Judge Anderson to Hold Court on Christmas Day in Dynamite Case
Indianapolis dispatch reports Judge Anderson will keep the court open Christmas Day with ten defendants remaining. Rumors say defense counsel oppose allowing Treitmoe Clancy Cooley Webb Hockin Butler Munsey Smythe and Ray to testify. Eight of the 41 defendants may be dismissed as arguments unfold.
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Anderson
Treitmoe
Clancy
Cooley
Webb
Hockin
Butler
Munsey
Smythe
Ray
Miller
William Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Clarence B. Dowd
Rochester
Hiram Kline
Muncie
Ind
Houlihan
Chicago
Dowd
Democrat for Reid's Post
Washington dispatch reports President Taft will leave the London ambassadorship vacant until after March 4 as Wilson prepares to appoint new diplomats. Major embassy business including the Panama Canal dispute will be handled between the British Embassy and Secretary Knox with under secretaries managing routine duties.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
Whittelaw Reid
London
Panama Canal
Knox
New Cuban Frauds Reported in Agriculture Department
HanVane December 17. New frauds said to total hundreds of thousands of dollars were found in the department of agriculture. The government will not confirm or deny the report. It has decided to issue notes for several million dollars owed to American contractors building Havana’s sewer system.
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Hanvane
Department of Agriculture
Havana
Turkeys Driven 26 Miles Sell In Sedalia
A flock of 1,250 turkeys was driven into Sedalia from the northeast part of the county and sold here by John Golden at 160 cents a pound. The turkeys were driven 26 miles.
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Sedalia
John Golden
Rebels cut railway isolating Cassas Grandes district
Rebels sever Mexico Northwestern railway below Juarez cutting off all communication with the Cassas Grandes district near El Paso on December 17. The action blocks transport and isolation of the mining area.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico Northwestern
Jaurez
Cassas Grandes
Suffrage March Big Start Dwindles to Seven
A 27 member suffrage march from Van Cortlandt Park to Ossining dwindled to seven due to sore feet and a cold, as Rosalie Jones led the caravan toward Albany. About 500 supporters gathered at the start with speeches by Harriet Lees Ludlow and Helen Hoy Greeley guiding the effort toward Yonkers and the Ossining terminus.
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Irvington-on-Foot
Albany
Sulzer
van Cortlandt Park
Yonkers
Rosalie Jones
Ossining
Harriet Lees Ludlow
City of
New York
Okuma in Peace Sunday Talk in Tokyo
Rain did not dampen turnout at the Y M C A hall as a larger appreciative audience gathered in Tokyo for a Peace Sunday celebration. Mayor Sekatan i chaired with addresses by Count Okuma, Dr Nitobe, Mabie and others.
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Okuma
Tokyo
Japan
Mayor Sekatani
Nitobe
Mabie
Johnson to arrange $5 million loan with western bankers
Canton report states R. Chan Johnson, superintendent of public works, will depart Hongkong next Saturday for America to finalize a loan agreement for five million dollars. The plan uses prefectural and butchery taxes as security instead of land taxes.
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Canton
China
R. Chan Johnson
Hongkong
America
Quote body hit by wild session at Elgin board of trade
Elgin Illinois December 17 in a tumultuous meeting the Elgin board of trade abolished its quotation committee after a split with a dissenting faction led by Joseph Newman. James P Younger defeated proxy voting objections and had the rules suspended 162 to 102. Younger then moved to amend by laws to abolish the quotations committee and the amendment passed 135 to 0.
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Elgin
United States
Elgin Board of Trade
James P. Younger
Chicago
Joseph Newman
Mr. Younger
Newman
Younger
Co. T. Potter
T. A. Somerville
T. F. Gallagher
Interstate Commerce suspend lumber rates to Baltimore and Washington
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended from December 17 to June 17 a proposed lumber rate increase of six and one half cents for shipments from Alabama points to Baltimore and Washington via the Southern Railway.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
Alabama
Baltimore
Harvesters Case On Testimony In Gov Dissolution Suit
The United States government resumes the case to dissolve the International Harvester Co at a public hearing in Chicago. Special Examiner Robert Taylor hears the trial with Grosvenor and Darling for the government and McHugh and Post for the company. Evidence includes letters showing Harvester's share of total business since its 1902 formation, including a note from Cyrus H. McCormick.
