U S Strong For Olympic Games in Stockholm Next Year
United States athletes will compete in more sports at Stockholm 1912 than ever before. Efforts led by Professor William M. Sloane and President Everett C. Brown aim to expand beyond track, adding cycling tennis swimming wrestling and fencing. Chicago may host strong swimmers while American marksmen cyclists and gymnasts prepare for diverse events and team scoring.
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United States
Stockholm
William M. Sloane
New York
William
Germany
Sloane
Everett C. Brown
Central A. A. U
Chicago
West
Brown
Yale Plans One Ticket Rule for Harvard Princeton Games
Yale ticket managers consider a plan to limit applicants to one ticket per person for the Harvard and Princeton games to curb high demand. Graduates and undergraduates would get one ticket. extra tickets would be conditional and may require chance or grouping. The move could disproportionately exclude women and likely matches actions by Princeton and Harvard managers.
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New Haven
Conn
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Wolgast Seeks a Square Meal in Hospital
Ad Wolgast spoke from his hospital cot on Monday asking when he would get a real meal, joking he could eat two horses. A nurse said his condition is good with a temperature just above normal, and he would leave quickly if clothes were ready.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ad Wolgast
Wolgast
Philadelphia inaugurates Rudolph Blankenburg as mayor
Rudolph Blankenburg was inaugurated mayor of Philadelphia as thousands gathered at city hall. In his address he urged councilmen to help disentangle the city finances, improve traction to meet growing needs, and upgrade port facilities.
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Philadelphia
Rudolph Blankenburg
Blankenburg
Railroads Upheld On Grain Elevation Charges
Supreme Court rules railroad practices of paying charges for elevating grain are legal and not rebates. Case concerns charges collected at Omaha and confirms validity of such payments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Omaha
Y M C A Forms Four-Team Basketball League
The Y M C A announces a four team basketball league with games every Thursday in the gymnasium. Thirty members signed up, captains named, and a La Crosse team represents the association with a strong lineup. Arcadia, Winona results cited show the club’s early success as it prepares to travel to Osseo Wisconsin.
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L. Nelson
Stow
Bedessem
Meinert
la Crosse
Peterson
Rand
Anderson
Bedessen
Evang
Arcadia
Winona
Osseo
Wis
Easton Likely Local Delegate to National Irrigation Congress
L. F. Easton is expected to represent La Crosse as a city delegate to the National Irrigation Congress of the United States in Chicago from December 5 to 9. Secretary Utermoehl of the board of trade is pressing to have him serve. The trip would allow attendance at the Irrigation Congress, the Land and Irrigation Exposition, the International Livestock Exposition, and the Chicago Grand Opera next week.
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L. F. Easton
la Crosse
National Irrigation Congress of
United States
Chicago
Utermoehl
Board of Trade
Easton
Irrigation Congress
Longest Case in Courts Settled After Four Centuries
In Frankfort the 400 year old Lebuser-Kietzer versus Frankfort fishers dispute over access to the Ored river has ended. The case began in 1500 with a Duke Joachim I ruling for the Lebuser group, a 1697 decision also favored them, and the 1911 imperial high court again sided with Lebuser. Officials believe the matter may now be closed for a century.
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Frankfort
Lebuser-Kietzer
Ored
Lebuser
Joachim I
Imperial High Court
Tragic duel among Rudelstadt students shocks Berlin
In Rudelstadt two students reportedly shot each other after placing red cloth over their hearts to aim better, a tragedy that highlights the high rate of suicides among German schoolchildren. European statistics show 1192 student suicides from 1883 to 1903.
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Berlin
Rudelstadt
Germany
Europe
Attack on tariff board looms as budget item shown
Washington December 5 President Tafts tariff board faces a likely Democratic House push after the treasury secretary proposes 225900 to fund the board for the next fiscal year. The request also includes 75009 for the president economy commission seeking to reform government business methods.
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Tariff Board
Washington
Taft
Democratic House
Secretary of the Treasury
President
Economy Commission
Ashland Gets 2 500 000 For Harbor Lightships
Estimates presented to Congress by Secretary Nagel propose a 1913 navigation improvement program totaling nearly 2.5 million dollars for lightships. Listed projects include St Marys River Michigan 60000 Ashland Harbor Ohio 45000 Cleveland Harbor Ohio 17009 Lorain Harbor Ohio 45000 and Ashland Wisconsin 25000.
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Ashland
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
St. Mary's River
Mich
Ashtabula Harbor
Ohio
Cleveland Harbor
Lorain Harbor
Wis
Citizens seek revised national anthem
A group of people who admit they do not know the national anthem advocate revising it to improve familiarity and pride, arguing for simpler lyrics and a clearer tune. They urge lawmakers and cultural agencies to consider a modernized version.
Badger Quintette to Meet Beloit in Opener
Madison Wis Dec 5 With football season over the Badgers shift to basketball under Dr Meanwell who will coach the 1911 12 quintette a strong team expected to open with Beloit Friday night Captain Scoville All Western guard may move to forward Stangel and Youngman return at forward and guard Knechtenmeister Johnson Van Ghent and Van Riper vie for center guard talent also includes Gillette Butler Lange Harper shows promise but may need time to develop thus the early lineup and competition for spots highlighted by returning players and new prospects
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Madison
Wis
Badgers
Meanwell
Cardinal
Beloit
Scoville
Stangel
Youngman
Knechenmeister
Jimmy” Adams
Johnson
van Ghent
van Riper
Gillette
Butler
Lange
Harper
Madison High
St Louis Billiardists Visit Chicago In League Series
Chicago cue artists prepare for a National Billiard League match tonight against St Louis. Elmer Farrell is likely to play for Chicago, facing Shea Harris or Lauren for the visitors.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Elmer Farrell
Shea
Harris
Lauren
Roosevelt attacks lynching and calls for swift trials
In The Outlook Theodore Roosevelt condemns lynching and urges that criminal assault on women be a capital crime with immediate trials. He cites race riots, justice delays, and legal technicalities as factors behind miscarriages of justice, while noting public fury against mob violence. There is also a note about the chess champion’s occupation.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
South
America
Rent Must Be Paid On Haunted House
London December 5 tenants of haunted houses cannot plead ghost walking as a reason for nonpayment of rent. Judge Harrington of Wandsworth county court ruled in the case of William Atkinson who faced a landlord suit for rent due. The tenant claimed a grey headed ghost haunted the home and disturbed his family, but the court ordered payment of the rent.
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London
Harrington
Wandsworth
William Atkinson
Atkinson
Gibbons Seeks Middleweight Title Against Coffey in New York
Mike Gibbons of St Paul defends welterweight crown and aims for middleweight title as he faces Walter Coffey of California tonight at the Fairmont Athletic Club in New York. Coffey weighs in, with bouts listed for the card.
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America
Mike Gibbons
St Paul
Walter Coffey
California
Fairmont Athletic Club
Bons
Conten
Coffey
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