France Prepares for Election of President Yet Voters Remain Indifferent
A French report notes heightened talk about the next presidential election to be held by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies in January. It outlines the likely candidates including Paul Deschanel Alexandre Ribot and others while detailing why the public shows apathy toward the race and the president’s limited powers and duties.
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Paris
France
M. Fallieres
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Jnuary
Nt Tional Assembly
Versailles
Janis
Senate
Paul Deschanel
Chamber
Alexandre Ribot
Mary Burch
Chicago
M. Ribot
M. Dubost
Leon Bourgeois
Theophile Delcasse
Poincare
Paul Doumer
French Republic
Great Britain
Executive decree creates new offices subject to funding limits
The right to establish new offices by executive decree is recognized, but the chambers may withhold appropriations for salaries and expenses of these offices.
Court arbitration motion sparks debate at international disputes society
Washington reports a ruling against giving the US Supreme Court power to arbitrate international disputes. Frederic Coudert opposed any move contrary to the constitution. Everett Wheeler urged arbitration of the Panama canal tolls, but the executive committee declined to recommend action. A banquet closed the conference.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of
Frederic Coudert
New York
Society
Everett Wheeler
Great Britain
C. F. Hershey
Baltimore
Hershey
William B. Hornblower
Panama Canal
High Military Honors For Whitlaw Reid
The body of Ambassador Whitlaw Reid was escorted from Dorchester House to Victoria station in London with highest military honors. A gun carriage bore the casket as royal guards and Scots Guards led the procession, with pipers, drums, and a nineteen-gun salute by the horse artillery.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Royal Horse Artillery
Dorchester House
Victoria Station
Scot’s Guards
the Horse Artillery
St. James Park
Dairyman Gyr fatally wounded after standoff with posse
Louisville, December 21. Dominic Gyr, a dairyman, shot his wife and Mrs. Murray Clark during a quarrel and fled. He holed up in his home outside Louisville, fired on officers, and died minutes after being fatally wounded when finally captured.
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Louisville
Dominic Gyr
Murray Clark
Seven-Year-Old Murderer Arraigned in Atlanta
Frank Wilson seven years old and a habitual tobacco user was arraigned on the charge of killing his seven year old playmate Elmonte Herner. A decision was reserved pending a mental state examination of the child.
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Atlanta
Frank Wilson
Elmonte Herner
Mrs Overman Leaves Salisbury for Washington
Mrs Lee S Overman wife of the North Carolina senator travels to Washington with her family physician John D Brown and the senator's secretary. She says the senator's condition is not serious.
State school head urges tax on gas oil to fund schools
Charleston dispatch reports state superintendent Shawkey calls for a production tax on gas and a share for schools. He seeks higher first and second grade teacher salaries and argues mineral wealth should fund education and roads. He favors nonpartisan boards and county unit schooling to equalize funding.
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Charleston
Shawkey
Mr. Shawkey
Texas
Minnesota
West Virginia
Boards of Education
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast Update
West Virginia remains fair Sunday and Monday. Virginia sees fair conditions Sunday with slightly colder in the southeast portion and fair weather Monday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Verdict in Hickey murder case shocks public in Lackawanna
After twenty six hours of deliberation the jury found J Frank Hickey guilty of murder in the second degree for the 1911 killing of seven year old Joseph Josephs of Lackawanna. Sentence postponed to Monday with no less than twenty years in state prison. Public indignation grows and new trial talks emerge for the Krusk boy case.
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Buffalo
J. Frank Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Lackawana
Hickey
Young Josephs
Whiting
N. J
Tle
Edward Moray
Lowell
Masor
Michael Krusk
New York
Central Park
Brown
Krusk
Attorneys in Dynamite Trial Still Talking
Indianapolis December 21 The eleventh defense attorney Walter L Ball spoke for Hiram R Klein of Muncie Ind a former organizer for the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Klein faced charges over explosions at non union works Ball questioned Robert Ross testimony alleging Detroit plots in summer 1910 and noted Ross had no visible means of support Harvey also accused the government of aid from the National Erectors Association
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Indianapolis
Walter L. Ball
Hiram R. Klien
Muncie
Ind
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Klein
Ball
Detroit
Robert Ross
Ross
Honolulu
Alfred R. Harvey
National Erectors’ Association
Hubbard's Counsel Claims Frame-Up in Assault Charge
Reverend W. J. Hubbard former head of the Davis Child Shelter was jailed in Charleston on a charge of criminal assault against 12 year old Portia Goldie Hylton. His attorney Marshall Higgabotham called the accusation a frame-up aimed at removing him from leadership.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. J. Hubbard
Davis
Virginia
Portia Goldie Hylton
Hubbard
Marshall Higgabotham
Wabbard
Hard coal interests under Sherman act possible probes
Washington December 21 Attorney General Wickersham said if he finds grounds to further prosecute hard coal interests under the Sherman antitrust laws he will move at once. He expects to decide soon whether to act against minor railroad and coal company combinations citing the commodity's importance and the administration’s priority on pressing investigations.
