Dooms of Wage Scale by Carroll D Wright in Philadelphia
The United States labor commissioner Carroll D Wright urged a shift from wage systems to a cooperative labor model and backed a plan to insure workers against disability and old age. He cited German practice of shared costs and noted England's moves toward such social insurance. Wright argued depreciation of labor should be included in final costs and that labor now seeks a social as well as economic stake in production.
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Philadelphia
United States Commissioner of Labor
Society of Ethical Culture
Colonel Wright
England
United States
Wright
Tabor
Queen Flees for Life as Sandringham Fire Breaks Out
London December 11 Queen Alexandra narrowly escapes death as a fire erupts in her Sandringham bedroom. The blaze spreads to her room and to Miss Charlotte Knollys below, forcing both to flee in dressing gowns as the floor collapses. An electric wire flare is blamed for the fire.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Miss Charlotte Knollyn
Miss Knollyn
Russia Japan WWII Settlement Report From Tokyo
London reports from Tokyo indicate Russia will not leak its reply to Japan proposals. Daily Mail cites a satisfactory response and possible amicable settlement. Concessions to Japan over Manchuria and recognition of Japanese supremacy in Korea are mentioned amid easing stock-market tension.
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Japan
London
Daily Mail
Korea
Bryan at the Vatican receives private audience in Rome
Det 14 William J Bryan and his son met with the pope in a private audience. Interpreted by Monsignor Kennedy, Bryan praised the pope’s kind bearing after the audience. He toured Rome sites including the Coliseum and the Roman Forum, showing interest in Cicero’s invective spot.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
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The
American College
Vatican
Coliseum
Roman Forum
Cicero
Cataline
Barton does not appear in probe on alleged bribery deal
Grand Rapids, Dec. 14. Ex alderman Ellen faces bribery charges linked to Lake Michigan water deal with ex City Attorney Salsbury. Salsbury said he won’t travel to Chicago again to answer swindling claims against Bartons of Omaha until local case ends. Chicago case pending. Bartons have not appeared. bail set.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Dee
Ellen
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Bartona
Omaha
Bartons
Kansas sheriff held up in Baxter Springs depot
Cherokee county Sheriff Charles Rain was held up and robbed by escaped Columbia jail prisoner Clarence Cunningham in Baxter Springs depot. Cunningham and an accomplice then robbed the station agent, seized a team and buggy, and escaped, after Rain demanded surrender.
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Dee
Charles Rain
Cherokee County
Baxter Springs
Clarence Cunningham
Columbia
Cunningham
Rain
Two Men Shot by Robbers in Chicago Saloon
In Chicago on December 14 Anton Niesseler was killed and John Tempel severely wounded in a raid at 2231 Princeton Avenue. The robbers demanded cash from the register. Niesseler stepped to aid Tempel and was shot through the heart. Tempel lunged at the thieves and was also shot. both men survived long enough to be named, with the robbers fleeing and at large.
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Chicago
Anton Niesseler
John Tempel
Princeton Avenue
Niesseler
Tempel
Ftig
Crow relapse halts retrial of Senator Farris case
Attorney General Crow, recently returned from New York, relapsed and is seriously ill with heart trouble and possible pneumonia. Doctors spent the night with him at A. C. Steuver’s residence in St. Louis. He cannot conduct the retrial at Jefferson City today, with Assistant Attorney General Jeffries to lead the prosecution.
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St. Louis
Crow
New York
A. C. Steuver
Jefferson City
Jeffries
Union Leader Arrested in Cripple Creek
D Copley a Western Federation of Miners executive committee member was arrested by military authorities in Cripple Creek Colorado. He had been tied to an alleged Sun and Moon mine bombing plot at Idaho Springs last summer and was freed on bonds last week. He returned home and was promptly seized amid claims military necessity justified the arrest.
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Colo
D. C
Frozen body found near Jackson Hill mine
Sullivan Ind December 14 The body of a man believed to be Henry Rowe an employee at the Jackson Hill mine was found lying in a ditch. Police think he froze to death after wandering away last night while asleep from the cold.
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Sullivan, Ind
Henry Rowe
Jackson Hill
Death of Judge Fletcher Ladd in Boston
Judge Fletcher Ladd, who served three years as supreme justice in the Philippines, died in a private Boston hospital. The report notes his age and career highlights while recording the sudden local death.
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Boston
Fletcher Ladd
Supreme Justice
Philippines
Marines Landed as Colombian Troops Reported Advancing
A company of United States marines landed at Colon and marched toward Panama, aiming for Yaviza on the San Miguel and Tuira rivers. The move follows reports of Colombian troops advancing toward Panama, risking a guerrilla campaign on the Isthmus. London reports Holland and Britain pressing Panama to assume $15 million of Colombia debt.
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Tuira
Republic of Panama
Colombia
London
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Hague
Holland
Great Britain
Helen Gould declines presidency of World’s fair board
Dec 15 in St Louis Mrs Helen M Gould refuses the offer to lead the board of lady managers for the World’s fair. Three other candidates from Albany Buffalo and Missouri contend for the post as Mrs James L Blair steps aside. The national commission is pressed to appoint Mrs John T Davis as a possible president but Gould declines due to health and other duties.
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Board of Women Managers of Exposition
St. Louis
Daniel Manning
Albany
N. Y
John Miller
Buffalo
Mary Phelps Montgomery
Missouri
Portland
Ore
Board of Lady Managers
James L. Blair
John T. Davis
St. Louisans
National Commission
Misa Helen M. Gould
House Adopts Recess Resolution To Jan. 4
Washington reports the House agreed to a recess from December 19 to January 4. Speaker granted unanimous consent appointing Kalauiana of Hawaii to the territories committee. Senate chaplain selected Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston, 83, Congregationalist, starting January 1. Democrats debated caucus discipline and policy as Panama questions drew focus.
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Washington
Kalauiana
Hawaii
Committee On
Territories
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Senate
Panama
New Republic
TRAIN CREW KILLED IN WRECK NEAR PIEDMONT WV
Five men died and several injured when two Baltimore and Ohio engines toppled on a freight train on the seventeen mile grade near Piedmont West Virginia. The dead include Engineers Ernest D Irvin, Emery Ervin, Firemen Walter B Mine, J V Carter and Brakeman John Hays. Several seriously injured were Engineer Michael J Gibbon, Fireman E C Buckler, Brakeman B F Bolinger.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Ernest D. Ervin
Emery Ervin
Walter B. Mine
J. V. Carter
John Hays
Micheal J. Gibbon
E. C. Buckler
B. F. Bolinger
Japan Marines Fire Upon Riot During Korean Strike
Report from Seoul dated December 15 states Japanese marines landed at Kokshe to crush a laborer strike among Korean dock workers in the foreign concession. They fired on the mob, killing several, and clashes arose between Koreans and Japanese. The incident could provoke local complications and raises the possibility Russia sending a warship if Korea resents the landing.
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Russia
Seoul
Korea
Kokshe
Japan
National Republican Convention to Meet in Chicago
The next national Republican convention will be held June 21 in Chicago. The committee pledged seventy five thousand dollars for expenses and aims to present the Chicago platform. Democratic convention likely earlier. committees in conference.
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Chicago
SMT
Central West
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