President Teases Congress With Cost of Living Probe
President Taft plans to address Congress on the high cost of living. A special inquiry may be created by Congress or the Agriculture Department to probe middleman roles. Secretary Wilson has urged an inquiry and seeks funding to dig into tariff and price issues.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Department of Agculture
Wilson
Taft
House of Representatives
Tariff Board
Senate
Minnesota to play Wisconsin despite Pickering absence
Minneapolis reports the athletic board of control has decided Minnesota will proceed with the football game against Wisconsin next Saturday despite Captain Earl Pickering being sidelined. On campus, the sentiment favors severing athletic relations with Wisconsin and pushing Minnesota to join or form an independent stance within the Big Eight framework with peer institutions.
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Minneapolis
Earl Pickering
Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Athletic Board of Control
Wisconsin
Ogden Fire Threatens Business District
Ogden Utah November 16 fire in the Ec ries building endangers the entire business district. Loss estimated around 750000. Fire started in the basement and swept the six story stone structure. Firemen Hagbert Anderson and George Wardlow killed by falling plate glass. Weber club and Business Men's association home destroyed. Commercial National Bank quarters on the ground floor destroyed but vault saved.
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Ogden
Utah
Ecries
Hagbert Anderson
George Wardlow
Weber Club
Business Men’s Association of Ogden
Commercial National Bank
Governor declines to act in Beattie murder case
Richmond report says Henry Clay Beattie Jr. will die in the electric chair on November 24 for murdering his wife Louise Owen Beattie. Governor Mann refused to intervene, stating Beattie is guilty after noting Judge Watson afforded the prisoner every trial advantage. Beattie’s father told him in the death cell that aid was denied.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Louise Owen Beattie
Beattie
Young Beattie
Action of Packers Affects All Cases
Chicago observers note the packers surrender and habeas corpus bids raise broader legal questions. The action tests the law’s weight and reverberates through big business, affecting industry plans for American Tobacco, Standard Oil, lumber trusts, U S Steel, International Harvester, sugar trusts, and New York money interests.
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Chicago
United States
American Tobacco Company
Standard Oil Company
Lumber Trust
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
Sugar Trust
New York
Wolgast to Meet Packey in San Francisco Bouts
Ad Wolgast plans two sparring matches in San Francisco with Tommy Murphy as the opener and Packey McFarland as the main bout. Manager Tom Jones says Coffroth of San Francisco tentatively set the November 16 and New Year’s Day dates, per the Bee.
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Cal
San Francisco
Tommy Murphy
Packey McFarland
Ad Wolgast
Tom Jones
Jones
James Coffroth
Baden-Powell to Tour United States Speaking to Scouts
General Sir Robert Baden Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement will tour the United States this winter visiting leading cities from Boston to San Francisco to address Boy Scouts.
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Boston
Robert Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
United States
San Francisco
Commerce Court Feared Doomed Over Rate Case Fallout
Washington reports growing momentum in Congress to repeal the commerce court once Taft vetoes. Republican senators from the Far West back the repeal, while Democrats and progressives call the court a failure as opposition cites interstate rate rulings favoring shippers. The five judges would continue as lifelong circuit judges on assigned circuits.
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Commerce Court
Senate
Mountain
Interstate Commerce Commission
Far West
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Intermountain
Commerce Commission
Taft
Etta Larson Acquitted in Poison Charge Case
In Northwood Iowa on November 16 Mrs Etta Larson was found not guilty of attempting to poison her father Douglas Thodenbaugh a wealthy stockman and farmer. The jury deliberated twenty hours before verdict. Judge Clyde dismissed charges against Christian Larson her husband and Ella Mowers a friend linked to the indictment.
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Northwood
Etta Larson
Douglas Thodenbaugh
Clyde
Christian Larson
Ella Mowers
Henry D. Clayton Heads House Judiciary Committee
Henry D. Clayton named chairman of the House Judiciary Committee reflecting leadership change in the chamber. The veteran lawmaker from Georgia oversees key legal and constitutional matters as the panel reviews proposed bills and judicial nominations.
Iron Ore Records Broken in 1919 US Output
Washington reports unprecedented United States production in 1919 with iron ore at 56,889,734 long tons pig iron 27,303,567 tons and steel 26,094,919 tons. Increases over 1909 figures and value rises noted, with Hull-Rust mine in Minnesota leading at 3,190,093 tons among 191 mines exceeding 50,000 tons.
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Washington
United States
Ernest F. Burchard
United States Geological Survey
Mesabi Range
Minnesota
Plot Against Lorimer Explored by Chicago Officials
Chicago authorities pursued the Lorimer case asking why the inquiry began with White’s confession of bribery to vote Lorimer into the Senate. State's Attorney Wayman testified that an April 1910 probe found White's statements well corroborated. Elbridge Haneey pressed venue questions, alleging conspiracy to remove Lorimer from politics.
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Chicago
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Wayman
Cook County
White
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Lorimer
Elbridge Haneey
Lorimer
Lee O'Neil Browne
Mr. Haneey
Six Talesmen Disqualified in McNamara Murder Trial
Six talesmen were disqualified and one accepted in the McNamara murder trial in Los Angeles. With one more accepted talesman the jury box will be filled for the second time and counsel will exercise peremptory challenges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Talesmen
McNamara
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