Servia Case in Hands of Big Powers
The Balkan dispute between Austria-Hungary and Servia edges toward a peaceful path as Servia agrees to leave the case to the great powers. Britain’s Sir Edward Grey proposed an ambassadorial conference, with Austria-Hungary's adhesion, aimed at preventing broader conflict. France and Greece move to align with allies as talks progress in London, Constantinople, and Paris. A separate note from Illinois reports Judge Dunne J. Carnes named to the Second district appellate bench.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Europe
Edward Grey
Turkey
Balkan
Grey
Ghemice
Greece
Constantinople
Tudapest
Turkish Council of Ministers
Albania
France
Paris
Poincare
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Depths
England
Russia
Saloniki
Boyatsio
Fletn
Dunne J. Carnes
Sycamore
Sncots Supreme Court
Henry B. Willis
Elgin
Court decision blamed for stock slump in New York
Heavy mid day stock selling drove the general market to months low with United States Steel under 70 on extensive offerings. Harriman lines and other rails showed weakness as a 50 cent dividend was declared on Great Northern ore certificates, first since March 1911.
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New York
Supreme Court
Sinal
Jess
United States Steel
Harriman
Great Northern
Weather forecast for Rock Island area to 7 p m tomorrow
Rain this afternoon turns to snow tonight with a cold wave bringing the low around 10 degrees. Friday generally fair with a 7 am temperature of 48. Wind four mph. Precipitation .05 inch. Humidity 51 percent at 7 pm and 92 at 7 am. Stage of water 30 feet. Astronomical notes list evening stars Mercury Venus Jupiter Saturn and morning star Mars.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J.m.sherier
Bun
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Cost a Million to Elect Wilson
Washington reports the Democratic National Committee spent 1,159,446 to elect Wilson and Marshall. Top donors included Charles R. Crane 40000 and Cleveland H. Dodge 25000, with Herman Ridder serving as treasurer. The fund drew 89854 contributions, mostly under 10, and listed many notable names across New York, Chicago, Tacoma, and other cities.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Marshall
House
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cleveland H. Dodge
New York
Herman Ridder
John Barton Payne
J. W. Gerard
Jacob H. Schiff
B. M. Baruch
Charles S. Guggenheim
Samuel Untermyer
James Speyer
Jacob Ruppert
Henry Goldman
Henry Morgenthau
New
J. C. C. Mayo
Kentucky
W. C. Beer
Yonkers
N. Y
Roger C. Sullivan
Governor Foss
Massachusetts
William A. Clark
Montana
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
F. B. Lynch
St. Paul
W. A. Gaston
H. D. Nann
Boston
State Board Reports 7.03 Billion Dollar Tax Base
Springfeld Dec. 5 The state board of equalization adjourned after completing its work for the year revealing total taxable property in the state at 7 031 639 076 with one third or 2 343 879 692 forming the basis for the 1912 tax rate. The report notes gains across classes including town and city lots up 10 065 467 and personal property up 8 185 071.
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Springfeld
State Board of Equalization
Peninsula Railroad Commits To Two Cent Travel Rate
Glasgow of the state railroad commission was notified that the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroads will comply with a law passed by the last legislature requiring upper peninsula railroads to carry passengers for 2 cents a mile.
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Jadside
Abritmaal Glasgow
State Railroad Commission
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Fast
Upper Peninsula
Burglar Arrested in New York With Rockefeller Home Notes
Police found burglary tools and opera glasses on a man arrested in New York. The material includes directions to John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills home and describes a method for entering the millionaire's residence. The suspect faces burglary charges connected to New Jersey.
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OL King
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
New Jersey
Stateheads in Talk Over Income Levy
At Richmond on December 5 Governor Dix chairs a governors conference renewing discussion on state income tax led by Governor McGovern of Wisconsin who argues the tax yields more than the first federal income tax. Nevada Governor Oddie defends Reno divorce law and notes many divorce seekers come from Atlantic coast states with harsher laws.
