Constitutional government not obtained in Colorado since 1904
State Labor Commissioner testifies that constitutional government has not prevailed in Colorado since troops were sent to Cripple Creek in 1904. He cites anarchy in striker regions and notes difficulties in prosecutions, while witnesses recount peonage claims and militia actions during the strike probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Las Ananimas
Huersano
Blake
Huertsano County
Jeff Farr
Evans
Jesse’g. Northcott
Trinidad
Peabody
Far
Steubenville Strike Ends at Pope Plant and Phillips Tinplate
Five hundred of the thousand workers at the Pope plant and Phillips Tinplate Company in Steubenville Ohio resumed work today ending a strike that began last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Pope
Phillipps Tinplate Company
Workers End Strike Over Union Recognition
Five hundred more will return to work March 1. The company will recognize the local committee but not the union, leaving wage terms untouched.
Jack Binns to marry Miss Alice Maccriff in June
Jack Binns, the wireless operator from the lost steamer Republic and now a ship news reporter, is to marry Alice Maccriff of Flatbush in June, after meeting aboard the Adriatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Binns
New York
Alice Maccriff
Flatbush
Binn
Canal Zone reorganizes subsistence and commissary departments
Panama February report says Capt. Frank O. Whitlock takes charge as Col. George Goethals suspends Burke and Shipley and relieves Lieut. Col. Eugene T. Wilson. A permanent reorganization is planned and many clerks likely to be dismissed. Investigation into Burke’s alleged gratuities proceeds amid deposits and purchases flagged in Indianapolis banks. Wilson cites ill health but faces dismissal for alleged negligence.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Frank O. Whitlock
United States Cavalry
George W. Joethals
Panama Canal
John Burke
W. F. Shipley
Clemk
Eugene T. Wilson
Goethals
Nye
Burke
Col. Goethals
Indianapolis
Shipley
Lieut. Wilson
Col. Wilson
Good Roads Bill Keeps House Busy
Washington February detailed consideration of the good roads bill kept the house busy with many amendments. Only one major change was adopted an amendment by Representative Keating to cap federal aid at a minimum of 65 000 per state from a 25 million total. Representative Borland of Missouri attacked the bill calling it a pork barrel measure lacking road quality improvements.
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Washington
House
Keating
Union
Borland
Missouri
Treasury Department
Accused of Concealing Murder Crime in Newark
Newark police arrest Charles I. Manning and Mrs. Sadie E. Garrabrant on charges of concealing the murder of Hazel Herdman who shot Harriett Manning and then died by suicide. Both defendants held to bail at $5,000 after a five hour examination before Police Judge Frederick Gehring. Mrs. Garrabrant previously detained as a witness, also charged. Manning requested funeral attendance for his wife but was refused. Hazel Herdman was buried despite the earlier death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Federal Strike Investigation Committee
Trinidad
Eli Gross
Colorado Free Employment Bureau
Colorado
Mario Zeni
Zeni
Fred Terrington
Las Ananimas County
House Committee
Adolph Germer
United Mine Workers of America
Wasserburg
Edward J. Boughton
National Guards of Colorado
Byrnes
Germer
Walsenbu
Edward V. Brake
Department
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Pueblo
Newark
N. J
Hazel Herdman
Harriett Manning
Charles I. Manning
Sadie E. Garrabrant
Manning
Garrabrant
Frederick Gehring
Oreste Arrives in Kingston with Wife After Voyage
Michael Oreste, fugitive Haiti president, and his wife landed in Kingston today aboard a German steamer. They arrived without incident.
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Oreste
Kingston
Janica
Michael Oreste
Haiti
Interstate Commerce Hearings On Sand And Gravel Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission held hearings today in Washington on the eastern advance rate case for sand and gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska Coal Lands To Be Opened By Leasing System
A bill introduced by Representative Ferris proposes leasing Alaska coal lands in 40 acre blocks up to 2650 acres per developer with a two cent per ton royalty. Penalties include up to three years in jail and a $1000 fine for any joint ownership exceeding the allowed amount.
