Selborne outlines new strategic naval distribution plan
Lord Selborne, first lord of the admiralty, argues a revision of naval strategy driven by global shifts in fleet power. He notes modern cruisers and battleships, concentrated Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets, and a new Channel fleet concept with reorganized stations and training squadrons to reduce costs and boost fighting efficiency.
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Lord Selborne
United States
Admiralty
Lona Selborne
Belog
Pacific
Meda
Baen
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Tex Ate Tt
Gibraltar
Alres
Atlantic
Mediterrencay
Lord Selborne Mt
North American
West Indies
Har Servies
Fava
Ing
Ser Fe Aaron
Selborne
Packer Mills Yarn Entourage Starts Up Monday
In Packersville on December 10 the first consignment of yarn for the Packer mills arrived and machinery will start Monday under a stock company with William H. Boots as agent. The mill will be spun from waves, twisted, and woven in the mile while tenement houses fill and new buildings may be added if needed.
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Packersville
Packer Mills
Mondaiy
Wiliam HH
Boots
Packer i
Seamen Convention Seeks Laws For Vessels And Sailors
In San Francisco on December 10 the Seamen's convention adopted multiple resolutions. A delegate will be sent to Washington to lobby for bills banning towing more than one barge at once and prohibiting sog rafts on the Pacific. Other measures include outlawing fish traps and wheels, aiding packers to stop them, ending punishment by livisonment for desertion abroad, and advancing laws to strengthen merchant marine safety and training for boys.
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Seamen's Convention
Washington
Congress
Pacific Ocean
Freign
Valentine Suspension Shocks New York Post Office
New York cler k Waldo W Valentine in the money order department faces suspension for insubordination. A test case is anticipated before the Postmaster General as Valentine contends eight hour work limits violate his rights.
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New York
Waldo W
Valentine
Postminster
Excitement at Dawson over voter registration dispute
Dawson City reports intense excitement as registration officers fail to deliver voter lists to Dr Wilfrid Thompson’s agent. Thompson runs as independent anti-government candidate against former Governor Congdon. Telegraphed orders from Ottawa and local fear of election violence follow. In New York, Frederick Reichner of the stock exchange is suspended after failing to settle a dispute, having not appeared at his office for days.
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Dawson
Dawson City
Wilfrid Thompson
Congdon
Pierre Ledieu
Thompson
New York
Frederick F. Reichner
Consollidated Stock Exchange
the Exchange
Reicher
Stock Exchange
Countess of Paris Visits Duchess in Turin
Arrived in Turia Italy on December 10 the Countess of Paris mother of the Duchess of Aosta who had been critically ill visited her daughter briefly. The duchess said she felt better after the meeting and believed recovery was certain.
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Turin
Turia
Italy
Paris
Aosta
Leicher Surrenders to Face 20 Year Arson Charge
George W. Leicher, noted Santa Clara capitalist, surrendered in San Francisco to trigger habeas corpus proceedings. A governor's warrant had been issued to extradite him to Ohio for an arson charge pending for twenty years. He was released on a $30,000 bond.
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San Francisco
George W. Leicher
Ohio
Wedding of Crown Prince William Set for May
Berlin reports the wedding of Crown Prince William to Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg Schwerin is fixed for the latter half of May. Emperor William plans another Mediterranean cruise in spring and will return to Germany in time for the wedding.
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Berlin
Dec
Vek William
Cecilia of Mecklenburg
Cold snap sweeps Rainbow Lake and Adirondacks
The thermometer fell to 12 below zero at Rainbow Lake early today while Saranac Lake recorded 1 below and Upper Chateaugay Lake 15 below. Lake Placid read 18 below and nearby readings were at zero. The frigid spell hit the region with dangerous wind chills and icy conditions.
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Plattaburgh
Rainbow Lake
Saranac Lake
Chateaugay Lake
Jin Lake
Placid
Blizzard Drops Nine Inches In Baltimore
A regular blizzard dumps nine inches of snow across Baltimore today. Winter winds whip streets as residents brace for hazardous travel conditions and officials issue travel advisories.
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Baltimore
Bee
Searts
Fe State
Beckwiths confession reveals Chadwick loan scheme
Cleveland reports rely on a Beckwith confession from Oberlin President alleging Mrs Chadwick used forged promises to secure millions in loans from Citizens National Bank. The tale centers on a July 1908 handover plan, a $10,000 yearly payoff, and a $40,000 bonus, with Baldwin as a mysterious intermediary and the bank used as a securities depository. Chadwick reportedly sought bail and claimed relatives of Andrew Carnegie, while New York figures debate the scope of the alleged fraud.
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Oberlin
Ohio
T. Beckwith
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Beckwith
Citizens Bank
Oberlin Bank
Backwith
Spear
Eee Pecks Thijs
Oy Beckwith
Andrew Carnegie
Wade Park Banking Co
Chadet
New York
William Baldwin
Baldwin
Eydaunger
Peckwith
New
Olasie L. Chadwick
T Jmne
Tombs
Newton
Boston
Werbert D. Newton
Mra Chadwick
Reynold
Dirk Chadwick
P Bertoes
Charles A. Eaton
Two More Out in Six Day Bicycle Race at Madison Square Garden
New York dispatch reports the Dusset Mazan Palmer Agraz and Downing Limberg teams dropping from the six day race at MSG as pace remained furious. Keegan Logan holds potential retirement amid poor riding while Turville Metting nears elimination, with leaders Root Dorlon Samuelson Williams Vanderstuyft Stol and Krebs-Fogler maintaining high speed through the morning.
