Senate Votes Unanimously to End Taft Russia Treaty
The Senate, by a 72 to 0 roll call, ratified Taft’s notice terminating the 1832 treaty with Russia. Lodge led the measure amid debate over anti Jewish discrimination, aiming to secure action before Christmas. The House is expected to concur. various senators offered substitutes but the Lodge resolution prevailed.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Sulzer
House
Russia
America
Senate
Shively
Indiana
Poindexter
Washington
O’gorman
New York
Stone
Missouri
Williams
Mississippi
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Chilton, Culberseen
Raynor
Smith
Maryland
Taylor
Watson
Clapp and Poindexter
Newlands
Curtis Guild
St. Petersburg
Taft
Knox
Taft Delegation Sought in Nebraska Taft League Formed
A mass Republican meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska, endorsed Taft for re nomination and initiated a state Taft League. Delegates will be chosen from each congressional district to form a national convention slate. Former Congressman Calderhead praised Taft and the Monroe Doctrine policy.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Lincoln
Wabash Railroad Receivership Signals Employee Action
Frederick A. Delano and Edward B. Pryor, named receivers for the Wabash, arrived in St Louis to assume duties and consider a no major staff change policy. A new employee mailing card asks workers for cooperation to boost business, promising more trains and jobs as the road seeks to repay debts and return property to stockholders.
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Pryor
New York
St. Louis
Frederick A. Delano
Edward B. Prior
Wabash Railroad Company
W. K. Bixby
Elmer B. Adams
United States Circuit Court
Delano
Wells H. Blodgett
Chicago
Wabash
Dynamite Conspiracy Witnesses Testify Before Grand Jury
Indianapolis reports reveal residents near a spilled nitroglycerine site unknowingly lived close to danger for weeks. Testimony covers Ortie McManigal’s 1909 rental in Muncie and boxes stored with nitroglycerine, with schoolchildren skating over grease spots later found to be explosive residue. Authorities questioned Muncie witnesses including Mrs. Elizabeth Hiner and Isaac Grant as part of the investigation.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Muncie
Ortie McManigal
Elizabeth Hiner
Isaac Grant
Mc- Manigal
McManigal
Flint files answer in plumbing trust suit in federal court
Former Senator Frank Flint represents the Federated Supply Association national committee. He says the defendants published a blue book but denies it sought to boycott independents. He characterizes the action as friendly.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Plumbing Trust
United States District Court
United States
Frank Flint
National Committee of the Federated Supply Association
Flint
Former Union Trust President Held on Forgery Charge
H W Richardson formerly president of the American Union Trust Company was arrested in Kansas City on a second degree forgery count. He allegedly forged Theodore Lu Stenger's signature for a 7500 dollar check.
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Kansas City
H. W. Richardson
Louisville
American Union Trust Company
Richardson
Theodore Lu Stenger
Peeves
Try
Busy Bee Restaurant Faces Foreclosure and Dispute
The Busy Bee restaurant, run by Charles Roofer and Mrs. Kilump, faced a writ of attachment after debts mounted. Attorneys clashed with constables at the scene as partners disputed trust and a rent judgment for Henry Murdock was awaited.
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Busy Bee
Charles Roofer
Kilump
O. B. Conant
Credit Exchange
Justice Reid
Exchange
Constable Murphy
Roofer
Hanawalt
Henry Murdock
Taft Tours New York Unescorted By Police
President Taft visited New York with minimal protection, riding to his engagements without the usual escort. He spoke to the Brooklyn Young Men's Republican Club, the Economic Club, and the New England Society, noting robust party principles and arbitration treaties.
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New York
United States
Taft
Pennsylvania Terminal
Henry W. Taft
West Forty-eighth Street
Economic Club
Hotel Astor
Brooklyn
New England Society
Academy of Music
Brooklyn Young Republican Club
L. C. Wheeler
Secret Service Force
Waldo
Young Men’s Republican Club
New England Society of Brooklyn
Burgman Home Invaded by Suspected Robbers
Two men attempted a bold entry at the Burgman residence on the Logansport and Western road near Burlington avenue at about 6 p m A daughter at home alone frightened them away after they tried a back door They were recognized as known to have previous thefts at the same house Police were notified but officers denied an attempted robbery report.
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Logansport and
Western Road
Burlington Avenue
Intervention Aims Stir Fear in China as Powers Move
Shanghai reports minister Ten Tsung Yao warned foreign intervention would worsen China’s crisis and threaten interests. He said the republican government would not accept a limited basis and would push a republic. Yuan Shi Kai might be president if he agrees. Consuls from six powers planned identical notes to Tang Shao Yi and Wu Tingfang at 11 o’clock, signaling recognition of belligerent status by revolutionists.
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Shanghai
Republican Provisional
Ten Tsung Yao
China
Yuan Shi Kai
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
France
Russia
Tang-Shao Yi
Premier Yuan
Wu Ting- Fang
Turkish Peace Proposals Reported From Rome
London dispatch says Turkey may offer peace terms with Rome as the British foreign office notes in 1904 Egypt claimed Sollum in Barca as Egyptian territory. Turkey has not formally accepted that claim, and the current occupation by Egyptian troops is described as a mere formality.
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London
Rome
Turkey
Sollum
Barca
Tripoli
Levantini Testifies on Triangle Waist Fire Door Access
New York December 19 May Levantini who escaped the Triangle Waist Company fire says the ninth floor door was not locked when the blaze began. The testimony, challenged by the defense, contradicts earlier state evidence presented to the jury.
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Associated Press
New York
May Levantini
Triangle Waist Company
Fatty
National Packing Case Opens in Chicago Antitrust Trial
The trial of ten Chicago meat packers charged with Sherman antitrust violations began as United States Attorney James H. Wilkerson outlined a conspiracy to maintain pooling and fix prices. He described the National Packing Company as the central engine of suppression, detailing test costs, divisions, and forfeits used to control the industry since 1880.
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United States
James H. Wilkerson
Mr. Wilkerson
Investige
National Packing Company
Wilkerson
Chicago
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