White to be Chief Justice as Taft names new court slate
President Taft submits nominations including Edward Douglass White to be chief justice and Willis Van Devanter Joseph R Lamar to be associate justices. The slate also fills new court of commerce and interstate commerce commission posts, with terms ranging from two to five years and changes from earlier plans.
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Washington
Edward Douglass White
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Justice White
Supreme Court
New Court of Ecommerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
T Taft
Immely
Ite
Justice
Court of Customs Appeals
United States
District of Montana
John Emmet Carland
South Dakota
Court of Commerce
Arthur C. Denison
Ruise
Michigan
Julian W. Mack
Opellate
Inois
H. MH. Meyer
Wisconsin
C. C. McChord
Kentucky
Knapp
Higher Wages or Strike Threat From Locomotive Engineers
Chicago December 12 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers delivered a demand for higher wages to the Railroad Association via President Warren B Stone. A vote showed 97.5 percent in favor of striking if demands are not met, with no action until tomorrow. Previously engineers sought about a 97 percent increase. employers offered 10 percent, engineers conceded to 7 percent.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Railroad Association
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood
Stone
Reward Share Set for Informer in Pole Mountain Heist
Fort Russell authorities follow Washington orders to distribute the $500 reward for the capture of the men who stole the army paymaster’s case containing $6,600 at Pole Mountain last August. BE M. Sandy receives $400 for reporting names and hiding place. $50 each goes to Ed Downey and another officer who recovered over $4,000 in the city.
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Fort Russell
War Department
Washington
Army
Pole Mountain
Department
BE. M. Sandy
Dale Creek
Potiee Force
Sub Committee Clears Lorimer Bribery Charges
Washington December 12 The senate committee sub committee unanimously found that testimony did not prove bribery charges related to Senator Lorimer's election. A report will be prepared for the full committee immediately.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Lorimer of
Tuinels
Postal Deficit 18 Reduced Eleven Millions
Washington December 12 In twelve months a reduction of 11 500 000 occurred in the deficit of the post office department according to the annual report of Postmaster General Frank Hi Hitchens. The previous year showed a 17 6 million deficit while the year ended June 30 last yielded an excess of expenditures over receipts of 5 843 566.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Frank Hi. Hitchens
Postal Service
Governor Stubbs Attacks Rail Indies and Trusts
Chicago dispatch reports Kansas Governor W R Stubbs blasting railroads and trusts at a banquet. He says advanced freight rates violate the Sherman anti trust law and denounces corporate fines as unjust. He criticizes financiers and calls transportation policy a central issue for Americans.
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Chicago
Tubbe
Kansas
Amry
tHabbe
Mlaghlan Faces Murder Charge in District Court
Janes McLachlan, a bartender, is tried for first degree murder in the death of his wife after an alleged self inflicted wound. The court spent the day selecting a jury with many venires drawn and multiple challenges by both sides. Mrs. Margaret Newman testified as the prosecution witness at the session.
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Janes McLachlan
John Charles Thompson
Sou
Hughes
Margaret Newman
MacLachlan
Bellevue Explosion Claims Workers Including Hero
In Fernie British Columbia the bodies of victims from Friday's Bellevue mine blast have been recovered. Most were employees of West Canadian Collieries except Fred Auldeorson a mine foreman who died after giving his helmet to a companion to save him from after-damp and suffocation.
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Fernie
B. C
Bellevue
Weat Canadian Collieries Company
Fred Auldeorson
Mre Boas
Hoaman
Orphanage Fire Claims Boy in Springfield
A Springfield orphanage fire killed seven year old Ralph Barnes as forty three children prayed before bed. The building burned completely with fourteen babies saved. the loss was light for the era at fifteen dollars.
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Springfield
Ralph Barnes
Barnes
Clairvoyant helps police recover stolen chickens
In Middletown N Y a local clairvoyant provided information that aided police in catching chicken thieves. The incident involved entry into a home and the theft of fowl, with the clairvoyant’s tips leading to arrests and recovered poultry. The report notes ongoing difficulty for authorities in stopping the thefts.
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Middletown
Jeese
Llogendamp
Gt Philiipevurg
Atoleo
State Leader Promises Wyoming Tailored News
The Wyoming State Leader claims to fit readers like a suit, offering tailored coverage for Wyoming people. It touts broad state news, strong circulation, and reliable reporting on the legislature this winter, inviting readers in Cheyenne and across the state.
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Wyoming
Chéyenne
State Leader
Woman Takes Lead in War for Freedom
A Mexican revolutionary situation widens as Senora Dolores Medrano is arrested in Torreon with her rebel junta. She relayed Madero's directives to insurrecto chiefs in Chihuahua and Coahuila via couriers, while an unconfirmed report places Madero moving from San Diego to Colima, Guadalajara, and Zacatecas.
