Taft's general message favors cautious reform and strong national banks
President Taft's general message to Congress is conservative in tone with emphasis on the monetary commission report. He supports a national reserve association, opposes a central bank, highlights navy readiness and postal bank success, urges rural parcels post, Panama Canal tolls, and nonpolitical classified service for local offices.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Monetary Commission
National Reserve Association
Navy
Post Office Department
Panama Canal
United States
Illinois
Chicago
Yuan Vetoes Republic in China Seekers But Monopoly of Monarchy Favored
Pekin notes Premier Yuan Shih Kai counters Wu Ting Fang by insisting on a constitutional monarchy. He argues limited monarchy sustains representation and unity while a republic endangers China. Yuan says he will not consent to a republic. Some locals doubt a republic victory is likely, seeing Wu's demand as initial bargaining.
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Pekin
Yuan Shih Kai
Wu Ting Fang
Lang Shao Yi
Shanghai
Congress adjourns for holiday recess until January 3
Both houses of Congress adjourn for the holiday recess and will reconvene at noon on January 3. The conference report on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill shows a reduction from 821,871 dollars in senate appropriations to 93,000 dollars remaining after the conference committee's agreement.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Miss Edith Pulitzer Weds William Scoville Moore
Miss Edith Louise Pulitzer daughter of Joseph Pulitzer who died aboard his yacht was married to William Scoville Moore son of Major Clement C Moore at the Pulitzer residence on Manhattan's Seventy third Street. The wedding was attended by relatives and close friends and the couple will sail for Europe to spend the winter.
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New York
Edith Louise Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Charleston
S. C
William Scoville Moore
Clement C. Moore
Pnnitzer
Hast Seventy-third Street
Europe
Wilson publicity head Mc Combs opens New Willard HQ
W F Mc Combs head of Woodrow Wilson publicity bureau in New York visited Washington and took headquarters at the New Willard hotel. He plans to meet friends of the New Jersey governor's presidential campaign as the national committee meets. Mc Combs will be in Washington January 5 to 9. W C Niblack of Chicago chairs the committee handling the New Jersey governor's campaign in the west.
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Washington
W. F. McCombs
Woodrow Wilson Publicity Bureau
New York City
New Willard Hotel
New Jersey
National Committee
Atwood Sets World's Record in Hydro Aerial Flight
Harry N. Atwood completed a 130 mile flight from Lynn, Massachusetts to Narragansett Bay, surpassing the previous record by fifteen miles. He landed near the Edgewood Yacht Club at 1 36 p m after 2 hours 41 minutes aloft with no gasoline left in the engine. The craft, supported by pontoons, was towed ashore and will perform exhibitions at Narragansett Park.
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Providence
Harry N. Atwood
Narragansett Bay
Edgewood Yacht Club
Lynn
Mass
Mr. Atwood
Narragansett Park
Atwood
Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Newport
Supreme Court Upholds City Commission Form in Springfield Case
The Illinois Supreme Court rules the city commission form of government act of 1909 constitutional, affirming Judge Creighton’s Sangamon County decision. The dispute centers on Springfield’s mandamus to require treasurer Charles Edmands to transfer 67000 to City Treasurer William Bowe, as dictated by the city commission.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Supreme Court
James A. Creighton
Sangamon Circuit Court
Charles H. Edmands
Sangamon County
William H. Bowe
Edmands
Body Found After Nightlong Search in Indiana Ravine
Bloomington Indiana December 22 Farmers located the body of Fred Young nineteen son of Alexander Young a Marion township farmer after a night search He hunting with his dog and was found with a deep breast wound twelve feet from where the gun lay in an embankment. Blacklisted death sentence commuted in Georgia and a Boston jail case mention follow.
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Bloomington
Ind
Fred Young
Alexander Young
Marion Township
Boy Saved From Adorers of Sun in Chicago Temple
William Lindsay twelve years old heir to fortunes was rescued after police smashed through the Mazdaznan Temple door in Chicago. His mother Mrs Elizabeth Lindsay had been living there with him under the sun cult. a guardianship battle is to be heard in juvenile court January 4. The boy, once fed grapes and beer, is under court protection.
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Chicago
Lake Park Avenue
William Lindsay
Briar Place
Charles R. Lindsay
Lindsay Light Company
Elizabeth H. Lindsay
Sun Cult
Rov” Dottoman
Willie Lindsay
W. H. Lindsay
Philadelphia
Guardian Trust Company of
Gerry Society
Europe
Burns National Etective Agency
Aviator Sets New World Record in Hydro Aeroplane
An aviator achieves a new world record in hydro aeroplane flight, showcasing remarkable speed and maneuvering on water takeoff and landing. The feat highlights advancements in seaplane design and aviation courage.
Reyes Uprising Fails as General Surrounded by Troops
Monterey Mexico December 22 General Reyes efforts to spark a revolution collapse as he is now practically surrounded by federal troops in Tamaulipas with capture hourly expected. Trevino reports the revolt a flash in the pan and his plans to rally armed forces along the Rio Grande border and in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon have failed.
