Civic experts urge park plan to link capital and Baltimore
The American Civic Association opened sessions advocating a government purchase of a land tract forty miles long with widths from one half to fifteen miles. Officials estimate a six million dollar cost and Taft is expected to approve the plans for a great forest to connect major cities and improve municipal welfare.
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Washington
Baltimore
Prescent Mtpfarland
City Planning Session Highlights in 1909 Civic Talks
The afternoon program features Franklin MacVeagh and Frederick Law Olmsted among speakers on city planning. The American Civic Association debates a 400,000 acre intercity forest between Washington and Baltimore costing about 6 million dollars, with Taft’s support and a national parks push noted.
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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
Civic reform discussed at convention sessions
The gathering heard leaders from civic groups outline plans for stronger reform efforts. Clyde L. Day of Chicago was invited to address on billboard regulation, with sessions featuring Foulke on municipal improvement and Mrs. Biddle on women’s clubs civic work.
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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
$3000 To Hero's Widow From New York Central
The New York Central directors voted a $3000 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 struck roundhouse. The cash gift, not a new policy, honors his act of heroism in the company’s interests.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Central
Thomas Murphy
Penn Yan
Murphy
Body Carried Into Court Shocks Mississippi Trial
In Vicksburg on December 14, the court halted as a body was brought in at the urging of District Attorney Thames and offered by the State in the Rosie Miner murder trial. Judge Mounger ruled the corpse inadmissible, leaving the defendant visibly affected.
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Washington Post
Vicksburg
Miss
Hog Attack Leads to Farmer's Death Near Richmond
Henry Powell, a Roxbury area farmer three miles east of Richmond, was fatally mauled by a vicious hog while butchering yesterday afternoon. Despite rapid medical help, Powell died within minutes from his injuries.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henry Powel
Roxbury
Powell
Ejected at Divorce Ball Sparks Nevada Social Scene
A Reno society ball hosted by divorce seekers drew prominent figures with an unusual scene as a New York man and his partner were removed after a Philadelphia physician ordered them to stop rough dancing. The woman wore a riding whip that swung, striking several dancers before the couple quit the hall. Special to The Washington Post.
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Washington Post
Reno
Nev
New York
Philadelphia
No Indignity to the Dead Court Denies Damages
United States district court in Valdez Alaska rules against Chief Good Jateh of the Copper River Indians in a $10 000 damages suit against the Copper River Railroad for disturbing an ancient Indian graveyard at O Brien Creek. The court finds reburial sufficient and notes the Indians planned a potlatch to appease unsettled spirits.
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Susannah Cooper Dies at 91 After Long Fast
Aberdeen South Dakota December 14. After more than two months of fasting Mrs Susannah Cooper died today in her ninety first year She had smoked a pipe every night and morning during the fast believing it would benefit her health
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Aberdeen
Susannah Cooper
Cooper
Gomez Ousts Guerra in Cuba Aide May Appeal to Washington
Havana reports say President Gomez relieved Maj. Gen. Pino Guerra of army command and named Col. Jose Marti to replace him. Guerra, held as a pris oner, contemplates a foreign mission or resignation while rumors of an antiadministra tion conspiracy circulate amid army loyalties and guard around Camp Columbia.
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Count de Beaufort Returns to Chicago Amid Claims of Wealth
Count de Beaufort arrives from New York announcing a bankroll and plans to fight a pending disorderly conduct charge. He intends to confront his father-in-law Kilgallon, pursue his Inma, and tour vaudeville and film engagements in Washington, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, and Boston after the Chicago showing of The Count's Romance.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Count de Beaufort
New York
Inma
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Col Cody Kills Buffalo on Pawnee Ranch
Col Cody known as Buffalo Bill visiting Pawnee Ranch owner Gordon Lilie, shoots and kills a buffalo during an early morning hunt. The Lite ranch spans 500 acres with 140 buffalo, recent addition from New Hampshire's Austin Corbin herd. Maj Tallie ordered the slaughter of the unruly bull for a barbecue in Cody's honor.
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Washington Post
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Okla
W. F Cody
Buffalo Bnl
Gordon W. Lilie
Pawnee Bill
Austin Corbin
New Hampshire
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Engineers Refuse Arbitration Over Wage Demands
Engineers from 61 Western railroads rejected arbitration and sent a reply to railroad managers, denying their request for higher wages. The managers had hinted at talks but avoided direct arbitration. Matinee today at 2 at the Columbia Theater features The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Aunt Mary
Columbia Theater
Eddy Will Filed Alters Bequests and Trusts for Christian Science Church
The Eddy will filed in New York allocates 10 000 to each of her son and five grandchildren, 20 000 to Dr B Foster Eddy, 5 000 to her adopted son, and 100 000 in trust to the Christian Science board for indigent instruction at Metaphysical College in Concord New Hampshire. The Mother Church of Boston is named residuary legatee with further bequests to the church and related parties.
