Denmon Urges Civil Service Reform At League Meet
W T Denmon Assistant United States Attorney General criticizes criminal law failures to convict the rich saying political appointments create class hatred and hinder prosecutions He lauds competitive promotion and urges merit based appointments Taft Wickersham reforms praised Also reports Eliot Wilson reelection officers and recommendations for extending merit system to federal and municipal posts Kept banquet closes conference at Hotel Belvedere with remarks on efficiency experts and city budgeting
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Civi Service Reform League
Bonaparte
Washington Post
Baltimore
National Civil Service Reform League
W. T. Denmon
United States
Denmon
Bumzon
New York
Stimaon
Republican Organization of New York
Taft
Denison
Wickersham
Stimson
Charles W Eliot
Harvard University
Woodrow Wlaon
New Jersey
Committee On
District of Columbia
Senate
Brandles
Civil Service Commissions
Robert Catherwood
Civil Service Reform Assucletion of
Chicago
Catherwood
Chicago City Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Streets
Hotel Belvedere
House Opposed to Baths in State Office Building
In a committee of the whole session yesterday the House debated the legislative appropriation bill. Members divided over striking the baths funding, with Campbell of Kansas for and Mann of Rhode Island against. If defeated and Senate concurs, attendant salaries would be saved and bath room fittings sold for Treasury revenue. Economy efforts also halted attempts to raise clerks’ salaries from 1600 to 2000 and other hike proposals.
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Committee of Whole
Campbell
Kansas
Mann
Tlinods
Senate
Chinese Hidden in Hay Smuggling Ring Nabbed Near El Paso
Sixteen Chinese men hidden in a box car beneath hay were arrested at Yeleta below El Paso. Two Americans were also arrested for smuggling. The men were lowered into a hay-lined space through the car roof as the vehicle was loaded.
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Sinteei
el Paso
Tex
Yeleta
Washingtonians Wed in Leesburg Marriage
In Leesburg today at the Methodist parsonage Mra Nora Remburg and William Henry Mason, both of Washington, were married with Rev Ob. i. Blakemore officiating.
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Leesburg
Washington Post
Mra
Nora Remburg
William Henry Mason
Washington
Rey Ob. i. Blakemore
19 Held as Cheats in Postal Fraud Raids
A large postal fraud sweep arrests 19 suspects in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Firms named include Charles B. McKee Commission Company and Huntingdon Fruit and Produce Company. Allegations involve fraud via the mails, false charitable claims, and improper literature, with several individuals tied to jewelry and express company schemes. Investigations were ordered by the Postmaster General, aided by inspectors, and timed to prevent suspects from fleeing or sharing details.
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Lepach
Adams Express Company
Philadelphia
le |Pach
Express
Weltzal
Gustavson
Sliverman
Pittsburg
Hitchcock
Robert Sharp
Pennsylvania
James T. Cortelsou
Oleo fraud indicted in Chicago case involving Moxley insider
Federal grand jury indicts John Dadie, secretary of William Moxley Inc., a son-in-law of Representative William J. Moxley, on conspiracy to defraud the government. Indictments for twelve others suppressed. Dadie bonds posted at 10,000. Investigation into oleomargarine moonshiners traces to factory officials and inspectors.
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Moxley
Chicago
John Dadie
William Moxley
Leavenworth
Kans
Wich
Stampa
Revolt in Peru Grows as Abancay Falls to Insurgents
Insurgents seize Abancay the capital of Apuri mac in southern Peru amid heavy fighting. Many killed or wounded on both sides as government rushes troops to the district. Northern unrest persists in Lambayeque as dispatches claim government forces in control and pursue insurgents. Abancay, population about 3,000, lies 40 miles southwest of Cuzco where sugar cane is the main industry.
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Lima
Peru
Abancay
Apurimac
Lambayeque
Mes
Cuzco
Alsace Lorraine To Vote On New German Constitution
Berlin reports the bundestag adopts a draft constitution for Alsace Lorraine to be presented to the reichstag after Christmas recess. It creates two chambers and a governor named by the emperor. The upper house has 38 members with half chosen by commerce, agriculture or labor bodies and half by the emperor. The lower house uses universal male suffrage with two votes for under 60 and three votes for over 60. voting is secret. Upon two chamber inauguration the bundgrat and reichstag authority will end.
