Calls Coast Defense Weak Says Woodbury
Seattle report quotes Col. T C Woodbury acting commander of the Department of Columbia warning the Pacific coast would be helpless against a landing of 20000 Japanese or other foreign troops at unprotected bays. He notes fewer than 2000 regulars on the coast and urges strength of about 15000 infantry. Washington DC dispatch adds Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas facing patronage questions after appointing two daughters as private secretary and laborer.
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Seattle
Wash
T. C. Woodbury
Department of Columbia
Pacific
Ald
Japan
Little Trist
Washington
D. C
Jeff Davis
Aick
Truss
Railroad Construction in 1907 Heavy Track Building
Statistics show U S railroad construction in 1907 nearly as heavy as 1906 the peak since 1888. New track laid about 5730 miles per year. Also a brief note about Mrs William Luck and a family event.
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Chicago
Railway Age
United States
Corey Tired of Mabelle in Pittsburg Affair
Pittsburg society circles report William E. Corey president of United States Steel may tire of his young wife Mabelle Gilman. Debates over divorce loom as Corey reportedly seeks a return to his first wife and son Alan. Coreys family reportedly empathize with the first Mrs Corey while others doubt social acceptance.
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Pittsburg
William E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Alan
United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Mabelie
New York
Marelle
Nude Woman Found Dead in Icy New Jersey Pond Crime
A mystery murder in Harrison on Hackensack meadows ends with a nude, refined woman about 30 found in an icy pond. Two men detained. Peter Coogan linked the body to a man seen with the victim. Coroner rules death by strangulation about 12 hours prior.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Hackensack Meadows
Harrison
Peter Coogan
Comprat
Hert and Stout
Haring -My
Moreins
Tragic mistakenly fatal shooting in San Jose
Bertram Somers shot and killed his 5 year old son in San Jose believing him to be a burglar. The child, possibly sleepwalking, woke parents as a figure by the window appeared. Somers fired a pistol strike, killing the boy instantly.
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San Jose
Cal
Bertram Somers
Somers
Naval Torpedo Fleet Planned for Narragansett Bay
Newport R I Special describes a spring and summer 1908 mobilization of the largest torpedo fleet in U S history to Narragansett Bay. Commander Charles G Marsh will command about fifty torpedo boats destroyers and submarine flotillas.
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Newport, R. I
Narragansett Bay
Charles G. Marsh
Henryetta Faces Fear After Lynching and Race Clash
Henryetta Oklahoma swears in every available man as deputy amid 1200 rounds of ammo as tensions rise over the lynching of James Garden a Black man. Local fears of a deadly race war grip the town.
Wiped Out By Vendetta In Ohio Shooting
Radivaje Rakich was fatally shot near Bedford Ohio becoming the youngest victim in a family feud rooted in a Lodz Austria vendetta. The Rakich family was prominent before its destruction by years of violence.
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Cleveland
Radivaje Rakich
Bedford
Rakich
Fued
Lodz
Austria
Man breaks neck hiding Christmas gifts in Pittsburgh area
Jackson Stilley a 50 year old man from West Elizabeth Pa fell while trying to escape younger family members and hidden Christmas presents, breaking his neck in the fall at Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Jackson Stilley
West Elizabeth
Indiana Going Dry Gains Across State in 1907 Rise in Dry Townships
Indiana moved toward prohibition with 550000 people in 1907 driving out licensed saloons. Nine counties adopted saloons-free status under Moore remonstrance law plus fifteen county seats, totaling 762 dry townships out of 1016. The anti saloon push cites business impact, brewer influence in politics, and widespread law violations as key factors.
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Indianapolis
E.S. Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Pulaski
Kosciusko
Boone
Henry
Owen
Sullivan
Monroe
Washington
Orange
Albion
English
Franklin
Kentland
Knox
Lebanon
Newcastle
Brownstown
Newport
Danville
Princeton
Winamac
Warsaw
Rochester
Republic
Maine
North Dakota
Shumaker
Peaceful Japanese message to Roosevelt cited by Taft
Washington reports a Japanese offer of peace with the United States conveyed by Secretary of War Taft. The Mikado requests only peace, and officials in Tokyo express no desire or expectation of war within this generation, easing fears over the two nations’ relations.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Taft
Blow for oil octopus
Washington reports Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith defends a $29,000,000 fine against Standard Oil for rebate practices with the Alton Railroad. He backs Judge Landis, condemns the secret rate scheme and false billing, and targets James A. Moffet of Standard Oil Indiana.
