Ransdell Outlines Demands at Rivers and Harbors Congress
The Rivers and Harbors congress opened in Washington with calls for a definite national waterways program. Speakers include governors, government officials, and foreign ambassadors as a plan is urged to fund improvements through annual appropriations and bonds. The event runs alongside the Women’s National Rivers and Harbors congress meeting.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
New Willarg Hotel
Gov of States
United States
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Women’s National Rivers and Harbors Congress
President Ransdell Convenes Speech on War Aims
President Joseph E. Ransdell criticizes Congress for inaction on national war aims and proposes renewed cooperation between parties. Cardinal Gib delivers the invocation as Ransdell urges passage of a Dill for arms and harbors, noting lack of unanimous support.
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Joseph E. Ransdell
Controm
Louisiana
Cardinal Gib
Congress
Ransdell
Roose
Keiran Fugitive Sought as Priest-Linked Scandal Unfolds
New York detectives pursue Patrick Keiran former Fidelity Funding president now in receivership charged with larceny by bailee. The case links Cromwell Cardinal Gibbons and a Catholic network amid village Nauvoo Ill where Sister Mary heads St Marys Academy and faith remains central.
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New York
Patrick Keiiran
Fidelity Funding Company
Pittsburg
Keiran
Nelson Cromwell
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cromwell
Nauvoo
Nauvoo, Ill
St Mary's Academy
P. J. Keiran
Sister Mary
Academy
Mineral waste in the U S one million a day
Senator Flint of California warns that mineral waste last year reached about one million dollars daily. He argues production and consumption outpace population growth and urges federal and state action to enact and enforce laws protecting life and preventing waste.
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Washington, D. C
National Conservation
State Conservation Commission
Congress
Forester Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Louisiana
Flint
California
Committee On Mineral Resources
Morgan Ties Cabinet to Satterlee Marriage
Col Herbert L Satterlee becomes assistant secretary of the navy as Truman H Newberry assumes secretary duties His marriage to Louise Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan links Morgan interests to Roosevelt era governance The wedding in 1900 was famed for its scale and lavish gifts by the Morgan family
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Col
Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
Mr. Morgan
Louise
New York City
John L Sullivan Seeks Divorce in Chicago Suit
Chicago December 9 John L Sullivan famed champion filed for divorce in superior court alleging statutory misconduct as ground He says he is a Chicago resident and that he married Anna Bates in Boston in 1883 and lived together until 1884 Also noted he and Jake Kilbain are appearing at a local theatre this week and Sullivan calls the separation the saddest blow of his career Mrs Sullivan previously filed for divorce in Centreville Rhode Island but the petition was dismissed
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Chicago
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Anna Bates
Boston
Jake Kilbain
Death pursues the slayer of child Mamie Waume
In Russell Springs Kentucky the 13 year old Mamie Waume was abducted after failing to return home from school. Her body was found in bushes with bruises from a club and strangling. A large mob and bloodhounds from Houstonville joined the manhunt.
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Russell Springs
Mamie Waume
Logan Waume
Houstonville
Pope Blesses Taft and Family in Rome
In Rome on December 9 the pope blessed President elect Taft and his family after Archbishop Glennon read a letter from Taft expressing cordial friendship for the Catholic Church. The pope welcomed the news with evident joy and pronounced the blessing.
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Rome
Taft
Glennon
Mr. Taft
Bomb Wrecks Italian Tenement Injuring Twenty in New York
Twenty people were injured and panic spread when a bomb attributed to the Black Hand wrecked a five story Italian tenement on East 63rd street. Five victims listed as seriously hurt include Pietro Giano and Martino Giano. The blast shattered walls, blew plaster, and split doors. sisters from the Holy Rosary fled the street.
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New York
East 63Rd Street
Pietro Giano
Martino Giano
Vita Giano
Salvatore Lamberto
Dominico Vito
Sisters of the Holy Rosary
Forty Women Plan Red Cross Stamp Campaign at Civic Center
The Twentieth Century club in La Crosse, with forty active members, votes to buy 100000 Red Cross stamps to aid the tuberculosis crusade. Mrs W R Finch demonstrated selling 8000 stamps in a day, and districts are set for canvassing business sections. An order for 25000 more stamps was sent to Milwaukee as most of the initial 50000 are already distributed.
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Twentieth Century Club
la Crosse
R. J. Russell
W. R. Finch
Milwaukee
Bryant & Sisson
Roosevelt Urges Universal Army Service Bill Featured
President proposes a bill to Congress requiring every male citizen 18 to 45 to join the military. The plan creates three branches the regular army the national guard and a volunteer army usable only in war and drawn from states and territories by population.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Congress
Washington, D. C
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Volunteer Army
Ritter Spends $7.50 in Court Clerk Campaign
Theodore J. Ritter ran for clerk of the court and paid seven dollars fifty cents. Most of the expenditure went toward printing campaign cards.
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Ritter
Theodore J. Ritter
Napoleon's Northwest Line Aims Finest In West
Rail magnate James J. Hill tours La Crosse announcing a Portland to Seattle extension, claiming it will be the finest line in the west with enormous traffic. Reporters were barred from Hill's private car as officials guarded him during a 2:05 arrival en route from New York to St. Paul with General Manager Ward and others aboard.
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James J. Hill
Railroad Napoleon
Northwest
la Crosse
Tribune
Portland
Seattle
Hill
Havana
New York
Dustin
F. C. Beisel
St. Paul
Mr. Hill
Fire at Milwaukee sheds damages Pullman cars
A kerosene cleaning fire in the Milwaukee sheds at Minneapolis started at noon today. Five Pullman cars were damaged. The Pullman company's loss is about 1000 dollars and the Milwaukee company faces about 7000 dollars in damages.
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Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Pullman
Pullman Company
Milwaukee Company
Election of four school board members looms Friday
The council will elect four school board members and fill terms for President William Luenning C L Levi George H Ray and Otto Loeffler. No opposition is planned to their re election while Bird faces potential defeat after his term ends in January.
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William Luenning
C. L. Levi
George H. Ray
Otto Loeffler
John P. Bird
May Irwin Quits Stage For Remainder Of Season
May Irwin retires from the stage for the balance of the season, announced in St. Louis on December 9.
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May Irwin
ST. Louis
Irwin
Holy Rollers Riot Ends In Multiple Deaths In Kansas City
In Kansas City police clash with the Holy Rollers sect leaving two dead and two dying with another wounded. Leader John Sharp alias Adam God remains at large as officers vow to crush street meetings and uproot the sect. Lola Pratt age 13 is among the dead, as officers risk further violence in a citywide manhunt.
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Kansas City
Holy Rollers
Patrick Clark
Michael Mullane
Clark
Mullane
John Sharp
Adam God
City Hall
George Holt
Louis Pratt
Sharp
Holt
Arthur Dalbow
Harry Stege
Dalbow
Lola Pratt
Pratt
Holy Roller
Weather forecast for Wisconsin and Minnesota
Coldest readings in La Crosse at 8 this morning 8 degrees warmest 24 with a light wind. Trace precipitation. Coldest in U S 2 degrees above at Green Bay. Wisconsin fair and warmer tonight and Thursday increasing cloudiness. Minnesota fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness Thursday.
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U. S
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Ilona
Minnesota
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