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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
1
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Paris reports France blocked President Castro’s proposed trip to receive medical care in the country. The government recalls the recall of a French minister from Venezuela and notes Castro’s order in the confrontation.
Fragmented text reports Servian women forming a Home Guard unit named the League of Death to defend the country against invasion. Women armed with rifles vow to give their lives for Serbia, with references to deployments and frontier movements amid broader wartime uncertainty.
In Pottyville Pennsylvania a man identified as John Croalin was fatally or severely injured when a heavy discharge from a new gun fired at a shooting event blew away the clay pigeons and struck a nearby spectator. The scene near the Sennylkill River saw gunfire interrupted as medical aid attended to the injured man.
Newberry assumes the role of secretary of the navy succeeding Victor Metcalf incapacitated by illness. The Detroit resident, Yale graduate and longtime naval affairs figure, forged ties to Michigan naval brigade and served in the Spanish American War aboard the Yosemite. Satterlee, a New York Republican and Morgan son-in-law, is named as assistant secretary.
Noot Thompson an Indian player on the Carlisle Reserves stunned onlookers by finishing almost a full game in a trance after an early head injury during a 6 to 0 win over Union club Phoenixville. He later woke in the hospital in critical condition under Dr. T. B. Holloway.
In Chester Pennsylvania on December 1 burglars fled a house after a parrot yelled Get out of here Get out. Dr Katherine Ulrich’s pet parrot’s cries alerted the household and spooked the intruders who dashed into the street.
The U S Supreme Court reversed lower rulings on Virginia railroad rate disputes. It holds that the state commission's actions may be reviewed in federal courts if they invade constitutional rights, with the Virginia Supreme Court handling state appeals while federal courts enforce constitutional protections. The decision clarifies that rate setting by the commission is not purely legislative and may face federal injunctions.
The tenth triennial convention of the International Council of Jewish Women opens in Cincinnati for ten days starting December 1. Delegates from the United States gather to discuss issues affecting the Jewish community, philanthropy, education, peace, and interfaith relations.
Night one of the UW indoor championships produced new marks. McDonald of the Robl-doual A.C. set a new weight for height record, while Grath improved on last year’s figure. Sheppard, once Olympic clasp, was defeated by Harry Gisaing in a 2-minute time, as an indoor record fell.
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