Taft presses for five million to fortify Panama Canal
President Taft addressed the Pennsylvania Society in New York urging Congress to appropriate 5 million dollars to begin fortifications of the Panama Canal. He cited Senate sentiment at 2 to 1 in favor though House support was evenly split. He pledged no love of war and urged arbitration treaties while defending a waterway built for national defense.
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New York
Taft
Papama Canal
Pennsylvania Society
Congress
Senate
Loyal Socialists Gather to Honor Editor Warren
Delegates and activists from across the country travel to Fort Scott Kansas for a demonstration connected with the incarceration of Fred Warren editor of the Appeal to Reason at Girard. Warren received letters and boxes of flowers while supporters await further word on the case.
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Warren
Fort Scott
Kan
Fred Warren
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Kansas
Newtown Exchange Women Marry At High Rate
In New York the Newtown exchange of the New York Telephone Company shows a high marriage rate among female operators. Over six months seven of fifteen workers wed, leaving only five single and reportedly engaged, prompting the manager to devise a staffing scheme.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
Newtown
L. C
Exchange
Senator Carter Opposes Popular Vote Plan
Northern senators backing a resolution for election of senators by popular vote were accused of ignorance by Senator Carter of Montana in a speech. He argued against the measure as southern senators were charged with a scheme to defraud the country by disenfranchising Black voters. The speech ended as he sealed the resolution as received from the Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate Committee On Judiciary
New Mexico Votes For Statehood Amid Quiet Balloting
Albuquerque reports indicate early returns from about half the precincts show the New Mexico constitutional referendum carried by 8000 to 10000 votes. The election proceeded quietly with light turnout and no organized opposition. Some temperance groups opposed in certain areas despite overall support.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Testimony in Ketchel murder case closes in Missouri
Marshfield Missouri January 21 testimony in the Ketchel murder case closed today. The jury will be instructed Monday. Walter A Dipley and Goldie Smith defendants testified in their own defense with Dipley claiming self defense after Ketchel attacked Mrs Smith who testified Ketchel assaulted her and threatened to kill her if she spoke.
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Marshfield
Ketchel
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Dipley
Initiative Proves A Success In Grand Junction Action
Grand Junction Colorado residents see the charter initiative work as the city commissioners approve a change to water rents. An earlier ordinance required six months' advance payment but was met with protests and a petition to initiate a new ordinance. The new plan retables the old rule with a three months' advance payment starting March 1.
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Grand Junction
Colo
City Commissio
Adva
Send
France's First Suit Over Air Trepass Declares Flight Limits
Paris reports residents of Chateaufort sue to restrain aviation pupils from flying over their land below two hundred metres, challenging the Farman school operations. Mayor Vallet, a prosperous farmer, cites dangers to horses and workers and seeks court ruling on legal limits. The case tests airspace rights as aviation develops in France.
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Paris
France
Mons
Maurice Farman
Chateaufort
Relatives of Ch Ryenne Polk In European Mystery
William and P J Gault of Cheyenne received messages via Hanay on the Malin route announcing at that place Joan Gautt and Amelia Dommer connected to a Cheyenne family.
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Ryenne Polk
Wiliam
P. J. Gault
Cheyenne
Hanay
Malin
Germany
Joan Gautt
R Bro
Roe Amelia Dommer
Heavy Fighting Reported Near Casas Grandes
Reports reached El Paso that heavy fighting has continued since Thursday near Gallenea, 110 miles east of Casas Grandes. Passengers arriving from the south say heavy losses on both sides have been reported to the railroad, and government forces are said to have suffered a defeat.
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el Paso
Tex
Gallenea
Casas Grandes
SINGER WHO WAITED PORK TRUNKS SUES FOR DAMAGES
New York January 21. William H Wolverton president of the New York Transfer Company is sued in the Supreme Court for 5000 dollars by Almira Chandler Marshall a young woman student of music. The affidavit says Miss Marshall planned to go to Europe for concert work and entrusted trunks with wardrobe costumes music and belongings to be delivered to the White Star pier for the Oceanic voyage but the trunks arrived six days late.
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New York
Wiliam H. Wolverton
New York Transfer Company
Supreme Court
Almira Chandler Marshall
Ultra
White Star Pier
Youth Recovers From Broken Neck in New Orleans
New Orleans January 21 14 year old Philip Hoffman after a circus fell and broke the second and third cervical vertebrae. At City Hospital a plaster cast was removed and an X ray shows the vertebrae in place and healing.
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New Orleans
Philip Hoffman
Denverite Accuses Friends of Swapping Medals for Cash
Pueblo Colorado January 21 Charles Gorshaw a Denver man was hypnotized by acquaintances and discovered his cash was exchanged for National Irrigation Congress copper medals. He believed the medals were worth twenty dollars and contacted police after a night of drinking.
