Alexander Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race by Wide Margin
In Los Angeles the addition of two harbor precincts did not alter the lead of Mayor G. W. Alexander over socialist Jol Harriman. Unofficial totals show 138,120 votes cast Tuesday with Alexander at about 8,099 to Harriman’s 51,990, while socialist council candidate Fred Wheeler garnered 64,544, surpassing any on his ticket and leaving John Topham as the lowest on the winning ticket by 19,096.
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Los Angeles
Harbor
G. W. Alexander
Jol Harriman
Alexander
Harriman
Fred Wheeler
Council
John Topham
Stope Open at Former Billiard Hall in Tonopah
The Stope Bar and Billiard Hall will open tonight in the room formerly occupied by a billiard hall above the theater. Proprietors Davis and Kalnus are well known in Tonopah as old-timers. Linch will be served.
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Stope
Billard
Davis & Kalnus
Tonopah
Federal Judge halts California railroad rate cut
Federal Judge Van Fleet issued a temporary restraining order delaying the California railroad commission from implementing proposed fare reductions between Los Angeles and San Pedro. A hearing is set for next Monday.
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San Francisco
Dec
van Fleet
State Railroad Commission
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Hyde trial advances with broad evidence in Swope case
In Kansas City Massachusetts December, the state pushes to introduce evidence linking Dr. B Clarke Hyde to Colonel Thomas H Swope s death and to present testimony from a prior trial. Prosecutors seek to connect a capsule given to Stella Swope to poison though no direct proof exists. Defense objects as witnesses describe germs and injections. The judge weighs admissibility as the lengthy case continues.
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Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
B. Clarke Hyde
Inteme
Hyde
Stella
Barak
Eleabeth Gordon
McNamara Brothers Refuse Grand Jury Testimony
Los Angeles police report John J. and James B. McNamara refuse to aid the federal grand jury investigating a nationwide dynamite conspiracy. Prosecutors seek evidence from Ortie J. McManigal as part of the case tied to the Los Angeles Times building blast and related dynamitings.
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Los Angeles
Dee
John J.mcnamara
Dynamiter
Jafier Gallagher
Federal Grand Jury
Brain
Oscar Lawler
James McNamara
United States District Court For
United States
Indianapolis
J. D. Fredericks
Los Angeles County
John J
James B. McNamara
San Quentin Penitentiary
Ortie J. McManigal
McNamara Brothers
Propose Settle All Strikes Now In Existence
Labor leaders met in New York to discuss ending the metal workers and carpenters strikes and the McNamara confessions impact on unions. Some urged a nationwide pause and peace conference among unions, hoping for an amicable settlement when Samuel Gompers returns shortly.
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New York
World of Good
Mr. Gompers
Electrician in critical condition after shaft accident
F. Hobank, injured by a fall in the Florence shaft, remains in critical condition at St. Marys hospital. Doctors report a badly bruised head but no skull fracture. brief consciousness periods occur when he recognizes people. Recovery is hoped for. Christmas sales promotions at H A McKim Co. urged. Mrs. E Peart arrives from Colusa, Cal., aiding family business recovery reports.
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Hobank
Florence
St. Mary's Hospital
Golli
Tribune
Mining Litigation Averted In Tonopah Camp
News from Tonopah announces an amicable agreement between Tonopah Mining Co and Jim Butler Mining Co over working a lodge on a side line between Valley View and Wandering Boy claims. The previous injunction blocked ore extraction, but with settlement the Butler group will resume operations and profit from new development. Stock activity in Ann Hather shares rose as settlement nears.
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Tonopah Mining Co
Jim Butler Mining Co
Tonbbah
Philadelphia
Tonopah Mining Company
Jim Butler Mining Company
Lodge
Valley View
Tonopah Mining Company Group
Jim Buller Halfling
United States
the Butler
Vatley View
Strom
Jim Butler
Wandering Bay
Ann Hather Stock
Tami
Shather
Tonopah
Debated Cause of Maine Explosion Confirmed by Navy
The Navy Department released a statement on December 8 confirming the battleship Maine was blown up from the outside. The inquiry showed the blast forced armor inward, supporting the view the Spanish–American War was justifiable and dispelling doubts of an unjust attack.
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Navy Department
Maine
United States
Spain
Congress Debates Ethics and Tariff Bills This Week
In Washington Congress resumes amid a Lorimer ethics inquiry and sugar beet and foreign relations discussions. Hearings on antitrust and contempt proceedings follow a Persian appeal and a permanent tariff board bill, with a Niagara Falls reservation urged by a House committee as Senate hearings near December 14.
