Taft asserts tariff policy shift and Philippines autonomy stance
President Taft in a general message to Congress rejects further tariff reductions, defers tariff revision to Wilson and the new Congress, and opposes immediate independence for the Philippines. He endorses currency reform, discusses battleship plans, Panama issues, and Army funding while urging better funding for militia and a faster volunteer army. He argues independence would be inappropriate now and stresses gradual self-government for the Philippines.
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Goethals
Panama Canal
Congress
Colonel Goethals
Great Britain
United States
Philippines
Taft
Philippine Islands
President outlines national budget and prosperity remarks
The president discusses the nation's prosperity and financial condition, opposing pending measures and proposing a national budget with expenditures and revenues. He notes a nearly 170 million dollar balance in the treasury general fund and says the budget statement will be submitted to Congress later with a model budget.
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Treasury
Congress
Starving Wife Plea Ends With $500 Fine
Mrs A T Moreaux testified she had no food for 48 hours as tears rolled, while her husband faced non support charges. Judge set a $500 fine after remarks about theatrics. Moreaux remains bonded on embezzlement and a pending $50,000 alienation suit against Mrs Dwight.
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Kansas City
A. T. Moreaux
Milwaukee
Wis
Moreaux
Rodella G. Dwight
Retired Major Mallory Jumps to Death in New York Hotel
Major John Mallory of the U S A retired jumped from the tenth floor of the Hotel Manhattan today and was killed. He suffered melancholia and was under nurse care. His wife Misa Turnure of Aiken DC is mentioned. They lived in Newport RI and have stayed in New York two weeks. Mallory, 69, West Point graduate class 1865, born in Pennsylvania, appointed from Alabama, retired in 1891, spent much time in Paris.
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New York
John, Mallory
Manhattan
Misa Turnure
Aiken
D. C
Newport
R. C
Mallory
West Point
Pennsylvania
Military
Alabama
Paris
Violent Methods Charged in McNamara Plot Case
Indianapolis and Springfield reports indicate Herbert S. Hockin is accused as an advance agent in McNamara’s dynamiting squad. The government tied union failure to organize a job with an appeal for aid and an explosion after Hockin’s visit. In Dallas, Minnie La Duque was acquitted of murdering her husband amid alleged infidelity.
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Indianapolis
Herbert S. Hockin
McNamara
Murray A. Pennell
Springfield
Hockin
Dallas
Tex
Minnie la Duque
W. VY. la Duque
Taft Lists Key Aims for Congress in Year End Message
President Taft outlines currency reform by the monetary commission and calls for double battleship production, militia pay raise, and water power regulation. He seeks Goethals promotion to major general, court rule changes, and autonomy delays for the Philippines, with no tariff revisions proposed.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Monetary Commission
The
War College
Porto Rico
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal
United States Supreme Court
Allgarten
Philippines
Bloodhounds Track Suspect to Home of Geo McCombs
GOOD CITIZEN Marshalltown Iowa December fi After trailing a scent from Le Grand to this city forenoon bloodhounds from Waterloo went to the home of Geo McCombs a respected resident and to the bed that had been occupied by McCombs son Clarence 19 Young McCombs accompanied officers to the sheriff's office and a conference was held this afternoon No charge had been preferred against the young man.
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Marshalltown
le Grand
Waterloo
Geo. McCombs
McComb
Clarence
McCombs
May on Stand in Aaghballd Case
Washington December 6 the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W Archbald of the commerce court entered its fourth day with the second witness W A May of Scranton continuing on the stand. Daily sessions from 1 30 pm to 6 pm are set to finish before Christmas holidays. Senate considers whether Archbald could be impeached for acts before joining the commerce court and briefs on the law of the case will be filed for early decision.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
W. A. May
Scranton
House
Works
Archbald
Continuance Granted in Missionary Suit
Chicago December 6 A further continuance to December 17 was granted in the case of Mrs Mary H Tufts seeking annulment of her husband Gorham Tufts Jr divorce on grounds of alleged fraud Tufts a missionary jailed in Los Angeles The delay was granted as counsel for Tufts second wife Jennie S Roe reported her brother had been assaulted in Seattle sustaining a fractured skull and needed to travel west immediately
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Chicago
Mary H. Tufts
Gorham Tufts, Jr
Los Angeles
Francis H. Boland
Jennie S. Roe
Tufts
Meckingley
Seattle
Refuse to Give Up Young Girls Town Burned
Mexico City December six The town of Valle del Braxo in the state of Mexico was nearly destroyed by Zapata rebels after inhabitants refused to surrender nineteen young women Residents fled to the surrounding hills leaving the town deserted They faced cold and hunger Rebels arrived and demanded the girls, threatening to sack the town if refused Prefect advised flight and to take only a blanket and some food Rebels attacked Temes bailes near Toluca and were repulsed by rurales with twenty killed and many wounded Federal casualties not learned.
