Contest in Bay State as Lodge Seeks Re election
Boston December 25 Massachusetts lawmakers convene January 4 to choose a successor to Edward Everett Lodge in the United States Senate. Lodge is the sole declared candidate amid a historic contest since 1892, with Governor Eugene N Foss poised to take oath January 5 and council work dominated by Republicans.
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Massachusetts
Gov. Foss
Council
Boston
Great and General Court
Eugene N Foss
Fourteenth
West Virginia Candidates For U S Senate
The West Virginia legislature will assemble in January with Dems holding a 40 vote majority on joint ballot. Democratic hopefuls include John T McGraw Clarence W Watson Laurence Tiernay Andrew Edmiston and others in the race to succeed Nathan B Scott. Parkersburg nomination signals McGraw supporters gain as factions unite around Harry D Perkins after Patton vacancy.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
United States Senate
Nathan B Scott
John T McGraw
Clarence W. Watson
Fairmont
Wold
Laurence Tiernay
Bluefield
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
John J. Cornwell
Wampshire
Bannon
Lewis Tavernes
Parkersburg
John J Davis
Clarksburg
James H Miller
Henton
Henry G Davis
Viking
Parker
Davis
Joseph E Carle
Patton
John T. McGraw
Clarence & Watson
Harry D. Parkins
Rhode Island Senate Race to Choose Aldrich Successor
Rhode Island lawmakers convene January 3 with a Republican majority poised to control the selection for the U S Senate seat left by Nelson W Aldrich. The field centers on Judge Le Baron Colt and Henry F Lippett, with Judge Arthur L Brown as Democratic contender.
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Rhode Island
Colt
Lippett
Providence
RTI
General Assembly of
Rhode
Taland
United States Senate
Nelson W. Aldrich
Upo
le Baron B Colt
United States Circuit Court
Henry F Lippett
Arthur L Brown
United States District Court
Charles Bo Hiagton
Sherif
State
Legislative Party
Connecticut Governor Baldwin Heads Democratic Tide in 1905 Assembly
Hartford dispatch notes the January 4 opening of the General Assembly with a Democratic governor Simeon E. Baldwin and Republican house and senate margins. Main focus early will be the Senate seat race to replace Morgan G. Bulkeley, with Bulkeley seeking another term facing George P. McLean in a tight contest. Also anticipated is Joseph Alsop, Roosevelt’s nephew, as probable presiding pro tempore of the Senate.
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Hartford
Conn
General Assembly
Simeon EH. Baldwin
Supreme Court
House
Senate
United States
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Jossph R. Hawtey
Bulkeley
George P. McLean
Baldwin
Roosevelt
Joseph Alsop
Col Rosevelt
Train Kills Man Sought in Savannah
Alarmed by the absence of James O Hara his father and brother came from Lumpkin Georgia to search for him. A train near Savannah struck a man killing him and mangling his head. The victims identity was confirmed as James O Hara.
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Savannah
James O'Hara
O'Hara
Lumpkin
James O Hara
Smith Delays Reply on Wilson Statement in Newark
Special to The Washington Fort New Yok reports James Smjtth Jr. did not issue his promised reply today to Woodrow Wilson's statement from last Friday. He cited Christmas as cause and said he would release an answer tomorrow from 14 Washington Place in Newark. Gov-elect Wilson replies to Bayonne club endorsing Martine for U S senator.
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Washington Fort New
James Smjtth Jr
Woodrow Wilson
Smith
Dr. Wilson
Washington Place
Newark
Elece Wilson
Bayonne City
Democrate Club
James E Martine
United States
Bribery inquiry widens in Delaware GOP leadership
Special to The Washington Post reports Attorney General Gray prepares cases against Senator Henry A. du Pont and Gen T Coleman du Pont, president of Du Pont Powder Co. and former state GOP chair. All Republican State committee members from the past two years are to be summoned, with Alden Robenson of Dover also testifying. The probe aims at the recent election, with du Pont expected to be reelected.
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Delaware
Republican
Washington Post
Wamington
Gray
Henry A. du Pont
T Coleman du Pont
du Pont Powder Company
Republican State Committee
Alden Robenson
Dover
du Pont
General Assembly
Maine Legislature Faces Senate Heavy Dem Edge and Liquor Amendment
The seventy fifth Maine legislature convenes January 4 with Democrat gains reshaping the chamber. Governor elect Frederick W. Plaisted leads a Democratic Senate majority capable of approving a constitutional liquor amendment, while the House trails, potentially delaying final passage. Senators in caucus nominate four candidates for the U S Senate seat to replace Eugene Haley as party dynamics shift in Augusta.
