Beveridge Calls for Corrupt Practices Act and Nonpartisan Tariff Board
Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge urged bodily imprisonment in place of money fines, a national corrupt practices act covering state and county committees, a permanent nonpartisan tariff board, and federal control of child labor. He criticized the Sherman Law, said oil and tobacco trusts still flourish with court approval, and urged free, honest American business with clear laws.
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Denver
Colo
Tariff Board
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Beveridge
Congress
Sureme Tribunal
Oil and Tobacco Trust
End of Manchu Rule Proclaimed in China
Peking reports the abdication of the Manchu dynasty after three centuries. Three edicts declare the dynasty’s end, the birth of a republic, and a call for peace with conditions set by Premier Yuan Shi Kai and Republicans. The eight pledges safeguard the emperor’s title, funds, residence, ancestral rites, royal tombs, eunuch limits, property, and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Pu Yi
Yuan Shi Kai
Forbidden City
Summer Palace
Kwang-Su
Republic
Taft praised for lawful trust policy at Lincoln Day banquet
Representative McCall of Massachusetts lauded President Taft for choosing law over rhetoric in tackling trusts. He praised Taft as sane and sensible like Lincoln, noting court action clarified monopoly law and urged tariff reform and civilizational use of funds. Lincoln’s example cited as guiding current policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
Young Men’s
Republican Club
McCall
National House of Representatives
Roosevelt
MecCall
Taft
Washington
Mexico
Tariff Board
Lincoln
Many Arrests to Be Made in the East
Indiana reports on the eve of dynamite conspiracy indictments that fifty four defendants are expected to be arrested tomorrow. The group includes officers from a labor union and two other unions. West of Salt Lake City only those named in prosecutions or indictments on the Pacific coast are involved. Arrests are anticipated from many eastern cities and states including Ohio Illinois and Missouri as federal authorities prepare reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Wilson Opens Campaign in Chicago Iroquois Club Address
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey opened his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago at the Iroquois Club Lincoln birthday luncheon. He argued that progressive politics in public affairs would not threaten the nation's business.
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Wilson
Chicago
Govenor
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Iroquois Club
Texas State Federation of Labor opens convention in Waco
The Texas State Federation of Labor meeting began in Waco on February 12 with broad attendance. A concurrent conference will discuss adding initiative referendum and recall to the state constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Labor Federation
Waco
Texas
Texas State Federation of Labor
Lincoln Day dinner unites Kanawha Republicans in Charleston
More than three hundred Republicans from across West Virginia gather in Charleston for a Lincoln Day harmony dinner under the Kanawha County Republican Club. Candidates for state offices speak, including Hatfield Swisher and Dillon, with all voices given equal hearing and no national figures mentioned. Governor Glasscock and others attend as good fellowship marks the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Republican Club
Hatfield
Swisher
Dillon
Taft
Col
Roosevelt
Fred Paul Grosscup
William Burdette Mathews
Supreme Court of Appeals
Ritz
Lincoln
McDowell
Glasscock
White
W. B. Mathews
A. A. Lilly
Harold A. Ritz
William P. Hubbard
Charles W. Dillon
M. H. Willis
H. D. Hatfield
S. S. Staunton
Charles W. Swisher
Hughes
Dawson
J. J. Swope
Mike H. King
Stuart F. Reed
William G. Conley
Charles G. Coffman
Howard N. Ogden
Death of John Burnette After Streetcar Attempt
Roanoke reports the death of John E Burnette found on Second Avenue and Sixth Street between 10:30 and 11 PM. Police note he appeared intoxicated and likely fell while trying to catch a moving streetcar, breaking his neck and suffering facial injuries. Detectives had no eye witnesses.
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Roanoke
John
Burnette
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Funk
Baldwin Agency
Hill as Philanthropist Aids Stockholders In 1915 Work
James J. Hill testified before the Stanley steel trust inquiry about his role as a railroad philanthropist. He described transferring four million dollars in properties to a trustee for stockholders, creating pro rata certificates for increased value. He discussed ore lands leased to United States Steel, estimated at five million tons, valued at a dollar a ton, with a Pittsburg freight rate of eighty cents per ton, the nation's cheapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J. Hill
Board of
Great Northern Railroad
Stanley Steel Trust
Hill
Lake Superior Company, Limited
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Mr. Hill
Lake Superior
Pittsburg
Cudahy Packing Indicted for Oleomargarine Sales
Atlanta March 12 192? The Cudahy Packing Company faces a potential fine of 132500 in U S court for selling four to five dollars worth of oleomargarine daily in Atlanta. The government says the total illegal profit did not exceed 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cudahy Packing Company
United States
Governors Deneen and Hadley to Keynote Missouri GOP Banquet
In St Louis Illinois Governor Deneen and Missouri Governor Hadley headlined the fifteenth annual meeting of the Missouri Young Republicans. The event drew prominent Republican figures to the banquet and emphasized party activity in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Association of Young Republicans of
Missouri
Deneen
Illinois
Goveror Hadley
Thaw Marks Forty-Second Birthday in Matteawan Hospital
Fishkill Landing N Y February 12 Harry K Thaw spent his forty second birthday anniversary at the Matteawan Hospital for the criminal insane where he is confined after the second jury found him insane in the murder of Stanford White He received visits from family members and rumors persist he will pursue habeas corpus to gain freedom again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
Stanford White
Thaw
London Society Attends Lady Rosabell Erskine Wedding
High society fills the Guards Chapel Wellington Barracks for the wedding of Lady Rosabell St. Clair Erskine and David Cecil Bingham. The bride is the only daughter of the Earl of Rosslyn, known in America for stage appearances.