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Washington, Bee
Congress
Senate
Lorimer
Gary
U.S. Steel Corporation
House
Hearins
Clayton Bil
Niagara Falls
Senate—Employers’ Uability Commission
Burns arrives to link McNamaras in dynamite outrages
Detective William J. Burns traveled to New York to consult with Walter Drew of the National Erectors' Association about more than a hundred dynamite outrages nationwide. He claims the McNamaras and their network are behind all incidents since 1906 and asserts union leaders must purge dishonest elements to save socialism. Burns expects no new confessions and plans to return to Philadelphia tonight.
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New York
William J. Burns
McNamaras
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Bufus
Organized Labor
John Mitchell
Burns
Ers
McNamara
Iron Workers
Philadelphia
Sugar beet culture labeled hot house industry debate
Washington dispatch reports testimony before a special committee accusing sugar beet farming regions of being a hot house industry. James Bodkin of Meade Colorado says cheap foreign sugar and unfair contracts threaten farmers profits and force strict beet handling terms. He cites Great Western Sugar company influence limiting scientific beet testing.
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Washington
Sugar Trust
James Bodkin
Meade
Colo
Bodkin
Commission Takes Jurisdiction Over Railroad Car Practices
The Interstate Commerce Commission declared its jurisdiction over railroad practices affecting shipper transportation rights. In a coal embargo case the commission ruled that temporary car embargoes and congestion by one line do not justify misuse of other lines’ equipment. The decision centralizes control over transportation and freight charges under ICC authority.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lane
Missari & Ilinois Coal Impany
Central Railroad
Hlinois
Pointe
Missouri
Wit
Hew
Theta
Advances on lemon freight rates suspended by ICC
Advances on freight rate increases from California lemons to Colorado Utah and Montana were suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A 15 cent rise to $1.15 per hundred pounds was filed by Southern Pacific and others for Western Territory. The proposed law was set to remain suspended until April 11 1912.
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Washington
California
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Interastate Commerce Commission
Southern
Western Territory
Dirigible Sets World Altitude Record At Paris
Paris after balloon flight Adjutant Reww and crew claim a new world altitude record for dirigibles reachingTOGS feet as crowds watch the historic ascent.
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Paris
Dee
Taft Addresses Foreign Relations In Second Message
President Taft submitted a second message on foreign relations outlining last year’s U S policy. He explained the post haste movement of 20000 troops to Mexico, urged ratification of arbitration treaties with Britain and France, and conventions with Nicaragua and Honduras. He noted passport talks with Russia and said a follow up on arbitration treaties would come later.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
United States
Mexico
United States Senate
Great Britain
France
Nicaragua
Honduras
American Ambassadors Guild
St. Peterburg
Russia
Senate
Farmers clash over sugar policy in Denver hearing
An Independent chemist balked at private sugar tests while officials accused a farmer witness of hostility to Great Western Sugar. Testimony showed tensions between beet growers and refiners, with calls for tariff protection to keep farmer prices up. A Fort Morgan beet farmer urged farmers to receive fairer beet payments. Charles Wonacott, an undertaker from Bishop, Cal., returned home.
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Tural
Denver
Colorado University At
Bodkin
Mr. Fordney
Astradd
A. Combs
Fort
Charles Wonacott
Undertaker
Bishop, Cal
Dr Lyman on Trial in Conspiracy Case
Dr John Grant Lyman once Los Angeles land promoter faced a U S district court trial for conspiracy tied to alleged mail fraud. He and watchman Charles M Courtright demanded to be tied together, while nurse J M Thornet remains at large after breaking from Klamath Falls jail as the fugitive party was captured.
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Ban Francisco
Der
John Grant Lyman
Los Angeles
United States District Court
Yeaterday
Oakland Hospital
Lyman
Charles M. Courtright
J. M. Thornet
Klamath Falls
Ore
Dynamite Taken From Train Linked to L A Times Blast
Kearney Nebraska December 8 police say the dynamite used in the Los Angeles Times building destruction was removed from a Union Pacific train to evade detectives. The explosive was later reshipped to Los Angeles, with a local drayman connected to the case. Bonanza want ads warn about property losses.
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Kearney
Neb
Los Angeles Times
Union Pacific
Skelton
Los Angeles
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