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Augusta
United States
Eugene Haley
Dilsworth
Maine
Frederick W Plaisted
Senate
House of Representatives
Democrata
House
George St. Haley
Saco
Obadiah Gardner
Shepard's Platform Outline Tariff Reform and Direct Election
Edward M. Shepard, candidate for Chauncey Depew's U.S. Senate seat, outlines his positions in a Washington dispatch. He supports new nationalism with caveats, calls tariff clauses intolerable, favors government regulation of public services, opposes regulating private business, and backs election of senators by popular vote.
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Depew
New York
Edward M. Shepard
Chauncey M. Depew
United States Senate
Unrest Among Bankers as Railroads Halt Work
Roswell Miller of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad warns of nationwide unrest and reduced railroad spending. He cites new laws as stifling business, noting halted construction and layoffs across railroads. Miller expects little improvement while lawmakers push tighter regulations.
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Washington
Fos
Pasadena
Cal Dee
Gtl Hnes
Roswell Miller
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
Muller
Hvtel
Congress
Four Killed In Wrecks In Texas And Massachusetts
Three trainmen died when a Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight derailed at Greenville Texas. The engineer Thomas A Cox, brakeman P P Smith and R E B Henderson were killed and the over turned locomotive pinioned them. In Somerville Yard Boston the next day one death resulted from a wreck involving a freight train, a shifting engine and a Haverhill bound passenger train. Fireman William J Noyes died from a broken back. seven passengers were injured but went home.
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Texas
Somerville
Maas
Greenville
Tex
Dee
Thomas A Cox
EB J Henderson
Smith
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas
Boston
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Haverhill
Aviation meet high glide record and narrow escapes over Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans December 2. Roland G Garros set an altitude record by gliding to lower levels after a frozen carburetor nearly doomed a plunge into the lake over Pontchartrain. Charles K Hamilton escaped when bolts failed on his engine in the first ascent. Moisant reached 3 000 feet and Rene Simon 4 200 feet. Simon won the 5 mile monoplane race in 6 minutes 35 seconds.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Roland G. Garres
Trenchman
Garros
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Moisant
Rene Simon
Simon
Hoxsey Sets Pacific Coast Altitude Record at Dominguez Field
Aviator Arch Hoxsey reached 9288 feet Saturday to set the Pacific coast altitude record, nearing the world mark. The meet at Dominguez Field included Hubert Lathan in an Antoinette monoplane and Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane, both well short of Hoxsey’s height. Day’s biplane overturned on landing but he was unhurt.
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Pacific Coast
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Menbirds
Dominguez Field
W. H. Day
Day
Arch Hoxsey
Belmont Park
Johnstone
Hoaxsey
Hubert Lathan
Walter R. Brookins
In & Wright
Hoxsey
Wright
No Trace of Aviator Grace Reported in North Sea Search
London December reports say Cecil S Grace, the aviator who vanished returning from Calais to Dover, remains missing. Tugs scoured the coast waters and a Flushing pilot claimed wreckage resembling an aeroplane, but no conclusive news. Grace's family continues the search with hope undiminished.
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London
Cecil S. Grace
Calais
Dover
Grace
Ostend
Belgian aviator to fly from New Jersey over Manhattan
Charles Frank Morck will attempt a public flight tomorrow from a New Jersey point across the Hudson to land near Columbus Circle. If successful, he would be the first to land in Manhattan proper, completing a feat among the era’s great aerial achievements. The aircraft is built by German engineer Fred P. Schneider and features a two cycle motor with four water cooled cylinders rated at 40 horsepower. Morck, born in Antwerp 33 years ago, once excelled in European cycling and competed in the New York six day race a decade ago.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Frank Mo
New Jersey
Hudson River
Manhattan
Columbus Circle
Thia
Morok
Hudson
Fred P. Scneider
Morck
Antwerp
Europe
White’s New Mishap Delays English Channel Flight
Dover England December 25 Claude Grahame-White, famed aviator, faced another mishap as his new biplane caught fire and was destroyed just before he planned a second attempt for the Baro de Forest prize worth $20,000. He had narrowly escaped injury a week earlier attempting the Channel crossing.
