Post Office Deficit Tops Seventeen Million Dollars
Washington reports the U S Post Office faces a record 17 479 779 deficit the largest in its history Major losses come from second class mail and rural delivery with second class mail costing about 64 million annually and rural delivery about 28 million The report urges efficiency without sacrificing service and calls for review of franking and official mail costs.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Phesé
Frank H. Hitchcock
Treasury
Congressional Franks
Postoffice Department
Congress
Lynchers Hang Man After Christmas Eve Killing
In Hurley Virginia a mob of about 200 seized Henry Pennington from a guarded jail and hanged him to a steam pipe after he killed Samuel Baker and wounded Baker’s wife and two children on Christmas Eve. Mrs Bakers pistol shot Pennington. an exchange of gunfire followed as Pennington fled. Pennington was captured, wounded, and later hanged. the body was left until morning.
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Virginia
Associated Press Dispatch
Hurley
Samuel Baker
Henry Pennington
Pennington
Baker
Wyatt Meadows
Meadows
Grundy
Tempest Sweeps Coast Towns Leaving Eight Dead
Grim northeast storm slams New England with high tides and heavy snow. Widespread damage. eight deaths reported in Everett and Chelsea as tides flood streets and cars. Wires and railroads crippled while Cape Cod maintains limited contact via wireless.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Boston
Mass
New England
Massachusetts Bay
Everett
Chelsea
Nantucket
Minot
Atlantic Avenue
Cornelius Harkin
Cape Cod
Providence
Fall River
Newport
New Bedford
Brockton
Harvard Student Roland Burnes Goes Missing in East
Special Dispatch from Cambridge Massachusetts reports Harvard student Roland Burnes class of 1910 disappeared after his mother arrived for holidays. She found his despondent mood and alarms spread as authorities said a man matching his description was found wandering and later sent to Worcester insane asylum.
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Commercial Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Roland Burnes
Harvard
R. Burnes
Cincinnati
Sumner Hall
W. Taunton
Commodore Pritchard Ends Cunard Atlantic Run
Captain John Pritchard, commodore of the Cunard fleet and Mauretania commander, makes his final transatlantic voyage to Liverpool before retiring with a record among liner chiefs. He plans travel after leaving the sea, with free passage on any Cunard ship and a first postretirement trip to America to visit old friends and explore show parts of the United States.
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John Pritchard
Cunard
Mauretania
Atlantic
Pritchard
Liverpool
Liverpooll
America
New York
United States
New Fire Chief Dies From Injuries in Louisville
Benjamin Dillon, named chief of the Louisville fire department less than six weeks ago, died today from injuries after a collision during a fast run to a fire. His three companions were seriously injured but not in danger. The crash occurred last Tuesday when the chief’s automobile overturned.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Louisville
Benjamin Dillon
Louisville Fire Department
Dillon
Panic Otrigken mother leaves babies to burn tragedy
Mrs Sonnecalf fled in terror leaving her two young children Rosie 3 and Paul 4 to die in a Loveland Ohio fire. Stanley Lever and Cliff Latimer attempted rescues but flames drove them back. The incident prompts a police and mayoral inquiry into the mother’s behavior and prior fire loss.
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Commercial Tribune
Loveland
JL. Sonnecalf
Rosie
Paul
Stanley Lever
Cliff Latimer
Southern League
Taft Defines Whisky in Pure Food Labeling ruling
President Taft ruled on whisky as defined under the pure food law naming neutral spirits and potable strength. He indicated how whisky may be branded and identified by type and spec for proper labeling.
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Taft
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Remington Dies in Ridgefield at Age Forty-Eight
Frederic Remington renowned artist died at his Ridgefield home of heart failure worsened by an appendectomy. He had moved to Ridgefield last spring and will be buried in Canton New York. He was 48 and survived by his wife Hoa Caton of Gloversville New York. Funeral services are set for Canton on Tuesday at the Universalist church.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Ridgefield, Conn
Frederic Remington
Remington
Mr. Remington
Canton
N. Y
Universalist Church
Hoa Caton
Gloversville
Car jumps track into Naugautic river tragedy
In Seymour Connecticut a trolley car ran off a track beside the Naugautic river during a storm. The car plunged through the ice and sank. Motorman Fred Beard and Conductor Marcus Donovan in the forward vestibule were drowned. Five passengers escaped serious injury.
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Seymour
Conn
Naugautic
Fred Beard
Marcus Donovan
Madriz Arrests Zelaya Aides in Nicaragua Power Shift
In Managua on December 26, President Jose Madriz moved to consolidate control after Zelaya left an emptied treasury. Officials Joaquin Passos and Ernesto Martinez, Zelaya’s son in law and finance minister, were arrested on charges of funds misappropriation and unsigned currency circulation. Francisco Baca drafts a decree to revoke monopolies tied to Zelaya’s regime. Santos Ramirez and other Zelaya loyalists face arrest as the new government asserts authority.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Madriz
Zelaya
Madriz
Joaquin Passos
Ernesto Martinez
Francisco Baca
Julian Trias
Passosa
Santos Ramirez
Anastasio Ortiz
Benito Chavarrio
Pauline Godey
Taft Weighs Federal Incorporation Amid Oil Case
Washington December 26 serious debate among President Taft and congressional leaders Aldrich and Cannon on enacting a federal incorporation law before the Supreme Court rules in the Standard Oil dissolution case. They warn of political fallout and seek a cautious approach awaiting the court decision.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Cannon
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Suprem Court
Supreme Dourt
Ita
Steps for Statehood Likely for New Mexico and Arizona
The federal plan would allow New Mexico and Arizona to hold constitutional conventions and inaugurate elections to approve their constitutions. President Taft urged careful drafting to protect lands and resources, with states admitted in 1911 if conventions produce acceptable constitutions.
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Washington
Associated Press
Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
Taft
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Culd
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