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Washington
Wickersham
Turkey Delays Peace Conference Over Adrianople Query
London December 21 Turkish delegates pursued delay, pressing to revitalize Adrianople by including Greece in talks. Allies urge end to postponement as Rachard Pasha defends a humanitarian revival plan for 150000 locals while seeking concession.
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Greece
London
Turkey
Adrianople
Rechad Pasha
Europe
Rachard Pasha
Balkan
Adrianapole
Five Men and Four Women Held in Chicago Murder Probe
Five men and four women are detained by police over the murder of J. H. Logue, a diamond merchant, inside his office at the McVicker Theatre building. Clyde Stratton and H. B. Hampton are singled out for prior crimes, but no link to the diamond deal. Officials pursue leads suggesting a female suspect may be involved.
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Chicago
J. H. Logue
McVicker Theatre
Clyde Stratton
H. B. Hampton
Lozue
Market gains on favorable court ruling and Europe peace hopes
In New York the week saw stocks recover from unsettled trading and slipping prices. The Supreme Court anthracite decision favored railroads, lifting sentiment, while optimism about European peace boosted confidence. Toward week’s end the rise sharpened as year end disbursement plans were expected to stiffen money rates.
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New York
Supreme Court
Europe
Supreme Court Sustains Demurrer in Boise Capital News Case
The Idaho state supreme court sustained the attorney general's demurrer to the Boise Capital News publishers Sheridan and Broxen in contempt proceedings. They were ordered ready for trial December 23 for publishing Theodore Roosevelt's message criticizing the court decision barring Progressive presidential electors from Idaho's ballot.
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Boise
Idaho
Sheridan
Broxen
Boise Capital News
State Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Over Million Eggs Sold in Chicago Egg Campaign
Chicago reports 1 190 000 eggs sold today under the Chicago Clean Food League to break the egg market. The sale ends the current campaign with league managers claiming victory as dealers offer guaranteed eggs at twenty four cents per dozen or less.
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Chicago
Chicago Clean Food League
Baron Alverstone to Celebrate 70th Birthday Anniversary
Baron Alverstone Lord Chief Justice of England will mark his seventieth birthday anniversary tomorrow in London. He has held the post for more than ten years and was formerly Sir Richard Webster, renowned as one of England’s greatest lawyers.
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Baron Alverstone
London
England
Lord Alverstone
Richard Webster
Railroad and Commercial Law Specialist Noted for Promotions
His specialty was railroad and commercial cases. His career has been one on broken succession of important promotions.
Wilson Talks Patronage Says Those Asking For Office Won't Get It
President-elect Woodrow Wilson, after meetings in Trenton including a long session with William Jennings Bryan, signaled his approach to cabinet picks and patronage. He indicated a general rule that applicants for offices are unlikely to win appointments and suggested congressmen may influence recommendations. The Bryan gathering was linked to plans for implementing Democratic platform pledges.
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Princeton
N. J
Trenton
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Wilson
Congress
Crusade on Bees Forces Egg Price Cuts in Chicago
In Chicago on December 21 an organized women’s crusade compelled retailers to cut egg prices by ten cents a dozen. Over seven hundred eggs sold the previous day at twenty four cents a dozen.
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Chicago
Taft Boards Arkansas in Key West for Panama Visit
President Taft orbits the battleship Arkansas with his party near Key West as they head to the Panama canal zone for a three day stay. He aims to establish civil government in the zone immediately and return to Washington by December 31. Colonel George W Goethals is considered for governor.
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Key West
Fha
United States
Delaware
Arkansas
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
Canal
Washington
George W. Goethals
Florida
Everglades
Miami
Panama Canal Region
Wilson
South's Answer to Governor Bleas e
Col Thomas Brown Selder Jr of Atlanta delivered the souths answer to Governor Bleas at the American Society of Jurisprudents annual meeting in Washington He denounced lynch law as anarchy and condemned Bleas as an enemy of the south He said the south does not stand for lawlessness and warned that a state chief executive who fails to call out militia becomes an anarchist
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Washington
Thomas Brown Selder, Jr
Atlanta
South
Bléase
American Society of Jurisprudentce
South Carolina
Richmond
Blease
Col. Selder
Miner Rescued After Seven Days In Abandoned Shaft
Edward Duffey was removed from an abandoned mine shaft after seven days confined. A farmer heard faint cries and pulled him to the surface. Duffey had lost his voice from shouting for help and died minutes after telling his tale in Grand Valley Cal Section 21.
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Grand Valley
Cal
Edward Duffey
Leap Year Proposals Boost Mercer Marriages in 1912
Mercer county records show a leap year spike in marriage licenses issued in 1912 with 431 by October, a sharp rise from 387 in 1911, attributed to women proposing. The same period saw a surge in absolute divorces, peaking in June with 52 marriages and 25 divorces, altering the county’s domestic rhythm.
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Epingter
Mercer
Danner
Parson Burroughs
Bristol
Papa
Court House
Mercer County
Bhiestone
East River
Benedicts
Circuit Court
Anne
Matorka
Roticense
Tye
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Hinefield
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