Ship subsidy drive outlined by White House allies
Washington December 29 Rep Dwight of New York Republican whip said president’s ship subsidy recommendations will become law after reassembly, with Humphrey plan endorsed. The message calls for subsidy lines from Atlantic seaboard to South America and West Coast to South America China Japan and the Philippines. Dwight says Democratic opposition will not delay passage.
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Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
South America
United States
South Amer- China
Japan
Philippines
Dwight
Weather summary and history notes
Generally fair and rising temperatures this evening and Thursday. Tonight's low near zero with 7 am reading six below. 24 hour high at 15 and low at minus six. Trace precipitation. wind light. humidity 92 percent. Also notes on historical dates and Taft conservation message expectations.
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J. M. Sherier
Taft backs joint inquiry on Ballinger in Ballinger Pinchot row
Washington taft follows with congress to form a joint Senate and House committee to probe Secretary Ballinger and the interior department. The move signals broader federal scrutiny. Taft seeks shared responsibility to reveal truth beyond a simple congressional probe.
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Ballinger
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Secre Ballinger
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Interior Department
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Nger
Taft
Congress
Congressional Committee
Washington
Ballinger Ches, ‘S
Exporting Days Nearing an End
Washington December 29 Champ Clark warned in the House that high farm prices may persist as rural populations dwindle. He predicted the United States could cease exporting agricultural goods in twenty years except cotton, due to urban growth and nonproducing towns. He cited Argentina surpassing the US in corn exports and Brazil challenging for the frozen meat trade.
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Washiton
D. C
Champ Clark
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Zelaya Still Claims Nicaragua Presidency Amid Exile
Zelaya declared from Cordoba that he remains president of Nicaragua with Madriz as provisional head. He refused asylum on conditions and hopes turmoil will ease. Mexico welcomed no officials, but 200 Central Americans greeted him. General Reyes resigns, citing Estrada’s rejection of Madriz as president and reports a rebel candidate.
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Mexico
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Guerrero
Mexico City
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Juan Pablo Reyes
Revolutionary Army of Nicaragua
Cartago
Estrada
Madriz
Don Adan
Cardenas
Milk Trust Exposed in New York Dairy Profits
New York reports reveal inflated capital and large surpluses in major milk firms. Marvyn Scudder cites Borden Company stock marked by goodwill, high dividends, and rising prices. Sheffield and Alexander Campbell Milk Co show extraordinary profits at low production costs, fueling allegations of price extortion.
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Milk Trust
Marvyn Scudder
Scudder
Borden Company
Coleman
Sheffield
Sheffield Company
Alexander Campbell “Milk Company
Postmaster Burned In Avalon Home Fire
Avalon Missouri December 29 Cyrus East, the postmaster, aged man, was burned to death when his home was destroyed by fire. He had escaped but returned to salvage valuable papers, ending in his fatal blaze.
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Avalon
Moe
Los
Cyrus Eastman
Borden Company Reports Nine Month Profits Rise
The Prom mec der also submitted figures from the oaks of the Borden company showing that during the nine months ending September 30 the companys clear profit in New York and Chicago was 1 076 772, exceeding by 522 947 the net profits of the same branches of business in the corresponding months of 1908.
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Prom Mec. der
Borden Company
New York
Chicago
Morse's Motion for New Trial Denied
Judge Hough of the United States circuit court in York denied Charles W Morse a new trial this afternoon. Morse had sought relief after an earlier verdict, with the court ruling against the motion.
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Morse
York
Houghon
United States Circuit Court
Harles W. Morse
Census Shows Capital Need for 158 Largest Cities
Washington D C Dec 29 The census bureau reports that if the 158 largest U S cities formed one company they would need about 1 25 billion in working capital nearly the nation s entire capital stock. In 1907 cities spent about 55 per cent on public works and operations and 42 per cent as incidental or fiscal agency costs.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Census Bureau
Boiler Explodes at Reading Plant Killing Five
Five Metropolitan Electric Co employees died in a boiler explosion at a new West Reading plant in Reading Pennsylvania. Names listed include Clifford Martin Elmer Dengler Martin Lynch James Connolly Frank Cole. Other items note political nominations in Missouri and a historic Lincoln office fire in Danville Illinois and illness of cartoonist Homer Davenport in San Francisco.
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Reading
Metropolitan Fire Company
West Reading
Clifford Martin
Toms River
Elmer Dengler
M. Penn
Martin Lynch
Phoenixville
James Connolly
Frank Cole
Newly Discovered Neon Sparks Aurora Borealis Theory
Boston December 29 Neon a newly discovered gas is claimed to be the cause of the aurora borealis by Dr W L Dudley head of chemistry at Vanderbilt University He presented the sample of neon and described its light emission in Crookes tubes He proposes neon under high pressure and magnetic currents at Earths poles produces the northern lights In the same meeting Dr Charles W Stiles discussed the hookworm problem noting racial disparities in disease spread between whites and blacks and blacks and Africans in public health terms
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Boston
Mass
W. L. Dudley
Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University of Nashville
Tenn
Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemists
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dudley
Earth
Charles W. Stiles
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Europe
Africa
Wants to Rule the Teachers at State Meeting
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Chicago city superintendent, is the favored candidate for the Illinois State Teachers Association presidency. Backed by Illinois Normal University’s David Farmley, she faces nomination challenges from Springfield leaders as a committee reports. Bardwell, president of the association, criticizes past state support for teachers while urging inclusion in education policy decisions. Governor Veenan attends, noting past teaching ties and hoping for broader future participation.
