Taft to seek tariffs forts and Panama canal measures
National Capital reports President Taft will ask Congress to fund fortifications for the Panama Canal and to establish a permanent tariff board and conservation legislation. He plans to speak at the National Tariff Commission Association convention at the New Willard hotel on January 11 and 12. A Lorimer case update and senate seniority notes are mentioned along with a Chicago fire at Morris & Co. causing $750000 damage.
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National Capital
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Permanent
Tariff Board
National Tariff Commission Association
New Williard Hotel
Lorimer
Illinois
Cummins
Aldrich
Hale
Senate
Frye
Morris & Co
Union
Chicago
Multi item Kansas City and regional incidents summary
Reports detail a fatal crash on the Inter-City Viaduct in Kansas City with two deaths and 56 injuries, two via duct fall fatalities, and a hatpin ordinance penalty. Federal seizure of nine tons of liquid eggs in Jersey City, a rear-end collision near Far Der Missouri, and a fatal wreck involving a Chicago and Alton train. City pages note New Orleans river pageant plans, rapid growth in Oklahoma City, and a Missouri Pacific hold-up near Leavenworth. Headlines cover census-style city growth by Oklahoma City and Muskogee, a Fort Leavenworth shooting, a Llwellyn Iron Works explosion in Los Angeles, and interstate rail accident statistics. Also reports horticultural society officers, and an Missouri supreme court memorial date set by Chief Justice Valliant.
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Kansas City
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Far- der
Behman
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Missouri Pacific
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Newbold
Fort Leaven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Edward Hoover
Wichita
J. T. Treadway
LaHarpe
Walter Wellhouse
Topeka
Valliant
Missouri Supreme Court
James D. Fox
Gavon D
Vast customs frauds under federal probe and suits
Immense sugar customs frauds are being investigated by federal authorities with potential prosecutions and civil suits looming. In other items, Fort Leavenworth soldiers vaccinate to guard against typhoid and prevent epidemics. Speculators anticipate a new Osage oil field near Hominy rivaling Glenpool. Oil finds noted near Bliss Ponca City and Pawnee. Texas prohibition state contest signals summer vote. A deadly Christmas explosion near Greensburg, Pa leaves three dead and many injured. Taft pushes canal legislation before adjournment. Dennis Doyle recovered as Morris & Co. warehouse ruins cleared. Mackay mails woolen sweaters to about 5,000 Postal Telegraph messengers.
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Fort Leavenworth
Hominy
Osage County
Greensburg
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Dennis Doyle
Morris & Co
Chicago Stock Yards
Doyle
Mount Etna Activity and Global Turmoil Report
Foreign Affairs notes Mount Etna’s vigorous eruption with hot material in view of snow capped peaks. Manila sees U S orders to search Japanese property for explosives drawing indignation. Mexico’s revolution widens in Chihuahua. China famine affects 3,000,000 with $1,000,000 relief need. Coliery disaster at Little Hulton may claim 360 lives. US soldiers suffer casualties in clash with Monobos tribesmen in the Philippines.
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Mount Etna
Manila
Duvall
Mexico
Chihuahua
Rio Grande
New York
China
Little Hulton
Bolton
England
United States Army
Third
United States Infantry
Monobos
Basiaman River
Philippines
Notable deaths and records at the dawn of 1911
Green McCurtain Choctaw governor and Gore McMurray bribery witness died in Kinta Oklahoma. Arch Hoxsey set a 11877 foot altitude record in Los Angeles. Missouri appoints Judge Woodson for division No. 1 supreme court for 1911. Western railroads end wage dispute to avoid strikes. Sheriff shooter mob kills Oscar Chitwood at Hot Springs. Fred Fleming convicted of accepting deposits while bank failed. Wesley Owen resigns from Panama Canal Zone Supreme Court. Peary to supply proofs of North Pole claim. George Record Peck resigns.
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Green McCurtain
Choctaw Indian Nation
Gore-McMurray
Kinta
Arch Hoxsey
Pasadena
Cal
Los Angeles
Judge Woodson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Western Railroads
Oscar Chitwood
Jacob Haupt
Hot Springs
Ark
Fred Fleming
Western Bank and Trust Company
Dallas
Texas
Wesley M. Owen
Leroy, NL
Panama Canal Zone
Carthage Local Option Law Void in Missouri Case
Judge H L Bright of Jasper County Circuit Court voided Carthage local option in State vs Gene Clingan on two defense points about ballot design and polling places. Writ of prohibition restrains issuing saloon licenses. no appeal due to criminal case. Also reports December 1910 Missouri crop: corn yield 252,472,100 bushels from 7,795,786 acres at 32.4 bu/acre.
