Opinion on Northwest Law Shipping Policy Sparks Debate
Shipping experts in the east and west condemn new coastwise navigation laws tied to the Philippines. Henry W. Peabody of Boston calls the bill flawed and predicts it will raise rates or be abrogated, urging subsidies to boost American commerce and a merchant marine.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Philippines
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Arlington Orme
Ke Wie Padees
St Shee
United States
Europe
Major gets six years for embezzlement at Manila bank
H B Mulford, major of the Thirty-Eighth Infantry, sentenced to six years for embezzling funds from the American bank he managed in Manila. He plans an appeal to the supreme court. The bank, founded in 1902, failed in May after Mulford allegedly forged merchants’ names and took about $40,000.
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Scripps News Association
Manila
H. B. Mulford
Thirty-Eighth Infantry
Supreme Court
Mulford
University of Idaho hazing punishes students
Albert M. McPherson is suspended for the semester with ten sophomores losing credits, totaling eleven. The entire freshman class forfeits social privileges for the term after the discipline committee sanctioned the hazing of Jellick, who bears the mark "08" on his face.
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Moscow
Albert M. McPherson
University of Idaho
McPherson
Jellick
Retrial sought in Chadwick case by attorney petition
Chadwick's attorney filed a petition in federal court requesting a retrial. The move aims to overturn or reconsider the previous verdict and pursue new evidence or legal grounds. The filing marks a formal step in the ongoing post-trial process.
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Boripps News Assnciation Nali,’ Dac
Aeiee
Chadwick
Lawson Denies Being Broke Facing Financial Strain
Boston December 16 Thomas W Lawson denies being broke but admits rapid decline over months He says he pledged his home for a quarter million dollars and other property for 850000 He contends his actions oppose the published plan and warns consequences if he remains insolvent
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Scripps News Association
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Frost Breaks Wires Disrupts Telegraph Lines
Athena December 16 heavy frost and fog cripple telegraph service between here and Walla Walla. Many wires broken, frost sheets up to half an inch on lines. Grain markets report scrippe routings with price changes and activity.
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Athena
Walla Walla
Chinese traffic revalating case linked to opium den arrests
Police link the recent Chinese traffic revalation to an investigation after two women were arrested in an opium den. One woman is identified as a Portland Market Vassar graduate and the other as the wife of a Portland resident. Deg 16 Blatitam 78 i. 2 arati.s or a Unnaman, Mindy so" yruny 4%
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Scripps NeWa ‘Association
Portland Market Vassar
Portland
Blatitam
Mint official and Seattle inquiry tip legacy of defalcations
Director George D. Roberts and Frank A. Leach arrived from Seattle where they investigated alleged defalcations by former employee George F. Adams. Wing resigned, no suspicion he knew of the gomngeons. L. F. Kerfoot serves temporarily. Banquet planned by French society. ambassador hopes to visit Roosevall and Harper. Des Moines fire kills Mrs Farrar and son. Rothwell block fire losses may reach $200000.
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Scripps News
Aasocta
San Francisco
George D. Roberts
Frank A. Leach
Seattle
George F. Adams
Roberts
Wing
Mint
Aino —Ly
Washington
L. F. Kerfoot
Ineharives
Roonevall
Harper
Chicago University
Nomination for San Francisco surveyor of customs
Washington announces a presidential nomination for the district of San Francisco surveyor of customs Edward JF Woodward. The president also nominated Fred B. Busse, Chicago postmaster. In Chicago the International Livestock Show opened with fifteen colleges in judging.
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Sorippw
Washington
San Francisco
Edward JF. Wooiward
Fred B. Busse
Chicago
Scripps News
House Adjourns To January Fourth Inactivity
Washington and Shamokin reports note the House adopted a concurrent resolution to adjourn until Thursday January 4. In Annapolis Midshipman Kimbrough of Tennessee recovers from hazing injuries as threats raise concern over his continued studies.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
House
Annapolis
Kimbrough
Tennessee
Dupont Powder Explosion Shatters Marquette Mine Site
In Marquette Michigan on December 16 a Dupont Powder dynamite plant blast killed Henry W. Hall and injured workers. About thirteen thousand pounds of dynamite and blasting compounds exploded leaving charred remains and wreckage. The mine buildings were destroyed except for the magazines. investigators have not identified the cause or the survivors at the site.
