Senate Resolution to End Russia Treaty Passed
Senate resolution terminating the Russia treaty passed and sent to President Taft for signature. Only Rep. Macon of Arkansas voted against, calling his stance levity. Sulzer denies Russia protested the language. Debate touched on Russia's possible reply and effects on American exports and the tariff.
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Macon
Arkansas
Sulzer
Russia
Sogresa Vemtarday
Natim
Taft
Park
Sherman
Cangrens
Democrate
Republana
Arkansa
House
New York
Hassia
Amesian
Spere
Sulser
Rat Kuasin
Omak
Harrison
Pras
Thia Cnuntery
Sule
Hlarrtaen
Axcap- Goxtinled
Schultz Heads Hibertians in Waterbury Presidency
Frankfurter seller Paul Schultz wins presidency of the Hoccum Branch of the Ancient Order of Hibertians in Waterbury Connecticut. The vote satirically highlights ethnic pride as Vice President Patrick Flaherty concedes, noting Schultz’s Irish grandmothers and his appeal to thousands of Irish patriots.
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Waterbury
Conn
Apedal
Washington Post
Paul Schultz
Schuetzen
Mar. Hoccum
Order of Hibertians
Patrick Flaherty
Schultz
Morales, Former Santo Domingo President, Captured
Former President Morales and loyal followers landed on the east coast and were taken prisoners. They will be brought before the court on a conspiracy charge. The country remains quiet after the incident.
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Santo Domingo
Morales
Acige
Live Fast Scorn Law He Starts for Washington
A candidate declares against federal aid for road building while affirming government power to provide aid as a cornerstone for blind support. He sails to Washington amid contrasting views on national road policy and federal assistance.
Vandal slashes painting in Capitol. reward offered
A demented Englishman is suspected after a strip from the Battle of Lake Erie painting in the Senate wing was slashed. Representative Morris Sheppard of Texas pledges a resolution to place a price on the culprit’s head as Capitol police and Secret Service hunt a mysterious visitor with two detectives on the case. The damaged 20 inch by 3 inch strip, cut near the artist’s name William H Powell, was found on the main stairway and the painting may be restorable.
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Lake Erie
Senate
Capitol
Secret Service
Morris Sheppard
Texas
House Committee On Publc
New York
Taft
White House
New York Young Republican Club
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Vlouse
Sheppard
Congress
Mr. Sheppard
Paing
House
United States Secret Service
Aleuthe
J. P McGrew
Capitol Police
Frederick Walter
Joseph Barnard
William H. Powell
Capitol Fire After Adjournment Reflects Gloomy Silence
Shortly after adjournment lights on stairways were extinguished and few remained in the Capitol. No suspicious figures were seen as people left. A $25,000 painting, hung since 1873, depicts Perry’s 1813 Lake Erie victory and his flag transfer from the Lawrence to the Niagara. It notes the message to Harrison, We have met the enemy and they are ours.
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Capitol
United States
Great Britain
Lake Erie
Oliver H. Perry
Niagara
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Army of the Northwest
Governor Hooper Lives In Prison For Christmas Pardon Probe
Special to The Washington Post from Nashville Tennessee reports Governor Hooper, a Republican, hunkers down in the state penitentiary for two days to study inmate cases. He plans to sample prison fare, sleep on a bunk, and meet convicts to assess who might deserve clemency. His action follows criticism of pardons by his Democratic predecessor Patterson, notably the Duncan B. Cooper case linked to Senator Carmack's murder.
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Washington Post
Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Hooper
State Penitentiary
Gov.oopers
Mr. Patterson
Duncan B. Cooper
Senator Carmack
Tip Seeling Robbery Lawsuit Tossed By Chicago Judge
Judge Petit in Chicago circuit court throws out a breach of contract case between partners in a firm that controls downtown hotel tipping privilege. He terms soliciting tips as beggary and robbery, ruling the partners have no legal standing and that the legal case should not have been brought.
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Chicago
Judge -Deler J. Petit
Bernard Newberger
Jaces Rousso
Tip Trust
Fire Dog and Bulldog Rescue at University Fire
New York reports a Dalmatian named Happy climbing a ladder to save firemen trapped by a backdraft in a burning warehouse. In Minneapolis a bulldog Phi alarms ten men and helps rescue fifteen girls from a rooming house fire at the University of Minnesota.
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New York
Happy
Minneapolis
Minn
Phi
Alpha Kappa Phi
University of Minnesota
Woman shoots bear to save husband in Maine ride
New Jersey couple Mr and Mrs Harvey of Tenafly arrive with a dramatic tale. Mrs Harvey saved her husband with rifle fire near Boardmen Mountain on a camp trip in Picataquis County Maine after a bear charged. The husband carried gear while she fired and killed the animal.
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New Jersey
Washington Post
Sra
Harvey
Tenafly
N. J
Harveys
Yoke Fond
Picataquis County
Mr. Harvey
Jearry
Boardmen Mountain
Mayor Shank Schedules Holiday Food Sales in Indianapolis
Indianapolis and Dec 2 Mayor Shank announces a series of Christmas food sales at the city market. 400 Christmas trees go on sale tomorrow at 23 cents each, English walnuts at 15 cents per pound, 49 New York dressed turkeys at 50 cents per pound, milk fed chickens 17 to 20 cents per pound, and made mincemeat at 10 cents per pound, all in the central market house near the market master's office.
