Cannon Defies Public Sentiment on Waterways Bill
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon delivering a blunt critique of rivers and harbors legislation. He warns against rapid policy, urges practicality, and questions bond financing and nationwide commitments while urging governors to share tax burdens. Taft may push action after March.
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Fioe Cannon
Tellin Waterways Body
Taft
Congress
Clark
House
Ransof Louisiana
Governors Study Conservation Plan for National Wealth
A joint conference of governors and the National Conservation Commission considers definite legislation to preserve national wealth through a proposed national conservation system. Proposals include a Department of Conservation with eminent domain power or state commissions to gather data and push laws, with two plans likely to be formed.
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Washington, DC
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Joint Conference of Governors
National Conservation Commission
Gov. Chamberlain
Department of Conservation
Geo. C. Pardee
California
Newlands
Nevada
Committee On
Johnson-Smoot Exchange
Johnson
Minnesota
Reed Smoot
Utah
Gov. Johnson
Canada
Wrecker Arrested in Decade-Old Train Incident
Wm. Fiddler of Milton was arrested in Janesville Wisconsin on December 10 charged with attempting to wreck a St. Paul passenger train on December 3 by pulling ties on the track. The engine struck the ties as it slowed and a serious crash was averted.
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Janesville
Wis
Wm. Fiddler of
Milton
St. Paul
Cyclists Rearend in Fourth Avenue Bank Turn Treated
In a New York race the Fourth Avenue bank sprint caused four riders to crash as Demara wheeled into Wiley. All were uninjured, race paused, and cycling teams regrouped with Drobach joining Palmer as a new partner later.
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New York
Fourth Avenue Bank
Root
Demara
Wiley
Vanoni
Drobach
Palmer
Devonovitch
Liberals Aim to Abolish House of Lords in Election Plan
London dispatch reports the Liberal cabinet intends to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a long term elective body modeled after the US Senate. A May taxation bill targets wealth and could trigger a June general election if Lords block reform.
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House OF Lords
London
United States Senate
Liberal Party
Lands
Dope Period Tightens Grip On Six Day Race At Madison Square Garden
With eight teams left and two near quitting condition, riders suffer the stimulants period as trainers conserve strength. Gordon Walker of Australia exits after a severe crash leaving him with a fractured collarbone and brain congestion. French pair Faber and Lafourcade are also withdrawn as leaders press on with planned bursts rather than spontaneous sprints.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Walker
Tambiec
Gordon Walker
Palmer
Polyclinic
Faber
Roosevelt accused of ruthless bloodlust in hunting trips
Denver teletypes report E. W. Whitehead of Colorado Humane Society denounces President Roosevelt as a ruthless hunter with a dangerous lust for blood. The piece cites a Colorado circular accusing the president of seeking bloodshed and unworthy leisure on overseas trips.
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Denver
Roosevelt
E. W. Whitehead
State
Bureau of Animal and Child Protection
The
Colorado Humane
Ciety
Asca
Leigh Toland Leads Red Cross Stamp Crusade Plan
At 2 pm a med ical representative of La Crosse Anti tuberculosis society addresses 400 Toland School pupils about consumption prevention and cure. Manager Leigh Toland urged an instructive talk to mobilize students to help sell 100 000 Red Cross stamps in La Crosse. Harmony between Toland and pupils is noted as they join future campaigns.
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The
Anti - Tuberculosis Society
Toland's Business School
Leigh Toland
Toland
la Crosse
Mine Fire Hits Pennsylvania Railroad Shaft
A mine fire broke out at the Suffolk mine of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in St. Nicholas Mahon City Pennsylvania on December 10. The blaze affected the Suffolk mine and prompted firefighting efforts.
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Mahon City
Suffolk
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
St. Nicholas
Professor Eliot Speaks at High School Auditorium
The Teachers and Parents Association invites all parents and friends to hear Professor Eliot of the University of Wisconsin at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. He will discuss "The Common Man and the Common School" in a free address likely to interest every attendee.
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Teachers’ and Parents’ Association
Eliot
University of Wisconsin
University
Benezet
Train Fatality in Janesville Claims 63-Year-Old Man
B C Austin aged 63 died in Janesville Wisconsin after being struck by a St Paul train last night. He suffered a fractured skull in the collision.
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Janesville
Wis
B. C. Austin
St. Paul
Fidelity Funding scandal linked to convent cash flow
In Nauvoo Illinois sister Mary Duped by Keiran plot that fed the Fidelity Funding company, a bookkeeper testified that 64 blank notes were signed by the nun. He said over a million dollars in outstanding notes and a $230000 mortgage drained the convent. many checks were issued without funds and some notes reached $200000. Dallas Texas church also connected to the failure. Holy Trinity College mentioned by Father Lesage.
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Robert F. Wilson
Starrespondent
United Eesao
Mississippi
Mary
Keiran
Rindenberger
Sister Mary
Security Life Insurance Company
Fidelity
New York
Dallas
Tex
Holy Trinity College
Fidelity Funding Company
Father Lesage
Senate Adjourns as Currency Report Pending Bill
The senate adjourned after hearing the comptroller of the currency report and will reconvene Monday to take up the postal savings bank bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Comptroller of the Currency
Postal Savings Bank
Controversial Confession Tied to Murder Trial Surfaces
Published by United Press, a lengthy document signed by Mrs. Claudia Hains alleges she confessed to improper relations with William E. Annis and claims she was drugged. The paper, dated May 31, 1908, details operations, accommodations, and witnesses including Thornton Hains and Major Hains, while Mrs. Hains denies the confession or says it was made under liquor.
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New York
United Press
Claudia Hains
Thornton Hains
William E. Annis
Major Hains
Captain Hains
Fort Hamilton
Annis
East Nineteenth Street
U W Experts Make Great Discovery
Madison Wis Dec 10 Results of great importance to cattle raisers interested in the prevention of bovine tuberculosis have been obtained from experiments with vaccine announced by Wisconsin Agricultural College authorities Dean H L Russell and Carl Hoffman found the vaccine made animals more resistant to but not immune from tuberculosis The vaccine can only be used with success on animals under six years old the report says Out of 34 young cattle inoculated 16 were found to be immune.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Dean H. L. Russell
Carl Hoffman
Weather forecast for Wisconsin and Minnesota
The report notes Tyrone coldest in the region with 14 degrees and 24 degrees elsewhere, light winds at 4 miles per hour at 7 am, no snowfall. It lists Northfield Minnesota as the coldest in the United States at 4 below. Forecasts indicate warmer conditions in eastern areas tonight, colder Friday. Minnesota expects snow flurries tonight with fair, colder conditions Friday, especially in the east.
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Tyrone
la Crosse
United States
Northfield
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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