President to seek authority for policy in Nicaragua
Washington reports say the president will lay before congress soon the facts on Nicaragua to obtain authority for further steps in protecting American interests and ending Central American strife. Indemnity for killings remains in abeyance until Zelaya’s government and the revolutionaries settle, with no demand while a credible government is absent.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Central America
Canon
Grace
Zelaya
United States
Nicaragua
Corinto
Yorktown
Pacific
Vicksburg
Isot
Winox
Knox
Washington
State Department
Fernando Sanchez
V. M. Roman
New York
Sanchez
Roman
Bunel
Castrilla
Isle of Man steamer Ellan Vannin lost with passengers
In a historic gale the Isle of Man steamer Ellan Vannin with thirty three aboard was abandoned after upper works and lifeboats were identified from wreckage on the Mersey banks. No word since Ramsey Thursday night. Four bodies washed ashore from the Thistlemor wreck bound Liverpool to an American port. Eight small vessels ashore, crews escaped. mate’s boat dashed. Captain and twenty six reached Cape Wlattery then Umatilla lightship.
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London
Isle of Man
Ellan
Mersey
Ramsey
British Isles
Appledere
Barnstable Bay
Liverpool
Barry
Biddleford
Cape Wlattery
Umatilla
Law Violation in Cherry Mine Sparks Trial
Testimony at the coroner's inquest in the Cherry mine disaster points to Mat Francisco a 15 year old worker allegedly violating the child labor law by pushing a hay car toward a blaze then omitting to act when the torch ignited it. Authorities say the testimony supports that child labor laws were freely violated endangering miners.
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Cherry
Cherry Mine
Mat Francisco
Francisco
Mrs. Gunness Out West Delta Sheriff Seeks Help
Delta County Colorado dec 4 sheriff Williams telegraphs La Porte Indiana to confirm if Belle Gunness, sought for murders in Indiana, has lived in Delta county for two months and requests guidance on any offered reward for her capture.
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Delta County
Col
Sherif
Laporte
Delta
Williams
Ind
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Transport Prairie Stuck in Mud Near Philadelphia
Dec. 4 transport Prairie remains stuck in mud near Philadelphia. Marines likely to go ashore this afternoon for a new salvage attempt after lightening the cargo. Gunboats Eagle and Marietta have arrived at Colon from Costa Rica and Port Limon respectively.
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Suls
Nicaragua
Philadelphia
Colon
United States
Eagle
Costa Rica
Marietta
Port Limon
Perry's fleet to reenact Battle of Lake Erie in 1913
Toledo reporters say replica Perry fleet will renew combat with the British during the Palmetto Bay centennial, with ships from Erie and Detroit in a staged clash. A triumphal voyage after the action is planned to light up the Great Lakes as states seek funds from Congress. A campaign to raise the flagship Lawrence and fly Perry's battle flag has begun, drawing support from several states.
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Toledo
Perry
Palin Bay
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Linois
Wisconsin
Congress
Erie
Detroit
Great Lakes
Lawrence
Iinois
New York
Kentucky
Indiana
Minnesota
Congress Meets Monday to Honor Deceased Members
Washington December 4 Congress opens its first regular session of the sixty first congress with members arriving by train. Both houses will adjourn after convening Monday in memory of members who died during recess. Tuesday likely to be devoted to reading the president’s message. Speaker Cannon and President Taft discussed matters, but the speaker declined to reveal topics.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa Roads Slammed by Autoist Warns Motorists
Iowa roads come in for a harsh grilling from H. Hunter of Muscatine who drove from Chicago to Denver and published in the Washington Post a sharp critique. He describes roads east of the Mississippi as fair but urges motorists to avoid Iowa citing vile conditions around Muscatine and Des Moines, glaciated soil, dragged counties, and poor city approaches. He warns drivers to steer clear unless ready to fight through towns and rough highways.
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Walliver
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Hunter
Denver
Washington Post
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Chicago
Joliet
Ottawa
Lasalle
Davenport
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Washington
Des Moines
Des Moinas
Dolliver Talks of Insurgents in Chicago Speech
Senator Dalliver of Iowa, a leading insurgent, spoke to the Press club noting the last session’s hopeful sign was its lack of unanimous action. He predicted President Taft’s approach to insurgents would be friendly and said Congress, not the president, shaped tariff revision.
