Senate backs Taft on Russia treaty termination
Washington Dec 20 The senate unanimously ratified Tafts notice to Russia ending the 1832 treaty with a substitute for the Sulzer resolution passing 72 to 0. Hitchcock Nebraska proposed a modified resolution striking race references but keeping religious discrimination charges. Culberson of Texas objected to alleged influence of American business interests in the debate. The session lasted six hours with talk of treaty abrogation and Russia violations. Also noted is the death of an unnamed person in New York at age ninety four.
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Russia
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
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Sulzer
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Ublicans
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Culberson
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Lea
Martine
Myers
O'Goran
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Maryland
Taylor
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Williams
Land Clapp
Poindexter
Texas
Culber
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft Clears Air On Russia Treaty Abrogation
In St Petersburg on December 20 President Taft notified Russia through Ambassador Guild of the 1882 treaty abrogation. The Sulzer resolution's bitterness has faded and observers expect long lead time before any new treaty to remove the interior minister's passport veto.
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Russia
Guild
Sulzer
Interior
France Seizes Oasis of Djanet in Tripoli Hinterland
France occupies Dianet an oasis in the Tripoli hinterland on November 27 to secure West Africa Algeciras and Tunis. Britain took a similar step earlier this month in a move linked to regional security and colonial interests. Turkey objects claiming Djanet is part of Tripoli and protested French military visits in 1909.
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France
Great Britain
Dianet
Tripoli
West Africa
Algecira
Tunis
Turkey
Djanet
Weather forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana predicts snow in the north with snow or rain in the south today into tonight and tomorrow with rising east winds. Illinois expects rain or snow in the south today and north tonight with east to northeast winds and clouds tomorrow. Wisconsin forecasts fair today with snow in the south tonight or tomorrow and generally fair skies in the north with increasing winds.
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Full Jury Is Secured In Sherman Case Against Chicago Packers
Chicago December 20 United States District Attorney James H Wilkerson opened the case against ten Chicago packers charged with Sherman anti trust violations The jury is rural in character with three Chicago residents and the rest farmers and small town business people The government described the beef trust as the most complete engine for suppressing competition known to the industrial world
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James H. Wilkerson
Taylorville Man Contradicts Lorimer Story Before Senate Panel
Leslie J. Taylor of Taylorville testified to the Lorimer investigating committee that D. D. Brownback of the Illinois legislature admitted spending money to win election and planned to recover costs once Lorimer was seated. Taylor claimed Brownback spoke of backing the right man and a possible judicial district change in Mecon county.
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Leslie J. Taylor
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Lorimer
D. D Brownback
Ilingis
Brownback
Taylor
Iie
Mecon County
Til
Sana
Taft Supporters Organize in Lincoln Nebraska
Two hundred fifty Republicans, half from Omaha and Lancaster County, met in Lincoln to organize for Taft at the national convention. A state organization was formed and local clubs will be set up. Former Congressman Calderhead of Kansas spoke as the principal speaker. The resolutions endorse renomination and re-election of President Taft.
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President Nominates Postmaster and U.S. Officials
The president named Daniel A. Campbell for postmaster of Chicago. Hilliard S. Ridgcley is nominated for United States attorney for Wyoming and William J. Grimshaw for United States marshal for Minnesota.
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Daniel A. Campbell
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Hilliard S. Ridgcley
United States
Wyoming
William J. Grimshaw
Minnesota
Exploding Plot Tied to McNamara Gang Contacts Revealed
Ortie McManigal arrives from Los Angeles to testify in the dynamiting inquiry. He is said to have received dynamite and instructions from John J. McNamara and helped place charges at bridges and other sites. Registers suggest McManigal visited headquarters with accomplices tied to the plan. The Von Speckelsen blows are linked to the same network as investigators file details.
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Ortie McVanigel
Los Angeles
John J. McNamara
McManigal
Stubbins Hotel
Ortie E. McManigal
Lorraine Hotel
MecManigal
von Speckelsen
Senate Avenue
Chicago
J. B. McNamara
J. J. McNamara
International Organization
Nlot
New Heir for Kaiser Crown Prince Frederick William Welcomes Son
Berlin reports the birth of a fourth son to Crown Prince Frederick William and Princess Cecilie, a joyous event shared by the German people. In New York 1500 tons of Scottish potatoes arrive to lower high home prices, with a $750 duty paid.
