Sugar beet meeting aims to lure factory to Rio Grande Valley
A large Commercial club meeting reviewed beet sugar prospects in New Mexico. Representatives from Holly Beet Sugar and Santa Fe outlined how five thousand acres could support a 500 ton daily plant, with Friday’s Armory gathering to mobilize valley farmers and secure a factory locally.
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Rio Grande Valley
Commercial Club
J. E. Gauger
Holly Beet Sugar Company
Colorado
J. 8. Johnson
Santa Fe
New Mexico
AL BR. Stroup
John Mann
Leonards Huniek
Jesus Romere
John Borradaile
Gauger
Arkansas Valley
Becky Ford
Acre
Howell
Ginger
KR. K. Wilton
Wilson
Grant
Atlantic
Pacific
Armory
M. Mandel
M. B. Kelly
Navy budget passage vows tough debate and landmark highway plan
In Washington the House adopted the naval program for 1910 and passed the Havel appropriation bill totaling 125,000,000 with minor changes. Debates over naval strength and a Lincoln Way memorial to Abraham Lincoln continued as the Senate set February 12 as a special holiday and approved plans for a Washington to Gettysburg highway. The Senate also fixed the president’s salary at 100,000, and adjourned at 5 12 p m.
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Washington
House
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
Congress
Oregon Plan Finds Favor With Nebraskans
Linculn Neb Jan 22 The house approved the report of the committee of the whole recommending the partage of the Humphrey bill for the election of senators by the Oregon plan The bill passed both houses It is intended to give W J Ryan a chance to be elected senator as democratic leaders believe preference would be expressed for him though the next legislature under current law would elect a senator and is expected to be republican
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Linculn
Neb
House
Committee of the
Humphrey
Oregon
W. Jryan
Attack on Federal Child Labor Law at National Convention
Chicago reports on the National Child Labor Convention with debate over the DC child labor law and an address urging including children in conservation campaigns. Seligman of New York presided as Owen Lovejoy criticized the Senate for child labor practices, citing young workers earning 75 dollars monthly at age twelve.
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Chicago
District of Columbia
Andrew &. Draper
Senate Amendment Sets Child Labor Age At Twelve
The senate approved a measure after a four year effort that included amendments allowing orphans and children of widows to work at age twelve and enabling house and senate pages to be employed at the same age.
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Senate
House
Disastrous Floods in Transvaal Districts Kill Many
Johannesburg reports 173 dead as floods from widespread rains hit the Transvaal colony and northern Natal. Mines, bridges, and homes suffer heavy damage, Knights dam breaches flood Witwatersrand and Elsburg, with ten white men and 150 natives drowned. A $60,000 gold dredger drifts and wrecks on the Knap river.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Natal
Knights
Witwaters
Elsburg
Knap River
Jay Gould Likely to Become Probation Officer
New York January 22 Jay Gould famed amateur court tennis player and son of George Gould millionaire railroad director is likely to become a probation officer in City Magistrate Finns court He indicated through a friend that he would like the position and the magistrate today wrote him a letter saying it would give him pleasure if he would accept The duties include handling abandonment cases and acting as a pacifier of family troubles
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New York
Jay Gould
George Gould
Finn
Gould
Fight Starts On Proposed Two Cent Law
Cheyenne January 22. Anticipating a bill in the legislature to impose a two cent a mile rate on all railroads within the state the Union Pacific company circulates petitions among its employees opposing the measure. It is stated the company has declared wage reductions may follow enactment of the two cent a mile law.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Company
Preachers Stop Pueblo Trinidad Boxing Bout
At the request of the Ministerial association of Trinidad the mayor halted a scheduled fifteen round boxing match between Chick Coleman of Pueblo and Johnny Green of Saginaw Michigan. The stoppage disappointed a large crowd.
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Pueblo
Colo
Ministerial Association of
Trinidad
Chick Coleman
Johnny Green
Saginaw
Michigan
Miner Killed in Bird Dog Mine Explosion at Webb City
Webb City Mo Jan 22 Zeke Gillett was killed and three miners injured by a premature blast at the Bird Dog mine Gillett was tamping the hole when the explosion occurred his face and upper body were horrifically mutilated as the blast ripped through the shaft area.
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Webb City
Zeke Gillett
Bird Dog
Gillett
Wreck on Pennsylvania Rail Finds Five Bodies
A westbound Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near South Fork and Summerhill in Johnstown results when the second section collides with a stalled first section. Nearly fifty doctors respond to the scene as early reports say five bodies have been recovered and injuries are widespread.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
South Fork
Summerhill
Altoona
New Mexico House Debates Women University Bill and Local Measures
The New Mexico House read several bills in session week one including a proposal to establish a nonsectarian university for women, a bounty on jack rabbits, and stricter controls on minors in schools. Other measures address divorce, public card playing, cattle roping exhibitions, and personal property liens. Sixty employees were sworn in as the session opened.
