Navy faces court martial vs summary dismissal for hazing
A pending attorney general opinion could decide whether the Naval Academy can use summary dismissal for hazing or must try midshipmen Coffin and Van Devere by court martial. The decision hinges on conflicting laws from 1874 and 1903, affecting Navy action after a board found them guilty.
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Washington
Naval Accademy
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
Aee
Coffin
Navy Department
James H. Sands
Trenmor Coffin, Jr
Warren A. van Devere
Moody
Academy
Bonaparte
Maryland
Hazing at Naval Academy Draws High Level Scrutiny
Admiral Sands met with Secretary Bonaparte to pledge cadet support for strict hazing discipline. He vows summary dismissal for any midshipman guilty or endorsing hazing as investigations begin. Congress delays action, House naval committee considers hearings during Christmas holidays.
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Admiral Sands
Annapolis
Secrrtary Bonaparte
Naval Academy
Representative Loud
Michigan
Rules Committee
Bonaparte
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Hearst withdraws motions to open ballot boxes
New York December 16. Counselor William R Hearst asked the supreme court for permission to withdraw motions to open 131 ballot boxes slated for argument. The motions were marked off the record. The application to open these ballot boxes was part of Hearst's legal campaign contesting the recent mayoralty election.
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Hearst
New York
William R. Hearst
Supreme Court
Ship Crescent City Stalls on Rocks Near Superior
Ten attempts to pull the steamer Crescent City off the rocks fifteen miles above Superior have failed. A renewed effort with added power will be made.
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Superior
Wis
Crescent City
Proletariat Groups Issue Manifesto Defying Government
In St Petersburg on December 16 a united proletariat manifesto openly defies the government. The document has caused a tremendous sensation and wholesale arrests are anticipated as authorities respond to the bold challenge.
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Russia
Evening Journal
E Dreyer Paroled From Chicago Park Funds Case
Springfield authorities announce that E. Dreyer has been paroled by the state board of pardons. Dreyer had been convicted of withholding funds belonging to the West Side Park board of Chicago.
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Evening Journal
State Board of Pardons
E. Dreyer
West Side Park Board of Chicago
Anthracite Miners Meet to Form Demands for Operators
In Shamokin Pennsylvania delegates of the United Mine Workers meet at a tri district convention to endorse resolutions and appoint a special committee to present demands to coal operators. Eight hour day wage hikes and union recognition are pledged aims with details to be kept secret until talks begin. New evidence surfaces in the Keep murder case in Kalamazoo as blood stained knuckles are produced in a bid for a new trial.
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Shamokin
Dee
United Mine Workers
Keep
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ketchum
Milo Keep
Bert Miller
Ettle Smith
Discharged Mental Patient Fatally Shoots Kin and Injures
Cleveland on December 16. William Guy, just discharged from the asylum, killed his brother-in-law Harry Flint aged 15 and an 18 month old child. He then shot and fatally injured Mrs Elizabeth Bennett at 314 Central Avenue before being arrested. He is a wire drawer.
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Cleveland
William Guy
Nembure Insane Asylum
Harry Flint
Guy
Central Avenue
Elizabeth Bennett
Danvers Teacher Wounded In Knife Attack
In Bloomington on December 16 a Danvers public school teacher Miss Josephine Crow, aged 14 pupil George Stover resisted a whipping and stabbed her twice with a knife causing serious wounds.
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Bloomington
George Stover
Josephine Crow
Danvers
Elephants Beaten to Work in Indian British Empire
In India elephants serve in construction and transport for the army and lumber yards. They haul logs and draw carriages under command of mahouts who jab them with a goad when they resist. The beasts perform duties despite low enthusiasm.
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India
Tillman Attacks Imperialism in Panama Debate
Senator Tillman dominates the session criticizing the canal, the San Domingo treaty, and executive power. He attacks President Roosevelt’s methods, questions Shonts’s employment, and accuses the administration of one man rule while Spooner defends the president's actions.
Spooner Defends Roosevelt Over Unratified Treaty
Spooner argued the president had not moved to implement the unratified treaty and pressed Tillman for specifics. Williman claimed the fleet stayed in Dominican waters and mocked Spooner as a word acrobat. Tillman pressed whether the present stance matched a ratified treaty, to which Spooner replied no, noting revenue gains would have been US profits if ratified.
