Urge Probe Of Commanders London Talk
Representative Korbly presses for congressional inquiry into Commander William S. Sims after his London banquet speech pledging the last dollar and last drop of blood in alliance with Great Britain. Secretary Meyer seeks verbatim transcript for Taft to judge if discipline is required.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Korbly
Europe
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Postal savings banks prep for Jan 3 start
Washington December 18 Postmaster General Hitchcock announced that all preparations are in place for postal savings banks to begin deposits on January 3 the first working day of the year An experimental office will open in each state and territory to test the service using second class offices many chosen in areas with foreign born residents sending money home by postal money orders
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Washington
Hitchcock
Reform Jewish Union Conference Speakers Named
Theodore Roosevelt Mayor Gaynor Oscar S Straus Judge Joshiah Cohen of Pittsburg and Dr David Philipson of Cincinnati will address the twenty second conference of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in New York from January 16 to 19 with a banquet at the Hotel Astor on January 18 presided over by Jacob Schiff Delegates from congregations across the United States will attend The Union is the largest reform Jewish body in the country founded in 1873.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Mayor Gaynor
Oscar S. Straus
Joshiah Cohen
Pittsburg
David Philipson
Cincinnati
Union’ of American Hebrew Congregations
Astor
Jacob
Schiff
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Chilean envoy dies suddenly in Washington
Senor Don Annibal Cruz envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Chile to the United States died of heart failure in Washington at 3 45 am after attending a banquet. He was 45, had served three years as minister to the United States, and is survived by his widow and a Chilean minister to Belgium as brother. Funeral rites set for Wednesday at St Patrick's Cathedral.
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Don Annibal Cruz
Washington
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United States
American “Society For Judicial Settlement
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Knox
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Buenos Aires
Law
University of
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Great Britain
Belgium
Diaz Rushing More Troops to the Front
Reports from Chihuahua describe Diaz's escalation with troops moved to the front and battles near Pedernales. Passengers on a detained train suffered cold and hunger while telegraph lines fail west of San Antonio.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Lajunta
Wweber
Madera
Junez
Pedernales
San Andres
West
Adon’Smith, Jr
New York
Paso
Pedernates
Hornet gunboat prepares for voyage from New Orleans
The former US gunboat Hornet lies in the Mississippi at New Orleans and prepares to sail at 10 a.m. for Central America. United States marshals watch closely as reports say Bonilla allies plan a Honduran revolution. The ship loads coal and provisions and signs a thirty day crew.
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Mississippi River
Central America
Peinz
United States
Honduras
Manuel Bonilla
Eaten Castrillo
Washington
Nicaragua
Bonilla
Cavillas
San Fernando
Christmas
Bechtell Fatally Struck Over Joking Incident
William Bechtell was killed in Lebanon when Earl Swope struck him with a chair after Bechtell teased him about his name. Bechtell died within minutes at the livery barn. Swope denies the fatal blow and has been arrested on suspicion of the murder.
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Lebanon
Dee
William Bechtell
Earl Swope
Bechtell
Swope
Mexican federal forces clash with insurgents west of Chihuahua
Private telegrams report General Hernandez leading a column of federal troops against a large insurgent force twenty three miles west of Chihuahua with fighting ongoing. Hernandez reportedly left Chihuahua to command, troops driven back, insurgents armed and using guerrilla tactics in rough terrain.
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EL Passo
Tex
Hernandez
Chihuahua
Lajunta
Kosterlitsky
Guerrero
Twelve Pilgrim Memorial Windows Dedicated Sunday
Twelve memorial windows depicting Pilgrim life were dedicated at the First Parish Unitarian church in Plymouth Massachusetts. The windows were presented by Mrs. Caleb Brewster Hackley of New York, a direct descendant of Elder William Brewster, to a church descended from the original Pilgrim church.
