Senate Debate Shapes Panama Route Clash and San Blas Interest
Washington December 15. Senate spends four hours on Panama canal emergency appropriation bill with speeches by Teller Scott and Morgan and a broad debate over salaries, railroad control, and the canal’s future. Morgan backs San Blas route while Tillman questions contracts and warns of missteps akin to the past.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Scott
Morgan
Tanama
Lesseps
Wallace
Tillman
Hopkins
Commission
Hinds
Tilman
Feo
San Blas
Panama
Canal Commission
Allison
Tillman Maideome
Alison
Taft
J. Louis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Republicans Back Two-State Union for Oklahoma and Indian Territory
A House Republican caucus supports admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a single state and votes 110 to 63 in favor of also admitting Arizona and New Mexico as one state. The action followed a session ending with a display honoring the delegation and its symbols.
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House Republican Caucus
Washington
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
GC. G. Tones
Roosevelt
Territories
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Adame
Wisconsin
Ferrer
Minnesota
Conference Rises Over Binding Character of Republican Talks
Speaker Con non urged vigor for the tyostite plan while questions about binding force of the conference drew emphatic replies. Officials indicated that a conference of Republican House members should be considered binding on those who participate.
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Peakers
Connon
House
Ballot bills fail as assemblies reconsider measures
In Madison on December 15 the Wisconsin Assembly reevaluated the Rovycroft ballot bill with a substitute that added a circle atop the party column but cut ballot size by one third. both amendments were defeated. The Massachusetts ballot bill also failed by one vote after a 42 to 44 tally to reconsider. Additional measures passed include joint-rate powers for the State railway commission, restricting primary petitioners to under 10 percent, funding for the state university, and elect ion inspector appointments. The Senate concurred on a new Capitol bill and adopted a resolution for a state university investigation.
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Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Rovycroft
Minnesota
Roycroft
Assembly
Massachusetts
State Railway Commission
State University
Senate
Juntgen Granted Limited Right to Inspect Bank Books
Judge J W Croog grants W W Juntgen permission to examine Edgar county bank wrecking case books and records only for matters material to his defense. Access restricted to the books in federal custody at Danville and must be conducted in person with two attorneys present.
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Paris
J. W. Croog
W. W. Juntgen
Gefendai
Edgar County
Juntgen
J. B. Parrish
Danville
Ithe Bank
Grim suicide at Michigan Soldiers' Home in cemetery
An unidentified old soldier at the Michigan Soldiers' Home blew off his head with dynamite in the cemetery after showing signs of starvation. The blast was witnessed by the cemetery sexton Josiah Rooth from about 150 feet away. A second item reports a Milwaukee rumor that the American Hide and Leather company may be absorbed by Central Leather, risking tannery losses in Milwaukee.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Josiah Rooth
Sexton
Combine of Tanneries
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
American Hide and Leather Company
Central Leather Company
Central
Tragic Crash Claims Two Children in Washington
A fast east bound freight train struck a wagon at the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern crossing on Eleventh street in Washington. Mrs. Lewis Zinkands and the two children, aged 4 and 5, were knocked fifty feet from the wagon. the children died, while Mr. and Mrs. Zinkands were slightly injured.
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Washington
Ind
Afr
Lewis Zinkands
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Eleventh Street
Zinkands
Impaled by Hay Fork Accident in Plymouth Barn
Plymouth Michigan December 15 James Leslie 45 was unloading hay when a rope driven fork broke and the fork fell He dodged but a prong pierced his hip nearly reaching a vital area His condition is stated as critical Two children died in Greenburg fire of December 15 at John Luscos home the fire destroyed the house and origin is unknown
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Plymouth
Mich
James Leslie
Leslie
Greenburg
John Lusco
Paretos
Convict Steals Coat in Battle Creek Theft
Frank Raymond, an ex convict, stole a fur coat from Jacobs' clothing store and a string of overshoes from Beebe's shoe store in Battle Creek Michigan. He was captured by Chief Farrington.