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Morales
Tillman
Spooner
United States
Tilman
Illiman
Dominican
San Domingo
Senate debaters Panama canal funds amid early session
Washington reports the senate began with routine business then tackled the Panama canal appropriation, while Tillman pressed a broad attack on presidential imputations. The house weighed national control of insurance companies and sent a canal bonds bill back to the senate with a note that its passage infringed house prerogatives.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
House
Self-inflicted blast ends life at Michigan Soldiers' Home
An unidentified elderly veteran, driven by starvation, blew off his head with dynamite in the Michigan Soldiers' Home cemetery. The man, seen lingering near the home’s grounds, had commented that his funds were nearly gone after dining at the home restaurant. Sexton Josiah Booth witnessed the explosion from ten feet away.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Soldiers
Josiah Booth
Sexton
Fire in Alabama county jail endangers over 1000 inmates
A Montgomery dispatch reports a blaze in the county jail women's department near Birmingham that threatened many lives for hours. Prisoner Henrietta Howard, accused of murdering her husband, was severely burned and not expected to survive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Henrietta Howard
Soldier survives carbolic acid spree in Bay City
Bay City Michigan December 16 Francis LeRoy an elderly veteran survives after swallowing three ounces of carbolic acid during a drunken spree He attempted the same act four years earlier but was rescued then also.
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Bay City
Mich
Francis LeRoy
Reunion After 42 Years Brings Mother and Daughter Together
Mrs Putney of Nustua and Mrs Jennie Meloy of Mason City recount a forty two year separation ending in a meeting arranged by Mr Dewan. Mrs Meloy narrates the infant death of her father and her mother’s abandonment before she was adopted by Mr Liehe of Nora Springs. The reunion occurs in Nastia as details emerge from the mother.
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Mason City
Putney
Nustua
Jennie Meloy
Meloy
Liehe
Nora Springs
Plow County
Dewan
Nastia
Hammond's Trail Claims Albany Murder Suspect Sightings
Helena reports Jobo Hammond wanted in Albany for wife homicide. seen near Por sythe Rosebud county and Missoula on Nov 30. Albany boy Strong deserts Hammonds party. Washington confirms Senate nominations. Bud Williams case resurfaces as farmers probe Wabash river mystery with hat and cash found.
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Helena
Mont
Dee
Witta
Jobo Hammond
Albany
N.Y
Porsythe
Rosebud County
New York
Hammond
Missoula
Young Strong
Strong
Senate
Washington
Benjamin F. Harper
Indiana
War Department
Charles A. Metronagile
Post Office Department
William V. Wilcox
Des Moines
Internal Revenue
Blame. Neal
Sixth District
Interior
Jesse WH
Bud Williams
Carmi
Wabash
Williams
Markets in Chicago Report Mixed Hog and Cattle Prices
Chicago market notes show receipts and shipments with varied hog prices from 84.70 to 85.00 for heavy shipping grades and 84.50 to 85.00 for roughs. Cattle and sheep remain mostly unchanged with steady movements and mixed packers posting prices around 84.75 to 85.00.
Harriman’s Testimony on Hyde Stock and Odell Link
The insurance investigations committee hears Harriman recount a prior exchange over Hyde stock in Equitable Life. He describes an offer to split control and trustees as a test of Ryan’s motives, denies triggering the inquiry, and details consulting Higgins and Nixon before watching for Alexander faction legislation.
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New York
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Thomas Kr. Ryan
Steennows
Himelf
J. E. Harrion
Ryan
Llarrman
James TH. Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Harriman
Hyde
Equitable Society
Hughes
B. B. Odell, Jr
Odell
Associated Press
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Alexander
Harrian
Higgins
Nixon
Armstrong
Bride Has Lots of Experience
Mrs. Mattle Dasch daughter of William Sayer and Alva A Hesler eloped to Vincennes Indiana and were married by Squire C W Fyffe The bride 22 years old this is her third marriage Her first husband died and she was divorced from her second
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Noble
Mattle Dasch
William Sayer
Alva A. Hesler
Vincennes
Ind
Squire C. W. Fyffe
Bank Robbery at Clarkton Bank Ends with Cashier Shot
In Kennett Missouri on December 15 robbers blew the outer safe door at the Bank of Clarkton eighteen miles away but interior doors held. Cashier W P Chatham rushed to stop them and was shot several times and likely to die.
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Kennett
Bank of
Clarkton
W. P. Chatham
Pfister Case Deliberated by Milwaukee Judge
In Milwaukee on December 15 Judge Brazee heard arguments on the motion to dismiss Charles I. Pfister charged with larceny as bailee in the amount of 14000 dollars. The judge took the case under advisement in municipal court.
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Pfister
Milwaukee
Charles I
Brazee
Fowler Elected Chair Of New York Life Committee
The New York Life Insurance Company announces that Thomas P. Fowler has been elected chairman of the company’s committee of investigation. The first heavy snow of the season has fallen at Baltimore.
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Thomas P. Fowler
New York Life Insurance Company
Committee of Investigation
Baltimore
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Hale
Beveridge
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Williman
Chicago
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