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Mexico City
Valle del Braxo
State of Mexico
Zapata Rebela
Five Die In West Virginia Boiler Explosion At Sawmill
Huntington W V Dec 6 Five men were killed when a boiler exploded at a sawmill near Wilsondale Warne county West Virginia last night The identified dead include Leonard Maynard Paras mouth Ohio Jacob Maynard Porstmouth Ohio and Albert s Fintry Naugatuck W Va Two workers are unidentified The fragmentary report also notes an advertisement for Hello Skinny Martin 3c Cigar.
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Huntington
W. Va
Pfive
Wilsondale
Warne County
West Virginia
Leonard Maynard
Parasmouth
Ohio
Jacob Maynard
Porstmouth
Alberts
Fintry
Naugatuck
Murder and prison as warning to gossips
Logansport Indiana December 6 Joseph Lang bride of one day was sentenced to two to fourteen years in Indianapolis Woman's Prison and fined $35 after pleading guilty to killing Mrs Mary Copple who had attended the wedding supper Lang said the act should warn all women who gossip The Copple woman was a guest at the wedding supper
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Logansport
Ind
Mrea
Joseph Lang
Mary Copple
Indianapolis
Aged man begs police to club him to death headline
John Croll a Dutch born nonagenarian linguist who spoke ten languages sought police help to end his life in St. Cloud Minnesota. He worked as a saloon porter for over 25 years after arriving in the United States, leaving only after a two year jail term. His wife and daughter were taken in by city officials.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Per
Holland
John Croll
Croll
Halland
United States
America
Holang
Profanity of Governor Spurs Controversy at Conference
Richmond reports the governors conference adopted a resolution condemning Governor Blease of South Carolina for his lynching remarks and for shouting to uphold the constitution. Several governors denounced his stance while others defended his campaign rhetoric as a fighter.
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Richmond
Blease
South Carolina
Bupport
Lynch Jaw
Governors’ Conference
Yastaray
United States
Alabama
Wyoming
Missouri
New York
Maryland
Wisconsin
South
Colsby
Joseph N. Carey
Hig State
Prospect of Henry J. Waters as Secretary of Agriculture
Washington reports Professor Willis J. Moore of the United States weather bureau backing a movement to urge a cabinet appointment for secretary of agriculture for President-elect Wilson. Dr. Henry J. Waters, president of Kansas State Agricultural College, is also being promoted for the post.
