Congress on today politics focus discussions and delay warned
Congressmen from both parties gather as leaders discuss pending legislation with a late adjournment forecast. Speaker Clark says sessions may extend into fall while a deficiency appropriation is pushed through to meet urgent needs.
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Wavernout
Va Teade
India
Folk
Wilson
Norman
Democrate
Common Good
Mirtle
Garfield
Big issues loom as new Congress convenes
A sprawling forecast of plans and tensions before Congress, detailing anticipated bills on including Sherman anti trust reform, federal incorporation, currency reform, new health and labor departments, Panama Canal maintenance, and arbitration treaties. It notes insurgent Republicans and Democratic hopes, with Speaker Clark and Underwood guiding early tariff and tax policy and a looming fourth page continuation.
Body of Mrs Johnson found in Bronx vacant lot
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Martha Johnson a Bronx domestic left Hartadale plans and after a visit to West 113th Street her body was found in a vacant lot at Southern Boulevard and 176th Street. Coroner Dr Thomas Curtin says wrists were broken and ribs crushed with evidence suggesting run over by an automobile. Police have a lead but withhold details of the clew.
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Washington Post
New York
Martha Johnson
George A. Huntz
Bryant
Avenue
Bronx
Hartadale
Edgar Newman
West 113d
Patrick McGowan
Southern Boulevard
176Th Street
Johnson
de. Thomas H. Curtin
Mr. Johnson
Japanese Aid Rebels In Mongolia Capital Revolt
Imperialists face a gloomily evolving crisis as Urga declares independence, Manchuria may join revolt, and Yuan Shi Kai’s government struggles. Reports say Manchus distrust Yuan while seeking to keep him in power. Troops move toward Shansi. consular dispatches note Wuchang rebels retreat as Peking braces for further fighting. Nanking reports sack and burn of the Tartar city with trains resuming between Shanghai and Nanking.
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Nanking
Peking
Shansi
Urga
Mongolia
Lassa
Manchuria
Chao
Erh
Poara
Mukden
Honan
Yuan Shi Kal
Teave
Yuan Shi Hai
Tientsin
Yuan
Yuan Shi Kai
Mintetera
Paotingfu
National Congress
Hankow
Wuchang
Shanghai
Pukow
Idaho Officers Demand Public Apology Over Steamship Row
Officers from Special 19 The Washingwed Eons Philadelphia demand the Navy force Fall River Steamship Co to apologize for branding sailors and officers on the Idaho and for calling them petty larceny thieves. The move follows a November search of football team members and two officers aboard the Fall River Line Steamboat Priscilla returning from Newport.
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Philadelphia
Idaho
Secretary of the Navy
Fall River Steamahe Company
Enetem Robertson
Paymamer Holt
Fall River Line
Priscilla
Newport
Taft Pleads National Conscience at Church Service
President Taft spoke at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church urging a national conscience as sensitive as individual morals. He warned mob rule erodes virtue, urged arbitration treaties, and praised the United American Mechanics for observance and patriotic service. Nagel attended but did not speak.
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Order of United American
Mechanics
Taft
Sinter Order of United American Mechanics
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
W. S. McKenny
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Lincoln Visit Amid Silk Flags at Mechanics Hall
The President, guided by a reception committee of Mechanics order leaders, entered through the north church door to a second floor auditorium. A standing guard of fence interrupted seating as he was escorted with Mal-1 Butt. The pulpit and balconies displayed large silk American flags, underscoring wartime unity.
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Lincoln
England
France
Germany
Mal-1 Butt
Mechanics Order
John A. H. Har Gett
T. E. Skinner
Land
Mr. Hargett
Mr. Skinner
Tug Redondo Versus Whale Off Frazer River
Special to The Washington Post. Tacoma, December 3. The tug Redondo struck a whale four times the tug’s size near the Frazer River fork, the impact knocking Capt. Crosby into the deckhouse and disabling the tug’s propellers as the whale fought to free its ribs before finally slipping away.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Crosby
Capt
Indicted as White Caps in Cumberland assault case
Twenty nine persons named in Grantsville grand jury indictment as members of the White Caps band who entered the bed of Rev. Scott Wilk and his wife, beating them severely until the clergyman remained bedridden for weeks. Two would‑be rescuers were also badly beaten.
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Washington
Cumberland
Scott Wilk Jama
Hia
Grants-ville
W. Ve
Williamy
Kolmese
Transfusion Operation Without Anesthetic Aids Mother
In Norfolk on December 3 at King's Daughters Hospital 16 year old Marie Mutter donated blood to her mother Mrs. W. M. Mutter of 734 Green Street to save her life. The operation was performed without anesthetic due to urgency and improved the mother’s condition.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Marie Mutter
King’s Daughters Hospital
W. M. Mutter
Green Street
Fall of Aviator Schriver Highlights Postwar Flight Peril
San Juan Puerto Rico December report: American aviator Joa Schriver, 34, died after losing control in a Baldwin aeroplane during a flight over Ponce. He fell 200 feet and died minutes after impact. Schriver, from Manchester Ohio, had a varied career with Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey, and worked with Glenn Curtiss on early aircraft. He previously joined Capt Baldwin as a helper for dirigible operations and later assisted Curtiss in air racing circles.
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Washington Post
San Juan
Porto Rico
Dec
Joa Schriver
Ponce
Ted Schriver
Manchester
Ohio
A Cheng
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Baley
New York
Madlacn Square
Garden
Thomas 8
Baldwin
Hammondsport
N Y
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Lehriver
Urtaghia
Munich
Reed
Nuremburg
Official stops runaways in Fifth Avenue incident
Deputy Police Commissioner Douglas I. McKay halted a carriage team dragging Lieut. Col. Moses G. Zalinski and Mrs. Zalinski after a traffic signal mix up caused a runaway at Fifth Avenue and Forty fifth Street. McKay clung to a horse bridle and stopped the vehicle after about a half block.
