Roosevelt Witnesses Departure Of Great American Fleet
President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower views Rear Admiral Evans Pacific bound Atlantic fleet at Old Point Comfort Virginia. The fleet lines the shore with flags while the Mayflower leads to Thimble Shoal light and engines prepare for immediate departure.
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Minnesota
Robley D. Evans
Naval pageant aboard the Mayflower review fleet at Hampton Roads
President Roosevelt witnessed a grand naval review as the battleship fleet led by the Connecticut steamed past off the horseshoe at 11:15 AM. The Mayflower and escorts gathered near the tail of the horseshoe while ships from Kansas to Kentucky passed in formation amid cheers and band music. The fleet then maneuvered at sea with a 1 knot speed threshold as the Connecticut led the way toward the capes.
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Calloa
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San Francisco
Magdalena Bay
Associated Press
Evans
Tide Still Grows Commandes of Great War or Now on Way to Pacific
Immigration for last fiscal year is greatest in America’s history as reports track wartime mobilization and shifting manpower toward the Pacific theater. Officials note record arrivals and increased federal programs aiding relocations.
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Pacific
America
Immigration to America Exceeds All Prior Years
The annual report by Frank P. Sargent shows 1,285,349 immigrants arrived in the year ended June 30 1907, an increase of 184,614 over 1906 and 268,850 over 1905. Japan leads among nations with 30,226 arrivals an increase of 16,391 as exclusion laws push many Japanese by stealth despite restrictions.
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Congress Votes to Adjourn for Holidays and Senate Terms Shaped
Washington announces the House passed a concurrent resolution for adjournment from December 21 to January 6. Oklahoma Senators Owens and Gore sworn in. terms assigned by lot with Owens drawing the six year term and Gore the two year term.
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House
Oklahoma
Owens
Gore
Burton of Carlinville Backed as Democratic Governor Hopeful
Springfield reports Democrats urge Senator Frank W. Burton of Carlinville as a suitable candidate for governor next year. Burton, 50, Blackburn graduate and veteran lawyer, is praised for clear records in the legislature and strong public speaking, with party leaders aiming to reelect him after a vigorous district campaign.
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Pius X Creates Four Cardinals in Vatican Consistory
Rome December 16 Pius X held a secret consistory in the Vatican creating four new cardinals and precanonizing several bishops. He named Pietro Gaspari de Lai Ludovic Henry Lucan Paul And rew Kennedy and Dennis O Connell to titular bishoprics and warned of attacks on church rights. The pope condemned modernist propaganda and said measures were taken to shield young clergy from perversion.
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Pietro Gaspari
Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
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de Lai
Congregation of Councils
Ludovic Henry Lucan
Rheims
Paul Pierre Andrew
Marseilles
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
Adrianapolis
Dennis O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington
Sebaste
the Redeemer
Catholicism
Object to paying strike benefits sued in Independence
Kansas City officials F. F. Ecker W. J. McKenzie and ten others sue local union No. 23 Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America and officers in Independence. They say funds advanced to striking members were not receipted and were instead set as promissory notes. They allege the union is bankrupt and accuse misuse of funds.
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Kansas City
F. F. Ecker
W. J. McKenzie
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Disagreement in Trial of Chicago Saloonkeeper in Sunday Closing Case
After about 24 hours deliberation the jury in the Thomas Chamales case failed to reach a verdict on a charge of violating the Sunday closing law. The final vote was four for conviction and eight for acquittal. This was the first case under the new Sunday closing movement and the debate was intense.
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Thomas Chamales
Life Sentence For Kidnappers In Lisijan Case
Chicago authorities convict a group led by Dee and Neo in the Lisijan case. The jury delivers a life sentence for the kidnapping and theft of a child, with the detective captain overseeing the prosecution.
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Dee
Neo
Mine disaster at Yolande leaves up to dozens dead
Rescue teams rush into the Yolande mine in Tuskaloosa county after an explosion at 10 25 pm. Officials fear 50 to 75 men are entombed with eight escaping. W. F. Birmingham alias Jones and his wife face bonds on a kidnapping case tied to a white slave motive and a separate Kansas City arrest.
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Healy
W. F. Birmingham
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Lillian Walff
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Kansas City
Criminal Court
Ala
Yolande
Tuskaloosa County
Sunday closing law enforced in multiple cities
Across Kansas City, Omaha, New Orleans and St. Louis on December 16 many businesses stayed open while theaters and pubs faced enforcement actions. Police listed violators and prepared warrants. Omaha could see 2,000 arrests and substantial fines, while other cities reported mixed adherence and a bank reopens in Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Union Men Feared for Their Lives in Goldfield
A delegation from the American Federation of Labor met General Funston in Goldfield Nevada on December 16 as he investigates local conditions. Funston reported that labor leaders say they live in constant fear, carry arms for protection, and avoid contact with Western Federation of Miners to prevent clashes. He warned troops are unlikely to depart within ten days.
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American Federation of Labor
General Funston
Western Federation of Miners
Funston
Glazier's Illness Critical In Chelsea Michigan
Michigan Treasurer Frank P. Glazier remains in a comatose state with doctors unable to rouse him. His illness follows a three-week decline linked to a $1.3 million interest issue and $685,000 in state funds at Chelsea Savings Bank, closed by the banking commissioner.
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Chelsea
Mich
Frank P. Glazier
Chelsea Savings Bank
Zimmerman
Officer Weds and Sails: Bride Returns to Illinois to Settle Estate
Miss Havilene Tompkins of Fairfield marries Lieutenant Clarence Chandler U S N in Norfolk. While he sails with battleships, she returns to Fairfield to settle her father Colonel H Tompkins estate, heirs about 800 acres. Colonel Tompkins, once a lawyer with Abraham Lincoln, was among the region’s wealthiest men. John Greenleaf Whittier birthday observed in Amesbury with notable New England figures.
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Fairfield
Havilene Tompkins
Clarence Chandler
Norfolk
H. Tompkins
Tompkins
Ilinois
Colonel Tompkins
Abraham Lincoln
Whittier
Amesbury
Mass
John Greenleaf Whittier
New England
Alcohol boosts accuracy in Bavarian riflemen study
Munich reports the Bavarian war ministry finds that soldiers who drink a small amount of alcohol perform better at independent rifle shooting than when sober. In St Louis L F Parker Frisco official dies suddenly from heart disease in his bath.
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St. Louis
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