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Washington
Der
Willis J. Moore
United States
Weather Baraan
Hit
Wilson
Chicago
Henry J. Waters
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
Jackman Third in the Singles
Kansasity Mo Dee. While the Waterloo bowlers did not set as high marks in the Mid-west tournament as on the first day Charley Jackman and Joe Lorenz rolled good games in the singles Jackman went into third place in the singles with 612 while Lorenz scored 607 The Waterloo and Ottumwa bowlers occupied the alleys throughout the day The high scores registered were as follows Singles C F Jackman Waterloo 612 J Lorenz Waterloo 607 Thomas O'Brien Ottumwa 574 J L Graham Ottumwa 532 Palm er Waterloo 520 FP Huntshaw 523 H Paul 522 R W Lingeman Ottumwa 512 Doubles Paul and Jackman Waterloo 1108 Macken and Lorenz Waterloo 1100 Graham and Scott Ottumwa 1084 Dingeman and Scott Ottumwa 1073 O'Brien and Hoff man Ottumwa 1007
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Kansasity
Dee
Waterloo
Charley Jackman
Joe Lorenz
Jackman
Lorenz
Ottumwa
Ara
C. F. Jackman
J. Lorenz
Thomas O'Brien
J. L. Graham
Palmer
FP. Huntshaw
H. Paul
R. Ww. Lingeman
Uncle Tom's Cabin Did Most Harm of All Books
Camden N J December 6 In a Camden high school address F Hopkinson Smith writer painter and engineer argued that Uncle Tom's Cabin did more harm than any other book Ever written He faulted the novels pictures of the Negro life before the war saying chief incidents could not have happened in the South and blamed the work for lingering Southern resentment and regional misinformation spread by the book
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Camden, N. J
Camden High School
F. Hopkinson Smith
Confessed Slayer Had Bad Record Linked to Navy Murder Case
St Joseph Missouri December 6 John Derr who confessed to naval authorities in San Francisco to the murder of Billy Barkis at Richmond Kansas near Atchison formerly lived at St Joseph He had a past burglary record including a reform school sentence and a jail term Before joining the Navy he drifted to California and left behind his troubled past
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St Joseph
John Derr
Naval
San Francisco
Billy Barkis
Richmond
Kan
Atchison
Reform School
Jim
Calfornia Ale
Navy
Runaway at Pals Causes Dairy Wagon Demolition
Cedar Falls Ia noon today a milk wagon drawn by four horses escaped its team. Nelson's dairy team dragged along Main and Fourth scattering dairy fluid and concentrated bovine extract. The wagon crashed, horses fell, and the vehicle was demolished.
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Cedar Falls
M. T. Nelson
Day of Trust Probe In St. Louis Harvester Case
Fifth day of government session in St. Louis aimed to end the probe into the International Harvester Company. Attorneys expect the case to close with few witnesses called and the government presenting documents tied to alleged restraints on trade.
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ST. Truis
St. Louis
Nec
International Harvester Company
Harvester Company
Senator Cummins Father Is Dying
Washington dispatch reports Senator Cummins has departed for his home in Ter Maines as his father is gravely ill, with sources noting the elder Cummins is near death. The move follows a summons to the bedside from the hospital in Washington.
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Senator Cummins
Washington
Senator Cumming
Ter Maines
TADERWOOD STRONG ON REVISION TALK
Washington Bac reports Majority Leader Taderwood asserts planning to revise the tariff from agate ta' zine During a White House briefing he says the Ways and Means Committee meeting next week will set hearings start times and ensure broad opportunity to be heard Mr Underwood spoke with Mr Taft but not about the tariff.
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Washington
Bac
Taderwood
White House
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Underwood
Taft
Fierce Gale Strains Great Lakes Shipping
A severe northwest gale across Lake Superior and surrounding lakes drives high waves and snow, grounding vessels and wrecks. The Easton, beset near Port Arthur, rests nose down on rocks with passengers safe. 700 Christmas trees from the Rouse Simmons wash ashore in Wisconsin, offered for sale as search plans fade.
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Great Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Putin Bay
Saul. Ste. Marie
Mich
Boston
Lake Superior
Lees Mountain
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake
Sellwood County
Minicasta
Imperial
Smith
Thompson
A. J. Ames
Wilbert Smith
Shenango
Wells
Augustus
Troquois
Ken Watin
Easton
Hokanson
Hogetad
Chicago
Dec
Arizona
Midland
Ont
United States Barge Office
Tage
Rouse Simmons
Fuand
Kewanee
Two Rivers
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Bolly
Land Rapids
Ciique
Sandusky
Dee
FLN
Krap
Owl
Lake Erie
Tourist
Wm. A. Harsard
Touriasa
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Department of Government
State Department
National Monetary Commission
Supreme Court
Adam Bede
Minnesota
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Agcuse Hockin
Skinny Martin
Hollander
South Carolinian
John F. Shafroth
Colorado
Twole Ton
Taderwood Strong
Duluth
Associated Press
Easton Pad
Port Arthur
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