Taft weighs Yale law professorship offer in Decisive move
President Taft considers the Kent professorship at Yale Law School after cabinet discussion. The vacant post last held by Edward John Phelps would connect Taft with Yale similarly to Cleveland at Princeton. He faces choosing Yale over returning to Cincinnati to practice law, with a decision expected next month.
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Washington
Taft
Kent
Yale Law School
Phelps
Great Britain
Yale University
Cleveland
Princeton
Yale
Yale Corporation
New Haven
Cincinnati
Robert
Edward John Phelps
Fillmore
White House
Augusta
Georgia City
A. W. Butt
Georgia
Kent Endowment
Women to Sell Eggs in Philadelphia Market Drop
Four hundred club and society women with city authorities plan to sell thousands of eggs at 24 cents a dozen, well below current prices. The effort, led by Harry F. Cassidy, aims to reduce the cost of living and has secured options on over twenty carloads of eggs, which retailers had refused to stock.
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Philadelphia
Harry F.cassidy
Cassidy
Taft Plans Panama Voyage From Washington To Key West
President Taft will depart Washington at midnight December 19 for Key West Florida then sail December 21 aboard the battleship Arkansas for Panama. Mrs Taft a military aide Secretary Hilles C P Taft and others will join the party. He is slated to return to Washington December 31.
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Washington
Taft
Key West
Fla
Panama
Arkansas
Wins on Technicality in Michigan Race
In Lansing on December 11, Rep H. Olin Young of the twelfth district was re elected after an error on ballots. Ballots listed Sheldon Wm J McDonald as progressive, stripping 58 votes from McDonald and giving Young a 215 vote plurality.
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Lansing
Mich
H. Olin Young
Welfth
Wm. J. McDonald
Progressive
Sheldon Wm. J. McDonald
McDonald's
Young
Wage War on Cattle Thieves Near Alice
J Rughe s senior ranger captain arrived from Alice with a force to strike cattle thieves active around Alice Falfurrias and the wider Ysleta area. A systematic campaign begins at once targeting the ring identified in the region.
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Austin
Tex
J. Rughes
Alice
Aken
Ysleta
Alice Falfurrias
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight and Thursday fair and colder with freezing temperatures. Calm winds and clear skies expected across San Antonio and surrounding areas. A lingering cool pattern continues into tomorrow night with frost risk in outlying suburbs.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists
Observations across major cities report temperatures ranging from 2 to 44 degrees with cloudy skies and variable winds. Weather remains cold with some locations noting rain or heavier cold by Thursday night and the lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Union Business Agent Held for Perjury in Detroit Conspiracy Case
William H. Quigley of Detroit, business agent for the carpenters union, was held to the federal grand jury on perjury charges in the dynamite conspiracy trial. A handwriting expert testified Quigley’s signature on a June 1910 letter calling off explosions was genuine, though Quigley claimed forgery. He declined bond and was jailed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William H. Quigley
Detroit
Carpenters’ Union
Quigley
Carpenters, Machinists and Iron Workers
Miller
Iron Men
Seal
Friday the 13th Ad Offer Headlines Lucky Run
Frightened by superstition or not the Friday the 13th sale brings a bold advertising option. The Lieut offers a 13 day run for the price of 10 with ads starting on Friday the 13th. A 15 word ad for 10 days costs 75 cents with two Sundays included. Refunds for unused insertions apply. Ads by telephone and billed later. Phones 176.
Clearing House Details Under Stock Exchange Inquiry
Lawrence W. Scudder testified to New York stock exchange operations since 1906 showing most transfers are not bona fide. Untermyer and Frew explained trust controls at Bankers' Trust and Guaranty Trust, and how country banks fund call loans on the exchange to profit from high money demand.