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Monterey
Mex
Trevino
Reyes
Pan
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana shows cloudy skies with possible rain tonight in the south while tomorrow trends fair. Illinois expected cloudy with possible rain in the extreme south today and Wisconsin sees snow flurries today with a fair tomorrow and moderate south to west winds.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Seligman Flies In Jamaica
Jesse Seligman, the young American aviator, flew twice in Kingston Jamaica on December 22. He stayed aloft for about fifteen minutes in total.
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Seligman
Jamaica
Kingston
Jesse Seligman
Daily Diet and Health Hints By Dr T Allen
Nutrition is life and includes light air water food and exercise for both mental and physical health. Lettuce alone cannot sustain life and eating everything is dangerous physically and mentally. Wise food choice is essential for bodily health and for spiritual life.
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DR. T. 3. Allen
Persian Parliament Refers Ultimatum to Committee
St. Petersburg reports indicate the Persian parliament has referred the last Russian ultimatum to a committee with plenary powers, a move seen as favoring a peaceful settlement of the dispute with Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Papal Decree Punishes Prosecutions of Clergy
Dublin December 22 The Express prints what claims to be the English text of a papal decree on clerical prosecutions. It states private individuals who summon ecclesiastics in civil or criminal cases without ecclesiastical permission will incur excommunication by the pope.
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Dublin
the Express
Packers Defeated as Judge Denies Indictment Dismissal
Judge George A Carpenter in Chicago federal court overruled the Packers on motions to dismiss two Sherman Antitrust counts and to recall lines from District Attorney Wilkerson. He warned the defense to listen carefully and proceed. Attorneys Buckingham led the Packers’ opening. they argue any price agreements did not yield undue profits.
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Chicago
George A Carpenter
United States District Court
Wilkerson
Carpenter
George T. Buckingham
Bennett Cash to Sister Surprises Ottawa Woman
Mrs. Rebecca Powers of Ottawa Kansas learned by letter that her brother George Bennett a Chicago newsboy left a fortune of 35000 dollars to be split with her and a half brother Charles Lovett of Wooster Ohio. Powers had not heard from him in forty years.
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Chicago
Ottawa
Kan
Rebecca Powers
George Bennett
Vienna Papers Confiscated Over Emperor Franz Josef Report
Officials confiscated newspapers after a Budapest report claimed the emperor’s heart condition worsened. An official bulletin said he had only a throat cold and was performing state business as usual.
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Vienna
Budapest
Franz Josef
Kimmel fraud suspect measured at 5 feet 8 inches
Andrew J. White alias George A. Kimmel, a former convict claiming to be the Niles bank cashier who vanished fourteen years ago, was measured at 5 feet 8 inches tall. The real Kimmel was 5 feet 10 inches tall when he applied for insurance and the man is recovering in a hospital after injuries from a recent train wreck.
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Peru
Ind
Andrew J. White
George A. Kimmel
Niles, Mich
Kimmel
Senator Kenyon seeks to charge senators for baths and barbering
Washington reports a push by Senator Kenyon of Iowa to end free luxuries for senators. His bill would require payment for shaves and haircuts and baths, claiming a 20 000 dollar yearly saving. A second measure cuts mileage allowances and trims other perquisites as reform spreads through the Senate.
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Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Committee On Rules
Aera
Lke
REPORT BATTLE AT TABRIZ IN PERSIA DESCRIBED
A dispatch from Julfa near Teheran reports Persians attacked a detachment of Russian regulars near Tabriz. The Russians repelled the assault, killing two attackers, while details of date and victor remain unclear and the telegraph line to Persia is down.
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St. Petersburg
Julfa
Aliles
Teheran
Persia
Tabriz
Taft Nominates Two Ministers and Several Envoy Posts
President Taft sent nominations to the Senate naming Elliott Northcott of West Virginia as minister to Venezuela and George T. Weitzel of Missouri as minister to Nicaragua. Also named were Robert Woods Bliss of New York and Arthur Bailly Blanchard for Paris and Tokyo respectively, Montgomery Schuyler Jr. of New York at Mexico City, Post Wheater of Washington for an embassy post, and Charles S Wilson of Mathe at St. Petersburg.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Elliott Northcott
West Virginia
Venezuela
George T. Weitzel
Missouri
Nicaragua
Robert Woods Bliss
New York
Paris
Arthur Bailly Blanchard
Tokyo
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
Mexico City
Post Wheater
D. C
Charles S Wilson
Mathe
St. Petersburg
Socialists choose Oklahoma City for national convention
Oklahoma City Oklahoma was selected as the site for the national Socialist party convention by referendum with the May 12 1912 start set. Indianapolis Indiana was the second choice and Cincinnati Ohio was third.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Socialist Party
Ind
Cincinnati
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