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Carthage
H. L. Bright
Jasper County
State
Gene Clingan
John W. Halliburton
Missouri
Drys
T. C. Wilson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Stuis
Kansas City
Lectures to Farmers Week at Missouri Agricultural College
For a week starting January 10 Missouri Agricultural College opens to Missouri farmers. Demonstrations, lectures by faculty from 7 30 a m to 3 p m, open laboratories and classrooms, and annual meetings of state agricultural horticultural and live stock associations. Last year 650 attended. double expected this year. Railroads offer special rates. Program covers hog cholera tree spraying dairy butter making livestock and corn judging among others.
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Missouri Agricultural College
Missouri
Agricultural, Horticultural and Livestock Associations
Record of a Man Who Never Lied or Quarreled
William Howard Sheeks, a farmer who died near Kirksville, claimed in eighty nine years he never lied and never quarreled with his wife. He likely celebrated more wedding anniversaries than any man in Missouri. His widow is 90 and they wed Christmas Eve 1840 near Huntsville.
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George Washington
William Howard Sheeks
Kirksville
Missouri
Huntsville
Once Poor, He Died, Calvin G. Cornell Buried in Brashear
Calvin G. Cornell aged 73 but once a poor crippled boy died leaving an estimated fortune of 300000. He was buried in Brashear Adair County. He owned over a thousand acres in Adair County and half the town of Brashear. His estate will be divided between two sisters. He was a bachelor.
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Calvin G. Cornell
Brashear
Adair County
Mr.Cornell
iAdair County
No Frate May Graduate
The Columbia board of education votes a measure barring graduation to any student who is or has been a member of a fraternity or sorority during the graduation year.
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Columbia Board of Education
Saloon Owner Hangs Self Over Bad Health and Business
Rudolph Wyrick aged 55 hanged himself in his Kansas City saloon using strips of his shirt tied to a board across partitions. Report says distress over poor health and failing business drove the tragedy.
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Kansas City
Rudolph Wyrick
Park Gift to St Joseph from Empire Trust President
James N. Burnes, president of the Empire Trust and a member of Missouri’s Burnes family, donated a 20 acre tract adjoining the city on the south valued at 50000 dollars to be reserved for park purposes as a Christmas present to the people of St. Joseph.
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James N. Burnes
Empire Trust Company
Missouri
St. Joh
Burnes
St. Joseph
Central Trades Union Rolls Against St. Louis Charter
The Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis approved a report denouncing the new city charter after scenes of rioting and fisticuffs. The union plans a campaign to defeat the measure.
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St. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union
Tobacco Revenue From Missouri Makers in 1909
In 1909 Missouri tobacco manufacturers paid the United States treasury 4 456 841 dollars as revenue taxes on the output of 74 610 452 pounds of plug twists smoking tobacco and snuff.
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Missouri
United States Treasury
All Come to Missouri Land Offer Proposal
Thos. E. Green of Hampton's Magazine declared in St. Louis that every man woman and child in the United States could be brought to Missouri and given 1% acres of land to live on, Missouri's vast 70000 square miles making this feasible.
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Missouri
United States
Thos. E. Green
Washington, D. C
Hampton's Magazine
New York City
St. Louis
Burial Held For Judge Garyon D Burgess
The burial services for Judge Garyon D. Burgess were conducted with honorary pallbearers including Judges James B. Gantt Henry Lamm John Kennish Leroy Valliant A M Woodson and Waller B Graves. Active pallbearers included J D Allen J H Finks H L Creel C A Stratton and James J O Connor. State officers attended brief grave addresses by Judge John P Butler and Judge James B Gantt.
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Judge Burgess
Garyon D. Burgess
James B. Gantt
Henry Lamm
John Kennish
Leroy B. Valliant
A. M. Woodson
Waller B. Graves
J. D. Allen
Supreme Court
J. H. Finks
H. L. Creel
C. A. Stratton
James J. O'Connor
W. M. Williams
John P. Gordon
Cornelius Roach
Howard A. Gasa
Charles Revelle
J.M Dawson
John P. Butler
County Clerk Returns Fees After Audit In St. Joseph
Sterling Price Smith county clerk turned into the county treasury 2271.15 dollars after St. Louis experts audited the books under county court direction. He says the money was retained due to a legal misunderstanding and an error by a deputy. Experts worked about a month.
