Taft Fights Rise Asked In Pensions
Washington December 14 Commander in Chief Trimble and other Grand Army officers urged President Taft to approve increased pensions for Civil War veterans. He is believed to oppose the Sherwood dollar a day plan recently passed by the House.
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Washington
J. H. Trimble
Grand Army of the Republic
Taft
House
Senate
House Committee On Public Buildings
Pure Food Board
Louis Brandeis
Boston
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Michigan Schools Now Competitors
Detroit officials report that the presidents of the University of Michigan, Michigan Agricultural College, and the School of Mines plan joint visits to Ann Arbor Lansing and Houghton to study each institution. They will reconvene before next July to decide on possible changes to courses of study and educational cooperation.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Michigan Agricultural College
Lansing
School of Mines
Houghton
Mrs Patterson Leaves Sandoval Home After Acquittal
Mrs Gertrude Gideon Patterson, acquitted in Denver on November 29 of murdering her husband Charles A Patterson, has vanished from her parents Sandoval Illinois home. Relatives refuse to disclose her location. She did not buy a ticket, boarding an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio train, seeking peace and quiet elsewhere.
MAY RETURN U S TROOPS TO THE MEXICAN BORDER
Rumors say another major war maneuver may take place in Texas this winter with Fort Riley officers taking interest in the Mexican situation. It is suggested the War Department contemplates mobilizing troops for a border demonstration. In Washington, the Justice Department will not disclose General Reyes' whereabouts, though agents have him under surveillance.
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U. S
Junction City
Kan
Texas
Fort Riley
War Department
Washington
Department of Justice
General Reyes
New Mexican Revolutionary Movement
Department
Reyes
Weather forecast for Rock Island area tonight and Friday
Mostly cloudy unsettled weather tonight and Friday with moderate temperatures. Tonight’s low near freezing. 7 am temperature 26, yesterday high 42, last night low 26. Light wind, no precipitation, humidity 84 percent at 7 pm and 38 percent at 7 am. Moon rise after midnight, Mercury just visible after sunset.
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J. M. Sherier
Mme Curie Cited In Divorce Suit At Paris Court
Paris matter notes Mme Curie named in a divorce petition by Mme Langevin wife of Prof Langevin of the College of France Mine. Langevin opposes, court decision due Dec 20. Documents allege grave injuries from letters between Curie and Langevin. If separation is granted Mme Langevin will drop a criminal complaint.
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Paris
Mme. Curie
College of France
Langevin
Maitre Poincare
Mme
France
Mme. Langevin
Mme. Carle
Hyde Jurors Are Set Free After Confinement Strain
Kansas City Missouri December 14 Harry Waldron the Hyde juror who had been missing for four days returned home pale and emaciated after wandering across Kansas. He was brought to court by Mrs Waldron and immediately went inside.
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Kansas City
Harry Waldron
Hyde
Kansas
House Votes to End 1832 Treaty
The Sulzer joint resolution ending the 1832 treaty with Russia due to Jewish discrimination passed the House 300 to 1, Malloy of New York dissenting. A matching Senate action by Culberson and Senate companion measures would be required for final effect.
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Washington, D. C
Sulzer
United States
Russia
House
Malloy
New York
Culberson
Texas
Senate
Forty two Filipino bandits die in clash with scouts
In Lanao Mindanao on December 14, forty two more outlaws were killed in a fight with a detachment of American scouts. No American deaths were reported. The battle occurred in the area following an earlier disarmament order issued three months ago that has not yet been obeyed.
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Lanao
Mindanao
P. I
Jolo
Waldron trial and wanderings linked to insanity
Judge Porterfield ordered a new trial after Waldron wandered four days seeking air and freedom, reporting mental strain from confinement. He fled by streetcar to Argentine and Emporia, read news of possible self death, and decided to return home. Porterfield aided the return. Waldron hid from him until coaxed out.
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Porterfield
Waldron
Argentine
Emporia
Hyde
Senate Hearings and Legislation in Congress Recess Ends
The Senate session at 2 p.m. discussed Lorimer testimony plans and an expedited inquiry end. Yerkins urged a federal licensing commission for corporations before the Interstate Commerce Committee. Debates covered Russian treaty abrogation and tobacco reform, with a recess set from December 21 to January 3. House hearings on rail rates and a Sulzer bill to abrogate the 1882 Russian treaty passed 7 to 3, adjournment at 6:47.