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Shank
Indianapolis
Spack
Washington Post
Ind
Tiérrow
New York
Paris Bills Under Fire at Auditor Hearing
Mrs Rose Hutchins the young wife of Stmen Hutchins faces a Paris lease dispute as Guardian Wilson demands production of the Paris lease terms. Creditors crowd the auditors room questioning living in Paris and the balance due on bills for apparel and other items.
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Wilson
Nathaniel Watson
Parla
Rose Keeling Hutchins
Stmen Hutchins
Washington Fa|lionaire
Dent
City Hall
Paris
John €. Gittings
Wilpon
Hutchins
Washington
Brandenburg
Dante
Clabaugh
Guardian Wilson
Pensacola Storm Wrecks Ships and Towns Across Gulf Coast
Reports from the Gulf Coast detail a massive storm with winds up to 86 miles per hour near Pensacola. Several ships went ashore, others wrecked or driven off moorings, with widespread telegraph and train disruptions and damage to orange groves and farms. Life loss is feared in places but unconfirmed. many small boats missing.
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Flonda Keys
Eular
Washington Post
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Here
Gulfport
Miss Mobile
Mississippi Soundpointe
West Florida
Georgia
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Alabama
Muscogee Wharf
Due Dugma
Gantock Rock
Warren Fish Company
Skipton Castle
St. Jerome
Stresta
Florida Keys
Mississippi Sound
John A Becket Found Dead in Hotel Room
John A Becket, Georgetown graduate and writer, was found dead in his room on the fourth floor of the Hotel Roversi at 245 o'clock. Gas heater had four burners burning with two unlit. no window open. He had been out late with a friend and returned at 10. He was born in Portland Maine and was 489 years old. He and his sister Maria were noted artists and he wrote short stories. They claimed descent from the father of St Thomas Becket and were related to Sir Gilbert Becket.
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Georgetown University
Boeorg
Washington Post
New York
John A'Becket
Hotel
Roversi
East Twenty-first Street
Policeman Brown
Michael Falco
A’becket
Mr. O’becket
Portland
Maria
St. Thomas A’becket
Canterbury
Ilbert A'Becket
Germans urge Hearst idea for reciprocity treaty
Berlin reports that Germany and the United States face a crisis in commercial relations. A new treaty providing reciprocity as urged by William Randolph Hearst is favored by American interests in Germany and by the German foreign office and industry leaders. A Peruvian minister to Washington, Froderick A. Pezet, has been appointed Minister to Washington.
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Washington Post
New York
John L. Eddy
Berlin
New York American
Germany
United States of America
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Washington
Lima
Peru
Froderick A. Pezet
Panorma
Taft Backed in Prenty as House Votes
Fire Dog saves three lives as Capitol vandalism stirs anger from Mrs. Hutchins. Three ships go ashore. Capt Logan Tucker dead in New York. Taft urges lower wool tariff amid financial and census cut debates. Court hears McCue murder story as 4-History condemns Navy bias.
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Taft
Capitol
Hutchins
Logan Tucker
New York
Wiles
C. C
McCue
Financial
Navy
Kissing in Parks Fines Slap City Rules in Kansas City
Kansas City Missouri December 20 1920s era public notice warns that kissing in parks and public improprieties trigger fines. Police chief assigns penalties for sassing women in stores street car antics and loud taunting. Fines range from 5 to 25 dollars with various infractions including goats loose chickens near gardens and vandalizing fences during Halloween.
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Kansas City
Washington Post
CAPT TUCKER DEAD AT PHILADELPHIA INN AT DINNER
Logan descendant and former Marine Captain Logan Tucker 38 died suddenly at the Gwynedd Valley Inn in Philadelphia while dining with his wife. He had recently resided in Chicago and served in Cuba after the Spanish American War. His grandmother Mrs. John A. Logan and family in Washington were notified as funeral plans were discussed.
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Philadelphia
Ape Logan Tucker
John A. Logan
United States
Blaine
Gwynedd Vasiley Inn
Capt
Tucker
Wes
George Co. Broome
Capt Broome
U. A
Miss Marr
Keyworth
Capt. Tucker
Logan
Willam F. Tucker
Det Tucker
Eagie Lofige
Thirteenth Street Northwear
Marine Corps
Col. Tucker
Secretary of War
State Leader Declarer for a Conservative Platform at Convention
Taft received William Barnes Samuel Hoenig and Otto Barnard at the White House to discuss New York politics for next year’s Chicago convention. They favored Taft renomination with a conservative platform, rejecting Roosevelt as a candidate and urging a return to old ideals and constitutional defense in New York state.
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Koenig
Otto Barnard
Washington Post
New York
Taft
Tull
Henry W Taft
William Barnes
Republican State Committee
Samuel 8. Hoenig
New York Republican County Committee
Otto ‘T Barnard
New York County Committee
Roosevelt
Chicago
Barnes
Barnard
Washington
Col Roosevelt
Cheirmsy Barnes
Mr Barnes
Harrison
Mr. Barnes
New York State
United States
Cagade
del. Roosevelt
M. Koenig
New York County
Roosevelt-Parsons
Parsons J
Wood
Youth Gets a New Lip After Skin Transplant
Memphis Tennessee reports 19 year old Allen Hart of Milan Tennessee underwent a skin transplant from his arm to his lower lip. For five weeks Hart kept his right arm bound across his mouth to complete the operation. He now appears to have a practically new lip.
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Washington Post
Memphis
Tenn
Allen Hart
Milan
Teno
Hart
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