Taft Approves 20 Million Reclamation Project Allocations
President Taft approves the engineers report detailing a 20 million dollar reclamation loan plan to fund Western projects over five years. Allocations include Salt River Arizona 495000 and Rio Grande New Mexico 4500000 among many others with maintenance funded projects in Oregon California Utah and Wyoming. The action notes possible adjustments and calls for early water-right adjudications while acknowledging rising costs and delayed repayments to settlers.
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Board of Engineers
Secretary of the Treasury
Reclamation Service
United States
Jersey Governor-Elect Faces Flurry Over Senate Fight
Newark dispatch reports a heated exchange as Dr. Wilson and James E. Martine vie for New Jersey's Senate nomination. Smith issues a rebuttal accusing Wilson of misrepresentation while defending state rights and tariff policies.
Newspaper Man Dies. Heart Trouble Determined
E M Tingley, a well known Cincinnati newspaper man, was found dead in his Xenia room with his body partly roasted by heat from a small gas stove. Coroner Marquart ruled the death caused by organic heart trouble rather than asphyxiation. Tingley’s brother in law T M Hartman accompanied the body to Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
E. M
Tingley
Cincinnati
Savage Boarding House
Marquart
T. M. Hartman
Lawyer Loses Case and Heart to Fair Portia
Harris Koppelman a New York lawyer married Miss Esther Kunstler another lawyer who had faced him in a municipal court case and won for her client a verdict with costs. Koppelman not only lost the case but his heart as well marrying Portia yesterday before 700 friends.
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New York
Harris Koppelman
Esther Kunstler
Estranged Cudahy spouses rumored to be reconciling
Chicago society notes persistent rumors of a reconciliation between Mrs Jack Cudahy and her divorced husband at Pasadena California where he has been staying. Reports say they spent Christmas at the Cudahy home amid prior estrangement following the Kan sas City incident involving Jere Lillis not specified here.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Jack Cudahy
Pasadena
Cal
Wilson leaves Princeton for St Louis convention
PRINCETON New Jersey February 26 Woodrow Wilson president of New Jersey departs for St Louis to attend the American Political Association convention He does not expect to answer James Smith’s Newark statement regarding the United States senatorship from New Jersey Instead he plans an address in Jersey City early January and says he may reply if Smith’s statement demands it He backs James E Martin against Smith in the senatorial contest.
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American Political Association
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James E. Martin
Clothing Thief Strips Wallet and Garments at Station
James B. Wilson of Vine Street and his Corbin Ky brother claim a thief used a biscuit cutter to steal money and cut away parts of his coat trousers and even underwear at Central Union station. The crook left Wilson with only $4, and the pair describe a bizarre pocketless, partially skinned ensemble. Police report no suspects yet.
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Mother Hubbard
Land Given as Xmas Gift to Charity in Uniontown
The Christmas gift of 37 acres of land at Mount Braddock near Uniontown to Fayette county for use as a site for charitable and correctional institutions was announced today by the H. C. Frick Coal company. The tract is valued at $100,000.
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Fayette County
H. C. Frick Coal.company
British Troops Clash with Arabian Gun Runners in Persia
A British landing force from the cruiser Hyacinth engaged Arabian gun runners on the southern coast of Persia. Fourteen British were killed or drowned, while Arabs lost forty in the confrontation reported today.
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Hyacinth
Record Flight Reaches 11474 Feet Malfunction Wrecks Latham Monoplane
Arch Hoxsey atop a Wright company machine breaks the altitude record at Venice Beach Los Angeles soaring to 11474 feet amid a forty mile gale that wrecks Latham’s Antoinette. Parmalee and Brookins follow with high climbs as crowds cheer and Latham vows a new monoplane.
