Pinchot backs La Follette as Roosevelt fades in 1912 race
Theodore Roosevelt is sidelined by progressive leaders as a presidential option in 1912. Gifford Pinchot and James R. Garfield urge support for Robert M. La Follette, arguing Taft’s renomination is unlikely and a new party may emerge while Ohio leans progressive against Taft. Garfield cautions voters to decide after hearing them.
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Chicago
Dec
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
la Follette
Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Progressive Republican League of Illinois
Grand Pacific
Press Club
Taft
Wisconsin
Dolliver
Roosevelt
Robert M. la Follette
Garfield
Ohio
Commission frames compensation bill for railroad workers
The federal employers' liability and workmen's compensation commission completed a tentative measure to replace common law and statutory liability with definite compensation for railroad workers injured or killed. The plan, to be sent to Congress, sets medical aid up to 200 dollars, then structured wage-based payments for various disability levels including death benefits to dependents. It will hear representatives from both sides starting next Thursday.
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Washington
Federal
Enloyers’ Lability and
Congress
Winter Wheat Acreage Reported For Fall Planting
Washington on December 8 reports 52 213 000 acres sown to winter wheat this fall. The revised estimates rely on the census bureau figures of 32 648 000 acres for 1911 and 31 656 000 acres for 1914.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Colonel E H R Green Denies HiringAnyone to Write Up
Colonel E H R Green states he never employed anyone to prepare favorable write ups about him. He responds amid questions about endorsements and public statements. The claim aims to clarify his stance and remove rumors of hired publicity.
Hetty Green’s Son Cleared in Biography Suit
Colonel Edward K R Green son of Hetty Green testified he never hired anyone to write him up in a suit by a historical association claiming he owed 300 for a book of portraits and sketches. The jury returned a verdict for the colonel after five minutes.
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New York
Edward K. R. Green
Hetty Green
Historical Association
Concrete work suspended after Prest-O-Lite collapse
Indianapolis action halted reinforced concrete construction by order of Judge Joseph Markey pending safety probe after Prest-O-Lite building collapse killed eight workers. Grand jury opened inquiry and Building Inspector T A Winterrowd testified wooden forms had been removed before the concrete set causing the structure to fail.
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Indianapolis
Dec
Joseph Markey
Criminal Court
Prest-O-Lite Company
Grand Jury
T. A. Winterrond
Prest-O-Lite
Women May Rule California Bill Clears Lower House
In Sacramento a bill passed the California lower house unanimously to remove restrictions on women holding elective office. It would open all state offices to women though current law limits them to education departments. If enacted the governor could be addressed as her excellency.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Labor Leaders Condemn McNamaras After Arrest
The American Federation of Labor committee denounces John J. and James B. McNamara as recreants to labor and says organized labor is not legally or morally responsible for crimes of an individual member. It supports investigations and notes the confessions initiated the inquiry, while urging peaceful pursuit of justice.
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Washington
John J
James B. McNamara
Organized Labor
McNamara Ways and Means Committee
American Federation of Labor
McNamaras
McNamara Committee
F. M. Ryan
International Bridge and Structural Tron Workers’ Union
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Ryan
Indianapolis
Gompers
Executive Council
Defense
Federation
Ortie M Manigal Testifies Before LA Federal Grand Jury
Ortie M Manigal appears before a federal grand jury in Los Angeles to provide evidence regarding organized crime and related investigations. The proceedings focus on testimony and potential indictments tied to national security and corruption cases. He is a named figure in the inquiry and related legal actions may follow.
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Los Angeles
Chanler says divorce settled with Cavalieri in Paris
Sheriff Chanler reports a financial settlement with Cavalieri. He says she will obtain a divorce in French courts within four to five months and there will be no reconciliation.
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New York
Cavalieri
Bob” Chanler
Paris
Implicates Several Men in Bridge and Iron Workers Scandals
Federal grand jury hears Ortie McManigal recount dynamiting plots tied to the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. He claims others besides John J. McNamara funded the 1907 to 1909 blasts. The McNamara brothers face federal inquiry, with local cases awaiting federal outcome and possible discharge for McManigal’s cooperation.
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Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Ortie McManigal
McNamaras
McManigal
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John J. McNamara
Fredericks
Tentative jury secured in Packers trial in Chicago
In United States District Judge George A. Carpenter's court the government submitted a tentative twelve man jury after under ten hours of sessions. Seven jurors are farmers. The government retains twenty peremptory challenges and the defense thirty.
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Chicago
United States
George A. Carpenter
Missouri AG plans US Supreme Court motion to dismiss IH appeal
Jefferson City Mo Dec 8 Attorney General Major said he would file in the supreme court of the United States a motion to dismiss the appeal of the International Harvester company from the ouster decree of the supreme court of Missouri as soon as the appeal reaches the court at Washington He will contend no federal question has been raised in the court here
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Jefferson City
Major
Supreme Court of the United States
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Washington
Conservatives Named to Canadian Waterwars Commission
Ottawa reports the government has dismissed the three men in the Canadian section of the international waterwars commission and appointed three Conservatives: C. A. Macrath, engineer. T Chase Casgrain, former MP. and H. A. Powell, former MP.
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Ottawa
Ont
International Waterwars Commission
C. A. Macrath
Chase Casgrain
H. A. Powell
Governors Dine At White House Amid Delays
Western and Northwestern governors, about fifty in all, meet President Taft for dinner after a four hour delay in arriving in Washington. Minnesota Governor Eberhart attends with Senator Nelson and Representatives Stevens and Nye. only Senator Clapp is absent.
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Washington
National Capital
Taft
White House
Union Station
District of Columbia
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Senate
Capitol
Commercial Club
Business Men of
H. B. F. Macfarland
Minnesota
Eberhart
Nelson
Stevens
Nye
Clapp
Congress
Pardons Innocent Man in Ohio Murder Case
Columbus board of pardons urges full pardon for George Ury a life prisoner at the Ohio penitentiary after ten years of confinement for a murder he did not commit. The board criticizes state prosecutors and notes Ury was one of five men convicted in the William Johnson murder in Weal county in 1909.
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Columbus
George Ury
Ohio
State Board of Pardons
Ury
Com- Ury
William Hnson
Weal County
Corents
Con Ury
Peniry
Sti
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Mr. Pinchot
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