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Chicago
United States
International Harvester Company
Hotel LaSalle
Robert Taylor
Edwin P. Grosvenor
George W. Wickersham
Joseph R. Darling
Department of Justice
Harvester Company
William D. McHugh
Omaha
Neb
Philip Post
McCormick Deering Plants Dominate Harvesting Business
In a May 20 1907 government statement Charles Bonaparte reports that five International Harvester companies account for about 85 percent of harvesting machinery business. The two largest firms, McCormick and Deering, reportedly handle 66 to 75 percent. Subpoenas target heads of Adriance Platt and Co Eureka Mower Granite State Mowing Johnston Richardson Walter A Wood Deere & Co as hearings proceed all week.
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Charles Bonaparte
McCormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick and
Deering
Darling
Adriance, Platt & Co
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Eureka Mower Company
Uticames
Granite State Mowing Machine Company
Hinsdale
N. M
Heinze divorce grants high alimony and custody in New York
Mrs. Bernice G Heinze wins a divorce from Fritz A Heinze in New York Supreme Court. Justice Arthur Tompkins orders $1,000 monthly alimony and $222 monthly apartment rent until lease expiry, plus custody of their son and future education costs. A single witness from a Pullman car testified during the case.
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Newburg
N. Y
New York State
Bernice G. Heinze
Arthur 8. Tompkins
Supreme Court
Fritz Augustus Heinge
New York
Heinze
Denver-Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Five Warships Sunk in Turkish Greek Battle
A Reuters style report notes five warships sunk in a Turkish Greek clash. The narrative also mentions a photo identification of Mr Heinze with a chorus girl alleged as Miss Lavelle. Testimony places the pair traveling from Ogden to Los Angeles on September 2.
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Heinze
Miss Lavelle
Ogden
Los Angeles
Benjamin E. Spellman
Battleship
Reid
Memorial services planned for Dead Diplomat at Westminster Abbey
Westminister Abbey to host Friday memorial for Whitelaw Reid after Britain's offer of a battleship to convey his body to America. King George chose the royal chapel for the service and royal and diplomatic tributes flow from London.
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Westminster Abbey
London
Whitelaw Reid
America
Asquith
House of Commons
United States
Bryce
Reid
George
Palace of St. James
New York Tribune
Curtis Guild
St. Petersburg
Thomas J. O’brien
Rome
Heide
Madrid
Paris
Alexandra
Christian
Prince
Princess Louis of
Battenberg
Princess Royal
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
Countess Torby
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Navy short by six thousand men in authorized strength
Navy figures show about 6,000 personnel short of authorized strength with recruiting improving slightly but recent enlistments fell sharply. Officials cite suspension of recruiting ads and nationwide demand and high wages for farm labor as partly responsible for the shortfall.
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Washington
Navy
Porto Rico Quarantine Extended Over Bubonic Plague Fears
Cuban sanitary officers in Havana decide to keep the quarantine against Porto Rico due to reports that bubonic plague has reappeared there. The decision follows December 17 remarks from Havana.
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Porto Rico
Havana
Turkish Fleet Forcing Greek Withdrawal In Sea Action
Official telegram from the Dardanelles asserts the Turkish fleet compelled the Greek fleet to withdraw near Lemnos. Greeks reportedly lost a cruiser and two torpedo boats. Turks lost a cruiser and a torpedo-boat destroyer.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Lemnos
Senate votes plan to alternate presidency pro tempore
Washington seeks steady leadership as Senators Gallinger and Bacon adopt a two week alternating term for president pro tempore through March 4. The plan passes amid Bristow opposition. Bacon briefly presides over Archbald impeachment court by special order.
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Washington
Gallinger
Bacon
Bristow
Senate
Archbald
Justice Hand in Critical Condition
Springfield reports Justice Hand of the court remains in critical condition after a sudden illness. His son, who was stricken earlier, is not improving. Dr. L C Taylor, the attending physician, says the judge is unable to speak.
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Justice Hand
Springfield
L. C. Taylor
Be le
Triple murderer dies in chair at Sing Sing
Matteoi Dell Omo, an Italian youth convicted of a triple murder in Brooklyn, was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing prison. He killed his mother, a sister and a six year old niece. his defense argued insanity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie E. McManigal
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Miller
Ossining
Matteoi Dell’ Omo
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Dell
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