Roosevelt Support Surge Tests GOP Unity At National Meet
Washington reports show Roosevelt supporters pressing for his renomination despite his stated noncandidacy. Roosevelt may be compelled if convention action leaves him no choice, as Taft factions urge nomination to preserve party strength. A split looms over forming a subcommittee to organize the convention, with Hilles favoring early naming and Hitchcock opposing. The plan calls for Chicago as the venue with Hilles serving as chair.
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Washington
Theodore Rosevelt
National Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Wlles
Ritchcock
Hilles
Hitchcock
Harry S. New
Indianapolis
Metz Killing Could Spark Race Tensions In Alsace
A German soldier Maisch was shot and killed in Metz during a street dispute with Alex Andre Lamraine, a leader of a French party that organized a January demonstration requiring troops. Four friends of Samainee, plus Samainee and a brother, were arrested. The incident could heighten hostile feelings between German and French residents in Alsace Lorraine.
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Metz
Alence-Lorraine
Maisch
Alexandre Lamraine
Samainee
Alsace-Lorraine
Weather forecast for Rock Island area tomorrow
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight with low around 25. Temperature at 7 am 34. Highest yesterday 59, lowest last night 34. Wind 3 mph. Humidity 75 at 7 pm and 89 at 7 am. Stage of water 5.7, up 2.3 in 48 hours. Astronomical events include Vesta conjunction with the moon and Mercury visible in the southwest.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Motine
J. M. Sherier
Vesta
Mercury
Darrow Named in Bribery Case Tangle
Los Angeles December 11 Clarence Darrow linked to a bribery inquiry involving Bert H Franklin in a preliminary hearing. Testimony described money passing arrangements and names of Darrow and others as possible figures, but prosecutors called the connection hearsay. Darrow denied any involvement with jurors.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence Derrow
McNamaras
Bert H. Franklin
Justice Houng
George N. Lockwood
Franklin
Clarence S. Darrow
Co. E. White
Lockwood
White
Darrow
Fredericks
Taysoy
Bald
Cap. White
Tariff Tinkering Draws Fire At Chicago Meeting
National business congress in Chicago discusses legislation affecting business. Alexander Revell criticizes tariff tinkering and trust busting as lacking discretion and common sense while Henry M. Wallis denounces labor demagogues and urges business leaders to enter active politics.
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Chicago
National Business Congress
Alexander Revell
Revell
Washington
Henry M. Wallis
Racine
Wisconsin
National Implement and Vehicle Association
Congress
Bandit Weldemeir Kills Wahpeton Sheriff After 30 Mile Chase
White Rock North Dakota December 11 After a running battle of 30 miles with state militia and a citizen posse John Weldemeir, who shot Sheriff Moody of Wahpeton yesterday, was surrounded three miles southwest of White Rock and killed after wounding three pursuers. Moody died when Weldemeir fired on him during eviction at the US Marshal Shea’s farm seven miles south of Wahpeton. A posse and National Guard company I were called to capture the fugitive.
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White Rock
John Weldemeir
Moody
Wahpeton
Here
Weldemeir
N. D
James Shea
Shea
Sheriff Moody
Company I
Reorganization Plan of Tobacco Trust Declined
Washington reports the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the lower court decree approving the tobacco trust reorganization plan. New York notes a bicycle race in progress with 15 starters circling the track and nearing the existing record as the six-day event continues. Fear,
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Washington
United States
Tobacco Trust
New York
Hyde Juror Vanishes Delays Hyde Trial in Kansas City
Harry Waldron, a juror in Dr. Hyde's murder trial of Colonel Swope, disappeared in Kansas City. A bed quilt dummy was placed in his bed to mislead roommate juror G. W. Palmer, triggering an investigation as prosecutors demand answers about the escape and possible influences on the trial.
