Gridiron Club playfully reimagines 1912 GOP foe
Washington dispatch describes the Gridiron Club fall dinner lampooning the efforts to reorganize the Republican Party on old lines. Guests joked at taft era souvenirs, introduced new members in disguise, and staged a mock battle of Amageddon with war correspondents delivering satirical reports.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Taft
Gridiron Quartette
Dixon
Charles D. Hillen
Big Business
O. K
Bill Bryan
W. P
Commerce Court
Henry Cabot Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Joe” Cannon
Nick” Longworth
Murray Crane
Sulloway
McKinley
Dalzell
Republican Party
Utah
Vermont
Green Mountain
Lodge
McCombs
Hilles
Gifford Pinchot
General Perkins
Saul
Adam Bede
John Harlan
Champ Clark
Watterson
Taft gathering of nine surrounds on the Bull Moose
Saul misreads a group around Taft on the Bull Moose as a cabinet readying for battle. The crowd includes Col. Jim Ham Lewis and Governor Hiram Johnson, with the scene countering Saul’s initial dawn imagery.
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Saul
Taft
Col
Jim Ham Lewis
Hiram Johnson
Campaign contribution restriction bill and ongoing appropriations
Washington reports Senate action on a bill to ban cross state campaign contributions and continued work on omnibus claims and army appropriation bills. Archbold impeachment proceedings resume as House eyes passage of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with rivers and harbors panel advancing. Johnson proposes government takeover of the Lincoln home in Kentucky. The House adjourns at 4 33 until Monday noon.
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Washington
Clapp
Senate
Archbold
House
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Johnson
Lincoln Home
Kentucky
Dinner in Honor of Baroness von Suttner In New York
The New York Peace Society prepares a Hotel Astor dinner Monday night for Baroness Bertha von Suttner of Vienna Nobel laureate. Speakers invited include Andrew Carnegie Joseph H. Choate Nicholas Murray Butler and Mrs Anna Garlin Spencer.
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Baroness von Suttner
New York
New York Peace Society
Hotel Astor
Bertha von Suttner
Vienna
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph H. Choate
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Anna Garlin Spencer
Navy Yard Employes Under Civil Service
President Taft placed more than 20 000 skilled navy yard workers under civil service protection. The order, approved by the civil service commission and based on an Attorney General ruling, requires competitive exams and integrates district civil service officials into labor boards. It excludes common laborers and must take effect by June 30.
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Washington
United States
Civil Service
Taft
Civil Service Commission
Wickersham
Navy Yard
Holmes Eligible for Retirement After Ten Years on Supreme Bench
Washington Dec 7 Tomorrow Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes will complete ten years of service on the supreme bench making him eligible for retirement under the law. He is the senior jurist by age at seventy two yet remains hale and vigorous and not likely to retire soon. If he chooses to withdraw before March 4 Taft would gain another supreme court appointment.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Bench
Justice Holmes
Taft
Supreme Court
Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt Urges Trousers for Women
Carrie Chapman Catt urged women to abandon corsets and tight skirts in a New York speech part of her world tour. She declared American women fettered by fashion and urged freedom from Parisian swaddling draperies, addressing fashionably dressed women.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Campaign For Votes For Women
Coroner's Jury Rules Wilful Murder in Booths Inquest
At Brightling Sea England a coroner's jury finds wilful murder and death by own action while insane in the inquest into Junius Booth the American and his wife who were found shot dead in bed. A bedroom note states the husband gave a sleeping draught to ease his wife’s pain and says he cannot live without her and will give himself another.
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Brightling Sea
Eng
Junius Booth
Indian Affairs Appropriation Bill Reported
The annual Indian affairs appropriation bill was reported to the house providing 8 132 004 dollars for the bureau of Indian affairs and treaty obligations a reduction of 1 016 585 dollars from last year’s appropriation.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
House
Cholera Ravages Native Quarter in Constantinople
In Constantinople on December 17, authorities report over one thousand cholera cases in the native quarter in the past twenty days, with about half resulting in fatalities. The outbreak alarms residents and health officials.
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Constantinople
Prospects for End of Balkans War Brighten
London dispatch reports brighter prospects for a Balkans settlement as Balkan and Ottoman envoys prepare to meet for the peace conference with ambassadors from great powers in attendance. Austria and Germany consent to participate, with key disputes over Salonica Adriatic access and Turkey's hold on conquered lands to be resolved. The conference will be held at St James's Palace in London.
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Turkey
Salonica
London
Balkan States
Ottoman Empire
Austria
Germany
Berlin
Servia
Adriatic
Adrianople
England
Edward Grey
Europe
St. James Palace
Congressman Brown Not Yet Out Of Danger
Congressman Brown remains in serious condition with doctors reporting no improvement. Physicians are monitoring him closely as his health fluctuates and his friends fear for his recovery.
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Congressman Brown
Washington
Six Buildings Burned in McMechen Fire
Fire swept the McMechen business district eight miles from Wheeling destroying six buildings and damaging two others. Total loss estimated around 75000 dollars. Firemen from Wheeling and nearby areas gained control after four hours of effort.
