Democrats Mark Victory in New York Banquet Honors Governors
New York Dec 15 Democrats elects governors honored at Waldorf Astoria banquet. Dix and Foss attended. Wilson Harmon sent letters urging direct popular election of U S senators and reform of the political system. Speakers stressed direct primaries, end of lobby influence, and reciprocity with Canada as steps toward broader free trade.
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National Democratic Club
Waldorf-Astoria
John A. Dix
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Simeon J. Baldwin
Connecticut
Frederick K. Plaistead
Maine
Messrs. Wilson
Harmon
Inx
Foss
Norman E. Mack
National Committee
Richard Croher
Tammany Hall
Charles E. Murphy
John Fox
Platstead
Cit Taldwin
Washington
Tr. Wilson
Gov. Harmon
Massacchusetts
Senate
United States
Wee
Canada
Mc Boss
Mexico
South America
Public resource use urged for common good
A speaker urged New York State citizens and public officials to study all problems related to development and conservation of national resources. He emphasized that vast manufacturing and factoring interests are a mainstay and urged careful administration to prevent waste and maximize public benefit.
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New York State
Wife May Smoke in Home Divorce Ruling
Kansas City dec 35 Circuit Court Judge James ruled that a wife’s cigarette smoking at home is not a sufficient ground for divorce. Frank L Houk sought divorce from Florence, testifying she smoked in bed, rolled cigarettes while cooking, and set fire to curtains. The judge said residence smoking alone is not sufficient cause for divorce.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
James Today
Frank L. Houk
Florence
James
Fire on ship at sea saved by bluejackets work
Norfolk dispatch reports a December 15 blaze aboard the steamship Maryland bound from Norfolk to Cape Charles. Sailors from the Maryland and tugs fought the fire among cotton bales in the freight hold, saving the vessel and most passengers. Captain Sadler received praise for steering to Sewalls Point while United States sailors aided efforts. one deckhand named Stone helped extinguish flames from the freight hold. A dozen tugs lined fire streams as the Pennsylvania rescued passengers and conveyed them to Cape Charles.
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Weasel
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Sewalls Point
Norfolk
Maryland
New York
Philadelphia
Stone
Sewails Point
Owen Startt
St. Vincent Hospital
Bay
Sadler
Mary-land
Steaer Pennsylvania
Cape Charles
Man seeks death by electric chair in letters to four governors
Special to The Washington Post. Battle Creek, Mich. Dec 15. The blind 33 year old Rev. Tnufaig McKinsey writes to the governors of New York New Jersey West Virginia and Ohio asking to be put to death in the electric chair He says he cannot be profitably employed and fears living in poverty among lunatics rot drunkards and vagabonds He requests the state take his life in the most painless way possible citing the death penalty as his hoped outcome.
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Battle Creek
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Tnufaig McKinsey
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Ohio
Meckinges
Bnth
Woman Rescued After 50 Foot Hospital Window Jump
Mrs Gertrude Hoffmann fought with three purses on a snow covered ledge fifty feet above the street in Pittsburg der. She broke the purses and leaped into the arms of two passing men who braced to catch her. She survived with minor injuries while another patient is said to be dead.
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Der
Gertrude Hoffmann
Sreimann
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26 Branches Raided in Capital Investment Company Sweep
Federal agents raided 26 branches of the Capital Investment Company across eight midwestern states including Chicago Joliet and Aurora. Officials allege a $10 million annual business with fast wires and stock market manipulation via misusing feeds. Dozens arrested as offices, telegraph rooms, and main offices were seized and police booked suspects.
