President Grilled by Rayner on Japan Treaty Question
In Washington on December 12 Senator Rayner defended states rights against any treaty undermining them, arguing the president lacks omnipotent jurisdiction over schools and public policy. He cited Supreme Court cases and warned a Japan California schooling clause would void any treaty. Adjournment and diplomatic nominations noted later.
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Washington
Senate
Rayner
Congress
Supreme Court
Wenaseu Uiner
Rooosevelt
Raynor
Fine total of 150000 for sugar rebates in New York
United States Judge Holt fined American Sugar Refining Co. eighty thousand nine hundred ninety dollars and Brooklyn Cooperage Co. seventy thousand dollars after guilty pleas to Elkins act rebates on sugar shipments. DA Stimson said the sums deter future rebaters and the government would dismiss remaining indictments.
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New York
Holt
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Elkins
Sugar Refining Company
Cooperage Company
Stimson
Peoria Lawyer Confessed Forger Faces $10,000 Fraud Charge
Peoria Illinois December 12 Daniel F Raum a prominent lawyer and son of former US pension commissioner Green B Raum is jailed on accusation of forging mortgages totaling $10 000 on Knox county land Baum admits guilt high living blamed for his downfall
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Peoria, ML
Daniel F. Raum
Green B. Raum
Pensions
United States
Knox County
Baum
New Jersey Wins Tax Case Against Cosmopolitan Pew Co.
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of New Jersey in a tax dispute over the Cosmopolitan Pew Co franchise for 1902 and 1903. The case, New Jersey against W F Anderson Trustee, arose from Illinois processing and insolvency debt priorities. The circuit court awarded $4,943, the Seventh Circuit affirmed, while the state sought $9,254.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
W. F. Anderson
Cosmopolitan Pew Company
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States Circuit Court
Illinois
Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit
Galesburg Woman Shoots Self Under Ill Health Pressure
In Galesburg Illinois on December 12 Mrs C O Abrahamson under apparent mental distress attempted suicide by shooting herself multiple times. She is alive but in critical condition after months of poor health. The incident follows a period of ill health and strain.
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C. O. Abrahamson
Galesburg
Ill
Hartje Divorce Denied. Children Remain With Mrs Hartje
Pittsburg December 12 Judge Fraser denied the Hartje divorce petition of Augustus Hartje. The court ruled no alimony referenced and custody remains with Mrs Hartje until further order. Hartje to pay all court costs. appeal anticipated by counsel.
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Augustus Hartje
Fraser
Pittsburg
Hartje
Officials Short Ex-County Superintendent Arrested
Galesburg Illinois December 12 experts reviewing county records show a $2200 shortage in Sheriff Matthews accounts from 1894 to 1902. County Treasurer Ames Barlow admitted a $1500 misappropriation as perquisites and Henry Newgate Company of Chicago is said to have billed $1247 for labor worth about $1. McLean county school supt John S. Wren, recently defeated for re election, was arrested for embezzlement with a $2200 alleged shortage. Wren has long been active in central Illinois education.
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Galesburg
Robert
G. Matthews
Ames Barlow
Henry Newgate & Co
Chicago
Barlow
Bloomington
John S. Wren
McLean County
Wren
Central
Illinois
Nobel Prize Claim Stirs Roosevelts Award Debate
Paris reports Gil Blas comments on Roosevelt Nobel Peace Prize. It questions the award, calling Roosevelt bellicose after Cuba war involvement, labeling him a megalomaniac and saying the prize is a victim of American bluff.
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Paris
Gil Blas
Roosevelt
Spain
Cuba
United States
Professor W W Borden Dies After Stroke at 84
Indiana millionaire Professor W W Borden of Borden Indiana is fatally ill after a paralysis stroke at age eighty four. He amassed wealth from Colorado gold mines and was among the first to use the cyanide process. His town and renowned geological collection highlight a notable Middle West scientific legacy.
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Indiana
Colorado
Borden
Ind
W. W. Borden
Monon
Middle West
America
Water merger at Joliet ties economy firm to power deal
Economy Light & Power of Joliet has absorbed the Munroe Gaylord syndicate holdings below Joliet. The $2,000,000 plan develops 15,000 horsepower and funds will advance the deep waterway project without interference. The deal involves millions of dollars and consolidates control of rights below Joliet.
