Six European powers accept principle of autonomous Albania
London reports six nations England France Germany Russia Austria and Italy have accepted the principle of an autonomous Albania with a guarantee granting Servia commercial access to the Adriatic. This marks the definite first result of the ambassadors conversations. Turkey and Balkan allies were guests at a luncheon hosted by the Lord Mayor of London at the Mansion House. Asquith voiced optimism that negotiators can reach a lasting peace and praised London’s peace initiative.
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London
England
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Turkey
Balkan
Asquith
Ottomans Ready to Talk With Greeks in London
Instructions from the Ottoman government sent to Rechad Pasha authorize talks with Greek delegates without their prior signature on the armistice protocol. Officials here say the shift reflects Turkey’s strengthened position as Greece’s situation worsens, prompting greater concessions before signing.
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Constantinople
Rechad Pasha
London
Greece
Turkey
Austria Habsburg Mobilization Costs and Disarray
The Temps correspondent reports Austria Hungary spends about 800000 dollars daily for army mobilization. Galacia is disorganized with scarce money and food, causing wealthier residents to flee, while peasants fearfully fall prey to speculators cornering coin and buying paper money at a discount for transfer to Austria proper.
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Paris
Austria-Hungary
The
Temps
Galacia
Austria
Nazim Pasha Reviews Troops At Dardanelles
A Daily Mail dispatch from London reports Nazim Pasha the Turkish commander-in-chief arrived and reviewed troops at the Dardanelles. He urged reinforcements for garrisons guarding the straits and requested all steamships depart the area as reinforcements arrive daily.
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Nazim Pasha
London
Dardanelles
The
Daily Mail
War plans advance as Austro-Hungarian forces prepare
CETTINJE Montenegro December 20. Austro-Hungarian military preparations continue without cessation with large numbers of troops arriving daily in Dalmatia. Numerous steamships have been converted into transports and extensive fortifications are under construction.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Dalmatia
Socialist candidate in South Dakota spends two cents on campaign
Edward M. Jacobson of Sioux Falls, socialist candidate for congress from the First South Dakota district, filed a campaign expense report showing only two cents spent. The amount covers the postage stamp used to submit the statement to the House yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
South Dakota
Edward M. Jacobson
Sioux Falls
House
Fitzgerald Not Guilty In Government Theft Trial
George W. Fitzgerald former assistant teller of the United States treasury in Chicago was found not guilty of stealing 173000 from the government in February 1907.
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Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States Treasury
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight and Saturday fair with colder conditions. Frost expected overnight into the morning in the San Antonio area. Temperatures drop into the upper 40s to around 50 with midnight around 61 earlier.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
St Louis shows 34 degrees clear with 12 mph southwest wind and Saturday fair. Chicago at 32 degrees clear with 10 mph west wind and likely Saturday fair. Milwaukee 26 degrees with snow and northeast wind, Saturday may be fair. St Paul 22 degrees snowing with northwest wind and probably fair. Kansas City 32 degrees clear with 14 mph west wind and Saturday fair. New York 32 degrees cloudy with 24 mph northwest wind and likely snow. Boston 36 degrees cloudy with 16 mph west wind and probably snow. Washington 28 degrees clear with 4 mph south wind and possible snow.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Donaghey Defends Paroled Convicts as Ark Prison Hell
Governor George W. Donaghey replies to critics by calling the Arkansas penitentiary under the lease system a burning seething hell that feeds convicts to contractors for profit. He notes the board’s involvement in resolutions while acknowledging the parole action and the cost to clothe and equip freed inmates.
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Little Rock
Ark
George W. Donaghey
Penitentiary Board
Arkansas
John H. Page
H. Norwood
State Board
Valentine censured for misconduct as Indian affairs chief
Robert G. Valentine former commissioner of Indian affairs was censured by the interior department expenditures committee. The report accuses him of violating civil service laws, improper public funds use, causing the removal of a logging superintendent on unfounded rumors, and criminal liquor handling on an Indian reservation. The panel will submit its findings to the House while the Justice Department cleared some charges.
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Washington
Robert G. Valentine
Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Valentine
Civil Service
Indian Service
Department of Justice
Conspiracy Revealed in Seoul Trial of Koreans
Ok Wan Pin the youngest accused conspirator testified he was told of a plot to assassinate Governor General Count Terauchi. He said An Gio Kuon sought help and he refused. Ok Wan Pin claimed he saved Terauchi's life and An Gion Kuan later disclosed the conspiracy to police while jailed for burglary.
