Roosevelt urges full American citizenship for Porto Rico
President Roosevelt sends a special message to Congress urging grant of full citizenship to Porto Ricans. He lauds local self government, orderly elections, and governor council under present administration, while stressing justice and rights for all citizens. The message also notes ongoing Senate debate on Senator Smoot and broad House appropriations discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Porto Rico
Smoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
Senate
Wm. H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
House of Rep
Committee Blocks Nominations Pending Presidential Word
The committee declines to report on nominations until they receive word from President Roosevelt. Secretaries Shaw and Hitchcock plan to retire, and the panel insists on learning the president's intentions before any favorable action.
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Fiaficé
Roosevelt
Shaw
Hitchcock
Burnham Jr Convicted of Larceny in Insurance Case
George Burnham Jr. vice president of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance, found guilty of larceny of 7500 dollars. Prosecution arose from state insurance investigations led by a legislative committee. Other officers, Frederick Burnham and George Eldridge, were indicted. Burnham remanded to the Tombs after further proceedings were postponed.
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New York
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Burnham
Insurance Company
Frederick A. Burnham
George D. Eldridge
Ind’cimente
J. Douglass Weils
Tombs
George Burnham
Mutus Reserve Life Insurance Company
New York Supreme Court
Ee Oe
Dynamite Talk Said to Surface in Shea Trial
In Chicago on December 12 evidence emerged that President Shea during last year’s teamsters strike considered using dynamite. Witness Michael Kelly testified Shea asked about a dynamite handler and that knives were issued to pickets to threaten colored workers and cut harnesses, a point the defense contested but Judge Hall ruled admissible.
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Chicago
Shea
Teamsters
Michael Kelly
Kelly
Hall
Horrors of famine in China raise alarm in Washington
Letters from China describe vast floods covering 40 000 square miles displacing 15 000 000 people. No crops, destroyed housing, widespread hunger with meals of gruel and sweet potato leaves. Desperate parents drown children or sell them to escape starvation. Ground submerged, planting prospects bleak.
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Washington
China
Oklahoma constitutional debate on God title rages in 1910s vote
Guthrie Oklahoma December 12. A heated constitutional convention discussion centers on whether the Supreme Being should be designated as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe or God Almighty. Petitions from various sects including atheists urge no religious discrimination in the constitution.
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Guthrie, Okla
Woman Kills Husband In Footdale Quarrel
In Footsdale near Talontown Pennsylvania Mrs Antonio Brostis fifty confessed after arrest that during a quarrel she grabbed a gun and shot her husband who rushed the weapon to kill her. The shooting occurred December 12.
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Talontown
Antonio Brostis
Footsdale
Here
Famine in Russia Worsens Amid Global Tensions
The telegrams report thirty million Russians affected by famine as Vatican alarm grows over France and church state rupture in Paris. Other notes mention misfortune in Peoria, a manslaughter verdict in Mississippi, and a $661,300 Carnegie grant for science in 1907.
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Bishop McCabe
New York
Vatican
France
Chicago
Birdsong
Butler
Hazlehurst
Miss
Board of Trustees
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Vinol promise for weak lungs and cough relief
Advertises Vinol cod liver oil elements claimed to heal and strengthen weak lungs and wasting diseases. Promotes concentrated cod liver oil extract with iron, offers money-back guarantee, notes New Albany and other towns carry Vinol through local druggists.
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Vinci
New Albany
Obas
D. Knoefel
Notable Heroism In Storm Rescue At Sea
Mitchell B. Bruso, Greek seaman aboard tug Walter A Luckienbach, braved a fierce northeast gale to rescue Captain Awarsiuud and sailor Charles Martin from a sinking barge Buena Ventura. He rowed in a small craft to a frozen, perilous scene and saved two men, while others stayed aboard. Bruso then escaped imminent death himself as seas rose around him.
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Providence
Holl, Dee
Walter A. Luckienbach
Mitchell B. Bruso
John Dalley
Bruso
Awarsiuud
Charles Martin
Woman Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Monticello Killing
Mrs. Angie Birdsong, 22, from Hazlehurst, is convicted of manslaughter for the 1905 killing of Dr. Thomas Butler in Monticello Mississippi. Jurors urge mercy. uncle US Senator McLaurin requests a new trial. Sentence pending. minimum $500 fine.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Thomas Butler
Birdsong
Mississippi
Monticello
May Yet Escape Death
Bakersfield California December 12 L B Hicks one of the workers buried under tons of earth at Edison remains alive and in communication with rescuers through a two inch pipe after seventy feet of debris He told the rescue party he talked with companions for two hours after the cave in and has heard no signal since He expects to be reached in five days with food and water passed to him barring accidents
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Bakersfield
Cal
L. B. Hicks
Edison
Hicks
Follow the Flag in Cebu War Years Tale
Fragmentary wartime note shows Willie Morce tee de Gergeant U S Army unit from Concord Wisconsin recounting health concerns in the Philippines. The brief text lacks full sentences and clear events but points to early 20th century military service and overseas duty.
