Civic Experts Urge Parks Expansion Plan To Connect Capitals
American Civic Association delegates meet here to discuss a government purchase of a land tract forty miles long varying in width from one half to fifteen miles. Taft or Wil are expected to approve plans for a great forest with a project cost estimated at six million dollars. The proposal aims to link the capital and Baltimore through a national park style corridor and improve municipal betterment.
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American Civic Association
Washington
Baltimore
Prescent Mtpfarland
City Planning Session Highlights National Forest Idea
Morning and afternoon sessions of the American Civic Association annual convention discuss city planning reforms. Franklin MacVeagh and Frederick Law Olmsted spoke on planning, while George B. Dealey and Harold Howland outlined civic strategies. A bold proposal to create an intercity forest between Washington and Baltimore, costing about six million dollars, was launched by William Ellicott and backed by President Taft, aiming to connect parks, improve recreation, and boost national capital beauty.
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Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Washington
Thomas Nelson Page
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Frederick Law Olmated
Arnold W. Brunner
John Nolen
George B. Dealey
Harold J. Howland
Baltimore
Ulth
Aken
Amerian Civic Association
William M Milicott
America Institute of Architects
J. Horacek Fortand
Taft
Richard B. Watrous
Association
American Civic Association
Congress
Ellicott
United States
Fie
Natewal
George Washington
The
Republic
Plana
Civic reform discussed at convention with urban planning focus
The convention heard Clyde L Day outline legal control of bill boards while Clyde L Day and others spoke on civic improvement. Henry B F Macfarland opened with a Washington Greeting. Speakers included William Dudley Foulke, Mrs Edward W Biddle, Charles Mulford Robinson, Dr F Carrera y Justiz, Mrs Agnes McGiffert Bailey, Mrs John Wood Stewart, David Fairchild, L A Williams, and J Lockie Wilson.
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Corponation
Chicago
Washington
Henry B. F Macfarland
American Civic Association
William Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Ind
National Municipal League
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward W. Biddle
Carlisle
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Ite
Cincinnati
Charles Mulford Robinson
Rochester
N. C
Agnes McGiffert Bailey
Cleveland
John Wood Stewart
Glen Ridge
N. J
David Fairchild
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
L. A. Williams
J. Lockie Wilson
Ontario Horticultural Association
Toronto
Canada
$3,000 to Hero's Widow From New York Central
The New York Central directors voted a $3,000 fund to the widow of Thomas Murphy, a Penn Yan roundhouse helper, who died October 17 while trying to move an engine from a fire damaged roundhouse. The action does not set a new policy, but honors his heroism in the company’s service.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Central
Thomas Murphy
Penn Yan
Murphy
Body Carried Into Court Surprises Mississippi Trial
In Vicksburg on December 14, the court heard that a body was brought in at the urging of District Attorney Thames and offered as evidence in the Rosie Miner murder trial. Judge Mounger ruled a corpse not admissible, leaving the defendant visibly affected.
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Washington Post
Vicksburg
Miss
Hogs fatally mauled farmer near Roxbury
Richmond, December 14 Henry Powel a farmer living near Roxbury three miles east of Richmond was attacked by a vicious hog while butchered yesterday afternoon He sustained a wound just under the knee and died a few minutes after medical aid was summoned The incident occurred on his farm prompting local safety concerns
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henry Powel
Roxbury
Powell
Ejected at divorce ball shocks Reno society
In Reno Nevada last night the second ball hosted by the colony drew the city’s social elite. An New York newspaper man and his partner provoked a disturbance with a riding whip during dancing. The Philadelphia dance master asked them to stop the ragging or leave, and they departed.
