Roosevelt Denies Panama Canal Scandal Claims From Indianapolis News
President Roosevelt rebuts allegations raised by the Indianapolis News and editor Delavan Smith about Panama Canal purchases. He asserts records were public and accuses critics of falsehoods, naming Mr. Taft and others in the critique. Laffan of the New York Sun responds with sharp editorial satire.
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Roosevelt
Canal Purchase
Laffan
Sun
Hot Springs
William Dudley Foulke
The
Indianapolis News
Taft
Panama
United States
Washington
Foulke
Fatt
Indiana
White House
Mr. Foulke
Delavan Smith
Pacaba
Srlavan Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Robinson
Robinson
Charles Taft
Mr. Taft
New York Sun
Thes
New York
Mr. Laffan
the Sun
Mr. Roosevelt
Patent Cure Claim for One Day Cold Remedy
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using laxative bromo quinine tablets. It offers a money back guarantee if it fails and bears E W Grove’s signature on each box. Bic.
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E. W. Grove
Bic
Steamer Clemson Abandoned as Lost in Lake Superior
A. B. Wolvin of Duluth admits the steamer N. M. Clemson with 22 aboard is probably at the bottom of Lake Superior. Captain S. R. Chamberlain reports the 5,000 ton coal laden vessel overdue after last week’s gale on lower Lake Superior.
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Duluth, Minn
A. B. Wolvin
Duluth
N. M. Clemson
Hope
Lake Superior
S. R. Chamberlain
Clemson
Collision Kills Two on Santa Fe Train Near Amarillo
Two people died and several were injured when a northbound and a southbound Santa Fe passenger train collided near Amarillo Texas on Sunday. The deceased were Ed Maxon of Roswell New Mexico the engineer and J J Smith the mail clerk aboard the southbound train.
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Amarillo
Tex
Santa Fe Railroad
Ed Maxon
Roswell
N. M
J. J. Smith
Richmond Woman Seeks Annulment of Cousin Marriage
Blanche Howell of Richmond filed a suit to annul her marriage to her cousin Raymond Howell, eloped three weeks ago.
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Blanche Howell
Richmond
Raymond Howell
Waterways Policy Emphasized At National Rivers Congress
Washington December reports that the fifth annual National Rivers and Harbors congress expects a record attendance as delegates gather to push a policy of waterway improvement. Cardinal Gibbons will open with the invocation, with Vice President Fairbanks welcoming delegates.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Republic
Cardinal Gibbons
Fairbanks
Bryce
Roosevelt
Congress
Ambassador Bryce
British Isles
Germany
Nabuco
Brazil
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Garfield
Wilson
Cannon
Champ Clark
Missouri
Lloyd
Owen
Oklahoma
France demands apology from Castro over Paris stance
Paris officials announce that if President Castro visits Bordeaux he may land only after issuing a formal apology to France for the conduct toward the French charge d affaires and to ensure the arbi tral award is carried out. Meanwhile Dutch papers report a naval show of force near Venezuela to block gun boats and troop transport.
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Paris
Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
France
Santander
Spain
M. Taigny
Caracas
Domingo Castillo
Hamburg
D. Escalante
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Holland
Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant
Curacao
Tennessee Physician Murdered in Trague Feud
A feud of years is believed to have caused the killing of Dr Cullen M Collangen in Trague Tennessee. The physician was found mortally wounded on railroad tracks near his home. Sam Gus and Jeff Moody brothers are under arrest charged with the killing and Leo Jackson is charged as an accomplice.
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Tennessee
Trague
Tenn
Cullen M. Collangen
Sam
Gus
Jeff Moody
Leo Jackson
Des Moines Mail Robbery Suspect Arrested After Break In
James Page, 13 years as Des Moines post office watchman, was arrested on a mail robbery charge after Post Office Inspector Caine caught him in the act of opening a letter at the Des Moines post office.
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Des Moines
James Page
Post Office
Caine
Page
Two Girls Found Asphyxiated In Harrisburg
Harrisburg police report two girls Mabel Van Buskirk of Harrisburg and Elva James of Burnham Pa were found dead in their rooms on Sunday. Authorities indicate death by own action.
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Harrisburg
Mabel van Buskirk
Elva James
Burnham
Edward Cutty Ill at Deaconess Hospital
Edward Cutty of Jasonville former United Mine Workers board member is seriously ill in Deaconess Hospital Evansville.
