Cousins Succeeds Hitt as Foreign Affairs Chair
Washington reports that Cousins of Iowa will chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee, filling a vacancy caused by Hitt's death, with Lowden taking the vacancy as well. The Senate opened with Roosevelt's annual message and brief debate on resolutions regarding discharged negro soldiers and the Japanese situation.
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Roosevelt
Senate
25Th Infantry
Cullom
Rayner
Maryland
Foraker
Penrose
House
Weil
San Francisco
California
Cousins
Hitt
Cannon
Iowa
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Lowden
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Crowd at Bay as Convict Barricades House
Giorne Lorenzo Dow Short, ex convict, shot and killed Constable Singer in Proctorville during a larceny arrest. Short retreated to his brother’s home, armed with a shotgun, and barricaded himself. A posse is being formed to fire the building with hand grenades to smoke him out.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Lorenzo Dow Short
Singer
Proctorville
Short
Pipeline trust hit hard city wins anti trust case
Washington December 4 The Supreme Court decided the city of Atlanta Ga against the so called pipeline trust in favor of the city The suit was brought under the Sherman anti trust act by a combination of manufacturers and distributors alleging the municipality paid excessive prices on pipe orders
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Atlanta
Washington
Supreme Court
Pipeline Trust
Unusual Execution of Rawlings and Moore in Valdosta
In Valdosta Georgia on December 4 J G Rawlings and Alf Moore were hanged for the July 1905 murder of Willie and Carrie Carter. The elder Rawlings and his sons Milton and Jesse faced a death verdict with Leonard Rawlings given life. The case featured claimed mistaken identities and a plotted family crime including arson.
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J. G. Rawlings
Alf Moore
Willie
Carrie Carter
Rawlings
Moore
Milton Rawlins
W. L. Carter
Milton
Jesse Rawlings
el Rawlings
Efitheter
Lelder Rawlings
Jesse
Leonard Rawlings
Valdasgen
No Funds Stolen Goes Into Courts For Aid Receipts
Telegram from J D Phelan president of the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds corporation says no funds are missing aside from a delayed $1000 package. Subscriptions should have a numbered official receipt signed by the corporation’s president, controller and cashier. Governor Deneen’s conference with the attorney general seeks to settle Illinois Central tax claim in court. no compromise is possible and figures will come from ongoing audit of passenger books.
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Taft
J. D. Phelan
San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds Corporation
Secret Service
Express Company
Searchlight, Nev
San Francisco
Springfield
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Deneen
Stead
New York
Generaal
Famine Threat Casts Hunger Across Twenty Million in Russia
From St Petersburg officials of the Moscow zemstvo famine relief group report crops failing in seven provinces and overall poor harvests in 20 provinces. About twenty million people face four to ten months of aid to stave off starvation until new crops arrive.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow Zemstvo Famine Relief Organization
Associated Press
Groom Locked in Closet Over Ill-Advised Elopement
In Menominee Michigan on December 4, 18 year old Donald Raum was locked in a closet by his father Edward Raum a wealthy New London merchant after Raum eloped with 16 year old Mary Demiaris. The father sent the bride home and told the couple he must wait until Raum is 21 to claim her. The bride’s father reportedly barred her from entering his house.
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Menominee, Mich
Donald Co. Raum
Edward Raum
London
Mary Demiaris
Missouri Supreme Court Allows Out of State Pool Bets
Jefferson City Dec 4 The Missouri anti pool selling law does not prohibit selling pools to be run in this state when bets are registered by telephone in another state. Osborn succeeds Langley at Smithsonian Washington Dec 4 Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn of New York City elected secretary to succeed the late Professor Samuel T Langley Osborn is a leading scientist and educator.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Osborn
Langley
Washington
Henry Fairfield Osborn
New York City
Smithsonian Institution
Samuel T. Langley
Pullman Company Fined for Adulterated Milk in Beaver
In Beaver Pennsylvania on December 4 before Judge Holt the Pullman Car Company offered no defense to charges of supplying adulterated milk. The state pure food commission prosecuted the case. the company pleaded nolle contendere and was fined 75 dollars plus costs.
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Pullman Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Beaver
Holt
Pullman Car Company
State Pure Food Commission
Mississippi Loses Case For Through Trains Stop
Washington December 4 The United States Supreme Court ruled against the Mississippi railroad commission in the dispute over compelling through trains to stop at small stations on the Illinois Central line. Elizabethtown Kentucky December 4 Dock Aubury convicted of vagrancy and ordered sold into servitude for nine months was sold at public auction for $10 to J Johnson, a farmer.
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State of Mississippi
Illinois Central Road
Washington
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Lie
Supreme Court of the United States
Elizabethtown
Dock Aubury
J. Johnson
Rock Island Road Still Expanding
Guthrie Okla Dec 4 An addition to the Rock Island Railroad mileage in Oklahoma has been chartered to be built from El Paso to Meade Kan by the Oklahoma Canadian River Railway Company. It has an estimated length of 245 miles and Sail will cost 6125000. Directors are Rock Island officials. Terence McGovern taken for sanity examination in New York Brooklyn hospital Dec 4. Democrats carry Portland Maine election for city government for first time since 1892 with majorities on council.
