Coast Delegates Rage Over President’s Japan Policy
Pacific Coast delegation charges the Presidents stance on California schools risks federal coercion. Senator Rayner introduces a resolution asserting the government has no right to intervene in state public school matters with Japan’s treaty rights and calls for Japan to be notified that U S control over state schools is not authorized. The measure spreads across party lines as Californians condemn the Presidents warlike language and threaten to oppose any federal overreach. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
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Chnef
Rayner
Congress
Maryland
Senate
Californi
Union
Japan
California
United States
Capitol
Far West
Metcalf
Congressmen in Swift Auto Exceed Speed Limits in Pittsburg
Special to The Washington Post Pittsburg Dec 4 Two congressmen a judge a former state senator and a newspaper proprietor rode an automobile that sped well beyond city limits. Chauffeur H C Giles was brought before Magistrate Walke after the driver named the passengers.
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Pittsburg
Washington Post
H C Giles
Giles
Thomas J. Ford
John Dalrelis
James Francis Burke
R . Frazier
Common Pleas Court
William Flynn
Ralph
John H Hunter
A. & Moore
Moore
North Highlands Avenue
Walker
Porto Rico Home Rule Sought By Gov Winthrop
Gov Winthrop returns from Caracas aboard the Caracas to push Port Rico self government and full citizenship for about 1.19 million residents. He seeks a protective tax on coffee to equalize with Brazilian coffees and port improvements. Resident commissioner Tullo Carringto notes desire for self rule and an elected governor and upper house replacing the current executive council.
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Winthrop
New York
Beekman Winthrop
Porto Rico
In Siebendorff
Venezuela
Caracas
Tullo Carrinnge
Washington
Mrs E D Swan Files Bankruptcy In Washington
Mrs Ele Dallett Swan, wife of Baltimore banker Donnell Swan, filed for bankruptcy in Washington naming assets as nothing and liabilities at 3999. She reports fifty one creditors in Washington and Baltimore, cites social prominence, and notes marriage in November 1902 to the Baltimore banker's son.
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Baltimore Banke
Saya
Washington Poat
New York
Myrs Ele
Dallett Swan
Donnell Swan
Baltimore Banke and Society
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Cty
Washington
Swan
Baltimore
E E Swift
John Paine Wilson
Paine & Wilson
Outbreaks in Morocco Reach Tangier and Fez
Reports from Fez indicate disturbances near El Kasan with several casualties. A Moorish man of war carrying 150 regulars is en route from Fez to Tangier to restore order, amid Franco Spanish talks on a Morocco accord in Madrid.
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Berlin
Fez
Morocco
Imarehiwe
Tangier
Paris
Noted Surgeon Injured in Carriage Accident
Dr Joseph Hearn a renowned author and surgeon at Jefferson Medical College and Jefferson Hospital, was thrown from a carriage when his horse ran away on the South Street Bridge. He suffered a fractured skull and was left unconscious after being taken to a hospital. The driver also fell into an excavation from torn trolley tracks.
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Hear
Philadelphia
Joseph Hearn
Hearn
Jefferson Medical College
Jefferson Hospital
South Street
Japs Active in Manchuria Reported by St Petersburg
A St Petersburg dispatch reports intense Japanese activity in Manchuria with information from the Russian war ministry that fresh Japanese regiments are being drafted into Manchuria via Korea. Local Russian reports claim Japanese and Chinese forces threaten to push Russians back toward Lake Baikal.
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London
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Russian War Ministry
Korea
Lake Baikal
Gillette Convicted in Grace Brown Murder
Special to The Washington Fest Herkimer New York Dec 4 jurors out five hours with six ballots before agreeing found the defendant guilty of first degree murder in Grace Brown case. Gillette remained calm as verdict read and faced immediate sentencing set for Thursday at 10 o clock after motion to set aside verdict.
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Gillette
Grace Brown
Mille
Rusiic
Klock
Higart
Gillette Waa
Mile
Mr Thomas
Devendorff
Safity
Hatch
Nat 2
Quiver
Father
Will
Chester
Hutch
Clerk Burney
Mills
Gillette verdict in the Grace Brown case is reached
The jury convicts Gillette in the Grace Brown murder at Hig Moose Lake. District Attorney Ward lashes the defendant as a “ret” and “stinking wolf,” while Brown’s father says the family is satisfied with justice. The judge notes circumstantial evidence and motive is not essential for conviction, and Gillette sheds a single tear during the tense courtroom scene.