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Kansas City
Harry Waldron
Dr. Hyde
Colonel Swope
Waldron
Leity
G. W. Palmer
Palmer
Conkling
Hyde
Dumas Freed of Arson Charge in Cass Lake Case
Brainerd Minn December 11 a jury found Dr Delbert F Dumas mayor of Cass Lake not guilty of arson in the third degree related to the Bacon and Brown building fire at Black Duck Minn Dumas had previously been convicted on arson in the third degree for an alleged attempt to burn the post office at Puposky Minn
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Delbert F. Dumas
Brainerd
Minn
Cass Lake
Bacon & Brown
Black Duck
Dumas
Puposky
Postoffice reports first surplus since 1883 in 1911
Washington December 11 The annual financial statement of the post office department for the year ended June 30 1911 shows a surplus of 219118. Revenues reached 237379823 while expenditures were 237660705. Postal savings deposits total 11 million held in 2719 banks. Congress may soon establish a parcels post with rural start and later city delivery and rail lines. Postmaster General Hitchcock favors raising second class rate to 2 cents per pound and railways pay by space used.
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Washington
Post Office
United States
Parcels Post
Congress
Hitchcock
House Hear s Vote Frauds and Tariff Board Briefing
Washington reports show the house and senate recess set from Dec 22 to Jan 3 as Jesse H Wise claims wholesale vote frauds in Fayette county Pa involving steel companies. The tariff board presented the president with a comprehensive wool industry summary ahead of a potential tariff reduction decision.
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Tariff Board
Washington
House
Senate
Fayette County
House Elections Committee
Jesse H. Wise
Congress
Cummins
American Tobacco Reorganization
Burton
Taft
Old Age Disease That’s Curable Claims Metchnikoff
Paris reports Professor Elio Metchnikoff told the Optimists society that old age is a germ not inevitable. He said experiments show a virus inherent in humans causes decay, and that serum treatments could extend life though not indefinitely. He advocated dairy-based preparations as a means to prolong youth.
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Paris
Elio Metchnikoff
The
Optimists
Metchnikoff
Optimists’ Society
Mme. d’Agincourt
Ponce de Leon
Florida
England
America
Europe
Explosion of Bombe Kills Two and Maims Sixty Three at Belgian Cinema
A bomb exploded during a cinema show in Siege Belgium killing two and seriously injuring sixty three. Eight victims lost limbs in the blast. Separately William Jennings Bryan arrived in Colon en route home and leaves for the United States on Thursday.
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Belgium
Bryan
Colon
William Jennings Bryan
United States
The Pathetic Side of Christmas
A reflective piece on Christmas highlighting stark inequalities between rich and poor. It urges shared kindness and practical benevolence, noting Christmas as a lesson in love and sacrifice from the example of Christ. The author argues every person should help according to means to spread happiness and reduce despair.
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Santa Claus
Christ
Murdered while planning wedding in Bradford
Bradford Pa Dec 11 Miss Grace Cable planned her wedding to Anthony Kohnen when he was shot and killed at her home last midnight. Police search for Rossani Annissetti.
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Bradford
Grace Cable
Anthony Kohnen
Rossani Annissetti
Dynamite Found in Doorway at Munger Laundry
A sack containing 10 pounds of dynamite 200 feet of fuse and several triple caps was found today in a doorway leading to the engine room of the Munger laundry in Los Angeles police report.
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Los Angeles
Munger Laundry
Packers Trial Jury Prospects Dismaying in Chicago
Prospects for an early jury and start of testimony in the Packers trial looked slim as the case opened in Chicago. Eleven jurors were in the box, six deemed satisfactory, to be questioned and cross examined until few remained.
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Packers
Chicago
Men trapped in Briceville coal mine left to fate
Briceville Tenn December 11 16 bodies recovered and identified as rescue teams press to reach miners still entombed after a dust or mine explosion. Officials note hundreds likely dead and Red Cross prepares to aid families while townsfolk await further word.
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Briceville
Tenn
E. M. Ritchie
Methodist Church
South
Coal Creek
RED Cross
American Red Cross Society
John Logan
Atlanta
Logan
T. S. Stephenson
Knoxville Iron Company
Coal Creek Valley
Knoxville
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Society of Optimists
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