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London
Guards Chapel
Wellington Barracks
Rosabell St. Clair Erskine
David Cecil Bingham
Earl of Rosslyn
America
Anna Robinson
Minneapolis
Cecil Bingham
Former Police Chief John Burnett Dies in Elliptic Manner
John Burnett, former Bluefield police chief and long time special agent for Virginia Railway territory, died after a fall from a buggy. He was about 43, with a career spanning Bluefield Roanoke Princeton and Norfolk and Western assignments. Burial plans were not finalized.
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John
Burnett
Bluefield
Princeton
Second Avenue
Magic City
Roanoke
Baldwin-Felts
Shenandoah
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield Police
G. R. Newkirk
Bland Street
Hattie Floyd
N. S. Floyd
Harry
Pet
Manitoba agricultural groups convene annual meeting week long
Progressive farmers from across Manitoba converge in Winnipeg for the Manitoba Agricultural Society annual meeting. The program includes the Manitoba Seed Grain fair and the annual meetings of the Manitoba Dairy Association and the Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association.
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Manitoba Agriculturists
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Agricultural Society
Manitoba
Manitoba Dairy Association
Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association
Army Maneuvers in Philippines Opened in Luzon
The United States launches what is described as the most extensive war maneuvers in the Philippine department. Plans split troops into two 2500 men forces. One base at Stotsenburg Camp Pangpangá near Manila will attack the city, while the other defends from a second base.
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Philippines
Manila
United States
Philippine
Department of Luzon
Stotsenburg Camp
Panpanga
Secretary MacVeagh to Speak at Lansing Taft Rally
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh travels to Lansing to address the Zach Chandler Club at the annual banquet. He will discuss the question What is a Progressive as Republicans prepare to push Taft’s campaign, asserting progressiveness as a core tenet of his administration and a counter to insurgent ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Michigan
Zach Chandler Club
Taft
Lodge and Willis Speak at Lincoln Centennial Banquet
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Representative Frank M. Willis of Ohio addressed the Lincoln centennial association banquet in Springfield today. The event highlighted the enduring legacy of Lincoln with political leaders from two states attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Frank BL. Willis
Ohio
Manitoba Dairy Association
Lincoln Centennial Association
Taft Defies Democrats in Lincoln Birthday Speech
President Taft spoke to the Republican Club denying Democratic gains, predicting a Republican victory next November and criticizing progressive colleagues as emotionalists. He wrapped a long day with events in Newark and Orange New Jersey and dinners in New York before departing for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
Lincoln
Republican Club
Newark
Orange
N. J
Rotail Dry Goods Association
Graduates Club
Washington
Lincoln Birthday Observed as Holiday in Twenty One States
Washington Feb 12 report notes that twenty one states now honor Abraham Lincoln's birthday as an official holiday. States listed include California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas Michigan Minnesota Montana Nevada New Jersey New York North Dakota Pennsylvania South Dakota Utah Washington West Virginia Wyoming. New England states mostly do not observe it except Connecticut.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Deelware
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
New England
National League Meeting Opens in New York
In New York on February 12 nearly all league magnates have arrived for the reconvened annual meeting. The session to be held tomorrow will adopt a schedule for the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League Meeting
New York
National League
Sneed Drew Revolver In Farm Town Murder Trial
In Mor, Texas on February 12 J R Sneed on trial for murder drew a revolver while questioning a nurse who aided Mrs Sneed to escape from a sanitarium and disappear with A G Boyce Jr Bowman J H Bowman brother in law of Sneed testified the nurse escaped via a window. Other details were minor.
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Sneed
Mor
Worth
Tex
J. R. Sneed
A. G. Boyce
Bowman
Second Contest Period Begins Amidst Theatre Ticket Win
The first installment winners for theatre tickets are announced and the contest begins anew with notable turnout. A large audience drawing attention surpasses interest in the presidential election, and leadership changes occur across districts yesterday.
Contest proves close as Daily Telegraph awards tour tickets
The Daily Telegraph plans to give $45 worth of tickets to the European Tour Contest at the Elks' opera house in Bluefield. Five divisions each award two tickets to top fundraisers over three weeks. Winners announced next Tuesday with new leaders noted in Roll of Honor.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Elks’ Opera House
Mary Dinwidde
Tillie Mitchell
Minnie Moore
Bramwell
Minnie B. Beckner
Welch
Margaret Cameron
Hockman
Randolph Jewelry
H. A. Lilly & Co
Phelps Furniture Co
Shumate Clothing Co
Miss D'nwiddie
Miss Spillman
Miss Laird
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Sherman Law
Corrupt Practices Act
Non-Partisan
National Control of Child Labor
OIL and Tobacco Trusts
Shi Kai
MR. Taft
Weather Forecast
Virginia
Harmony
State
Hng So
Harry Thaw
Earl Rosslyn
John Burnett
Lodge and
Willis
Democratic
Diamond Ring
Mary Dinwiddie
Jennie Sadler
Della Spillman
Cassandra Laird
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