National Relief Fund Proposed by Illinois Official
Chicago business leaders show interest in a plan by State Factory Inspector Edgar T. Davis for a nationwide relief fund raised by a $5 annual tax on every listed business. A bill by Rep. Wilson would create an $8,000,900 defense fund controlled by a commission led by Treasury and Commerce and Labor secretaries to aid earthquake flood mine disaster and fire sufferers.
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Chicago
Edgar T. Davis
Davies
Wilson
Dem
Ill
Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce and Labor
Michigan Deer Kill Hits 12 000. Urges Female Protection Law
State Game Warden Oates reports about 12 000 deer killed in Michigan this fall with 80 percent being does. He urges a new law to protect female deer to balance the herd.
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Lansing
Mich
Oates
Michigan
Yost Receives Life Contract As Michigan Coach
Ann Arbor December 18 Fielding H Yost will coach Michigan football in 1912 and 1913 and as long after that as relations permit Directors Bartelme and the board must approve contracts The move cold be seen as a Christmas boon to students and signals closer athletic ties with Pennsylvania The indoor track schedule was also announced with no outdoor or baseball plans disclosed
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Fielding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Wolverines
P. G. Bartelme
Regents
Yost
Michigan
Bartelme
Pennsylvania
Quakers
Yankees Begin Work on New Field at Kings Bridge
After many delays work on the new American League baseball park for the New York Yankees at Kings Bridge began today. The contract requires completion by April 15 and several hundred thousand dollars will be spent.
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YANKS
New Field
New York
Kingsbridge
New York Yankees
Professionalism Kills Baseball
Madison Wis December 18 Director George W Ehler of the University of Wisconsin athletic department laments the rise of professionalism in baseball. He argues amateur baseball is fading as the sport becomes big business and notes a lack of difference between college and professional play in spirit. He opposes discarding the amateur rule without serious consideration.
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Madison, Wis
George W. Ehler
University of Wisconsin Athletic Department
Huff
Illinois
Ehler
Cornell Mile Record Runner Injured
Ithaca N Y Dec 18 Cornell athletics fear for John Paul Jones holder of the world one mile intercollegiate record as he suffers a strained tendon and will be unable to run this winter jeopardizing his Olympic hopes in Stockholm.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
John Paul Jones
America
Stockholm
Wisconsin Society of Chicago Banquet
Chicago December 18 The Wisconsin society of Chicago will hold its annual banquet at the Congress Hotel next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. About 200 sons of the state will gather to sing and speak in praise of their native health. Prominent Wisconsin men from across the state will attend to feast and celebrate with expatriate brothers.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Society of Chicago
Congress Hotel
Wisconsin
Italians report big Arab losses at Homs engagement
Italian advices say about one thousand Arabs killed or wounded in the Homs clash on Saturday. Cruisers shelled the Arabs while Italian troops attacked from the rear. Five hundred Arabs were taken prisoner. Italian losses were small.
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Rome
Homs
Richards Favors Hockey at Wisconsin Varsity
Madison Wis Dec 18 Winter sports at the University of Wisconsin show no activity until after the holidays Coach John R Richards aims to popularize hockey as a college sport once skating resumes on Lake Mendota The lake is frozen but not yet safe for skaters The toboggan slide will open after the lake is safe and snow falls
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
John R. Richards
Lake Mendota
French middleweight Marcel Moreau challenges US rivals
Marcel Moreau, claimant of the French middleweight title, arrived in New York and issued a challenge to any American middleweight. He specifically named Billy Papke and Willie Lewis, with Americans who have seen him fight declaring him a likely strong contender.
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New York
Marcel Moreau
France
America
Billy Papke
Willie Lewis
Nelson Seeks Lightweight Title After Wolgast Sidelined
Battling Nelson declares himself lightweight champion after Ad Wolgast’s appendix operation. Nelson offers 2500 forfeit to fight any contender, agrees to 133 pounds, and demands a twenty round bout. Hogan vows to back a long distance fight once the money is posted for the Friday ten round match.
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New York
Ad Wolgast
Nelson
Hogan
It Takes a Young Mother to Describe Hair Color
A wry remark notes that some people presume knowledge but a new mother pins down a paradoxical feature of a baby. The line mocks certainty when discussing something as elusive as hair color that the infant lacks.
Badger Prospects Good for 1912 Football Team
Madison Wis Dec 18 Wis consin students assess 1912 football stock listing eligible players by class Third year Bright Pollick Gillette Hoeffel Lange Ofstie Pierce Lamp Tandberg Wild Second year Butler Alexander Castle Chambers Dieckelman Hoyman Skinner Torney Van Riper Van Ghent Wood Warnicke McHugh Gilbert Freshman material described as fair.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Bright
Pollick
Gillette
Hoeffel
Lange
Ofstie
Pierce
Lamp
Tandberg
Wild
Butler
Alexander
Castle
Chambers
Dickelman
Hoyman
Skinner
Torney
van Riper
van Ghent
Wood
Wernicke
McHugh
Gilbert
Ice yachts race planned in Madison carnival
A week long ice yachting carnival is arranged by Mendota Ice Yacht Club of Madison. The event features the world’s fastest boats including Gull Lake crafts with 48 prizes and valuable trophies and pennants to be awarded.
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Madison
Wis
Gull Lake
Mendota Ice Yacht Club
Jennings Near Full Recovery From Auto Crash
SCRANTON PA Dec 18 Hughie Jennings manager of the Detroit Tigers will be as good as ever when training opens. He has been discharged from the hospital and shows marks of the accident but refuses to ride away in a car preferring a horse drawn carriage.
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Scranton
Hughie Jennings
Detroit Tigers
Jennings
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