Taft Elevates Justice White to Chief Justice
Edward Douglass White of Louisiana will be advanced to chief justice to fill the vacancy caused by the late Melville Fuller. Justice Lamar of Georgia and Judge Van Devanter are named as associate justices, creating a Republican majority on the court. White, a Confederate veteran with federal leanings, was born in 1845 and has served 16 years on the Supreme Court.
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Edward Douglass White
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Supreme Court of the United States
Melvile W. Fuller
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Supreme Court
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Arhington
Junilor
Strike vote shows engineers favor strike in Chicago area
Chicago officials report 97.12 percent of over 30 000 ballots cast on 60 railroads favor striking with 2.48 percent backing the managers compromise. A meeting of engineers committee and managers is set for today to discuss terms.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engineers’ Committee
Governors and Governors Elect From Score of States Pose For Picture
Governors and governors elect from many states gathered at Frankfort and Louisville Kentucky for the annual meeting. Reform measures were urged, including electing senators by popular vote and a universal divorce law, with each governor to report his state’s sentiment.
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Prankfort
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Harmon
Ohio
Jermy
Baxter
Columbus
Accused of Tipping Secrets of Jury Rogy Accused of Tipping Secrets
Chicago charges allege a tip to the imperial grand jury room led to a contempt dispute before Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. Charles DeWoody, division superintendent of the Justice Department's Bureau of Investigation, is named as the tipster by John Feps for Mrs Alice Christouber, a witness in a paying Bitcx trust case. Christouber says she refused to reveal evidence out of fear it would reach interested parties.
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Ass.o
Devens
Kenesaw M. Ludié
United States District Court
Hin
Charles ¥. de Woody
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
John
F.eps
Counser
Alicen Christouber
Wittem
Bitcx
United States
DeWooly
Government tests Welsh rarebit digestion theory
Washington December 12 The department of agriculture defends the Welsh rarebit arguing raw cheese digests easily and will prove the dish is safe. A double walled heatproof room and electrical instruments support the claim. Secretary Wilson will publish an official formula for preparation with or without beer.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Murder Suspects Named in Carbon Hill Death
Carbon Hill reports Harry Lemon and Arnold Meneal were arrested by Deputy Sheriff George A. Baynham in connection with the murder of James Wilson whose charred bones were found in a heap after a week. Authorities suspect multiple men. In Kansas City a second murder case on the Bernhard farm shifts motive from robbery to revenge, with bloody fingerprints aiding capture. A New York obituary notes S W W Rowaiter, longtime adviser and VP of the New York Central Railroad, died at his Muashini home.
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Here
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W. W. Rowaiter
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Muahini
Hotel Bruna wick Destroyed By Basement Fire In Minnespolla
Fire destroyed the Bruna wick hotel in Minnespolla collapsing furniture and smoke. Fire origin cited in the basement. Crowded at discovery time guests escaped unharmed. Loss estimated around 160000 dollars.
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Brunawick
Bluse
Twin Cities
Robber gang captured after Alaska gold bullion theft
Six men and one woman were seized in San Francisco after thieves stole $60,000 in Alaska gold bullion from the steamer Humboldt last September. Chief conspirators were identified as B C Smith and his wife, split bullion sold to local jewelers, with the gold tied to a Tanana district signature. The loot formed part of a $170,000 Fairbanks to Seattle shipment, and one box landed in Seattle with a misleading lead-filled contents.
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Desire
Alaska
Humboldt
Berico
Harry Moffitt
B.C. Smith
Market Street
Yarloun
Smith
Tanana
Fairbanks
Seattle
Ohio State Tax Commission lowers Norfolk & Western assessment
In Ohio the state tax commission trimmed the N and W appraisal by 588,450 dollars after auditors improperly taxed money and credits not in state or used by the railway business. Reductions directed in Pickaway, Franklin, Ross, Scioto, Pike, and Lawrence counties.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
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Pike
Lawrence
Census figures show U S population surpasses 101 million
The census bureau reports the United States plus possessions exceed 101.1 million people, with 41,072,208 on the continental mainland. Growth over 1900 averages 21 percent, led by New York and Pennsylvania, while rural counties decline in the upper Midwest and farm prosperity rises in the same era.
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Census Bureau
Man Kills a Friend Near Plasterbed
Port Clinton December 12 Yoseph Benney aged 24 was killed by Frank Ominger near Plasterbed as he and companions walked home from Gypseum Ominger confronted them with a shotgun fired after ordering them to stop Benney was hit in the right chest and died companions fled to nearby neighbors to raise the alarm Ominger escaped authorities know no motive for the crime
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Yoseph Benney
Frank Ominger
Plasterbed
Benney
Gypseum
Omimgor
Ominger
Bia Cheat
Government in Control After Mutineers Surrender
Rio de Janeiro reports government control after the rebel marine corps surrendered. About 200 civilians and over 200 mutineers on the island were killed in the bombardment involving two warships two land batteries and several destroyers.
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Rio Janeiro
Marine Corps
Man Who Went On Lark Must Face The Music
Walter Jones of Bailey Mills, Belont County, eloped with his niece a month ago to evade her husband. Deputy Sheriff George A. Daynham captured him in Murray City and jailed him in St. Glairayilie. Mae G. McClary, wife of Harry McClary, who joined on the lark, remains missing. Jones claimed it was a lark. the husband offered a $25 reward for arrest.
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Walter Jones
Baileys Milly
Belont County
Sherif George A. Daynham
County
St. Glairayilie
Mae G. McClary
Harry McClary
Jones
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