Plan for Panama Canal laws urged at White House talks
A White House conference led by President Taft and top aides pressed immediate Panama Canal legislation to set tolls and trade terms. Key participants included Secretary Knox Secretary Dickinson Senators Flint Brandegee and Representative Mann. The aim is to inform commerce for canal opening and enable US vessel preferential terms if lawful.
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White House
Taft
Knox
Dickinson
Flint
California
Senate
Astern
Western Seaboard
Mann
Brandegee
Congress
New York
Nathan Straus
Dot Roosevelt
Sims
Lion Refused to Yawn and Other Odd Local Notes
In San Francisco a man from Knights Landing, Cal, was bitten by a chimpish prank after tickling a lion’s chin, losing two fingers in the hospital. A London report claims Cecil Grace’s body washed ashore near Adinkerke after a failed flight. A Pittsburgh to Toledo and Detroit rail schedule notes daily departure at 6:45 p.m.
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Leo
San Francisco
Cal
John Kellert
Knights Landing
John
Grace
London
The
Daily Express
Cecil Grace
France
Adinkerke
Jilted at altar a Concord groom kills himself
David Allen a prominent Concord man was to wed Miss Bessie Bunn. At the planned ceremony guests waited as Miss Bunn refused to marry him. He returned to the hall and shot himself, his head blown off on the front porch. Miss Bunn, prostrate, says she did right to refuse.
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Washington Post
Concord
David Allen
Allen
Bessie Bunnn
Bunn
Miss Bunn
Bunn Residenes
Alien
Protest against armed guard at Mary Baker Eddy tomb
Washington Post reports First Church of Christ Scientist members protest Mother Church policy guarding Mrs Eddy’s tomb in Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge with two guards day and night. Chairman Eugene R. Cox calls bodily resurrection belief by Eddy followers misguided and abnormal, denying any Christian Science teaching of a fleshly manifestation.
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Washington Post
New York
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Boston
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Mary Baker
Jerusalem
Joseph of
Arimathea
Jesus Christ
Mrs. Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
Eugene R. Cox
Labor Clash Sparks Vigilance Drive After Llewellyn Dynamite
Secret meeting of business groups in Los Angeles follows Christmas Day dynamiting of Llewellyn Iron Works. Officials say a vigilance committee is forming with up to 1000 volunteers to protect industrial property amid fears of a labor led reign of terror. A second meeting is planned.
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Llewellyn Iron Works
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Times
Bank of Northern New York Closes Amid Robins Case
Insurance officials probe wider concerns as bank head linked to closure remains at large. Drs MacDonald and Schlapp dispute Robins sanity while District Attorney Whitman and Justice Amend navigate commitment, extradition, and a court order forcing Title and Guarantee to show cause.
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New York
Joseph Cy Robin
Bank of Northern
Carlos F. MacDonald
Central Valley Sanatorium
Robin
Justice Amend
H. Valentine Wildman
Max G. Schlaff
MacDonald
Louise G. Robnevitch
Central Valley
Whitman
Jerome
Jerome, Who Has Been Retained By Dr
Robinovitch
Hunt
Jim
Max G. Schiapp
Schlapp
Cheney
Ofice Justice Amend
Title and Guarantee Company of
Rochester
Actna
Bank
State Insurance Department
Hotchkiss
Chamberlin
Old Point Comfort
St. Nw
Bank fears and Robin in run of bank crisis reach New York
State officials weigh restraining Aetna Indemnity of Hartford as a probe into Joseph G Robin widens. Reports place $600,000 to $800,000 shortfall at Northern Bank, while Robin escapes death after a close rail crossing incident. Washington Savings Bank faces small run. Robin headed Washington Savings Bank, Central Valley. Esther Davis, 117, recalls soup for Napoleon’s army in Russia.