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Washington Post
Reno
Nev
New York
Philadelphia
No Indignity to the Dead
United States district court in Valdez Alaska rules against Chief Good Jateh in a $10,000 damages suit against the Copper River Railroad over its line through the ancient Indian graveyard at O'Brien Creek The court finds the reburial of bones sufficient though the Indians planned a potlatch to appease disturbed spirits
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Seattle
Wash
United States District Court
Valdez
Alaska
Good- Jateh
Copper River Railroad
O'Brien Creek
Fast at 91 Ends After Long Fast for Health
Aberdeen South Dakota dispatch reports Mrs Susannah Cooper dying at age ninety one after a fast of more than two months. She believed the fast would benefit her health and for the period she smoked a pipe each night and morning.
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Aberdeen
Susannah Cooper
Cooper
Gomez ousts Guerra as Cuba army chief amid crisis
Havana reports Gov Gomez has relieved Maj Gen Pino Guerra of command and named Col Jose Marti to replace him. Guerra may accept a foreign mission or resign, with rumors he will appeal to Washington and challenge Gomez. The army splits, guards surround Guerra’s Camp Columbia house, and Gen Machade becomes interior secretary.
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Armed Forces
Count de Beaufort Returns to Chicago with Plans
Count de Beaufort arrives from New York claiming a restored bankroll and rights. He intends to fight a pending disorderly conduct charge, pursue his father-in-law Kilgallen, visit his wife Inma, view the Count's Romance films, and book vaudeville dates in Washington New York Cincinnati St Louis and Boston.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Count de Beaufort
New York
Inma
Mr. Ki
Col Cody Kills Buffalo on Pawnee Buffalo Ranch
Col Cody known as Buffalo Bill visits Pawnee Bill Lilie on a buffalo ranch near Pawnee Oklahoma where Cody shoots and kills a troublesome senior bull during a morning hunt. The 500 acre Lite ranch holds 140 buffalos boosted by stock from Austin Corbin ranch New Hampshire. Maj Tallie planned the barbecue in honor of Cody and guests from the East. Cody aimed and struck with one shot ending the bull’s threat.
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Washington Post
Pawnee
Okla
W. F Cody
Buffalo Bnl
Gordon W. Lilie
Pawnee Bill
Austin Corbin
New Hampshire
Maj. Tallie
Col Cody
Buffalo Bill
Engineers Refuse Arbitration Over Wage Demands
Chicago December 14 engineers from 61 western railroads rejected arbitration for higher wages. They sent a reply to the railroad managers’ committee, which had suggested possible conferences but not formal arbitration. Matinee today at 2 at the Columbia Theater.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Eddy will 6 filed: Mrs Eddy leaves $10,000 to each son and children
Long will of Mary Baker Eddy filed in New York names son George W. Glover and five children as heirs of $10,000 each, with $20,000 to Dr. B. Foster Eddy, $5,000 to the adopted son, and other bequests. A $100,000 trust funds the Massachusetts Metaphysical College for indigent Christian Scientists, with the Mother Church of Boston as residuary legatee. The will directs church repairs and a trust to extend Christian Science teaching, with further bequests to Stetson and others.
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Augusta E. Stetson
New York
Metaphysical College
Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G Eddy
Mother Church
Boston
Christian Science Board of Directors
Eddy
George W. Glover
Glover
B. Foster Ddy
Calvin A. Frye
Ania
Henry M. Baker
Motler Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
First Church of Christ
Seenust
Massachusetts Metaphysical College
Commonwealth Avenue
Laura J. Sargent
Wisconsin man dies after laughing at joke
Albert Sommers aged 68 collapsed while laughing at a friend's joke in Lacrosse Wisconsin. He died a few hours later. Physicians attributed the death to a stress induced paralysis from the laughter. The rest of the text lists rail slogans and travel ads unrelated to the event.
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Wisconsin
Lacrosse
Wis
Albert Sommers
Count Metternich Arrested for Card Cheating in Vienna
The Vienna police report Count Gilbert Wolf Metternich, nephew of the German Ambassador to London, has been arrested on a charge of cheating at cards. He alleges the arrest stems from revenge by London associates he met. He is married to a Vienna actress and serves as secretary of a Vienna automobile club.