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Richards
Frank Brown
Gillette
Devendorf
Tevendorf
Grape Brown
Hig Moose Lake
Crane
Cnus Inu
Grace Brown
Ward
Gi Jette
Ma Ce
Japanese Feeling: City Officials Named in Segregation Debate
In Yokohama on December 4 police barred cinematograph pictures of Mayor Schmits and San Francisco officials tied to school segregation of Japanese scholars as subversive to public order. The press keeps discussing the issue with restrained Pagaimistically tone.
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Yokohama
Schmits
San Francisco
Mystery in Death of Ruth Miner in New York Ferry
Miss Ruth Miner of Cornwall Connecticut drowned in the North River after allegedly falling or being thrown from the Pittsburg ferryboat on the Twenty third street leg. Her brother in law Royal Southwick also of Cornwall accompanied her in Washington for the Congress opening.
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Cornwall, Conn
New York
Cornwall
Conwy
North River
Twenty-third Street
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railway
Miner
Mrs Peary Ill in Philadelphia Hotel Walton
Mrs Peary wife of Commander Robert Peary remains ill at the Hotel Walton in Philadelphia not yet leaving her room since Sunday though reported not in danger. The commander is in good health and quips that living in New York City poses more perils than Arctic travel due to traffic.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Peary
Robert & Peary
Walton
New York City
Prisoners Die as Cholera Serum Test Continues
Manila reports two more inmate deaths at Bilibid Prison, bringing total cholera fatalities to twelve of twenty four patients inoculated with the cholera serum. Officials say accidental mixing of serum tubes with ether solutions likely introduced the plague virus in some cases.
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Bilbd
Manila
Bilibld
Fair Play for Workers in Chicago Convention
James W. Van Cleave of St Louis urged employers to reflect on their role in driv ing social unrest. He attacked oppressors as worse than demagogues and warned that socialists anarchists and extremists rise when owners fail to address root causes. The Citizens Industrial Association passed resolutions against child labor and for nationwide trade schools. Carlos W. Post was re elected president with F C Nuenmacher and James W Van Cleave named vice presidents.
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James W. van Cleave
St Louis
National Association of Manufacturers
Citizens’ Industrial Association
van Cleave
Yungst
Ume
United States
Carlos W Post
Battle Creek
Michel
F.C Nunemacher
Louisville
James W van Cleave
Seaside seasickness suit seeks 31980 from steamship firm
Mia Rinka Schein of Omfida Nebraska sues North German Lloyd Steamship Co for 31980 claiming seasickness after a Bremen to New York voyage aboard the ship Wilhelm der Grosse. She says her husband paid 6125 for transport Bremen to St Louis and cites missed notice and a slower later passage aboard the Chemnitz.
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Lloyd Steamship ‘Company
Bremen
New York
St Louis
Benassi
Chemnitz
Hughes Coming Next Week in Albany and Washington
New York dispatch reports Governor-elect Hughes says he will not interfere with legislature as it forms its own agenda. He and Mrs Hughes plan to visit Albany to view the executive mansion, then return to the city. He also intends to visit Washington to meet President Roosevelt, while Republican leaders plan talks on the Eastern District of New York judgeship and other political appointments.
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Goveled Hughes
Hughes
Albany
Guv Higgins
Higins
Washington
Woodruff
Republican State Committee of
Roosevelt
Hugh Hirsch
Calder
Brooklyn
White House
Hirsch
Four Children Die In Fire Near Westfield
A late night blaze at a Westfield area home claimed four young lives, two boys and two girls ages two months to five years. Mrs W F Wezel and Mrs Oscar Felter, who lived with their children, were away at work, leaving the children alone. Firefighters found all the bodies burned beyond recognition after putting out the flames. In Pittston, two Smell children, a boy and a girl, died in a kitchen fire when the mother briefly left for a neighbor’s house. the girl reportedly played with paper and the baby boy was in a high chair as the fire started.
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Westfield
W F Wezel
Oscar Felter
Scranton
Dee
Alfred Smell
Pittston
Rose Pastor Stokes Intervenes For Burglar Fiancé
New Rochelle burglar Charles Haworth, who pleaded guilty to breaking into Joseph Marron’s home, may avoid prison after Rose Pastor Stokes urged White Plains Judge Platt to give him a chance at reform. She argued he is honest and reformable, plans weekly reports, and hopes marriage to his fiancée will aid rehabilitation.