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Capital Investment Company
Joliet
Aurora
Milwaukee
Racine
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Wis
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Lansing
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Town
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Elgin
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Lafayette
Ind
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Department of Justice
New York
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Hammond Company
Hammond Elevator Company
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Illinois
Gidman McHie
Wiliam R. Helli- Ran
Wiliam J. Lloyd
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Building
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Charles F. de Woody
Secret Service
Atice
Rookery
Financial District
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Ham
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Michael Murphy
Charles W. Rickell
M. F. Evans
Frank Holzaphel
C. C. Caldwell
J. W. McChesney
James Southard
Q. W. Lewis
Otto Kronenberg
Wiliam Falcott
Thomas A. Kent
William B. Herbert
R. L. Grean
W. J. Sanderson
Wickersham
Denver
Bremen Avenue Santa Claus Robbery Ring Case Unfolds
In St Louis on December 16 authorities recovered over 100 rings ten gold watches and more than two hundred rings and fifty bracelets and twenty watches from Frank Wallen the Bremen Avenue Santa Claus. Wallen admitted robberies of post offices jewelry stores and a railroad station totaling about 12600 with a woman assisting in his capture and the loot was linked to his distribution to children in North St. Louis. A dresser drawer held a list of children's names and Wallen resisted tearing it up citing gifts for those innocent youngsters.
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St. Louis
Frank Wallen
Bremen Avenue
Santa Claus
North St. Louis
Wallen
Debtor Blames Hobble Skirt For Insolvency in London
A London bankruptcy court debtor, a petticoat maker, attributed his insolvency to the hobble skirt. He argued that women’s hobbling reduced demand for nets and other undergarments, causing his trade to vanish.
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London
Widow of Man Murdered Tells of Romance with Wealthy Doctor
Mrs Lillian Glover widow of Clarence F Glover once murdered in Waltham says she will wed within a year to a wealthy Washington physician who writes loving letters amid a flood of mail. Hattie Le Blanc acquitted of murder in Cambridge receives countless marriage proposals and theater offers, including a $60 a week bid from a Boston agent, as she prepares to return to West Arichat Cape Breton.
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Benton
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Lillian XV. Glover
Clarence F. Glover
Waltham
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Ric
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Hattie le Blanc
Httle
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Melvin M. Jonson
Hattie
Mr. Johnson
West Arichat
Cape Breton
Dead fiances ashes stolen ring key clue in case
Miss Cora Evelyn of St. Louis reports a burglary that stole $2 worth of jewelry containing the ashes of her former fiancé Charles Patterson who died in Binghamton N Y about a year ago. She placed the ashes in the ring setting behind a transparent cover to keep a reminder of him near. Police are asked to locate the thief and recover the ring.
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St. Louis
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Democrats name William F. Sheehan as senator candidate
Democrats close to Charles F. Murphy say in recent conferences within 48 hours that William F. Sheehan has been practically chosen as the party's candidate for United States senator to succeed Depew.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
William F. Sheehan
United States
Depew
Kiss Count On Photo Tied To Baldwin Estate Suit
In Los Angeles on December 16 a trial unfolds over Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull seeking 2.5 million dollars from Elias J. Baldwin’s estate. Mrs Lillian Ashley Turnbull testifies about a 1890s agreement and a back of photo marked with 42 kisses as she and Baldwin allegedly joined in a contract.
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Lieutenants Accusation Ties Metternich Card Plot
In Vienna German lieutenant Backhaus accuses Count Giesbert Wolff Metternich of suspected sharp practice. They allegedly met in London with a baron and chevalier, playing rouge et noir and losing 3500 dollars. Backhaus paid 1750 to the count, who issued a 2500 dollar check to the winners.
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Girl Heroine Saves Harvard Students in Fire
Elizabeth Welsh an 18 year old from Cambridge Massachusetts becomes a college heroine after finding a boarding house fire at dawn She awakens her mother fainted and then ferries classmates to safety before collapsing The students lose everything and raise a fund to recognize her courage
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Cambridge
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Elizabeth Welsh
Hannah
Welsh
Harvard
Elizabeth
Taft Spokes Voice Opposition to War Report Views
After White House talks President Taft rejects the War Department's confidential report as merely opinion. Tawney blames Hobson and Dickinson in a battle over national defense, warning of propaganda for larger military budgets while noting secrecy breaches by some newspapers. A third report is being prepared for House posting. 1.25 Baltimore returns ticket note appears at end.
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Minnesota
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Taft
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Root
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House
Representative McLachlan
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Hobson
Army
Leonard Wood
House of Representatives
Revise Senate Foss Says Fire in Passenger Ship
Index to today’s issue notes multiple stories across sections. Senate revisions, ship fire, raids, battles, and public notices frame a broad page 1 overview.