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England
Washington Post
London
Vienna
The
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Count Gilbert Wolf Metternich
Berlin
Doctor Leaps to Death at Homeopathic Hospital
Pittsburg report says Dr. W. M. Proctor, a leading local physician, died after leaping from a hospital window following a surgical operation. The coroner was notified to treat the death as self-inflicted.
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Pittsburg
Homeopathyc
W. M. Proctor
Freedom of Trade Urged by Canadian Farmers Delegation
Ottawa reports a large farmer delegation from maritime provinces through Ontario and the west arrives for Canada's first national council of agriculture. They seek broad reciprocity with the United States, expanded British preference, government ownership of Great Lakes elevators, Hudson Bay Railway control, a chilled meat industry, and laws to support cooperatives and rail compensation. Prime Minister Laurier will respond.
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Canadian National Council of Agriculture
Canada
United States
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Boston
New York
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New Zealand
Wilfrid Laurier
Innocent Serves 20 Years as Real Slayer Confesses
Pittsburg prison inmate Andrew Loth, jailed for murder at Graddock steel mills, hears in Hungary that the actual killer, Stephen Loth, confessed. Loth’s four sons, aided by attorney Edward Goehring, seek a pardon after decades of effort. Andrew fainted upon learning a likely imminent pardon.
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Edward Goehring
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Michael [Quinn
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Guns Rake Rebel Navarro United with Artillery
Dispatch from Chihuahua via El Heraldo Mexicano reports Navarro's forces shelling the rebel stronghold at Rancho Santiago as revolutionists endure heavy losses. Casualties cited vary with sources, but estimates place insurgent dead and wounded high, with federal bayonets joining bullets in a harsh conflict scene.
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Vivian Gould Engaged to Lord Decies in New York
London announces the engagement of Lord Decies and Miss Vivian Gould daughter of George I Gould of New York. He is 44 and she will be 19 next birthday. They met at the national horse show in 189 and renewed acquaintance when he led officers home. Beresford, fifth Baron Decies, is a veteran officer and polo/cricket enthusiast. Baltimore & Ohio promotes the Chicago Limited and Chicago Special trains from Union Station at 1 22 and 6 30 p.m with no extra fare.
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New York
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Seventh Hussars
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Matabele
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Baltimore & Ohio
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New National Park Proposed
A brief item notes the proposal of a new national park. It outlines the idea's scope and potential impact on conservation and regional development, citing officials and stakeholders contemplating designation and funding.
Tragic Fire Victim Katherine Long Died After Self-Enflamed Escape
Mrs. Katherine Long a 60 year old widow fled 1019 First Street in a blazing kitchen as flames enveloped her body. She ran into the snow in a dramatic, doomed attempt to save herself and later died at Casualty Hospital at 2 30 PM.
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Katherine Long
Casualty Hospital
Sparring Bout At Matteawan Draws Inmate Frenzy
Special to The Washington Poet New York, Dec 14. Tommy Murphy defeated Harry Lortz in a five round sparring bout before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of inmates at the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane Matteawan. Harry K. Thaw was the only observer not to attend as spectators cried out Jeffries and the fighters left to inmates’ cheers and a hall yell.
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New York
State Hospital For
Matteawan
Tommy Murphy
Harry Lortz
Hospitel
Harry K. Thaw
Jeffries
Nation warned on war risk as U S defense deemed unprepared
A confidential War Department report to Congress portrays the United States as wholly unprepared for war. It cites insufficient manpower and guns, and calls for a stronger army, expanded fortifications, and a national defense council. Maj. Gen. Wood testifies before Congress urging a larger army and readiness improvement.
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Burglars Take Furs and Ginseng from South Side Store
Thieves stole goods valued at 21 627 from the store of 8 Silberman & Bons on the South Side Chicago early today. The plunder included 4 200 mink skins 190 weasel skins and 83 pounds of gingberg. The burglars fled in a wagon. FW. T. Rawlings, i Ya, ar.
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Chicago
Silberman & Bons
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