Children drown trying to save girl in San Mateo
In San Mateo California on December 8 Erwin Daniels aged 9 and John Izzard aged 8 died rescuing their companion Margaret McLennan 5 as their crude raft overturned in San Mateo creek Rescuers could not revive the girl though she was breathing when help arrived The children came from prominent local families.
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United Press
San Mateo
Cal
Margaret McLennan
Erwin Daniels
John Ixzard
San Mateo Creek
Pinchot Urges Open Lands and Shared Irrigation Cost
Gifford Pinchot former chief forester dominates the national irrigation congress in Chicago advocating government land open to homesteaders on equal terms. He calls for holding agricultural lands for settlement reclaiming arid and swamp lands with citizens paying for irrigation and drainage.
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United Press
Chicago
United States
Gifford Pinchot
National Irrigation Congress
Pinchot
Citien
Governmmnt
Indian Princes Compete for Favor at King George Reception
In Delhi, Prince envoys arrived in a gaudy procession to greet King George as emperor. Bodies of guards and officials marshalled lines while crowds looked on. Reports say jealousy grew among princes over gun salutes and seating, risking tribal tensions after the king departs.
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George
United Press
Delhi
Dec
Nebraskan executrix alleged misallocation of Phelps estate
In the superior court Mrs Florence M Moore of Nebraska sues as executrix of Phelps estate alleging she failed to distribute inheritance to five family branches while securing control of most property herself. The case centers on alleged misallocation by the executrix and resultant estate control.
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Florence M. Moore
Nebraska
Phelps
Henchman of Big Business Ties to Southern Pacific Network
The record details Oscar Lawler appointed by Wickersham to lead the Dinwooding Investigation, with ties to Frank P. Flint and Walter Parker's Southern Pacific machine. He served as U S district attorney for southern California under pressure from Flint and the SP crowd, aided Ballinger and authored Taft's whitewash. He burned drafts of the Ballinger letter in interior department room 215 and resigned after the Ballinger expose, later aiding the Merchants and Manufacturers Association in Los Angeles prosecutions.
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Wickersham
Frank P. Flint
Southern Pacific
Walter Parker
U. S
Southern California
Flint
Ballinger
Taft
Interior Department
Cane
Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association
Los Angeles
Babes Play With Dynamite Tragedy Shocks Rochester
Police investigate after three boys die from detonating caps in a bonfire and a shinny game ended with dynamite. Eight sticks of dynamite were found buried in a residence district while twelve children were found playing with explosives in a contractor's cellar during a jumping contest.
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Rochester
WN. Y
Dee
Dad Can Have His Heir Now
Paris reports that Prof. Leon Lobbe told the French Academy researchers are close to controlling a baby's sex. If the discovery holds, fathers may choose a boy and mothers a daughter, ending the old hopeful uncertainty.
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Paris
Dec
Leon Lobbe
French Academy
Disaster at Volga bridge near Kazan claims many lives
At least 150 to 200 workers died when a Volga river bridge under construction collapsed near Kazan. Only about a dozen bodies recovered as troops search the ice choked water. survivors say over 200 men plunged in and most perished.
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United Press
ST. Petersburg
Volga River
Kazan
Edison Not So Kind With Andy
New York December 6 Andrew Carnegie placed Thomas A Edison on his list of twenty great men but Edison did not return the compliment naming Gutenberg in his list. Edison lists Watts Stephen son and Pasteur high up and would have poets or writers except Shakespeare and possibly Herbert Spencer. He reads Victor Hugo Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Maupassant.
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Andrew Carnegie
Thomas A. Edison
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Guttenberg
A Watts
Stephenson
Pasteur
Shakespeare
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Victor Mago
Edgar Allen Poe
Guy de Maupassant
Reyes Disguised as Laborer Reaches Brownsville
A dispatch reports Gen Bernardo Reyes, former Mexican army commander and fugitive rebel, arrived in Brownsville Texas disguised as an old laborer with a staff. The report notes Reyes entered the city in disguise as part of his flight from the Mexican republic.
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Mexico City
Dec
Brownsville
Tex
Bernardo Reyes
Reyes
Superintendent Moji Shimidzu Death on Steamship Awa Maru
The superintendent Moji Shimidzu killed himself by throwing under a train aboard the steamship Awa Maru. He stated in a note that the act was his duty to atone for the emperor's embarrassment.
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Moji Shimidzu
A Grave Charge Against Merchant
Portland report states A. J. Garrard a San Francisco commission merchant is under arrest on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old girl employed at a local department store. Police allege the girl was introduced to Garrard by the department head and that they attended champagne suppers and frequented road houses. Bonds set at $1000. The case may involve several other women.
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Portland, Or
A. J. Garrard
Commission
San Francisco
Lberty
Garrard
Man dies in dynamite blast while blowing stump
A bachelor son decided to make his will and left several thousand dollars to a neighbor across the street. He went out to blow up a stump with a bomb of twenty sticks of dynamite, stumbled, and was blown to pieces.
Army shows new field sweater replaces coats
Washington dispatch notes that coats will no longer be part of the U S troops in the field. The War Department has decided a light sweater will be more practical and just as comfortable for soldiers in service.
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Washington
Dec
United States
War Department
Bailey to Race Horses Again
United States Senator Jos W Bailey of Texas plans a comeback to horse racing after leaving the senate next March. He has bought a string of light harness horses to campaign next season despite a prior pledge to quit racing after selling his farm and horses.
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United Press
Lexington
United States
Jos. W. Bailey
Texas
Senate
Bailey
Woodrow Wilson Explains Carnegie Fund Request
Baltimore dispatch reports Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey explaining his application for Carnegie retirement benefits. He asserts lack of private means and argues the fund grants retirement allowances based on long service and quality of work, not old age pensions.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Carnegie Fund
Carnegie Foundation
Bitter Debate by English Lords in Persia Crisis
In London a bitter House of Lords debate centered on Persia with Lord Curzon denouncing American official W Morgan Shuster yet arguing England caused Russia’s ultimatum and warning against any English moves into Persian territory. Lord Morse said Russia would not violate Persia’s integrity.
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House of Lords
Lord Curzon
Lord Mary
W. Morgan Shuster
Persin
Russia
Persia
England
Foreign Office
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