Cabinet Talks Over British Note On Panama Tolls
Washington December 10 Secretary Knox studies Sir Edward Grey's objections to the Panama bill and drafts a reply in a friendly arbitration tone. The British note argues coastwise toll exemptions clash with Hay-Pauncefote and seeks arbitration to settle disputes. Secretary Knox will consult with the British ambassador and present a draft arbitration agreement to the Senate.
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Knox
Edward Grey
Panama
Grey
Taft
Overal
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Didward Grey
James Bryce
State Department
Sir Edward Grey
United States
Sir Edward
Senate
Innes
Weather forecast and astronomical events for Rock Island area
The report notes fair and much colder conditions tonight and Wednesday with a cold wave and a low around 10 degrees. It lists 7 am temp 35, yesterday high 37, wind 14 mph, no precipitation, humidity 60 to 66, and a 2.2 stage of water with 5 inches of fall in 24 hours. Astronomical events include sunset 4:33, rise 7:14, evening stars Venus Jupiter Saturn, morning stars Mars Mercury. The text continues with British diplomatic notes on arbitration and a London commentary on Panama canal questions, including Grey's dispatch and potential Hague arbitration.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J.m.sherier
Bun
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
London
Panama Canal
Pall Mall Gazette
Grey
Westminster Gazette
Desclines
New York
United States Senate
Reelection by Technicality Alters Michigan Result
Lansing December 10 The Michigan state board of canvassers reversed unofficial results in the Twelfth district, upholding a Supreme Court precedent. A ballot naming Sheldon William J. McDonald erroneously counted for William J. McDonald, removing 458 votes and delivering a 215 vote edge to Representative E. Olin Young.
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Lansing. Mich
E. Olin Young
State Board of Canvassers
William J. McDonald
Ontonagon County
Sheldon William J. McDonald
Supreme Court
Aimilar
Young
Young Denies Involvement in Boston Explosions
In Indianapolis on December 10 Michael Young of Boston testified in his own defense in the dynamite trial denying participation in dynamite plots. Prosecutors had cited Mc Manigal’s claim that Young met him and guided him to place explosives at an opera house in Boston.
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Boston
Indianapolis
Ind
Michael Young
McManigal
War hazard insurance on Galilean frontier sets records
Enormous insurance coverage for war and civil disturbance has been placed on property along the Galilean frontier between Ansela and Austria-Hungary. Underwriters report this is the most extensive policy activity tied to any crisis, with oil lumber and brewery districts among the heavily insured. A single risk stood at 1,250,000 dollars. Oldest Odd Fellow Dead in Rockford New Jersey, Dennis P Gray aged 87, linked to Constantine lodge No. 22 in Michigan since 1847, helped build fire wagons for the pony express between Michigan points and Chicago.
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Ansela
Austria-Hungary
Rockford
Dennis P. Gray
Mr. Gray
Constantine Lodge No. 22
Michigan
Michigan Points
Chicago
Bodies join in death found in St Croix Channel
Hudson Wisconsin December 10 The bodies of A L Tilseth and his wife were discovered in the Channel of the river after crossing on skates from Lakeland. The woman’s hair clung to the ice and kept the pair together as rescuers retrieved them. Tilseth was a passenger agent for the St Paul railroad at Lakeland.
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Hudson, Wis
A. L. Tileth
Lakeland
Third Party Roosevelts Defiant Chicago Convention Stance
Theodore Roosevelt declares the progressive party will stay and seek honest governance, rejecting terms with Republicans. He criticizes Chicago convention manipulators, urges lawmakers to back progressive constitutional amendments and direct election of senators, and calls for faithful adherence to Lincoln principles. The address links past conservatives to present industrial oppression and urges justice through reform.
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Congress
Progressive National Committee
Roosevelt
Chicago
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Apostles OF
Dred Scott
Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Bristow
United States
Rosenthal Murder Witness Dismisses Plot Claim
New York December 10 Bridgie Webber, once an informer who testified against Lieutenant Becker and four gunmen in the Gambl er Rosenthal case, issued a broad repudiation of his earlier testimony. He now says there was no plot to kill Rosenthal, the gunmen went to the Metropole to frighten him, two men got drunk, and the fatal shooting followed.