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Seoul
Korea
Ok Wan Pin
Count Terauchi
An Gio Kuon
Piroubum Ito
Harbin
Ife
Terauchi
An Gion Kuan
Taft Grants Full Pardon to Ex-Portland Attorney Hall
President Taft grants a full pardon to John H. Hall former U S district attorney of Portland Oregon who was convicted June 1 1909 of conspiracy tied to unlawful fencing of public lands in Eastern Oregon Hall was fined 1000 and sentenced to sixty years in jail but has served none of the sentence
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Washington, D.C
Taft
John H. Hall
United States
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Hall
England pays homage to statesman Whitelaw Reid
Memorial service in Westminster Abbey honored the late ambassador Whitelaw Reid. A 22 500 strong congregation included American staff, royalty, and politicians with wreaths from Taft and Knox. Preceded by organ, drums, and trumpets, the ceremony featured Purcell music and Wesley anthems in a somber London December setting.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
England
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
King George
Queen Mary
Lord Howe
Alexandria
Duke of Argyle
Prince Louis of Battenburg
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
Oxford
Cambridge
Asquith
Sir Edward Grey
Reginaldd McKenna
Lewis Harcourt
Viscount Mertiey
Marquis of Crewe
Purcell
Wesley
Dean Ryle
Abbey
Chapel Royal
Frederick Bridge
Saul
Cochin
Taft
State Knox
John Hubert Ward
Earl
Cruiser Natal to Carry Reid's Body Home After Service
The British armored cruiser Natal moored at Portsmouth to convey the body of the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid from England to America after a Westminster Abbey memorial service. Carpenters build a mortuary chapel on the quarter deck for the coffin. the ship sails Saturday with naval honors and half mast.
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America
Portsmouth
England
Natal
Whitelaw Reid
Westminster Abbey
King George and Queen Mary Send Wreath in Reid Memory
King George and Queen Mary sent a wreath to Dorchester House with an inscription in the king's handwriting honoring Ambassador Whitelaw Reid's memory. The gesture marks a formal tribute by the British royal couple to the late American envoy.
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London
George
Queen Mary
Dorchester House
Whitelaw Reid
Public Buildings Budgeted for Texas Cities
A draft public buildings bill proposes 4.335 million dollars for Texas sites. The package allocates 4.219 million for construction and 116 thousand for land purchases, with detailed city by city amounts and sponsors listed across several districts.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Congressman Slayden
New Braunfels
Treasury
Coleman
Congressman Garner
Seguin
Corpus Christi
Congressman Burgess
Yoakum
Senator Culberson
Gilmer
Taft to Receive Alligator Degree in Jacksonville
President Taft will be made an alligator at sight tonight by the Morocco temple of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Jacksonville as he travels to Key West. The honor is the highest Shriner degree in Florida and the president may not enter the interior of the giant saurian prop.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Taft
Key West
Florida
President Is Feeling Fit During Taft Stop at Ashley Junction
President Taft and his party halted at Ashley Junction near Charleston South Carolina to change engines on a Key West bound train. Taft said his cold was much improved and he felt fit. Mrs Taft received bouquets from friends during the stop.
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Charleston
S. C
Taft
Key West
Ashley Junction
Here
Washington
French Banker Rochette Vanishes After Bail
Paris reports great indignation over banker and promoter Henry Rochette who disappeared while awaiting a hearing. He had been twice convicted of embezzlement and, through various frauds, allegedly robbed the French public of about 30 million dollars. Officials had questioned Clemenceau and Lepine in a prior parliamentary inquiry. It is believed Rochette fled to England intending to reach the United States.
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Paris
Henry Rochette
M Rochette
M. Clemenceau
M. Lepine
Rochette
Enzland
United States
Russo-Mongolian treaty terms provoke Chinese objections
The December 3 Russo-Mongolian treaty is deemed by China far more extensive than earlier Manchurian accords and is seen as infringing sovereignty. It grants Russia consuls and consular aid across Mongolian ports, enables Russian trade and investment, land purchases, mining and forestry concessions, and river navigation rights into Russian territory.
