Waterways bond issue urged at National Rivers and Harbors congress
The sixth convention opened in Washington with President Taft endorsing waterways improvement policy over specific projects. Taft urged a congressional declaration to begin work with ordinary funds, noting bonds only if revenues allow. The session included remarks by Count von Bernstorff and a plan by the women's auxiliary to beautify canal banks with gardens.
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Washington
Taft
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Joseph E. Ransdell
John S. Martin
Missouri
United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Congress
Count von Bernstorff
Woman's National Congress
Expedited Bills Move Through House Appropriations
Washington reports rapid progress on big funding measures for government needs. A subcommittee is reviewing the District of Columbia appropriation bill while fortifications funding also advances toward House consideration before Christmas adjournment.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
House
Dobbins Seeks New Trial In $30,000 Larceny Case
Judge W R Green will hear the motion for a new trial in the state against John R Dobbins. Dobbins was convicted of larceny of $30 000 from T W Ballew of Princeton Missouri in connection with a Mabray horse race pulled off in Council Bluffs Iowa.
Big Four Telegraphers in Deadlock May Strike
In Cincinnati on December 9 the telegraphers of the Big Four and company officials are in a stalemate. About 1,000 telegraphers on the system are involved. The national event could see a strike.
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Big Four
Cincinnati
Bank President Arrested In Wisconsin Bank Irregularities
Calvert Spensley president of the failed First National bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin was arrested on an indictment from the federal grand jury in La Crosse alleging irregularities. He pleaded not guilty in Madison and posted a 20000 dollar bond. He is charged with conspiring with Phillip Allen junior cashier to cash worthless checks and cover the transactions including checks drawn for himself and partner Charles McKhon totaling thirteen thousand eight hundred thirty five dollars.
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Calvert Spensley
Mineral Point
Madison
Wis
First National Bank of
LaCrosag
United States
Sanborn
Spensley
Phillip Allen, Jr
Charles M. McKhon
Allen
Reward Offered for Spring Gun Killers in Cody
Big Horn county and Cody businessmen post a $1,090 reward for those responsible for the death of F. A. Ash Western Drug manager killed by a spring gun set in his bedroom. The weapon exploded as he opened the door and he died two hours later.
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Big Horn
Cody
Wyo
Big Horn County
F. A. Ash
Western Drug Company
Martial law in Honduras amid Bonilla invasion fears
Porto Cortez Honduras December 9 Martial law has been proclaimed amid rumors that General Bonilla may use the Nicaragua crisis to invade Honduras with a rebel band and attempt to regain the presidency once held until 1907 under President Davila.
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Island Republic
Bonilla
Porto Cortez
Honduras
Nicaragua
Davila
Gift to Columbia Bequest for Cancer Research
George Crocker leaves at least 1.5 million dollars to Columbia University for cancer investigation. The sum comes from the sale of his city home and country estate as provided in his will. The donor died in New York City on Sunday prior to the report.
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George Crocker
New York
Columbia University
Carrie Nation Harshly Attacks Bar Bottled Whisky
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Carrie Nation entering the Union Station buffet and using a hatchet to smash about 50 dollars worth of whisky. She was arrested and detained on charges of destroying private property.
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Washington
Carrie Nation
Congress
Union Station
House of Detention
Despondent woman ends life over unseen love in Baltimore
Miss Mary Scott twenty of Baltimore killed herself after a love for a man she had never met went unrequited. She had known the man believed to be C S Shull of Harrisburg through a friend.
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Baltimore
Mary Scott
Miss Scott
C. S. Shull
Harrisburg
Twenty Years for Assault in Mason City Case
Judge Kelley sentenced William Smith aged thirty to twenty years in the state reformatory after a guilty finding for criminal assault on a five year old girl. The incident occurred in Mason City, Iowa, on December 9.
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Mason City
Kelley
William Smith
State Reformatory
Smith
Red Cross stamps popular cause mail confusion nationwide
Washington reports thousands of letters with Red Cross stamps sent to dead letter offices or held at post offices for postage. The stamps are not postage and such mail is unpaid. The stamps are not admitted in Britain and only allowed to German mails when affixed to the back. The use is noted especially in DC with the president among prominent users and all White House mail bearing stamps.
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Washington
Red Cross
Great Britain
District of Columbia
White House
Cook papers arrive in Copenhagen for polar expedition data
December report details Dr. Frederick Cook's polar observations arriving by steamship United States with an iron box of his journals and diaries, guarded by secretary Walter Lonsdale and two detectives. The papers were handed to the University of Copenhagen for a formal examination in a secure room at the observatory.
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Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
United States
Lonsdale
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen Observatory
Slain After Torture in Arkansas Boat House Murder
In Shawnee Arkansas authorities report that Mrs. Alice Cummings and her father A Roberson were tortured before being killed on their houseboat. Roberson’s burned body lay with a feather mattress set alight, while Mrs. Cummings appears to have been immersed in hot water and then shot.
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Shawnee
Ark
Alice Cummings
A. Roberson
Roberson
Brothers Killed in Explosion at Philadelphia Factory
George A Fowler and his brother Robert Fowler were crushed to death when a gas tank exploded at the Stiffel Freeman safe factory in Philadelphia. The incident occurred December 9 and investigators began work at the scene.
