Delegates Arrive for National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Delegates from every state gather in Washington for the eleventh annual National Rivers and Harbors Convention. Senators and representatives including Ransdell Goethal Saulsbury Sheppard Smith Weeks Moore Roker Tenews Service Byck and Governor Dinnen feature among speakers. Topics include the rivers and harbors appropriation cut from 35 million to 20 million and canal projects like Cape Cod Chesapeake and Delaware Trinity.
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International
Wasiington
Congress
National Rivers and Harbors
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Ransdell
Louisiana
Waterways Movement
Cot
George W. Goethalé
Panama Canal
Saulsbury
Delaware
Sheppard
Texas
Smith
Michigan
Weeks
Massachusetts
Moore
Pennsylvania
Roker
California
Ews Service
Byck
New York
Dinnen
Illinois
Cape Cod
Chesapeake and Delaware
Trinity River
Crime of Church Sexton Shocks Sacramento
David Fountain the church sexton confessed to District Attorney Wardhorst the details of strangling 10 year old Margaret Milling in the German Evangelical Lutheran church basement last Saturday. He led officers to the rafters where the body was placed after the brutal act. Fountain says he has no recollection of the murder itself, only that the girl entered the basement by the street door.
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Sacramento
Cal
David Fountain
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Eugene Wardhorst
Margaret Milling
Theodore Durant
Baptist Church of
San Francisco
Fountain
Fletcher Denies New York Falls to Submarines Threat
Rear Admiral Fletcher told the House naval affairs Committee that New York is protected by current fortifications and mines making a fall unlikely. He held the battleship as the decisive element in naval warfare and warned submarines depend on opportunity to be effective.
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N International News Service
Washington
New York
Fletcher
House Naval Affairs Committee
Hobson
Alabama
Germany
Ramsdell Denies Graft in Rivers and Harbors Fight
Senator Joseph E. Ramsdell of Louisiana in his annual address as president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress rejects attacks on rivers and harbors legislation as unfounded and destructive. He defends the U S Army Corps of Engineers and rejects claims of lobbying by Congress.
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International News Service
Washington
Joseph E. Ramsdell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States Engineer Corps
Army
Goethals
Ramedell
Congress
Nine Miners Die as Dynamite Drops in Shaft Cage
Scranton, December 9 Nine men were killed when a stick of dynamite dropped in the Diamond mine cage as they were lowered to work. Ten men were in the cage. they fell 200 feet to the shaft bottom. Only Martin Belinsky survived, but was terribly injured.
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International News Service
Scranton
Martin Belinsky
Wealthy Grand Rapids Men Die in Auto Crash
Grand Rapids Michigan December 9 G Brendt vice president of Grand Rapids Brewing Co and William Veik secretary of the Weik Manufacturing Co were killed when their car overturned on Reeds Lake boulevard A third member G A Custerer was found unconscious The two victims Brendt and Veik were among the city's wealthiest businessmen
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Grand Rapids, Mich
G. Brendt
Grand Rapids Brewing Co
William Veik
Weik Manufacturing Co
Reeds Lake
G. A. Custerer
Weik
Brendt
Farmers Not As Bad Off As Reported Says County Treasurer
County Treasurer Dick Ryan says farmers are not as badly off as claimed. He notes many produced more bales than expected and earned about seven cents per bale, smaller debts owed to merchants and bankers could improve the economy if farmers sell more. A sell-a-bale movement is gaining ground as bales are shipped and new markets open.
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Ryan
Dick Ryan
Love stamp brouhaha hits marriage licenses
A dispatch claims a U S government love stamp would be required on marriage certificates at 10 cents, raising the cost for brides and grooms. Probate Clerk Frank Davis denies any such law, noting no minister has applied for the stamp. Couples would pay 10 cents per certificate and a dime to a government box, though no ministers have requested the stamp.
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Frank Davis
United States Printing Office
Internal Revenue
Dan-Cupid
Lineman Garner Prine Injured After Fall From Pole
Garner Prine, a lineman for the Decatur Light Power and Fuel Co, sustained painful injuries this morning when he fell from a pole near Sixth Avenue and the switch track. The turning of a cross tree is cited as the cause. Dr. Petty attended him shortly after the accident and his condition is not believed to be serious.
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Garner Pride
Decatur Light, Power and Fuel Company
Sixth Avenue
Petty
Lace Petticoats Debut In Chicago Fashion News
Chicago fashion flash reports lace petticoats as the newest style per a decree issued today by the Fashion Art League of America. The announcement spotlights lace trims and delicate fabrics guiding upcoming wardrobe trends.
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International News Service
Chicago
League of America
Official Russian statement on battles near Przasmysz and Weickie
The fighting in the Przasmysz Ciechanow region continues with partial success near Pectoecen. Since December 5 near Weickekie and Dunajee, Russian forces, reinforced, press the Germans in the Lossima valley after forcing a passage. The Twenty fourth German army corps unleashed light artillery on motor cars, silencing five field batteries. Russians report many prisoners, guns, and munitions captured. German losses described as heavy with some companies reduced to 40 men.
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Przasmysz-Ciechanow
Pectoecen
Weickekie
Dunajee
Favor
Arclaw
Lossima
Twenty-fourth Army
Soil Erosion in the South Warns of Loss of Farmland
A U S Bureau of Soils report shows large areas in the southern states yearly eroded away from agriculture, with up to 60 percent of arable land abandoned in some areas. It details erosion types from sheet to gullies, and cites prevention methods including new Christopher dam systems and alternative crops.
