Taft says cabinet plans limited to Knox selection
Augusta Ga Dec 19 President elect Taft says no cabinet progress beyond Knox announcement. He has not offered or heard of any other positions and will consult future secretary of state before deciding. Taft plans to consult Senators and Representatives and will delay no congress session. The Taft family moves to Terrett cottage and will attend social events and golf outings.
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Augusta
Taft
Knox
Senator Knox
Congress
Ang
Landon A. Thomas
Terrett
Bon Air Hotel
Mr. Taft
Dalzell Declares Senate Bid To Succeed Knox
Washington December 19 Congressman Dalzell of Pittsburgh announces candidacy for U S Senate to replace Philander C Knox who becomes Secretary of State. James Burke also seeks seat along with other Pennsylvanians amid cabinet reshuffle rumors. Dalzell vows to run from Washington while Burke heads to Pittsburgh after talks with Knox.
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Washington
United States Senate
Philander C. Knox
John Tdaizell
Pittsburg
James Francis Burke
Pennsylvania
Representative Dalzell
Congress
Commercal
Representative Burke
House
Republican National Committee
Knox
Senate
George F. Huff
Greensburg
W. R. Andrews
Meadville
Republican State Committee
George T. Oliver
Dalzell
Possible Magoon as Governor General of the Philippines
Washington reports strong in Washington circles that Judge Charles E. Magoon, Cuba provisional governor, will be asked by President elect to assume the Philippines Governor General post. Taft’s interest and Magoon’s tropical record boost the prospect amid Cabinet reshuffles and future missions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles E. Magoon
Cuba
Philippines
Tropics
Judge Smith
Wright
Judge Magoon
George von L. Meyer
Mr. Newberry
Navy
William Loeb, Jr
Commerce
Masquerading Woman Arrested as Man in Cedar Rapids
A young woman posing as a man and using the name Earl Waters was arrested in Cedar Rapids for robbing her room and filing a police complaint. She claimed to be Pearl Waters and alleged a murder connection, but Philadelphia police say they have no record of Earl Waters.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Philadelphia
Earl Waters
Waters
Europe
New York
Wilson
Express
Taylor
Christian Science healing case ends as no Missouri law bans practice
Warrensburg May Dec 16 Circuit Judge Thurmond ruled there is no Missouri statute prohibiting healing by Christian Science practitioners. Lena A. Jaccard and Theresa M. Heywood faced charges for treating Lorelda Wyrick for pay without a license, receiving 54 dollars.
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Warrensburg
Thurmond
Missouri
Christian Science Church
Lena A. Jaccard
Theresa M. Heywood
Christian Science
Kansas City
Ewing Cockrell
This County
Francis M. Cockrell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lorelda Wyrick
Knobwoster
Kindness to Dog Cost His Life in Philadelphia
Edward Mooney of the mounted police rescued a cold dog and was thrown from his horse on wet asphalt. He died when a trolley car struck him as he lay protecting the dog. Mooney had just married and his bride attended her mother’s funeral in Hazleton Penn.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Edward Mooney
Mounted Police
Mooney
Hazleton
Pehn
Boy Sacrifices Life to Save Dog in Hartford
Ten year old Daniel Marshall died after rushing onto railroad tracks to save a dog as a train approached on the New York New Haven Hartford line. He was struck and fatally injured, while the dog escaped unharmed.
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Hartford, Conn
Daniel Marshall
New York, New Haven
Mean Man Called as Charitable Union Rep
Neighbors say a caller posing as a union representative visited barber George Goldman and gave a $10 check in change for a $2 food advance. Goldman, out of work for months, struggles with a wife and four children as the alleged con artist escaped with the small sum.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
George Goldman
Goldman
Ballston Mill Destroyed by Fire in N Y Toll 100000
The Ballston Paper Company mill near Ballston Spa was wrecked by a blaze tonight, with about 100000 dollars in losses. The fire broke out outside the village limits and lacked adequate fire-fighting means.
