Woman's Hidden Gold Sealed in Bags After Fatal Train Crash
An elderly woman killed at Mount Vernon station by the Pittsfield express had $1,800 in gold and bank notes concealed in bags worn about her neck and under her skirt. Train hands found the loot after her body was moved to the baggage room. identification suggests Mrs. S. M. McCord of Rockdale Avenue, New Rochelle.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Pittsfield Express
New York & Harlen
S. M. McCord
Rockdale Avenue
New Rochelle
Epidemic Closes Geneva Schools Amid Illness
In Geneva Illinois December a scarlet fever and diphtheria outbreak forces public schools to shut until after the holidays. Superintendent Mrs Emylie Gardner is ill with scarlet fever and many children are affected by the diseases.
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Geneva
Iil
Emylie Gardner
Newark Bank Cashier Admits Fraud and Receives Five-Year Sentence
Harry J. Hoover pleaded guilty in a United States court to making fake entries and issuing a fraudulent certificate as cashier of the People's National Bank in Newark. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry J. Hoover
People’s National Bank
Newark
United States
Veteran Civil War veteran Lively dies by suicide in Maron
Bloomington Illinois December 8 A 72 year old Civil War veteran named Lively, living in Napa California, killed himself by swallowing embalming fluid in Maron. He was a stranger to the area and no motive was found.
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Bloomington
Ill
Lively
Napa
Cal
Maron
Death of 16 Year Old in Marion Football Scrimmage
John S. Snyder died at Marion Iowa from injuries suffered in a football scrimmage. The 16 year old was badly crushed during the contest in Des Moines reporting on December 8.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John S. Snyder
Marion
Suspect Woman Is Paramanias in Mass Dee
A suspect woman in Massachusetts faces police inquiry following reports of erratic behavior and possible mental health concerns. Local authorities urge witnesses to come forward while investigations continue.
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Leboro
Mass
Swayne Impeachment Move Sparks House Debate
Washington December 11 the House adopted a resolution directing the judiciary committee to probe Judge Charles Swayne of the Northern District of Florida for corrupt conduct neglect of duty and denial of justice. Mr Lamar announced impeachment aims with strong charges while the Senate took up the Cuban bill and adjourned.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Charles Swayne
United States District Court
Florida
Lamar
Swayne
Mr. Lamar
Senator Smoot’s Seat Under Senate Review
Washington December 11. Interest grows in the Smoot Utah seat contest as the Senate probes petitions and protests for expulsion. Chairman Burrows calls a Saturday committee meeting to decide on possible action, amid petitions from forty states.
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Washington
White House
Senator Smoot
Utah
Brigham H. Roberts
House of Representatives
Smoot
Senate
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Committee
Senate Blame Sought as House Pushes Budget Bills
Speaker Cannon urged committee chairmen to have appropriation bills ready early to speed passage in the House. He aims to shift blame to the Senate for delays and to curb hasty conference abuses.
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Senate
Washington
Cannon
House
Representative Bell Seeks Pure Wine Standards Bill
Washington December 11 Representative Bell of California introduced a bill to prevent adulteration or misbranding of domestic or foreign wines and the manufacture of impure wine in the country. The bill is drawn so that retail dealers can be held for violations as well as manufacturers.
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Washington
Bell
California
Pension Bill Favorably Reported By House Committee
Washington December 11 The House committee on appropriations authorizes a favorable report on the pension appropriation bill totaling 138 150 100 dollars. This is 2 500 less than the estimates and 1 697 500 less than last year's pensions appropriation.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Guam Government Plan Outlined in Island Proposal
A proposed framework seeks to establish a government structure for Guam outlining roles, powers, and governance mechanisms. The document emphasizes local autonomy, fiscal arrangement, and administrative oversight to guide island administration.
Bank Can Resume Operations After Closure in Pittsburg
Washington Dec. 11 The comptroller of the currency authorized the Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh Pa to resume business next Monday morning. The bank had closed its doors October 31 1903.