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First Parish Unitarian
Caleb Brewster Hackley
New York
Hackley
William Brewster
Gentlemanly Highwaymen Rob Dexter Avenue Victim
Paul J. Lyman, salesman for American Oak Leather, was held up at gunpoint by three well dressed men on Dexter Avenue near Hackberry Street. They forced him to surrender his watch cash and papers then fled in the early morning darkness. Police searched for the trio, described as medium build in dark overcoats, as Lyman noted their courteous bearing contrasted with the crime.
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American Oak Leather Company
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Hackberry Street
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Freech Arch
Fairfield Avenue
Gilbert Avenue
Mar
Alice
Fie
Distriet
Deves
Miner’s card game ends in fatal duel in Pennsylvania
William Love, 26, is dead with half his head blown off after he stabbed at George Broadnax during a Marianna miners’ card game dispute. Broadnax fired with a shotgun as Love lunged with a dagger, the weapon piercing the floorboards where it rested near Broadnax’s feet. Broadnax and his wife are jailed pending investigation.
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Washington
William Love
George Broadnax
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Broadnax
Marianna
Revenue agents seek liquor tax violations at Ohio gatherings
Internal Revenue agents launch a large scale probe into sales of beer wine and whisky at public social events in Hamilton County Ohio and across the first district Ohio Michigan and Indiana. Six cases already reported in Cincinnati with fines and monthly tax reductions outlined by Revenue Collector Bernhard Bettmann and Agent Slusser guiding the effort.
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Internal Revenue
First Revenue District
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Hamilton County
Harvey H. Siusser
Michigan
Indiana
Bernhard Bettmann
Bettmann
Slusser
Here
Columbus
Race Riot Averted After Killing in Glasgow
Special Dispatch reports in Glasgow Kentucky that after the killing of Harry Huggens by City Marshal C A Renfro last night a race riot was narrowly averted. Hug gens allegedly tried to strike at the officer during arrest. threats arose from Hug gens' friends amid a tense, ugly mood.
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Glasgow
Harry Hugens
C. A. Renfro
Huggens
Fang -Stillare
Plague Victim Dies After Stabbing Attempt
August Riedlin a 58 year old patient at Price Hill branch hospital died after stab wounds to the heart stomach and left wrist found by nurse Miss Simpson at 6 30 last night. Coroner to investigate further as hospital notes say the man in consumption in last hours. Riedlin born in Germany and lived in Ohio was a baker with a daughter Mrs Amelia Axmann in Dayton. His brother William Riedlin a Covington politician awaits word.
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Dlin
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Charles Rockhill
Penknife
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Rockhill
Branch Hospital
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Amelia Axmann
Harter Street
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Hos
Germany
Ohio
William Riedlin
Covington
Ed’ Axmann
Labor Bodies Will Help Striking Garment Workers
Chicago federation of labor backed the closed shop demand and pledged moral and financial support to the striking garment workers during an executive session. The action confirms continued union backing for the labor dispute in Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Extend Tariff Board Life Ten or Twenty Years
Congress considers enlarging the tariff board to six years or more and even twenty years while giving the commission power to demand books and papers from corporations. Committees debate rules changes and cloture as Indian contracts probe continues with expected January actions. Justice White to take oath as chief justice tomorrow.
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Commission
Congress
House Committee On Agriculture
Committee On Agriculture
New Code of International Law Published for Universal Peace
President Taft and cabinet members receive Jerome Internacia’s Montreal work New Code of International Law containing over 5600 articles in English French and Italian. The codifies current international law and aims to foster universal peace. An edition de luxe will be shared with governments abroad.
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Washington
Taft
Jerome Internacia
Montreal
Rumors on Hughes After White Elevation to Chief Justice
Washington gossip swirls around Justice Hughes amid Chief Justice White's selection. Sources deny Hughes resents not receiving the seat and insist he has no presidential ambitions, is content in his current role, and wishes to be left alone to perform his duties.
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White
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Hughes
Supreme Bench
Juice White
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