Campaign of the Common People Against Hereditary Privilege Enters on Its Final Stage
London reports show Asquith and Lloyd George lampooning peers at Brighton and London meetings as the suffrage campaign intensifies. Balfour warns of protracted Unionist struggle while proscribing a strong government critique. A suffragette riot outside the Coliseum in Leeds leads to the death of Constable Alfred Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
George
Brighton
Lloyd-George
London
House of Commons
Alap
Hipling
Cook
Duke
Arthur J Balfour
House of Commoans
Hanwell
Balfour
Londonderry
Belfast
Robert Farman Horton
Lyndhurst Church
Hampstead
Landsdowne
Curzon
Milner
Cromer
England
Roman Empire
Leeds
Eng
Alfred Hudson
Coliseum
Sir Edward Gray
Waa
Hudson
Willard Succeeds Murray as Baldtmore and Ohio Chief
New York January 4 Oscar G Murray resigns after six years as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Daniel Willard vice president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad is elected his successor Murray will take effect January 14 Willard assumes office January 15 Murray remains chairman of the board Ramdolph resigns amid a board reshuffle Rumors attribute the move to Harriman influence in railroad circles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oscar G. Murray
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Road
Daniel Willard
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad
Murray
Willard
Mr. Murray
Baltimore and Ohio
George 3. Ramdolph
Wall Street
Yallpeach
Harriman
Baltimer
Ohio
Canned Peaches Kill Seven at Family Reunion
Seven people die and several more fall ill after eating canned peaches said to contain ptomaine at a New Year family reunion. Victims include Mrs. Fernandez and five children, with several other relatives seriously ill in Los Angeles. A separate Syracuse note reports Mrs. George McDowell and five children dangerously ill from ptomaine poisoning after bakery chocolate éclairs and canned beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
A. Fernandez
Isabel Fernandez
D. G. Valdez
Fernandez
Virginia Preciado
G. R. Yes
Lola Garcia
Frank Garcia
B. Preciado
Ramona Garcia
Valdez
Jackson Finds Wife in Tenn Sanitarium
After a long search F. M. Jackson of 230 Piedmont avenue located his missing wife in Knoxville Tennessee Ima sanitarium where she had wandered. Mrs Jackson had been missed several weeks and her husband feared she might be harmed due to her deranged mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Jackson
Piedmont Avenue
Knoxville, Tenn
Ima Sanitarium
Mrs. Jackson
Shadowy Escape Attempt Fails After Slayings
In Macon Georgia Edward B. Alford who killed his wife and mother in law last week and wounded himself tried to escape from Macon hospital with outside help. Officials detected the plan when witnesses saw figures at the window shade and alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon. Ga
Edward B. Alford
Macon
Blizzard Storm Slows Coast as Merury Drops in Cities
A severe storm from the west aims at the southern Atlantic states with snow turning to rain along the coast and a sharp plunge in temperatures. Iowa and Chicago report heavy snow and zero or below readings, freight delays, and high winds. New York and Boston see record cold as Philadelphia endures the coldest day of winter.
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Atlantic States
Mercury
New York
Washington
Tomrrow
Atlantic
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Appalachian
Des Moines
Iowa
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Chicao
Chicago
Floral Weather Bureau
Boston
Mass
Philadelphia
Raperta
Atlanta
Augusta
Buffalo
Baltimore
Charleston
Birmingham
Charlotte
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Denver
Galveston
Detroit
Jacksonville
Jupiter
Kansas City
Key- West
Mobile
Montgomery
New Orleans
Ear
Norfolk
Omaha
Perastine
Portland
Raleigh
Savanna
St Louis
San Francisco
St. Paul
Thomasville
Vicksburg
Wilmington
von Herrman
Gaynor appoints Welling to civil service panel
New York Mayor Gaynor named Richard Welling a Hare College classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and fellow Republican to the municipal civil services commission. He will serve at a salary of five thousand dollars annually.
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Gaynor
Welling
New York
Richard Welling
Theodore Roosevelt
Hare Yard
Municipal Civil Services Commission
Harris Escapes Stockade Release Over Mystery Permit
Harris of 26 D Alvigny Street, who demanded an esgnox before arrest for shooting on December 18, was freed from the stockade last Friday by a permit allegedly recommended by Recorder Nash Broyles and signed by Mayor Maddox. Judge Broyles denied knowledge of any permit, revealing a lapse as Harris remained listed in the stockade records while enjoying liberty in the interim.
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Harris
D'Alvigny Street
Nash Broyles
Maddox
Judge Broyles
Morgan interests may control $210 million in deposits
Reports indicate Pierpont Morgan and associates seek further trust company mergers in New York. Announcement of J P Morgan & Co merging Guaranty Trust Morton Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust deposits about $150 million. Rumors link Merchants Bank and Equitable Trust into a powerful alliance as Morgan interests expand.