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Supt. MacDonald
Connecticut Insurance Department
Aetna Indemnity Company
Hartford
Colorado
B. Rittenhouse
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Actna Indemnity Company
Joseph Grobin
Hotchkiss
Robin
State Superintendent of Banks
Northern Bank
New York
James M. Gifford
Washington Savings Bank
West Fifty-ninth Street
Joseph G. Robin
The
Savings Bank
Robin Bately
New York City
Central Valley
J. C. Slocum
Dr.Slocum
Daughters of
Jacob
East Broadway
Esther Davis
Yugoslov
Boovalk
Russia
Davis
Weds Sweetheart's Sister in Covington Elopement
Ohio couple from Hamilton marry in Covington after a quarrel led to the groom asking his fiancée’s sister Adriene Kreucker to wed. The ceremony was by County Judge Cleary and a telegram to Yale graduate Charles Sayers brought swift congratulations and a car ride home.
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Ohio
Washington
Cincinnati
Covington
Hamilton
Minor Challinor
Bessie Kreucker
Americans Brutally Lashed in Honduras Over Burial Demand
A Honduras dispatch says William Barber of Kentucky and two other Americans were jailed and whipped by Puerto Cortez police after a request to bury a local pauper. They were taken to the gunboat Tatumbla and dropped in Guatemalan woods. Barber later returned, faced a jail term, and was freed. U S ships Yorktown and Tacoma patrol to enforce neutrality laws amid unrest. Hornet status unknown.
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New Orleans
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
William Barber
Kentucky
Tatumbla
Barber
United States
Yorktown
Amapata
Little Republic
Tacoma
Amery
Hornet
231 Cases of Paralysis Reported in State
Providence December 28 Dr Gardiner T Swarts secretary of the State board of health announced that ten month totals show 231 infantile paralysis cases statewide with 28 fatalities Among 206 detailed cases 12 deaths occurred August was the peak month most affected children aged 1 to 3 years one patient aged 24.
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Providence
R. L
Gardiner T. Swarts
State Board of Health
Fear Anarchist Plot Seizes Documents in Bomb Factory Raid
A London cable to the New York World reports police close to a sensational anarchist plot tied to a bomb factory raid in London East End. Documents allegedly show an international gang with Paris links and may connect to the Houndaditch case where three policemen were killed. Peter the Fainter, a criminal, is said to have visited New York with cracking tools.
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Paris
Washington Post
New York
London
New York World
Daily Chronicle
East End
George
Tla
Peter the Fainter
Lungs Removed In Phthisis Operation Reports Rare Cure
A Wheeling West Virginia worker with pulmonary tuberculosis underwent a groundbreaking surgery at Haskins Hospital. Dr T M Haskins led the team removing four ribs and the right lung while portions of the left lung were excised. Drainage tubes were inserted to drain the treated area as the patient recovers and the doctor claims a new method to combat the white plague.
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Washington Post
New York
Wheeling
W. Va
New York Herald
Thomas Black
Haskins Hospital
T. M. Haskins
Haskins
Wild Boar Pack Tosses Yoakum On King Ranch Hunt
In southwest Texas on the King ranch a wild javelin hunt for B F Yoakum and railroad officials nearly ended in disaster when Yoakum was thrown from his horse into a pack of boars. The horse was wounded and four cowboys riding with him saved him. The boars attack when wounded and defend a pack member. The group had separated from the main party when the attack occurred.
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Galveston
Tex
King Ranch
Texas
B. F. Yoakum
Mr. Yoakum
Tariff commission bill moves in Congress after White House sessions
Longworth has drafted a five member tariff commission bill with salaries of 7500, limited party representation, and broad powers to collect data and study costs of production. Payne foresees fast action before March 4, with Emery weighing staff salaries and personnel terms. The plan awaits Senate and House finance committees review as Republicans align with the Presidents ideas before Democrats take control.
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Congress
White House
Capitol
Longworth
Washington
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
House
Emery
Tariff Board
Commission
Tariff Commission
Beveridge
la Foliette
Wisconsin
Goode
Iawa
Lenroot
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich-Payne
Manicure Parlor Added to Blaine School Baths
The Blaine School in Minneapolis installs a manicure parlor in a corner of the spacious shower room by order of the building committee. An attendant will oversee baths and grooming to promote cleanliness, with emphasis on combed hair and manicured nails for students.