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New York
Webber
Becker
Rosenthal
Havana
Metropole
Moss
Roosevelt attacks Idaho court ruling on election of electors
The Idaho supreme court faced contempt questions after publishing Roosevelt’s criticism of the court that blocked Roosevelt electors from the official ballot. Editors argued the ruling was cited for contempt amid cheers as Roosevelt urged lawyers to fight the decision. J H Gibson of Caldwell sparked further applause with a quip about the court.
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Idaho Supreme Court
Kieise
Progressive Party
Idaho
J. H. Gibson
Caldwell
Supreme Court of Idaho
Boise
Foise
Capital News
Supreme Court
Fifteen named to draft bills for opening day
In Chicago on December 10 a legislative committee was chosen to draft bills for the opening day of the session. Fifteen members, selected by the progressive state committee and progressive members-elect of the Illinois General Assembly, were named at meetings. The action follows a suggestion by Colonel Rouse.
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State Committee
Ture
Charles E. Merriam
Chicago
Gustav Andreen
Rock Island
B. F. Harris
Champaign
E. B. Burling
A. M. Kales
Donald Richberg
Raymond Robins
Jane Addams
Walter Clyde Jones
George W. Harris
John M. Curran
F. E. J. Lloyd
Elmer J. Schnackenberg
Ezra E. Miller
Naperville
Henry B. Fargo
Geneva
Joseph Carter
Chmpaign
Senate
House
Progressive State Committee
Illinois g@neres assembly
Rouse
Gotham banker a quiz witness in money trust probe
Walter Jm Frew president of the Corn Exchange Bank of New York and of the New York clearing house testified at the money trust investigation. He clashed with counsel Samuel Untermeyer over clearing house powers and expulsion authority. Frew said the committee lacks autocratic powers and that a bank suspended by the clearing house cannot clear through another.
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Washington
Walter Jm. Frew
Corn Exchange Bank of New York
New York Clearing House
Money Trust
Samuel Untermeyer
Frew
Clearing House Committee
Clearing House
Road Deal Is Brought For House Probe
Washington reports hearings opened before the public rules committee on Representative O Shaunessy s resolution to probe alleged New England traffic arrangements between the New Haven and Grand Trunk railroads The congressman argued for a full investigation into the monopoly and its impact on Rhode Island and other New England rail construction with a projected $1 5 million spent and $4 million in damages and condemnations cited.
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O'Shaunessy
New England
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Grand Trunk
Public Rules Committee
New Haven
Rhode Island
Southern New England Railways Company
New Haven Road
Brooks
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Grand Trunk Railway
Beggars Gouge Babe's Eyes for Money in Cerbere Case
A man and wife from Cave in Catelonia were arrested for gouging out the eyes of their 1 year old child to gain sympathy and beggars' money. Neighbors responding to screams found the child blinded and mutilated.
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Cerbere
France
Cave
Catelonia
Crook Dies in Exchange with Police in Canada Bank Case
Memphis dispatch says Kinney Bergen, a famed safe blower, died after a pistol duel with detectives at a outskirts house. Frank Hallaway known robber Tex Wallace Jack Monday and a woman were arrested. Bergen had earlier escaped after a 85 foot jump and returned before the fatal exchange. The raid also noted Hallaway’s links to a New Westminster bank robbery and prior Oklahoma incidents.
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Tenn
Bergen
Halloway
Chicago
New Westminster
B. C
Rusk
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frank Halloway
Ed Starr
Tulsa
Women for War Service Urged in Denmark
Copenhagen reports that Danish women press for military service and suffrage. Noted suffragist Emma Cad argues that trained women could better care for nursing and provisioning, citing Balkan conditions as a model for an effective corps.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Emma Cad
Balkans
Woman's body lies in state in Colorado capitol rotunda
In Denver on December 10 1912 the body of Julia Van Der Heith Welles will lie in state in the state capitol rotunda the first time this honor is accorded to a woman. A guard of honor made up of prominent women will attend. Welles founded a state traveling library and was active in philanthropy. Other items note a bill to create a Panama Canal major generalship for Col Goethals and a possible appointment as canal zone governor Taft considers.
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Denver
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Colorado
Capitol
Julia van der Heith Welles
Welles
Goethals
Washington
Senate
Panama Canal
Taft
Canal Zone
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