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Washington
Federal National ‘Bank of
Pittsburg
Senator Gal linger seeks forest reserve purchase in White Mountains
In Forest Reserve Washington on December 11 Senator Gal linger introduced a bill to purchase a national forest reserve in the White Mountains New Hampshire. The measure authorizes a five million dollar appropriation.
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Forest Reserve
Washington
Gallinger
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Senators and Representatives Salaries Proposed
Senator Gal linger introduced a bill proposing that after March 4 1904 the salaries of senators representatives and delegates in Congress shall be 7500 dollars per year.
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Washington
Gallinger
Congress
Senator Introduces Naturalization Bill for Porto Rico
Senator Foraker introduced a bill to extend U S naturalization laws to Porto Rico in Washington on December 11. The proposal would make Porto Ricans eligible for U S citizenship under existing statutes.
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Porto Rico
Washington
Senator Foraker
United States
Defines Conspiracy Bill Introduced Limiting Word Meaning
Ohio legislator tive Grosvenor introduced a bill to narrow the definition of conspiracy and restrict injunction use. The proposal seeks tighter limits on how the term is applied and the remedies available.
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Washington
Grosvenor
Ohio
Statehood Hearing Opens for New Mexico Bill
Washington December 11 hearings begin before the House committee on territories on the bill granting statehood to New Mexico. The session outlines the agenda and expected testimonies on the measure.
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Washington
New Mexico
House Committee On Territories
Ferryboat Alonzo Church Stranded by Ice on Mississippi
Ferryboat Alonzo Church with sixty passengers and fifteen vehicles became trapped for three hours in ice 800 yards from the Illinois shore on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. All aboard were evacuated by a tug. six Merchants' Exchange members were among the travelers en route to East St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Alonzo Church
Ilinois
Merchants’ Exchange
East St. Louis
London widow sues over divorce claim against millionaire
Philadelphia December 11 Mrs Caroline Madeline Gardner of London sues to set aside a divorce granted to Mrs Anna Gardner from Frank L Gardner said to be worth 30000000 dollars on the ground that he was her husband when he married Anna Gardner.
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Philadelphia
Caroline Madeline Gardner
London
Anna Graham Gardner
Frank L. Gardner
Anna Gardner
Negro Boy Linguistic Wonder At Apostolic Legation
Washington reports a remarkable Black youth who serves at the Apostolic Legation. With no formal schooling he speaks French and Italian fluently and shows broad knowledge of Latin and Greek.
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Washington
Apostolic Legation
Operators to Fight Miners Meet in Cleveland to Demand Wage Concessions
All coal operators from Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and Illinois are summoned to Cleveland next Monday to press miners to abandon the wage scale and accept a reduction in wages.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Cleveland
Rich Bachelor Kills Himself in Hincksey
Richard Lewis a wealthy bachelor of Hincksey shot himself in the mouth and died instantly. The 65 year old man was described as an eccentric figure in Aurora TIL reports.
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Aurora
Til
Richard Lewis
Hincksey
Lewis
Countess Russell Secures Second Divorce
London reports Countess Russell has obtained her second divorce from William Brown her coachman husband who allegedly masqueraded as a prince at their marriage.
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London
Russell
William Brown
Life Sentence for Woman in Poisoning Trial
Cadillac Michigan December 11 Mrs Mary McKnight found guilty of poisoning her brother John Murphy and sentenced to life imprisonment after a trial.
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Cadillac, Ma Ch
Mary McKnight
John Murphy
Mrs. Soffel Is Free After 20 Months in Penitentiary
Pittsburg reports Mrs. Katherine Soffel has regained liberty following a little over twenty months of incarceration at the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary.
New York Capitalist Frederick E Camp Dies
Frederick E Camp a well known New York capitalist and treasurer of the St Joseph Mo Company died at his home in New York from pneumonia Funeral arrangements were not announced locally at press time
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New. York
New York
Frederick E. Camp
St. Joseph.Mo
Navy officers urge steady growth of fleet under Roosevelt plan
Representative Foss of Chicago and President Roosevelt push for a fixed yearly addition of battleships cruisers gunboats and other warships until the fleet matches major powers. They favor a staff system similar to the army and note only ten battleships are in commission while twelve are under construction.
