Clark Is Formally Elected United States Senator
Wyoming legislature in joint session formally confirms Clarence D. Clark elected to the U.S. Senate for a six year term beginning March 4, 1911. Clark led with 46 votes to Democrat Kendrick's 34 as the scene gathered in the house chamber.
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Clarence D. Clark
United States
Wyoming
Senate
House
Clark
John B. Kendrick
O’connor
Natrona County
Bellamy
Brasment Bebwood
Dent Behwooe
Schwoob
House of Representatives
Congress
Emery
Taylor
Christmas
Uinta County
Beechwood
D. Clark
Larence D. Clark
United States Senate
Mrs Schenk Breaks Down in Court After Arraignment
In Wheeling on January 25 Laura Farnsworth Schenk collapsed in court as Handlan finished his arraignment. The prosecutor urged the jury to find her guilty of plotting to kill her husband by slow poison, describing her as heartless. The verdict had not been returned by 10 pm and the jury was locked up for the night. A large crowd gathered to hear the outcome.
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Wheeling
W. Ve
Handlan
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Uncle Jops Town Due to Be on Map
Danville Kentucky January 25 a vote buying investigation expands as about twenty prominent Democrats are subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury. Judge Kimbrough faced with limited scope. Mayor Pratt and other officials promise full disclosure as Kimbrough himself may be questioned.
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Danville
Kimbrough
Pratt
Princeton Students Rally Against Compulsory Chapel
Princeton N J Jan 25 The campus debates compulsory chapel as faculty rule threatens penalties for reading sleeping or coughing during services The Daily Princetonian protest notes a broad student opposition to mandatory attendance reflecting campus unrest
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Princetonian
Attell Kilbane Sign to Box in Cleveland Bout
Abe Attell featherweight champion has signed to fight local featherweight Tommy Kilbane in Cleveland on January 30. They will weigh 124 pounds at 8 o'clock for a ten round bout before a club audience.
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Attell and Kilbane
Cleveland
Abe Attell
Tommy Kilbane
Waitress Accuses False Wooer of Stealing Her Savings
Eva Brale, a 36 year old waitress, says carpenter Joseph Kupeck promised marriage then swindled her out of 750 dollars after gaining her trust at an unpretentious New York restaurant. She had saved 1100 dollars in tips over eleven years. The couple planned a home at 812 East Twenty fifth Street before he vanished with the money. Recovered part of the stolen funds.
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New York
Eva Brale
Joseph Kupeck
Miss Brajo
Miss Brae
Dya
Grand Street
Kupeck
Bya
Aese Funioas
Eva
East Twenty-fifth Street
Wyoming Initiative and Referendum Amendment Urged
A Wyoming editorial argues the Eleventh legislature should pass and submit a constitutional amendment enabling initiative and referendum. It explains how the Metz act would empower voters to petition for laws and repeal or approve legislation, with details on petition thresholds, timelines, and local applicability.
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Wyoming
Mets
Secretary of State
Wyomng
Roosevelt to Begin Second Western Tour Next March
Roosevelt plans a fifteen stop trip from the South Atlantic to the Pacific coast through March, visiting San Antonio Albuquerque and Phoenix. He will speak in a dozen cities, including the opening of the Roosevelt dam, and then return home after addressing audiences in western states.
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New York
Roosevelt
South Atlantic
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Home
Tie
San Antonio
Albuquerque
Phoenix
San Francisco Aviation Meet Closes After Ten Days
San Francisco hosts a ten day aviation meet ending with a new endurance record and no serious accidents. Exhibition flights by Spivoonin and Parmalee occurred as a strong gale deterred further attempts. Attendance reached about 140000 spectators.
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San Francisco
Spivoonin Wil Parmalee
Handwriting Expert Clears Mrs Turnbull In Forgeries Claim
Theodore Kytha, handwriting expert, testified in Los Angeles that all letters once deemed forgeries in the Hardwich will contest were written by Mrs Lilien Astley Turnbull. He compared the letters with one he admitted writing to a Freano banker.
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Los Angeles
Theodore Kytha
Cigarmakers Strike Ended in Florida Standstill
In Tamapa Florida January 25 the seven months long cigar makers strike was called off this afternoon by the joint advisory board on a conditional basis marking a partial settlement and resumption of work pending further talks.
