Progressives Prepare Welcome For National Conference Delegates
Delegates including Perkins Pinchot and Ortero from New York and New Mexico arrive for the national Progressive conference in Chicago. The event expects over 500 delegates with women among them. Perkins declines to discuss specifics but says many important matters will be addressed. Today's program includes meetings of the national executive committee and the state assembly members-elect.
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Chicago
Dec
Theos Done Roosewelt
New York
New England
Harrad
Josena M. Dixon
Davis
Jett Washington i
Geo. W. Perkins
Gifford Pinchot
Amos Pinchot
Miguel Ortero
New Mexico
Almadsy
General Assembly
Works Charges Roosevelt and Taft in Campaign Abuses
Washington December 9. Senator Works of California attacked Theodore Roosevelt and the progressive group for ties to George W Perkins and large corporations. He urged defeat for Roosevelt and Taft, arguing presidential power can influence prosecutions, citing the harvester trust and campaign contributions to show how corporations sway politics. He said the investigation reveals dark pages of campaign funding by big interests.
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Senator Works
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Works
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Taft
Harvester Trust
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Great Harvester Trust
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Perkins
Steel Trust
Worker
New Progressive Party
MISS MEYER BREAKS STAMP SELLING RECORD IN WASHINGTON
Miss Alys Meyer daughter of the secretary of the navy set a local Christmas Red Cross stamp sales record in Washington. She sold 3,500 stamps Saturday bringing in $45 for the antituberculosis crusade in the District of Columbia. The previous high was held by Miss Jescha Allen. Meyer expects to surpass her Saturday total before Christmas.
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Tier
Alys Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
District of Columbia
Meyer
Chis
Jescha Allen
Henry T. Allen
1. S.A
Turkish Soldiers Dying of Cholera Beside Road Near San Stefano
A Balkan War scene shows Turkish soldiers with an ox wagon past cholera victims by a ditch near San Stefano, a town near Constantinople. One man on a bridge is dying. later a photographer found several more dead water thirsty victims.
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Constantinople
Farrell admits paying fines in dynamite plot case
Indianapolis dispatch reports Patrick I. Farrell admitted furnishing bonds and paying fines for union men connected to the iron workers strike. He testified during cross examination in the dynamite conspiracy trial that the International Association of Bridge and Iron Workers contributed $10,000 to support the strike in New York. He acknowledged unaccounted union funds but denied knowledge of McNamara's purchases of explosives.
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Iron Workers
Patrick I. Farrell
New York
International Union
Farrell
McNamara
J. J. McNamara
Pelham
N. Y
James W. Noel
Taft Sets Panama Voyage Date December Nineteen
President Taft tentatively fixed December 19 as the start date for his Panama voyage. He plans to visit the isthmus before leaving office, influenced by President-elect Wilson’s decision not to. Taft will sail from Key West aboard the Arkansas with Mrs Taft and several friends, likely escorted by the battleship Delaware.
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Taft
Panama
Isthmus
Wilson
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Key West
Arkansas
Delaware
Auerbach Guilty of Fisher Murder in Michigan
Oscar M. Auerbach of Chicago was found guilty of murdering Harry W. Fisher after a twelve hour jury deliberation. Judge Charles A. Withy will sentence him to life imprisonment at hard labor in Jackson penitentiary, with transfer likely Tuesday. no capital punishment in Michigan. The verdict surprised the defendant and his counsel.
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Baldwin, Mich
Oscar M. Auerbach
Chicago
Harry W. Fisher
Auerbach
Charles A. Withy
Jackson
Michigan
Sherif Bates
Senate grows impatient over Archbald impeachment trial
Senators press for quicker witness examinations in the Archbald commerce court case as night sessions are considered. Prosecution witnesses from the House of Representatives are scheduled to testify at today's resumed trial.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Managara
House of Representatives
Last Date to Use Triple Numbers in Letters
New York report notes December 12 1912 will be the last time a business letter can bear three identical numerals in sequence. After that only dated forms like 1-1-1 will recur starting January 1 2001 and then October 10 2010. The era of triple-number dating spans a century’s final chapters.
