killed instantly and his passenger Robert Wells died later from injuries sustained in the crash.
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London
Filey
Scarborouch
Yorkshire
Wobert Oxley
Robert Wells
Abrogate Russia Treaty Says Sulzer at Mass Meeting
New York December 6 Representative William Sulzer, chair of the house foreign relations committee, urged abrogation of the 1832 treaty with Russia at Carnegie Hall. He argued no arbitration or delay, insisting rights of American Jews and other faiths require immediate action and a new treaty free of discrimination.
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New York
United States
Russia
William Sulzer
House Committee On Foreign Relations
Carnegie Hall
Sulzer
National Citizens’ Committee
Congress
America
Russsia
Nicholas I
James Buchanan
St. Petersburg
Mass Meeting Adopts Resolutions At Carnegie Hall
Resolutions were adopted at a large mass meeting held tonight in Carnegie Hall. The event drew a broad attendance and reflected on pressing civic issues with speakers outlining proposed actions.
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Carnegie Hall
Nine foot stage of water in Kanawha
Washington December six. Special. Congressman Littlepage today introduced in the house a bill for 1 850 000 dollars to alter locks and dams on the Great Kanawha river to provide a nine foot water stage. He argues Kanawha operators need similar barge capacity to Ohio river traffic. The first Kanawha improvement appropriation was 1878. George S. Wallace, counsel for Rankin Wiley, remains in town and seeks Wiley’s help as hearings on the contest approach.
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Washington
Kanawha Valley
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Congressman Littlepage
Kanawha River
Kanawha
Senator Kenna
Jettlepage
George S. Wallace
Rankin Wiley
Wiley
Burns asserts McNamara brothers linked to iron work explosions
Detective William J. Burns arrived in Philadelphia from Cleveland and named the McNamara brothers as responsible for explosions damaging structural iron work on several building projects over the past five years. He said further arrests would follow in a conspiracy case and that the national board of the Structural Iron Workers union diverted funds to John J. McNamara for dynamiting.
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Philadelphia
McNamara Brothers
William J. Burns
Cleveland
Burns
Structural Iron Works
Burne
National Board of the Structural Iron Workers’ Union
John J. McNamara
Four Workmen Killed In Building Collapse In Indianapolis
Police and firemen, aided by searchlights, hunted for bodies of four workers trapped in the rubble of a three story concrete structure that collapsed today in Indianapolis. The Prestolite Company building, under construction, fell after cold weather, with the contractor blaming insufficiently set concrete and leaving twenty-one injured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prestolite Company
Governors begin busy Washington visit after arrival
Western states governors arrive in Washington for a day of events under the Ret-to-gether tour. They attend the National Rivers and Harbors Congress forenoon session, dine with state delegations, tour the city by automobile, and end the day with a White House dinner before departing for Baltimore.
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Washington
Capitol
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington Chamber of Commerce
No Clemency for Cadets At West Point
President Taft refused to reconsider five West Point cadets dismissed for drinking despite a plea from five U S senators Swanson Martin Bacon Fletcher and Bryan The president said reopening the cases was beyond the executive and he would veto any bill to readmit the cadets preserving military discipline
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Weshington
United States
Taft
West Point
Hle
Swanson and
Martin
Virginia
Bacon
Georgia
Fletcher and
Bryas
Florida
Pomerene Celebrates First Birthday in Washington
Senator Pomerene born in Ohio forty eight years ago and educated at Princeton and Cincinnati law school. He is the first Democrat to represent Ohio in the U S Senate since Calvin H Rice era and marks his first birthday anniversary observed in Washington.
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Pomerene
Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
United States
Senate
Princeton
Cincinnaati Law
Mystery of Missing Man Revived Amid Belief He Lived
A revived report claims the missing man may still be alive with traces from Norton. A young woman says she heard from him in letters written under an assumed name, heightening doubt about his death.
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Norton
Rumor Investigation Sparks Court Inquiry in Simpson Case
A traveling man named C A Simpson registered at the Matz hotel sparking rumors that Carl Simpson, missing since April, returned to demand the release of colored men Harvey Peery and Foster. Police and Judge Maynard say the tale is mistaken identity and will be investigated to ensure a fair trial if needed.
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Simpson
Matz
C. A. Simpson
Carl Simpson
Princeton
Will Harvey
Jim Peery
Bd Foster
Daily Telegraph
Norton
North Carolina
Virginia
East End
Coffman Rock
Chicago
Harvey
Peery
Foster
Maynard
Criminal Court
Mercer County
T. L. Felts
Bluefield
Necker
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