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Kix
Battle Creek
Mich
Dee
Frank Raymond
Jacobs
Beebe
Farrington
Eight Indictments in Rebate Case Shake Philadelphia
Federal grand jury returns eight indictments against shippers freight agents and carriers in a rebate scheme. Cases involve Great Northern fashionway company Mutual Transit and National Essence of Coffee with immunity offered to witnesses including company officials. Rebate totals include 21236.59 on iron piping shipments and 18.12 on coffee shipments.
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Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
Grand
United States District
J. Whitaker Thompson
Great Northen Fashway Company
R. D. Wood & Co
Winnipeg
G. J. Campbell
Great Northern
L . F. Lake
New York
General Eastern
Mutual Transit Company
The
Wood Company
Walter Wood
George Wood
Stuart Wood
Richard Wood
Paul J. Diver
National Essence of Coffee Company
Minneapolis
Pau J. Silver
Charles M. Hearld
Buffalo
Mutualransit Company
Florence
N. J
Camden
Winnnipeg
Emaus
Mutiny and Peasant Uprisings Reported in Russia
London reports confirm mutiny aboard the Czarevitch with 100 Russians arrested in Colombo. Peasant uprisings spread near Riga and Venden and throughout Courland. Sailors on harbor vessels at Riga reportedly join the strike while Misa experiences terror and landlords are attacked. Telegraph workers strike in St. Petersburg as the emperor backs de Witte and Menshikoff pushes an aggressive campaign.
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London
Colombo
Ceylon
Czarevitch
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Riga
Venden
Courland
Misa
Tey
de Witte
M. Menshikoff
Iowa Cannot Hold Pat Crowe Requisition Denied
Lincoln Neb Dec 15 Governor Mickey refuses Iowa's request to send Pat Crowe to that state citing an outstanding Nebraska criminal charge as the reason for noncooperation.
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Iowa
Pat Crowe
Lincoln
Neb
Mickey
Crowe
Nebraska
Boomers Visit White House Oppose Liquor Prohibition in OK
A 200 member delegation advocating single statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory called on the president. They oppose including a liquor sale prohibition in the act formalizing the new state.
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White House
Washington
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Grand Jury Summons Upset Boonville Parents
About twenty five Boonville Indiana school boys are summoned before the grand jury to testify on cigarette law violations. Indictments are expected and more youths may be called.
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Grand Jury
Boonville
Ind
Bee
Dparenta
Gaul and the Troton: Morocco Crisis History Exposed
A Paris dispatch notes a yellow book outlining French policy in Morocco and the Franco German crisis. It cites Berlin Paris dispatches before Delcasse’s retirement showing strained relations and belligerent advisers eyeing an armed struggle amid Manchuria checks.
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Paris
Morocco
Berlin
M. Delcasse
Foreign Office
M. Bibourd
Germany
M. Ethourd
William
Manchuria
France
Indiana Mine Operators Adopt Resolution Opposition to Rate Fixing
About forty bituminous coal operators met in Terre Haute Indiana to select delegates for the inter state joint conference in Indianapolis. Delegates were not instructed and the meeting left questions to twelve operators plus President Kelsen and Secretary Penna. Resolutions opposing federal railroad rate fixing were adopted.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Associaten
Indianapolis
Kelsen
Penna
Kentucky
Pope Bestows Red Hats in Rome Consistory
The pope held a consistory in the Vatican to confer red hats and cardinal rings on two new cardinals Mgr. Caganio de Azevedo and Mgr. A de Arcoverde de Albupureque Cavalcanti, archbishop of Rio Janeiro.
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Rome
Vatican
Mgr. Caganio de Azevedo
Mgr. Jr. A. de Arcoverde de Albupureque Cavalcanti
Rio Janeiro
Two Aged Negresses Die in St Louis
In St Louis on December 15 Cynthia Henderson 600 a Negro woman said to be 112 died at the poorhouse claiming birth in North Carolina in 1793. Katie Morris another elderly Black woman died at her daughter’s home at 111 years old and claiming a 126 year age.
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St Louis
Cynthia Hender
North Carolina
Katie Morris
Carries fixed at 75 cents by Lake Superior ore shippers
Ore shippers in the Lake Superior district set next year’s carrying charges at 75 cents. The world Sunday school convention central committee plans to meet in Rome next May. An Elgin drug store fire destroyed inventory after theater bookings failed. Sarah Bernhardt to perform under a circus tent. Lieutenant Colonel Pettit says politics governs the army. Tharst’s counsel seeks recanvass of New York mayoral vote. A Sharon Pa gas explosion badly scorches John Stansfield and family. General Herman Tlaupt, veteran railroad man and West Point’s oldest graduate, dies in Newark. Karen to appeal to U S voters directly. The Earl of Aberdeen sworn as lord lieutenant of Snetland again.
