Taft Tells Senate Of Russia Treaty Termination
President Taft states in a December 1911 message that the United States officially notified Russia of the termination of the 1832 commerce and navigation treaty, to take effect January 1, 1912, and expresses a desire to negotiate a modern treaty of friendship commerce and navigation. He also notes prior talks with the Russian ambassador and that the action complements ongoing relations.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Olga Wing
William H. Taft
George Bakhmeteff
White House
Conference Opens As Armistice Breaches Talked At Shanghai
In Shanghai on December 19 the imperial government and revolutionary leaders met to address alleged armistice breaches. Wu Tingfang pressed for action to stop Manchu violations, Lang Shao Yi yielded to Wu and pledged to relay the message. Wu then halted talks awaiting Yuan Shih Kai’s reply, while revolutionary leaders were urged to refrain from hostilities. The exchange is viewed as the revolutionaries winning the first round.
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Shanghai
Lang Shao Yi
Yuan Shu Kai
Wu Ting Fane
Lang
Tir
Yuan Shih Kai
Li Yuan Hung
Woman Thrown From Taxi In Midtown Robbery Attempt
Police seek a group of midnight revelers after a young woman was hurled from a speeding taxicab at Sixth Avenue and Fifty sixth Street. She was found unconscious and taken to Roosevelt Hospital with internal injuries. A bystander says the car had no number or identifying marks.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Fiftysixth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Tee
Break in Price of Eggs in Cleveland Markets
Statistics from the Thirty Cent Egg club show a break in egg prices. President Frank S. Krause says he also found a break in the retailers' price combination.
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Cleveland
Frank 8. Krause
Fear for Aged Emperor's Health
Berlin reports extreme anxiety over Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. He has not left his residence for a week, sparking widespread concern about his health and ability to govern.
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Berlin
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Health of Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph Worries Nation
Reports from Vienna indicate the aged emperor Francis Joseph remains seriously ill, fueling public concern as officials monitor his condition and potential succession implications for the Habsburg state. The ailing ruler, who has endured years of health issues, continues to receive medical attention.
Talk of big strike in western railroads
Leaders of four unions of railroad workers discussed a possible strike to support the shopmen on Illinois Central and Harriman lines. If plans proceed, shopmen and allied workers in the General Managers' association western and southern railroads would be called out.
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St. Louis
Western Railroads
Illinois Central
Harrimen Roads
General Managers’ Association of Western and Southern Railroads
Supreme Court Denies Writ in Enright Case
Springfield December 19 The supreme court denied a writ of supersedeas in the people versus Maurice Enright the alleged Chicago labor slugger. Enright remains imprisoned in Cook County jail under life imprisonment for the murder of Vincent Altman. Attorneys had sought bail pending review by the court.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
of the People
Maurice Enright
Chicago
Cook County
Vincent Altman
Enright
Crash Kills Two on Kansas City Leavenworth Line
In Leavenworth county near Wolcott Kansas a head on crash of two trolley cars on the Kansas City Leavenworth line killed two and injured several. Fog is blamed and physicians and nurses rushed to the scene from Leavenworth City.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas City- Leavenworth
Wolcott
Here
Abrogation of Russian Treaty Ends Pact With St. Petersburg
The 1852 treaty with Russia is to terminate January 1, 1912. President Taft served formal notice to St. Petersburg via the U.S. ambassador and urged Senate ratification. The move avoids offense to the Czar and preserves friendly relations while signaling a renegotiation of a new friendship commerce and navigation treaty.
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Washington
Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Taft
Owig
Russia openness to new treaty discussed in Senate actions
The text notes that Russia expressed willingness to discuss a new treaty with the United States. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee bypassed Sul zer’s resolution and adopted a diplomatically worded joint resolution aligned with the president’s message. House leaders, including Sul zer, signaled no political maneuvering on the issue.
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Russia
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Sulzer
House
Russia to stand firm on Jewish passport issue
St. Petersburg reports Russia will not concede on the Jewish passport question regardless of U S proposals. Duma members remain skeptical that the Democratic party will take action, while cabinet leaders insist no minister would dare touch the matter.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Duma
Democratic Party
Pugilist Shot in Portland Public Street Dispute
Former welterweight Billy Amos Smith was shot by Captain A B Loomis husband of Smith's ex wife on a Portland street. Loomis surrendered claiming self defense after a confrontation with Smith and Mrs Loomis. Four bullets struck Smith. Loomis escaped injury and hospital staff say Smith may recover.
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Portland
Ore
Billy
Amos) Smith
A. B. Loomis
Loomis
Smith
Diet and Health Hints on Drug Use Diminishing
Dr W A Evans of the Chicago Board of Health cites a nurse and Dr Wiley as supporting the view that medicine will not always be given as people will eat the right foods. The Massachusetts General Hospital reduced drug expenses by 50 percent in ten years. Evans notes a cup of hot water can temporarily revive the faint or exhausted and may have advantages over alcohol.