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Economy Company
Munroe-Gaylord Syndicate
Joliet
Economy Light & Power Company
Jackson Street
Munroe- Gaylord Syndicate
Deep Waterway
Bishop McCabe Loosely Stable After Paralysis
Telegram from New York reports Bishop McCabe of the Methodist church remains in critical condition after yesterday’s paralysis attack. Mrs. J F Robinson says there is hope he will survive despite the grave illness. The notice notes ongoing concern about his health and a possible recovery.
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New York
J. F. Robinson
Bishop McCabe
Methodist Church
The People May Decide in Southwest Africa
Berlin reports that Emperor William I has authorized Chancellor von Buelow to dissolve the Reichstag and call new elections if the government’s supplementary appropriations are not granted. The central issue is funds to maintain the German Southwest Africa garrison and thus the fate of the colony, with natives’ triumph tied to whether the troops stay.
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Berlin
William Las
Chancelor von Buelow
Reichstag
Africa
German Southwest Africa
Center Party
Woman Guilty in Mississippi Slaying and Two Sentenced
In Hazelhurst Mississippi Mrs An gie Birdsong was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Dr Thomas Butler. The jury urged mercy and a fine of 506 dollars was recommended as the minimum penalty. Birdsong, 22, cried with her child as deputies prepared to take her to jail. Senator McLaurin, her uncle, planned a motion for a new trial. In Clinton Iowa Richard Zimmer and William Phillip pled guilty to murder in the second degree and received 16 year prison terms.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Thomas Butler
Clinton
Iowa
Richard Zimmer
William Phillip
Sigfred Larson
Congress in Review Dec 12 Senate and House actions
Washington recap of congressional activity highlights Senator Reed Smoot’s Utah seat dispute and a lengthy attack on Mormonism by Senator Burrows. Senate read President Roosevelt’s Porto Rico message. House debate spans appropriations and varied policy items as members push for pensions, roads, and rail service improvements.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Treasury
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Lysetas
Boutell
Illinois
Roosevel
Tennessee
Burnham Convicted in Larceny Case Tied to Insurance Probe
New York December 12 George Burnham Jy vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance was convicted of larceny amounting to 7500 dollars from company funds. The trial arose from a state legislative committee inquiry into insurers a year earlier. He allegedly paid a loan to Frederick A Burnham with company funds and hid it in false entries. A check bearing Louis F Payn and United States Express Company names was shown, but not claimed as payment to Payn. Prosecution says Burnham borrowed 5575 dollars from J Douglas Wells to meet Payn’s demand and repaid it with company funds.
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New York
George Burn‘ham Jy
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Burnham
Douglas Wells
Frederick
Payn
Life Insurance Company
J. Douglass Wells
George Burnham
Independent man named mayor in Kansas City Kan special election
Dr. George MZ, Independent Citizens candidate, wins by about 320 votes over Democrat M J Phelan and Republican John P Sims after Kansas Supreme Court removal of W W Rose. Backed by many women, Gray favors nonpartisan municipal government while Phelan drew ex mayor and followers. Sims polled lightly to split the vote. The result seen as a victory for law enforcement and anti liquor forces.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dee
George” MZ
Oyer
M. J. Phelan
John P. Sims
Kansas Supreme Court
W. W. Rose
Dr. Gray
Indicted Iowa Supervisor Dies by His Own Hand
Rock Rapids Iowa December 12 County Supervisor Matt Priester indicted on 31 counts for embezzlement forgery and larceny reportedly took his own life by cutting his jugular vein with a jackknife. He was found by his wife in the hay mow of his barn after blood seeped through the floor. The grand jury had been investigating supervisors and accused Priester of forging road receipts.
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Iowan
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Matt” Priester
Priester
Confesses to Robbery by Former Chicago Clerk in Great Bend
Joseph S. Kearns, a former Chicago dry goods clerk, captured in Great Bend, Kansas, confessed to robbing the Midland National Bank in Newton on November 13. He locked clerks and customers in the vault and escaped with $1,800.
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Chicago Dry Goods
Great Bend
Kan
Joseph S. Kearns
Chicago
Midland National Bank
Newton
Gas Kills Ex Governor In Winthrop Lodging House
Former South Carolina governor Franklin J. Moses was found dead in a Winthrop Beach lodging house. Officials say death resulted from asphyxiation due to gas escaping from a stove in the room. The incident occurred on December 12 as authorities investigated the poorly arranged stove setup.