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St. Louis
Suits Against Corporations Open in Missouri Court
In Kansas City the annual review of Missouri corporations began with about 400 suits filed in the circuit court to forfeit the charters of companies failing to file reports. Prosecutor Virgil Conkling leads the action and if a corporation loses and pays a fine, the prosecutor collects ten dollars per case.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Virgil Conkling
Potatoes From Twin Falls to Governor Hadley
The Commercial club of Twin Falls Idaho sent about a peck of potatoes to Governor Hadley as a gift. A similar gift was mailed to the president of the United States.
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Idaho
Hadley
Commercial Club
Twin Falls
United States
Missouri Mules Sell Strong in South Africa Trade
Consular reports say the American mule ranks far above Argentine animals in South Africa. The Missouri or Kentucky mule is prized for the region. One hundred mules were imported recently with a contract for 200 more just signed.
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South Africa
Argentina
United States
Western Surgical Association Chooses Kansas City Meeting Site
At the Chicago meeting the Western Surgical association decided to hold next year’s gathering in Kansas City and elected officers including President Dr. W. A. Abbott of Minneapolis and first vice president Dr. Albert E. Halstead of Chicago. W. J. Frick of Kansas City was named second vice president and Dr. Arthur T. Mann of Minneapolis became secretary treasurer.
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Kansas City
Western Surgical Association
Chicago
W. A. Abbott
Minneapolis
Albert E. Halstead
W. J. Frick
Arthur T. Mann
Fifty Years for McCord in Child Attack Case
John McCord was found guilty by a Springfield jury of attacking his six year old stepdaughter May Carpenter. He received a fifty year sentence in the penitentiary.
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McCord
John McCord
May Carpenter
Springfield
Rasco Murder Case Faces Venue Ruling and Trial Date
Judge Ellison overruled a motion for change of venue in the Hez Rasco murder case tied to the Hubbell family killings near Barnard. Trial remains scheduled for January 80 in Maryville.
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Rasco
Ellison
Hez Rasco
Hubbell
Barnard
Maryville
County Officers Short Audit Expenditure Scrutinized
An audit firm hired by Buchanan County Court examined the county offices and records at a cost of twenty thousand dollars.
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Buchanan County Court
Oil as Navy Fuel Revolutionizes Battleship Policy
The General Naval Board led by Admiral Dewey urges oil as the fuel for future dreadnoughts, proposing oil carrying vessels to replace coal stations. Battleships would be fueled at sea, expanding fleet range and reducing coal shipments, with oil tankers supporting extended at sea operations.
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Washington
General Naval Board
Dewey
Congress
Naval
Pacific Coast
General Board
Drawback Frauds in Sugar Refining Under Government Pressure
Washington reports that treasury disclosures on drawback frauds give the government leverage over sugar refiners. The American Sugar Refining Company offers $700,000, but government evidence may require repayment of at least $1,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury Department
American Sugar Refining Company
Man loses fingers after lion tickle stunt in circus camp
John Kellert of Knights Landing California visited a wild animal show winter quarters in San Francisco. He was told tickling a lion’s chin would make it yawn. He tried the trick and lost two fingers, now hospitalized with his hand injured.
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San Francisco
John Kellert
Knights Landing
Cal
John
Rates to Canada to be set by joint commissions
Washington reports that international transportation rates and regulations between the United States and Canada will be cosigned and enforced by a permanent joint issue formed from members of the interstate commerce commission and the Canadian railroad commission.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canadian Railroad Commission
Burbank Unveils Strawberry Variety Patagonia
San Francisco grower Luther Burbank announces a new strawberry named Patagonia that ripens earlier and bears longer than any other variety. The release highlights extended fruiting and earlier harvest potential for growers.
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San Francisco
Luther Burbank
Patagonia
Congress to Act on Punishment of Foreign Spies
Washington reports Congress will be asked to enact a punishment law for foreign spies. A similar measure is to be proposed in the Filipino assembly.
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Washington
Congress
Packers Oppose New Move In Beef Trust Case
The ten Chicago packers indicted on criminal charges of forming the beef trust have begun a new battle to avoid prosecution as individuals. The government seeks to dismiss the civil suit to dissolve the National Packing Company as hearings open before Judge Koblsaat, aiming to block immunity claims after testimony.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
United States
Koblsaat
Disquieting China Japan Tensions Reported in Tokyo Kakumin
Telegrams from Tokyo quote the Kakumine as saying conditions threaten serious trouble between Japan and China and possibly Russia and China as well. Advices reached by the steamer Tacoma Maru describe growing friction and concern over regional affairs.
