Coal Shortage Crises Grip Northwest. Calls for Militia Train Runs
Northwest coal famine prompts Glenburn North Dakota and other towns to seek state militia to haul coal as winter deepens. Shippers report car shortages. governors urged to mobilize trains. Commission urges railroads to meet needs. University of Washington halts classes amid coal shortage.
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Minnesota
Eveleth
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Glenburn Commercial Club
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Washington
Seattle
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University of Washington
Mexico Central Railways Put Under Government Control
Mexico City December 15 The government takes control of key lines including the Mexican Central National International Interoceanic and Hidalgo Northeastern merged into one system totaling about 10 000 miles with Tehuantepec National and Veracruz Pacific remaining independent. Also income tax study commissions named with Edmund R Seligman to head the tax panel. Crossing Tragedy Owensboro Ky December 15 Confederate veteran A L Atherton 63 and his 14 year old grandson Estill Atherton killed at a grade crossing by a Louisville Henderson St Louis train. boy decapitated and grandfather hurled into a pond.
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Income Tax Commission
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Industrial Economic Committee
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Columbia University
Tax Commission
Corporations Commission
Owensboro
A. L. Atherton
Estill Atherton
Henderson & St. Louis
Declarations by Laymen and Vatican Criticism
Parla reports Cardinal Richards issued a communication allowing lay declarations on worship to avoid disturbances without challenging church hierarchy. Vatican cautions clergymen only must observe legal formalities while church resists state submission. Rome notes Protestant sympathy and Cardinal Lecot of Bordeaux criticizes papal policy and advisers, worrying Vatican entourage tensions.
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Peonage Case Sentences for Jackson Lumber Firm
In Pensacola Florida Judge Swain sentenced Manager W 3 Harlan and five employees of the Jackson Lumber company of Lockhart Alabama after a month long conspiracy to commit peonage trial. Harlan received 18 months in prison and a 5000 dollar fine. Superintendent Gallagher gets 15 months and 1000 dollars. Dr W E Grace Oscar Sander E S Huggins and C C Hilton each draw 12 months and 1000 dollar fines.
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Harlan
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Lockhart
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C. C. Hilton
Girl Returned to Home from Marinette Abduction Case
Margaret Burkle, 17, abducted from Chicago and taken to Marinette, Wis., was ordered by Judge Carpenter to be returned to the industrial home for girls. Contempt papers were ordered for lawyer C Stuart Battie who helped move the girl from custody. Burkle testifies in a raid case at the Renau hotel tied to A L Streeter, a Chicago millionaire under indictment. Streeter’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Margaret Burkle
Marinette
Wis
Carpenter
C. Stuart Beattie
Miss Burkle
Renau Hotel
A. L. Streeter
Awaiting Mexican reply on California flood damages
Washington reports the administration awaits a response from Mexico regarding conditions in the Imperial and Colorado valleys caused by the Colorado River break. Director Walcott says damages may top 13 million dollars and reclamation lands worth about 70 million could be overflowed if repairs are delayed.
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Taft urged legislation on hemp repeal and tariffs
Washington reports outline Taft backed measures including abolition of hemp rebate and tariff reductions. House rejected raising senator and official salaries, while approving legislative appropriation bill. Taft commends improved Philippine conditions and urges railroads, currency reforms, and a private bank dividend guarantee.
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Littauer
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Samar
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Amar
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United States
Mrs Dowie Signs Away Dower Interest in Michigan
Mrs Jane Dowie formally signed away her dower interest and any claim she had to an estate in Muskegon Michigan on December 15. The action ends her rights to a share of the property, according to the signed documents filed locally.
Bank Robberies and Fires Hit Several Cities
A Morris Bank was robbed of 3600 dollars as criminals fled. Sharon Georgia saw eleven stores and the Masonic hall burned with losses around 50000 dollars. The Interstate bank site at Drexst Missouri was wrecked by robbers who escaped with about 5000 dollars in currency. Standard Oil plans a ten percent wage increase for workers earning under 100 monthly starting January. New York Daily News assigned its creditors to Thomas C Quinn and suspended publication. A New Orleans jury convicted George Mehofevich a Turk of criminal assault on two young girls with a death penalty.
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George Mehofevich
Mehofevich
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Reported
Grain and Livestock markets across East Buffalo Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati and Toledo with price ranges for cattle sheep calves hogs and woolly stock. Notable figures include cattle from Choice export at 5 36 6 15 and pigs at 6 46 35 9 Bulle etc.
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Ight
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Controversy Over Timing of Law Effect in Standard Oil Case
United States District Attorney Sims and Special Counsel Wilkerson will join Attorney General Moody in Washington for a conference on Standard Oil cases. Dispute centers on when the Elkins act took effect. the oil company’s culpability hinges on this.
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Landis
Five Years Denied New Trial for Mrs Birdsong
In Hazelhurst Mississippi on December 15 Judge Miller denied Mrs Angie Birdsong a new trial. She received a five year penitentiary sentence and gave notice of appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court. Bail of 10000 was posted as she was ill and caring for her young child after being convicted of manslaughter for shooting Dr Thomas Butler at Monticello on November 28 1905.
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New Haven Sinks After Collision Near Montgomery
The New Haven towing barges and rafts when it hit an obstruction tearing a hull hole. The vessel sank in shallow water with all crew escaping uninjured.
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Kenton to Entertain Grange in Ohio State Meet
Kenton executive board of Hardin county grange with the Commercial club plans to host the Ohio State grange convention next year. The state group voted to hold the meeting in Kenton if the city agreed, following Canton’s current session.
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Powder Explosion Kills One In Hickman Village
A blast from 10,000 pounds of powder on three mine cars at Hickman, Bluefield W Va, Dec 1, killed Joe Steele and injured nine others, two fatally. Sparks from motor wheels set off loose powder. nearby houses were torn apart and a fire followed as residents gathered to aid the afflicted.
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Muskegong County
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George Johnson
Opposition and Rebukes That Hounded Morse Telegraph
The Telegraph recounts Morse’s invention facing long delays and skeptical capitalists. Congress finally funded practical testing after years of doubt. Critics quipped about wires across rivers and seas and even mocked overland lines. A remark on Diggers trying to dig up roots and beetles is noted by Senator Benton.
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Duke of Cons naught Encounters Japanese Earthquake
Timely Shake recounts a visit to Tokyo by the Duke of Cons naught who, after touring bazaars with Sir Edwin Arnold, jokes about earthquakes and is surprised when a tremor strikes during a anecdotal moment. The chandelier sways, china rattles, and a door bursts open as the quake ends.
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Japan
Sir Edwin Arnold
Tokyo
Edwin
Remarkable Epitaph From Brighton Churchyard
An epitaph from Brighton churchyard recalls Phoebe Hessel born Stepney in 1713 who served as a private in the Fifth Regiment of foot and fought at Fontenoy under the Duke of Cumberland in 1745, dying in Brighton on December 12, 1821 aged 108. It also recounts a Denver bank tale about eye contact and truth, and brief notes on Indian Coal Lands and Tommy Corcoran sale.
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Foot
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