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Pueblo
Colo
Charles Gorshaw
Denver
le Spedies
Navnal Irrigation Congress
Bia
Corshaw
Fy Aloni
Tevsigton
Moralog
Beveridge Pushes Lorimer Case Amid Congressional Talks
In Washington Beveridge sought unanimous consent for a Lorimer vote on January 31 but was blocked by Burrows. He then pressed February 7 but was objected to by Heyburn. Burrows noted two Maryland senators wished to speak to allow an earlier vote. The Senate also debated committee sizes and minority representation as Democrats push for strong panels.
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Washington
Senate
Beveridge
Lorimer
Burrows
Heyburn
MABIU
Plano Vote Buying Investigation Reported
Danville Michigan attorney Frank Jones reportedly confessed to buying votes in the last election. He denied wrongdoing this afternoon but said he believed fraud occurred and favored a meeting with all candidates to present information to a jury.
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Danville
Jam
Frank Jones
Wade
Aeroplane Sends Wireless Message Demonstrated
Lieut Paul W Beck of the aviation service demonstrated wireless message sending from a scouting aeroplane. In a Wright machine with Parmelee aboard and a hundred feet of trailing wire, Beck transmitted a half dozen messages to a station at the aviation grounds, proving practicable air to ground wireless communication.
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San Francisco
Paul W. Beck
AW. 8
American aviator Weymann carries two passengers in flight
Rheims France January 21 Henry Weymann the Hayti born American aviator flew a Farman biplane with two passengers to Mourmelon and back a round trip of about forty miles He departed at 10 am reached Mourmelon at 1115 am returned at 355 pm arriving 422 am He has previously flown 106 miles Mourmelon to Paris and covered 280 miles in a Michelin prize contest He is 21 and has been flying just over a year.
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Rheims
France
Henry Weymann
Hayti
Farman
Mourmelon
Mr. Weymann
Lewis Rumored Defeated at Miners Convention Vote
In Columbus Ohio on January 21 unofficial reports say tellers completed counting for international officers and will report to the convention Monday. Word circulated that President Lewis was defeated by a small margin, which Lewle denied.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lewis
Lewle
Reed Reunited With Wife and Three Children After 22 Years
After 22 years and believed dead by his family, John Reed, aged 72, was found in Arkansas and returned to his wife and three children in Dalagerfeld Texas. The unexpected reunion followed a tip that led to the discovery and travel home.
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Fan Aanonio
Texans
John Reed
Dalagerfeld
Tex
Reed
Arkanaas
Sons and Wife Fight Over Body in Court Battle
In Seattle on January 21 the dispute between Chauncey L. Wood’s two sons and his widow over his burial intensified in court. Judges ordered restraining actions to stop the body from being moved. The sons seek burial in Rapid City beside their mother, while the widow wants local burial. Services were planned for tomorrow.
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Seattle
Waah
Chauncey L. Wood
South Dakota Democrate
Rapid City
Maconte
Population figures for Cheyenne and other cities drop
A dispatch from the Census Bureau shows Cheyenne’s population at 11,220 under the 1910 census, down 2,747 from 1900. The report cites other city figures: Phoenix 11,194 Santa Fe 5,072 Pierre 1,865, noting Santa Fe’s decline by 631. Official contact attempts with the census bureau were unsuccessful.
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Census Bureau
Cheyenne
Loth
Washington, D. C
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
N. M
Pierre
New Chairman in New York Chooses Course on Roosevelt
New York January 2 1912 Barnes Albany leader of the Roosevelt opposition at the Saratoga convention was chosen chairman of the Republican state committee to replace Ezra Prentice. Barnes stated the move does not imply the committee will oppose Roosevelt in 1912.
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New York
Whain Barnes, Jr
Albany
Theodore Roosevelt
Saratoga
Republican State Committee
Ezra FP
Prentice
Barnes
Roosevelt
Montana Senatorial Deadlock Holds After Week Two
Helena Mont Jan 21 With the second week of the senatorial deadlock the situation remains unchanged aside from slight gains by T. J. Walah of Helena and small losses by W. J. Conrad in the ongoing contest.
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Helena
Mont
T. J. Walah
W. J. Conrad
Wyoming Senate Faces New Barriers in Reform Bills
County division favors the Senate as Wyoming lawmakers push a record number of bills in the eleventh session. With 100 measures in the House and 34 in the Senate, progress remains slow though some House action on committees signals movement. Progressives back initiative and referendum and recall while machine Republicans resist. Anticipated direct primary reform faces heavy Senate opposition and heavy amendments.
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Wyoming
House
Senate
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Republican Organization
Blume
Sage
Recall Petition Chills Denver Alderman Worrall Backers
Denver officials report a recall petition against Alderman Cornelius C. Worrall has 1400 signatures from Ninth ward voters filed with City Clerk Burt F. Davis. If certified, the city council must call a special election to choose Worrall's successor.
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Denver
Colo
Cornelius C. Worrall
Ninth Ward
Burt PF. Davis
Election Commission
Alder Wan Worrall
de Eure
Gald Halsted L. Ritter
Reyal
Algner
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