Senate Debates Direct Election of Senators
The Senate weighs amending the Constitution to require direct voter election of Senators. A test vote favored the idea though objections arose over timing and procedural moves. Debate centers on whether to set a date for further consideration and to take up the resolution with or without amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Kean
New Jersey
Borah
Idaho
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Sutherland
Utah
Rayner
Maryland
Brandegee
Burnham
Crane
Depew
Dupont
Frye
Guggenheim
Hale
Heyburn
Johnston
Money
Oliver
Root
Warner
Wetmore
Standard Oil Menace Described by US Attorney Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg urged the Supreme Court to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey as violative of the Sherman act. He argued the oil trust oppressed competitors and loomed as a national threat, presenting the government's opening to the court after four hours of testimony.
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Washington
Standard Oil Organization
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
John G. Milburn
Standard Oil
Kellogg Explains Standard Oil History and 1899 Reorganization
Kellogg traced Standard Oil of New York to its early years and framed the 1899 reorganization as swapping one illegal holding form for another. He cited 1882 trust patterns and questioned profits routing, while Justice Holmes and Chief Justice White pressed on methods and wealth as factors in monopoly.
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Kellogg
Standard
Standard Oil Company of New York
Justice Holmes
New England
Mr. Kellogg
Sugar Trust
New York
Whiskey Trust
Illinois
Lead Trust
Missouri
White
Pess
Justice Burton
New Jersey
Thacher Will Not Contest Harris Victory in 14th District
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth, defeated by Judge Robert C. Harris by 67 votes in the 14th district, announced he will not contest the election. He expressed high regard for Harris and offered congratulations for a successful service in the Sixty-second Congress.
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Thomas C. Thacher
Yarmouth
Robert C. Harris
14Th Congressional District
Washington
Harris
Mr. Thacher
Five Masked Men Attack Guest at Berkshire Party Ice House incident
Jan 13 Great Barrington. Five masked youths from prominent local families seized Harry Pepoon at Miss Mildred Harper's Berkshire Heights party, dragged him to an ice house to trap him. John Debell summoned aid. Pepoon rescued after cries attracted guests and Harper family members. Two attackers detained. others to face court. Pepoon endured about forty minutes in the ice house before rescue.
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Great Barrington
Mildred Harper
Berkshire Heights
Harry Peppon
John Debbell
Pepoon
Debell
Harper Villa
Mr. Harper
Georgetown Men to Rally Here Fifth Annual Dinner
Georgetown University Club of New England hosts its fifth annual dinner in Boston on February 4 with prominent alumni from the Jesuit college speaking. The event features the Blue and Gray colors and Southern cooking at the banquet.
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Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Boston
Georgetown University Club of
New England
Jesuit College
Head of Defunct Bank Ends Life in Connellsville
Arapad Goezel, leader of a defunct bank, killed himself with a gun at a friend's home in Connellsville after a report that his foreign bank suspended in Pittsburgh. Police found the body in the bathroom.
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Connellsville
Penn
Arapad Goezel
Pittsburg
Fred A. Kail
Curious Features in News of Day
In Seattle about 4000 women have sworn they are male persons under the oath of registration. The form requires the swearing person to be a male and the law has not changed though women have voting rights. Women taking part in city registration have signed the oath as male persons.
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Seattle
Wash
Woman seeks divorce from ninth husband in Portland
Mrs Ellen Changrow a wealthy Indian woman of the Umatilla reservation sues Nicholas Changrow her ninth husband for divorce. She was divorced from seven husbands and one husband died by suicide. She now desires legal separation from the ninth.
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Portland
Ore
Ellen Changrow
Umatilla Reservation
Nicholas Changrow
Girl in Jersey City jailed for masquerading as a man in New York court
Elizabeth Fitzger ald aged 24 of 127 Factory street Jersey City was arraigned in Yorkville Court for masquerading as a man. Patrolman McNulty spotted her dressing as a man at a party and she explained she wore overalls as a joke to see if she could go unnoticed in New York.