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Franklin J. Moses
Winthrop
Mass
South Carolina
Winthrop Beach
Federal prisoners moved from Joliet to Fort Leavenworth
Forty two convicts from Joliet state penitentiary were quietly transferred to the U S prison at Fort Leavenworth as part of a federal policy to consolidate fits prisoners in federal facilities. The group included Richard Burns and other noted counterfeiters. Caution was exercised due to their dangerous status and risk of attempted rescues.
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United States
Richard Burns
Man dies after three months of alcohol and cigarettes
Julius Persky of Hammond Indiana died from excessive smoking and alcohol use. He admitted to smoking about five hundred thousand cigarettes in recent years and claimed his only sustenance for three months was diluted alcohol and cigarettes.
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Chicago
Julius Persky
Hammond
Fndt
Persky
Mystic Shrine Recorder Harry H Allen Charged with Embezzlement
Kansas City December 12 Harry H Len arrested on information sworn by three Ararat temple finance committee members accusing him of embezzling 7614 as recorder. Allen a prominent businessman has held the recorder position three terms.
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Harry H. Allen
Kansas City
Recorder
Harry Hlen
Ararat Temple
Ancient Order of Nobles
Mystic Shrine
Allen
IGE BREAKS FORTY DIE DROWN ON NEVA RIVER
Forty factory workers from Thornton's plants in Nevsky district drowned crossing the ice on the Neva river near St. Petersburg. Sixty of the hundred reached shore as the ice broke and others were swept away. Lieutenant Governor Sherman pledges to stay in Macomb, Illinois, after assuring residents he will not move from his home city.
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Neva
St. Petersburg
Thornton
Nevsky District
Sherman
Macomb
Arrest Editors Charged With Contempt In Gillette Trial Reports
New York editors William B. Masterson William E. Lewis and Henry N. Cary of the New York Morning Telegraph were arrested in Herkimer today on criminal contempt for circulating false and grossly inaccurate reports of the Chester E. Gillette trial. Masterson also editorship noted. All three sent to the court of general sessions.
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New York
William B. Masterson
United States
William E. Lewis
Henry N. Cary
New York Morn Telegraph
Chester E. Gillette
Herkimer
Masterson
Telegraph
Court of General Sessions
Robbers seize cash in Petersburger bank robbery
Odessa reports armed men robbed the Petersburger international bank this afternoon taking $140, the bank’s entire rent. The escape route included references to New York cotton markets and a Missouri figure, while a separate note mentions support for an inheritance tax and a constitutional convention. The local house adjourned at 5 05 until noon to resume session.
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Odessa
Petersburger International Bank
York
Dearmond
Missouri
Paris allows Catholic services in churches under public meetings law
Dec 12 The Paris prefect of police announced the government accepted Renaissance editor’s permit to hold religious meetings in all Paris churches under the 1881 public meetings law. Papal documents seized could embarrass the Vatican if conflict grows. Reports describe measures to seize church properties, suspend pensions, force priestly military service, and treat clergy as foreign agents. Rome condemns Montagnini’s expulsion as humiliating. Clergy instructed to prepare private services amid rising tension.
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Parle
Renaissance
Paris
Vatican
Merry del Vv
M. Jauras
Bis
Pari
France
Mgr. Montagnini
Rome
Leyte Fight Clears Bandits. Four Pulajanes Leaders Killed
Reports from Leyte recount a decisive government victory over a band of Pulajanes. Four bandit leaders were killed and only one major chief remains at large. the bandits suffered 43 killed. Major General Wood ordered the 7th Cavalry to pursue.
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Leyte
Manila
Wood
7Th Cavalry
Still One Lap Behind In Bicycle Race
In New York at 11 a.m. riders had covered 1,086 miles 2 laps while Walthour and Bedell trailed one lap behind Bunch. A second brief item notes John Riles found dead in his Minnie RK fishing boat near Port Washington, Wisconsin. The third brief reports Charlen G. Rutledge of Jacksonville acquitted on charges of illegal contracts after a trial and jury dismissal.
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Walthour
Bedell
Bunch
New York
Sheboygan
Wis
Jobnn Riles
Port Washington
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
Charlen G. Rutledge
Board of Education
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Peru
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Kentucky
House Merchant Marine Committee
Naval Reserve
Peoria
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Norway
Baron D'Estournelle de Constant
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Nobel Committee
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M’cabe
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Omaha, Neb
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Omaha Coal Exchange
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Germany
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Keifer
Ohio
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Kansas
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