Wyoming Legislature Opens Amid Party Caucus Strife
Opening of the Twelfth Wyoming Legislature as Republicans deadlock over Speaker choice with Pratt and Manson resisting machine pressure. Progressive factions threaten to control House leadership. Democrats work to unite for speaker and Senate leadership as Metz, Brock, Sullivan named for top posts.
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Wyoming
Senate
Birney Sage
J. C. Jefferia
Weston County
House
Frank C.ynter
Carbon County
Hunter
Burdick
M.L. Pratt
Paris Colunty
FE. H. Manson
Sweetwater
Arpu*licans
House of
Pratt
Manson
Sullivan
Natrona County
United States
Ridgely
Brennan
Superior Coal Company
Big Hoss Burdick
Man
W. S. Metz
Sheridan County
Albert Brock
Johnson County
Jos. R. Sullivan
Albany County
Judge Metz
Brock
Wen. A. M. Brock
Jacob Berner
Atlantic steamers to Pacific routes expand coast service
Five lines including Red Star and Hamburg-American announce passenger service to the Pacific coast with opening of the Panama Canal. Immigrant traffic is expected to surge through Pacific ports San Diego San Francisco Portland and Seattle as Europe to U S routes shift westward.
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San Diego
Cal
Europe
Atlantic Coast
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Red Star Line
Messageries Maritime
Cie Generale Transatlantique
Kasmos Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Royal Mail Packet Company
Pacific
United States
Atlantic
New York
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Italy
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
Pacific Northwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Farewell banquet for Taft by Ohio Society in Washington
President Taft will attend the annual Ohio Society of Washington banquet at Rauscher's on January 20. Justice Day will preside. Senator Pomerene will speak on McKinley at Home. Senator Burton will compose the farewell toast from Byron. The event marks Taft’s departure for Yale, the society’s third anniversary, and McKinley’s birthday. Alumni of Cincinnati Law School will be among speakers. The toast The Rainbow Comes Down in Ohio references the Buckeye state.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio Society of Washington
Rauscher's
William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Pomerene
Ohio
Canton
McKinley
Burton
Byron
Tom Moore
Yale
William McKinley
Ma Ypures
Cincinnati Law School
Cean
Philippines
Corp Club
Buckeye State
Legislative fight explodes as New Mexico convenes
In Santa Fe New Mexico the state legislature opens its second session within a year amid a three week senatorial deadlock and arrests of four members on bribery charges. Republicans Democrats and Progressive factions challenge Speaker Roman L. Bacea accusing him of high handed tactics.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Nexr
Roman L. Bacea
Democrats
Progress
Los Angeles Elimination Hints Heavyweight Title Bout
A fragmented report hints at LA staged eliminations for a white heavyweight title. The text mentions freeing a fighter toward a Bum Langford matchup, suggesting a contested path to a championship.
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Los Angeles
Bum Langford
Free lumber fixed feature in tariff program
Washington January 13 free lumber is assured as part of the Democratic tariff program of the coming extra pension of congress. Horace B Cheney of Manchester Conn urged retention of the present tariff at a Ways and Means Committee meeting. Taft order amendment adopted A P O bill to annul executive orders placing postmasters and clerks under classified service passed in committee with Republicans abstaining and many Democrats absent.
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Washington
Congress
House Committee On Ways and Means
Silk Association of America
Horace B. Cheney
Manchester
Conn
Taft
Post Office
House
First pork barrel bill reported in current Congress
The House rivers and harbors committee reported the annual appropriation bill pledging forty million dollars for national river and harbor improvements.
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Washington
Congress
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Taft Plans Life After Presidency as Yale Professor
President Taft has completed plans for after March 4 with a Yale professorship. He will live in New Haven except for three months in Canada.
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Taft
Washington
Yale
New Haven
Canada
Mayor Fitz Gerald Attacks Back Bay Aristocracy
Boston January 12 Mayor Fitz Gerald denounces the Back Bay blue bloods calling them felons of the little blooded aristocracy He contends Boston’s history features many who avoided useful work while later generations of those families fail in public duty urging new elements to share government responsibility with New England's reformers.