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DRIKE
Tamapa
Fla
Cigarmakera
Joint Advisory Board
Attempt to buy New York Journal of Commerce for influence
Washington January 25 Alfred W Dodsworth testified to a house committee that a man offered 100000 dollars and 4 million copies of the New York Journal of Commerce for a single favorable article promoting ship subsidy legislation He said another man offered 40000 dollars and both offers were rejected He noted wartime efforts by the British to buy the paper's influence through Charles A Conant a Washington correspondent
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Washington
New York Journal of Commerce
House Investigation Committee
Alfred W. Dodsworth
Charles A. Conant
Unclear Weather Note From Washington
A fragment notes cold wave conditions and snow implications around Washington on a day near January 26, mentioning unreadable weather terms and dates. No full details or clear events are present.
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Washington
Noreenat
Lawrence C Phipps Marries Miss Rogers
Denver January 25 Lawrence C Phipps the Denver millionaire wed Miss Mar ret Rogers daughter of Platt Rogers They will travel to California for their honeymoon Phipps previously married and divorced Gene vieve Chandler Phipps in 1904 after a sensational custody case involving kidnapping two children
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Denver
Lawrence C, Phipps
Marret Rogers
Platt Rogers
California
Phippy
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Negroes Clash Near Marion After Kidnapping Attempt
Walter Harris, a Black miner, was shot and likely fatally wounded south of Marion, HL, after he tried to abduct his child. Following a quarrel with his wife, he seized the child and fled as a mob gathered outside. He fired above the heads of the assembled Black residents, prompting a violent confrontation.
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Marion, HL
Walter Arris
Wis
Winning
Here
Taft Sees Cooperative Movement Aiding Humanity
President Taft told delegates at the convention of the ColurchmiEn in Washington that the cooperative movement is team work for humanity’s improvement. He credited Philippines benefits to cooperative efforts and noted the personal gains from public service. Bishop of Kenesa City delivered the principal address.
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Waatington
Churetarti Crist
Taft
Second Ballot in Colorado Is Taken
Denver reports no change in senatorial balloting with Speer leading at 26 and Adams at 20. Democratic votes are scattered among Barela McCreery and Northcutt, with most moving to Vaille in the Republican tally. A Sunday ballot awaited if no election occurs earlier.
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Denver
Senator
Speer
Adams
Barela
McCreery
Northcutt
Vaille
Adama
Wyoming Governor Calls Launch of New Battleship Wyoming
Governor Joseph M. Carey asks Wyoming citizens to honor the upcoming launch of Cramp’s Philadelphia warship named Wyoming. The vessel, costing about 12 million dollars, is described as among the largest battleships built. Carey notes the name’s local and national significance and previews details to legislators.
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Wyoming
Joseph M. Carey
Cheyenne
Senate
Cramp
Philadelphia
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Robber Shot in the Cheek During Suburban Car Hold-Up
In Los Angeles on January 25 masked robbers in two vans boarded a suburban car near Santa Monica, fired on passengers, and forced the motorman to surrender valuables. H. L. Mitchell was wounded in the neck, Herbert Harlan shot a robber in the cheeks, and the wounded bandit was later captured as the other robber escaped. The total haul remains undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
H. L. Mitchell
Herbert Harlan
Butte mayor orders closure of red light district
Butte Montana Mayor Charles P. Nevin, claiming threats of a bomb, ordered the district closed and gave occupants until February 1 to move out or face raids. The red light area, a four-block zone near the city center, has long been one of the West’s most notorious restricted districts.
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Butte
Mont
Charles P. Nevin
Red Light
Bute
Funeral for David Graham Phillips Friday
The funeral for David Graham Phillips will be held Friday in New York and open to the public. Pallbearers include Senator Beveridge Robert W. Chambers George Horace Lorimer Sam Blythe Arthur V. Little John O'Hara Cosgrove and other editors.
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DG. Phillips
New York
David Graham Phillips
Senator Beveridge
Robert W. Chambers
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Sam Blythe
Arthur V. Little
Pearson's
John O'Hara Cosgrove
Everybody's
Lewis Defeats Summers In Fourth Round for English Welter Title
London January 26 Harry Lewis the American welterweight champion knocked out Johnny Summers in the fourth round with a straight right. The bout was fast throughout and Lewis retained the English welterweight title.
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Harry Lewis
Johnny Summerers
London
Johnny Summers
England
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Oluammakers Oal
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Miss Rogers
President Tart
Colurchmien
Colorado
Alva Adams
Gov. Carey
CAD Mien
Senator Clatence Don Clark
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