President defends secret service and urges reform
President Theodore Roosevelt defends the Secret Service in a House reading of his message. He argues no broad attack on Congress, cites success in cracking land frauds and lotteries, and urges funding and Bureau of Justice placement to strengthen crime detection nationwide. He urges reversal of the prior House action.
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Congress
Secret Service
Washington
House of Representatives
Messrs. Tawney
Minnesota
Smith
Iowa
Sherley
Kentucky
Fitzgerald
New York
Busby
Ofder
Capitol
Bureau
Treasury Department
Nebraska
Colorado
Green
Gaynor
Night Riders Guilty Court Will Sentence Six to Death
In Union City Tennessee a jury convicted six defendants Garret Johnson Tid Burton Roy Ransom Fred Pincon Arthur Clear and Sam Applewhite of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances The six face death or life imprisonment as sentencing follows and a new trial motion for the remaining two defendants Bud Morris and Bob Huffman was overruled The case ended a period of lawlessness ending with militia aid and the Reel Foot lake night rider clan brutality including a lynching.
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Union City
Tenn
Garret Johnson
Tid Burton
Roy Ransom
Fred Pincon
Arthur Clear
Sam Applewhite
Bud Morris
Bob Huffman
Patterson
Reel Foot Lake
Kanken
Free Woman Acquitted in Meica Court Murder Case
Florence M. Erb and her sister Catherine Beizell were acquitted after nearly eighteen hours of jury deliberation in Media Pennsylvania. The defendants faced separate and joint charges of shooting Capt J Clayton Erb on October 4 1965. The jury asked for self defense instructions before delivering not guilty verdicts. Women embraced and cried as verdict was read.
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J. Clayton Erb
Meica Court
Media
Florence M. Erb
Catherine Beizell
Captain Erb
Delawere County Court House
Durham Board of Education Pays Record School Funds
Durham county distributed a state leading four dollars per pupil for public schools. The total allocation reached forty thousand dollars, marking the largest per capita school fund distribution in the state's history.
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Durham
N. C
County Board of Education
Saved By a Parrot in Naples Rescue Story
Cable queen Helena takes interest in a six year old girl rescued from ruins under remarkable circumstances. Italian sailors in Messina heard cries of Maria from wreckage and followed the parrot’s distress calls to locate the unconscious child. The girl and the parrot were taken aboard the battleship Regina Elena.
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Naples
Helena
Messina
Maria
Hill Pays Carnegie's Gift to Koch Institute
Berlin reports American Ambassador David Jayne Hill paid into Seehandlung Bank on Wednesday Andrew Carnegie's gift of 125000 dollars to the Koch Institute for Tuberculosis Research. Hill also conveyed Carnegie's thanks for his honorary membership and good wishes for the institute's success.
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Hill
Carnegie
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Seehandlung Bank
Andrew Carnegie
Koch Institute For Tuberculosis Research
Institute
Granite shaft to honor Civil War dead at Fort Mahone
A towering Barre granite shaft is erected on the Fort Mahone site in Prince George County Virginia. It honors members of the Third Division Ninth Army Corps killed at Petersburg during the Civil War. The shaft stands 0 feet high and will be unveiled in May with an address by the U.S. president.
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Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Fort Mahone
Prince George County
Ninth Army Corps
United States
Pittsburg Officials Indicted on Bribery Conspiracy Charges
A Pittsburgh grand jury returned true bills against eight individuals including T C Atkinson William Brand John F Klein Joseph C Wasson Jacob Soffel Hugh Ferguson W W Ramsey and A A Vilsack for bribery accepting bribes and conspiracy. All posted bonds and await imminent court hearings.
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Pittsburg
Sower
Voters’ League
T. C. Atkinson
William Brand
Common Council
John F. Klein
Jospeh C. Wasson
Jacob Soffel
Hugh Ferguson
W. W. Ramsey
German National Bank
Same Bank
Aceased
Taft to Attend Atlanta Banquet With Possum and Taters
President-elect Taft will be guest of honor at an Atlanta chamber banquet on January 15. About 100 possums with sweet potatoes will be served, reflecting Taft’s joking wish to taste possum and taters during his southern visit.
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Atlanta
Relief Efforts Send Aid to Cala bria and Sicily
In New York a relief mission ships twenty five tons of clothing and over thirteen tons of provisions to clothe and feed earthquake survivors in Cala bria and Sicily. The Hamburg American steamship Hamburg sails for Genoa and Naples carrying more than 300 Italians and homeward bound goods. Provisions largely come from Nathan Straus and a local fire stock he helped donate.
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New York
Calabria
Sicily
Hamburg
Genoa
Naples
Nathan Straus
Honduras Peace Declared Amid Stable Military Posture
A report states that Honduras enjoys peace and neutrality under Washington treaties. It notes a normal level of regular troops and dismisses concerns over instability or conflict in the region.
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Mobile
Alan
Honduras
Washington
Alligators Farmed Like Pigs Across States
Alligators are raised and butchered as livestock on at least three farms in Arkansas Florida and California. The industry is growing as scarcity on southern coasts increases and value becomes better known. Each farm has found success in this unusual enterprise.
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Arkansas
Florida
California
Meteor sighting and shock rattles Marion area
A large meteor fell in western Percy county near Marion at about 10 o’clock Friday night. It appeared from the southwest and was visible across the county. Shortly after, a distinct shock rattled windows and doors over a wide area.
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Marion
Ala
Percy County
Stamp Clerk Short in His Accounts in Anniston
Postoffice inspectors report Ed D. Smith a stamp clerk in the Anniston Alabama post office was short between 1800 and 2000 dollars. Friends may cover the deficit. Smith left Saturday night after sending a letter claiming he could not stand trouble. He was last seen in Birmingham Sunday night.
