Taft urges international inquiry on cost of living
President Taft to Congress proposes an international conference to study the worldwide rise in prices and a neutral federal commission to investigate industrial relations. He also calls Alaska and public domain issues, including a government railroad and coal lands leasing, and reforms to reclamation laws.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Commission On Industrial Relations
United States
Alaska
Taftend
Morgan-Guggenheim
Alas
United
Taft proposes national control of waterpower sites
President Taft endorses keeping waterpower sites under federal control rather than state ownership. He calls for direct government leases, with rentals funding stream protection and local communities, while states gain the right to regulate power sale rates. He argues leasing curbs monopolies and ensures honest administration.
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Fisher
Taft
Mysterious quadruple murder shocks Lawrence
Lawrence Massachusetts February 2 a mysterious quadruple murder is revealed with two men and two women dead in a tenement house. Victims include Annie Denis 35 Joseph Favias 35 Joseph Favias wife 30 and an unknown man found slain with throat cut and two knife wounds. Police see no link to mill strike.
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Joseph Favias
Express Companies and Railroads Partner Claim
Washington Feb 2. Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry points to a de facto partnership between railroads and express firms. Commissioner Lane calls uncovering this relationship the core of the investigation as George C Taylor American Express vice president and western general manager details the company’s operations.
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Washington
Commissoner Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
George C. Taylor
American Express Company
Western Department
Senate finance committee to begin iron and steel tariff hearings
Washington February 2 Democrats offer no opposition to the Republican plan for hearings on the house bill revising the iron and steel tariff. The senate finance committee aims to finish hearings in two to three weeks as work is expedited.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Detective Bailey Cross-Examined By Lorimer Committee
Washington February 2 Detective A C Bailey was cross examined by the senate Lorimer committee about claims he coerced Charles McGowan into admitting he testified falsely regarding conversations on the train about the Lorimer election fund. The examination paused with Bailey still on the stand and adjournment set for tomorrow. The committee also ordered that all government witnesses on the McGowan point be concluded by tomorrow.
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Washington
A. C. Bailey
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Charles McGowan
Lorimer Election Fund
Bailey
Dillingham
MaeGowan Point
Miners Conclude Convention in Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers of America adjourned the convention today as a new wage agreement rests with the scale committee. The current contract expires April 1 and will be put to a referendum vote. If the bituminous contract fails, districts may set their own scales.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Suffragists Launch Trolley Campaign Across Connecticut
A party of prominent woman suffrage advocates tours Connecticut in a trolley campaign begun in Bridgeport. The group includes noted suffragists from England and America and will visit major towns in the state to promote equal suffrage.
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Danbury
Uncooked ham causes two deaths two dozen ill in Newark
Two are dead and six are seriously ill after eating uncooked ham in Newark on February 2. The illness is rare in the United States but once caused a scourge in Germany, indicating a suspected foodborne outbreak.
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Newark
Germany
Record Exports of U S Manufactures Top One Billion
Washington reports 1911 U S manufactured goods exported to foreign markets exceeded one billion dollars, led by iron and steel copper mineral oil and wood. The total including Porto Rico and Hawaii reached about 1.002 billion. Exports of iron and steel rose 147 million from 1901 to 1911, copper up 69 million, wood up 45 million. Major markets include Canada Argentina France and the United Kingdom.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Hawai
Russia
Canada
Entina
France
United Kingdom
Mexico
Cuba
Argentine
Europe
Great Briton
Weekend Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Virginia expects fair Saturday with unsettled Sunday a chance of snow and brisk winds. West Virginia shows increasing clouds with likely snow both Saturday and Sunday, warmer Saturday and colder Sunday.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Kerr to Be Freed After Decade in State Prison
Trenton New Jersey February 2 George J Kerr to leave the state prison within ten days under commutation for good behavior He is the first of four Waterson men convicted in the 1900 murder of Jennie Bosschieter the mill girl The others William A Death Walter McAllister and Andrew J Campbell remain confined in hard labor terms and face renewed petitions for pardons.
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Trenton
N. J
George J. Kerr
Waterson
Jennie Bosschieter
Kerr
Kerr Wer
William A. Death
Walter McAllister
Andrew J. Campbell
New Jersey
Paterson
MacAllister
Campbel
Death
Court of Pardons
Lelief
Losschieter
Maine Battleship Maine After Section Floated
Havana reports the after section of the sunken battleship Maine, about half the ship’s length, was set afloat after a long effort. The hull proved watertight after fitting the bulkhead. Three bodies were recovered from the bow section during exploration.
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Havana
Maine
Death of Detective and Suspect Suicide in Knoxville
In Knoxville on February 2, Philip R. Yow of Atlanta shot Detective C. C. Cradle in a hotel, killing him, then killed himself. Jealousy is named as the motive. Earlier in Chihuahua, Mexico, rurales and recruits forced Governor Gonzales to release Antoni Rojas and three followers after a three hour siege with several reported dead and wounded.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Philip R. Yow
Atlanta
C. C. Cradle
Yow
Chihuahua
Mex
Gonzales
Antoni Rojas
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Oonzales
Peace Mission Moves Toward Juarez From Torreon Garrison
Peace envoy forces, including several hundred troops said to be from the Torreon garrison, travel to Juarez after a message from General Pascal Crozo of Chihuahua urged allies to negotiate with federals and avert an attack.
