Packers May Yet Secure Trial Delay
Chicago December 6 ten Chicago packers indicted for Sherman anti trust violations appeared for trial before Judge Carpenter and pleaded not guilty. Veniremen questioned on business with defendants and ties to packer enterprises. Defense seeks delay pending Supreme Court ruling on the constitutional validity of the criminal Sherman clause.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Federal District Court
Veniremen
United States Supreme Court
Five Die in Pennsylvania Railroad Wreck Near Manor
Five trainmen were killed and several others injured when two freights and an express derailed at Devil's Bend near Manor Pennsylvania. An express car carrying only express leaped the embankment, while twenty six horses aboard perished. In a separate accident near Java Junction on the Illinois better line the Olympian overland limited derailed killing no one and injuring conductor Foster.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Devil's Bend
Manor
Chicago Express
Chicago
St. Paul Railway
Olympian
Java Junction
Foster
World Steel
Rockefeller Invited to Steel Inquiry in Mesaba Case
Washington December 6 John D Rockefeller and Rev Fred D Gates managers of Rockefeller charities were invited to appear before the steel committee on Monday to answer charges by the Merritt brothers concerning the Mesaba ore properties.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Fred D. Gates
Rockefeller’s
Steel Committee
Merritt Brothers
Murder trial postponed in Henry County for February term
Ernest Schroeder indicted for the Geneseo murder of Ignatz Schmidt will not be tried until the February term of Henry County circuit court. A continuance was granted on defense request. Also noted are brief items about Genevel Wickersham’s illness and the accidental gas incident killing Elsie Frie in Minnesota.
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Kewanee
Ill
Ernest Schroeder
Ignatz Schmidt
Geneseo
Henry County
St. Paul
Minn
Tormeld
Elsie Fiie
Henry Frie
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow with moderate temperatures. Tonight’s low near freezing. 7 am temp 88, high yesterday 48, lowest last night. Wind 5 mph at 7 am. Precipitation none. Humidity 68 at 7 pm and 64 at 7 am. Stage of water 2.6, fall 0.1 in in 24 hours. Astronomical events note Mercury seen setting in southwest after sunset.
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Thoreau
J. M. Sherier
Perigee
Earth
Mercury
McNamara Case Holds Federal Jury Interest In Three Cities
Reports from Los Angeles Philadelphia and Washington describe the McNamara case ongoing with jail detention for possible federal grand jury action. Philadelphia detective Burns links McNamaras to explosions damaging a structural iron works. The Ways and Means Committee of the AFLCIO convened in Washington to discuss all aspects of the case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
McNamaras
Federal Grand Jury
Philadelphia
Burns
Washington
McNamara Ways and Means Committee
American Federation of Labor
McNamara
Mass meeting protests Russia over Jewish passport discrimination
New York reports a large mass meeting to denounce Russia for discriminatory passport practices against American Jews. Leaders including Vice President Sherman and Speaker Clark back a resolution to compel Russia to honor the 1822 treaty or risk abrogation. Support from over a hundred congressmen promised, with similar events planned in major U.S. cities and in London and Berlin.
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New York
Russia
Sherman
Clark
Sulzer
Congress
London
Berlin
Taft to Reappoint Harlan Commissioner
Washington announces President will send to the senate the renomination of James S. Harlan as Interstate Commerce Commissioner for a seven year term. Sugar Reduced Again follows with New York reports of refined sugar bags cut by ten cents per 100 pounds.
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Taft
Harlan
Washington
Senate
James
Interstate Commerce
New York
Congressional actions and resignations amid 1912 session
In Congress yesterday the Senate convened at 2 pm with the President's message read in both houses. The Lorimer inquiry resumed with defense testimony while a subcommittee likely to report on Stephenson’s senatorial probe before Christmas. Nominations, treaty debates, and tariff talks occupied debate in both chambers as adjournment came at 3 10 pm in the Senate and 3 pm in the House.
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Senate
Lorimer
Stephenson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Smith
Treasury
Georgia
Army
Poindexter
Washington
Court of Commerce
Spokane
Culberson
Texas
Martine
New Jersey
Heyburn
Idaho
Che Gomez killed by mob in Rincon Antonio incident
In Mexico City on December 6 a mob killed Che Gomez and eight of his followers as they traveled toward the capital. The rebel leader whose actions at Juchitan sparked clashes between President Madero and Oaxaca's governor was fatally harmed in Rincon Antonio.