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Wheeling
W. Va
McMechen
Taft Names Dr Carl Elsburg Chief of Chemistry Bureau
President Taft and Secretary James Wilson select Dr Carl Elsburg a chemist in the Bureau of Drugs and Plants as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture to replace Harvey W Wiley who resigned last spring. The decision follows careful review of competing chemists.
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Washington
Taft
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Carl Elsberg
Bureau of Drugs and Plants
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Lawyer Hawley Dies After Porch Fall in Scranton
Charles J. Hawley prominent lawyer and 1894 Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate died when he fell from a porch at his Scranton home this morning. The incident occurred in Scranton Pennsylvania on December 7. Hawley was a noted prohibition advocate and public figure in the state.
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Scranton
Charles J. Hawley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia sees fair Sunday with a sharp night cold snap and a colder Monday. Virginia faces unsettled Sunday then a fair and much colder Monday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Republican governors debate party realignment in 1914 plan
Republican governors from Missouri Pennsylvania and Maryland led talks on reorganizing the party delaying any real steps for a year. They noted four million 1912 defections and urged a national convention before next campaign to rewrite rules ensuring representative character.
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Hadley
National Convention
Washington
Congress
Missouri
Tener
Pennsylvania
Goldsboroug
Maryland
Glasscock
West Virginia
Otcad
Thief Overlooks $100000 in Jewels in Iselin Home
In New York a bogus inspector entered Arthur Iselin's East Sixty-ninth Street residence and stole three diamond pins and a watch worth $900 while missing Mrs Iselin’s jewels valued at $100,000 in a adjoining room. Detectives began tracing the thief as the maid briefly left him alone. The intruder claimed he needed a telephone part and departed.
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New York
Arthur Iselin
A. Iselin & Co
East Sixty-ninth Street
Iselin
Mr. Iselin
Paylor Arrest in Argentina Ties to Danville Shortage
Governor William H. Mann reports the arrest of William S. Paylor in Buenos Aires Argentina. The Danville city treasurer is charged with a cash shortage exceeding 9000 dollars and will be extradited for trial. Paylor reportedly left his wife in Danville.
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Danville
William H. Mann
State Department
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
William S. Paylor
Paylor
Reception for Mrs. Cleveland at South Orange home
Mr and Mrs. Thomas J. Preston hosted a reception for Mrs. Grover Cleveland at their South Orange, New Jersey residence this afternoon. Several guests from out of town attended, and the event honored Mrs. Cleveland as the engagement of Prof. Thomas J. Preston Jr. to wed.
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Cleveland
South Orange
N. J
Thomas J. Preston
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Wells College
Grover Cleveland
Iron Workers Donate Funds in 1910 Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
Government records show the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers contributed funds to support the strike against open shop and contractors. Testimony tied $119,000 from various sources to union organizers with some funds loaned to a defense fund and later returned. Ortie McManigal and Patrick F Farrell were linked to meetings in St Louis in December 1910 that allegedly proposed additional explosions in California.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Open Shop and Iron and Steel Contractors
Patrick F. Farrell
New York District Iron Workers
Pelham
N. Y
Farrell
John J. McNamara
Andrew J. Gallagher
Board of Supervisors of
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Defense Fund
Gallagher
McNamara
Ortie McManigal
St. Louis
Some Strikers Back at Work in Pittsburg
Dec 7 meet ing of striking railway employees of the Carnegie Steel Company reports some strikers have returned to work. Plan to continue the strike was discussed and all remaining workers were urged to stay firm. Chairman Harry Cessick denied Socialist or I W W involvement.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Harry Cessick
Formidable List of Witnesses Summoned
The banking and currency committee will hear a formidable set of witnesses on Monday as it resumes the money trust inquiry. Subpoenas were served on twenty five bankers and businessmen in Boston and New York, and the deputy sergeant at arms returned to Washington with the summonses.
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New York
Boston
House Money Trust
Washington
Banking and Currency Committee of the House
Money Trust
House
Banker Indicted for $100,000 Misuse in Bank
Greensboro N C December 7 An indictment charging John H Carter former president of the American National Bank of Asheville N C with misapplication and defalcation of funds totaling 100 000 over seven months was returned by the federal grand jury. The document contains fifty four counts.
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Greensboro
N. C
John H. Carter
American National Bank of
Asheville
Testimony on Culm Bank Deal in Archbald Trial
Washington hearings during Judge Archbald impeachment trial feature limited senator presence as Charles W. Conn testifies on the Williams Archbold bank sale effort. A Justice Department deposition, Bradley of Scranton details a $20,000 option offer and Hillside Coal official May sending a contract form.