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New York
Cattleman and Fine Stock Burned to Death
La Salle December 9. Thomas Adams a cattleman from Iowa City Iowa who was returning home from Chicago with prize cattle is dead from burns in a railroad car fire at Sheffield Illinois early today. Samuel Williamson another cattle owner who accompanied him was seriously burned. All of the cattle were burned to death.
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la Salle
Thomas Adams
Iowa City
Chi- Pao
Sheffield
Samuel Williamson
Severe quake shocks recorded in multiple cities
Seismographs at St Ignatius college, College of the Sacred Heart, and Georgetown University logged earthquake disturbances on December 9. Shocks ranged from about 1,800 to 3,000 miles away, with sources likely on the Pacific coast or in the northwestern South America region, and the events were described as strong and prolonged. Potential volcanic activity in Alaska mentioned.
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St. Ignatius College
Pacific
California
Mexico
Denver
College of the Sacred Heart
Father A. W. Forstall
South America
Washington
Georgetown University
Castro Plotting New Revolution Rumors Abroad
Paris dispatches report Cipriano Castro, former Venezuelan president, under newspaper scrutiny for allegedly planning another revolution. The Temps says he has arrived in Europe with unknown whereabouts, with rumors placing him in Antwerp, Hamburg, a German sanitarium, and Brussels after disembarking from the Windhuk.
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Temps Today
Antwerp
Raport Castre
Hamburg
Brussels
Hearing Begins Late in Harvester Suit in St Paul
Hearing in the government suit against the International Harvester company is delayed until this afternoon due to late arrival of several attorneys. Witnesses will be examined here from Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Nebraska and Missouri.
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International Harvester Company
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Nebraska
Miasouri
Tragedy at Mt. Vernon township Ax murder of two boys
Ida Bell 44 years old killed her sons Roger 9 and Ralph 7 with an ax in the Mt. Vernon area then attempted to kill her daughter Nora 12. She dragged the bodies toward a cistern and finally leaped in, while Nora escaped with a ladder as neighbors responded to cries for help. The mother briefly regained reason before agents intervened.
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A. W. Bell
Waterloo
Mt. Vernet Township
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Ralph
Nora
Husband West
Beil
Daughter
Mora
Kenyon Leads Fight to Clean Up Washington
The effort to purify the national capital advances as Senator Kenyon of Iowa presides over a Nass meeting urging action to remove one segregated district and curb abuses by wealthy interests. Ministers and many speakers urge executive support. petitioners seek compulsory Sunday rest and stronger enforcement of public morality in Washington.
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Washington
Tie
Taft
National
Nass
Jasgt Atel
Iowa
Veryyarny
Tarnett K. Monroe
Police Officer Shooting Sparks Liquor Restriction Plan
Los Angeles police chiefs seek an ordinance declaring it a misdemeanor to sell or give liquor to an on duty officer after a deputy duel left Patrolman Walker with a shoulder wound. The incident involved Sergeant Hackett and Patrolman Walker, nine shots fired, Walker returning fire. Chief Sebastian argues the public must be protected from police who drink.
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Cal
Sebastian
Wim. Hackett
FL Ki. Walker
Walker
Flankett
Benbastian
Bishop Makes Earnest Appeal to All Parents
New Orleans December 1 Archbishop James Blenk denounces modern dancing and social customs as corrupting youth in a Jesuit church sermon. He cites dances such as the Grizzly Bear Turkey Trot Gabby Glide and Bunny Hug and appeals to mothers and fathers to oppose the trend for the sake of society culture and Christianity.
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New Orleans
Mary
James Blenk
Dr Bennett Not Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Dr G J Benabett of Waterloo faced federal charges for illegal medical practice but the Dubuque land jury returned no true bill. The case was left in condition for possible later action. The next grand jury will convene in Waterloo on the fourth Tuesday in April.
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G. J. Benabett
Waterloo
Federal
Dubuque
Extermination Day Threats Stir Serb Crisis
Amid tensions on the Serb frontier, Austrian attack rhetoric in Viennese papers sparks Servian anger. Prauvea warns that Austria would exterminate the Serb nation if war starts, calling for mobilization of all citizens, while many Austro-Hungarian frontier visitors are arrested on spying charges and Servia protests.