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Edward Cutty
Jasonville
The
United Mine Workers
Deaconess
Evansville
New Scare in Pine Bluff Arkansas
Heavy rain since Saturday night has further weakened crumbling tanks in Pine Bluff and could bring more property loss if rainfall continues. The worst danger lies in the eastern residential area and the banks protecting the wholesale district and county courthouse, which may fail, threatening valuable assets. About $25,000 in property slid into the Arkansas River on Sunday.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Harvard treasure seekers return empty handed from Jamaica
Harvard treasure seekers known for their quest came back to New York aboard the Admiral Dewey from Kingston Jamaica after abandoning the Mayflower and failing to recover the sunken gold from a Spanish galleon off Jamaica’s coast.
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New York
Harvard
Kingston
Jamaica
Two Drowned in the Potomac Near Stubblefield Falls
Washington reports the drowning of botanist Joseph H. Painter aged 30 of the National Museum and his companion Robert Wallace aged 16 during a fishing trip. They were in a small canoe attempting to shoot the rapids at Stubblefield falls in the Potomac River about ten miles north of the city.
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Potomac
Washington
Joseph H. Painter
National Museum
Robert Wallace
Stubblefield Falls
Potomac River
New Magazine Rifle Proves Successful in Army Use
Gen William Crozier chief of ordnance reports to the secretary of war that the new magazine rifle placed with the army and state militias is a success. The December dispatch from Washington details the adoption and effectiveness of the weapon in U. S. forces.
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Washington
Army of the United States
William Crozier
Ordnance
War Department
Secretary of War
Reformatory Inmate Ralph Akers Dies of Typhoid
Ralph Akers died of typhoid fever while confined at the Jeffersonville reformatory. He is reported as the second inmate to die in the same week.
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Ralph Akers
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Two New Senators and Nine Representatives Take Oath
Congress opens the second session with ex-Gov. Cummins and Carroll S. Page sworn in as new senators. Seven fresh House members take office, replacing resignations and deaths. Roosevelt’s final annual message expected to be conservative with few new policy proposals. House to pursue census bill and Tawney aims to report the legislative budget bill quickly. Senate plans brief sessions and honors for late members.
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Congress
Fairbanks
Senate
Spearer Cannon
House
Cummins
Iowa
Allison
Carroll S. Page
Vermont
Stewart
Henry A. Barnhart
Mr. Brick
Indiana
Albert Estopinal
Mr. Meyer
Louisiana
Otto G Foelker
Dunwell
New York
Frank E. Guernsey
Mr. Powers
Maine
Eben M. Masters
Mr. Parker
South Dakota
O. C. Wiley
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
John P. Swasey
Littlefield
Powers
Roosevelt
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Senator Proctor
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
Dr. Cyrus Northrop to retire from Minnesota presidency
Dr Cyrus Northrop will resign as president of the University of Minnesota at the end of the current college year. He will have served twenty five years and is 74 years old. The formal resignation will be presented to the regents next Tuesday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Regents
Northrop
Chicago Newspaper Man Dead
Charles M. Van Patten, a well known figure in Chicago newspaper circles, died Sunday in Colorado Springs Colorado of tuberculosis.
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Chicago
Charles M. van Patten
Colorado Springs
Col
Greenfield M I C club leases theaters for charity
The M I C club of Greenfield has leased three nickel theatres in Greenfield and will donate the proceeds to the poor this week.
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M. I. C. Club of
Greenfield
Memphis Father Hears Telepathic Messages in Search for Missing Wife
Memphis man J L Clay credits nightly messages from a missing wife and their daughter with keeping him from suicide. He believes his daughter’s thoughts reach him and hopes to locate them with help from telepathic signals. The couple, Episcopalians, moved from Fort Worth after burying twin daughters. A Catholic woman connected to the case, Mrs Thibbets, is a focal point. Reverend James R Winchester supports the possible aid of telepathy while warning against hearing bad news.
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Papa
Marathon Victory Courier Dies After News Delivery
Eucles, first Marathon runner, carried the news of victory to Athens and collapsed dead upon delivering the message to the senators. The overheated vehicle reference hints at a heatless car scene as a metaphor for misery in transit.
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Eucles
Athens
Colds and Croup Warning from Wheeling Parent
Mrs. William H. Serig of 41 Fifth Street Wheeling West Virginia reports her daughter’s severe winter cough was cured with Chamberlins Cough Remedy without a doctor and says her son has avoided imposts of croup by using the syrup timely. The remedy is for sale by W H Porter.
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William H. Serig
Fifth Street
Wheeling
W. Va
Chamberlain
W. H. Porter
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