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Berlin
Bundtrath
Alsace-Lorraine
Bundzrath
Bundgrat
Reichstag
Bucketeer Arrests Multiply In Chicago Raid
Chicago reports a raft of arrests tied to the bucketshop Capital Investment Company after a raid. Sidmon McHire, broker and alleged head, held in 10000 bail. T J Meany and J E King also taken into custody. Western Union official William J Lloyd questioned and released. Federal probe to go before a grand jury Monday.
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Chicago
Sidmon McHire
Hesk
Capital Investment Company
United States
Foote
A. Trude
Pate McHie
Trude
J McHie
McHie
T J Meany
J E King
William J Lloyd
Western Union Telegraph Company
de Woody
Secret Service
Western Union Telegraph Ta
Lloyd
W C Dannenberg
Murphy & Co
la Salle Street
Federal
Federal Grand Jury
Gould Interests Defeated In Bond Dispute
Insurgent first mortgage bondholders of the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railway won in U S Circuit Court Justice Noyes ordered Central Trust Company acting as depositary for the bondholders committee led by James A Wallace to return to the insurgents bonds valued at 6 000 000 intrusted to the committee after a two year battle over control and possession.
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New York
First Mortgage
Wabash- Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company
Gould
Justice Noyes
United States Circuit Court
Central Trust Company
James A. Wallace
Acquitted of Land Fraud Perjury in San Francisco
Charles P. Snell, charged with perjury in connection with the land fraud trials of Dr. B. B. Perrin and John A. Benson, was acquitted tonight by a jury in the United States district court. Snell had testified for the government in the Perrin and Benson case.
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San Francisco
Charles P. Snell
B. B. Perrin
John A. Benson
United States District Court
Snell
Perrin
Benson
Lodge to address legislators at Symphony Hall
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge accepts an invitation to address the Massachusetts legislature at Symphony Hall. He proposes Tuesday January 3 for the event and will discuss issues surrounding the senatorial election.
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Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Symphony Hall
Towns Record Large Population Rises in Thirteenth Census
Census figures released yesterday show Pomoria California with 10,207 residents up from 5,526 in 1900, Monegsen Pennsylvania 13,773 up from 2,197, and Long Beach California 17,800 up from 2,252. The data highlights rapid growth in these communities.
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Pomoria
Cal
Monegsen
Long Beach
Overcapitalization Seen Not Harming Freight Rates Says Stetson
Francis Lynde Stetson, legal representative of J. P. Morgan & Co, testified before Taft's railway securit ies commission that capitalization does not affect rates. He favorably framed stock without par value but doubted it would erase evils. He cited potential for monopolies as unlikely, urging state rather than federal control and interstate connections to avoid federal interference.
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New York
Francis Lynde Stetson
J. P. Morgan & Co
Taft
Railway Securities Commission
Stetson
Stetein
Stétson
Stetnon
Turkish troops retake El Kerak after Bedouin attack
Constantinople reports government forces entered El Kerak in Syria without opposition. Officials and 3872 soldiers were found safe though government offices were pillaged. Bedouins fled. earlier accounts claimed massacres of Christian residents and looting. An American tourist party led by Rev. W R Miller was robbed but unharmed.
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Constantinople
el Kerak
Vilayet
Syria
Dead Sea
Hl Kerak
Mejilia
Hi Kerek
W. R. Miller
Dunkard
Chicago
Walsh's Fate in Balance as Pardon Plea Delayed
John R Walsh seeks a pardon while a health dispute over the convict banker unfolds. Physicians split on confinement versus rest cure with a private special exam testing credibility of prior reports. The outcome hinges on whether Walsh should remain confined or be at home.
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John R Walsh
Department of Justice
Walsh
Leaverworth
I! Health
Financier Samuel Ingall Takes Turkey Abroad for Christmas
Chicago financier Samuel Ingall departed for England for the holidays carrying two large Libertyville raised turkeys to ensure a genuine Christmas feast. The birds were placed aboard his train to New York and the party, including Mr. Ingall, would sail on the Mauretania tomorrow night.
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Chicago
England
Samuel Ingall
Libertyville
Insull
New York
New York. Mr. Insull
Manuretania
Kid Gardiner in Fatal Six Round Knockout
In Philadelphia on December 16 Edward Kid Gardiner aged 21 was knocked out in a six round bout with Johnny Kain aged 21 at the Nonpateil Athletic Club. Gardiner and Kain were even for four rounds but in the fifth Kain floored Gardiner with a high hook to the jaw. Gardiner was carried from the ring unconscious with a fractured skull and has not regained consciousness. Kain was arrested.