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Hieterade
Seevin
Servia
Prauvea
Austria
Vianko
Cluarger
Death of C Parman in Cedar Falls
Joseph Parman, aged 70, died at his Cedar Falls home Saturday after a paralysis stroke. Born in Germany, he came to the U S at age 12, lived on a farm near Cedar Falls, later moved to the Falls. Survived by widow and five children: Edward and Elmer of Decorah, William of Tacoma, Joseph of Cedar Falls, Emma Cawalti of Alta Vista. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at German Evangelical church, Rev. Weiner to officiate. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Joseph
Parman
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Iowa
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Edward
Elmer
Decorah
Willian
Tacoma
Wash
Cedar Walls
Emma Cawalti
Alta Vista
German Evangelical Church
Weiner
Will Phe
Greenwood Cemetery
Tuberculosis talks planned for Iowa State short courses
Ames Iowa farmers will hear the latest tuberculosis message as A B Raptor, state tuberculosis tester, speaks to all short courses weekly. Director W Kennedy notes the extension program aims to improve farm welfare, home economics, and sanitation by adding this health message to the agenda.
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Iowa State Coallege
A. B. Raptord
Fier
Eglinge
Gtate 10
Kenford
W. 7. Kennedy
Repfard
Evidence in Allen Case Returns to Jury Instructions
In Wytheville Virginia on December 9 the evidence in Sidna Allen’s murder trial of Attorney William M Foster at Hillsville courthouse dominated the day. Judge Aptes rowed the jury with instructions substantially the same as in the prior Allen trial for Jude Thornton Massie where Allen was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to seven years. The prosecution opened with Argent.
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Dee
Sidna Allan
Wm. M. Foster
Hilsville Court House
Aptes
Allen
Jude Thornton
Massie
Argent
Dreamer Discharged in Massive U S Steel Bankruptcy Case
Chicago firm Meone of Pmsted faced a bankruptcy discharge after a court found a dream of a piganlic steel combine to rival United States Steel led to obligations totaling about $2,000,000. The case, heard in the United States district court, ends with a discharge.
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Meone
Piganlic Steel
Othe United States Steel Corporation
United States District Court
McCombs to Meet Secretary Ores in Washington Lunch
Chairman McCombs of the Democratic National Committee met with Speaker Clark and other leaders to discuss White House office organization. Secretary Hilles reportedly outlined possible administration roles, though McCombs had not decided on accepting an official post.
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Washington
Chidrman McCombs
Democratic National
Eta Forrmat
Clark
Hilles
White House
Friends
Postmaster Nomination for Pueblo Sent to Senate
Notification of Nimrod Walpole named postmaster of Pueblo Colorado sent to the Senate today by President Taft in a formal communications.
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Washington
Dee
Nimrod
Walpole
Pueblo
Colo
Senate
Taft
Gun burst at Sandy Hook proving ground no injuries reported
A new d4-men gun burst today during testing at the Sandy Hook proving ground. No one was injured. The weapon had undergone several prior tests, all of which were successful. An advertisement for El Verso Marana cigars appears in the page.
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Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Blackhand Bomb Wrecks Buildings in Chicago West Side
A dynamite bomb exploded at Nicholas Cardoeno’s meat market in Chicago’s west side Italian quarter, wrecking the building and shattering windows up to a mile away. Cardoeno had received extortion letters, and fifty sleeping workers were thrown from beds as three adjacent stores and over a thousand windows were damaged. property loss was estimated at $25,000 and one arrest was made.
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Chicago
Nicholas Cardoeno
West Side
Cardoena
December Crop Report from Washington Outlook
The department of agriculture released the December crop report at 2 15 pm noting winter wheat sowing at 2 287 000 acres versus 33 215 000 last fall and December 1 condition at 82 3 percent of normals. Area sown 2 454 000 acres, compared with 2 478 100 last fall. The December 1 condition shows 2 5 percent normal.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Building Trades Annual Convention Opens in Marshalltown
The Iowa Building Trades council annual meeting starts with forty delegates from half a dozen city councils. City Solicitor F B Northup and Des Moines President Gus Brooks address the gathering before executive session. The convention plans to adjourn Wednesday afternoon. Temperature notes and a separate update report the Carnegie yacht arriving at Talcahuano Chile and a burial for a three day old girl at Calvary.
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Towa
Building Trades Council
Iowa
F. B. Northup
Gus Brooks
Des Moines
C. C. Lyons
Seventh Street
Calvary
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