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Guthrie
Okla
Rock Island Railroad Company
Oklahoma
el Paso
Meade
Kan
Oklahoma & Canadian River Railway Company
Rock Island
Terry McGovern
New York
Terence McGovern
Brooklyn
Wall Paper Trust Beats Them All in Court Ruling
Cincinnati December 4 The United States circuit court of appeals today declared the Continental Wall Paper company the most complete and ingeniously organized trust that has come to the court's knowledge.
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Cincinnati
Trist
States Circuit Court of Appeals
Continental Wall Paper Company
Cabinet changes delay in Roosevelt nominations
Washington reports seven cabinet changes and one supreme court appointment were sent to the Senate but not confirmed immediately, new pattern breaking executive session practice. Moody slated for associate justice. other posts include Milner to interior and Hitchcock successor, with confirmations deferred for committee report.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Roosevelt
Moody
Madrid Cabinet Crisis Sparks Public Disorder
Madrid on December 4 experienced intense anti clerical demonstrations after a cabinet crisis. Police charged crowds and many were injured including the grand vicar of Madrid’s bishop. About two thousand aristocratic women petitioned the king against the law of associations. Alfonso approved the new premiership of Irmi, hich General umes postgor min- War.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Irmi
Clergy Deposes Algernon Crapsey in Western New York
In Port Buffalo New York on December 4 Bishop Walkyer of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of western New York formally deposed Algernon C Crapsey from the ministry of the Episcopal church.
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Port Buffalo
N. Y
Walkyer
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Western New York
Algernon C. Crapsey
Episcopal Church
Metcalf Sees No Hope For The Japs
San Francisco reports that Secretary Metcalf told local school directors he believed they were within their rights to establish a separate school for Japanese pupils. The note adds no hope for reopening the issue, with lawyers saying the Japan America treaty offers no cover.
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D. H. Oliver
Metcalf
Washington
Bnt
Japan
America
United States
American Woolen Company Increases Capital to 75 Million
American Woolen Company filed papers in Trenton New Jersey to raise its capital stock from 65 million to 75 million by adding 10 million to its 25 million preferred stock. The action expands the company’s financed base and positions it for ongoing operations and growth.
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American Woolen Company
Trenton
N. J
Dee
Eday
Secretary of State
Sunday Adds 250 More to Kewanee Revival
Evangelist W. A. Sunday extended the Kewanee revival by one more day after hundreds requested it. Last night’s fare well sermon drew 250 conversions, bringing the total to 3018, while the town raised a free will offering of 5500 dollars for the evangelist. Panama Canal Engineer Quits.
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Seametee
Kewanee
W. A. Sunday
Sunday
Gillette Murder Trial Opens With Emotional Testimony
District Attorney Ward resumed summing up the case against Chester E B Gillette charged with the murder of Grace Brown last July. The attorney ridiculed defense counsel and noted Gillette's attempts to conceal identity while with Brown. Ward depicted alleged letters showing plans to take Brown away and keep the affair secret, and described Brown's heartbreak and Gillette's dismissal of public scrutiny.
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Dee
Ward
Chester EB. Gillette
Crace Brown
Mille
Gillette
Gree Brown
Wan
Wani
Gilletté
Miss Brown
Jeane Cortland
Aillette
Carrie
Seventh Lake
Arie
Grace
Sam
Tin
Feudists Kill Each Other in California Land Fight
In California two ranchers Howard Gore and Edward Truly fought over a land claim near Becendide and Sannis Regis. A woman, Mrs Brady, joined the dispute, shot Gore after he killed Jim Brady, and Gore then killed Mrs Brady before dying. The killings occurred in Hell's Hide canyon along the ditch line of the Baconide litigation.
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Cal
Dee
Becendide
Sannis Regins
Howard Gore
Edward Truly
Gore
Hell's Hide Canyon
Baconside
Brady
Jim
Canton Rubber officers sentenced over interstate traffic laws
Robert D. Bradley president Edwin Davis vice president and William J. Oby former Canton Rubber officers were sentenced to one year in prison for conspiracy to violate federal laws governing interstate traffic in materials used for immoral purposes.
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Chicago
Robert D. Bradley
Edwin Davis
William J. Oby
Canton, Ohio
Miller Denies War Prediction on Japan
Consul General Miller at Yokohama denies reports he predicted an inevitable war between the United States and Japan. In a dispatch to Secretary Root he calls the statement absolutely false. City Councilman Royse of Indianapolis is indicted for indirect interest in public contracts while serving. Kilauea volcano in Honolulu is active again.
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Washington
H. D. Miller
Rerican
Yokohama
San Franceisen
United States
Japan
Root Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry EK. Royse
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