Taft ideas drive bill on unreserved timber lands in West
Congress readings focus on forest lands outside reserves in Colorado Wyoming Montana Washington Oregon Idaho and the push to have states surrender reserve creation by proclamation. Mondell Wyoming moves to appeals process per Ballinger. Taylor Tennessee introduces tobacco pure food scope. Postal service bills stall. Indian appropriation advances pause.
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Washington
Taft
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Herbert Parsons
New York
Parsons
House
Mondel
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Taylor
Tennessee
Senate
Hepburn
Bacon
Army selects Hyatt of Arkansas captain
West Point Dec 8 Captain Robert F Hyatt of Arkansas was unanimously chosen captain of the Army football team at the Alva meeting in Army headquarters.
Victory of Liberals Growing Steadily Across England
London reports return of MPs from across England showing the government coalition holding 209 seats to the Unionists 189. Liberals 123 Nationalists 45 Independent Nationalists 6 Labor 25, with Labour and Liberal votes waning and Unionists gaining ground, notably Cardiff led by Lord Crichton Stuart. E J Balfour warned tariff reform may force reconsideration ahead of the next colonial conference.
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London
England
House of Lords
Unionist Party
House of Commons
Unionista
Cardiff
Lord Crichton-Stuart
Wrexham
E. J. Balfour
White woman chained by black man in Boston home
Police found a 23 year old white woman bound to a wall with a neck chain and tied hands in J. H. Taylor's room at 68 Middlesex Street. Taylor, a negro, claimed she would run away. she said she had been chained for eight days after marrying him last September and had eaten only once during that period.
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Boston
Mass
Middlesex Street
J. H. Taylor
Taylor
Government reforms seek six hundred million annual savings
The 1919 budget plan by Secretary MacVeagh calls for sweeping changes to banking laws civil service retirement and curb bureaucracy to save about 13 million across executive departments. Estimated 1918 receipts reach 680 million with a projected ordinary surplus near 60 million, if Panama Canal payments continue from cash balances.
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Washington, Dev
Frankein MacVeagh
the Treasury
Congress
Mit Seaston
Wied la Arked
MacVeagh
Treasury
Panama Canal
Mary Baker Eddy Funeral Receives Simple Boston Ceremony
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, was simple and dignified in Boston. About 120 attendees observed an eighteen minute service with no eulogy and only light floral tributes as a guard stood at the tomb and a telephone was installed in the vault for protection.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Mary Baker Glover
Hope of White Race Builds Local Heavyweight Hope
Bapurpa Okla Dec 8 Carl Morris of this city touted as a likely challenger to Jack Johnson will fight Marvin Hart of Louisville in a fifteen round bout on December 20. Morris formerly a railroad fireman has trained under three months shedding from 300 to 240 pounds. His best blow is a fast right swing with great force.
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Bapurpa
Okio
Carl Morris
Jack Johnson
Marvin Hart
Louisville
Morris
Mon Acules
Relatives Demand Hody Burial at Concord NH
George W. Glover and Dr B J Eddy, adopted son, insist their mother Mary Baker Eddy be buried at Pleasantview in Concord New Hampshire as she wished.
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Concord
Boston
George W. Glover
Lead
Mary Baker G. Eddy
B. J. Foster Eddy
Waterbury
Christian Science
Pleasantview
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Negroes Fight Over Woman In Leadville Barber Shop
In Leadville Colorado on December 8 William Allen a 51 year old Black man was shot in the abdomen perhaps fatally by David Morris a Black porter in a barber shop. Allen had accused Morris of striking his companion with a stove poker. Morris denied the charge and fired. Allen is described as the city acne eager.
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Leadville
Colo
Wiliam Allen
David Morris
Allen
Morris
Alleged Alaska Coal Fraud Promoter Arrested
Donald McKenzie, tied to an indictment by a Spokane federal grand jury with his cousin Charles A McKenzie of Seattle and four others for conspiring to defraud the government of more than 20000 acres of Alaska coal lands, was arrested in New York.
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New York
Donald McKenzie
Spokane Noy
Chas. A. McKenzie
Seattle
Alaska
Taft Holds Cabinet Meet on Supreme Court Picks
President Taft convened a special cabinet meeting to review the list of potential Supreme Court nominees. Officials say narrowing the field occurred rapidly but no decision was reached, with a decision likely deferred to next week.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Taft
Dutte Wae
Boxing bout set for Armory on December 20 in Boston
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Frank Klaus of Pittsburgh will headline the boxing show at the Armory in Boston on December 20. Joe Woodman, manager for Klaus and the club, announced the deal after negotiating with Silvie Perretti over the phone. The Armory club preferred Kelly for Tuesday, but Perretti accepted the bout on December 20.
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Hugo K
Mert i Klaus
Bordon
Boston
Hugo Kelly
Chicago
Frank Klaus
Pittburg
Armory A
Joe Woodman
Bum Langford
Klaus
Silvie Merretti
Armory Club
Kelly
Perretti
Botley
Labor of Love Grandfather Dies Making Doll Hammock
John Huesner aged 61 died in Louisa Missouri after slipping on snow at his home while shopping for twine to finish a Christmas doll hammock for his granddaughter Irma Hannemann. He fell down the stairs breaking his neck and died instantly.
