Punish Zelaya for Murder of Two Americans
Reports from Washington state a resolution to authorize the president to pursue Zelaya for the murder of two Americans if evidence supports action. News says Jose Madriz is touted as Zelaya’s successor, a choice unlikely to please the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Zelaya
Nicaragua
State Department
Rayner
Jose Madriz
Madriz
United States
Estrada
Bluefields
Rama
Vasquez
Diaz
Des Moines
Shipley
Moffat
Taft
Knox
Mexico City
Rodriguez
Congress
America
Managua
Washington
Chief Red Cloud Dies at 86 in Pine Ridge Report
Washington dispatch confirms the death of Red Cloud, famed Sioux chief, aged eighty six, reported from Pine Ridge Indian agency. The historic leader’s passing marks the end of an era in Native American history.
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Red Cloud
Washington, D. C
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
Anti-Saloon League Elects Officers and Urges Prohibition Legislation
The Anti-Saloon League elected Luther B. Wilson of Philadelphia as president with a dozen vice presidents including Rev. Father James M. Cleary Rev. Washington Gladden Bishop G. M. Mathews and Charles A. Pollock. The convention called for legislation to prohibit interstate shipment of liquor into dry territories.
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Chicago
Ill
Anti- Saloon League
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
James M. Cleary
Minnesota
Washington Gladden
Ohio
G. M. Mathews
Illinois
Chas. A. Pollock
North Dakota
S. E. Nicholson
Pennsylvania
Foster Copeland
Rev
R. A. Baker
Waterways Endorse $50 Million Yearly Funding Plan
Rivers and Harbors congress closes in Washington with resolutions urging congress to establish a new department for waterways, secure annual appropriations of 50 million dollars for ten years, fund from current revenues if possible, or issue bonds if necessary, and place the rivers and harbors bill on par with other major appropriations. The group reelects Ramsdell as president and J F Ellison as secretary-treasurer.
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Washington, D. C
Ramsdell
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
Congress
Cook’s Lawyer Quits Over Explorer Case
New York December 10. Henry Wellington Wack, personal lawyer for Cook, has severed relations with his client. Wack refused comment but a close friend says he has ended dealings with a client who did not inform his counsel of plans. The inquiry questions whether Copenhagen records show Cook used supplied calculations, casting doubt on the sufficiency of Cook’s original observations and proofs.
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New York
Cook
Henry Wellington Wack
Wack
University of Copenhagen
Loose
Copenhagen
Cotton Corn And Hogs Are High
The article reports at the National Stock Yards hog prices reaching 8.65, a peak unseen since 1893. May corn rose to 64 3/4 cents in Chicago, while the Department of Agriculture pegs cotton at 10,088,000 bales and prices surge in New Orleans and New York. Holiday trade remains brisk for spring merchandise.
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St. Louis
National
Chicago
Ill
Washington, D
Agricultural Department
New Orleans
New York
N. Y
Dan
Train Victims Identified In Fatal Collision
Two aged men among victims after a train strike injures a cutter and kills horses. The incident left one man severely injured and the other killed. authorities began an investigation into the fatal accident and its surrounding circumstances.
Aged Iowa Farmers Die in Collision and Exposure
Nub Fredrickson seventy a Worth county farmer was struck by an Iowa Central train four miles north of Northwood while driving to a cutter. He died after hours of exposure and unconsciousness. A Cedar Rapids report says Joseph Brown seventy was killed by a train at Mechanicsville.
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Iowa Evening Press
Mason City
Nub
Fredrickson
Worth County
Iowa Central
Northwood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Joseph Brown
Mechanicsville
Revolting tale told in report on white slave traffic
Washington December report by the Immigration commission details revolting methods of procurers who bring women into the United States for immoral purposes. It advocates closer scrutiny of alien women admissions and renewed efforts to stamp out the white slave traffic. It also explains how procurers enticed women to come here and how they are treated after arrival.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Immigration Commission
Woman Clerk Confesses to DAR Peculations
Defalcations amounting to several thousand dollars from the Daughters of the American Revolution by a clerk at the national headquarters were disclosed today. Officers will not prosecute. the woman's name is withheld and she has been dismissed after a three year period of theft.