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Foss
Lucky
Baldwin
Bay Hills
Carnegie
Capital
Young
Smith
China
w—Financial
Chevy Chase
New Park
Rebels Attack Providencia Near Durango in 239‑Man Force
Reports from Chihuahua to Durango say Providencia was attacked by 239 well armed mounted rebels. Governor of Durango asks federal troops under Co. Fernandez to surge 60 men. Ambassador de la Barra denies prisoners were killed while Gustavo A. Madero cites dispatches confirming killings of wounded and captives near Cerro Prieto.
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Navarro
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Gustavo A. Madero
Washington
Cerro Prieto
Eames Pleads With Rival Over Paris Engagement
Paris reports indicate Emilie de Gargorza’s intended husband, baritone Eames, sought divorce from his prior marriage amid gossip of Mme de Gargorze’s reluctance. Na mor notes she agreed after persistent urging by Mme Eames.
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Washington Post
Paris
Emilie de Gorgorza
Mme
Emme Hamés
Mme. de Gargorze
Namor
Mme. Eames
Fortune for paper seller in New York estate case
Through his father William Candor’s death Joseph Candor a Bridgeport Conn paper seller at Twenty ninth street and Sixth avenue inherits 926 000 and becomes landlord of four houses in Bridgeport Conn The Washington Poet reports from New York dated December 1 1900s style note
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New York
William Candor
Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Candor
Twentyninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Connecticut
Garage Helper Enriched After Uncle's Death in Ireland
In New York a garage helper named Robert P. Torrens became a millionaire when a telegram announced his uncle John Torrens had died in Lisburn Ireland. The estate valued at 5 million dollars was shared among Robert and his four brothers. He distributed his money among his garage employees. Gynecologists to Meet Here in Nashville on Dec 15 vote to meet next in Washington D C The Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association details and travel notes included Baltimore and Obie routes with trains both ways, one day.
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Ireland
Robert PB. Torrens
Norwalk
John Torrens
Lisburn
Robert
Warage
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association
Washington, D. C
Salina Bank Robber Ira Ward Ends Rampage by Suicide
Ira Ward, 31, held up Paradise Bank of Kansas, forced five men into a back room, escaped on horseback, but was soon surrounded by farmers notified by telephone. He killed himself as a posse closed in, leaving $2,500 recovered. authorities say all stolen money was recovered. Ward had bought a rifle, ammunition, and rope earlier, then fled toward Mberty before the posse converged.
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Ira Ward
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Kansas
Mberty
Walt
Luray
Bert O’brien
Taft brass badge made by convict labor claim
Worcester mass Dec 16 A gold badge presented to President Taft by North American railroad men is said to be brass, plated with gold and engraved by convict labor inmate A E F Hutchinson. He told jail officials and George W Cook that the badge was forged in Worcester and plated, with $900 paid to a Worcester jeweler.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Mass
Taft
North America
A. E F. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
George W. Cook
Jall
Providence
Railroad Men's Union
Harriman Gifts 100000 To Yale Forestry Chair Memorial
Mrs Edward Harriman of New York donates 100000 to Yale University to endow the chair in forest Management as a memorial to her late husband. Yale's forestry department head explains the gift supports field studies once conducted at Arden estate. Other bequests include funds for Wright dormitory rooms honoring Adelbert Stone Hay and Belo family memorial rooms.
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Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Stokes
Yale Corporation
Edward H. Harriman
New York
Yale Forest School
Ruyband
Arden
Department of Forest Management
Prudential Committee
Harriman
John Hay
Wright
Hoome
Adelbert Stone Hay
Alfred Horatio Belo
Alfred Horatio Belo, Jr
Dellas
Tex
Mrs McGuire Weds Indian in Pawnee Oklahoma
Mrs Bird McGuire ex wife of a congressman from the First Oklahoma district married George D. Le Mott a former Haskell football star and Osage agency attache in Pawnee. Le Mott serves on the Pawnee city council while McGuire remains active in real estate and insurance after her divorce.
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McGuire
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George D. le Mott
Haskell Indian School
Lawrence
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McGrure
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