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Springfield
Chicago
State Teachers’ Association
Ella Flagg-Young
David Farmley
Illinois Normal University At Normal
Frank D. Thompson
Springfield High School
Henry Shryock
Southern Normal University of Carbondale
Bardwell
The
State Association
T. C. Clendenen
Cairo
Young
E. le Gregory
Aledo
Ill
General Assembly
C. M. Bardwell
Aurora
Explorer Dr. Cook Said Spotted in Ontario Town
Detroit dispatch reports a man resembling Dr. F A Cook the explorer passed through London Ontario yesterday en route to Detroit. Journalists conducted a search but could not locate Cook in Detroit or nearby Mount Clemens or Jackson Michigan where he has relatives.
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London
Ont
F. A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Mount Clemens
Jackson
Mich
Rival Poisoner of Girl? LAPD Called To Investigate Death
In Los Angeles on December 29 Mrs. Jennie Priest claimed her 18 year old daughter Bessie was poisoned. Bessie had been engaged to marry Harry Sayre of Newark New Jersey and had dined with a rival woman before falling ill and dying, prompting police inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bessie
Jennie Priest
Harry Sayre
Newark
N. J
Storm Claims Eleven Newfoundland Schooners and Crew
St. John’s Newfoundland December 29 Eleven schooners and crews totaling sixty men are believed lost in the Christmas blizzard. Destruction to property mounts across the Ha colony as the storm rages.
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St. John’s, N. F
Turkish cabinet resigns after Hilmi Pasha exit
Constantinople December 29 reports say the Turkish cabinet resigned last evening after Hilmi Pasha's resignation. Conflicts are reported in Baghdad though not officially confirmed. The cabinet had been formed on May 5 and was led by Young Turks maintaining control amid unrest.
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Constantinople
Hilmi Pasha
Bagdad
Chicago Graft Probe Gains Momentum as New Resignations Hit
A reformist parliament backed the ministry amid efforts to trim the deficit and halt the Adana outbreaks. The Union and Progress committee, pivotal in overthrowing the sultan, retains control and recently forced the minister of public works to resign. The grand vizier’s agenda fails to satisfy the Young Turks.
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Adana
Committee of Union and Progress
Colonel Gordon to become Mississippi Senator with Lincoln conspiracy past
Jackson Mississippi December 24 Colonel James Gordon of Okolona likely to be the next United States senator from Mississippi He was once suspected in the Lincoln assassination plot with a $10000 reward on his head He fled to Canada after the war and returned after proving his innocence and taking allegiance oath to resume residence in Chickasaw county
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Jackson, Miss
James Gordon
Okolona
United States
Mississippi
United States Congress
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Noel
A. J. McLaurin
J. Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Virginia
Booth
Canada
New York Cavalry
Fee
General Dix
New York
Dix
Chickasaw County
Lovers die in hotel room in Peru tragedy
Parental opposition spurred a double tragedy in Peru Indiana as L B Lenhart of Chicago shot and killed Dora Chappell in a hotel dining room then killed himself. Roy McKinney of Indianapolis later identified as the shooter, the pair had been in love but were separated by Dora’s father.
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Peru
Ind
L. B. Lenhart
Chicago
Dora Chappell
Indianapolis
Penu
Roy McKinney
Intense Cold Grips Winnipeg and Northwest
Chicago dispatch reports extreme cold across the northwest with Winnipeg record at 23 below zero. Other readings include Huron and Norfolk Nebraska at 20 below Des Moines 12 below Sioux City 16 below and St. Paul 18 below. Kansas tops at 18 above while Missouri averages 7 below. Rising temperatures and possible western snow flurries anticipated Thursday.
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North- West
Winnipeg
Huron
Norfolk
Neb
St. Paul
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Central
Kansas
Missouri
Connery and Rogers Indicted in Coal Fraud Cases
Chicago December 29 two indictments allege James P Connery and Michael H Rogers obtained money from the city by false pretenses in coal sales. Connery secretary treasurer of Chicago Fire Appliance and head of Miami company Rogers Democratic committeeman of the Thirteenth ward leads Rogers Coal company. The probe may extend to other corporations and individuals profiteering from city hall procurements.
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Chicago
James P. Connery
Michael H. Rogers
Connery
Chicago Fire Appliance Company
Miami
Rogers
Thirteenth Ward
Rogers Coal Company
Honor Memory Statue in the Strand Covered With Floral Offerings
London marks William Ewart Gladstone death centenary with memorial services. Florals cover the Strand statue with many offerings from abroad. Delegates from Finland Russia Holland Bulgaria Greece Servia Armenia and other states attend Westminster services. tributes reach Hawarden and other sites nationwide.
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London
William Ewart Gladstone
Strand
Finland
Russia
Holland
Bulgaria
Greece
Servia
Armenia
Westminster
Hawarden
Gladstone
Girl's Body Found Believed to Jump From Moving Train
In Malvern Iowa on December 29 the body of Miss Cecil Dodd aged 20 of Red Oak was found beside the Wabash railroad tracks. Authorities believe she jumped from a moving train.
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Malvern
Iowa
Cecil Dodd
Antenoe Topher
Red Oak
Sicilian Quake Recalled In Italy Remembrance Ceremonies
Rome marks the first anniversary of the Messina earthquake that killed about 260000, with King Victor and Queen Helena leading Catholic services and national prayers. Naval League bronze plates are given to U.S. Russia England Spain Germany and France consuls for relief efforts.
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Rome
Victor
Helena
Messina
Reges
Naval League
United States
Russia
England
Spain
Germany
France
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