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Washington, Special
Standard Oil Company
Alton Railroad
Herbert Knox Smith
James A. Moffet
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Chicago
Landis
Kansas for Christ campaign to evangelize the state
Kansas City reports a plan for a year long statewide revival push titled Kansas for Christ. Hundreds of ministers and noted evangelists will conduct county by county revivals across Kansas next year to demonstrate religious work conducted on businesslike lines.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Sunflower
Denver Selle Weds Chief in Santa Fe
Miss Cora Marie Arnold of Denver married Albino Chavarria, chief of the Santa Clara Pueblos in New Mexico, ending a romance that began five years ago at the Mountain and Plain Festival. He is described as civilized, religious, educated, and well to do.
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Denver
Col
Cora Marie Arnold
Santa Fe
N. M
Albino Chavarria
Mountain and Plain
Chavarriia
Santa Clara
Fall River Cotton Mills Pay $2.7 Million in Cash Dividends
Fall River textile firms distribute 2,701,875 dollars in cash dividends for 1907 on about 25.5 million dollars in capital, yielding roughly 10.97 percent. Stock dividends add 1.9 million dollars.
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Fall River
Mass
Thaw Trial To Resume With Evelyn Nesbit Testimony
The Thaw case heads to a second trial next Monday with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw set to testify again. Prosecutors will press a legal insanity plea while defense aims to prove Thaw was insane at the time of Stanford White’s murder, with Mrs Thaw expected in New York to support her son.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Evelyn Thaw
Paris
Pittsburg
Saloonkeeper in Muncie Claims Self Defense After Fatal Shooting
John Skinner, 25, surrendered to police in Muncie Indiana claiming self defense after fatally shooting Goley Epards during a confrontation at Skinner’s Hoyt avenue saloon. Skinner says robbers including Harry Robinson Claud Auker Roy and Goley Epards attacked his place and neighbor John Chambers, forcing him to shoot. Epards left a family behind.
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Muncie
Ind
Goley Eppards
John Skinner
Hoyt Avenue
Harry Robinson
Claud Auker
Roy
Goley Epards
John Chambers
Eppards
Sun Eclipse Visible in Southern US and West America
An eclipse of the sun will occur January 3 and be partially visible in the southern United States and on the western coast of North America.
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Washington
United States
North America
Georgia Dry Begins 1908 With Prohibition Law
With the advent of 1908 the Georgia prohibition law becomes effective. Passed by the last Legislature it bans manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor and prevents keeping or giving away drinks in public places. A $500 tax is imposed on clubs allowing intoxicated drinks in members lockers.
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Georgia
Atlanta
American battleship fleet salutes farewell in Trinidad
The American battleship fleet plus Culgoa and Glacier steamed from Port of Spain after a week of visits. Thousands gathered on hills and along harbor to bid farewell as the Connecticut led four-column departure toward Rio Janeiro at 10 to 11 knots. Admiral Evans had announced a 12 day leg to Rio with an expected Friday arrival.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cable
Rio Janeiro
Culgoa
Glacier
Gulf
Connecticut
Bocas
Grand Boca
Admiral Evans
Henry Moore Jackson
Swain
January Weather Outlook Warns of Blizzards and Quakes
The St Louis forecast warns of heavy winter storms and possible seismic shocks in January. Irl R Hicks predicts a period of blizzards and cold waves from January 3 to 7 with a later storm period around January 10 to 13 and storms continuing through the month.
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St. Louis
Irl R. Hicks
Hicks
Texas
Plan Amazon Explorations
Boston plans a major Amazon basin expedition led by George M. Boynton to explore southern rainforest regions between the fourth and tenth parallels. Operations are slated to start in Pernambuco next July with five relay expeditions over five years aboard the Discovery, a Gloucester fisher vessel, aided by the Brazilian government and the Royal Geographical Society of London.
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Boston
Amazon River
George M. Boynton
Pernambuco
Discovery
South America
Amazon
Royal Geographical Society of London
Roosevelt hunts wild turkey on Green Mountain at Pine Knot
President Roosevelt left Pine Knot at noon Sunday for a wild turkey hunt on Green Mountain, scene of a previous December conquest. Accompanied by Dick McDaniel, he again met wind and failed to shoot on Saturday, unable to close the distance to the flock.
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Charlottsville
Dick” McDaniel
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Green Mountain
Debutante Ball In Philadelphia Costs $100000
Miss Mary Astor Paul daughter of James A Paul Jr of the Drexel firm made her debut at Horticultural Hall. Flowers cost $35000 and at 11 pm 500 large brilliant butterflies from Brazil Peru and India were released over guests. The ball’s cost nears $100000.
