Sulzer draft peev es delays treaty abrogation protest
Russian Ambassador Bakhmetieff protested to President Taft at the White House against abrogating the 1822 treaty with the United States. The issue prompted ongoing diplomacy with Knox and the Senate likely to modify the Sulzer resolution. Vanderbilt undergoes appendix operation at Fifth Avenue home in New York.
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Washington
Bakhmetieff
White House
Taft
Knox
Russia
Sulser
United States
Senate
State Department
Mann
House
Sulzer
Congress
Clark
Vanderbilt
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Plot to burn Fort Riley rattles army as six held
Six soldiers are under arrest at Fort Riley amid a secret investigation into a dynamite plot that caused a million dollars in damage. Private Michael Quirk confessed to inciting the explosions with ex chaplain Charles M Brewer, triggering arrests and intensified guard around the post. Officials say evidence is strong and threats persisted for months as officers lived under double guard and constant surveillance.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Michael Quirk
Quirk
Army
Brewer
Anna Jordan
John Crile
Battery E
6Th Field Artillery
Crile
Charles M. Brewer
Fort
Kansas City
United States
A. B. Meed
Chase
Not Guilty Verdict in Stokes Shooting Case by Two Women
New York December verdicts set Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad free on charges tied to shooting millionaire hotelier W E Stokes last June. Jury found not guilty on counts two and three after brief deliberation. the defense argued police and press scrutiny, while prosecutors dramatized the weapon display and awaited justice.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W E. D. Stokes
Stokes
Marcus
Buckner
Lrigger
Conrad
Graham
Shake Down Game Strong Hull Claims Shake Down Game
Washington December 16 The Lorimer committee heard Rep M D Hull Chicago detail whisky legislation lobbying by Lee O Neil Browne and other Lorimer men He testified of "hold up bills" and "shake downs" The Lorimer inquiry will recess after the holidays with eight more witnesses to be heard before the break including Elbridge Haney John L Flannigen Thomas Webb Joseph Bailey and others Kannolly the Sterling Democrat active in Lorimer votes remains missing marking an unresolved witness situation
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Washington
Lee O'Neil Browne
Lorimer
Illinois
Lorimer Committee
M. D. Hull
Chicago
Dillingham
Elbridge Haneey
Senator Lorimer
John L. Flannigen
Thomas M. Webb
Joseph Bailey
East St. Louis
J. W. Ford
St Louis
D. D. Brownback
Cowden
M. E. Dickson
John A. Logan
Junction
Kannolly
William A. Kannolly
Sterling
Woman shoots self in Chicago hotel over rejected marriage
Mrs Edna Robinson of Portland Ore attempted suicide in a downtown Chicago hotel after a telephone call with PY B Cockrell of St Louis. Detectives say Cockrell denied responsibility for the attempt and she was taken to hospital with a bullet wound near the heart observed by hotel staff.
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Chicago
Edna Robinson
Portland
Ore
England and Germany to Face War in Six Years
John Norton Griffiths, Conservative MP, returning from Canada, warned from New York that England and Germany would be at war within six years. He argued Germans seek conflict, financiers halted clashes briefly, and Canada rejected reciprocity hoping to avert trouble.
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New York
John Norton Griffiths
Canadian Northwest
England
Germany
Canada
Griffiths
Gifts Shipments Go Abroad From New York Harbor
New York December 19 A transAtlantic liner is a treasure ship. Four vessels in four days carried abroad over 4 million dollars. The city will have sent about 10 million dollars abroad when the last gift laden liner leaves the pier in the next days.
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New York
Congress in session schedules and committee actions
Senate met briefly and planned a 2 pm Monday session as lawmakers discussed the Lori mer inquiry with witnesses Edward Hines and Manny Abrahams. Brandeis pressed United States Steel criticism before the Interstate Commerce Committee, while railroad counsel talked with employers about liability and fishing bill provisions. Foret and Jewish passport plans drew committee attention, and a rumored agreement with Russia circulated. House met at noon as the steel probe continued. Oliver of Pennsylvania testified ore rates to Pittsburgh are high. Rules panel heard Lindbergh for money trust investigation. Crozier urged wartime ammo aid. Republicans criticized Democrats for unfairness. adjournment set for later. Recess 1:10 to 4:20 pm to review the $2.6 million deficiency bill. Labor panel authorized to visit Philadelphia. Price controls and sugar trust scrutiny continued.
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Senate
Edward Hines
Manny” Abrahams
Lorimer
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Steel Corporation
Interstate Commerce Committee
Employers Lability Commission
Rusela
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Rules
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Money Trust
Crozier
Centraller
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with light snow. Colder tonight with a low around 20. Yesterday's high 47 and low last night 30. 7 a m temperature 30. Wind 8 mph. Precipitation 0.01 inch. Humidity 75 at 7 pm, 91 at 7 am. River stage 5.8 with a rise of 0.1. J M Shepier local forecaster. Astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow: Sun sets 4:30, rises 7:15, moon rises 4:36 a m.