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Washington, D. C
Daughters of the American Revolution
Clarian tragedy and missing ferry crew amid Great Lakes fires
Reports detail the burning of the steamer Clarion off Pelee Island with thirteen crew members still in distress in a lifeboat on Lake Erie. The Connneanut ferry is overdue with twenty five aboard. Rival wireless companies are blamed for delaying rescue.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Connneanut
Cleveland
Clarion
Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Detroit
Mich
Bert E. Wendler
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Wendler
Ill health drives farmer to death by own action
Frank Meyers 37, a prominent farmer one mile south of Centerdale near West Liberty Iowa, shot himself in the mouth while at work in the horse barn. His son Harold found the body. Death appeared instantaneous. Meyers had suffered ill health for years and left a wife May Mosher and four sons aged 4 to 12. He leaves parents Harmon Meyers and two brothers Carlton and Preston.
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West Liberty
Frank Meyers
Centerdale
Harold
L. A. Royal
Meyers
May Mosher
Henry Mosher
Harmon Meyers
Carlton
Preston
Omaha
Neb
Burlington Freight Train Derailed Near Gilson Kills Two
A Burlington freight train left the tracks and plunged into a ditch near Gilson Illinois today. Foreman Hoffman and brakeman Gibbs were killed. Engineer Burns sustained fatal injuries.
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Galesburg
Ill
Burlington
Gilson
Hoffman
Gibbs
Burns
Deaths From Local Fire Read Like Tragedies
Ottumwa Iowa reports Mrs Mi nerva Wakefield burned to death as her home burned this morning. At Wayne Kansas a mother and four children aged 3 to 10 burned to death when an oil stove exploded. In Des Moines eighty autos in the Buick Auto Co garage were damaged by fire from an overheated furnace. loss about four thousand dollars.
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Iowa Evening Press
Ottumwa, la
Minerva Wakefield
Concordia
Kan
Wayne
Frank Hicks
Des Moines
Buick Auto Co
Plan to Import Chinese Smuggling Inquiries Unfold
Eighteen indictments for conspiracy to smuggle Chinese were returned yesterday at Brownsville Texas. Two Americans along with several Greeks Russians and Chinese faces charges as investigators reveal a Gulf Coast network coordinating the import of Chinese.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf Coast
Eight Survive W. C. Richardson Foundering Off Buffalo
Eleven survivors were brought to Buffalo aboard the Paine after the freighter W. C. Richardson foundered yesterday. Eight lives are believed lost, with three still missing.
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Richardson
Buffalo
N. Y
W. C. Richardson
Paine
Hatch Sentenced to Ten Years for Assault in Minneapolis
Thomas Hatch, who escaped Fort Madison jail in May, was tried in Minneapolis for assault with intent to kill and given a ten year term at Stillwater. He had been serving twenty years at Fort Madison and evaded capture until a Milwaukee incident in November. After Stillwater, he will return to complete his Fort Madison term.
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Fort Madison
The
State Penitentiary
Thomas Hatch
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Minnesota State Penitentiary
Hatch
Milwaukee
Not To Be Opened Until Christmas Phrase Rule Set
Washington report says the post office classification committee ruled that inscriptions reading Not To Be Opened Until Christmas Day may be used only on parcels with first class postage. If printed or stamped, third and fourth class parcels may bear it. handwritten notes are considered personal messages triggering first class rates.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Berlin Hails Taft Tariff Message on Trade War and Nicaragua
Berlin officials and newspapers express approval of President Taft's message to Congress. They note his stance that maximum duties reduce chances of trade wars and praise his Nicaragua policy remarks. The tone reflects positive German opinion toward Taft's tariff and foreign policy.
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Taft
Berlin
Congress
United States
Nicaragua
Cummins Bill Aims at Radical Rail Rate Overhaul
Iowa Senator Cummins introduced a bill to reform the interstate commerce act, proposing uniform freight classifications and a fixed minimum rate by the commission. It bars parallel rail line acquisitions and requires stock to be par value. Senate adjourned after brief session. house to reconvene later.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Cummins
Commission
Senate
House
Jury On Strike Seeks Missing Witnesses In Mine Disaster Inquest
The inquest into the mine disaster ended without a verdict as jurors insist on locating missing witnesses Rosenjack and Dean before deciding. State's Attorney Eckert defends exhaustive search while officials review neglect accusations. Miner Hand recounts tapping signals heard from entombed workers and urged action. Red Cross reps acknowledge mistakes but defend conditions as comparable to similar sites.
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Cherry
John Thompson
Rosenjack
Dean
Seymour Stedman
Mine Corporation
Eckert
Stedman
John Hand
Spring Valley
Wallace Smith
The
Red Cross
Chicago
Parole Law Upheld by Springfield Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court today sustained the constitutionality of the parole law as of December 10 in Springfield.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Weather Outlook For Illinois Tonight Through Saturday
Snow is forecast tonight and Saturday with rain in places. Temperatures rise, especially in the east, bringing warmer conditions over the period.
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Illinois
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