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Santa Fe
N. M
House of Representatives
University For Women
RE. McQueen Gray
Moffatt
Otero County
Mullins
New Mexico
Baca
Territory of
Legislative Assembly of
Territory
Mr. Garcia
Chaves
Sierra County
Mr. Moffatt
Sierra
Milwaukee editor dies after sixty-five year career
Andrew J. Aikens aged eighty years general manager and part owner of the Evening Wisconsin died today in Milwaukee. Aikens served as a newspaper man for about sixty-five years and spent roughly fifty-five years with the Evening Wisconsin. He originated in 1863 the concept of patent insides for newspapers.
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Milwaukee
Jan
Andrew J. Aikens
Evening Wisconsin
Miners Rescued? Rescue Party Heads Toward Handles Peak
Lake City Colorado January 22 amid a terrific storm Jack Barton Edward Ewing and Charles Lee left town in a sleigh with four horses carrying provisions to reach miners Ralph George Turner and Alex McKenzie near Handles Peak twenty miles south. No word has arrived yet.
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Lake City
Colo
Jack Barton
Edward Ewing
Charles Lee
Ralph
George Turner
Alex McKenzie
Handles Peak
Fortifications Bill Passed With 7.92 Million for Next Year
Washington committee on appropriations reports fortifications bill carrying 7.92 million dollars for the next fiscal year. The largest item is 1 million for sea coast batteries in the Philippine Islands. Sea waste at Fort Travis Galveston is slated for 440 thousand. The panel dropped 500 thousand sought for military aeronautics.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On
Philippine Island
Fort Travis
Galveston
Trains Run After Break in North Pacific Line
Butte Montana January 22 repair crews fix the break on the Northern Pacific at Eddy Montana. A dozen through trains resume service and will run through the night with the line back in operation.
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Butte, Mont
Northern Pacific
Eddy, Mont
Governor Hadley Leads Missouri Rate Case Hearing
Kansas City January 2 Governor Herbert Hadley argued for the state in a Missouri rate dispute urging railroads to end discrimination and reject passes as a remedy for revenue losses. He contended freight rates are reasonable and that railroads could meet the two cent law if discrimination stopped.
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Hadley
Spencer
Illinois Death-Row Case Billik Commuted to Life
Governor Charles Deneen commuted Herman Billik's death sentence for poisoning Mary Vizal and family, after the state board of pardons and the supreme court reviewed the long case. The Chicago defendant faced six death delays and a complex path through state and federal courts before the commutation to life imprisonment.
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Springfield
Charles Deneen
Herman Billik
Chicago
Mary Vizal
State Board of Pardons
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Dencon
Jerry Verzal
Billik
Bllik
Illinois
Bilik
Supreme Courts
Federal District Court
United States Supreme Court
Tilinoia State Board of Pardons
Deneey
Healy
Mary Vrzal
Vrzal
Bidik
Jersolobat Vrzal
Brether
Asainet
Rose Vraul
Billek
Fifteenth Street
Hillek
Bohemia
Cleveland
Ohio
Barbara Billik
Illik
Chi Cago
Citego
Vraaix
Wreat
Martin Vraal
Eimnall
Vraal
Billie
Worzal
Stay in Game Message to Gompers from Mine Workers
The United Mine Workers of America wired to AFL President Gompers urging continuation of the fight in the Buck Store and Range contempt case. They reported $2,500 allocated for present needs and pledged more if needed, with 1350 delegates sending fraternal greetings and 300000 black diamond artists backing the effort to secure legal rights.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Buck Store and Range Company
District of Columbia
Mitchell
Morrison
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
T. L. Lewis
JS. T. White
W. D. Ryan
Mitchell Vows Prison Won't Deter Labor Fight at Mine Workers Meet
At the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis on January 22, leaders including John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers were pledged $2,500 to aid their defense against jail sentences. Mitchell urged unity, vowed to defend labor rights, and said he would go to prison if it aided organizing miners nationwide. The convention approved further funding as needed and stressed solidarity against employer divisions.
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Mitchell
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Washington
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Miners’ Executive Board
Hiv
The
Niners
Tomlinson Hall
Labourity
Mr. Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
Wright
District of Columbia
Messrs. Gompers
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Tiyan
Pennsylvania
Morning Journal
National University For Women
Milcourrate
Kansas City
Herbert
Missouri
M. Spencer
St. Joseah
Genera
Chitengo
Burlington and Quincy
Gardiner Lathrop
Deneen
Gallowa
Ilinois
Annals of State
Meggage
Levesé
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