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Washington
Senate
R. W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Charles W. Conn
Williams-Archbald Bank
Department of Justice
Archbald
Richard Bradley
Scranton
W. A. May
Hillside Coal and Iront Company
Three Million Christmas Gifts Planned in Chicago
Chicago reports over three million dollars to be distributed as Christmas gifts by employers. The funds will go to clerks workers in banks department stores and manufacturing plants as year end bonuses.
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Chicago
Melville Man Dies After Rescue Effort in Fire
New York December 7. Melville Mandel a local lawyer died after rescuing his wife and son from a fire in their home and perished attempting to save his fourteen year old daughter.
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New York
Melville Mandle
Investigation of Judge Arch Bold Conduct Publicized
Details of an investigation into Judge Arch Bold's conduct emerged with questions about title complications. The trial is postponed with a continuation scheduled for Monday.
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Archbold
Bradley
Train collision injures five in Claremore Oklahoma
Two fast passenger trains the California Limited and the Meteor on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad collided head on near Claremore Oklahoma. Several cars were demolished and five passengers suffered injuries.
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Claremore
Okla
California Limited
St. Louis
San Francisco
Belmon ts can live with bride s father
New York December 7 Raymond S Belmont son of August Belmont and his bride Ethel Loraine may live with her father Albert Linder owner of the Universal Sponging Works after marriage. Linder opposes annulment and vows to contest any challenge to the union stating there is no legal ground for divorce. A friend notes a rumored $200 monthly settlement linked to the actress.
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New York
Raymond S Belmont
August Belmont
Ethel Loraine
Albert Linder
Universal Sponging Works
Linder
Raymond
Credit System For Financing Farmers
President Taft outlined a general credit system for financing farmers at the Governors conference. The plan, part of a broader currency reform, will be studied by the house banking and currency subcommittee. Myron T. Herrick, U S ambassador to France, will receive a special hearing before the January 6 full committee session.
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Taft
Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Representative Glass
Virginia
Herrick
Europe
Rough and tumble suffrage rally in London hall
London December 7 reports rough and tumble scenes at a home rule demonstration. Suffragettes shouted at speaker John Redmond and were forcibly ejected as the affair devolved into a fight. Some male supporters, including clergymen, were also bodily removed from the hall.
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London
John Redmond
No Pension Legislation From House Democrats
Washington December 7 The committee on invalid pensions decided not to push pensions bills this session. Chairman Sherwood said private pension measures affecting several hundred pensioners would be consolidated into one or two bills for action.
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Washington
House
Committee On
Sherwood
Balkan peace talks eyed for December conference
London reports plenipotentiaries of Turkey and the Balkan allies may meet December 13 to settle the Balkan problem. Greece may or may not send a representative, and rumors say Greece could seek secret peace talks with Turkey.
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London
Turkey
Greece
House Adjourns as Supply Bill Near Vote Monday
Washington December 7 The house adjourned after advancing the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill the first major supply measure. With few changes seen in the measure, a vote by Monday seems likely as reported to the house.
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Washington
House
Four Killed in Wreck Near Pen Mar Maryland
Four trainmen died and two were injured when an empty passenger car train collided with a freight on the Western Maryland near Pen Mar this morning. Locomotives suffered heavy damage. cause is not known.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pen Mar
Cold Weather Grips Colorado with Record Cold
Heavy snows and bitter cold sweep Colorado with substantial low temperatures. Steamboat Springs reports twenty nine degrees below zero as the state endures icy conditions.
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Steamboat Springs
Colo
Sidna Allen Testifies In Own Defense At Hillsville Trial
Sidna Allen takes the stand denying conspiracy to shoot up Hillsville Courthouse. He describes fleeing to Des Moines and rebuffing claims of aiming at Judge Massie or Commonwealth's Attorney Foster as others testify that officers prepared for trouble. The defense seeks to show authorities invited the confrontation, with witnesses challenging the prosecution and noting alleged threats were unfounded.
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Wytheville
Dee
Sidna Allen
Willam M. Foster
Allen
Hillsville
Massie
Commonwealth
Foster
Des Moines
Goad
Gillespie
Weber
Fowler
Court House
J. J. Marshall
Blankenship
Asheville
Wesley Edwards
Iowa
Virginia
Hillsville Court
Sidna
Emmett Bolen
D. W. Bolen
Friel Allen
Floyd Allen
Frank Fowler
Webb
Peter Allen
Cameron Montgomery
Quesenberry
Walter Webb
Pulaski
Allens
Marion Utt
Dexter Goad
Carroll County
Westmoreland
Perry Waddell
Branscomb
Prison Van Chase Ends as Driver Arrested in Drunken Plight
In Atlanta on December 7 a prison van carrying five prisoners vanished during a transfer from the city court to the work house. After a fifteen mile pursuit the van was recovered and driver George Hamilton was arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge. All prisoners were released.
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Atlanta
George Hamilton
Nine Buildings Burned in McMechen Fire
McMechen West Virginia December 7 nine structures including the municipal building were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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McMechen
W. Va
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Carl Elsburg
Weather Forecast
Culm Bank
Belmonts
Bride
Didna Allen
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