Roosevelt Urges Congress to Act on Deforestation Policy
President Roosevelt sends lengthy message to Congress stressing conservation. He uses photo illustrated lessons from northern China and eastern Asia to show timber waste and forest destruction. He calls for curb on interstate commerce, reforms to trusts, and stronger federal control of railrates, taxation policies, and land and water preservation. He also urges statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and citizenship for Porto Rico’s people.
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Washington
Special
Congress
Roosevelt
China
Asia
Agricultural Department
Panama
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Mexico
Arizona
Porto Rico
National Guard
Navy
United States Leads in World Shoe Exports in 1908
Washington report notes the U S dominates boot and shoe exports with a value of 11 470 000 for 1908. It also states the United States supplies two thirds of world cotton and copper and more iron for manufacturing than all other nations, plus leading in oils meats and bread.
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America
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Two Electrocutions Promised for Mantasanna Case
Special Prosecutor William J. Crossley states a life restoration test for John Mantasanna before his December electric chair date could require reelectrocution to fulfill the death sentence. County physician Scannell says the test will proceed and would not imply life restoration.
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Trenton
N. J
William J. Crossley
John Mantasanna
Mantasanna
Crossley
Scannell
Figure in Famous Case of Florence Maybrick and Land Deal
The Chancery Court in Richmond Virginia ruled in favor of Mrs Florence Maybrick and Baroness Von Roque New York regarding a land title worth about 2.5 million dollars. Deeds convey 2 500 acres of land in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky to D W Armstrong of New York. Armstrong must account for lands and money handled while acting as attorney for the pair.
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Richmond
Florence Maybrick
Baroness von Roque
New York
Chancery Court
Grinnan
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
D. W. Armstrong
Maybrick
Armstrong
William G. Chandler
Mobile
Ala
James Maybrick
Liverpool
Stephens
Charles Russell
Stephen
Court of Criminal Appeal
Mathews
Bible fetches five thousand at Amherst library sale
London buyer J Pierpont Morgar purchased the King Charles II Cambridge Bible at the dispersal sale of Lord Amherst of Hackney. The price paid was five thousand dollars.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgar
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Lake Steamer N. M. Clemson All Hope Abandoned
Duluth special reports the steamer N. M. Clemson overdue for over a week and presumed sunk in Lake Superior. Its crew of twenty two men is believed lost.
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Duluth
Minn
N. M. Clemson
Lake Superior
Congress Opens with Grand Promises and Bonnets for Retrenchment
Washington special reports Congress convened last Monday with plans to curb spending amid Treasury anxiety. Expect debate over Brownsville soldiers re-enlistment, river and harbor bills, 1910 census outlays, Arizona and New Mexico statehood, tariffs, and forest reserves. Most measures unlikely to gain final approval.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Senator Foraker
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Ways and Means
House
Appalachians
White Mountains
Governor Guild Attacks Speaker in Vitriolic Magazine Piece
Boston writer profiles Governor Curtis Guild tearing into Speaker Joseph Cannon. He charges the Speaker with blocking an emergency arms bill that could have saved soldiers in the Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection, alleging thousands died needlessly.
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Boston
Mass
Joe
Curtis Guild
Congress
Evans Refuses Gift House in Los Angeles
Retired Rear Admiral Bob Evans declines a proposed present of a house from Los Angeles supporters after being named chairman of the Los Angeles Harbor Company. He states clearly that he does not want to be placed in a position of accepting a house or any other present from the people.
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Los Angeles
Bob Evans
Champ Clark Chosen Minority Leader in House Caucus
Washington report says Champ Clark of Missouri was elected minority leader by a unanimous vote of Democrats in a House caucus. The choice was urged by retiring minority leader Senator elect John Sharp Williams of Mississippi.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
Clark
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Sea Claims Fifty Dead in Severe North Atlantic Storm
Halifax dispatch reports more than fifty seamen perished off the upper North Atlantic coast amid a storm of unprecedented severity. Authorities fear the death toll may be higher as rescuers gather details.
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Halifax
N. S
North Atlantic
Airship Contest Planned by German Aeronautical League
The Sixth German Aeronautical League announced international contests to be held in Berlin and Cologne in 1909. The events will be open to various types of flying machines.
