Xmas Trees From Wreck Drawn Ashore on Lakes
Several hundred Christmas trees, likely from the Rouse Simmons wreck, washed ashore at Kewaunee Two Rivers and Sturgeon Bay, Wis, and were offered for sale by finders. The loss of the schooner and crew remains under investigation as a search plan was abandoned.
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Tony Johnson
Weather outlook for Rock Island area tomorrow
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. Low tonight around 15 to 20 degrees. 7 am temperature 22. Highest yesterday 59, lowest last night 21. Wind 20 mph at 7 am. No precipitation. Humidity 76 percent. Water state steady at 3 feet. Astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow with sunset 4 33 and sunrise 7 1. Evening stars Mercury Venus Jupiter Saturn. Morning star Mars.
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J.m.sherier
Bon
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Saturn
Mars
Major Mallery Jumps to Death in Manhattan Hotel
Major John C. Mallery U S A retired aged 69 leapt from the 10th floor of the Hotel Manhattan in New York City and died instantly. He was reported to be suffering from melancholia.
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Major Mallery
New York
N. Y
John C. Mallery
Manhattan
City Officials Should Be Held on Merits Only
Milwaukee announces a joint committee report urging city departments be staffed by competent experts selected on merit. The National Municipal League and National Civil Service Reform League call for nonpartisan appointments and stronger merit principles to root out spoils. The resolution asks President elect Wilson to back merit in appointments.
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Wis
National Municipal League
National Civil Service Reform League
Wilson
Illinois Republicans to reorganize on December 18
Roy O. West Illinois national committeeman and state chairman issued formal invitations for a statewide reorganizational conference on December 18 in Chicago. He expects about 450 attendees including state committee members county chairmen Republican state officers legislators and others.
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Chicago
Washington
Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Roy O. Weat
Illinois
West
Mrs. Ida Noyes Dies at Chicago Home
Mrs. Ida E. Noyes wife of La Verne Noyes a capitalist and former president of the Illinois Manufacturers' association died at her Chicago home after months of illness. She was vice president general of a leading artist organization and widely known in social circles.
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LA Verne Noyes
Chicago
Ida E. Noyes
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Count Terauchi Becomes Premier of Japan
Tokio reports Count Terauchi former governor general of Korea was appointed premier to succeed Marquis Saionji. In Chicago a municipal court verdict ruled in favor of Mrs Antonio Pospisil in a suit against banker Frank Hajicek over a $900189 discrepancy after she claimed a $1200 deposit.
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Count Terauchi
Korea
Japan
Marquis Saionji
Asahi
Chicago
Fake
Antonio Pospisil
South
Springfield Avenue
Frank G. Hajicek
Fospisil
American wife of Nicaraguan lawyer
Madame Luis F. Corea, an American girl aged 18, married the Nicaraguan minister to Washington amid family protests. He was Zelaya's representative, later left diplomacy, and practiced international law in New York City.
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Luis F. Corea
Washington
Zelaya
Tariff Revision Aims To Be Discussed In Wide Hearings
Senate and White House officials indicate early action on immigration measures and an illiteracy test while Major ity Leader Underwood promises a full hearing process. The discussions touch tariff scope from agate to wine as part of broader trade policy review.
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Washington
Underwood
White House
Canada to Build Great Warships
Ottawa reports Premier Borden announcing in the house of commons a plan to spend 35 million dollars to add three powerful battleships. The ships will be constructed in Great Britain and join the British fleet unless needed to form part of a Canadian navy, reflecting imperial defense amid German naval policy.
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Ont
Canada
British Empire
Great Britain
House of Commons
Borden
Germany
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High Seas
Empire
North Sea
Admiralty
London
Detective In Divorce Suit Attacked In Cafe Incident
Seattle news reports John M. Boland son of the Chicago detective agency head was found in a cafe lavatory with a fractured head after an attempted assault tied to ongoing divorce dispute coverage. The incident follows Boland's investigations connected to the Tufts Decree secured in Los Angeles.