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Philadelphia
George A. Fowler
Robert Fowler
Stiffel & Freeman
Banks see record totals as US finds health of 1909
Washington reports the first comprehensive year end banking snapshot for April 28 1909 covering 6 893 national 11 319 state 1 703 mutual and stock sav ings 1 497 private banks and 1 079 loan and trust companies with total resources of 21 1 billion. Loans and deposits surged since 1900, with capital stock up 75 percent and deposits up 94 percent. loans rose about 9 percent in the year.
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Washington
United States
National Monetary Commission
Publc
Commission
Comptroller
Violence in Steel Strike Ends in Dynamite Blast
The Amalgamated Association strike against Americaun Sheet and Tinplate in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania escalates with dynamite destroying a house harboring nonunion workers in Struthers Ohio injuring seven a soldier firing at a striker in Bridgeport Ohio with no effect and nonunion men beaten at Newcastle Pennsylvania as Wheeling Martins Ferry and other towns brace for further clashes following the open shop order.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Americaun Sheet and Tinplate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Struthers
Bridgeport
Newcastle
Wheeling
W. Va
Martins Ferry
Railroad switchmen strike eased by Spokane work return
The Railroad General Managers association announced that 26 switchmen returned to work at Spokane, clearing the Northwest disruption. Independent businessmen from St. Paul confirmed freight moving satisfactorily, backing the claim that the situation is being handled and business operations proceed smoothly.
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Chicago
Railroad General Managers’ Association
Northwest
Gruber
Great Northern
Spokane
St. Paul
Brokaw Divorce Trial Highlights Wealthy Yachtsman Remarks
In Mineola New York Mrs. Brokaw testifies she was subjected to cruel treatment and jealousy by W Gould Brokaw a millionaire yachtsman. She describes his accusations of flirting and calls she endured while the couple married since 1907.
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New York
W. Gould Brokaw
Coiplie Condert
Katherine Poillon
Body of Ocey Snead Buried as Inquiry Continues
In New York on December 9, the body of Ocey Snead was buried while an in depth inquiry into her death proceeds at East Orange New Jersey. Virginia Ward, the spinster aunt, is jailed as a grand jury investigation looms. Police cite the dead girl found in a bathtub and the aunt who waited 24 hours to report.
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New York
Ocey Snead
East Orange
N. J
Virginia Wardlaw
Milk linked tuberculosis deaths in Washington area
Health Officer Woodward states about 15 percent of DC tuberculosis deaths stem from drinking milk supplied by dairies in and around Washington. The declaration highlights milk as a contributing factor in the spread of the disease.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Woodward
Heney Sues for Libel Against W H Crocker
Frisco lawyer Francis J. Heney confirmed filing a libel suit in New York seeking 250000 dollars from W H Crocker of San Francisco. Heney said papers were served in New York as he travelled from Frisco to Arizona.
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Los Angeles
Francis J. Heney
Arizona
New York
W. H. Crocker
San Francisco
Heney
Crocker
Corn Crop Year Ends with Severe Shortage and Poor Quality
Des Moines reports show corn yields far below 1908, with 1909 crop value and bushels listed alongside wheat oats and other grains. Dr. Chappel cites heavy spring rains late planting and persistent wet weather as the cause, leaving much corn in fields and crib moisture issues.
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Des Moines
Chappel
Department of Ture
Cha
President Vail Testifies Before New York Legislative Inquiry
President Theodore N Vail of American Telephone and Telegraph testifies before a New York legislative committee investigating the state telegraph and telephone systems. Robert C Clowry of Western Union has been subpoenaed and will be called later. The inquiry follows the billion dollar Bell Western Union merger by Gould stock purchase.
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Vail
New York
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bell
Western Union
Gould
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep Open and Close Dec 9 1909
Markets show mixed receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago. Hogs move slowly with several weight categories noted and cattle and sheep varying from lower to steady to strong across the day with closing strength in hogs and lambs.
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Chicago
John A. Babcock Care of North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock care of North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois is listed. This item notes a contact or representation for livestock business arrangements in 1920s Chicago.
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North .American .Live .Stock Commission Company
Milk Dealers In Toils In Council Bluffs Licenses Compelled
Council Bluffs Iowa December 9 information charging milk dealers with violating city finances was filed in superior court by Milk Inspector Peter Smith. Warrants were issued and a deputy began serving them. Four dairymen have taken out licenses under an ordinance requiring tubercular testing of cows. Information also filed against eight milk dealers.
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Council Bluffs
Oil Bluffs
Milk I
Peter Smith
Health Board
Miner Dies in Bolton Mine Cage Accident at Oskaloosa
A miner named John Ca aged fifty dies after falling from a cage at the Bolton mine shaft in Oskaloosa Iowa on December 9. He rode the cage down to the bottom where he was found dead.
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Oskaloosa
John Ca
Bolton
Carey
John Drew Improves After Horse Fall Injuries
Reports from Presbyterian hospital say actor John Drew has sustained a collarbone and other injuries from a fall from his horse. He is expected to make a rapid recovery.
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John Drew
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
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Berryman
Washington Star
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Postal
Cenas Sas
John A. Babcock
U. S S
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