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Scrippa Hewa Association
Marquette
Mich
Dupont Powder Company
Henry W. Hall
Perjury Trial Eyed In Abe Hummel Case
William A. Sateater, the lawyer who served the divorce summons on Charles F. Dodge, testified in the subornation perjury trial of Abe Hummel. Charles W. Morea, a banker, corroborated the marriages of the defendant and described a letter from the Hummel firm. The court adjourned the trial until May Day as questions linger about the first wife's divorce.
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Scripps News Association
New York
William A. Sateater
Charles F. Dodge
Abe Hummel
Charles W. Morea
Hummel
Money for attorneys in murder case in Auburn
Adolph the murderer has agreed on fees for the lawyers. Grove Johnson receives 2400 dollars, Red Tuttle 1860, Ben Tabor 1400, Sam Pullen 1400, and Hirait Johnson 600.
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Scripps News Association
Auburn
Gal
Heavy loss of life reported in Rostoff riots
Vienna reports heavy loss of life after troops suppress riots at Rostoff Russia. Partial dispatch details casualties and military action as authorities seek to restore order.
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Scripps News Association
Vienna
Rostoff
Russia
Bogus land certificates surface in Salem lumber case
R R Goddard and Ed Hiram of La Crosse Iowa arrived with bogus certificates purporting to show thousands of acres of school land bought by Henry Salger the La Crosse lumberman. They were bought from a man named Muslar Mueller who used a fake identity S A D Puter. Salger had also paid $12000 for another batch. Mueller drew $18000 from a Chicago bank and, after an arrest, had $6500 left.
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Scripps News Association
Salem
R. R. Goddard J
Ed Hiram
la Crosse
Iowa
Henry Salger
la Grosse
Muslar
Mueller
S. A.D. Puter
Salger
Chicago
Fraud order issued against L R Schmidt in Oakland
The post office issued a fraud order at L R Schmidt box 268 Oakland after Schmidt advertised a racing pool and then disappeared.
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Eclippe News Association
Washington
Post Office
L. R. Schmidt
Oakland
Schmidt
Family Perishes in Mine Fire Blaze at Red Lake Falls
Peter Martall his wife and three children were burned to death this morning in an explosion and blaze at the Red Lake Falls mine. The bodies show he carried the children to the kitchen before the flash fire and then returned for his wife when the roof collapsed.
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Nowa Ascade
Wiliam P. Farrar
Fred
Scripps News Association
Red Lake Falla Mine
Des
Peter Martall
Childern
Hospital strike as legless soldier rejects artificial limb
In St Petersburg on December 16 hospital patients returned from the front and rioted when a legless soldier refused an offered artificial leg, demanding why Russia cannot care for the wounded as well as Japan. An officer was jeered and struck at by fleeing patients amid revolution cheers.
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Eerippa News Association
St Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Expulsions and inquiries cloud Mutual leadership moves
New York reports Ryan has been expelled from the Mutual directorate and E. H. Harriman added to the board of trustees. An investigating committee is expected to travel to Albany to probe Insurance Department methods as Hamilton faces health and financial pressures and McCall negotiates a $250,000 return.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Ryan
Mutual Directorate
E. H. Harriman
Peabody
Albany
Methods Insurance Department
Hamilton
Paris
John McCall
New York Life
Pave
Apecialiste
McCall
McCurdy
Holiday Goods Quick Sellout Prompts Crowds
Shoppers rush for limited stock featuring savings sets cigars confectionery Bibles at Al La Grande and other outlets. Prompt action advised as items disappear fast.
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