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John M. Boland
Seattle
Tufts
Los Angeles
Wash
New York
John Boland
Chicago
Mary H. Tufts
Gorham Tufts, Jr
Francis Boland
Jennie Scranton Roe
Tuft
McKinley
Roe
Fight for the Ballot and Early Immigration Action Stir Congress
Debates and actions ripple through Washington as Burnett signals a pro ballot effort amid rapid moves on an illiteracy test immigration bill. Banking interests press for a $50 million national bank deposit, while seamen’s labor rules face Senate scrutiny. Archbald’s impeachment trial moves to daily sessions, and Canada’s defense stance features in cross border talks.
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Burnett
Immigration Committee
House Banking and Currency Committee
Levy
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Senate Commerce Committee
House Naval Committee
Padgett
Archbald
Siow
Washington
Senate
Mrs Lang Given a Prison Term
Logansport Indiana reports Mrs Joseph Lang wife of one day was sentenced to 2 to 14 years in the Indiana women's prison and fined $25 for shooting and killing Mrs Mary Copple. Lang pleaded guilty. She said the Copple woman taunted her at a wedding supper and Lang aimed to warn other women who go salp.
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Logansport
Ind
Joseph Lang
Mary Copple
Indianapolis
Lang
Copple
Fifty Millions Year for Rivers
Washington reports the national rivers and harbors congress adopted a resolution calling for at least 50 million dollars yearly for waterway improvements. A second resolution urged Congress to create a department of public works with the army engineers as part of it. Representative Pansdell of Louisiana was reelected president.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Department of Public Works
Corps of Army Engineers
Pansdell
Louisiana
Taft's Second Message Highlights Currency and Military Reform
President Taft's principal recommendations include currency reform via the monetary commission plan, easier penalties for inadvertent tax law disobedience by corporations, army reorganization approved by the War College, a militia pay raise, citizenship without statehood for Porto Rico, water power regulation to aid navigable streams, Goethals elevated to major general, a return to two battleships annually, and court rulemaking authority for expedited federal litigation. He disapproved autonomy for the Philippines in eight years and Sherman anti trust amendments, and offered no tariff revision plan for the new Congress.
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Taft
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Monetary Commission
Army
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War College
Porto Rico
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
United States Supreme Court
Philippines
Argus
Kalamazoo Freight Death and Kansas Governor-elect on Women’s Offices
A Kalamazoo worker employed by Kink Paper was killed after being crushed between freight cars. George Wadsworth, previously paralyzed, suddenly regained speech after two years in county hospital. J Frank Hickey faces trial for alleged involvement in multiple child murders. Burlington plans strict Sunday blue laws to curb grocery sales by confectioners. Edward Jaeger, 19, convicted of assault with life term in Dubuque. Grand Trunk freight cars between Chicago and Oliver’s in Valparaiso show more than $5,000 in goods stolen over three weeks. Kansas Governor-elect Hodges says he will appoint women to offices, arguing they deserve recognition for prior gains.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Trunk
Chicago
Olivers
Uncle Sam appoints new US Geological Survey chief
David White is named chief geologist of the United States Geological Survey succeeding Waldemar Lindgren who resigns to join MIT. White, a New York native and Cornell graduate of 1880, has worked at the survey since graduation.
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David White
United States Geological Survey
Waldemar Lindgren
Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mr. White
New York State
The
Geological Survey
Cornell
Fire Volley at Governor Onmob View
A Virginia governors conference adopted a resolution disowning Governor Blease of South Carolina over lynching remarks by a 14 to 4 vote. Blease defended himself claiming threats to his life and asserted his plans for politics after his term. Several governors condemned mob violence while four opposed the resolution.
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Blease
South Carolina
Governors’ Conference
United States
Alabama
Wyoming
Missouri
New York
Maryland
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Arkansas
Connecticut
Idaho
Virginia
Mann
Jack Johnson
Chicago
United States Senate
Kiease
FAMILY DISCORD SEEN MOTIVE IN JACOBSON CASE
Houston Me December county attorney opened the prosecution in the trial of Rev Charles N Emelius Mrs Annie Jacobson and her son Edgar. They are charged with the murder of C Augustus Jacobson. Brown claimed obstruction of officers and witness threats amid family dissension. Explosion fatal to five in West Virginia sawmill boiler blast near Wilsonsdale.
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Brown
Charles N. Emelius
Annie Jacobson
Edgar
C. Augustus Jacobson
Jacobson
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