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Ballston Mill
Zajiston
N. Y
Ballston Paper Company
Broad street broker shot by inventor in office
John C. Lumsden, a Southern inventor, shot curb broker Harry B. Suydam in his Broad street office after demanding money. Suydam, wounded near the heart and lung, was taken to Hudson Street Hospital with little hope of recovery. Lumsden cabled a motive, saying Suydam owed him money and pledged notes on collateral.
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Harry B. Suydam
Broadstreet
Clinton Avenue
Plainfield
N. J
John C. Lumsden
Suydam
Hudson Street Hospital
Financial District
Lumsden
John Street
Hogan
Stock Exchange
Mr. Suydam
Mr. Sodam
George A. Downs
George
Broad Street
Downs
John J. Corcoran
Beaton
Corcoran
Hudson Street
West 57Th Street
Hogan Downs
Kenny
Electric Vibrator
George Jacobs
Jacobs
Senators dread hazardous rebuke of president probe
Washington reports show Senate leaders wary of any investigation into administration efforts to enforce federal statutes. Critics cite heavy workloads and political risk as support for delaying action while public letters pressure lawmakers to uphold popular rights.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Hale
Naval Affairs
Committee On Appropriations
Cullom
Gallinger
Perkins, Elkins
Warren
Hemenway
Messrs
Perkins
Elkins
Indiana
Teller
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
Congress
Jim’ Hemenway
Steve’ Elkins
Good Government League Endorses Secret Service Stand
The executive committee of San Francisco's Good Government League telegrammed President Roosevelt praising his position on Secret Service as outlined to Congress. The note is dated December 19 and reflects local support for federal policy.
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San Francisco
Executive Committee
The
Good Government League
Roosevelt
Congress
Cruisers Assigned to Mr Taft for Panama Trip
Secretary Newberry advised President-elect Taft that the armored cruisers North Carolina and Montana would be placed at his disposal for a January departure with engineers. The two 2 knot vessels can reach Colon in four days from Charleston or Savannah and will be ready in Norfolk, commanded by Captains Marshall and Reynolds.
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Washington
Newberry
Taft
North Carolina
Montana
William A. Marshall
Alfred Reynolds
Norfolk
Panama Canal completion predicted in six years
Canal foreman F G Kuehnle argues canal progress is rapid and rumors of disasters are unfounded. He notes about twenty two thousand workers on site, six thousand Americans and many Spaniards contributing to the effort. Panama investigators plan to sail December twenty eight aboard the Alliance to inspect canal work and return by mid January.
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Los Angeles
F. G. Kuehnle
Panama Rail Road
Panama Canal
Kuehnle
Panama
Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Charleston
D. C
Panama Line
Local Woman Harriet Armstrong Dies at 101 in Roanoke County
Roanoke Virginia report notes Mrs Harriet Armstrong died at her home aged 101. She had never traveled from the residence where she lived and died. An adjacent advertisement promotes Dewey Wines for holiday gifts offering cases priced at four six and six seventy five dollars from H T Dewey & Sons Co New York.
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Roanoke
Harriet Armstrong
Dewey's
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Boy Hero Guards Baby in Brooklyn Tenement Fire
Three children were badly burned when a fire destroyed a Brooklyn tenement at 2085 Atlantic Avenue. James five and Martha three suffered burns while trying to pull baby Peter from the flames. The infant six months old was taken to St Mary's Hospital and not expected to survive. Firefighters rushed to the third floor and found the Jackson siblings amid the blaze.
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Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jackson
James
Peter
Martha
Court rules divorced wife may garnish ex husband for alimony
In St Louis the Court of Appeals held a divorced woman may seize her former husband's earnings and property to enforce alimony, even if he has remarried. The decision affects cases like Miles Anderson who refused $25 monthly support, after his first wife garnisheed his salary and won in lower court.