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Washington
South
Bureau of Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
12 Year Old School Girl Shot by Mission Worker
In St. Louis Annie Strickland age 12 was shot and killed by Robert Bailey 35 a mission worker. Bailey then shot himself and is dying. He told police he loved the girl and wanted to marry and reform her but her mother would not allow him to.
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St. Louis
Annie Strickland
Robert Bailey
Bailey
Leo M. Frank Sentenced to Hang on January 22
Atlanta court resentenced Leo M. Frank to be hanged January 22 for the murder of Mary Phagan. Judge Ben Hill imposed the penalty as his attorneys prepared an appeal to the board of pardons.
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International News Service
Atlanta, Ga
Leo M. Frank
Ben Hill
Mary Phagan
Frank
Board of Pardons
Leader of Boer Uprising Beyers Reported Killed
Cape Town dispatch confirms Boer leader General Beyers was killed after being wounded in battle with loyal forces and drowning while fleeing across the Vale river. The report notes the event occurred as a dispatch from Johannesburg.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Beyers
Johannasberg
Vale River
Sending of Artillery to Naco Not Signficant
Washington reports the dispatch of artillery to Naco does not signal planned active operations. The measure aims to bolster the American force in response to careless firing from across the border and to deter further incidents.
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Naco
International News Service
Washington
United States
White House
Herrick Won't Comment on War After Paris Return
Miram Herrick former U S ambassador to France arrived in New York from Europe and received a reception with the city’s freedom. He declined to discuss a presidential boom, saying he would not capitalize credit and that war talk rests with others while he focuses on work and funds. He criticized relief distribution but praised overall generosity.
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International News Service
New York
Miram Herrick
United States
France
Europe
Paris
Pressure on Slaton Over Leo Frank Appeal
Atlanta reports enormous pressure from Georgians to influence Gov. John M. Slaton as Leo M. Frank prepares to appeal after the Supreme Court refused to hear his writ.
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Atlanta
John M. Slaton
Leo M. Frank
United States Supreme Court
Frank
No More Santa Letters for the Xmas Edition
Decatur Daily announces it will not publish Santa letters after today in the Christmas edition. Merchants are urged to place ads to maximize publicity and solicitors will expect ad ready submissions. The edition promises to be the largest yet with two sections printed showcasing the Decatur articles.
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Decaturs
Santa Claus
September Morns Double Asked to Be Recovered
LaCrosse police were asked by a Spartan woman to recover a three fold September Morn snapshot she says a young man took from her on returning from a dance. The picture was said to have been taken last spring while three girls bathed in a mill pond. No names were given.
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International News Service
LaCrosse
Wis
Dixmude Captured by Allies Near Bourges Front
A Sluis dispatch reports Dixmude captured by Allied forces and advanced six miles north about 11 miles south of Bourges. Hand to hand fighting has raged for 48 hours as British and French push Germans into dangerous positions.
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International News Service
Rotterdam
Nec
Sluis
Dixmude
Bourges
Fire department aided by 5000 soldiers and Marines
Fire at building No. 64 in the navy yard destroyed the structure and threatened adjacent ammo storage. Five thousand soldiers and Marines assisted the city department in subduing the blaze. Loss estimated at $10,000.
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Boston
Mavy Yard
American Xmas Ship Stopped by Warships at Genoa
The Jason, a United States Christmas ship carrying gifts for war orphans in Germany and Austria, arrived at Genoa from Marseilles but was halted by three warships. Once the ships learned the vessel’s mission and cargo, they withdrew.
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Genoa
Rome
Germany
Austria
Jason
Marseilles
Miners Strike Ends in Colorado Vote
Denver December 9 The Colorado miners voted last night to end the strike. Counsel for the operators say the striking men will not be rehired. It is hoped President Welbourne of the Colorado Fuel and Coal Company may permit former employees to return to work.
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International News Service
Denver
Colorado
Welbourne
The
Colorado Fuel and Coal Company
French Allied Advances Claimed Across Front in Latest Statement
Paris reports optimistic Allied gains along the entire battle line. The communiqué says many German trenches were captured from the sea to the Lys and across Arras, Aisne, Meuse, Argonne, Vosges, and La Porte. It notes progress except where German mines blew trenches.
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International News
Paris
Lys
Arras
Aisne
Méuse
Argonne
la Porter
Vosges
Simones
German War Office Claims Notable Forays in Argonne and Poland
Berlin declares in office statement that in the Argonne forest in France troops gained several locations and captured prisoners. It reports heavy French losses north of Nancy and says in southern Poland German forces are in close contact with the Russians who have halted east of Miechow, 14 miles north of Krakow.
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France
Nancy
Poland
Miechow
Kracow
Condition of Kaiser Reported Serious in Berlin Dispatch
London reports Berlin dispatch says the Kaiser is described as in serious condition with pneumonia from overexertion and headaches. He is violent toward those around him and advised not to return to the front.
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International News Service
London
Exchange Telegraph Dispatch
Berlin
Kaiser William Ill in Serious Pneumonia Condition
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William II of Germany is suffering from pneumonia and in a serious condition in Berlin.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
A _ dispatch
Berlin
William
Germany orders cotton for dues over money
Birmingham report says President T H Rennie of Pell City Manufacturing Co states Germany has ordered cotton be exchanged for its dues rather than money. A cargo of Mobile cotton was being shipped to Germany to obtain dyes, reflecting a shift in German policy and demand.
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Birmingham
T.H. Rennie
Pell City Manufacturing Company
Germany
Renie
Electrical Jobbers’ Association
Mobile
Rennie
Empire
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