Congress to Take Hand in Temperance Crusade
Washington December 17 1907 the senate adopted Tillmans resolution asking the finance committee to report on whether the national government can stop issuing liquor permits in states counties and municipalities with local option The report on committee assignments follows with many chairmanship changes and new select committees.
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Washington
Senate
Knex
Coast Defenses
Rales
Kittredge
Hopkins
Emullet Hills
Smoot
Wiliam Alden Smith
Nixon
Roosevlet committee opens Goldfield labor inquiry
In Goldfield Nevada on December 17 the Roosevelt committee began hearings into local labor troubles. No witnesses were summoned yet as it reviews Governor Sparks and General Famston testimony. New workers, many former Western Federation of Miners, arrive from California to replace striking miners, with 30 men taken to the Consolidated mine camp. No demonstrations occurred and owners expect the camp to fill by week’s end.
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Goldfield
Nev
Roosevelt Committee
Sparks
Famston
Western Federation of Miners
California
Consolidated Mines
Keel Laid for North Dakota Rival Vessel in Pearl River Yard
Quincy Mass December 17 The keel plates for the North Dakota were laid at the Pearl River shipyard as Admiral Evans fleet departed for the Pacific Ocean. The 20 000 ton battleship will be nearly 2 000 tons heavier than the Dreadnought and 25 percent more effective in gun fire.
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Quincy
Mass
Admiral Evans
Pore River
North Dakota
Pacific Ocean
Roosevelt Weakens Hitchock Power Over Postmasters
Washington December 17. President Roosevelt before launching the Pacific fleet on its cruise moves to curb First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock. Hitchcock, long a Cortelyou campaign manager, can no longer name or influence fourth class postmasters as his authority is reduced and his recommendations lose weight against the secretary of the treasury’s allied delegates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Treasury
Hill Explains Lumber Rates and Empty Car Costs
James J Hill testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on lumber rate hikes. He said Great Northern loses money moving northwest lumber, with cars traveling 4,000 miles costing about 286 while revenue runs about 200. He noted rising wages and growing distance between Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and disclosed cross holdings with Burlington.
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Washington
James J Hill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon
North Pacific States
Hill
Great Northern
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Burlington Road
Clarence Darrow III Illness Delays Pettibone Murder Trial
In Boise Idaho on December 17 Clarence Darrow fell ill and missed the Pettibone trial session. The defense pressed impeachment questions against Orchard. motions to strike Orchard's testimony about Colorado crimes and the 1899 Coeur d Alene troubles were denied. Judge Goddard testified about finding a bomb near his gate.
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Pettibone
Boise
Idaho
Clarence Darrow
Orchard
Darrow
Edgar Wilson
Steunenberg
Wilson
Colorado
Coeur d'Alene
Luther M. Goddard
Supreme Court of Colorado
New $20 Gold Piece Updated to Suit Bankers
Philadelphia December 17 report that the new $20 gold piece designed to suit bankers tastes is now in circulation. The coin’s design reflects changes from the original rejected mint issue, replacing prior criticism with praise and admiration among financial circles.
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Philadelphia
Dowager Queen Carola's Funeral in Dresden
The body of Dowager Queen Carola of Saxony lay in state at the Catholic court church in Dresden ahead of her funeral set for tomorrow. Carola, widow of King Albert, was born August 5, 1833, and married in 1854 after being Princess de Wasa.
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Queen of
Saxony
Dresden
Carola of
Carola
Albert
Princess de Wasa
Persian Parliament Issues Manifesto To World For Constitutional Rights
In Teheran a Persian manifesto explains the constitutional cause and appeals for international aid. It accuses the shah of violating the covenant with the people and vows to defend the constitution against reactionary measures. Negotiations with the shah have stalled as old cabinet members meet. post offices and shops are closed and no newspapers print.
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Teheran
Indictments for Land Fraud Cause in Durango Bank Collapse
Durango Col Dec 17 The Smelter City bank of Durango a state institution with capital stock of 30900 failed to open this morning No deposits statement available liabilities expected not to exceed 100000 Charles McConnell president says all liabilities will be paid in full Lack of confidence due to indictments of prominent citizens on charges of land frauds under federal laws led to suspension of the Smelter City and the Colorado bank which failed last week
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Durango
Col
Smelter I City Bank of
Charles McConnell
Colorado Bank
Buck Stove Case Bars Labor Boycott Action
Washington December 17 Justice Gould grants a temporary injunction in Buck Stove and Range Co of St. Louis versus the American Federation of Labor to prohibit ongoing boycott actions by labor groups deemed unfair until the case reaches final settlement.