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New York Cotton Exchange
House “Money Trust
Lawrence W. Scudder
Samuel Untermyer
Scudder
Stock Exchange
Clearing House
Untermyer
F. K. Lister
New York Clearing House
Inland Exchange Committee
Frew
House Committee
Mr. Frew
Pujo
New York
Bankers’ Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust
H. P. Davidson
George B. Case
Daniel G. Reid
Guaranty Company
H. P. Davison
George F. Baker
William H. Porter
New York Stock Exchange
Lawyer shoots wife’s sister on honeymoon trip
In Tampa on December 11 Miss Maude Nichols of Fort Myers was shot and fatally wounded by R. Percy Jones a prominent Fort Myers lawyer on his honeymoon. He allegedly promised to marry the wounded woman who is his wife’s sister. The wounded woman told her sister the story of Jones' alleged deception.
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Tampa
Fla
Benefit for Gary memorial falls short of needs
A Chicago benefit for the Gary Indiana memorial fund honoring Billy Rugh, the newsboy who sacrificed his leg to save Miss Ethel Smith, ended with a $180 deficit after fewer than 200 attendees and unpaid star performances. If paid, the show would have cost over $5000.
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Chicago
Gary
Ind
Billy Rugh
Ethel Smith
Rugh
French Cruiser Des Cartes Visits New Orleans
The French second class cruiser Des cartes arrived in port for a week long visit after a nine month voyage covering 30 000 miles. Officers will be entertained by the French colony during the stay. Des cartes sails to Vera Cruz next Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Descartes
Vera Cruz
Trio Charged With Threats To Wilson From New Jersey
Three Wharton residents Peter Dunn Jacob Dunn and Seeley Davenport were arrested in Dover and jailed in Newark as federal prisoners awaiting a Monday preliminary exam. They allegedly wrote threatening letters to President elect Woodrow Wilson demanding 5000 in gold and signed New York Gang.
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N. J
Dover
Woodrow Wilson
Peter
Jacob Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Jacob
Wilson
Wharton
New York Gang
Post Office
Woman's Body Found in Depths of Forest
In Versailles France the body of Gabriel Bude daughter of a retired surgeon was found in Fontainbleu forest two days after she disappeared on October 10 while visiting her uncle in St Quentin. A railroad ticket found on the corpse supports a St Quentin plan though elopement was doubted by relatives.
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Versailles
France
Fontainbleu
Gabriel Bude
St. Quentin
Paris
Mlle
Eude
Farmer Shoots Wife and Worker Then Kills Self
In Waxahachie Texas at 7 am farmer A Baumgartner shot his wife near Orvilla and Newt Pierson an employee, then killed himself. Mrs Baumgartner is thought fatally wounded Pierson sustained minor injuries. Baumgartner a former Houston and Texas Central engineer, about 50, with several children.
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Waxahachie
Tex
A. Baumgartner
Orvilla
Newt Pierson
Baumgartner
Pierson
Houston
Jealous guest shoots two men then kills himself in Kansas City
In Kansas City last night B C Dudley 53 shot and killed Charles McGee 19 and wounded Duffy Sexton 23 before killing himself after fleeing McGee's home where all were guests. On a railroad crossing he asked a flagman to ring the bell and then shot himself.
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Kansas City
B. C. Dudley
Charles McGee
Duffy Sexton
Dudley
Sexton
McGee
Special Train for Stock Feeds Market Heifers in Kerrville
The Schreiner Live Stock company shipped 40 heifers from Kerrville to Bolton for fattening destined for the market. The shipment moved on a specials train yesterday aiding feed and sale timing.
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Kerrville
Tex
Schreiner Live Stock Company
Boulton, Tex
English road sale rumors denied by London reply
Telegrams from London deny the Express report that the English syndicate building the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway offered the line for sale to the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway. Mr Goode of London confirms there is no truth to the sale claim and notes authorized denial from the European Contract Syndicate secretary.