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Washington
Alaska
Ferris
Oklahoma
Lane
Interior Department
Senate Public Lands Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Interior
Woman Delivers History Making Iowa Convocation Address
Miss Anna M. Klingenhagen dean of the university women’s school delivered the address at the fifty eighth convocation exercises of the State University of Iowa. It marked the first time a woman received the honor of delivering the convocation address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Anna M. Klingenhagen
Woman's School
Prominent Men Speak at Muhlenberg College Banquet
Governor John K Tener German ambassador Count J H Von Bernstorff and James M Beck ex US Attorney General were among speakers at the Muhlenberg College banquet in New York on February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John K. Tener
J. H. von Bernstorff
James M. Beck
United States
MuhInberg College
Army Aviator Crashed 12 140-Foot Hydroplane Record Attempt
Lieutenant H B Post of the first aeroplane corps U S Army was killed at North Island San Diego when a hydro aeroplane fell from about 500 feet during a record attempt. A barograph showed 12 140 feet altitude as the highest reached before the crash. Post was reputed as the camp’s best aviator and the sixth army officer fatality at the North Island facility since mid 1915.
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San Diego
Cal
H. B. Post
First Aeroplane Corps
US. A
Post
North Island
Bay
Army
Bremner R G Bremner Funeral in Passaic
The funeral services for Congressman Robert Gunn Bremner who died of cancer after radium treatment were held in Passaic. A large procession to the cemetery included fraternal organizations and thousands of citizens paying tribute.
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Bremner
Pasaaic
Robert Gunn Bremner
Passaic
Senate adjourns after deferring woman suffrage amendment
The Senate, meeting at noon, deferred the constitutional amendment for women suffrage. Immigration committee kept working on the Burnette bill with a literacy test. Fortifications appropriation bill passed. Adjourned at 6 15 p m to noon Tuesday. House hearings continued before committees. Representative Baker said he would push the Asiatic exclusion bill. Consideration resumed on a 25 million federal aid for highways bill. Hess of Ohio to give Lincoln memorial speech Thursday. Adjourned at 5 50 p m until noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immigration Committee
House
Baker
Hess
Ohio
West Virginia Officials Face Postmaster Shakeup
Washington February 9. Senator Chilton urged the president to appoint William Campbell of Charlestown to a foreign post while James Poston was removed as Elkins postmaster. H. S. Whetzell at Kingwood was asked to resign and Owen J. King was named by Congressman Brown as his successor in Elkins Kingwood and Elkins resignations reshape local posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. King
Jas. Poston
Chilton
William Campbell
Washington
Charlestown
Campbell
West Virginia
Wilson
Smith
Fairmont
Mr. Campbell
Post Office Department
H. S. Whettell
Kingwood
W. Va
Congressman Brown
Wheizell
James Poston
Elkins
Owen J. King
Brown
Mr. King
Gas Rate Hearings Prompt Commission Defense
Leo Weil representing natural gas companies accused the West Virginia Public Service Commission of overstepping its competence in gas rate cases and alleged Governor Hatfield tried to direct the commission. He cited a governor’s letter urging hearings in Charleston and swift action, while the panel overruled the motion challenging the commission’s jurisdiction and continued the hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Leo Weil
Pittsburg
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Weil
Hatfield
West Virginia Virginia Weather Forecast
West Virginia will be fair Tuesday with likely rain on Wednesday while Virginia also stays fair Tuesday and Wednesday according to the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
Democrats to caucus on tolls exemption policy
A Baltimore convention pledge to exempt coastwise ships from tolls faces reconsideration as Democrats in both houses debate shifting foreign policy influence to the president. Senate and House leaders weigh a caucus to discuss the Panama canal tolls issue amid calls for party harmony and executive direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Democratic Party
Baltimore
Congress
House
Wisconsin Road School Opens in Madison with Machinery Exhibit
The third annual road school under the Wisconsin highway commission began in Madison today and will run through Saturday. An elaborate exhibition of road making machinery accompanies the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Road School
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Copper Strike Probe to Begin in Hancock
Federal inquiry into copper country conditions opens in Hancock with Representatives Taylor Cassey and Howell leading a House Mines subcommittee hearing. O N Hilton of the Western Federation of Miners urges first focus on causes of the strike while Allan F Rees for the companies defends the inquiry as truthful and fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Mich
Taylor
Colorado
Cassey
Pennsylvania