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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 seizure at party
Albert Sommers aged 68 collapsed while laughing at a joke in Lacrosse Wisconsin, dying several hours later. Doctors attributed death to paralysis triggered by the strain of laughter amid the social gathering.
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Wisconsin
Lacrosse
Wis
Albert Sommers
Count Metternich Arrested in Card Cheating Case
The London based Vienna correspondent reports Count Gilbert Wolf Metternich, nephew of Germany's ambassador in London, arrested by Berlin court on cheating at cards. He cites revenge from associates in London as motive. He is married to a Vienna actress and serves as Vienna automobile club secretary.
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Washington Post
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Vienna
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Count Gilbert Wolf Metternich
Berlin
Doctor Leaps to Death at City Hospital
Pittsburg reports Dr. W. M. Proctor, a renowned local physician, died after leaping from a hospital window. He had undergone surgery yesterday, escaped a nurse today, and plunged to the ground, with death ruled as self-inflicted by the coroner.
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Pittsburg
Homeopathyc
W. M. Proctor
Western farmers push for free trade and state ownership
Delegates from across Canada converge in Ottawa to press for reciprocity with the United States and expanded British preference, while Western groups demand abolition of farm input duties, government control of Great Lakes elevators and the Hudson Bay Railway, a chilled meat industry, and rail liability for cattle killed on tracks. Prime Minister Laurier plans to respond.
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Canadian National Council of Agriculture
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United States
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New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Boston
New York
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Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
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New Zealand
Wilfrid Laurier
Innocent Man Whose Sentence May End After Confession
Pittsburg story: Andrew Loth, imprisoned for murder for twenty years at Riverside, collapses upon learning a confessional letter by Stephen Loth in Hungary and a true murderer namesake. Loth's four sons seek pardon with attorney Edward Goehring. The alleged victim was watchman Michael Quinn at Graddock steel mills.
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Michael [Quinn
Graddock Steel Mills
Guns Rake Rebel Navarro Uses Artillery
A dispatch from Chihuahua cites El Heraldo Mexicano reporting Gen Navarro's artillery siege at Ciudad Guerrero and a brutal aftermath. Rebels fought to a standstill near Pedernales as Navarro claimed no prisoners and countered with heavy losses on both sides.
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Vivian Gould to Wed a Lord in Society Seal
London announces the engagement of Lord Decies and Vivian Gould daughter of George I Gould of New York. Decies is 44, Vivian will be 19 next birthday. their acquaintance began at a national horse show in 1891 and renewed this fall after Decies led a company of officers back to America. Baron Decies, born 1866, is a polo player and hunter with a long war record.
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George I Gould
New York
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New National Park Proposed Sparks Conspiracy Rumors
Page reports suggest plans for a new national park amid Cuba rumors and political controversy as war needs and tariffs are debated. Hints of related lawsuits and shifts in policy appear across editorials and financial notes.
Tragic Self Immolation in Snowdrift Ends in Death
Mrs Katherine Long 60, widow, ran from her home at 1019 First Street Northwest as flames enveloped her light house gown. Spectators watched as she attempted to scatter snow over burns, then collapsed in a snowbank. She died at Casualty Hospital at 2:30 PM after severe burns covering her body. fire traced to burning clothing dropped from kitchen stove. Mrs Long had lived in Washington 45 years, husband died five years earlier.
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Katherine Long
Casualty Hospital
Sparring Bout for Insane Fans at Matteawan Hospital
Special to The Washington Poet from New York December 14 reports Tommy Murphy knocking out Harry Lortz in a five round sparring exhibition before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of inmates at the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane Matteawan. Only Harry K Thaw missed the bout, as inmates jeered and cheered shouting Oh you Jeffries.
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State Hospital For
Matteawan
Tommy Murphy
Harry Lortz
Hospitel
Harry K. Thaw
Jeffries
War arms and defense plan urged as nation unprepared
Confidential War Department report warns the United States lacks sufficient manpower and weapons to defend its coasts in case of invasion. Maj. Gen. Wood testifies Congress that the army needs at least 20,000 more soldiers and stronger fortifications. A national defense council bill seeks executive legislative policy coordination. Congressional debate over publishing the confidential document intensifies as Taft, Cannon, Tawney, and McLachlan weigh the political and military implications.
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Burglars Wagon Theft at Silberman & Bons Store
Chicago detectives report a late night burglary at the South Side store of Silberman and Bons. Robbers loaded 4200 mink skins 190 weasel skins and 83 pounds of gin beng onto a wagon before making off with property valued around 21 627. Police seek witnesses and track the wagon used in the heist. Local authorities urge caution and announce a citywide inquiry into the break in.
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