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Express
San Antonio
Goode
London
Express Today
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Mounery
LIGHT
Texas
Mounsey
Paris
Cowper-Thwaite
OCA FIGHT WIT INDIANS EXPECTED
County headlines from Oklahoma report a county seat row between New Jay and Old Jay in Delaware County. Full blood Cherokees favor Old Jay while local officials argue over the court ruling and placement as tensions rise after a deputy marshal's death and prior arrests.
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Oma City
Okla
Cruce
New Jay
Supreme Court
Old Jay
Old Jy
Delaware
Ffe Brothers
Jail Grove
Allen Guilty in Hillsville killings with five year term
Allen, leader of the Hillsville gang, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The jury set his sentence at five years. He had been on trial for murder in the killing of Manwealth Attorney Foster in Virginia.
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Ider
Hillsville
A Allen
Man Robbed of Bath Tub in Allas Home Theft
Allas Texas residents report a burglary last night in which thieves stole a gas heater a bathtub and bath equipment from a newly built house. The loss is valued at an amount not yet specified. Investigators are reviewing security footage and examining the scene for clues.
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Allas
Tex
A.enster
Archbalds Involvement Amid Impeachment Trial Details
Judge Archbal d of the commerce court faced impeachment for allegedly using his position to obtain favors from railroads and litigants. William P Boland of Scranton testified he helped draw the judge into the Katy did calm bank deal and that Archbald worked with railroads to pursue Erie Railroad options. Boland described the Marian Coal company troubles and said he reported concerns to ICC members and the attorney general.
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Robert Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate Court
William P. Boland
Scranton
Archbald
Katy
Co. G. Boland
Marian Coal Company
Archbal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorney General
Conuet
Boland
Brand of Cain Roiled in Republican Party Speech
Oscar R Hundley of Alabama denounced the Alabama GOP as marked with the brand of Cain for trying to murder its political brother during a progressives love feast in Chicago. Plans were announced for a national committee executive session on finances and propaganda. Roosevelt spent the morning in his room and joined a reception with Mrs John F Bass and Miss Jane Addams.
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Chicago
Alabama
Dorimer
Republican Party
Cain
Oscar R. Hundley
National Committee
Co. Roosevelt
Woman’s Progressive Party
John F., Bass
Jane Addams
Idaho
Capital City News
Woman Becomes Chicago's First Female Judge
Miss Mary K. Bartelme, public guardian of Cook County for eighteen years, will be inaugurated as Chicago's first woman judge. She will assist Judge Pinckney in the juvenile court and focus on girls under the court's jurisdiction, earning the nickname Mother Bartelme for her care of young wards. She aims to aid the unfortunate more than pass judgment.
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Chicago
Missary K. Bartelme
Cook County
Miss Bartelme
Circuit Court
Pinckney
Bartelme
Terminals plan for English road in San Antonio clarified
San Antonio leaders deny reports that the English syndicate is selling out or abandoning the San Antonio Rockport & Mexican Railway project. Construction has continued since April 1, 1912, with talks of joint terminal use with Katy system, but no sale or broader Texas expansion tabled.
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San Antonio
Christ
E. Cowper-Thwaite
Mas
E. Schaff
Katy
Schaff
A. Hopkins
H. E. Hildebrand
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
English
Texas
Mounsey
Edwin Hawley
Quinan
Henry W.quinan
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railway Company
Mr. Quinan
Chamber of Commerce
Break in Union Pacific Brings Downdraft to Market
New York traders faced a de moralizing noon session as Union Pacific fell to 157 a low not seen in over a year. Heavy selling persisted while other stocks declined, with Reading United States Steel and leaders weakening, yet some Hill stocks and St Paul showed relative strength amid an overall feverish downturn.
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New York
Union Pacific
Harriman
United States Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Reading
United States Steel
Women win right to run for office in San Francisco
In San Francisco the city charter amendment granting women the right to run for office passed at yesterday's election amid defeat of measures increasing salaries for city officials and employees.
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San Francisco
Cal
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