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Philadelphia
Edward
Alles
Kid Gardiner
Johnny Kain
Nonpateil Athletic Club
Gardiner
Kain
Writer Held as Insane in San Diego
Washington Davis, a supposed special writer for a New York illustrated weekly, was arrested in San Diego on December 16 as an insane person. He claimed to command three fleets including aerial craft and to destroy San Diego while in town to finish warship article work.
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San Diego
Cal
Washington Davis
New York Illustrated Weekly
Lesseps Quits Flying for Marriage Plans in England
Count Jatanes de Lesseps announced he is quitting flying as he prepares to marry Mig Mackenzie of Canada. The couple will wed late January in England. she is en route to Paris to join him after a Belmont Park aviation season.
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New York
Jatanes de Lesseps
Lorraina
Migx Mackenzie
Canada
England
Mackenziie
Paria
Tount
Count de Lesseps
Redefit International Aviation
Belmont Park
Gun on Pennsylvania bursts during target practice
A six inch gun aboard the armored cruiser Pennsylvania burst at the magazine during target practice on the Pacific coast. There were no casualties. Rear Admiral Barry, commanding the Pacific fleet, reported the accident to the Navy Department from Trim Islands yesterday.
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Pennsylvania
Pacific
Barry
Pacific Fleet
Navy Department
Baldwin Won't Relinquish Yale Law Duties as Governor
New Haven Conn December 16 Gov Simeon R Baldwin will not give up his Yale law school duties when he becomes governor next month. He has long been connected with the law school faculty and will continue part time teaching even after taking office.
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New Haven
Conn
Sledt
Simeon
Baldwin
Yale Law School
Judge Baldwin
Columbia seeks new joke for Jester ChristmasNumber
The New York American reports Columbia College offers 25 to a student for a readable joke fitting the Jester Christmas number. It notes that historically new jokes are rare and often recycled, with editors eager to fill pages but wary of originality.
Thieves Kill Police Sergeant in Hounsditch Jewelry Job
In a revolver battle late at night on December 14 in London, police sergeant Tucker died and two other sergeants and two constables were wounded after burglars trapped on the second floor of a house adjoining Henry Harris’s jewelry shop at 118 Houndsditch fled. The gang, believed to have planned the burglary, vanished after the fight. Police surrounded the house, searched for two hours, and found no trace of the criminals.
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Tucker
Hounsditch
Henry Harris
Houndsditch
Cutler Street
Harris
Burgiara
Hhs
Peace
Hidig
Redmond Defeated as Cork County Result Narrow
In Cork County South division Willim O'Brien leads nationalist gains as Redmond’s long tenure ends. Of 53 seats, 20 polled so far with results due tomorrow. government coalition vs opposition favored by 265. Ulster fund drives arms and drill manuals circulate amid Home Rule tension. United Irish in Boston send $10,000 more to Irish parliamentary fund, totaling $390,000 in eight weeks.
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Elyision
Cork
Lettien
House of Command
Qws
Ahidhi
Willim O'Brien
Boston
United Irish of America Todag
Ag Christaind
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Mr. Redmond
Friends of Ireland
Mrs Gould Must Settle in Fur and Clothing Suit
The New York appellate division affirmed a $3,386.08 judgment against Mrs Katharine Gould in favor of Michel N Butler over fur and clothing bought from Lichtenstein Millinery in January 1907. Gould admitted the purchase but argued payment was her husband’s responsibility citing necessity. the jury found the sales were to her credit.
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New York
Dér
Supreme Court
Michel N. Butler
Kathsting Cléminéns Gould
Wits
Howard Gould
First Department
Lichtenstein Millinery Company
Butler
Gould
Tne Millinery Company
Inquest to Probe Dan McGann Death
Special cable from Louisville reports an inquest will be held into the death of Dan McGann the former New York Giants captain. Coroner Duncan seeks clarity after McGann's reported suicide Tuesday and prior family deaths that may have unsettled him.
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Washington Post
Louisville
Dan Meliann
Duncan
New York
McGann
Three Benefield Brothers Die in Fatal Alabama Feud
In Hopewell, Cleburne county, three brothers named Whack Richard and Al Benefield were killed in a quarrel over a dispute about Richard Benefield. They shot each other to death as Sheriff Rowell went to the scene.