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Frenece
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Walter Brookins
Clifford
B. Harmon
J. K. Duffy
National Federation of Aero Clubs of America
Samuel Perkins
First American Monoplane Flight With American Engine
Frank Schumacher, mechanic for Walter L. Fairchild, flew six straight short flights in Fairchild’s monoplane at the aviation field in Mineola Long Island. It is reported as the first time an American monoplane powered by an American engine has been aloft.
Wreck Victims Identified by Few Trinkets
An inquest into the Scotch Express disaster near Hawes Junction was held in a Kirkby Steppin inn. Relatives were soothed as the proceeding paused to recover from emotion. The railroad solicitor admitted full responsibility, citing momentary signalman error. Seven bodies were identified by scraps of charred clothing and items, with many victims utterly consumed by the fire and only incomplete clues remaining.
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Kilbourne Poised to Open Ohio Senate Campaign Headquarters
A Columbus based rumor says Colonel James Kilbourne will soon open campaign headquarters to challenge Senator Charles Dick. Amid maneuvers Pomerene and Hanley vie for support with W T Smith blamed for lost votes. the Ohio Democratic field readies for the upcoming session and caucus as candidates press for backing in a tight contest.
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Ohio
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James Kilbourne
Columbus
Charles Dick
Hanley
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Canton
Pomérene
Smith
Cuyahoga County
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Portsmouth
Pomerone
Indiana Sues Lawrenceburg Township Trustee Over Alleged Misuse
The Indiana attorney general sues John W. Oberting, Lawrenceburg township trustee, and his bondsmen for 35000 alleging misappropriation of nearly 5000 of township funds and forged endorsements on stone freight orders. Oberting denies forgery and says expenditures were ordered by Dearborn circuit court to open a road after rail line changes. The suit follows field exams by state inspectors and reports to the public officers department.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Indiana
James Bingham
John W. Oberting
Lawrenceburg Township
Bingham
Frustee
Walter C
Roland HE. Greely
Greely Stone Company
Jobe Miller
Jobe Lowe
Lawrenceburg Junction
Justee Oberting
Dearborn Circuit Court
C., Ec.& State Railroad Company
Oberting
George W. Campbell
Theodore FE. Gregg
State of
Dime Novel Reading Sparks Duel Between Boys
In Mobile on December 26, 15 year olds James J. Parks and Frank Tremer dueled with small rifles after reading dime novels. Parks was wounded by a severed artery in the left arm. Tremer escaped unharmed as they used earth mounds as improvised breastworks.
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Ala
James J. Parks
Frank Tremer
Parks
Tremer
Dam Plan for Lower Colorado River in Imperial Valley
Washington Dec 26 final consummation of arrangements between the State Department and the Mexican embassy to construct a dam and levee on the lower Colorado river in the Imperial valley. Congress appropriated 1,000,000 for proceeding with the work.
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State’ Department
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
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Bad Bullet Saves Policeman Life in London Chase
London police officer Haytread escaped serious harm during a burglary pursuit as the suspect fired four shots. The officer grappled with the fugitive, who pressed the revolver to the jaw before teh pistol misfired and the assailant fled.
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London
Haytread
Loeb Shift Explained at White House
The article reports on William Loeb Jr guiding Taft interests in New York as Roosevelt stays out of 1912 race. It notes Roosevelt supporting Taft and a Taft-backed Republican reorganization, with White House statements denying a Roosevelt severance and confirming ongoing cordial ties and daily correspondence between Taft and Roosevelt.
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Loeb Shift
White House
William Loeb, Jr
New York
The
Guard
Republican Party
Pats
Former Kentucky Legislator John D. Young Dies
Mount Sterling Kentucky December 2 John D Young aged 78 former congressman from the Ninth Kentucky district and noted lawyer and state legislator died here last night.
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Mount Sterling
John D. Young
Kentucky
Aged General and Soldier Dies in Doylestown
General W. W. H. Davis veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars dies at home in Doylestown Pennsylvania aged 89 He edited The Doylestown Democrat until 1900.
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W. W. H. Davis
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