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Lake Superior
Rome
Economica Drug Store
Elgin
Thomas J. Ross
South
Sarah Bernhardt
James 8. Pettit
Military Department
Washington
W. R. Tharst
New York
John Stansfield
Sharon
Herman Tlaupt
West Point
Newark
N. J
Sal
Karen
United States
Earl of Aberdeen
Snetland
Hazing at Annapolis Probe Intensifies Board of inquiry to report on Kimbrough and Cooper cases
At Annapolis the board of inquiry investigates hazing of midshipmen Kimbrough and Cooper after exhaustion. Commander Magruder vows to stamp out hazing and pursue the matter to the bottom, with a possible two to three week timeline. Coffin testifies as midshipmen Kimbrough and Cooper improve in hospital. Warrett Vandeveer seeks dismissal protest for his son and meets Superintendent Sands before heading to Washington.
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Annapolis
Kimbrough
Cooper
Naval Academy
T. P. Magruder
Sands
Board of Inquiry
EB. H. Durell
Magruder
Academy
Midshipman
Coffin
G. W. Vandeveer
Mount Hol Ir
N. d
Warrett
A. Vandeveer
Vandeveer
Washington
Bonaparte
Young Vandeveer Denies Involvement In Naval Hazing
Midshipman Warren A. Vandeveer writes to his parents that he was not on duty during the hazing at the Annapolis Naval Academy. He says he learned of the incident only after investigation and claims he did not report it. A commander recommended his dismissal for neglect of duty. he remains suspended.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Warren A. Vandeveer
Annapolis Naval
Admiral Sands
Jordone P. Gimbrough
Vandeveer
Plebe
O. G
Desperate Over Wife Death Man Hangs Self After Widow’s Funeral
Despair over Mrs Wid’s death drives Antoine Wild to suicide as funeral services take place in St. Louis. Wild, once an iron worker in Savannah, had been summoned home due to his wife’s illness. In Madison, longtime hotel keeper Jacob Van Etta, 78, dies of cancer after fifty years in the business.
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St. Louis
Antoine Wid
Wild
Heaving
Savannah
Madison
Wis
Jacob van Etta
Daring airship rescue and varied 1900s dispatches
A Chicago man Horace B. Wild survives an hour aloft after a balloon puncture by escaping to a silk bag and freeing the valve to slow descent. The report also covers Lord Aberdeen sworn Ireland Lord Lieutenant, miner convention in Shamokin, awards, fires, drownings, and a morphine death in Bloomington.
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Qwiman
Ohio
Foraker
Remierk
Fillman
Badger Solones
Dames J. Hill
Russia
Gaul
Troton
Indiana Mine Operators
Noble, Jr
Afattle Dasch
William Sayer
Alva H. Hester
Vincennes
C. W. Fytfa
Trennett
Meo
Bank of Clarkson
Pfister
Charles I. Pfisier
Jarceny
Tudge Brazee
Gone
Young Vandeveer
SEY
Newby
Chicago
Lee
Horace B. Wild
Ireland
Dublin
James Bryce
Privy Council
Phoenix Park
Shamokin
Anthracite Coal Miners
TOC
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell Gime
Bernarivania
Atures
du Iers Eal
Kanna
Moe
Bill Club
Excelsior Springs
Tall Taft
Bill Stone
Ill Ryan
Otherwiise Pill
Beaver Falls
New Brigton Council
Beaver County
Michael Brew
Brew
Galveston
Tex
C. P. Lester
L. P. Meyer
Arnold Webb
Lester
William Clark
Faris Township
Pittsburg
Gee
Rose Hite
Rock No. 5
Monongaheli
Brownsville
Civil Service Reform League
National Civil Service Reform League
Charles A. Bonaparte
Campbell Bannerman
Downing Street
Bloomington
Til
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Edward Blair
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