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Richmond
Dix
Conference of Governors
McGovern
Wisconsin
Oddie
Nevada
Reno
Atlantic Coast
Book agents to be run down in federal probe
Boston officials report a federal investigation into book agents accused of fraudulently obtaining 5 million dollars from book lovers nationwide. Chief Post Office Inspector Swain and aides will interview victims in Boston and other cities as part of the inquiry.
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Boston
Mass
New England
United States
Swain
New York
Illinois lawmaker to introduce anti intermarriage bill
St Louis December 5 Illinois state legislator Charles A Karch from St Clair county will introduce a bill at the coming term to prohibit intermarriage of races The measure aims to ban white black marriages but would effectively halt all race mixing The Democrat lawmaker says the Chicago wedding of Jack Johnson the negro pugilist to Lucile Cameron a white girl shocked Illinois and must be checked to keep the white race pure
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St. Louis
Jack Johnson
Lucile Cameron
Chicago
Charles A. Karch
Illinois
St. Clair County
Kerch
Commonwealths
Karch
House of Representatives
Karen
Jury Finds Lawmaker Takes Bribe For Vote
State Senator George K Cetone of Dayton was found guilty of accepting 200 from Detective Frank Harrison Smiley on April 27 1911 for his vote on the Cetone Whittemore Insurance bill in the last legislature. Sentence pending appeal to the circuit court. Springfield reports a college hazing death of Bryan Trane son of Dr T V Crane after knife wounds to the abdomen.
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Columbus
Ohio
George K. Cetone
Dayton
Frank Harrison Smiley
Cetone-Whittemore
Cetone
Springfield
Bryan Trane
T. V
Crane
Morrisville College
Startsbank with a Sign and Courtroom Conflicts
Chicago reports a private banking scheme exposed as Frank Hajicek testifies in Judge Fake's court. He claims to run a private bank amid a $900 dispute with Mrs. Antoine Pospisil over a $1,200 deposit. The tale widens to a city scandal involving memoranda as ledgers and a bank takeover by Lawndale State Bank. The narrative then shifts to a fatal boating accident, a missing woman Mrs Risinger, and a grand jury investigation with conflicting testimonies about alleged violence and the final exoneration of the suspect Miss Caroline Kelly.
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Chicago
Frank Hajicek
Judge Fake
Hajicek
Antoine Pospisil
Bank
Lawndale State Bank
Frank Topinka
George Renahan
Risinger
J. Verne Porter
Watertown
N. Y
Dr. Risinger
Caroline Kelly
W. T. Kelly
Risingers
Kimbark Avenue
Ira H. Risinger
Miss Kelly
Trial Opens Over Alleged Murder in New Sweden
Houlton Me Dec 5 The defense centers on the claim that Augustus Jacobson died by his own hand in the trial of Rev Charles N Emelius Mrs Mary Jacobson and her son Edgar for the alleged murder Emelius who pastored the Lutheran church at New Sweden and studied at Augustana college Rock Island Ill married Jacobson’s daughter after his death
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Houlton
Augustus Jacobson
Charles
N. Emelius
Mary Jacobson
Edgar
Jacobson
Emelius
Lutheran Church
New Sweden
Augustana College
Rock Island
Clears Husband in Wife Death at Round Lake
Lake county grand jury exonerates Chicago dentist Dr. Harry Risinger from all blame in the drowning of his wife Mrs. Winifred Porter Risinger at Round Lake during a weekend visit. After a three day investigation the panel concluded no culpability.
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Lake County
Harry R. Risinger
Chicago
Grand
Harry Risinger
Winifred Porter Risinger
Round Lake
Risinger
Watches and Trophies Stolen in Bowling Prize Window
Nine en flaved watches valued at 250 dollars were taken from a window display in a Kansas City athletic goods store. The thief broke the plate glass with a brick before daylight, stealing prizes set for a middle west bowling tournament winners.