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Philadelphia
Mary Astor Paul
James A. Paul, Jr
Drexel
Horticultural Hall
Paul
Brazil
Peru
India
Paris Actress Orders Luxury Submarine for Coast Excursions
Paris entertainment report notes Mile. Eva Lavalliere the aeronaut must yield to Mlle. Jeanne Laulier of Varieties Theater who has ordered a 250 ton submarine from an American Holland factory. The vessel costs 200000 dollars and will be outfitted with rosewood furniture and pink silk for coastal excursions.
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Paris
Mile
Eva Lavalliere
Mlle
Jeanne Laulier
The
Varieties Theater
Holland
America
Portland Mayor Declares Japanese Maps Exposed City
Special Mayor Harry K. Lane told the National Guard Association that agents of the Japanese government obtained accurate maps of Portland Oregon. He warned of maps and roadways access and water pipeline details.
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Portland
Ore
Harry K. Lane
National Guard Association
Indiana man knifes wife's lover in unwritten law case
Henry Wieneke a 31 year old Seymour Indiana man lies in critical condition at City Hospital after a surgical operation he says was carried out by William Crane also 31 of Seymour as punishment for Wieneke's admitted intimacy with Crane's wife. The incident is reported from St Louis Missouri in a special city dispatch.
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Beveridge
Indiana
Hanly
Wallace Foster
Charles W. Fairbanks
Hemenway
Watson
Thieutenant
Miller
C. W. Miller
W. L. Miller
Toher Sheme
Charles W. Miller
Mr. Tavior
Jary
Bruner
Kenpart
St. Louis, Mo
Henry Wieneke
Seymour
Ind
City Hospital
William Crane
Wieneke
Crane
Diet and the Truthful in London Cable
A medical journal defends habitual lying by linking it to indigestion. It claims children who fib spontaneously suffer acute dyspepsia and older people who misstate need only dietary changes to become truthful.
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London
Big Oil Strike in Louisiana at Noble Company Well No 1
In Jennings Louisiana the Noble Company well No 1 a quarter mile southwest of the proven field began spouting oil high into the air. Experts estimate production at least 5000 barrels per day and excitement grows as another pool is struck at the field.
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Jennings
Noble Company
Duke of Westminster Party Loots Cheshire Castle
The Duke of Westminster leads a house party that seized Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire as a Yuletide joke. They allegedly stole gems and relics worth several thousands of dollars from the Marquis of Cholomondeley’s residence.
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London
Duke of Westminister
Cholmondeley Castle
Marquis of Cholomondeley
Cheshire
Discoveries of Ancient Monastery Near Tim Gad Unveiled
Albert Ballu reports the Tim gad ruin now reveals a large monastery covering 11 000 square yards. It surrounds a Christian basilica and includes four chapels a cloister with preserved cells and a Christian burying ground.
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Algiers
Albert Ballu
Timgad
Princess Meshtshirski Implicated in Moscow Bombing
Report from Moscow identifies the mysterious Princess Meshtshirski wife of a Moscow noble as the girl who aimed a bomb at General Herschelman’s carriage. She vanished from her home on December 4 amidst an unhappy marriage.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Herschelman
Meshtshirski
Tragic double tragedy in Abington ends with lover's suicide
Miss Edith Mashley, 18, dies from a bullet wound after a confrontation with her lover Samuel H. Stetson, 24, in Abington Massachusetts. He shoots her then kills himself, moments after she urged him to give her up.
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Abington
Mass
Edith Mashley
Samuel H. Stetson
Led Dance Opens Torresdale Christmas Barn Night
Philadelphia leaders stage the grand march led by head coach Inman and William Deering. Mrs. Edward Morrell opened the annual Torresdale Christmas barn dance, a feature of the festival for fifteen years.
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Philadelphia
Inman
William Deering
Edward Morrell
Man Travels Queens Borough With Sixty Thousand On Shirt
A man in Queensborough carries $60,000 in cash pinned to his undershirt daily since the October financial panic. He travels about the area avoiding banks and investments amid ongoing fears.
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New York
Queensborough
Minister Loses His Voice in Etna Green Toll
Warsaw Indiana special reports Rev. A H Green pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Etna Green has lost his voice due to overtaxing the vocal cords.
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Warsaw
Ind
A. H. Green
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Etna Green
This County
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