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St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Miles Anderson
Anderson
Mr Root's Knee Mending After Campaign Injury
Secretary Root is slowly recovering from a knee injury suffered in the last campaign. Dr. J William White, who was consulted in Washington, said the trouble stems from a bruise and strain received two months ago and there is no reason for great anxiety.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Root
J. William White
Washington
Lonely Wife Ends Life Over Homesickness in Brooklyn
Mrs Fannie Buegeleisen killed herself by inhaling illuminating gas at 169 Decatur Street Brooklyn yesterday. Found by her husband whom she married in England a year ago. She left a note saying she could not live away from home and friends. The husband, a wealthy contractor, says she grew homesick after leaving England. She had returned from a trip to England a week earlier and seemed content with her surroundings.
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England
Fannie Buegeleisen
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Buegelelsen
Buegeleisen
Bill to force bachelors into marriage via tax and bureau
Milwaukee reports Assemblyman John J. Farrell proposing a law that would compel men over thirty to marry or pay a yearly penalty. A state matrimonial bureau would register willing partners, allowing shy men to find a mate, the bureau funded by the fees. Farrell notes some bachelors lack the nerve to ask, and the measure would supply it.
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The
Tribune
Milwaukee
John J. Farrell
Farrell
Mr. Farrell
Pistol Duel In Crowded Street Ends in Double Death
Wytheville Virginia reports Chief of Police Walter McClintock shot dead on main street while serving a warrant on E A Cregger. Cregger killed in the exchange and David Cregger arrested after the gunfight as shoppers filled the Saturday evening scene.
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Tribune
Wytheville
Walter McClintock
E. A. Cregger
Cregger
McClintock
David Cregger
Creggers
Ex Senator Merrimon's Son Held for Tiny Theft
Richard Merrimon, son of the late Augustus S. Merrimon, former North Carolina senator, was held for stealing 10 cents worth of electrical fittings from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was confined eighteen hours without food at Flatbush Avenue station, Brooklyn, and prosecuted after Rear Admiral Goodrich overruled Captain Veeder.
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Richard Merrimon
Augustus S. Merrimon
North Carolina
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Benedict
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
South 1St Street
Merriman
Navy Yard
Veeder
Yard
Goodrich
Tenement Stair Collapse Sends Hundreds Fleeing
A marble mezzanine landing failed in a four story tenement at Dover Street, sending slabs to the ground and sparking a panic with about six hundred residents. Two injured were rushed to Hudson Street and St Gregory's hospitals as inspectors ordered the building evacuated for shoring.
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Dover Street
St. Gregory’s
Hudson Street
Timothy Collins
No. 15
Cherry Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Mary Powers
Collins
St. Gregory's Hospital
Police Gazette
Rohrs
Oak Street
Powers
Fire Department
Toole
Temement
Fox Building
Sweeney
Building Department
Norah Ryan
Annie Kelly
Norah
Fatal Mistake of City Marshal in Higbe
Higbe Missouri December 19 City marshal Frank Cain was fatally wounded and Elmer Magruder died in the Higbe city jail when three prisoners he had jailed over a Salisbury railway station robbery opened fire as Cain and Magruder searched for weapons. Cain was shot through the right lung and returned fire wounding one prisoner. one assailant escaped.
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Higbe
Frank Cain
Elmer Megruder
Cain
Salisbury
Magruder
Bank Robbery Wave Strikes Nebraska Banks
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 19 robbers looted the State Bank of Ceresco eighteen miles north of the city overpowering a boy, demolishing vaults, taking 3000 dollars and escaping. The same gang robbed Chase Bank in Chase County and looted Keene and Gibbon banks taking 5500 dollars. They wore dress suits and silk hats and escaped in an automobile. Burlington detective James Malone said the gang likely robbed all banks and travels by car.
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Lincoln, Neb
Ceresco
Chase
Chase County
Keene and Gibbon
James Malone
Burlington Railroad
Nashville man arrested in Canada with money stuffed vest
B. B. Bond of Nashville is held in Hamilton Ontario on a charge of obtaining between 8,000 and 9,000 dollars by false pretences from the First National Bank of Nashville. Bond wore a vest padded with 50 and 100 dollar bills totaling over 6,000. He had been in Canada since December under the name J. L. Jones of Montreal and weighed his extradition options after counsel advised.
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Hamilton
B. B. Bond
Nashville
First National Bank of
Bond
J. L. Jones
Montreal
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