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Cebu
Philippines
Willie T. Mor- Cee Tee de
France Expels Papal Secretary Montagnini in Crisis
Paris reports Gov’t orders Montagnini expelled for alleged collusion with Paris clergy inciting rebellion. Premier Clemenceau says interference from Rome in French politics is prohibited, signaling a break with the church after 1881 laws. Public worship becomes illegal for Catholic groups outside schismatic bodies. Mass attendance rises modestly while Notre Dame remains only half full.
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Anny
France
Jesuita
Llegal
Notre Dame Cathedral
Vatican reacts to Montagnini expulsion in Paris
In Rome on December 12 officials report the expulsion of Mgr Montagnini, secretary of the papal nunciature in Paris, as proof that France aims to attack the church and cast it as an enemy of the republic. Vatican officials call the move mean and retaliatory, noting the Vatican cannot retaliate in kind.
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Paris
France
Monsignore Montagnini
Vatican
Monasignore Montagnini
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Mer
Montagnini
Rome
Araid
Mgr. Montagnini
Federal Prisoners Reconcentrated to Leavenworth
Forty one federal convicts were moved from Joliet Illinois to Leavenworth Kansas last night as part of a federal plan to centralize confinement in Leavenworth and Atlanta Georgia rather than dispersing prisoners among state penitentiaries.
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Joliet
Leavenworth
Kan
Atlanta
Brothers Held in Sister's Murder Case In Ohio
Dayton Ohio December 13 Collins and Fayne Gilman are under arrest for alleged complicity in the murder of their sister Dane Gilman whose dead body was found near her Arlington Heights home three weeks ago Both have pleaded not guilty Collins is in jail Fayne is released on her own recognizance
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Dayton, O
Collins
Fayne Gilman
Dane Gilman
Arlington Heights
Fayne
Wounded Dealer Fatally Shot in Chicago Corridor
Dr. Benjamin Harris, owner of Antigo Vid., died from wounds after a shooting in a stock exchange building corridor in Chicago. Campbell is under arrest for the incident.
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Wounde
Chicago
Benjamin Harris
Antigo
Creepbell
Dyspepsia Tablets Claim Quick Stomach Relief
An ad promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets declares improper digestion causes many stomach ailments from gas to cancer. It claims the tablets digest food when the stomach cannot and cites endorsements by 40,000 physicians and a free trial offer from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Tragedy Claims Mother and Child in Mason County
A Mason county report from Lexington dated December 12 states Mrs. Ira Goodman and her three year old child died from fatal burns at their home. The child’s clothing ignited while playing near an open fire, and the mother’s attempt to help the child caused her clothing to ignite as well. Both died before aid arrived.
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Lexington
Mason County
Ira Goodman
Kansas official repays bank check over alleged shortfall
Topeka today reports that Frank E. Grimes, treasurer of Kansas, wrote Victim of circumstances across a bank check for 9381.28 and turned it over to Attorney General C. C. Coleman to satisfy an alleged shortage during his four year administration prior to 1963.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank E. Grimes
State of
Kansas
C. C. Coleman
Fight for Open Shop Drives Chicago Builders Split
Chicago December 12 leading contractors plan an open shop fight in building trades. Sixty downtown contractors, who dominate local work, withdraw from the Masons and Builders association and form a new organization to press their stance.
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Chicago
Masons and Builders Association
What Adam Ate From Eden Would Have Been Different
The verse imagines Adam turning away from fruit and water to Rocky Mountain Tea. If he had chosen the tea in Eden, the balance of choice and consequence might have altered humanity's path. A reflective poem by A Ziegelbaur.
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Adam
Eden
Rocky Mountain
Ziegelbaur
Fines Total 150509 in Rebating Case Against Two Companies
Judge Holt fines American Sugar Refining and Brooklyn Cooperage after guilty pleas to Elkins act rebates on sugar shipments. American Sugar Refining faces 80000 dollars and Brooklyn Cooperage 70000 dollars. The report also contains unrelated ad text on remedies and medical claims.
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New York
Holt
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Elkins
Sugar Refining Company
Cooperage Company
Indiana Society Banquet Celebrates Hoosier Heritage in Chicago
The second annual Indiana Society of Chicago banquet drew 286 attendees from Indiana or with ties to the state at the Auditorium Annex. Toastmaster George Ade led speakers James Whitcomb Riley Edwin R Hughes DePauw University John T McCutcheon and Colonel Jewett in celebrating Indiana and its admission to the Union.