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Anniston
Ala
Postoffice
Ed D. Smith
Smith
Birmingham
Montana on Endurance Test in Norfolk to Panama voyage
The cruiser Montana sailed from Norfolk on an endurance voyage of several days and will join the North Carolina after repairs to the latter. Both ships will proceed to Charleston where President-elect Taft will begin his Panama journey.
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Montana
Hampton Roads
North Carolina
Charleston
Taft
Panama
Four States Enforce Dry Laws This Friday
State-wide prohibition laws activated Friday in North Carolina Mississippi and Alabama. Georgia remains the only other state with an existing dry law now in its second year of operation.
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North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Burton Named For Senator
Theobert Burton of Cleveland was named as the next senator from Ohio by the Republican senatorial caucus Saturday.
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Columbus
Theobert Burton
Cleveland
Ohio
1908 Made Big death by own action Gains Chicago
The Chicago Tribune annual crime summary for 1908 notes a rise in personal crisis reports driven by despondency and business losses, with self-destruction increasing fivefold from 1907. Embezzlement totals topped prior year levels, many crimes traced to bank officials.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Gense
Hang
France Called World’s Banker Amid Rising Wealth and Trade
The piece argues France’s wealth is growing with annual saving around $1 billion and foreign income of about $360 million. It notes gold and hidden securities possibly rival India’s, and that trade balances favor France though taxation rises with wealth. 1909 budget is the highest since the war period.
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France
M. Leroy Beaulieu
Leroy Beaulieu
India
Bank of France
Western
Morocco
Sergeant Draws Big Sum From Army Deposit Plan
San Francisco Cal Charles Harvey a retired soldier and former Fort Rosecrans post quartermaster sergeant drew 13000 from Colonel George R Smith chief paymaster the second largest payment ever made by this department to a soldier. Harvey will also receive 67 50 a month for life.
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Army Deposit Plan
San Francisco
Cal
Charles Harvey
Fort Rosecrans
George R. Smith
Harvey
National Capital Events and Diplomatic Shifts
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce hosted a large dinner at the embassy in honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs Rect. The President sent a message proposing a single governor for the District of Columbia replacing three commissioners. Peru’s Minister Felipe Pardo, who left abroad last November, is reassigned to duty here for another year.
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Bryce
Emassy
Rect
District of Columbia
Felipe Pardo
Peru
Color Rays a Cure For Crime
Dr J Frank Walls of Norristown State Insane Asylum told the Philadelphia Medical Society that vari colored lights combat drunkenness and juvenile depravity. He warned that light starvation fuels crime and predicted crime and drunkenness would fade with light energy as a treatment.
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Philadelphia
J. Frank Walls
Norristown State Insane Asylum
Philadelphia Medical Society
Field of Sports Highlights and Trades
The pacing stallion Minor Heir sold for 45000 dollars. Ty Cobb notes his brother Paul will excel in fast company. The Critchley Socker Football Club defeats the Columbia oval team. Harry Nobis wins the monthly Mohawk Athletic Clap trophy run. Detroit debuts a new pitcher named Corns. Bruce and Garry Herman are re elected to the National Baseball Commission.
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Ty Cobb
Paul
Critchley Socker
Columbia Oval
Harry Nobis
Mohawk Athletic
Detroit
Corns
Luow
Stong
Cobb
Garry Herman
Joan
Bruce
Natonal Baseball Commission
Broad News In Brief From Washington To Virginia
A Washington blaze caused $20,000 damage. The U S leads lead production. An eleven year old in Chatham County died by his own hand after punishment. Tennessee night riders convicted for murder of Captain Rankin. Pensacola police curb Sunday streetcars. Virginia Cement Co restarts with 500 workers. Hampton Virginia votes $100,000 bonds. Spottsylvania calls for a Bloody Angle monument. Whitney NC electric plant to begin. Battle Fleet offered aid in Sicily declined. Georgia governor inaugurated. Massachusetts governor inaugurated. North Carolina governor salary raised to 6000. Claus Speckles wealth and widow’s income noted. Tuberculosis anti toxin hopes. South Carolina Penitentiary net balance gains. Stray dogs eat dead in Italian cities. Cotton Association meets in Richmond. Canegie line head on collision. Vigilantes clash with stock thieves. four killed. Virginian Railroad runs through Roanoke. Covington fire losses and rescues. Venezuelan ex ruler recovering in Berlin. Italy earthquake aid approved. North Carolina Railroad 312 dividend. Red Springs sanatorium opened. King convicted of larceny in Boston. Hotel convention in Richmond. Seed limits for congressmen. Brownsville costs rise. George E Milton buys Chattanooga News. Texas steamer fire extinguished. 811 midshipmen at Annapolis. Frank Davenport executed in Richmond. Rev J M Carmichael body found in church furnace.
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Washington
N. C
United States
Tillman
Chatham County
Tennessee
Rankin
van Pelt
Pensacola
R. E. Lee
Georgia
Oben. Draper
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Claus Speckles
Roseburgh
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Italy
Cotton Manufacturing Association
Richmond
Canegie
Aversons
California
Norfolk
Roanoke
Greensboro
Red Springs
Virginia Mountain
C. F. King
Boston
Virginia and Carolina Hotel Association
Jefferson
Brownsville
Geo. E. Milton
Knoxville Sentinel
Chattanooga News
Texas
United States Naval Academy
Anapolis
Frank Davenport
J. M. Carmichael
Columbus
Mich
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Louisiana Lottery
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White House
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Newrial
Mrs. Erb
Fand Distributed
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