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New York
Dusset-Mazan
Palmer-Agraz
Downing-Limberg
Madison Square Garden
Keegan
Turville
Mettling
Unt
Turvill
Root
Dorlon
Stol
Vanderstuyft
Williams
Vanderstuyft- Stol
Root-Dorlon
Samuelson-Williams
Gongoltz-Breton
Keegan-Longan
Krebs-Fogler
Turvile-Mettling
Miller
Waller
de Root-Dorlon
Ie Samuelson- Willa
Gougoltz-Breton
Keegan-Logan - Krebs-Fogler
Turville-Metting
Milford postmaster Tibbles bound over on embezzlement charge
New Haven Dec 10 Frederick L Tibbles postmaster at Milford was arraigned before a United States commissioner on embezzling funds of the local post office. He was bound over to the next term of the United States district court under bonds of 2500. He was taken in custody.
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New Haven
Frederick L. .Tibbles
Milford
United States
Carina Parlor: Electric car crashes into Somers house
An electric car derailed at Johnson's corner in Somers and plowed across a lawn into a tenement parlor, wrecking the room above where two Richards children slept without injury. Motorman and conductor escaped by leaping free as the car struck. The No 22 car, only four weeks in service, caused thousands in damage to the Gordon Bros Manufacturing Co owned house.
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Somers
Enfield
Hartford
Springfield
Johnson's Corner
Seltico
Paul Richards
Taw
Taylor
Connors
Somersville
Johnson's Curve
Gordon Bros Manufacturing Co
Michael Minnehan
Richards
Factory Fire Hits Henry H. Sheip Plant In Philadelphia
A blaze at the Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Co in Philadelphia caused partial destruction and an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. Severe snow hindered firefighters, but the main mill was saved. The firm employs 600 workers and ranks as the nation’s largest maker of cigar boxes.
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Philadelphia
Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Co
Leahy
Tariff Stands Decisive End to Extra Session Plan
Washington reports no spring extraordinary session will be held to revise tariffs with the fall option left in abeyance. President Roosevelt announced the decision after speaking with callers. A Montana story recounts a young eastern woman seeking transport to a distant rural destination and bunking with a station agent, prompting humor about a vice president's secretary duties and a mirror once bought by John Quincy Adams.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Dixon
Montana
New York
Charles W. Fairbarks
New York World
Capitol
Joni Quincy Adams
Weather forecast for Connecticut and New York
Forecast calls for night snow in Connecticut then snow Sunday with clearing in the south. Warmer tonight with fresh northeast winds. Washington weather special notes worst northeast storm warnings from Delaware breakwater to New York with a central storm in southwestern Virginia moving east northeast. Winds along southern New England and Middle Atlantic coasts to be brisk to high with snow this afternoon and tonight.
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New York
Washington
Delaware
Virginia
New England
Middle Atlantic
Nine torpedo boats completed for Russian government
Nine torpedo boats built at Perth Amboy New Jersey for Russia have been completed and will be moved to New York for shipment as merchandise. The tenth will sail under its own power. each boat measures 80 feet with two 800 horsepower engines and 20 knot speed. Crew of eight aboard, tight below deck space. one torpedo tube per boat and spare torpedoes stored in a watertight compartment.
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New York
Perth Amboy
N. J
Newce
Russian Fleet Hideout In Port Arthur Rumors
Reports from St. Petersburg and Tokyo describe Russian torpedo boat destroyers sheltering behind Lao t Mountain as Japanese observers monitor Port Arthur harbor. Press and officials discuss strait access, Baltic fleet reinforcement, and possible moves to catch up with Rozestvensky at sea. The Japanese cruiser Saigen struck a mine and sank November 30 with most crew rescued.
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Laot' Mountain
Amge
St. Petersburg
Clado
Alexis
Admiralty
Novoe Vretiya
Dardanelles
Rosestvensky
Tokio
Births and injuries noted in city notices
A son was born to Mr and Mrs James Moriarty of Fifth street. Mrs Mahaney of Ridge street fell and fractured her right forearm above the wrist yesterday. Dr Moe Larney reduced the fracture. Dr Maloney will travel to New York weekly for eye disease studies, closing his office evenings in March and April for a private clinic with Dr Michael J. Colloty. Kennedy and Cassidy brought summary proceedings against Isadore Monnifer at 247 Bank street over $300 water rent.
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James Moriarty
Fifth Street
Mahaney
Ridge Street
Moe Larney
Maloney
New York
Manhattan Eye and Eur Hospital
Citizens’ Bank
Michael J. Colloty
Kennedy and Cassidy
Isadore Monnifer
Bank Street
Tiatea
Shi Eee CE
Well Known Here Judge and Mrs Gi Follow News of War
Local readers hear of Kuropatkin's Russian war actions through a descendant of Mrs Cowell's family. The wounded lieutenant, said to be among Russia's finest, was noted during the Mukden retreat and a royal tour. The aunt here avoids hearing the injury news while past relatives remain linked to the conflict.
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Nore
Kuropatkin
Tut DeBodixco
Cowell
Ter
Russia
Rte
Mukden
Heboeaaas
Dinco
Officers Held Up In Peoria Robbery
In Peoria two men held up a local bank during the afternoon, then fled the scene. Police pursued the suspects as the incident disrupted business in the city center and raised concerns about public safety. Officers reported the investigation is ongoing with no arrests announced.
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Peoria
National Bank
Two Weeks Left for Christmas Furniture Bargains
Shoppers have two weeks to buy from Hampson-Sellew Furniture Co. highlighting leather upholstery pieces and a broad range of chairs and couches priced from six dollars to eighty five dollars. The store promotes quick decisions for holiday gifts and emphasizes value over high markups with leather furniture and bedroom sets in the fourth floor showrooms.
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Hampson-Sellew
son-Sellew Furniture Co
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