President proposes reinstate Brownsville soldiers aiding justice
President submits the Brownsville investigation report on the 25th regiment shooting. He proposes reinstating soldiers who truthfully aid in identifying guilty parties, while continuing inquiry to separate the innocent from the guilty and consider a war department law to reinstate qualifying soldiers within a year.
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Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-Fifth Regiment
Herbert J. Browne
W. J. Baldwin
Senate
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Department
Company B
B Troop
War Department
Tax Proposed on DC Cigarette Dealers
Washington reports the House approved a bill imposing an annual tax of 100 dollars on all cigarette and cigarette paper dealers in the District of Columbia. The note cites December 15 as the date of action and references Theodore Roosevelt in the surrounding text.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Veterans as Army Reserve Mauser rifle plan for Spanish War Veterans
President Roosevelt pledged to support a bill to arm the 550 Spanish War Veterans camps with Mauser rifles retired from the regular army. The move would provide a large reserve force in case of war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Newton
Dorando Pietri and Tom Longboat Set in Marathon Duel at Madison Square Garden
In New York Tonight at Madison Square Garden the two greatest long distance runners duel in a full marathon. Italian Dorando Pietri and Canadian Longboat face off as Hayes may be the only rival. Pietri comes off a victory over Hayes. Longboat aims to rebound after a Philadelphia ten mile loss.
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Madison Square Garden
Johnny Hayes
Dorando Pietri
Garden
Hayes
Tom Longboat
Longboat
Percy Smallwood
Philadelphia
Mob Threatens Fire Over Alleged Schoolgirl Murderer
Danville Kentucky December 15 Elmer Hill the man accused of murdering Mamie Warnock a twelve year old school girl was moved by night from Jamestown to Monticello where he is jailed Officials fear a mob may attempt to seize Hill from the Monticello jail and burn him alive through the mountains by night patrols.
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Danville
Elmer Hill
Mamie Warnock
Jamestown
Monticello
Hill
Governor appoints nine to probe Wall Street exchanges
Albany December 15 Governor Hughes names a nine member commission of bankers businessmen and economists to inquire into the facts surrounding the business of exchanges in New York and to advise on laws about speculation in securities and commodities and investor protection. The panel includes Horace White Charles A Schieren David Leaventritt Clark Williams John B Clark William V King Samuel H Orday Edward D Page and Charles Sprague Smith.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Horace White
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
David Leaventritt
The
Supreme Court
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Columbia University
William V. King
Columbia Trust Company
Faulkner, Page & Company
Samuel H. Orday
Edward D. Page
Charles Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
Half Orphans to Testify in Slaying Trial
Six children aged four to fourteen will testify against Michael Noeth in Monticello New York as the man accused of murdering their father Philip Sullivan. Sullivan and the children were playing baseball when a ball went onto the Noeth property and Noeth allegedly fired a shotgun.
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Monticello
N. Y
Michael Noeth
Philip Sullivan
Sullivan
Noeth
Warships undergo speed trials on Rockland course
Rockland Me Dec 15 The scout cruiser Birmingham completed her standardization trial on the Rockland course for competitive tests with Salem and Chester The average of the top speed runs was 24.3826 knots an hour Salem will be given her standardization trial over the same course today
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Birmingham
Salem
Chester
New Theater Cornerstone Ceremony in New York
The cornerstone of the New Theater will be laid this afternoon in New York with leaders from the dramatic arts, city officials, and distinguished guests present. Mayor McClellan will speak, along with Augustus Thomas and John H Finley, as Richard Watson Gilder reads an ode and Miss Geraldine Farrar and Percy McKaye lead a dedicatory chorus.
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Dramatic Art of America
McClellan
Augustus Thomas
John H. Finley
The
City College
Richard Watson Gilder
Geraldine Farrar
Percy McKaye
Balloon accident injures Mary Roper in Kingston trial
Mrs. Mary S. Roper testified in Kingston Supreme Court about being pulled up more than 500 feet when a tethered balloon rope caught her ankle at an Ulster County Agriculture Society event. She described crowd clutter, a twisted rope, a fall through spectators, and injuries including a cut eye and fractured collarbone. The suit seeks $25,000 in damages.
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Kingston
N. Y
Mary S. Roper
Ulster County Agricultural Society
Supreme Court
Maggie Daley
Charles Brockett
Upholds Primary Law in Illinois Fraud Case
Chicago December 15 Judge McSurely in the superior court upheld the primary election law as constitutional and ordered all politicians indicted by the special grand jury on fraud charges related to the August 8 balloting to stand trial. He noted grave doubt about some sections but termed the act largely valid.
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Chicago
McLurely
McSurely
Murphy Fights Cross Tonight in Boston Showdown
Boston December 15 Tommy Murphy faces Leach Cross in a twelve round boxing match at a local venue tonight. The bout draws strong local interest as both fighters seek a premium win in a highly anticipated lightweight confrontation.
Markets in Chicago Hogs Sheep Steady. Cattle Mixed
Chicago markets show hog receipts 32 000 with leftovers 6 292 and a steady tone from yesterday. Sheep receipts 20 000 with lambs steady and Western types mixed, cattle and porker ranges noted, with official receipts and estimated totals listed for today and tomorrow.
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Texas
John A. Babcock The Promise of a Square Deal
A brief note from John A. Babcock pledges a square deal to readers, asserting dependable service and fair treatment. The message emphasizes trust and consistency as core values.
Evans Defends U S Navy In Magazine Response
Rear Admiral Robley D Evans asserts the Indiana and sister ships are vastly superior to England's Dreadnought and equal to it in design. He rejects Reuterdahl's criticisms, arguing the U S battle fleet differs from the Russian fleet and that claims of weakness are inaccurate.
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New York
England
Robley D. Evans
Henry Reuterdahl
Admiral Evans
Evans
Reuterdahl
United States
Sea of Japan
Thousands killed in year in United States work accidents
Washington reports 30 000 to 35 000 deaths and about 2 000 000 injured among workers in the past year. Factory and workshop workers face high risk, with iron and steel workers most exposed. Electricians line men and coal miners show excessive fatal accidents, and railway trainmen die at a rate of 746 per 1 000 employees.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor
Despondent woman ends life by gas in Chicago
Mrs Katherine Duffer Campbell, 22, wife of Frank Campbell of 4507 Woodlawn Avenue, despondent after watching a funeral across the street, locked herself in her room and died by gas. Her mother and sister had died within the year. husband and servants attempted to intervene.
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Chicago
Katherine Dufferin Campbell
Frank Campbell
Woodlawn Avenue
Boston Vote Faces Liquor License Question In City Election
Boston voters go to the polls December 15 to decide whether licenses will be granted for intoxicating liquor sales. The ballot also includes races for the common council school committee and street commissioner as communities weigh licensing in a pivotal local election.
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Massachusetts
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