Gorman Speaks For His Party In Senate Session
In a tense Senate session, Mr. Gorman criticized the administration over the Panama affair and asserted the need to protect national honor. He attacked Loomis for revealing treaty facts and warned against using U S power to aid a failing party, while others questioned the president’s actions and motives.
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New York
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Aldrich
Foraker
Gen Black Appointed Civil Service Commissioner
Washington December 11 The president tendered the civil service commissioner post to General John C Black of Chicago commander in chief of the Grand Army He has not indicated acceptance He previously served as pensions commissioner during Cleveland s second administration
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WASHINGTON
John R. Proctor
John C. Black
Chicago
Grand Army
Black
Cleveland
Firemen Save the Chinamen in Portland Blaze
In Portland at midnight a fire in the city’s lower business district burned three Chinese individuals and damaged property worth at least 420,000. Firemen rescued many occupants including opium smokers. Authorities fear more victims may be found as searches continue. The blaze began in a Chinese restaurant and quickly spread to neighboring structures, with a costly joss house among the losses.
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Ore
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joss
Friar Lands to be Sold for Filipino Benefit
Washington reports that an agreement has been readied to sell the friar lands to benefit the Filipino treasury. Lands will be sold mostly to tenants on long payments at low interest, aiming to create a large Filipino landholding class to deter future unrest. The war department notes most friars fled during the war, leaving about 200 in the islands.
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Taft
War Department
Philippines
Manila
United States cruiser Atlanta in Colombian waters at Gulf of Darien
The US cruiser Atlanta under Commander William H. Turner returns to Colon after detecting a Colombian force of about five hundred near Titumati. Colombian officers protest American presence in Colombian waters while General Rafael Nevo and Ortiz plot defenses and threaten to fight if Panama remains with Colombia.
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Harlan Perrill
Associated Press
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Daniel Ortiz
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Ed‘ward Manwaring
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General Ortiz
General Reyes
Washington
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Death of a Noted Woman in Ann Arbor
Mrs. James B. Angell wife of the University of Michigan president died today of pneumonia in Ann Arbor Michigan She was the daughter of Alexis Caswell Brown University and led American relations in Pekin while Angell was minister. The piece notes other ads and election ballot story from Washington January 17 1924
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Mich
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Angell
Alexis Caswell
Brown University
Pekin
China
United States
Murdered Beside Bride near Fontana
Fontana Kansas December 17 Qra Ross a young farmer was shot and killed at his home by a masked man who entered the room where he and his wife slept and fired six times. He died and the killer fled threatening Mrs Ross to prevent an alarm. Motive appears jealousy. No valuables were taken. The couple had recently quarried.
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Qra Ross
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Ross
Pure Water for Reno Homes Promises Health Safeguard
An advertisement touts Pasteur germ proof filtered water from a mountain spring delivered to homes in Reno at one dollar per month. It claims daily ten gallons prevents typhoid and malaria, urging readers to sample at Carr and Eliott's, 126 West Second Street. Also notes Ernest Thyes resting easier but critically ill with slim recovery chances.
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Reno
Carr & Eliott’s
West Second street
Heroic Englishman Dies Saving German Minister's Daughter
Berlin reports a dramatic incident as Miss Von Rheinbaben, daughter of the finance minister Baron Von Rheinbaben, escaped serious harm after falling between two electric cars. Henry Davidson, an English naval constructor from Newcastle-on-Tyne, rushed to help and was killed in the rescue. Miss Von Rheinbaben was unharmed.
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BERLIN
Miss Von Rheinbaben
Baron Von Rheinbaben
Henry Davidson
New Castle-On- Twade
Milss Von Rheinbaben
Lew Wallace Says Cancer Treatment in New York
Indianapolis dispatch reports General Lew Wallace is in New York under a specialist’s care. He is undergoing X ray treatment for a cancerous nose condition and may choose surgery if this fails. He has suffered for years and previously sought treatment in Cincinnati. The visit follows family prompting.
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Lew Wallace
New York City
roth
Cincinnati
New York
Crazy farmer shoots sheriff ends siege near Riverhead
Riverhead L I December 17 Tu thill Reeve the demented farmer surrendered after an all night siege. He had shot and killed a deputy sheriff serving a debt execution at his home. Reeve was wounded by the posse but not seriously. several shots fired from his barricaded house caused no injuries to surrounding officers.
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RIVERHEAD
L. 1
Tuthill Reeve
Reeve
Morgan Buys Santa Fe Bonds for 15 Million
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway sold 15 million dollars of the general mortgage 4 percent bonds to J P Morgan & Company, with 15000000 recently made available. Proceeds will fund equipment, extensions, and double tracking as part of the system expansion. The line’s new outstanding general mortgage totals 148,797,500. McKowen Shortage Grows at UC. Oakland reports the shortage in W A McKowen’s UC Board of Regents accounts will exceed 50,000 with him jailed overnight and hiring counsel. he claims funds were embezzled at the fact track.
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NEW YORK
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
J. P. Morgan & Company
Atchinson
general mortage
McKowen
OAKLAND
W. A. McKowen
board of regents
University of California
McKnaven
Cuban Treaty Signed Today
Washington December 17 The president signed the Cuban reciprocity bill just before 1 pm making it law. Attention turns to the impact of duty reductions on Cuban sugar as imports from other nations rise under the favored nation clause. Britain demands equal terms for its West Indies sugar, and Germany France Austria and others may press similar claims. An old Cleveland era ruling may be revisited.
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state department
British West Indies
United States
Germany
France
Aussia
Jomey
Cleveland
ibe
Bank Dynamited in Garden City Bank robbery
Garden City Inn December 17 three men dynamited the Garden City Bank and escaped with $1,009. No further details on suspects or method provided. Police investigate, banks tighten security as residents react to the bold daytime heist.
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GARDEN CITY, Inn
Garden City Bank
Dreyfus reinstatement reported with army command detail
Paris reports the council has decided on Dreyfus reinstatement in the army with a Lieutenant Colonel command. Disciplinary action expected for officers opposing the move. Also noted are a fatal house fire in Philadelphia, cotton market uptick in New York, liquor ad, a court case, and local poultry labor news.
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PARIS
Laverte
Dreyfus
Droyffus
Slate consignment for Elks Home roofing arrives in Reno
A consignment of slate arrived today for the Reno Hardware and Supply Company which holds the contract to supply roofing for the Elks' Home. The structure will soon be under cover.
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Reno Hardware and Supply Company
Elks
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