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Senate
Lorimer
George W. Yerkins
Interstate Commerce Committee
New York
Abes
Foreign Relations Committee
Postoffice Committee
Athens
Briceville, Tenn
Lea
Tennessee
Cummins
Iowa
Supreme Court
Maambo, P
House
Steel
Steel Corporation
Sulzer
Four Bodies Found in a New York Barn
Four mutilated bodies, a widow Mrs. Conrad Morner and her three children, were found in a barn on the Morner farm near Defreestville, six miles from Albany. The victims, nude, had been missing since Tuesday. A blood-stained hatchet lay at the scene as authorities seek farm hand Ed Dennis for motive uncertainties.
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Albany
N. Y
Conrad Morner
Morner
Defreestville
Ed Dennis
Trial of show girls ends amid court fire and midjury hope
New York December 14 The trial of Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham the show girls charged with attempted murder of millionaire W E D Stokes rushed to a close as a courtroom fire caused a brief recess and a later jury verdict was anticipated by tonight. Stokes listed in critical condition after a bad night. Miss Conrad testified she and Miss Graham fired in self defense during the June apartment attack. Mrs Stokes testified briefly that she and her husband were away May 29.
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New York
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
Millionaire Stokes
Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
Miss Conrad
Conrad
Mrs. Stokes
Lake Hotel
Hotel Ansonia
Miss Graham
Horace Hix
Lexington
Hix
Stella Singleton
Fires retard rescue at the Briceville mine
Briceville Tennessee December 14 rescue work at the Cross Mountain mine was slowed by fires at the mine entrances and hopes of saving more miners were abandoned. The scene reflects a tragic halt as efforts to reach those trapped are impeded by dangerous conditions.
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Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Lorimer Bribery Claims Spark Blackmail Threats and Gun Warnings
Katherine A WoodTestimony claims Charles A White was bribed to back Lorimer and warned about land in the penitentiary She said White carried a revolver to fend off the Lorimer crowd and once threatened to shoot a light and a tame duck in their yard The Davenport hearings heard from contractors Patrick McCarthy and Patrick Walsh about talks with John R Hughes and Lorimer associates Edgar testimony on Clarence Darrow was ordered stricken from the records
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Washington
Lorimer
Katherine A. Wood
East St. Louis
Charles A. White
White
Chicago
Miss Woods
Miss Wood
Davenport
Patrick
McCarthy
Patrick T. Walsh
Iowa
Senatorer
John R. Hughes
Lorimer Bank
Hughes
Walsh
Senator Landee
Wheelan
Edgar
Maxwell Edgar
Clarence Darrow
International Harvester Company
Royal Party Rescued From Delhi Wreck Off Cape Spartel
Royal party members were saved from the Delhi wreck near Cape Spartel and reported well though exhausted. The crew and 10 male passengers remained aboard, expected to be landed by rocket apparatus as waves prevent lifeboats from approaching the vessel.
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Gibraltar
Delhi
Cape Spartel
Federal Grand Jury Dynamite Probe On
Indianapolis December 14 after weeks of preliminary work federal agents prepared to open a nationwide probe into explosions tied to non union labor. more than one hundred structures blown up across at least 17 states including illinois iowa michigan and wisconsin dating from 1905 to a october 16 near santa barbara california. dynamite nitroglycerine and other explosives were carried into the operations. Two murder suspects held in chicago include george rabinan elias towhead and william stacey amid denials. french aviator lieutenant charles lantheaume killed in a fall at melun after arriving from etampes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Illinois
Iowa
Michiigan
Wisconsin
Santa Barbara
Cal
Taft
Chicago
George Rabinan
Elias “Towhead
William Stacey
Kaufman
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Rock Island
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Filiping
Hammond
Stephen Miller
Anna Krauss
Highland
Miller
Crown Point
Sabath
Foss
Fuller
Rainey
Graham
Mann
Mordecai Abraham
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Monmouth, Ill
W. D. Brereton
Western Stoneware Companys
Enright
Pen
McSurely
Maurice Enright
Vincent Altman
Jn Mfe
Husband
Farm of Millionaire
Central Passenger Association
Melun
Charles Lantheaume
Etampes
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