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White Plains
Washington Post
New York
Rose Pastor Stokes
Charles Haworth
Sing
Judge Platt
Tob Hying
Joseph T Marron
New Rochelle
Stokes
White Plana
Hongving
Platt
Bing Bing
Germany
George Gould Wins Suit Against Syndicate
In Cincinnati on December 4 the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against John Jones in his suit to recover funds tied to coal mining and railroads held by George Gould and the Little Kanawha Syndicate Company. The lower court judgment was affirmed for lack of jurisdiction. In New York on December 4 Justice Newburger ordered Gould to pay 34 775 pounds in sheriff costs on an attachment against Gould and associates in the syndicate.
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Cincinnati
Ohin
Ioban Jones
Chicago
Little Kanawha Syndicate Company
George Gould
United States Circuit’ Court of Appeals
Jones Y Jones
Gould
West Virginia
Witner Arts
Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Justice Newburger
Supreme Court
George J Gould
Sheriff Hayes
John
S. Jones
Mr. Gould
William E Guy
Jamsey
Awha Mune Syndicate
State seeks books and directors in Buckeye case
In a Circuit Court filing the State of Ohio seeks production of all books and vouchers of the Standard Oil Company and its subsidiaries. It also asks for the names of all directors and an accounting of oil transported over the last ten years, including destinations and payers, in a suit under the Valentine anti trust law.
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Findlay
Ginlo
Dee
Ohio
Buckeye Tipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Buckeye Company
The
Valentine
Spanish cabinet approved under Armijo premiership
Madrid reports King Alfonso approved a new ministry under Marquis De Armijo with Gen Weyler returning as minister of war and a cabinet including Perez Gabellero as foreign affairs minister, Count Romanones as interior minister, Navarez Bevor ter as defence, and Amalete Gisento as instruction. Anti clerical demonstrations continue with police charging crowds and injuring several, including the bishop of Madrid’s vicar. Rome notes the Pope’s autographic letter warning the danger to the monarchy from anti Catholic policy.
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Alfonso
Marquis de Armijo
Weyler
Marquin de Armijo
Perez Gabellero
Interioc
Count-Romanones
Fnence
Navarezo Bevorter
Senor Federico
Gen Weyler
Senor Coblan
Amalte Gisento
Sever
Diplomats Puzzled Over Bowler Question in Commons
London diplomats and the American Embassy dismissed Bowler’s inquiry about any U S German wartime mercantile marine arrangement. The Conservative member asked if a convention exists to place German ships under U S control if Germany enters war and whether Britain’s envoy reported any such proposal.
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London
Foreign Office
George Stewart Bowler
House of Commons
United States
Germany
Annuity Offered to Koepenick Robber Voight
Berlin reports a wealthy woman signified to the defense lawyer of Wilhelm Voight Capt. von Koepenserk her plan to provide an annuity for Voight after he completes a four year sentence for the Koepenick robbery and arrest of the burgomaster.
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Berlin
Capt. von Keepenick
Wilhelm Voight
von Koepensek
Koepenick
Voight
Ammon Talks With Jerome After Sing Sing Release
Bob Ammon recently released from Sing Sing visited the district attorney in New York and refused to comment on the incident. Jerome said he has no desire to enter a dispute with Ammon. In Hornell, a fire at 2am destroyed the Afsade Block, damaging lodge rooms and the Evening Tribune offices.
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Bob Ammon
Sing Sing
District Attorney's Office
Mr Jerome
Bob
Jerome
Ammon
Hornell
N. Y
Borned
Afsade
Eidks
Knights of Columbus
Evening Tribune
Clifton flood toll reported after Detroit dam breaks
An eight to nine lives are said to have been lost in a great flood at Clifton as the Detroit concentrator dam broke. Water rushed down Chase Creek while Morenci and Clifton were cut off by downed wires and an abandoned Clifton central telephone station, delaying news until messengers can return.
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Clifton
Anz
Morenci
Ariz
Detroit
Chase Creek
Central
Roosevelt Portrait Recovered After Hidden Purchase
In Providence on December 4 the Roosevelt portrait was recovered following the earlier return of John Hay’s portrait. The police will not reveal the supplier, but it is stated the painting was bought in good faith for 135 dollars from the New York artist William D Murphy.
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R. L
John Hay
Roosevelt
William D Murphy
New York
Imports Break Record in New York as Year End Nears
New York December 4 The New York Customs Office reports that 1906 importations will top all prior years. Through today 309,270 imports have been recorded this year, with expectations to reach at least 325,000 by December 31, surpassing the 1905 total of 292,137. Albert A. Fath to hand letters from The Alien to District Attorney Jerome. subpoenas planned for alleged patrons of disorderly rooms.
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New York City
Collector of Customs
Jerome
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Omaha
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