Howell
Utah
House
O. N. Hilton
Western Federation of Miners
Allan F. Rees
Hilton
Witnesses Cite Strike Origins and Miner Origins
William J. Richard, president of the Calumet local, Western Federation of Miners, testified as the first witness on causes of the strike. He stated he is forty four years old and began working for mining companies at eleven. The committee adjourned the session until tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Richard
Calumet
Western Federation of Miners
Democrats demand control of trust bill in interstate panel
Washington reports that Senator Newlands says Democrats must supervise the trust legislation as the Democratic party bears responsibility for current congression al lawmaking. Republican senators left meetings after Democratic members opposed proposed amendments, while Newlands calls for open, majority-driven hearings as continued stages of the trust bill proceed before the committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Commerce Committee
Cummins
Town
Clapp
Minnesota
House
Revision of Articles of War Proposed in Senate Bill
Senate passes a bill to reform military law ending the 1806 framework. Fort Leavenworth would become the United States military detention barracks modeled on Aldershot. No soldier or civilian convicted of penal servitude would be confined there.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Aldershot
President Opposes Literacy Test in Immigration Bill
Washington reports President Wilson has conveyed opposition to the literacy test for immigrants to the Senate immigration committee. Senator Smith of South Carolina says he discussed the issue with the president and will report to colleagues, planning further talks at the White House and committee meeting.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Committee On Immigration
House
Smith
South Carolina
White House
Immigration Committee
Iowa Promoters Expect Victory in Special Election
Davenport Iowa February 9 Much interest centers on tomorrow's special election in Iowa's second district to fill the Pepper vacancy W E Hayes of Clinton declined the Republican nomination leaving Charles P Hanley Muscatine the Progressive nominee as the only opponent Vollmar is expected to win by a large margin in a district that has leaned Democratic in recent years.
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Davenport
Iowa
J. S. Pepper
W. E. Hayes
Clinton
Charles P. Hanley
Muscantine
Progressive Party
Vollmar
Memphis Bank Closed and Its President Jailed
Memphis Tenn Feb 9 Directors say more than 750000 was misappropriated and lost to speculation at the Mercantile Bank which was closed. President Hunter Raine jailed after pleading guilty to embezzlement while bank officials seek to cover deposits. Directors seek to compensate small depositors as audit continues.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mercantile Bank
Hunter Raine
J. L. Hutton
Raine
Banking Act of Tennessee
Bank
Chancery Court
C. Hunter Raine
Tts
Ramey County
Hstes
National Retail Dry Goods Dinner Plans in New York
Plans are set for the National Retail Dry Goods Association dinner at the Hotel Astor tomorrow night during the two day annual convention. Mrs J Borden Harriman will speak as a principal speaker. she is the resident commissioner of the committee on industrial relations appointed by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Hotel Astor
Association
J. Borden Harriman
Labor Bodies in Politics Conference in Oklahoma City
A series of conferences began in Oklahoma City with railroad brotherhoods and the Oklahoma State Federation of Labor to decide labor’s position in the state campaign. They likely will pledge candidates for the legislature to back the eight hour day for women and other working class measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma State Federation of Labor
Detroit to Vote on Charter Adoption Tomorrow
Detroit voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a new city charter. It lengths mayor and other city official terms to four years, introduces a preferential ballot, and grants residents the power to recall officials who fail to deliver satisfactory service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Guthday Installed as President of Goucher College
In Baltimore on February 9 Dr William Wesley Guthday was installed as president before a large assembly of educators. The event marked Goucher College twenty fifth anniversary celebrations held with Bishop Earl Cranston presiding over morning ceremonies.
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Goucher College
Baltimore
United States
William Wesley Guth
Methodist Episcopal Institution of Learning
Earl Cranston
Parsons Named Virginia Fisheries Commissioner in Richmond
Governor Stuart announced the appointment of John Parsons of Accomac as commissioner of fisheries to succeed W McDonald Lee. Walter H Ryland was named secretary of the board of fisheries in Richmond Virginia.
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Virginia
Richmond
Stuart
John §. Parsons
Accomac
W. McDonald Lee
Walter H. Ryland
Board of Fisheries
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Representative Farris
Little City
Houghton, Mich
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