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W. A. Evans
Chicago Board of Health
Wiley
Massachusetts General Hospital
Evans
Wreck at Odessa Kills Ten on Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Line
Ten people die and many are injured when the second section of train No 18 the Columbian from Seattle runs into the first section near Odessa Minnesota. The crash damages steel cars and the rear sleeper cars with signals and safety lapses blamed. Rescue efforts and hospital transports follow as officials investigate.
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Odessa
Minn
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Seattle
Chicago
J. M. Richards
Missouri Slope
St. Paul Road
Ortonville
Appointed One of Receivers for the Wabash Railroad
Chisago December report by State Factory Inspector Ed gar T Davies cites 35000 deaths and half a million injuries yearly in American industry. He describes 31 diseases linked to working conditions and notes a national survey and commission may follow, modeled after Illinois findings.
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Chisago
Dlineis Commission
Edgar T. Davies
Davies
Ilinois Commission
Hearing to Seek Reprieve for Four Condemned Men
Governor Deneen and the pardons board will hear appeals Wednesday to commute the four men sentenced to death for the murder of Fred W. Geelzow, a northwest Chicago track farmer. Leaders Rev. C. Sztuczko and Dr. Anna W. Wygotkowski push for life imprisonment instead of hanging. The condemned are Ewald Shiblawski, Frank Shiblawski, Phillip Sommerling, and Thomas Schultz.
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Springfield
Til
Deneen
Board of Pardons
Chicago
Fred W. Geelzow
C. Sztuczko
Anna W. Wygotkowski
Ewald
Frank Shiblawski
Phillip Sommerling
Thomas Schultz
Rich Man Drops Dead in Wisconsin Logging Camp
W BE Dag gette a wealthy farmer dairyman and lumberman collapsed and died at a Bundy Wisconsin logging camp near Rhinelander. The incident occurred on December 19 in Marinette.
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Marinette
Wis
W. Be, Daggette
Bundy
Rhinelander
Princesses Lose Casket in Sea Off Tangier
Tangier Morocco December 15 princesses land the vessel when a jewel case filled with valuable gems washed overboard and disappeared into the sea during the stop.
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Tangier
Morocco
Fifty Years in Priesthood for Archbishop Ireland
Archbish op John Ireland will complete fifty years of priesthood next Thursday but will not allow a public observance per his wish. He will mark the milestone in his seventy third year, a career that has tracked the growth of the Catholic church in the Northwest and seen St Paul develop from its infancy.
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St. Paul, Minn
Dee
John Ireland
Ireland
St. Paul
Forecast of the Weather Illinois and Indiana
Generally fair weather expected across Illinois and Indiana today and tomorrow with no major storms. Temperatures likely mild with light winds and no precipitation indicated.
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Illinois
Indiana
Appointments Set For Wahaeh Railroad Receivership
United States circuit court in St. Louis names receivers Frederick A. Delano B Pryor and William K. Bixby. A committee led by Goelet Hawley Hubbard Koch Fieming Pierce to study the road finances and arrange measures with Kuhn Loeb Co to protect bondholders and develop property. Depository Bauitable Trust Co. 1911.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Frederick A. Delano
Chicago
B. Pryor
William K. Bixby
St. Lewis
Robert Goelet
Edwin Hawley
Thomas J. Hubbard
A. W. Koch
Robert Fieming
Winslow S. Pierce
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
H. R. Winthrop
Murray, Prentice and Pierce & Grier
Murder Verdict in Lombard Haunted House Case
In Lombard Illinois coroner's jury rules William Gelterman murder not suicide after body found suspended in a wall as investigators uncover a neck stab wound. Dupage County offers a $1000 reward for the killers while details emerge at the open grave and prior disappearance is recalled.
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Dupage County Commission
Gelterman
John Knoop
House of Mystery
Indiana Republicans Split Over Taft Roosevelt Campains
Indiana Republican factions led by Taft and anti Taft are organizing for January state committee elections. County by county visits spread as Lee heads the anti Taft effort claiming the President cannot carry Indiana. Taft supporters say Lee aims to reorganize the state for Roosevelt and that Beveridge backs him.
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Indianapolis
Taft
Indiana
Lee
Winona
Supreme Court upholds mob damage indemnity statute
The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the constitutionality of the lines statute that indemnifies property owners for damages caused by mobs or riots. Some cases under this law are pending in state courts, involving claims aggregating many millions.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
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High Court
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America
American Press Association
England
Ching Pih Kwang
State Department
House of Representatives
Charleston Harbor
London Pall Mall Gazette
Walt Whitman
Billy” Smith
DR. T. 3
Allen Food Specialist
Joseph B. Bowles
Wabash Railway
F. A. Delano
The
Wabash Railroad
Beard
E. B. Pryor
W. K. Bixby
Dupage County
Hoosier State
U. S. Supreme Court
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