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Frankfor-on-the-Main
German Aeronautical League
Berlin
Cologne
Gates Plans Large Independent Circus Near Galveston
John W. Gates organizes a major tent circus outside any combine with the Bostock Animal Shows and Rhoda Royal stable. He cites his New York Hippodrome connection and says the venture will push to the limit, with nearly 2 million dollars invested.
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Galveston
John W. Gates
Combine
Bostock
Rhoda Royal
Gates
New York Hippodrome
Bev eridge Plans GOP Reorganization After Goodrich Exit
Indianapolis Indiana special reports James P Goodrich chairman of the Republican State Central Committee will retire from politics. The move is seen as the first step in a party reorganization to be undertaken soon by Senator Beveridge.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Ind
James P. Goodrich
Republican State Central Committee
Death of Rear Admiral Coghlan Noted Veteran of Manila Bay
New Rochelle, Dec 5 Special Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan U S N retired died suddenly at 64 after a parade of service from 1863. He commanded the Raleigh at Manila Bay and held posts at Mare Island League Island Puget Sound and the Naval War College. His recitation of Hoch der Kaiser sparked German officials but no disrespect was claimed.
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New York
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
New Rochelle
Coghlan
Frankfort
Navy
United States Naval Academy
Manila Bay
Raleigh
Mare Island Navy Yard
League Island Navy Yard
Puget Sound Naval Station
Naval War College
New York Navy Yard
Admiral Coghlan
Gott
Alldings
Manila
Navy Department
Harry Thaw a Writer in Prison Tale
Harry K. Thaw wrote A Beginner in the Alps a prison tale that appeared in an Eastern publication and is reproduced here at the request of his mother and sister. Friends say Mrs. William Thaw and her daughter vow to pursue his release from the asylum.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Alps
Thaw
Wiliam Thaw
Harry
Panic at a Funeral in Wabash Overload Casket Incident
At Mrs. Della Dunfee funeral in Wabash county the floor collapsed under mourners weighing about 500 pounds. The panic caused by the failing floor occurred during body viewing but no injuries were reported and the casket was moved without damage.
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Wabash, Ind
Della Dunfee
Wabash County
Decision Orders Equal Service for Colored and White Patrons
District of Columbia hotels restaurants cafes ice cream saloons soda fountains and barber shops must serve colored persons in the same room and at the same price as white patrons according to a ruling by Corporation Counsel Thomas.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas
District of Columbia
Dance to Raise Divorce Cash in Lynn
Mayor Breed, a banker, organizes a subscription dance to fund his divorce suit against his wife in Lynn Massachusetts. Tickets cost five dollars each and are selling rapidly as Breed hopes to sell a thousand tickets.
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Lynn
Mass
Breed
Stephenson Spent $106000 in Milwaukee Senate Primary
United States Senator Stephenson filed a statement showing he spent 106000 dollars to win renomination in the Milwaukee area primaries.
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Senate
Milwaukee
United States
Stephenson
Roosevelt Adds Delavan Smith to Ananias Club in Panama Tale
President Roosevelt names Delavan Smith publisher of the Indianapolis News as a new member of his Ananias Club over editorial criticism of the Panama Canal sale. The President also targets Williams M. Laffan of the New York Sun for sharp attacks as he defends the canal transaction and public record.
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
Annanias Club
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Fairbanks
Panama Canal
United States
Mr. Taft
French Canal Company
Douglas Robinson
Charles P. Taft
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Civil Service Commission
Foulke
Mr. Roosevelt
William M. Laffan
The
New York Sun
Sun
Infant Pu Yi Crowned Emperor of China in Ceremonial Rite
Pekin reports Pu-Yi the three year old son of Prince Chun ascended the dragon throne as Emperor Hsuan Tang amid a brief mourning period for late rulers. Nobles bow and coolies witness the enthronement in the Forbidden City in a ceremony marked by drums bells and firecrackers.
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Pekin
Pu-Yi
Prince Chun
China
Hsuan Tang
Kuang-Hsu
Forbidden City
Millionaire Sentenced In Archangelsk Ferry Disaster
Alexander Shipoff, proprietor of the Neva Ferry Line in St. Petersburg, condemned to six months imprisonment for criminal negligence after the Archangelsk ferry foundered last April. Thirty nine people died.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander Shipoff
Neva
Archangelsk
Typhoon Claims 350 Japanese Fishermen Coast of Hatsu Island
A typhoon wrecked 35 Japanese fishing boats off Hatsu island in Kawatsu bay and caused the loss of 350 fishermen. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the disaster impact.
