Eliot and Lowell debate civil service reform at league meeting
Dr. Charles W. Eliot praised civil service reform while criticizing Secretary of State Bryan's appointments at the National Civil Service Reform League gathering in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Harvard's President Lowell warned that without reform, democracy and empire alike face collapse, urging permanent expert officials in public office. Governor Baldwin supported reform, stressing merit over caste in government.
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Bryan
Charles W. Eliot
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Jacob Sleeper
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Greece
Rome
United States
Simeon EB. Baldwin
Connecticut
Fred
Lowell
Harvard
England
Trials for Harvard Pasteur Medal Speaking Contest
Preliminary trials for the 16th annual Pasteur medal speaking contest at Harvard are set next week under the Harvard Debating Council and the French department. The debate question asks whether the President of the French republic should have veto power similar to the US president.
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Harvard
Harvard Debating Council
French Republic
United States
Confesses to Murder of Husband in New York Case
Mrs Synthia Buffman and Ernest Frahm were indicted and arraigned for murder in the first degree after Buffman allegedly confessed to poisoning her husband Willis Buffam and their four children to free herself to marry Frahm. The case references a long poisoning period with horse medicine. Laura 10 year old and other children, Norry who died last May, are named amid ongoing illness. Frahm faced contempt charges prior to murder indictment and was jailed before arraignment.
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Synthia Buffman
Ernest Frahm
George W. Cole
Buffam
Willis Buffam
Frahm
Laura
Buffum
Willis Buffum
Francis
Clarence
Herbert
Norry
M. J. Hillsman
Fighting at Tampico and Vera Cruz report ongoing
The Kron Prinzessin Cecilie wireless indicates continued fighting near Tampico. No word from Rear Admiral Pletcher. Consul Miller at Tampico says an attack on Monterey may come soon but could be delayed. Foreign nationals seek protection from the American consul as trains run between Tampico and Mexico City remains uncertain.
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Vera Cruz
Kron Prinzess
Cecilie
Tampico
Pletcher
Miller
Monterey
Laredo
Mexico City
Brooklyn Club Finishes Strong in Cuba Trip
The Brooklyn Club won 10 of its 1% games in Cuba and each player enjoyed the trip while cleaning up a total of $439.
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Brooklyn
Cuba
Walsh to Confer in New Haven Situation
Governor elect Walsh eyes federal action on the New Haven railroad with divorce of trolley and steamship lines. A conference in Washington with Gregory and McReynolds aides shapes his inaugural stance on the crisis and possible receivership of the Boston and Maine. Walsh also weighs farm land measures and utility commission reform.
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New Haven
Williams. Gregory
McReynolds
Washington
Boston
Maine
Everett C. Stone
Springfield
Public Utilities Commission
Stone
Boston & Albany
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Knowles Defends Bear Pit Claim In Boston Lecture
The audience hears Joseph Knowles describe the bear pit trap in detail and insists on a square deal. He narrates digging the pit, setting a cedar cover, baiting with sun-dried fish, and shows a live bear later captured in the pit as proof. He challenges critics and promises moving pictures of the demonstration.
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Knowles
Ford
Hispano Americano Bank Closes After Run in Madrid
The Hispano Americano Bank suspended payment again today after a run forced temporary closure yesterday. The Bank of Spain provided assistance to prevent a broader collapse.
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Madrid
Hispano-Americano Bank
Bank of Spain
Rebels Seize British Consulate in Chihuahua City
Rebels enter the British consulate in Chihuahua and seize Terrazas while 100 Spanish residents are told to evacuate within 10 hours. The action draws protests from foreign ministers and risks complicating U S recognition of the rebellion.
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Terrazas
Scobell
Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Washington
United States
Marion Letcher
Mutiny Threatens Guaymas Defense Forces
Federal troops defending Guaymas face a mutiny as deserters report executions of officers to deter desertion. First Lieutenant Gastel and Second Lieutenant Manzon were reportedly executed while attempting to flee with 60 men. The interior decree warns mine owners taxes paid to Huerta will not be recognized by the revolutionaries.
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Sonora
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Manzon
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Mexico City
Huerta Attends Banquet as Tampico Fears Mount
In Mexico City President Huerta attended a Tacupaya banquet for the interurban railway inauguration while reports from Tampico indicate rebels control freight yards between Tampico and the coast. Federals reportedly plan to resist, and foreigners seek refuge aboard ships like the Kronprinzessin Cecilie delaying departure to shelter nationals.
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Tampico
Huerta
Tacupaya
Dona Cecilia
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Tampico Battle Seen With Wider Revolution Impact
Washington reports that fighting near Tampico Mexico, a strategic seaport, could influence the revolution by controlling munitions landings and customs revenues. Navy notices from Rear Admiral Fletcher say firing continued through the night with no morning change in the situation.
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Tampico
Navy Department
Fletcher
Rebels Send Artillery to Ojinaga Defend North Frontier
Rebel forces reinforce Ojinaga with an artillery regiment as General Mercado with about four thousand federals concentrates on the border opposite Presidio. General Villa moves south toward Torreon and Zacatecas if Ojinaga holds. Five federal soldiers die eight miles south of Juarez after a long siege by rebels.
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Ojinaga
Chihuahua
Juarez
Law Predicts War in Ulster
Carmarvon Wales December 11 Drew Bonar Law leader of the opposition in the House of Commons speaking here tonight repeated his prediction that the imposition of home rule on Ulster would result in civil war He said if the government has any proposal to avoid the evils we dread we shall consider it for the nation’s welfare rather than party advantage, but the drift continues and settlement by consent grows less likely.
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Carnarvon
Wales
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Ulster
Party Leaders Meet Over Ulster Difficulty In Britain
The Times says leaders have begun talks to seek a consent based settlement on the Ulster issue but no definite result is reached. The paper notes no truce and that public debate by Home Rulers and Unionists continues. The Daily Telegraph says Parliament will resume with a Welsh disestablishment bill likely to be taken up before Home Rule, depending on talks.
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London
the Times
Daily Telegraph
Insurance Men Gather in New York for Federal Supervision Debate
At the seventh annual meeting of an insurance association in New York, executives and delegates from across the country discussed federal supervision of life insurance with uniform state laws. Former President Taft attended as speakers debated constitutional and court changes needed, while industry leaders warned of widespread mortgage loans against policies and stressed protecting families and the public trust.
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New York
Canada
Willi
Howard Taft
Speers
Burton Marfield
Conecticut
United States
Mansfield
Supreme Court Division
Taft
Robert L. Cox
Tampico Repulsed by Mexican Forces at Veracruz
Mexican military authorities at Vera Cruz said they received information that a rebel attack on Tampico had been repulsed. As a result, officials added that dispatch of further federal reinforcements from this port would be suspended.
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Mex
Ve Cruz
Tampico
Vermont Grange Favors Suffrage Passage
Rutland Vermont December 11 The State Grange adopted a resolution favoring the extension of suffrage to women at its convention.
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Vermont Grange
Rutland
Tceday
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