Navy Expansion Sparks Debate Over Cost and Strategy
The piece analyzes U S naval policy proposing four new battleships this year and more in coming years. It weighs maintenance costs at home and the potential reach of a larger fleet, comparing North Dakota type ships to smaller vessels and noting implications for global power, with references to Admiral Evans and historical events.
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Oval
Navy Department
Great Britain
United
Alabama
Hobson
North Dakotas
North Dakota
Admiral Evans
Dewey
Manila Bay
McCullough
Corregidor Island
Port Arthur
Taft Celebrates Christmas in Augusta Activities
President-elect Taft enjoyed Christmas in Augusta Georgia with a golf win over club president Major J B Cumming and a dozen mile horseback ride. He and his family dined with Mr and Mrs Langdon Thomas, welcomed by warm local hospitality. A trolley trip to Aiken and an evening dinner with the Hammond and Taft party are planned for tomorrow.
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Augusta
Taft
Country Club
J. B. Cumming
Langdon Thomas
Aiken
S. C
John Hays Hammond
James A. Jackson
Disagreeing Jury Back To Deliberations In Hargis Case
In Irvine Kentucky a twelve man jury deliberating Beach Hargis murder case was sent back after five hours without a verdict following a lengthy closing speech by Attorney A Floyd Byrd. The jurors agreed to resume tomorrow after noting they would consider further evidence and arguments.
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Irvine, Ky
Béach Hargis
James Hargis
Adams
A.floyd Byrd
Petrelock
Byrd
Alvays
Kentucky
J. J. Bach
Will A. Young
Beach Hargis
Beach
Judge Hargis
Roosevelt's Senate Surrenders Secret Service Fracas
Washington dispatch notes a mild turn in the Roosevelt secret service controversy as the senate abandons a hard probe. Instead, five departments receive courteous letters asking for counts, duties, and powers of agents, signaling a symbolic inquiry rather than a forceful challenge to the president.
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Munsey Burne
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White House
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Hale
Maine
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Lexow Committee
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Diamonds Found Hidden in Linen in Boston Hotel Laundry
A $5,000 diamond necklace belonging to Mrs. John DeCoste of Boston was found in a sheet slated for a hotel laundry. The necklace was sent to New York for appraisal by experts yesterday. Boston police and authorities hold the jewels as the case unfolds with Mr. DeCoste abroad.
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John DeCoste
New York
Neckians
Xprets
Robbers torment farmer and terrorize Christmas scene
Masks forced entry to a farm home as two bandits tied the farmer to a bed and gagged him. They demanded money, torched his feet with matches, and stole a horse and buggy before fleeing. The victim, Schabow, a Toledo agency agent, is recovering as a posse hunts the robbers.
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Toledo
Schadow
Night Riders Offer to Testify in Rankin Lynching Case
Additional evidence, including confessions of three night rider members from Reelfoot Lake, was offered in the Rankin lynching trials. Authorities question if the trio can be used as state witnesses as prosecutions weigh the sufficiency of already presented evidence. Arrests of alleged night riders in Humphreys County continue with several confessions reported.
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Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Nashville
Huma
Waverly
W. B. Bowman
French President Attacked By a Royalist Fanatic
Paris witnessed a royalist attempt on President Fallieres as he walked with his secretary and military attaché. The attacker, cafe waiter Jean Mattis aged 24 from Savoie, was restrained and found to carry royalist papers. Authorities question links to royalist groups amid ongoing scandal reports.
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M. Fallieres
France
M. Ramondou
Colonel Lasson
Elysee Palace
Pree
Etoto Toe Feener Ceaera
Lasson
Ramondou
Fallieres
Ig Waiter
Jean Mattis
Department of Savoie
General Mercier
Duke of Orleans
Patrie Francaise
Mattis
Bertous
Libre Parole
L’action
Battle at Stearns Hotel In Whitely County Kentucky
Desperate clash between a Deputy U S marshal team and striking miners at the Simpson hotel in Stearns Kentucky. Deputy Mullins was killed and Massingal wounded as the hotel was set ablaze, several strikers wounded, others fled to nearby mountains.
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Stearns, Whitely County
Simpson Hotel
Massingal
Marshal Mullins
Federal Government May Take Up Pittsburg Scandal
In Pittsburg, representatives of the Voters' league say federal help will back prosecutions. The Justice Department probes national banks as depositories for city funds after $176,000 allegedly influenced depository selection. They target Ramsey and Vilsack of German National Bank with illegal fund use charges. Further arrests may wait until after New Year.
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Mystic Shriners
Tong Shao Yi
China
Chicago
Atlanta
National
Voters’ League
Pittsburg
Civic Reform Association
Department of Justice
N&tional
Department
League
Ramsey
Vilsack
German National Bank
Bond Set In Forgery Case In Princeton Indiana
Henry E B Agar once thought dead was arrested in Texas and brought back to Princeton Indiana where he was arraigned on forging Hugh D McGary's name on a $5 000 note at the American National Bank He was released on bond signed by ten leading citizens of Gibson and Perry counties Agar returned home promising to cooperate with authorities.
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Ind
Henry EB. Agar
Texas
Aii
Hugh D. McGary
American National Bank
Iti Ren
Building Wrecked by a Dynamiter in Kansas City
A three story brick and steel building under construction at Ninth and Oak streets was partly wrecked by dynamite shortly before midnight. Estimated loss is about 1000 dollars. Owners offer no motive beyond noting nonunion workers were employed. police call it the act of unknown dynamiters.
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Ninth and
Oak Streets
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