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Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
Blaine
Board of Education
Wil.l
Explosion Kills Mexicans at El Paso Smelter Plant
An explosion at the American Smelter and Refining Company plant near El Paso on December 2 injures about twenty, with five confirmed dead and two recovered. Workers tunneling under a slag pile ignited 2400 pounds of blasting powder, wrecking the plant and nearby homes, shattering glass miles away. Eight workers in distant tunnels were rescued, while three others are missing and presumed dead. all the dead identified so far are Mexican.
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el Paso
Tex
American Smelter and Refining Company
New Canal Laws Planned Objection to Guard at Eddy Tomb
The article lists multiple brief items as a page summary including plans for new canal laws and a clash over guarding at Eddy Tomb. It notes financial and political snippets with references to figures like Robbins Turned, Navarro reinforcements, and various local interests presented in compact notices.
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Robin
King
Gen
Navarro
Washington
Shriners
New Central High
Nat Goodwin
Wilson
Smith
Rebels Reach Pedernales As Federals Close In
Federal troops under Gen. Luque form a junction with Gen. Navarra near Pedernales Chihuahua amid reports of a coming battle. 2,800 to 3,000 Federals climb Mal Paso hills to avoid ambush as insurrectos hold the area and deny railway repairs.
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Mal Paso
Mexico City
Luque
Navarra
Pedernales
Chihuahua
Pederneles
el Paso
Tex
Casas Grandes
BE Paso and
Convict Beauchamp's Honeymoon Cut Short by Parole Revocation
Jefferson City Missouri. Clarence Beauchamp of Kennett was paroled last Thursday by Gov Hadley and married in the penitentiary to Mrs Ruth Ritch. Parole revoked today after two recommenders said he celebrated the parole and wedding too hilariously. Beauchamp, convicted of assault with intent to kill, was originally paroled by Judge Fort. He resumed drinking after engagement.
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Jefferson City
Clarence Beauchamp
Kennett
Hadley
Ruth Ritch
Beauchamp
Judge Fort
Taft Backed by North Carolina Republicans in 1912 Endorsement
The North Carolina State Republican committee, meeting in Greensboro on December 2, endorsed President Taft as national leader, pledging to work for his renomination and reelection. The resolutions urged Southern recognition of Taft’s stance on the South and noted the party’s emancipation from restrictive policies to foster growth.
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Greensboro
N. C
Republican Party
Taft
South
North Carolina
Bombs Found in Japanese Homes in Manila Search
Cable from Manila reports many Japanese houses searched revealing explosive mines and other suspicious materials. Matinee listing for Helen Ware's The Deserters at Columbia Theater shows tickets from 2 to 1.00.
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Washington Post
New York
Manila
New York Herald
Matinee
Helen Ware
The
Isaany
Columbia Theater
Sells Voted Times Mother Gets $5 For Son In Court
A Jackson County grand jury session in Union Ohio hears cases of vote buying as 106 new indictments push total to 998 with forecasts of 1,500. A farmer in Jacksonville precinct pled guilty to voting for a candidate, fined and given a workhouse sentence suspended. Judges, jurors and accused voters mingle as sheriff revenue fuels courthouse plans and Adams County remains dry.
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Adams County
Union
Ohio
Jacksonvile
William B. Stephenson
Blair
John
Joan
Race law suit dismissed in Baltimore test case
Justice Tyson dismissed a case that would have tested Baltimore's race segregation ordinance. Defendants were William V. Gallagher and agent J W Lyons. The suit involved a lease of property rented to a colored tenant drawn up before the ordinance signing.
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Baltimore
Justice Tyson
William V. Gallagher
Northwest
J. W. Lyons
Pets vacuum cleaned by machinery in Springfield
Springfield women discover a new use for the vacuum cleaner to dust pets, specifically cats and dogs, claiming the process removes dirt effectively though subject protests arise from noise rather than discomfort. A referenced event notes Yale Dramatic Crab at Columbia Theater tomorrow at 2:15 with ticket hour noted as incorrect.
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Washington Post
Massa
Nevn
Springfeld Society
Yale
Columbia Theater
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