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New York
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Factory Street
Jersey City
Yorkville Court
McNulty
Murphy
Society man takes laborer job on Northwestern Pacific line
Bernard o Shorb a well known San Francisco society figure began work yesterday as a laborer on the Northwestern Pacific railroad. He married Elizabeth Sheehan in 1907, the daughter of a New York builder. The couple separated after a brief honeymoon of % days and later divorced, with their quarrel intensifying after Mr Sheehan learned of the automobile said to be a gift from his father in law.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bernardo Shorb
Northwestern Pacific
Shorb
Elizabeth Sheehan
New York
Sheehan
Man Self-Amputates Arm to Save Life
Bellefontaine Ohio January 13 A Champaign County farmer Charles Deaton cut off his own arm with a pocket knife after becoming trapped in a corn shredder. His comrades could not free him without disassembling the machine and he acted to avoid bleeding to death displaying remarkable nerve.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Charles Deaton
Champaign County
Deaton
Man loses bid to admonish wife through front lawn chores
In Hennepin County District Court Nettie Weekly was granted an absolute divorce from Henry R. Weekly with $685 permanent alimony. The judge found the husband cruelly treated her including scrutinizing kitchen work and criticizing her mending on the front lawn.
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Minneapolis
Hennepin County District Court
Nettie Weekly
Henry R. Weekly
Wilber F. Booth
Good Eyes Exercise Demonstrated by Sharon High Girls
In Sharon Pennsylvania on January 13 high school girls practiced eye muscle exercises taught by W Earl Flynn a California health evangelist. He instructed the students to roll their eyeballs to strengthen eye muscles and aid eye endurance during long periods of use.
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Sharon
Penn
W. Earl Flynn
California
Minister bans Sunday funerals in Lancaster-area church
The Rev. George P. Rutledge of Third Christian Church in Philadelphia says no more funeral services on Sundays except when law requires a time limit. He also warns undertakers not to schedule Sunday services, arguing ministers and others deserve a quiet day of rest and a smaller burden on Sundays.
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Philadelphia
George P. Rutledge
Third Christian Church
Lancaster Avenue
Aspen Street
Rutledge
Missouri Bill Seeks Fine for Station Agents Refusing Answers
Jefferson City Jan 18 A Missouri bill by Representative Tuggle would fine railway station agents from 25 to 50 dollars if they refuse to answer questions from travelers. The measure targets agents who withhold information at train depots across the state.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Tuggle
Rose Ball Debut for Miss M Katherine Ayer at Somerset Hotel
Miss M Katherine Ayer of Commonwealth avenue made her debut at the Hotel Somerset in a pink Killarney roses themed ball. The ballroom and palmroom were festooned with roses and pink lighting as hundreds were presented by Frederick Ayer Jr and a host of associates.
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Somerset
M. Katherine Ayer
Commonwealth Avenue
Miss Ayer
Killarney
Frederick Ayer, Jr
William J. Mixter
Charles FE. Mixter
George Mixter
Samuel Mixter
William K. Horton
William M. Evarts
John Sweetser
Richard Sweetser
Richard Wigglesworth
Joseph B. Banning, Jr
S. W. Kittredge, Jr
Arthur Drinkwater
Winslow Whitman
Abbott Stevens
Perry C. Smith
Lawrence Smith
Alan Gregg
Richard Gregg
I. H. Powell
Cushing Toppan
Edward P. Richardson
Mrs. Ayer
Algonquin Club
Pension Records Burned in Washington Fire
Thousands of pension records and documents were destroyed early today in a fire at the United States Pension Agency in the Pension Bureau building in Washington. The exact cause is unknown and damage will be assessed after investigation. smoke and water damage were extensive.
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Washington
United States Pension Agency
Pension Bureau
Pension Office Fire Destroys Old Records
A blaze in a pension office damaged a large pile of envelopes and old Look records dating back to the Revolutionary era. Loss estimated around 6000 dollars for building and contents. Payments remain unaffected for pensioners across West Virginia Virginia DC Maryland and Delaware. Duplicates exist. late 1960s records spared due to steel filing cases.
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West Virginia
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
Finnish grocer pays court for stealing kiss in Quincy
Karl W Kriston a Finnish grocer was fined 4.80 for kissing Mrs Edla Sword of 38 Carlton street in Quincy. He hugged her breaking her glasses and knocking them off. Kriston a 45 year old married father of three is described as pleasant. Mrs Sword 26 a pioneer and mother of a one year old child.
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Quincy
Karl W Kriston
Edla Sword
Carlton Street
Faithful Fire Horse May Retire For Auto Work
In an annual report to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Somerville Fire Chief Sewall M. Rich recommends retiring the department’s faithful horse of 17 or 18 years and replacing it with an automobile.
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Sewall M. Rich
Somerville Fire Department
Hopkins
Chief Rich
3-20-8 Cigar Ad Promotes Imported Cuban Tobacco
A vintage ad urges smokers to choose the 3-20-8 Cigar noting it uses Cuba's choicest imported tobacco with fragrance and flavor at about half the imported cost. It contrasts duty on imported cigars versus imported tobacco and promotes the product as a superior, affordable smoke.
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Cuba
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