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Boston
Fitsgerald Jo
Back Bay
New England
Wyoming Residents Boost Role in State Politics
A Des Moines interview with J. R. Carpenter of Cheyenne discusses Wyoming’s important role of former Iowa people in its politics, social life, and economy. Carpenter notes immigration and opposition to the Union Pacific machine, naming figures like Alex Hastie and others active in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
J. R. Carpenter
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Carpenter
Bown
Iowa Corporation
Union Pacific
Mr. Carpenter
Alex Hastie
State Leader
Blever
L. Beatty
Pine Bluce Bank
W. W. Bunselle
Uranium Stranded Off Chebucto Head Light
The steamer Uranium ran aground on rocks near Chebucto head light in fog yesterday. Despite tug assistance 450 passengers were transshipped to rescue craft, with many leaving for their destinations today.
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Halifax
N. 8
Chebucto
Liberty
Lovett Out as 5 P Executive
Changes in the Southern Pacific board followed a conference with Attorney General Wickersham and Harriman interests. Wickersham opposed any dissolution plan without removing overlapping directors on the Union Pacific board. Judge Lovett Mortimer L. Schiff and Frank Vanderlip resigned from the Southern Pacific executive committee. successors named as Robert Goelet James N. Wallace and P. Sweensen.
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New York
Directorate of
The
Southern Pacific
Wickersham
Harriman Interests
Southern Pacific Protective Committee
Southern Pacific Board
Union Pacific Board
Judge Lovett
Mortimer L. Schiff
Frank Vanderlip
Southern Pacific Executive Committee
Robert Goelet
James N. Wallace
P. Sweensen
Amundsen Plans Arctic Expedition From San Francisco
Captain Roald Amundsen leaves San Francisco aboard the Fram with 14 crewmen to study Arctic sea currents climate atmosphere and magnetic conditions. The voyage will push to the Behring Sea drift across inland seas toward Greenland and is expected to take about five years aided by 25 dogs and staged beacon mounds for safety.
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New York
Raold Amundsen
South Pole
Arctic
San Francisco
Arctic Cirele
Alaskan
Behring Sea
Canada
Greenland
Amundson
Rivera tops weight in Woodlawn training quarters
Joe Rivera weighed 154 pounds at Woodlawn training quarters and demonstrated he will have no difficulty making the 194 ringside for Leach Croan.
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Joe Rivera
Woodlawn
Leach Croan
Wilson says Hill will have none but progressives
President elect Wilson told a New Jersey luncheon that he will work with progressives and will not act as a partisan. He spoke to the Democratic electors stating he represents the people, not a faction.
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Wilson
Hill
Trenton
N. J
Offee
Jersey
Rockefeller Jr. Gives 10 Million for Reclaiming Women
John D Rockefeller Jr pledges 10 million dollars to a fund aimed at reclaiming fallen women and battling white slave trafficking. The plan envisions removal from red light districts, placement in rescue homes, and employment programs nationwide with 2,000 homes projected to aid women choosing a life away from a vicious path. Stanley Finch reports progress and continued DOJ investigations.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Stanley O. Finch
Department of Justice
New York
Rockefeller
Finch
Gina
Big Tim Sullivan Ordered to Yonkers Asylum
New York January 14 The court ordered the private Yonkers asylum to commit Timothy Sullivan known as Big Tim a longtime New York legislator elect He had been a voluntary patient at Yonkers hospital for weeks recovering from a nervous breakdown A Supreme Court petition by a stepbrother and physician led to the formal commitment despite reports he was improving He was expected to attend the next Congress but relatives prefer a permanent physical restraint at the sanitarium.
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New York
Concreatman
Timothy Om. Sullivan
Yonkers
Bie
Tim
Supreme Court
Amend
Ile Tim
Wantarium
Wes Adville
Archbald Convicted by Senate and Barred for Life
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court was found guilty on five impeachment articles by the Senate and removed from office. The body imposed the full debarment from ever holding public office, with a 39 to 45 vote on the disqualification, as debate over subsequent actions concluded.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
United States
O'Gorman
Archbald
Root
Erie Railroad
E. J. Williams
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Heald
Anhenr County
Culberson
Poindexter
Smith
Bacon
Ronator Rmith
Geotela
Callre
Anttling
Marion Coal Company
Delpwell
Lackawanna
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