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Chicago
Dalliver
Iowa
Press Club
Congress
Taft
Mother seeks truth of her son's death in Pittsburg Lake
St Louis December 4 16 year old William Cordes died at Pittsburg Lake near East St Louis Ill Investigations show his mother Anna Cordes sought answers for months and resulted in arrests of Regina Koelsch Frank Ruhr August Ruhr Alex Holder and Fred Bianchi The boy reportedly carried 105 dollars that has since vanished
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St. Louis
Anna Cordes
William
Pittsburg Lake
East St. Louis
Ill
Regina Koelsch
Frank
August Ruhr
Alex Holder
Fred Bianchi
Ruhrs
Corées
Parr at the Sugar Trial Tells of Bribe Offers
Richard Parr, who exposed short weight frauds at Williamsburg docks for the American Sugar Refining Co, testified that Oliver Spitzer offered to pay him to hush the matter. Parr described Brzezinski and Kehoe’s attempts to influence him, while defense questioned his credibility. Adjournment followed.
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New York
Storm Center
Richard Parr
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Co
Parr
Kehoe
Oliver Spitzer
Brzezinski
Spitzer
Roosevelt
Loeb
Have You Got Your $34.98
Treasury estimates each person would receive 34.98 if money in circulation on December 1 was divided. The monthly circulation shows total money at 3.4256 billion dollars, up from last month by 712.9 million. Circulating money stands at 2.1313 billion, up 6.5 million from last month and 13.7 million from a year ago.
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Treasury
Washington, D. C
United States
Ohio Troops Ordered Out After Bridgeport Riot
Martial law declared as Governor Harmon orders out the Ohio National Guard to Bridgeport following a riot at the Acinatin plate mills that wounded two guards. Strikes over open shop policies at Astna Standard Company escalated tensions prompting troop deployment.
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Columbus
Dee
Harmon
Ohio National Guards
Bridgeport
Astna Standard Company
Acinatin Plate
Christmas Stamps Barred From Certain Mail
Washington December 4. Postal authorities fear confusion over stamps used on letters and parcels. Red Cross Christmas stamps and other charity issues must be used with discretion. Five foreign governments restrict these stamps with four countries refusing entry to mail bearing them. Germany allows stamps if placed on the back, not the face.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Red Cross
Great Britain
Orange River Colony
Southern Rhodesia
Transvaal
Germany
Moros and Sanamos Attack Philippine Detachment
Near Mi Malindang Mindanao Islands a clash between Moros and Sanamos and a constabulary detachment left six constables, four workers, and one policeman dead and one constable wounded. The attackers totaled twenty killed before forces separated.
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Manila
Mi. Malindang
Mindanao Islands
Weather Summary for Town and Illinois
Partly cloudy tonight with colder temperatures expected. Illinois sees rain changing to snow and a drop in temperatures tonight. Sunday will be partly cloudy and colder. Sunrise is at 7 01 a m and sunset at 4 21 p m Moonrise at 11 47 p m.
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Ilinois
Doxey Held in St Louis Jail En Route to Murder Trial
Mrs Doxey arrived in St Louis from Columbus Neb and was jailed with a nurse, husband Dr L B Doxey, and her father. Authorities claim she poisoned William J Erder, and an inquest may be held Monday after the coroner receives the chemist report. The circuit attorney probes past marriages and witnesses as he builds the case.
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St. Louis
Dora
Doxey
Oficer
Columbus
Elder
Circuit
Jones
Erder
Kate Jérder
Daxey
Miss Erder
Dora Elizabeth Fuller
Aledo
Robert Downing
Joy, TU
Dr. Doxey
Downing
Bloomington
Dr. Dodge
Dodge
Trainmen Chief Dismisses Reports of Big Strike Threat
Chicago December report says Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen denied talks of a nationwide labor war being imminent. Meanwhile Northwest strike tensions persist as switchmen claim control while railroads hire substitutes and push toward restored normal freight movement.
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Chicago
Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Chicago Railroad
Cleveland
Pees Stries
Great Brotherhoods of Railways
Carter
Peoria, Ill
Northwest
Ill
Dickeson
Burlington Railroad
General Managers' “Association
Twin Cities
Duluth
St. Paul
Minn
Head of
Lakes
Switchmen's Union
Brotherhood of
Trainmen
Seattle
Switchmen's
Hawley
Minneapolis
Eberhart
Martin
Switchmen
Decker
Minneapolis Clearing House Association
Hill
Great Northern
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
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