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Chicago
Auditorium
Nihois
Indiana
Hoosier
Indiana Society of Chicago
George Ade
James Whitcomb Riley
Edwin R. Hughes
DePauw University
John T. McCutcheon
Colonel Jewett
Philippines
Neighborhood feud erupts in deadly chicken dispute
In Bloomington Indiana on December 12 a quarrel over nine chickens led to a shooting. Gorman Lentz and his brother were shot at the farmer's home and lie dying while Joseph Falkerson awaits charges in county jail. The feud dates back years with the recent outbreak over the birds.
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Bloomington
Ind
Gorman
Tillman
Wenty
wellinosn_fermeng
Joseph Falkerson
Gorman Lentz
The Deadly Cigarette
Julius Persky of Hammond Indiana died from effects of heavy cigarette smoking. He claimed to have smoked about 500 000 cigarettes in his life with a daily average of seventy five in recent years. His only sustenance for three months had been diluted alcohol and cigarettes.
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Hammond
Ind
Julius Persky
Persky
Alleged Train Wreckers Trial Opens In Indiana Court
Petersburg Ind Dec 12 The trial of William Auberry and Shirley Irwin for first degree murder by train wrecking is underway in Pike circuit court. Both defendants deny guilt. The wreck occurred July 12 night killing three men and badly damaging an engine and eighteen cars.
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Petersburg
Ind
William Auberry
Shirley Irwin
Pike Circuit Court
Hotel Keepers Meet elects officers and seeks liability law
Indianapolis December 12. At the annual Indiana Hotel Keepers association meeting the group decided to ask the legislature to enact clearer definitions of hotel keeper liability. Edward Watson of Vincennes was elected president Frank Purcell of Indianapolis treasurer and W W Lowry of Indianapolis secretary.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Hotel Keepers’ Association
Edward Watson
Vincennes
Frank Purcell
W. W. Lowry
Lack of Interpreter Delays Bulgarians Trial in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 12 the trial of four Bulgarians accused of blackmailing Macedonia Greeks and Bulgarians is postponed due to the absence of a competent interpreter. The group claimed to act as agents of the Macedonia committee of Sofia aiming to establish Bulgarian authority in Macedonia.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Macedonia
Bedford man held after manhunt ends in arrest
Relatives of Enoch Cheek of Mitchell gather in Bedford Indiana after a lengthy pursuit ends with his capture. Prosecutors plan to press charges as authorities confirm the arrest and ongoing investigation.
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Bedford
Ind
Enoch Og
Cheek
Marahgl
Mitchell
Lawrence Ee
Helty
Local Notes From New Albany and Surroundings
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Hoehn were held at St. Josephs Church in Josephs Hill. A large turnout attended a planned platz by New Albany Roche of Eagles next Tuesday at Maennerchor hall. Joan Wilson resigns as Lanesville marshal. John Ehalt appointed to fill vacancy. State cases against Harrison and Lee Francis set for next Saturday in circuit court. Evangelist Fred Schiveren draws crowds at Third Presbyterian. meetings continue Sunday night. Floyd County Farmers Institute seeks county action to purchase two roads to keep routes free. Edgar 68. Martin named chief deputy to County Clerk elect William F Ruoff, who assumes office January 1. Social of New Albany Company No 5 Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias lasts night at East Fourth Street armory with dancing and a moving picture. Indiana Council No 1 R S M elects officers led by Illustrious Master O D Knoefel and others. New Albany Lodge of Elks plans Christmas tree event with poor relief gifts. committee to collect names for remembrance. New Albany Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters met and elected officers for the year including Samuel W. Vance president and Walter Harrisee secretary treasurer.
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New Albany Company
No*s
Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias
Armory
East Fourth Street
New Albany Board of Fire Insurance
Knirihm & Brana
Samuel W. Vance
W. H McKay
Walter 2. Harrisee
Freineaurance
Meeting Notes and Fare Change on Silver Hills Car Line
The record lists attendees including Mrs Trotter and Miss Priestley with roles such as Chaplain and Sergeant. A fare adjustment is announced for the Silver Hills car line from Vincennes street to West Bridge, allowing one fare for a transfer to the Banketrees transfer station.
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Vincennes Street
Weet
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Promises Fresh Breath
An advertisement extols Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic as a mouth rinse and teeth cleaner that freshens breath while whitening teeth. It quotes Mrs L B Simpson of Delaware and claims rapid, wide popularity with women as a special sales item from O D Knostik, a local druggist.
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O. D. Knostik
Markets Report From Indianapolis Cincinnati and Chicago
Grain and livestock prices and receipts across Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and East Baldwin markets. Wheat corn oats and hay ranges shown with bid levels for cattle hogs and sheep and notes on buyers and trading pace.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New We
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