Gambler Testifies for Burkett Bill to End Racetrack Gambling
Henry Brolaski of Monrovia California testifies at a sub committee hearing in support of the Burkett bill to ban transmission of racetrack betting odds by telegraph or telephone. He details methods used by book makers pool rooms and hand bookmakers and urges enforcement of a federal law to stop these practices and prohibit mailing racetrack prices or results.
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Washington
Henry Brolaski
Monrovia
Cal
Brolaski
United States
Department of State
New York City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mr. Brolaski
Panama Ousts American W G Spiller from Isthmus
W G Spiller American proprietor of the Astor house in Panama is expelled by decree of President Obaldia. He is placed on the steamer Magdalena bound for New York and Colon accused of enticing laborers from the isthmus.
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W. G. Spiller
New York
Colon
Astor House
Oter
Panama Territory
Magdalena
Obaldia
Rescued From Burning Building in Kansas City
In Kansas City on December 15 two women and three men were carried down ladders from the sixth floor of the Kemper building as fire in the basement filled the structure with smoke, blocking stairways and elevators. Over fifty tenants fled to the street via fire escapes in a panic.
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Kansas City
Kemper
Ten More Saloons Closed in Webster County
Webster County liquor dealers outside Fort Dodge were enjoined by court order on a technicality. With Fort Dodge, all of Webster county is now dry.
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Webster County
Fort Dodge
Anti-Saloon League
Lally Named as Candidate for Iowa District Judge
Denison Iowa December 15 P E C Lally is named by the Review as a candidate for district judge to succeed Zara A Church whose retirement was announced recently.
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Lally
Denison
P. E. C. Lally
Zara A. Church
Railway Fare Reduced in I C C Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Co as an interstate entity and unjustly charged 15 cents for the Council Bluffs to Omaha route. For two years starting February 1910 the fare must not exceed 10 cents between any points in the two cities.
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Commission
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha and Council Bluffs
Warrant Issued for Arrest of G P Sheldon in Greenwich Conn
A warrant for the arrest of George P. Sheldon, former president of the Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, was handed to Greenwich police in Connecticut. The action follows his removal from office and signifies a formal pursuit by authorities.
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G. P. Sheldon
New York
George P. Sheldon
Phenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Greenwich (Conn
Demostration in Managua Failing to Halt Zelaya Presidency
Rebels fill Managua as crowds chant Long live liberty United States and Estrada. The government faces a revolt over a mining rights bill aimed at exploiters, prompting hurried adjournment and widespread opposition to Zelaya.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Liberty
United States
Estrada
Zelaya
Congress
Enrique Corda
Protect orate urged in effort to resolve Nicaragua crisis
Washington reports advise establishing a protectorate in Nicaragua to stabilize the country if Zelaya is not displaced. The plan, possibly joint with Mexico, cites Santo Domingo and Cuba as precedents and may move once enough marines gather off the Nicaraguan coast. Managua unrest signals potential government collapse and a basis for action.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Mexico
Zelaya
Santo Domino
Cuba
Managua
No permanent forces in Nicaragua for election safeguard
The提asure discusses sending landing forces to Managua or dispatching to the region if needed to maintain order during a fair general election. The plan does not call for a permanent force in Nicaragua, only as long as necessary to ensure constitutional obligations are observed and a president is established.
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Managua
Panama
Nicaragua
Good Roads Congress Opens With Wide Road Plans
The National Good Roads congress in Topeka discusses permanent roads national highways linking state capitals and county seats state highway networks federal prisoner labor for road building and a businesslike approach to roadmaking. Taft letter opposes broad national aid.
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Topeka
National Good Roads Congress
Taft
Bank defaulter pleads guilty in embezzlement case
Grayson H. Osborn, a teller at Huntington National Bank, admitted stealing 28000 dollars. He faced a six and half year sentence in the federal prison at Leavenworth.
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Columbus
Grayson H. Osborn
Huntington National Bank
Leavenworth
Fatal Explosion Injures Six in Topeka Cistern
Six men were seriously injured when a natural gas explosion shook a Topeka fire cistern on December 15. Frank Snyder the street commissioner likely suffered fatal burns in the blast.
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Topeka
Frank Snyder
Reese Heads Mine Operators in Iowa for Coming Year
John P. Reese was elected president of the Iowa Mine Operators Association at its Des Moines meeting. New officers include David Denning as VP Edward Gray as secretary treasurer and L. L. Lodwick H. L. Waterman H. M. Schuler and H. H. Canfield on the executive board. The president now receives a salary and full-time duties. Delegates urged lower railroad rates for Iowa coal but no wage scale plans were set for miners next March.
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Des Moines
Joseph Sharp
Albia
Iowa Mine Operators’ Association
Savery Hotel
John P. Reese
David Denning
Cincinnati
Edward Gray
L. L. Lodwick
H. L. Waterman
H. M. Schuler
H. H. Canfield
Coal Operators’ Association
Commercial Coal Operators’ Association
Iowa
Lowa
Iowa Grange Meets Heads Warnings on Farm Labor Crisis
Des Moines December 15 delegates and public were warned that farm labor shortages threaten soaring prices. State Master A B Judson of the Iowa Grange addressed about 50 delegates representing 1,500 members as the convention at the Savery hotel continued for two more days.
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Des Moines
A. B. Judson
Lown Grange
the Patrons of Husbandry of America
Savery Hotel
Wright May Lose Place as State Food Commissioner
Des Moines reports state Food and Dairy Commissioner H. R. Wright likely will not be reappointed by Governor Carroll when his term ends in April 1910. Rumors say the governor indicated nonrenewal after discussions with friends at the state house.
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State Food and Dairy
Des Moines
H. R. Wright
Carroll
State House
Wright
Costly Blaze Destroys Peoria Newspaper Plant
Fire destroyed the Grané pera house building housing the Peoria Journal and Peoria Demokrat plants in Peoria Illinois on December 14. Total losses exceed two million dollars.
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Peoria
Ill
Grané @pera
Peoria Journal
Peoria Demokrat
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Senate Judiciary Committee
On Earth
National Association
Ses
Sions
REESE
Dent of Iowa Association
Iowa Grange
Judson
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