Paris moves to expel papal envoy and seize church property
Paris reports a cabinet decision to suppress clergy pensions and liquidate Catholic property. Monsignor Montagnini is expelled, defenders prepare evacuations, and church services proceed under legal threat as France’s long church state rupture deepens.
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Paris
Clemenceau
France
Monsignor
Montagnini
Vatican
Monsignor Montagnini
Richard
Papal
Merry del Val
Rome
Roosevelt urges full citizenship for Porto Rico in special message
President Roosevelt transmits a Porto Rico affairs message to Congress praising island governance and education progress. He calls for permanent native troops and cautions dredging San Juan harbor. He notes rapid cane and tobacco culture, growing exports, and asks continued support under American administration. continued on page two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Porto Rico
Ponce
Cayey
San Juan
Arecibo
Switzerland
Tropic Islands
Spain
Insular Police
Centuries Old State Church Relation Ends
Paris dispatch reports a historic severing of the centuries old relation between state and church. Officials describe the move as a defining change with wide political and religious implications for governance and society.
Burrows Seeks Utah Seat Vacated Over Smoot Controversy
In Washington, Senator Burrows chairs the privileges and elections committee and urges declaring Reed Smoot not entitled to his U S Senate seat from Utah. He contends the Mormon hierarchy wields vast temporal and spiritual power, shaping state affairs and opposing federal authority, without citing polygamy proof.
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Washington
Senate
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Smoot
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Burrow
Church
Presidency
Twelve Apostles
First Presidency
Rectifiers Define Whiskey Standards Amid Proposals
The nation al pure food commission receives from rectifiers a substitute for tentative whiskey standards. It defines whiskey as the alcoholic distillate from fermented grain and sets rules for straight and blended whiskeys. Blended whiskey must label its blend and follow new solids and aging criteria per the pharmacopeia.
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Louisville
National Pure Food Commission
United States Pharmacopeia
Switchman Kromm Dies After Yard Accident
Charles F. Kromm a switchman for the Pennsylvania railroad died at St. Joseph hospital an hour after a shifting engine crushed his neck and chest in the east yards He was 24 and survived by his wife Louisa Nahrwold a daughter three sisters a brother and his parents The funeral is expected in Coesse with interment there Fort Wayne lodge 136 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Pathfinders counted among his associations.
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Pennsylvania Company
East Yards
St. Joseph Hospital
Kromm
M. F. Porter
Charles Franklin Kromm
Moses Kromm
Coesse
Bass Works
Pennsylvania Road
Fort Wayne Lodge
No. 136
Brotherhood of Railway
The
Pathfinders
Order
Smith Street
Santa Claus Barred from the Mails by Post Office
Washington reports a fraud order blocks Santa Claus from mail delivery this year. Letters addressed to Santa will be sent to the dead letter office for opening and examination, with possible return to writers where feasible. The policy may disappoint many hopeful children and reveal confidences to parents.
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Washington
Santa Claus
Post Office
Millionaire Professor W F Borden Fatally Ill
Louisville sources report Professor W F Borden a well known millionaire is fatally ill after an illness described as serious. Details on his health and family were not disclosed.
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Louisville
Teen shoots father after being kept in school
New York December 11 16 year old William Weedon shot his father John Weedon in the face and neck at their home in Glendale Long Island after being kept in grammar school and whipped for failing in his lessons. He was arrested.
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New York
William Weedon
John Weeden
Glendale
L. I
Indiana shippers hold meeting tomorrow in Indianapolis
The Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers association announces a meeting tomorrow in the Claypool hotel assembly room. J. E. Fredericks of Kokomo will call the session to order as about 300 manufacturers coal and grain dealers lumbermen livestock shippers and others are expected. The open session invites any interested party to attend and discuss car service delays and grain and coal shipment issues affecting small as well as large shippers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Manufacturers’ and Shippers’ Association
Claypool
J. E. Fredericks
Kokomo
Manufacturers’ and Shippers’ Association
Car Service
Frisco Plans Mammoth Pacific Exposition in 1913
Fifteen citizens form the Pacific Ocean Exposition Company to stage a mammoth fair in 1913 in Frisco. The project, proposed after a fire, marks the four hundredth anniversary of Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific and the Panama Canal’s completion. The venture is capitalized at $5,000,000.
