Taft proposes army reform and three new battleships
President Taft delivers the second message to Congress urging a thorough reorganization of the army and legislation to boost the National Guard. He backs building three battleships and notes plans for water power regulation and Panama Canal tolls amid fiscal and foreign affairs. The address covers treasury health, deficits for 1914, and Philippines self government.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Panama Canal
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy Department
Army
National Guard
Philippines
Department of Justice Spotlighted by Taft
President Taft lauds the Department of Justice for stronger organization, larger force, and successful prosecutions. He notes ongoing cases and pending actions as evidence of effective government enforcement.
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Department of Justice
Sumner Denies Roosevelt Retirement Claim
Charles Sumner in Boston issued a denial of reports that he said Theodore Roosevelt would not run again as Progressive party candidate. He asserted there was absolutely nothing in his speech to justify such a statement.
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Boston
Charles Sumner
Sedan
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Mr. Bird
Woman jury in Idaho finds a member guilty in revolver case
In Twin Falls Idaho a female jury in probate court finds Mrs Edward Butts guilty of threatening a man with a revolver to which the jury recommended mercy. The pace was quick with a midday meal break and the verdict delivered in under an hour. In Canton China the provisional assembly votes a land sale and earmarks 3 million dollars of a 10 million loan toward expected war with Russia.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Edward Butts
Arthur Requa
Czar
Canton
China
Provisional Assembly
Russia
Yawl of lost schooner Simmons found near Kewanee
A yawl identical to the Simmons boat was sighted by the tow barge Resumption crew off Kewanee and later by others, offering no clue to the fate of the ten men aboard when the Simmons sank last Thursday. Relatives press for news as Cutter Tuscarora searches in fog and rough seas. Christmas tree tops appear in nets near Manitowoc, and survivor Hogan Hoganson clarifies no wife aboard Captain Nelson. In New York, a burglary arrest yields papers directing to Rockefeller home Pocantico Hills with entrance method notes.
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Chicago
Kewanee
Rouse Simmons
Lake Michigan
Yawl
Simmons
Thompsons Pier
Mich
United States Revenue
Berry
Two Rivers Point
Manitowoc
Wis
Hogan Hoganson
Milwaukee Avenue
Charles Nelson
Nelson
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Highwood
N. J
St. Louis Board Faces Arrest Under Fire Escape Law
Warrants issued for twelve members of the St. Louis board of education charging violation of the estate fire escape law by failing to provide fire escapes on certain school buildings.
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St. Louis
Board of Education
Dynamite Conspiracy Trial Witness Denies Plot
Henry W. Legleitner testified in the dynamite conspiracy trial in Indianapolis denying knowledge of a union led plot. He faced accusations of carrying a nitroglycerin can from Pittsburg to Indianapolis and of approving use of union funds for explosive purchases. The defense points to his denial of any admission of money appropriation for McNamara.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Henry W. Legleitner
Pittsburg
Legieitner
Denver
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
J. J. McNamara
McNamara
Legleitner
Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Frange's Stand Noted By Premier Poincare
Commander W H G Bullard appointed chief of the navy department radiotelegraphy office overseeing all wireless stations. The office was created by Secretary Meyer due to rapid wireless growth. A witness testified Indianapolis visit in 1910 and discussed McNamara's alleged $1000 monthly pay for blowing up nonunion jobs. At McNamara's arrest, union leaders aided detectives in searches for explosives.
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W. H. G. Bullard
Navy Department
Radiotelegraphy
Meyer
Indianapolis
Union
Pittsburg
McNamara
William N. Harding
Wilson to end vacation in Bermuda voyage to New York
President Elect Woodrow Wilson plans to end his Bermuda vacation on December 14. If unchanged, Governor Wilson will sail aboard the Bermudian to New York, with expected arrival December 16.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Kingston
Woodrow Wilson
Nevada attorney general Baker dies suddenly in Carson City
Cleveland H. Baker, Nevada attorney general, died at his home in Carson City from an internal hemorrhage. A California native and son-in-law of U.S. Senator Perkins, Baker was a young prominent Democrat in Nevada politics.
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Reno
Nev
Cleveland H. Baker
Nevada
Carson City
Baker
California
United States
Perkins
A Dramatic Railroad Bill Passes House Without Division
Washington December 6 The Adamson bill to create a special commission for a physical valuation of railroads and with the Mann amendment empowering the interstate commerce commission to regulate stock and bond issues passed the house without division
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Washington
Adamson
Mann
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Prince of Wales undergoes adenoid operation
The prince of Wales had a successful adenoids operation just before his recent Paris visit. News of the surgery was suppressed until his complete recovery became known. He has shown marked improvement in studies and athletics at Oxford since the operation.
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London
Prince of Wales
Paris
Oxford
Human Bomb's Trial Set for Today in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles this December the trial of Cam Riedelbach dubbed the human bomb will be heard today for threatening to dynamite the police station and other actions.
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Los Angeles
Dec
Cam Riedelbach
Peace Conference to Be Held in London December 16
France's Premier Poincare outlines policy to preserve alliances and European peace. Greece signals shift from separatist stance to sign armistice while Greek forces sustain campaigns in Epirus and along the Dardanelles. Fear grows for foreigners in Smyrna as Turkish troops return.
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London
Smyrna
Paris
France
Poincare
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
Greece
Ismail Kemal Bey
Epirus
Janina
Chios
Dardanelles
Celia Gal
Guili Seros
Bulatr
Gallipoli
Don
Hon
Turkey
Sir Edward Grey
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Austria
Washington
Dec
Knight
Tennessee
Tennessee Cap
Talk of Waterway Plans at Ninth Annual Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington December 6 with Senator Martian of Virginia opening the second day as the national rivers and harbors congress continued its ninth annual convention. Also on the program were Secretary of War Stimson Representative Sparkman Harold F. McCormick May F. Donnelly and George Clinton among others.
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Washington
Senator Martian
Virginia
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Senator Martin
Stimson
Representative Sparkman
Harold F. McCormick
F. W. Donnelly
Trenton
N. J
George Clinton
Buffalo
Big Shipments to Philippines Increase Pacific Mail and Toyo Schedules
Heavy rises in freight and passenger demand between San Francisco and Manila prompt Pacific Mail Steamship Co and Toyo Kisen Kaisha to double their schedules. Outbound freight cotton remains the principal factor driving the surge.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Dec
Manila
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
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Navy
Emory R. Johnson
United Statess
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General Board
Frank B. Noyes
National Capital
Tves
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Bird
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Midlake
U. S&s
Kirk Kilisseh
Frange
Bullard
Wilson
Bermudas
Wales
Martin
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