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Heflin
Ala
Whack
Richard
al? Benefield
Hopewell
Cleburne County
Richard Benefield
Rowell
One Victim of Race Riot Dies in DC Street Fight
Capital Traction conductor J. Limstrong died at Emergency Hospital from a skull fracture after being struck with an iron pipe during a D street clash near Ninth and Tenth streets northwest. Conductor Charles Gant was knocked unconscious, three Black assailants Sam Matthews William Leftridge and Willem H. Dade were arrested, an inquest likely.
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Limstrong
J. Limstrong
Capital Traction Company
D Strees
Exhergency
Sffe
Corutier Nevitt
Charles Gant
D Street
Limestrong
Gan
Anger Over Civil War Veterans Retirements Policy
Old soldiers angrily denounced the policy of retiring active service personnel to make room for younger men. August Donath, superintendent at the Government Printing Office, spoke to the G A R Oyster Club, prompting a secret two week meeting to plan action for legislation. Speakers argued against enforced retirement and noted party reliance on veterans in platforms.
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August Donath
Government Printing Office
G A. R. Oyster Club
Donati
Segregation Ordinance Cleared for Signing in Baltimore
City Solicitor Poe concludes the race segregation ordinance is legal for police supervision and ready for Mayor Mahool to sign. The measure forbids white families from moving into blocks with a majority of Negro residents and bans Negro occupancy in blocks mostly whites, aiming to enforce residential separation.
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Washington Port
Baltimore
Poe
Mahool
Movements of Ocean Steamers and Atlantic Routes
Movements of ships listed from Hamburg Glasgow and Havre to New York Philadelphia and/o destinations. Varying vessels including Boutogne Potsdam Geraltar Canopte Halitex Hespersin Trieste Jescina Genoa Romani c and others reported dock times and signaling statuses at Cape Race Malinhead and Merion. Several transatlantic departures and arrivals noted with dock estimates and routes.
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New York
Pennsylvanis
Hamburg
Boutogne
Potsdam
Geraltar—Canopte
Halitex—Hespersin
Glasgow
Trieste
Jescina
Genoa
Romanic
Philadelphia
Southampton
Falermo
Celabria
Rotterdam
Camperia
Queenstown
St. Louis
Naples
Cerments
Marseillex
Maasuiz
la Touraine
Havre
M. Sunéay
United
Copenhagen
Ceara
Merion
Inder
Liverpool
Pailadelphia
Malinhead
Victorien
St. John N. B
Blackmail plot tied to Count de Gatigny in Paine case
Paris and London print sensational notes on the blackmail scheme linked to former Mrs Paine. Alexandre Tscherntedieff, posing as a count and labeled a Russian peasant by prosecutors, remanded in Marylebone. Prosecution hints at more arrests, and the Paine-Cholgul marriage details surface as tours court opens December 2.
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Paris
London
Alexandre Tscherntedieff
Lucy Tate de Chotsul
Charles H. Paine
Boston
Tascherttedieff
Marylebone
Df Chol
Lonedon
Continent
Mra
Count du Gatigny
Brrest
Malcolm Forbes
Bois de Boulogne
de Gatigny
Tours
New Jersey bandit sentenced to five years in state pen
Will Jackson Jr. a 18 year old street car bandit in New Orleans was sentenced in district crime court to five years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. He confessed to a series of street car hold ups and said he did not seek more than the company’s funds. He had held up five street cars in a week and robbed conductors. He remarked it was coming to him when sentence was pronounced.
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New Orleans
Will Jackson
New Jersey
District Crimel
Jackson
Bingle
New York's Trade Gains From Foreign Commerce
The chamber of commerce released excerpts from the annual report showing the port of New York's foreign commerce for the year ended June 3, 1910 totaling 1,727,006,067 dollars, a gain of 205,000,907 from the prior year, the largest gain since 1800. New York held 48.45 percent of U S foreign commerce in 1910, up from 47.41 percent in 1903 and 42.11 percent in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamber of Commmerce
United States
MacVeagh Inspects Mil k Plant For Straus Lab
Secretary MacVeagh personally inspected the Nathan Straus pasteurized milk laboratory plant yesterday. He witnessed practical demonstrations and was shown the plant’s workings in detail. Mr Straus had announced he would cease operating the plant after December 21.
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MacVeagh
Nathan Straus Pastburized Milk Laboratory
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Georgetown University
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Arnuld Gloetsnér
Alburt
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West Virginia
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
J. H. Jameson
Joseph Ft. Wellet
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Mark Twain
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Gang
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Mrs. Gould
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