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Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Torreon
Juarez
Pascal Crozo
Chihuahua
Vast Store of Grain in Duluth and Lake Superior ports
Duluth Minnesota reports vast grain storage with sixty million bushels likely to be accessible as navigation opens next spring. Port towns Duluth Superior Port Arthur and Port William elevators hold the cargo and anticipate a busy season.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Superior
Port Arthur
Port William
City approves sixty five thousand seven hundred forty five dollar street plan
The board of affairs unanimously passed an ordinance to spend 65 745 20 for macadam paving and curling on Tazewell Russell Washington Ramsey South Mercer Hedland Spruce Giles Lee Bluefield Rogers Boone and related streets. Two thirds of the cost will be assessed to abutting owners with payment due ninety days after acceptance, one third at each of three thirty day intervals. The measure goes to council next week for spring work.
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Board of Affairs
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Russell
Ramsey
South Mercer
Hedland Ave
Spruce
Giles
Lee
Bluefie
Bone
Rogers
Boone
North Street
Rogers and Boone
Padmore
Highland Ave
IESG
Mgr Lee
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Mercer Street
P. M. Waltzer
Appalachian Power Company
Walker
Walter Citizen
No-Relief Budgets Warned Over Electric Bills
A speaker argues higher winter lighting use and inexact meters drive bills, noting many households leave lights on or burn longer than needed. He cites a club investigation showing a week of lights left burning and reports few complaints about bills being too low, with some metering issues mentioned.
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Walker
Grand Jury to Vote on Indictments Tuesday
Indianapolis report says District Attorney Charles W. Miller pushed to finalize thirty plus indictments for the federal grand jury. If arrests follow, they may occur a few days after the jury reports to coordinate papers with federal districts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Miller
Pension Bill Passes House by Wide Vote
Washington February 2 pension appropriation bill carrying about 152 million dollars passed the house by a 245 to 35 vote after southern Democrats demanded a roll call vote.
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House
Washington
Fourteen Sunk as British Submarine Collides at Hazard
At Spithead Portsmouth a British class A submarine sank after colliding with a gunboat at Hazard. Four lieutenants and ten seamen died, with several crew injured. The loss raises the number of sunk submarines in the class to at least four.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Spithead
Sevew
Hazard
Alleghany Sinks After Collision Near Virginia Coast
The Hamburg American liner Alleghany, en route to Central America and the West Indies, sank 75 miles northeast of Cape Henry after a collision with the British steamer Pomaron. Only two passengers aboard. the fifty crew saved. The Pomeron carries passengers and crew toward port aboard the revenue cutter Onondaga. The ship was loaded with farming implements and merchandise. loss remains unknown.
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New York
Hamburg- American Line
Alleghany
Central American
West Indies
Cape Henry
Viginia
Pomaron
Pomeron
Allegheny
Football Rules Meeting In New York
Intercollegiate rules committee met at the Holland House for a two day session with Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania West Point Dartmouth Cornell Chicago Minnesota Vanderbilt Annapolis and other institutions represented. No major opposition seen to current game and few changes expected this year.
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New York
Intercollegiate
Holland House
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
West Point
Dartmouth
Cornell
Chicago
Minnesota
Vanderbilt
Annapolis
Clemency Denied for Schiff Aide Brandt in Albany
Lawrence DeFoulke Brandt once valet to Mortimer L. Schiff had sought executive clemency. Governor Dix rejected the appeal after lengthy consideration. Brandt was convicted of first degree burglary for entering the Schiff residence and sentenced to thirty years in prison.
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Albany
N. Y
Lawrence DeFoulke Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
New York
Dix
Brandt
Schiff
Breen Charged With Conspiracy Over Dynamite Plot
Lawrence Mass February 2 John J Breen an undertaker and member of the Lawrence school committee was bound over to the grand jury on two counts of conspiracy tied to alleged dynamite planting in textile workers homes. Bail set at 2000 on each count.
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Lawrence
Mass
John J. Breen
Lawrence School
Taft Informs Colquitt Of Protection For Juarez Residents
In response to Gov Colquitt of Texas Taft says instructions have been given to protect residents at Juarez stops ahead of possible hostilities. The message follows Colquitt’s appeal urging preemptive security measures for the area.
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Austin
Tex
Jumps From Eighth to Top in European Contest
A European contest sees a dramatic rise from eighth to first as changes ripple through rankings. With over five weeks remaining, several candidates who withdrew are urged to return their subscription books. The vote schedule will be shortened after next week.
Coeburn Leads in Daily Telegraph Contest Voting
The Daily Telegraph European tour voting contest shows four district leaders after last night’s tallies Miss Ethel Fleshman in the First district Miss Bernice Clark of Rock in the Second Miss Lillian Beinkampen of Gary in the Third and Miss Lizzie Johnson of Coeburn in the Fourth Johnson’s late surge from eighth place surprised many observers and more changes are expected as verification of subscriptions and special ballots proceeds The contest manager seeks suitable chaperons and urges new entrants to start now while ample time remains to win in each district.
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Coeburn
Daily Telegraph
Ethel Fleshmen
Bernice Clark
Rock
Lillian Beinkampen
Gary
Lizzie Johnson
Johnson
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Iron and Steel
Havana Harbor
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Miller
Mary Dinwiddie
Ethel Fleshman
Lillian Bennkampen
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