French Doctors Claim Cure for General Paralysis
Paris reports three physicians announce a partial cure for general paralysis using injections of Dr Ehrlichs salvarian serum into the brain. They describe two cases, one improving after December 4 and another showing marked mental recovery though eyesight remains imperfect.
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Paris
Levaditi
Pasteur Institute
Angus Maniere
State Mental Department
Ehrlich
Demartel
Maniere
Major Gillette Defends Huerta at New York Meeting
Retired Major G A Gillette told the United Engineering Society in New York that the U S administration mishandles Mexico and that intervention is likely. He praised Huerta as restoring order after decades of turmoil and urged recognizing his regime to secure financial aid for nationwide restoration.
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New York
G. A. Gillette
Mexico
United Engineering Society
Major Gillette
Latin America
Wilson
Panama
Sonora
Terra del Fuego
Gillette
Diaz
Madero
Huerta
America
United States
Cuba
Army Recruits Grow as Applications Surge in Peace Time
Washington reports a surge in enlistment interest with 5 000 applications recorded last month, 2 000 more than any prior peaceful period. Army officers now see no fear of failing to reach full authorized strength.
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Washington
Southern Marble for the Memorial
The Lincoln commission in Washington met to start the memorial project for $2,000,000 honoring the martyred president. Protests over marble material favored southern stone over Colorado marble, awaiting contract settlement, with progress possible before award.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lincol Commission
Congress
Colorado
Garrison
Vanderlip backs view no repeat of 1907 panic
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of National City Bank of New York, reinforces his claim that a panic like 1907 cannot recur. He says J. P. Morgan's role is not easily filled, but a similar crisis remains unthinkable according to leading finance figures in New York.
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New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of
J. P. Morgan
Vanderlip
Youth Meets Death Escaping Pursuers in Brooklyn Subway
A 10 year old Solomon Furst, allegedly a pickpocket, fled through seven subway cars in Brooklyn pursued by about a hundred passengers. He leaped from the front platform of the last car and was crushed against a tunnel pillar. Police fingerprint identification confirmed his name.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn
Solomon Furst
Minister narrowly survives shooting outside Blairsville church
Rev. Dr. R. E. McClure pastor of Blairsville United Presbyterian Church and Indiana County Anti Sa loon League president escaped a nighttime assassination attempt when a bullet pierced his Bible and grazed his side. Police hunt two assailants. one fired twice and dropped his hat during escape.
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Associated Press
Blairsville
R. E. McClure
Dr. McClure
United Presbyterian Church
Great Havoc on Ambrim Island
Associated Press reports from Sydney on December 22 describe a volcanic eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides. About 500 natives died as lava rivers and blasts engulfed villages, with fires reaching a thousand feet and the sea boiling from falling stones.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Ambrim
New Hebrides
Glynn Rejects Whitman Bid for Special Deputy Role
Albany December report says Governor Glynn declined District Attorney Whitman’s request to be appointed a special deputy attorney general to conduct a state wide graft inquiry. Glynn criticized Whitman’s motives as political and warned of prosecutions by local district attorneys or removals if evidence outside Whitman’s jurisdiction is offered. He dismissed the legal basis for the appointment.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
New York
Glynn
Mr. Glynn
No License Orwed In Wisconsin Sparks Legal Debate
Horace B. Walmsley a leading lawyer says the new Wisconsin Eugenic Marriage Law is useless since a legal contract of marriage can be formed without a license or examination simply by two non married people agreeing to be man and wife and cohabiting. The state supreme court decision supports this view provoking statewide discussion. Conservative folk question morality and legality amid the ruling.
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Associated Press
Milwaukeeee
Horace B. Walmsley
Walmsley
SIGNAL HONOR TO DEAD VETERAN AND CONFEDERATE LEADERS
Nashville reports funeral services for A. R. Hard, editor of the Confederate organ, with General Bennett H. Young as commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans presiding. Dr. James I. Vance and H. Clay Yates led the services at First Presbyterian Church. A poem by Davis Cunningham was read. Cunningham plans to visit his boyhood home in Ville, Tenn, while Major B. E. Lewis arranges a special car for friends to Shelbyville. Prices for gasoline are noted as high, with some blaming weather.
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Associated Preas
Nashville
Tenn
Bennett H. Young
United Confederataes Erans
Cw Hard
First Presbey
James I. Vance
H. Clay Yates
Davis Cunningham
Rio Grande River
States
Mexico
Vance
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Zic
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Gov. Glynn Balks Whitman
New York City
Justices of the Peaces
Lavida” and ”la Camille” Corsets
Fownes
Wisconsin
Renal
Cunningham
E. Speiby
All Aay
City Bank & Trust CO
Mobile, Alabama
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