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Washington
Buck Stove & Range Company
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Gould
District of Columbia Equity Court
Congress Digest Highlights Tillman and New Oklahoma Senators
Washington reports a Senate session centered on Tillman’s speech with Culberson’s resolution for a financial stringency probe left pending. Oklahoma’s new senators were sworn in as multiple bills were introduced, and the chamber adjourned at 3.15. The House opened with Cannon naming the appropriations committee and most time spent on bill introductions before a noon adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Tillman
Culberson
Oklahoma
In Court’s Hands Thirty Bodies Out And Forty More In The Mine
Des Moines reports a court martial for Captain Kulp with military judges and defense attorneys. The verdict awaits record completion and governor approval. Mason deposition corroborates prior accounts of a Nov. 21 prize fight.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kulp
Berken Kile
Judge Aid
Regular Army
Cummins
Thrift
Mason
James D. Mason
Company B
McGregor
Williamson
Judge Advocate
Lincoln
Yolande coal mine disaster looms with dozens dead
Yolande Alabama mine explosion traps workers as fire rages beyond the No. 1 entry. Rescue teams from Alternate Searles Davis Creek and Brookwood rush to recover victims amid debris and a growing death toll expected near seventy. Yolande is near Virginia City and Birmingham, with Dr. G. B. Crowe leading the Yolande Coal and Coke Company. Scarlet fever spreads in Monongah after the famed mining disaster.
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Birmingham
Ala
Yolande Coal and Coke Company
Yolande
Virginia City
Here
Yolande Coal & Coke Company
T. C. Huckabee
Huckabee
Searles
Davis Creek
Brookwood
Pihis
Yolanda
Birmingham Mineral
G. B. Crowe
Wonongah
Fairmont
W. Va
Dee
Monongah
Secretary Cortelyou Confined By Severe Grip
Washington Dec 17 Secretary Cortelyou is bedbound with a severe grip and will remain at home for at least a week per his doctor. During absence Assistant Secretary Edwards will act as secretary. Metcalf III in Navy also detained at home with grip.
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Treasury
Washington
Cortelyou
Edwards
Metcalf III
the Navy
Metcalf
Taft Learns Of Pledge On Roosevelt Nomination
Secretary Taft and Mrs. Taft aboard the President Grant report disagreeable weather and likely delay into New York after Roosevelt publicly reaffirmed his pledge not to seek the nomination. Taft would not comment, saying he has no information on the political situation.
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Roosevelt
President Grant
Cape Race
N. F
Grant
Taft
New York
Spurned man shoots woman then kills himself in Chicago
Chicago, Dec. 17. M. Dillon, a 35 year old salesman, fatally shot Mrs. N G Cochran as she slept then killed himself. The incident followed a divorce suit noted in the report.
Motor Cab Scene Of A Double Tragedy
In Brooklyn last night a telegraph operator named Elsie Kerlin and Bernard E. Wallace of the Commercial Cable company were victims of a murder and self inflicted death in a taxi. The chauffeur heard two shots. he found Kerlin badly wounded and Wallace dead from a self inflicted gunshot in the mouth.
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New York
Brooklyn
Elsie Kerlin
Bernard E. Wallace
Commercial
East St Louis Plans Saloon Licensing Cut
East St Louis measures limit new saloons until the ratio falls to one per 500 residents. The city, with 56,008 people and 330 saloons, would drop to about 112 saloons under the plan. Attorney R V Gustin drafts the ordinance as part of revising city rules.
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East St. Louis
R. V. Gustin
Lawson Heads Bay State Gas Company Delaware
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston was elected president of the Bay State Gas company of Delaware with J. Frank Allee as vice president. Allee asserts the company’s affairs are cleaned up and bonds paid as ordered by court. after the Addicks judgment is settled over a million left in treasury.
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Bay State
Delaware
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
United States
J. Frank Allee
Allee
Addicks
Women war over bargains at rummage sale
Des Moines Iowa December 37 Julia Brown was fatally stabbed by Louise Wright following a quarrel over a corset bargain at a rummage sale. A razor caused a dozen slashes before the victim died. Both women are colored. Poland closes Polish schools in Russian Poland after order by General Skallon affecting sixteen hundred schools. Springfield adjourns legislature to January 4.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Julia Brown
Louise Wright
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Skallon
Wireless interference halts Pacific fleet off Norfolk
Off Hampton Roads today atmospheric interference disrupted wireless telegraphy. Signals to the Pacific bound fleet sailing from Hampton Roads yesterday were nearly unintelligible. In New York Colonels Goethals and Blackburn arrived aboard the Colon from Cristobal on six weeks leave.
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Norfolk, Va
Hampton Roads
Canal Chiefs
New York
W. G. Goethals
Panama Canal
J. C
Blackburn
Panama Canal Zone
Colon
Cristobal
Goethals
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