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Kansas City
GOOD ROADS MEETING OPENS IN CINCINNATI
Discussion of good roads by speakers from many States highlighted the session of the American Road Builders association in Cincinnati with T R Age of the Illinois state highway commission among the speakers.
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Cincinnati
American Road Huilders’ Association
T. R. Age
Illinois State Highway Commission
Taft May Hear Of Mexican Border Revolt Ties
Washington dispatch reports a senate subcommittee finding possible American capital involvement in Mexican revolutions. The forthcoming committee report allegedly accuses President Madero of being favored by U S interests as Diaz fell and suggests continued friendly actions toward his government.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Medaro
Diaz
Wrecked Rouse Simmons Likely Found Off Two Rivers
Reports from Manitowoc Wisconsin dated December 5 indicate evidence suggesting the schooner Rouse Simmons with 15 crew remains at the bottom of Lake Michigan near Two Rivers Point. Two Rivers fishermen recovered Christmas tree tops entangled in netting, spurring a lifesaving crew to search for the wreckage. In separate dispatch from Duluth the steamer Easton ran aground near Port Arthur Ontario with no injuries. tugs and a lighter were deployed to assist and cargo recovery was planned amid dense fog.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Rouse Simmons
Les
Lake Michigan
Two Rivers Point
Two Rivers
Duluth
Easton
Booth Line
Port Arthur
Ont
Lake Superior
Haston
Bird Calls Interview On Roosevelt Canard
Charles Sumner Bird a Massachusetts progressive candidate denied saying Theodore Roosevelt would never run again. Progressive leaders backed the quote, but Bird insisted he said nothing of that in his city club speech and had only privately told reporters Roosevelt would be willing to work with progressives.
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Boston
Charles Sumner Bird
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Bird
Walpole
Cty Club
Roosevelt
Liberal Appropriations for Mississippi Levees Urged
Secretary of War Stimson urged harnessing water power to repay river improvements as $50,000,000 federal spending should benefit taxpayers through incidental profits. A large rivers and harbors congress delegation pressed the committee to fund Mississippi levees with $60,000,000 from valley districts versus $26,000,000 federal share, as a final draft bill possibly totals $30,000,000 for levee work.
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Washington
War Stimson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Stimson
SHES
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi Valley
Reid Attacked in House Debate Over Reid Remarks
Washington Dec 5 Representative A Mitchell Palmer led a sharp attack on Whitelaw Reid ambassador to Great Britain for remarks about Thomas Jefferson in a Oct 31 Welsh university speech. President elect Wilson's writings on Jefferson sparked debate. The Adamson bill and Mann amendment advancing railroad valuation and stock and bond regulation passed the House. Legal action sought to compel J H Rittenhouse of Scranton Pa to testify in the Archbald case as the impeachment court reopens.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
House
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
Welsh University
Wilson
Jefferson
Lewis
Maryland
United States
Reid
Adamson
Mann
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. H. Rittenhouse
Scranton
Archbald
Clayton
Senate
Rittenhouse
Favors Christianity as Public Life Asset
At the federal council of the churches of Christ in America session Thomas R Marshall vice president elect urged recognition of Christianity in public life. He asked that people applaud expressions of faith in Jesus of Nazareth. In St Louis Charles McKinnie vice president of a wholesale dry goods firm died of heart disease. Rose Zimdel ordered by justice to repay 15 000 after admitting she obtained 16 000 by forgery.
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Chicago
Dec
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Jesus of Nazareth
St. Louisan
St. Louis
Charles
McKinney
New York
Rose Zimdel
Justice Blanchard
The
Supreme Court
Shotgun Price Of Vote In One County In Ohio
Steubenville Ohio Det. 5 The grand jury probing Jefferson county election corruption reports indictments for perjury. Investigators hold about six hundred witness names. One man who received a shotgun for his vote became conscience stricken and threw the gun in the Ohio River. he will be summoned.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson County
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Edward Jenkins
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