Armistice Sought as Balkan Crisis Eases
General European conflict fears ease as Britain France and Austria Hungary move toward an armistice and conference. Serbia may leave its interim position to great powers with Greece and Albania involved. Foreign secretaries signal progress while hopes rise for a peaceful settlement in London and Constantinople.
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Eng
Servia
Europs
Rsa
Austria- Villagaey
Ward Gros
Turkey
Balkan
Greece
Edward Key
Austria
Budapest
Buncary
Deca
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Prance
Maris
Dee
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Pointare
Committee On
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France
Great Britain
Poincare
Europe
Fire destroys frame buildings at Nelta Keokuk county
A bad fire damaged a half block of frame business buildings near Nelta in Keokuk county. The post office and local press offices were reportedly thinly staffed as investigators probed the blaze origin. Also notes from Today in Congress reference investigations into American tobacco purchases and various budget and committee actions.
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Oskaloosa
Dee
Orixie Uestrayeg
Nelta
Keokuk County
Pont
del- Uh Press
Committee report hints U S role in Mexican revolution
Washington December 6 Senator Alden Smith subcommittee findings on Mexican border activity claim intrepid U S arms shipments favored Porfirio Diaz and suggest President Taft may be urged to review the issue. The panel plans to publish a report with testimony accusing interventionists of aiding revolution. The January document reportedly cites arms shipments obstructed for Diaz supporters.
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Jeara
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Porfirio Traz
Smith
Mexico
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Jury convicts woman of threat with revolver in Idaho
The jury in Idaho found a woman guilty of threatening a man with a revolver. The defendant Mow Hdward Butts faced trial on weapons charges. the court adjourned as jurors prepared lunch, and the verdict was delivered.
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Impeachment Court Hears Subpoena In Archbald Case
Washington reports detail efforts by House managers to compel J H Rittenhouse of Scranton to testify as the Archbald impeachment proceedings continue. Edward J Williams testified about subpoena service and Archbald’s alleged influence on railroad officials as the trial unfolds. The day also covers river and harbor congress activities and proposals for western flood control funding.
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Interstate Comerce Commission
Indians Affairs
India
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Rittehhouse
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Williams
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Seratton
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Commerce Court
Senate Court of
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Ben
Tide Archwald
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Virginia
National River S and Harbors Congress
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Stimson
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Movida
Harold P. McCormic
Chicago
J.V. Donnelly
Trenton
George F. Clinton
Buffalo
R. J. Melenn
Chamber of Commerce
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Mississippi Valley
George Norris
Jot Palladelphia
Palndaxcer
Jor Washington
Small
North Dakota
Juleo
Women's National Rivers Land Harbors Congress
House Committee On
Colonel Townsend
Mississippi River Commission
C. P. West
C. S. Kiflough
Arkansas
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Martin Gehrmann
Thomas Sweet
J. W. Ross
Louisl
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Flanned Robbery At Rockefeller Home Reported
A dubious burglary report from New York describes a plan to enter the Rockefeller residence with notes on entry methods. Police arrested a man named Michael Ryan, charged with burglary in High Warren District, found with burglar tools and a pair of glasses.
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New York
Gee
J. D. Rockelolivy
Ward
Hiere
Michael Ryan
William Provin, notable state senator, dies at 61
William Provin of Weatfield Massachusetts, longtime figure in the Jed Mon and a former state senator in 1841 and 1892, died at his home aged 61. His death marks the loss of a prominent civic leader associated with the Improved Order of Jedediah Mon.
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Weatfield
Mass
William Provin
Counell
United States
Jed ‘Mon
Provin
Progressives of Polk Plan Dollar Diner Banquet
Polk county progressives in Des Moines plan a January banquet at the Coliseum titled a dollar diner. Speakers include Benatar Albert Beveridge and Jane Addams. The group aims to recruit members withdrawing from the Republican party and seeks representation on election boards ahead of the next presidential election.
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Deg Moines
Deg Moines Coliseum
Polk County
Benatar Albert J. Beveridge
Jane Addams
Pole County
Republican Party
Damocrats
Progressives
Beiny
Sast
The Cry of The Ballyhoo and Its Illusions
A critique of ballyhoo schemes used by side show promoters. It contrasts impermanent, speculative enterprises with legitimate business, warning readers about land schemes in Florida and mail order firms. The piece notes the string of scams behind sensational cries and their reception by groups like the Rainbow Chasers but not by the Show Me club.
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Fim
Order of Rainbow
Chasers
Show Me Club
Harriman System Officials Gather for Merger Decision
Harriman System officials met at a local hotel to discuss the Union Pacific merger and the dissolution mandate, with plans to review train schedules and traffic statistics. J A Munroy of traffic said the core issue is autonomous control of lines from Ogden to Sacramento and implications for a 90 mile long Gene ral P line, potential 8 way traffic accord.
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Equitalia
Teese Dwrong
Shasilalcars
Cenfer
New York
N. Y
Harriman Railroad Lines
Lovett
Central Pacific
Southern Pacife
Union Pacific
U. S. Supreme
Harri
Betterment of life insurance discussed at convention
New York December 4. The sixth annual meeting of the association of life insurance presidents focused on betterment of life insurance service. Attendees from nearly every state and 10 percent of the country’s life insurance in force were present. Topics included standardization of policy requirements, conservation of insurance funds, and campaigns to prolong policyholders’ lives. Speakers included Myron T. Berwick, Frances Jar, Alan J. McLaughlin of the US Public Health Service, and William T. Boumet, New York superintendent of insurance.
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New York
Association of Life Indurance
Nfs
Pol‘ok
Myron T. Bervick
U.S
Frances Jar
Alan J. McLaughlin
United States Public Health Service
Aid Wm. T. Boumet
Insurance of
Conscience Drives Seaman to Confess Murder
In San Francisco on December 1, Joan Wesley Derr, a 40 year old apprentice seaman at Yerba Buena Island Navy Yard, confessed he killed a man in Richmond Kansas years ago. His loss of appetite prompted the revelation, with Derr offering to surrender to Kansas authorities and provide his story under solitary confinement. The murdered man’s identity remains undisclosed.
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Cal
Joan Wesley Derr
Yerba Buen Ivtland
Richmond
Kansas
Derr
Uiarr
Terr
An Dery Gard
Navy
Biel
Thia
Nes
John Wesley Derr
Nere
Cronin Named Private Secretary to Congressman Pepper
George Washington University Law Department awaits Cronin as he leaves Muscatine County to serve as private secretary to Congressman Pepper. His tenure as county superintendent of schools highlighted a push for records, rural education meetings, and new curricula, with plans to join law studies after Christmas.
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George Washington University Law Department
Cronin
J. &. Pepper
Washington, D. C
George, Washington University
Washington, D.C
Pepper
Papper
Muscatine
Bhn
Creinax
Seaoaaratam
Bin
Iowa
Muscatine County
Qrlur
Nevada Morality Contends Divorce Laws Aid Public Welfare
Richmond December 5 Governor Tesker Le Oddie of Nevada argued at the governors conference that Nevada grants divorces sparingly and serves public happiness by restraining divorce. He noted most Nevada divorces stem from Atlantic coast states with old harsh laws. Idaho Governor Hawley and Montana Governor Norris presided at the session.
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Richmond
Tesker le. Oddie
Nevada
St Reno
Hawley
Idaho
Norris
Montane
Weather forecast short and unsettled turn to snow
Threatening with snow develops this afternoon as temperatures drop sharply tonight across the south and far east. Readings fall Friday with colder conditions in place and sunrise at 7 02 a.m. Moon phase noted as remaining.
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