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Washington
Foss
Chicago
Naval Affairs Committee
White House
Navy
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Army
Wins pension fight for Chicago widow of Civil War veteran
After eight years before the pension commissioner, Ida T Ambrose wins an $18 monthly pension with back pay. Her husband served first in the Confederate Illinois Infantry and later joined the Union, dying with the pension denied due to Confederate service.
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Washington
Ida T. Ambrose
Chicago
Nineteenth
Ilinois Infantry
Ambrose
Boutell Named to Key Subcommittees in Ways and Means
Chicago's Mr. Boutell, a new member of the Ways and Means Committee, was assigned to the subcommittee on internal revenue plus another on revenue from sources besides customs and excises. The inland revenue group will handle bills including proposed alcohol tax amendments for the arts.
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Washington
Boutell
Chicago
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
Committee On
Tillman seeks limit on president’s appointments power
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution asking the judiciary committee to report on the constitutional limit of the president’s power to fill appointments that require Senate consent. The aim is to settle whether the president may continue in office officials whose nominations the Senate has not confirmed.
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Washington
Tillman
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Consuls to Be Investigated in China and Coburg
Washington reports an upcoming investigation of the consular system in China. Consul General John Good at Shanghai has unsubstantiated charges. Serious charges have been brought against Oliver Hughes, consul general at Coburg Germany.
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Washington
China
John Goodnow
Shanghai
State Department
Oliver Hughes
Coburg
Germany
President's Naval Aid Named in Washington Dispatch
Commander Cameron McRae Winslow of the U S N I receives orders to serve as naval aid to President Roosevelt. He succeeds the president's brother in law Captain W B Cowles and is noted as the son of the Civil War officer who commanded the Kearsarge against the Alabama.
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Washington
Cameron
McRae Winslow
U.S. NI
Kear
Sarge
Alabama
Roosevelt
Cowles
Floyd B Crowned at Fort Atkinson and Bos Cobel Wis
Floyd B Failey wins at Fort Atkinson Wisconsin while George W Burchard appears in Point Indiana and August L Seeman noted at Bos cobel Wisconsin in the same report.
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Floyd B. “Failey
Ind. George
Fort. Atkinson
Wis
L. ‘Seeman
Boscobel
Senate backs extension of naturalization treaty with Haiti
Washington December 10 the senate in executive session received the favorable report of the foreign relations committee on the extension of the naturalization treaty between the United States and Haiti.
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Washington
Senate
C. Sion
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Hayti
Petition for Removal of Nez Perces Superintendent
Washington reports a petition for removal of E. T. McArthur, superintendent of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho, filed at the Indian bureau by Idaho Senator Heyburn.
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Washington
E. T. McArthur
Idaho
Indiana Bureau
Senator Heyburn
Iowa Delegation Fails to Name Judge in Eight Ballots
The Iowa delegation in Congress failed to pick a nominee for the Northern District of Iowa federal judgeship after eight ballots without a choice. The deadlock reflected continued division within the delegation and no clear candidate emerged.
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Washington
Dec
Iowa
Congress
Federal District
Tennessee Supreme Court Affirms Peake Murder Sentence
Nashville authorities report the Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed Clarence Peake's 18 year sentence for the alleged murder of S Hulin, who remains alive. Peake's lawyers continue efforts to overturn the ruling.
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Nashville, Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Clarence Peake
S. Hulin
Emperor William Said to Be Less Satisfied Than Official Reports
Information from Berlin indicates the condition of Emperor William is less satisfactory than official statements admit. The emperor himself is said to be seriously apprehensive.
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Paris
Berlin
William
Moscow Council Debates Import of American Street Car Rails
Moscow officials discuss asking the government for permission to import American rails as local Russian firms cannot supply the heavy rails badly needed for street car service. The move reflects supply shortages and modernization efforts in the city.
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Moscow
Mother and Child Fatally Burned in Michigan Residence
In Flat Rock Michigan on December 8 Mrs Hat tie Sutliff and her 14 year old son perished in a house fire. The bodies lay on the floor near the door with the mother’s arms around the boy.