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Peking
China
Russia
Med society targets quack doctors in San Antonio drive
Bexar County Medical Society unveils plans to purge bogus practitioners with a $300 appropriation to wage the war. Dr. C. H. Dixon reports several convictions, 25+ doctors forced to leave, and 12 cases pending, as new officers are elected and a stricter advertising ban is considered.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Bexar County Medical Society
St. Anthony
C. H. Dixon
J. P. Oldham
W. C. Walsh
CC. E. Skull
B. T. Young
Charles Dixon
E. V. DePew
State Medical Association
8. Burg
Crown Prince saved from death in the Alps
Geneva dispatch reports Crown Prince Alexander of Servia and his adjutant were rescued from Alpine snow near St Bernard Pass after fainting from exposure during military training. Monks and dogs discovered them. both were revived and reported in good health in a camp letter.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Alexander
Servia
St. Bernard Monastery
St. Bernard Pass
Prince Alexander
Diamond Dealer Murdered in Chicago Office
J. H. Logue 55 president of J. H. Logue & Co. diamond dealers was found murdered in his Mc Vickers' theater building office this afternoon. Robbery is suspected as motive.
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Chicago
J. H. Logue
J. H. Logue & Co
McVickers’ Theater
Bank safe blasted by criminals in Mattituck robbery
Cracksmen in a car used dynamite to blow the Mattituck State Bank vault and fled with 5000 dollars. The vault and securities inside remained largely undamaged.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Mattituck State Bank
Mattituck
Two Arrested in Kyle Bank Robbery Case
Austin Texas December 20 Wilson and Beck Ware brothers were arrested at Liberty Hill and brought to Kyle for Night Watchman G W Gwinn to identify them. The men deny the robbery claiming a solid alibi and the police rely on circumstantial evidence while withholding details. Their parents live near Liberty Hill and they recently returned from Texas Kansas City.
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Austin
Tex
Wilson
Beck Ware
Liberty Hill
Kyle
G. W. Gwinn
Texas
Kansas City
President Sends Wilson to Mexico With Ultimatum Message
The President dispatches Ambassador Wilson to Mexico delivering a formal ultimatum. A stricter policy is adopted as the administration warns Mexico to heed prior cautions or face firmer consequences.
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Wilson
Mexico
Taft weighs firmer Mexico policy as ambassador recalled
President Taft directs Henry Lane Wilson to return to Mexico City with a demand to end the Mexican rebellion. The move follows talks with officials who deny an ultimatum, but the United States promises action to protect life and property amid rebel violence and foreign protests.
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Washington
Taft
Mexico
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
United States
Suffragettes Plan Ball Stop Tonight in New York State
Four suffragettes halted a 22 mile trek near Fishkill and plan a ball at Wappingers Falls tonight after reaching 60 miles of their 140 mile push toward Albany. Leader Rosalia J. Jones says cures for blisters and stiff joints aided the march in the cold clear weather.
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Fishkill
N. Y
Albany
Wappingers Falls
Rosalia J. Jones
New York
Atlanta May Secure U S Infantry Post
General Leonard Wood announced the War Department aims to establish a brigade infantry post at Atlanta with funding and congressional action to follow. Governor Brown backed U S control of the Panama Canal, defending American supremacy and the canal as an American institution.
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Atlanta
War Department
Leonard Wood
Army
Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Oglethrope
Congress
Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Great Britain
Panama Canal
United States
Brown
Suez Canal
Less Cotton Ginned In Period At Washington
December reports from the census bureau show 570,812 running bales ginned from December 1 to 18, down from 953,920 bales a year ago. Season total before December 13 reached 12,424,852 running bales versus 13,770,727 last year, with daily averages of 567,031 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Taft to Demand Action on Mexico Unrest
President Taft pressed for a firm response to Mexican unrest after noting attacks on American lives and property. Ambassador Wilson will depart for New York en route to Mexico City, as officials deny an ultimatum while planning further representations to Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Taft
White House
Knox
Mexican embassy to tighten protections for American interests
Senior officials report three American backed figures from northern Mexico pressed the state department with details on rebel extortion tactics against American managers and foremen. Senators from the foreign relations committee return from border inquiries urging firmer U.S. stance as Ambassador to sail from New York to Vera Cruz to convey proposals.
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Mexico
State Department
Senate
California
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