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McKay
New York
Col. Zalinski
Washington Post
Douglas I. McKay
Moses G. Zalinski
Quartermaster's Department
United States Army
Turtle gobbled twenty dollar bill
Four young men at Mrn Newell's Hotel bar in Pittsburgh watched a turtle destined for soup tomorrow. One man attempted to bet it was doped and flashed a twenty dollar bill. The turtle sprang, seized the bill, and devoured it before they could stop it.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Mrn Newell's
Five Die As Diamond Steamer Explodes on Ohio River
Five men are dead and eight rescued after a boiler explosion on the Diamond steamer near Davis Island, 6 miles below Pittsburgh. Capt Edward Swaney and four others are named among the dead. two injured may die, including pilot Charles C. Hays. Divers hunt for more bodies as survivors recount a sudden blast that tore the ship apart and sank it quickly in mid river.
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Diamond
Ohio River
Davis Island
Edward Swaney
James Friel
Hazelwood
Thomas Cunningham
Thomas Mershon
Joseph Haga
Charles C. Hays
Benjamin G. Williams
Stella Marshall
Margaret Kreating
Chambers
Margaret Gretsko
Allee
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Diamond Coal Company
Liverpool
Alice
-Smyrna Dog Unmasks Burial Night Mystery
Smyrna Del Dec 3 A shepherd dog named Shep tied at home fretted and then escaped during Joseph Staats burial week ago. The creature led mourners to an unmarked grave in the cemetery where Shep lay curled inside the round hold, the dog having returned to the graveyard after the funeral.
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Washington
Smyrna
Del
Joseph Staats
Shep
Stents
Ie Taster
Infanta Eulalie Breaks With King Over Book Ban
Paris today reports Infanta Eulalie of Spain resigns from court life after King Alfonso orders suspension of her French language work The Thread of Life and vows to sell her estates and live privately The book argues for divorce and female equality, praising workers and criticizing traditionalist Spain with socialist leanings
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Paria
Alfonso
Infanta Hulaire
Paris
Madrid
Avila
Infanta Eulalle
Inquisition
Infanta
Morocco
Countess Avila
Hulaire, Infanta
Hill Loges Valuable Papers Cause Embarrassment
A Berlin cable to the New York Times reports former Ambassador Hill canceled his European trip from Newark on November 23 due to the disappearance of 2 trunks containing private and diplomatic correspondence. The loss, tied to Dr Hill’s history of international diggeracy, could cause embarrassment in certain quarters to Washington.
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New York
Berlin
New York Times
Ambassador Hill
Berling
Europe
Newark
Tromk
Hill
Washington
Five Killed by Explosion
A list of pages shows events including a deadly explosion resulting in five deaths as reported in today’s issue. Other items cover Congress convening, labor disputes, vice crusades, and societal notes.
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Congress
Alfonso
Burns
Gompera
Ellis’ Lield
John Barrett
F. Burchell
Germans Plan 300-Seat Aerial Cruiser After Maneuvers
Cologne December 3 German military authorities plan an aerial cruiser capable of carrying 300 persons and speeds up to 50 miles per hour with a gas capacity of 10 000 cubic meters. The design follows maneuvers recently concluded, noted as unusually productive.
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Cologne
Germany
Gompers Hearings and Darrow Ties Tie to McNamara Case
Detectives say Samuel Gompers knew the McNamaras were guilty after a conference in Indianapolis where labor leaders, including Clarence Darrow, discussed defense funding. Gompers, in New York, stated he may issue a formal statement after returning to Washington and reviewing the cases. He refused to discuss clemency and said he would wait for the court to decide.
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American Federation of Labor
Isaae
Washington
Ind
Gompers
McNamaras
W. J. Burns
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
Gampers
Elsa
Burns
Darrow
Clarence Darrow
New York
McNamara
Samuel Gompers
Win Rou
Troy
State Factory Investigating Commission
Music Helps Trace Times Building Bomber to Bryce
Los Angeles police link James B McNamara to the Times building destruction after a San Francisco cafe musician identified him as Bryce who bought the dynamite and used the alias in a local hotel. Secret Service chief Samuel L Browne relayed the tale of McNamara’s fondness for Traumerei guiding the identification.
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Cal
James B. McNamara
Schumann
Traumerel
San Francisco
Times
J. B. Bryce
McNamara
Bryce
Samuel L. Browne
Secret Service Bureau of the
District Attorney's Office
McNamaras
J. B. McNamara
Ames
Fimes
Lighthouse Keeper Requests School Teacher For His Children
Capt. Emfiott C. Hadley keeper of Bakers Island lighthouse near Boston asks the Salem school board to send a teacher for his three children. He states he is a U S citizen and the government demands his children attend school.
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Washington Post
Boston
Masa
Emfiott c. Hadley
Bakers Island
Salem School Board
United States
Capt
Hadley
Gigantic plot probe grips J B McNamara case
Los Angeles reports cooperation between federal and California authorities to uncover a vast conspiracy. Assistant District Attorney Ford cites a nationwide reach of the investigation and potential arrests by federal officers, with heavy pressure on Judge Bordwell and broad ramifications across the country.
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United States
California
W. Joseph Ford
John D. Fredericks
Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Mr. Ford
Unite States
A. T. McDermick
Washington
Miller
Ia-Dianapolie
Fredericke
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