Starved Rock Site Acquired by State in Illinois
The Illinois park commission completed negotiations with Ferdinand Walther, purchasing Starved Rock for 146000 dollars. The 290 acre tract west of Ottawa along the Illinois river becomes a new state park featuring cliffs canyons and glens. The site holds historic ties to early French explorers and tribal conflicts.
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Starved Rock
STATE
Ilinois River
America
Illinois
Iiinois
Wisconsin Governor Santa Claus Believer!
Wisconsin Governor Francis E McGovern was asked if he believed in Santa Claus. He said he believes in the Santa Claus spirit and that Christmas tales cultivate imagination. He added that learning there is no embodied Santa does not erase faith in the institution and praised family reunions and festivities as fine memories of the year.
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Madison
Wis
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
Santa Claus
Illinois Christian Endeavor Expands Statewide Campaign
Nine hundred new societies join Illinois Christian Endeavor union in recent months. Over 500 volunteer workers form district and county structures to push a state wide efficiency campaign. Plans include more daily prayer, bible study, temperance education, missions focus, and stricter Sunday closing law enforcement with 500 new societies by July 1912 and 1,000 delegates at Quincy convention. Waukegan adopts enforcement as policy. bureau of information set in Chicago. efficiency teams to be deployed from county conventions.
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Chicago
New Christian Endeavor Societies
Illinois Christian Endeavor Union
E. P. Gates
Christian Endeavor
Quincy
Waukegan
Bureau OF Information
Assace Building
Walker Re-elected by Illinois Miners headline
Illinois miners reelect John Walker of Danville as state United Mine Workers president by a large plurality. Duncan McDonald of La Salle appears set as secretary-treasurer, with Adolph Gormer leading for vice president. National results show John P. White reelected president of the national union and Frank J. Hayes leading for national vice president.
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Springfield
Ill
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
John Walker
Danville
Duncan McDonald
la Salle
Adolph Gormer
Belleville
Paul Smith
Carbondale
Frank Farrington
Spring Valley
Daniel Clark
John P. White
Oskaloosa
Iowa
T. L. Lewis
Ohio
Frank J. Hayes
Collinsville
Cities to Be Presented Relics of Maine Wreck
Portions of the Maine wreck in Havana harbor will be donated to cities patriotic societies and survivors or heirs under a plan in the urgent deficiency bill. The bill totals 2,270,000 dollars and authorizes an extra 250,000 for raising the Maine, bringing the total for that task to 900,000 dollars.
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Maine
Washington
Havana Harbor
House
Jealous Lover Kills Woman and Wounds Two in Butte Saloon
In Butte Montana on December 16 John Nutty an Italian shot and killed Florence Gaggioni's mother and possibly fatally wounded her father and seriously wounded Joe Williams a prospector. Nutty fled after firing at Florence Gaggioni who was escaping from Gaggioni's saloon. Florence and Nutty have ties to the incident.
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Butte
Mont
Florence Gaggiona
John Nutty
Joe Williams
Nutty
Gaggioni
Miss Gaggioni
Thompson Loses on Points in Sydney Twenty Rounds
Johnny Thompson of Sycamore Illinois was defeated on points by a middleweight named Rice in a 20 round bout in Sydney Australia, reported December 16.
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Johnny Thompson
Australia
Sydney
Johnny
Cyclone’) Thompson
Sycamore
Rice
Delhi Festivities Ended After Crowning Celebrations
Delhi reports the crowning of the king emperor and queen empress concluded with a state procession. King George departed for Nepal on a shooting expedition while Queen Mary traveled to Agra. In Springfield, Peter Bogerdus died at 39, longtime circus rifle and pistol expert and son of A H Bogardus, former world champion rifle shot.
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Delhi
India
George
Nepal
Mary
Agra
Peter Bogardus
Springfield
Ill
Peter Bogerdus
Elkhart
A. H. Bogardus
Striking jury verdict shocks St. Louis court in will case
The jury in Judge James B. E. Withrow's court returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the Mc Dermott will case despite prior instructions. The judge, citing supreme court rulings, ordered a new trial and discharged the jurors after awarding each $7.50. Juror George Avold led the group to a saloon as they left, promising to stick together. The scene drew a large crowd and the era's court atmosphere echoed the Dred Scott era in the same building.
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St. Louis
James BE. Withrow
McDermott
Supreme Court
George Avold
Dynamite Wrecks Photographed Ahead of Grand Jury
Bundles of photographs show bridges viaducts derricks and buildings wrecked by dynamite and nitro glycerine. Presented as evidence in the federal dynamite conspiracy investigation. Special attention to John J McNamara plan for simultaneous explosions. Indicates others may be implicated beyond those known.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Badorf
John J. McNamara
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Walker
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