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China
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Russia
Washburn Student Wins Cecil Rhodes Scholarship
Phillip Whitcomb son of attorney ae W Whitcomb of this city receives a Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford College England announced by the Kansas scholarship committee at a meeting.
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Washburn
Oxford
Topeka
Phillip Whitcomb
Ae W. Whitcomb
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford College
England
Kansas
Spokane Adopts Jetty Under Commission Government
Spokane voters approve a jetty measure by 6 350 to 4 113. The move expands the city under the commission form of government. Total city registration stands at 19 800.
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Spokane
Wash
No Show at Election Leaves Truth Defeated
An excerpt depicts Truth crushed by election lies as public cynicism rises after a campaign. A narrator's voice laments the defeat of honesty and the difficulty of challenging a million misleading claims in the political arena.
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Truth
City funds $100,000 for national newspaper advertising
St. Louis business leaders have raised a fund of 100000 dollars to be spent on advertising the city in newspapers nationwide. They stress that advertising a city rivals private enterprise in importance and growth.
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St. Louis
Careless Remarks Spark Denial by Baroness Hengelmuller
Baroness Hengelmuller denies claiming Washington society is dull and jokes she was reciting a line about the Potomac. She suggests a porter misunderstood her remark and that she did not insult Washington social circles.
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Hengelmuller
Washington
Potomac
Gotham's Bucolic Emergence Prompted by New Electric Transit
An urban shift unfolds in Manhattan as modernization reduces village charm. Edison’s latest electric transit system disrupts traditional pony carts and horse work, reshaping the Island’s daily life and appearance.
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Gotham
Island
Manhattan
Here’s Wiley's Chance and a Welsh Rabbit Debate
A short witty note questions the correct term Welsh rabbit or Welsh rarbit as officials consider a decision. The line hints at linguistic or naming doubt surrounding a traditional dish.
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Wiley
Agricultural Department
Voice from the Country Campaign Plans in Iowa City
J Louis announces a $100000 advertising push to sway Des Moines voters with campaign ideas St Louis could adopt for profit. The plan signals bold marketing efforts to shape civic choices in the region.
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J. Louis
de Moines
No More Pulque and Mescal Causes Boycott Backlash
In retaliation for the Mexican boycott of American wares Americans threaten to withhold chili and tamales, urging refusal to eat traditional foods as a form of protest.
New York Hippodrome to Tour Kansas City Stage Show
The New York Hippodrome plans a two week run at Convention hall in Kansas City starting Christmas night. The first annual tour brings a colossal three in one production with Indians cowboys ballet dancers circus acts singers and clowns led by Marceline. Shubert management oversees the show.
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New York
Marceline
Shuberts
It Sticks to the Ribs in Corned Beef and Cabbage Debate
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat jokes about solving the corned beef and cabbage pairing dilemma as a Gordian knot, quipping that it is more a Siamese ligament than a knot to untie.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
International Dispute Society in Nobleman Father-in-Law Talks
The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes could help by arranging terms between noblemen and American fathers-in-law.
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American Society For the
A Batter Showing as Jones to Manage St Louis Americans
A. Fielder Jones is set to manage the St Louis Americans next year. If owners secure Jones or another capable batter, the team could post a stronger showing in the next season.
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Jones
St. Louis Americans
Signs in the Heavens on an Autumn Sunlit Field
A reflective note describes the autumn sun low in the southern sky casting a calm glow over dry fields, contrasting with the hard, coal-men winter mood and the landscape’s weariness.
Plan to play chess by long distance telephone
A plan to conduct a chess game by long distance telephone is suggested as a potential method to tie up a line more than ever, signaling a strategic move.
Sunday Supplement Quip About Husband's Absence
A dialogue joke in which Mrs Hoyle notes her husband’s work keeps him away all week and Mrs Doyle replies she sees him only one day, calling him her Sunday supplement in a wry domestic moment.
Ohio man killed while returning borrowed umbrella
An Ohio man was killed on his way to return a borrowed umbrella. The report notes speculation about the man's mental state but provides no further details.
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Ohio
Socks it to Pa. Is the Christmas shopping game rugby or soccer
A playful query contrasts the holiday shopping rush in Pennsylvania with two football codes. The joke questions whether the scene resembles rugby or soccer in pace and contact, inviting readers to consider regional sports culture.
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