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Cisco
Pacific Ocean Exposition Company
Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Pacific
General Sherwood Wins Ninth Ohio District Seat
General Isaac R. Sherwood, Democrat, will receive the certificate of election for Ohio Ninth district after the Supreme Court sustained his demurrer to a mandamus petition by Republican Elmer G. McClellan. McClellan sought to force the canvassing board to note votes cast on an independent ticket and argue the Dana law repeal issue. The court refused to intervene.
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Columbus
Ohio
Isaac R. Sherwood
Congress
Supreme Court
General Sherwood
Elmer
G .McClellan
State
General ‘Assembly
Rome Dispatch Notes Fragmentary Falla Today
Fragmentary Rome dispatch reports a dated note with unclear details about a private figure or event. The readable text hints at a personal matter but lacks concrete facts or names for full summary.
Murder case against Gilmans unresolved in Ohio
Collins and Fayne Gilman are under arrest in Darton Ohio for alleged involvement in the murder of Dana Gilman whose body was found near Arlington Heights three weeks ago. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment and face a preliminary hearing Friday.
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Darton
Ohio
Collins
Fayne Gilman
Dana Gilman
Arlington Heights
Wagner
Dana
Fayne
Confessed murderer Curtis linked to Dana Gilman death
Daston Ohio December 7 Curtis 27 year old newspaper seller half witted confessed to county officials he killed Dana Gilman on November 20 after following her from the Cadillac restaurant and boarding the Fifth street car He cried and admitted the assault location near Arlington Heights Friends and employers donated a $4000 reward for the capture of the killer. Curtis is described as an adopted son of painter James Curtis with an unstable home life
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Curtis
Cadillac
Fifth Street
Brown
Dana Gilman
National
Groveland Avenues
Arlington Heights
Collins
Gilman
National Cash Register Company
James’ Curtis
Usilti
Miners Entombed in Kern Shaft Alive at Last Reports
Los Angeles dispatch says six Edison Electric miners trapped by Friday shaft cave in Kern river canyon remained alive at 11 am Monday. An old miner, C E Moore, confirms signals between entombed men and rescuers atop the shaft. Rescue work has been slow with no blasting ordered to clear the bulwark. Moore says water pipes may keep the men alive.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edison Electric Company
Kern River Canyon
C. E. Moore
Moore
Edison Company
Labor leaders meet Atterbury on Pennsylvanias west side
A joint labor committee asked General Manager Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad to discuss grievances of workers west of Pittsburgh. No decision was reached at today’s meeting in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Rolling Mill Laborer Found Dead In Bed
J. M. Johnson known as Sandy, a former rolling mill worker, was found dead in bed at 1512 North Harrison Street about 12 30 Tuesday afternoon. Police said death likely due to heart failure. Johnson, about sixty, had stayed with FP P Rosselot after being homeless.
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J. M. Johnson
Sandy
Rolling Mill
FP. P. Rosselot
North
Harrison Street
Johnson
Rosselot
Indiana Population and Property valued at 3 105 781 739
The census bulletin from Washington shows Indiana with a population of 2 646 086 and property valued at 3 105 781 739. This marks a large increase over the latest figures, highlighting substantial growth in the state.
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Indianapolis
Census Department
Washington Today
Indiana
Gillette Gains a Day
A brief note from Herkimer New York mentions Mire with GTK in December, noting Gillette gains a day in the local timekeeping or schedule adjustment.
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Herkimer
N. L
Ik Mire
Gtk
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