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Mexico City
Mex
Che” Gomez
Juchitan
Madero
Oaxaca
Rincon Antonio
Gomez
German Empire Shoulders Chip in Reichstag Speech
Berlin December 6 The final Reichstag session heard Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg say future Anglo German ties will hinge on deeds not assurances amid a Moroccan tension debate. The chancellor was cheered except by Social Democrats. He noted English ministers and others wish for better relations and stated agreement with that wish.
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Berlin
Morocco
Reichstag
Imperial
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Social Democratic Party
House of Commons
England
Germany
David Lloyd-George
Edward Grey
Agadir
France
40 000 Edge on Harriman in mayoral race
Los Angeles reports indicate socialist candidate Job Harriman trailed by about 40 000 votes to incumbent mayor George Alexander in a city election. Women aided the defeat, while confessions of the McNamaras were believed to have influenced the result.
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Los Angeles
McNamaras
Cal
Job Harriman
George Alexander
Alexander
Harriman
Leutenants
McNamara
Woman's Progressive League
Assassination Frenzy as Gomez Follower Lynched in Rincon Antonio
A convoy to the capital was halted when Gomez and eight followers were seized at Rincon Antonio by locals and jailed by order of Governor Juarez. A mob freed and executed them two miles from town as troops approached. In Oaxaca, mobs chanted Viva Juarez and Viva Oaxaca Libre amid rumors of further unrest. General Reyes returned to Mexico amid government optimism.
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Gomez
Rincon Antonio
Juarez
Merodio
San Geronimo
Madero
General Reyes
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Mexican
Ireland Home Rule Soon to Be Reality
Premier Asquith announced in the commons the government would use all constitutional means to pass a home rule bill for Ireland in this parliament. He pledged to force the measure through three consecutive sessions if needed, making it effective despite peer opposition.
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London
Aysquith
Commons
Ireland
Darrow Pleads to Avert Death in Times Trial
Attorney Clarence Darrow speaks at length defending James B McNamara in the Los Angeles Times bombing case. He asserts overwhelming evidence would have doomed a defense and says going to trial would only risk the gallows while denying the accused the chance to testify. Darrow emphasizes selflessness, lifelong labor support, and readiness to accept consequences.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
James B. McNamara
Bordwell
San Francisco
Times
Federal control urged for reclamation projects at irrigation congress
Chicago December 6 delegates urged federal supervision of all swamp land irrigation programs amid complaints of bureaucratic delays in the reclamation service. Secretary Frear of Wisconsin condemned fake land schemes that drive away capital and farmers, noting too much water can harm land and that drained lands could support up to 90 million people nationwide.
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Chicago
National Irrigation Congress
Government Reclamation Service
Fred Whiteside
Montana
Frear
Wisconsin
Shuster Assured Safety in Persia
Washington December 6 The senate was not in session and the house examined many bills. Representative Berger pressed for a diplomatic recall over the Russian passport issue. Democratic leaders said Congress will not act on the Shuster incident, with assurances from the state department that Shuster will be protected as an American citizen. In New York, December 6 severe pressure hit the stock market, rail stocks hardest, tied to Washington news on the commerce court abolition and railroad valuation proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Berger
Congress
Shuster
Persia
State Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tariff Board
Sims
Commerce Court
New York
Prince Chun Quits as China Regent
Prince Chun abdicated as regent of China today. His guardianship of the throne passes to Shi Hsu, a Manchu prince and former national assembly president, and M Hsu Shi Chang, vice president of the privy counsel.
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Peking
Prince Chun
Shi Hsu
National Assembly
M Hsu-Shi-Chang
Privy Counsel
River and Harbor Congress Opens in Washington
The national rivers and harbors congress opened in Washington with addresses by Representative Sparkman, chairman of the house committee on rivers and harbors, and Dr. David McKinley, director of the University of Illinois.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Representative Sparkman
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
David McKinley
University of Illinois
Lorimer committee eyed witnesses to refute White claim
Washington reports the Lorimer committee resumes hearings with defense witnesses to counter Charles A. White’s testimony that Sidney Yarbrough accompanied him in Springfield, Illinois on May 24, 1909. William H. Sturmer of Chicago reiterates his Burrows committee testimony, calling White’s boastful remark about money without working a drunken braggadocio.
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C. A. White
Washington
Lorimer Committee
Charles A. White
Sidney Yarbrough
Springfield
Lll
Williiam H. Sturmer
Chicago
Burrows Committee
White
Lorimer
Sturmer
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Tenn
Call Rockefeller
STEEL
Wickersham
Evel Wickersham
Rock Island
Davenport
Motine
Vicinity
M’namaras
Hamlin
Steel Trust
Littleton
Democratic
Ways and Means
Che Gomez
Champaign
Robert Hudeon
Champaign County
James B
of Times
Irrigation Congress
China
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