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New York
Pierpont Morgan and Associates
National City Bank
United States
J. P. Morgan & Co
Guaranty Trust
Morton Trust
Fifth Avenue Trust
Ers’ Trust
Manhattan Trust Companies
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitable Trust Company
Morgan
Manhattan Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust Aggregate
Manhattan Trust
I. P. Morgan and Associates
Power
Greedy flames cut Shippey Bros stock yards in blaze
Fire at Shippey Brothers and White Co stock yards started around 4:30 pm destroying two large wooden buildings and harming nearby properties. Loss estimates range 8000 to 14000 dollars with partial insurance. Crowd gathered as crews fought flames from Peters Street stores and Fair Street. One man reportedly entered burning structures and did not return. Whippey not at residence.
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Shippey Bros. & White Co
Shippey Brothers & White Gas
Potera
Btreat
Fair Street
Southern Railroad
Shippey Brothers & White Co
F. J. Cooledge
American Machinery Company
Falr
Peters
A. K Pitts
J. K. Shippey
Peters Btrect
J. E. Shippey
Whippey
H.J. Toland
Peters Street
Ghippey
Wells Surrenders for Killing at Dance
Quitman Ga January 4 E B Awetla superintendent Brice plantation surrendered following hunt for Bert Burnett after a dance at Tallakas. Burnett attacked him after Awetla reproved him for objectionable language.
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Wells
Quitman
Imprinters finger print aids murderers capture
Parle January 4 The Imprinters Mody tiger on a military ticket led detectives to two soldiers Craby and Michael who confessed to murdering Madam Gouin widow of Jules Gouin former governor of the Bank of France. They planned the robbery aboard the Paris bound train, beat her, looted jewels and money, and threw the body onto the tracks after a broken door allowed an escape. The blood stained finger print and jewelry recovered linked them to the crime.
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Parle
Mody Tiger
Madam Gouin
Jules Edoard Gouin
Ban T of
France
Madam Gouln
Paris
Craby
Michael
Comrads
Melun
Mien
Ewen
Anid
Madam Gouma
Grady
Cackling Hens and Crowing Roosters Barred in Washington
Washington January 4. Health authorities banished fowls to country retreats but Judge Mulrowney ruled the edict ridiculous to enforce in police court. Poultry owners protested as strict orders caused unrest. The district court of appeals will rule on the nuisance contention and final judgment awaits.
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Washington
Mulrowney
Eee
District Court of Appeals
Congress to Probe Rising Cost of Living
Washington January 4 The House debates a concurrent resolution by Rep Hull Tennessee to appoint a seven member House and five member Senate joint committee to investigate rising living costs and report remedies The measure notes 11 to 19 percent price increases over the past year and over 55 percent in thirteen years charging the Payne Tariff Act with allowing trusts to push prices up It authorizes broad witness compulsion Secretary Wilson says a sweeping inquiry is needed and will be funded and carried out thoroughly
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Washington
House
Hull
Tennessee
Senate
Payne Ae
Wilson
United States
Half Clad Patient’s Mad Dash Through City Streets
A.Half clad railroad engineer C L Bigsby fled from Grady Hospital ward in a delusion that a plot tied to his stay existed. He bolted at 1 AM in a thin shirt, raced Decatur street toward a saloon, was halted by bicycle officer J R Palmer, and returned to the hospital after a blanket was placed on him. He remains under hospital care for an internal injury and fever-related delusion possibly from heat fever.
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Grady Isapital
C. L. Bigsby
McAfee
Decatur
Aivey. Crombhe
R. Palmer
Decatur Street
Palmer
Taft to Wage War on Republican Insurgents
Washington reports a determined move to force Taft loyalists to discipline or sideline insurgent Republicans in Congress. Withholding patronage from dissenters and possible postmaster discipline are cited as tools, while Cannon allies push for clear lines between insurgents and regulars in a widening intra party conflict.
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John Gerrigan, Jr
Washington
Taft
Senate
House
Gannon
Hitchcock
Capitol
Sena
Weather Prophecy Rain and Temperature Report
Weather note continues on page nine with forecast of rain and winds shifting from east to south. Local temps show a low of 45 and high around 82, with 2.4 inches rainfall in 24 hours and monthly deficits listed as 0.60 inches since January 1.
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David Lloyd-George
Kipling
Willard Takes
Baltimore and Ohio Railraid Company
Niewera Pee
Jackson
Tenn. Sanitarium
Double Slayer
Alford
Wife
Sunaysouth
South
Stockadep
MR. Morse
Burnett
Congress
Cannon and
Aldrich
la Follette
Cummins
Georgia
Thoreday Vale
Eqider
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