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Flat Rock
Mich
Hattie Sutliff
Sea Coast Defenses Near Half Completion
The sea coast defenses of the United States are over halfway finished with twenty five harbors equipped with heavy guns and mortars. The engineering work is estimated to cost fifty million dollars.
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United States
Malden Dentist Nominated Court Dentist to Saxon King
Dr Frank Gowker Sieras a noted Malden Massachusetts dentist received invitation to serve as court dentist to the king of Saxony with headquarters in Dresden Germany the announcement highlights his professional renown and international recognition.
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Frank Gowker Sieras
Malden
Mass
Saxony
Dresden
Accomplished Women Cited In Candid Marriage Talk
In a vivid exchange Ida notes Jack seeks an accomplished bride. May suggests Ernie might fit, praising a girl who can play Hiawatha on violin and make fudge, reflecting social quirks of courtship.
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Ida
Jack
Ernie
One Exception on Election Day Joke Exchange
Larry jokes that Pat voted a straight ticket after drinking whisky while Denny quips he did not walk straight. The brief anecdote captures a humorous exchange about political voting and behavior.
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Larry
Pat
Denny
Trade Hurt by Auto Craze
London harness makers and carriage builders suffer trade losses due to the rising popularity of motor cars. The shift toward automobiles is weakening demand for traditional horse drawn vehicles and related services.
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London
Swedish Post Office Delivers Over Forty Million Pictorial Postcards
The Swedish postal service reported that more than 41 million pictorial postcards were delivered in the past year. This milestone reflects broad public use and promotional card campaigns across the country.
Tallest Concrete Building in Cincinnati
Cincinnati claims the tallest concrete building in the world with fifteen stories.
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Cincinnati
Forest Fires Near San Bernardino Brought Under Control
Forest fires raging in the mountains near San Bernardino California are believed to be under control. The bridge over City Creek canyon was saved by back firing efforts.
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San. Bernardino
Cal
City Creek Canyon
Opera House Burned in McGregor Blaze
Bergman opera house destroyed by fire on December 8 in McGregor. Ground floor housed Krawer clothing and dry goods. Loss estimated at 55,000 dollars.
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Opera
McGregor
Bergman
Krawer Clothing
Culom Sainted Reciprocity Debate on Cuba Trade
Senator Cullom of Illinois opened the Senate debate in favor of Cuban reciprocity arguing the United States must secure fair access to Cuba's market. He cited Cuba's sugar and tobacco trade and showed U S imports and losses to England France and Germany. Cuba will export its entire sugar crop to the United States with or without reciprocity.
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Washington
Cullom
Illinois
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
United States
Cuba
Zingland
Germany
England
France
Contested Lorimer Durborow Election Assigned to Committee
The Durborow Lorimer contest is assigned to House Election Committee No. 2 chaired by Rep Olmstead with six Republicans and three Democrats. Fred Landis joins the panel. No testimony has yet been filed, but Durborow may proceed to perfect his contest while the committee is expected to report against him and Lorimer to keep the seat.
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Lorimer
Washington
Cannon
Durborow-Lorimer
Election Committee No. 2
Representative Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Fred Landis
Indiana
House
Mr. Durborow
Mr. Lorimer
Elections Committee
Durborow
Philippine Land Rules for Public Lands Disposition
The president has submitted to Congress rules for leasing selling and disposing of public lands in the Philippine islands excluding timber or mineral lands. The measures cover homesteading town sites and lot sales and set terms to perfect titles and issue patents to certain native settlers. A Philippines court of land registration will hear and decide all applications and complete Spanish concessions and grants.
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Washington
Congress
Philippine Islands
Philippines Court of Land Registration
Democrats Favor Chicago for 1932 Democratic Convention
Washington dispatch states Chicago will be the choice of the Democratic national committee for the party’s next presidential convention. The prediction is made by Senator Gorman of Maryland, Senate Democratic leader and a probable presidential candidate.
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Chicago
Washington
Democratic :National Committee
Gorman
Maryland
Senate
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