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Douglas
Aris
Mexico
Senora Dolores Medrano
Torreon
Madero
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Kilpatrick Bros Win Cheyenne Wellington Rail Contract
Report says Kilpatrick Bros of Beatrice Nebraska won the Cheyenne to Wellington link contract for the Puget Sound to Q uit railroad line. Large work forces will be deployed quickly at each end and move toward each other. Contract price reportedly well over $1,000,000.
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Cheyenne- Wellington
Puget Sound
Kilpatrick Bros
Beatrice
Nebraska
Former King Manuel Dependent on Friends
Rome dispatch reports Manuel II exiled king of Portugal relies on friends for support. An unnamed Portuguese royalist source says Manuel cannot afford residence and has lived with the Duke of Orléans at Wood Norton England for three months. He hopes to be restored, while friends expect a conference of powers to decide Portugal's fate.
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Rome
the Tribune Today
Manuel II
Portugal
Manuel
Duke of Orleans
Wood Norton
Eversham
England
Woman Found Frozen to Death on Lake Michigan Ice
Milwaukee investigators report Mrs. Ferdinand Caesar, 70, found sitting upright on a block of ice along the lake front. She appeared to be gazing toward the water when discovered by searchers. Authorities believe she left her home while walking in her sleep and never sought help.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Front
Lake Michigan
Ferdinand Caesar
International conference arranged after long negotiations
The state department announced the successful completion of ongoing talks for an international conference. Nearly all nations addressed by the department are to confer on May 10 at The Hague, with one exception noted in the communiqué.
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Youseriefal
Ile
Perhana
Weahifigtos
State Department
Oday
The
Hague
Monkey Goes Insane After Death Of Lexington Grocer
In Lexington Kentucky a prominent grocer L. K. Prather died last Friday. His pet monkey Billy pined and became unmanageable when the body was removed. The family physician declared the animal insane after confinement in a steel cage. The monkey had been brought from South Africa two years earlier and grew attached to Prather.
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Lexington
Ll. K. Prather
Phaician
Billy
South Africa
Mr. Prater
Amelia Folaom Young Dies at 72 in Utah Home
Amelia Folaom Young widow of Brigham Young dies at her East Leake Utah residence after a three year paralysis battle. She played a pivotal role in early Utah history and inspired the construction of the Amelia palace noted among Galt City show places.
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Brigham Young
East Leake City
Utah
Amelia Folaom Young
Mra Vune
Amelia
Galt City
New gun purchase bill caps bonds at five thousand
Representative-elect A. C. Newton of Colorado proposes a law to prohibit carrying weapons and require a buyer to post a 5000 dollar bond before purchase. The bill would license dealers and require records of all deadly weapons following the Grace Hurgener shooting. Newton plans to push the measure in the upcoming legislative session.
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Grand Junction
Colo
A. C. Newton
Grace Hurgener
W. 8. Marshall
Newton
Growth of Banks Shows Prosperity
Washington reports a year of prosperity and bank growth in the 1910 comptroller of the currency review. National banks rose to about 1 billion in resources with 5.4 billion loans and discounts, overdrafts near 80 million, and a vast expansion across all banks totaling around 27 000 institutions with deposits near sixteen billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
Comptroller of the Currency
Congress
Currency Bureau
Ite Island
Comptroller
Olympia Wreck in Prince William Sound After Collision
In Valdez Alaska on December 12 the liner Olympia lies wrecked on a reef in Dreary Blight Island area with 25 to 28 feet of water in compartments. Of 126 aboard all were saved except three crew members, and wireless operator kept distress calls until battery failed. Passengers praise Captain James Daniela and crew for bravery.
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Valdez
Alaska
Jce
Olympia
Cordova
Galden
Seattle
Northwestern
Falke Bay
San Juan
Olympica
James Daniela
Danish Frauds Total Five Million Dollars
Copenhagen reports the final examination of Alberti in a Danish fraud case involving forgery and falsification of accounts totaling 5.4 million dollars. The court has worked to untangle the swindle and a severe sentence is expected.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Tertminister of Justice
Herr
Alberti
Wickersham Report Details Fraud Against the Government
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham presents the annual DOJ summary to Congress. The long record cites trusts and conspiracies to defeat law, customs frauds, tax frauds, rebates, and frauds at the malls, marking 1910 as a strenuous year with prosecutions, convictions, and land-fraud actions continuing.
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Wickersham
Congress
Internal Revenue
Department of Justice
Wickereham
Great Lakes
James A. Patten
Cote Tan
Beef Trust
Gracera! Trust
Brick Trust
Bath Rub Trust
Paper Trust
Window Glass Trust
Department
Anldwtul Fendi Lng
Oregan California A Iroad Company
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