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Dover
England
Claude Grahame-White
English Channel
Baron de Forest
Cleveland Bride Found Dead Husband Held For Murder
The body of Mrs. Paul Faber, 30, bruised, was discovered beneath a mattress in Cleveland. Her husband was arrested and charged with her murder after their 10 year old daughter Mar told of a quarrel and that he struck her mother with a club and burned the weapon. Slocum survivors marked Christmas in New York.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Paul Faber
Andrew Faber
Pail Mabon
Mar
New York
Oklahoma City Defines the Jim Swinger Coat
Governor Lee Cruce announces the Jim Swinger as the official blown up the bottle garment of his administration. The term refers to any long coat with tails that flap behind in the wind, tracing to a Southern expression.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Camtal City
Lee Cruce
Snake Lore: St Louis Herpetologist Julius Hurter
Julius Hurter, a Swiss born herpetologist living at 2346 South Tenth Street, Hampshire Missouri, has hunted snakes worldwide and now studies venomous species in Missouri and Illinois. His home shelves hold hundreds of preserved reptiles, including cobra di capellas and fer de lance, as he writes about Missouri snakes and his decades of field work across remote regions.
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St Louis Republic
Julius Hurter
South Tenth Street
Missouri
Lllnois
Hurter
America
Ufe
Tenth Street
Grand Canyon
Ing Pyramids
Sturter
Missouri River
Illinois
Christmas in Mexico Puestos at the Alameda Booths
The article describes Las posadas and pinatas in Mexico City during Christmas. It covers church processions, the nacimiento grotto at home, el posada rituals, breaking the pinata, and festive meals. It notes the Alameda booths selling toys, pinatas, candies, and Christmas trees, with nomadic sellers camped along the streets.
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Lillian Wester
Las Posadas
Mary
Saint Joseph
Bethlehem
Nazareth
David
el Nacimiento
St. Joseph
Nacimiento
Santos Peregrinos
Mexico
Heaven
Jesus
Puestos
Bootha
Alameda
Calle de San Diego
Tagster
Calie de San Diego
Char
Ager
Mexico City
Mistletoe Poisons Three Children in Arkansas
Special to The Washington Post Blytheville Ark December 2 Three small children of Mr and Mrs Sam Griffin died at their Luxora home after eating mistletoe berries they gathered in the woods The berries caused violent fits and the children died within two and a half hours of ingestion
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Arkansas
Washington
Blythesville
Ark
Sam Griffin
Luxora
Peabodys Die Suspected After Streetcar Crash Saturday
John J Peabody 75 and wife Mary 70 were struck by a streetcar at Ninth and L streets Saturday night while returning from Christmas shopping They were fatally injured and not expected to live past 24 hours Doctors at Emergency Hospital said Mr Peabody had at least a chance earlier The car crew Hoffmann and Keyes were released on 2000 bail each claiming the car could not have traveled faster and the couple stood on the track They were rushed to the sidewalk after being dragged a distance on the streetcar line
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John J. Peabody
Mary
Ninth
Peabody
H. L. Hoffman
G. C. Keyes
J. Street
Takoma Park
Christmas Parrot Destruction Delays Lead to Loss
A parrot shipped from Chicago to St Paul caused trouble by chewing its address tag, delaying delivery for ten days at Wells Fargo Express. The bird perished after failing to reach its rightful owner. Clerks recalled the creature talking constantly and the mishap stemmed from a damaged label.
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Potty
St Paul
New York Herald
Chicago
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Polly
Eye lights reveal character by colored flash experiments
London reports John Gray, British Association figure and Anthropological Institute treasurer, claims new phrenology tests use rapid colored light flashes into the eye. By measuring how long the sensation persists after the light stops, he asserts traits from common sense to genius can be inferred, with applications in schools and asylums.
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London
John Gray
British Association
The
Anthropological Institute
Edinburgh
Mr. Gray
Middlesex Hospital
Germany
Open-Air Schools Prove Their Value Amid Snow
In harsh weather last week Newark Evening News reports Montclair open-air school children thrived while indoor classes paused half a day. At Mount Airy Philadelphia another open-air session saw students study and pose for pictures despite snow. The piece argues adults should learn from these hardy youths and open windows and live outdoors.
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Newark
Montclair
Montclal
Mount Airy
Philadelphia
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the Rollickers Preachilog
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