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Louisa
Dec
John Huesner
Irma Hannemann
Huesner
Hammerstein called an ass by Mary Garden in Chicago clash
In a sensational interview on the eve of his departure for London Hammerstein accused Chicago women of wearing flannel to shield the diva Salome from understanding art. Mary Garden retorted that his pun on Chicago packers is a fake she cannot see.
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Eats Garden
Salome
Ermine
Mary
Oscar Hammerstein
New York
London
Mies Garden
Chicago Packers
No More Exclusive Mall or Express Trains Change Reverts
The article reports a return to the old system for trains on the Union Paolo line. Trials of exclusive mall and express services were deemed unsatisfactory, and the line will revert to the previous routing and scheduling to avoid delays on the river.
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Romaing Union
Paolo Traine
Shane
Tunninger
Glover Threats to Kill Husband Highlight Testimony
At Cambridge Massachusetts Mrs Littan M Glover reportedly threatened to buy a revolver and shoot her husband Clarence F Glover of Waltham amid testimony in the Hattie Leblanc case. Witness Kate Sampson said the threats followed finding Leblanc with a man in a bathroom.
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Cambridge
Mass
Littan M. Glover
Clarence F. Glover
Waltham
Hattie Leblanc
Kate Sampson
Auburndale
Samseon
Glover
May
Mitsunaga Convicted of First Degree Murder in Wilson Case
Denver reports Gengko Mitsunaga a Japanese national found guilty of first degree murder in the Katherine Wilson case and sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial hinged on circumstantial evidence with Mitsunaga admitting aiding in disposal of the body but alleging a white man killed her. Judge Hilton noted legal limits in closing arguments.
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Denver
Gengko Mitsunaga
Mitsunaga
Katherine Wilson
Colorado
Cape
Counsé
Japanese Council
O. N. Hilton
Dia
Jacobson Family of New York Incorporated
The Jacobson family applies to form an incorporated group in New York Brooklyn area under the name The Jacobson Family. Sixty two relatives seek incorporation to cooperate in social family and welfare affairs. Heads Mr. and Mrs. Abram Jacobson, both 77, say monthly entertainments will be held and potential business ventures may follow.
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New York
Dec
Brooklynty
Jacobson
Abram Jacobson
Arrest of Nellie McCaffery for alleged pocket pilfering
Philadelphia scene reports Nellie McCaffery accused by husband Willinn McCaffery of stealing 8&8 from his trouser pocket while he slept. Magistrate Belcher advised on money security and suggested hiding money or using a strong box or sewn money beneath pajamas.
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Philadelphia
Willinn McCaffery
Nellie MacCaffary
William M. Heleher
Solomon Magietrate
Mexican insurgent officer vows to die rather than surrender
El Paso reports Jose Sanchez Alvarez, former mine and land owner from Parral, now a lieutenant colonel in the Mexican insurgent army, asserting fighters number 7,000 to 9,000 across Chihuahua. He says Americans are trusted, wants US oversight of Amtak elections, and claims insurgents could seize Chihuahua city but would not hold it. He warns of imminent fighting as arms flow from the states.
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el Paso
Tex
Jose Sanchez Alvarez
Parral
Mex
Mexico
Chihuahua
United States
Cuba
Ct Je
Frontier Club Reports Big Frontier Celebration Profit
The Cheyenne Industrial club banquet heard a report showing a net profit of over ten thousand dollars from the annual Frontier celebration held four days last August in Cheyenne. W. Stone chaired the Frontier committee with Frank J. Hon RK B. Davidson J. D. Clark and M. J. Hartung. Chief Justice C N Potter officiated as master of ceremonies as Kagels Orchestra provided music.
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Cheyenne Industrial Club
Kagel
C. N. Potter
Supreme Court
Industrial Club
Frontier Commutes
W. Stone
Frank J. Hon RK
B. Davidson
J. D. Clark
M. J. Hartung
Mr. Stone
The
Frontier Associa
Wyoming and Colorado sheriffs crack large horse theft ring
After months of cross county cooperation, sheriffs in Laramie and Albany Wyoming and Wells and Larimer Colorado report a sweeping horse theft ring. Two men, Frank Carter and William Frazee, are jailed in Laramie County with others held in Greeley as the investigation continues into missing stock from Torrington and Horse Creek areas.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Laramis
Albany
Wells and Larimer
West
Greeley
Laramie
Frank Carter
William Frazee
Carter
Torrington
Fraser
Horse Creek
Jack Biddick
Pet dog Bingo buried with funeral rites in Bridgewater
In Bridgewater Massachusetts on December 8 Ellen Bell buried her pet dog Bingo in the backyard on South Street with readings prayer and a religious song. The ceremony drew notable grief and a small tombstone will mark the grave.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Ellen Bell
Bingo
Bel House
South Street
Suspender Buckle Saves Life Of Milkman In N J
Hackensack New Jersey December 8 A brass suspender buckle saved the life of Thomas Cowan a milkman when he was mistaken for a burglar and shot over the heart by George Glate a college student home for Christmas holidays The bullet struck the buckle flattened and dropped to the ground
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Hackensack
N. J
Thomas Cowan
George Glate
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Frank Murray
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