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Tokio
Cable
Hatsu Island
Kawatsu Bay
Turkish general assassinated in Constantinople
Gen Ismail Mahir Pasha a former aid to the Sultan and once linked to the revolutionary army inquiry last May was killed in the Stamboul district. He was considered a spy of the old regime.
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Constantinople
Ismail Mahir
Pasha
Taft Offers Burton Treasury Portfolio
Washington special representative Theodore Burton of Cleveland has been offered the secretary of the treasury post by President elect Taft and is considering the proposal.
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Burton
Washington, D. C
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
Woman Bets Husband is Moonshine Wager Fall
In Asheville North Carolina Mrs Phoebe Christopher wife of a moonshiner is tricked by a US revenue man into wagering she can reveal a moonshine setup if he can point to its hidden equipment The wager leads to discovery of a still at the Christopher cabin by Deputy Collector Will Roberts and posse Moody known to Mrs Christopher forced her to pay the bet revealing the illicit operation.
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Asheville
N. C
United States Revenue
Phoebe Christopher
United States
Will Roberts
Posse
Christopher
Posseman Moody
Aristocratic deaths in St. Louis claim three lives
A wave of deaths by own action in St. Louis claims Charles A. Ekstromer Swedish vice consul and aristocrat, Charles W. Blow of a prestigious family, and Francis D. Hirschberg Worlds Fair director, who shot himself at his Lindell Boulevard mansion. The three were intimate friends.
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St. Louis
Charles A. Ekstromer
Charles W. Blow
Francis D. Hirschberg
Lindell Boulevard
Sargasso Sea Vanishes at Sea Market Report
Norfolk special notes Captain James Walters of the British steamer Hornby Castle reports the Sargas sod Sea has completely disappeared in the heart of the Atlantic en route from Vera Cruz to Glasgow. The area once filled with drift and weed is now clear water.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
James Walters
Hornby Castle
Vera Cruz
Glasgow
US Postoffices Total 61 158 in 1908
The end of the last fiscal year June 30 1908 shows 61 158 postoffices in operation in the United States. Postmasters appointed at presidential offices numbered 2 174 and 11 945 were commissioned in fourth class offices per the annual report of the first assistant postmaster general.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Diplomat Fatally Hurt In Virginia Auto Crash
Washington reporters say Guatemala's Foreign Minister Don Juan Barrios was fatally injured, with Guatemalan Minister to the United States Dr Luis Toledo Herrarte and South American coffee planter General John Drummond badly hurt when the car they rode in overturned after crossing a highway bridge into Virginia.
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Washington
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
South America
Virginia
Hero of Pekin to Quit
President accepts the resignation of Second Lieutenant Calvin P. Titus Fourteenth United States Infantry to take effect July 15. Titus known for his role in the 1900 Pekin siege during the Boxer troubles as the first man to scale the walls.
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Washington, D. C
Calvin P. Titus
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Titus
Fourteenth Infantry
Pekin
Fairbanks to be Lecturer
Washington notes Lyceum bureaus seek Vice President Fairbanks for next season engagements. They compete to book him as a lecture attraction as he plans to enter the lecture field.
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Washington, Special
Lyceum
Fairbanks
Kaiser to Publish Diary in Leather Bound Volume
Berlin reports astonishment at the planned diary by the Kaiser titled Twenty Years' Rule. The 800 page work will cover events from accession to the throne to the present day and will be bound in leather.
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Berlin
Revolt in Salvador Under Former Vice President Alfaro
News reports a revolution starting in Salvador led by ex VP Prudencio Alfaro. Revolutionary forces claimed control of Ahcauhapan Usutulan and Santana as the conflict unfolds.
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Managua
Nicaraugua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahcauhapan
Usutulan
Santana
Sounds Like Nature Faking in Chadron Ohio Bees Harassed
In Chadron Ohio Special Skunks have attacked beekeepers by raiding hives and making a peculiar noise to drive off or eat bees. Charles Hall reports several valuable swarms lost this fall to these incidents. Wedding Journey First Trip in Bellefontaine Ohio Miss Hattie Bogert traveled to Missoula Montana to marry Oscar Talmage, her old schoolmate, marking her first train ride.
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Chadron
Ohio
Charles Hall
Bellefontaine
Hattie Bogert
Missoula
Mont
Oscar
Talmage
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