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Frederick William
Cecilie
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New York
Scotland
Floods ease in southern Wales with widespread damage
Swansea reports floods across southern Wales have largely subsided by December 20 while damage remains widespread and impacts communities and infrastructure.
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Wales
Woodson Booming Harmon Campaigning in West Chicago
Urey Woodson secretary of the Democratic national committee is reported to be conducting a secret campaign for Harmen in the middle west from suite 1136 at the Congress hotel Chicago. An information clerk denied his presence but later inquiry confirmed the suite number though the room telephone was disconnected and he could not be found.
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Chicago
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Democratic National Committee
Harmen
Middle West
Congress Hotel
Woodson
Congress
Irrigation Has Its Thorny Side Says Newell
Washington December 19 Director Newell of the reclamation service warns that life on a government irrigation farm is not a dream. He cites mud heat dust and disputes over water rights and crop losses as chief hardships. He notes the service has solved engineering but faces tougher tasks in advising settlers and collecting costs.
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The
Reclamation Service
Smithsonian Institution
Diet and Health Hints by Dr. T. J. Allen
Remarkable results follow six months of improving children nutrition in Cleveland public schools by caring for teeth and teaching proper eating. Tests show memory up 111 percent and mental capacity up 52 percent on average. other gains include quicker perception and stronger associative skills.
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Aurora
Taft Arrives in New York for Dinner at Astor Hotel
President Taft and his party reached Penn Station and proceeded to Henry Taft’s home before attending a dinner at the Economic Club in the Hotel Astor. Secret service guarded the party as Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Hilles accompanied Taft. Roosevelt declines immediate speeches amid ongoing peace conference delays in Shanghai awaiting Yuan Shih Kai’s reply.
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German Crown Prince Becomes Father of Four Sons
Friedrich Wilhelm, heir to the German throne, has announced that his wife has given birth to their fourth son, expanding the royal family as public interest grows.
Wrecked River side car falls from bridge in Burlington
Rescue crews saved passengers including three women after a River side Traction car plunged through the East Pearl street bridge over the Asiscunk creek in Burlington New Jersey. The eighty foot span collapsed, leaving the car stranded in the stream as Edward James and Edward Griffith mill workers freed occupants by cutting away the roof and reaching them through windows.
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Edward James
Edward Griffith
Mrs. Vermilya Indicted in Policeman's Death
Chicago on December 20 an indictment charges Louise Vermilya with murdering Policeman Arthur Bissonette by arsenic on October 24. The true bill has thirteen counts and the officer died two days after the alleged poisoning. Vermilya is held without bail by the grand jury.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Arthur Bissonette
Kersten
East Twenty-Ninth Street
John Bigelow Sr dies in New York at 94
John Bigelow Sr a diplomat and author died at his Gramercy Park home aged ninety four. He had fallen ill again after a June decline and endured days of pain. Late his condition included partial paralysis of the senses while he remained peaceful.
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New York
John Bigelow
Gramercy Park
Fire Damages Alabama Dynamo Room at Brooklyn Navy Yard
A fire likely started by defective wiring caused extensive damage to the dynamo room in the firehold of the battleship Alabama during overhaul at the Brooklyn navy yard. The ship was unattended at the time, awaiting repairs over the year and a half naval maintenance period.
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Bec
Alabama
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Six Powers Push Joint Note Toward Peace in China
Washington notes that the six powers United States Great Britain Japan France Russia and Germany presented a joint note to the Shanghai peace commissioners. The document urges a quick end to disturbances while preserving neutrality and warns leaders of possible force if settlement fails.
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Shanghai
State Department
United States
China
Pekin
Great Britain
Japan
France
Russia
Germany
Fifteen Injured in Taxi Street Car Collision
In St. Louis near Union Station a layover taxi cab crashed into a street car injuring fifteen. Driver John Tucker said a brick hurled earlier caused the collision. Among the injured were William Pullem a secret service man and Mrs. E Block Emma Bennett Henry Hunt and Charles Delger who were en route to the west end.
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Willam Pullem
Secret Service
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E. Block
Emma Bennett
Henry Hunt
Charles Delger
West End
Convicted trio fined in Mary Chamberlain case
Lincoln Center Kan Dec 19 Clark and John Schmidt, found guilty of complicity in the tar ring of Shady Bend teacher Miss Mary Chamberlain, were each fined $200 and costs by Judge Grover. They remain in jail until fines and costs are paid.
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John Schmidt
Mary Chamberlain
Shady Bend
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