Novelist Shot Down on N Street in Washington
David Graham Phillips editor and novelist was shot six times by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough 81 in front of the Princeton club. Goldsborough then killed himself with an automatic pistol. Phillips, 43, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
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New York
David Graham Phillips
Ebot
Princeton Club
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
Harvard
Phillips
Bellevue Hospital
Goldsborough
Maryland
Bailors praise Admiral Barry refute charges
In San Francisco on January 23 Rear Admiral R. E. B. Barry, retired as commander in chief of the Pacific, faces murder? charges about his moral character. Sailors across the Pacific squadron speak in his defense saying he is innocent and that he is being railroaded from service. The West Virginia crew among the strongest supporters insist the admiral is framed.
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Barry
San Francisco
RE. B. Barry
The
Pacific
Magship
West Virginia
Barry Io
Beer Deal Restores Beer Sales at Cincinnati Park
Cincinnati January 23 A beer contract was awarded by President August Herrmann for the coming year ending a rumor of a beerless season at the Cincinnati baseball park. The announcement ends talk of no beer sales after last season.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Park
August Herrmann
Denver Post Office Official Arrested for Embezzlement
Carson B. Wil em, for fifteen years Superintendent of Mail in the Denver post office, was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of 1200 of government funds. He allegedly failed to turn over checks from local firms for weighing and postal charges on third class matter. He was released on 2600 bonds as officials investigated shortages.
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Denver
Carson B. Wilem
Malle
Time
Wilson
Post Office
Vote Buying In Vermilion County Angles In
Danville Illinois January 23 The investigation of vote buying in Vermilion county began with reporter R H Frankenberger accusing City Attorney Frank W Jones of openly admitting purchases. G A Martin joined with similar testimony as eleven witnesses testified and twelve more including Speaker Cannon s son in law were subpoenaed for tomorrow.
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Danville
Vermilion County
R. H. Frankenberger
Commercial News
Grand Jury
Frank W. Jones
G. A. Martin
Indianapolis
Frankenberger
Speaker Cannon
Rockefeller gives sexton a surprise twenty dollar tip
John D. Rockefeller attended the Fifth Avenue Baptist church service despite heavy snow and gave the sexton a twenty dollar tip after greeting friends. The sexton, absent recently due to a Christmas tree accident, found the note wrapped in a piece of paper he initially mistook for a message.
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Sexton
New York
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler Heads National Education Board
Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University was elected chairman of the National Education Association board of trustees at a special meeting despite protests from two board members that the gathering was irregular and the election illegal.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
N. E. A. Newye
Nicholas Murray, Butler
Columbia University
The
National Education Association
Politics in West Virginia Feud Shapes Senate Seating
The fifteen Republican West Virginia senators who fled the state to thwart the Democratic caucus faced no returns offers as they stay away from the Charleston session. Democrats nominated a long term States senator, while the exiled Republicans guarded against arrest by remaining in Cincinnati.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Senate
Cincinnati
United States
West Virginia
W Ge. Oie
Janai N. A
Afteen
Weesjonuw
Cincinnat
Baby Falls Into Tub In Pueblo Heating Accid ent
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Merrick of 218 East River Street was seriously burned when she fell into a tub of hot water as the mother prepared to wash. The accident occurred in the morning with the tub on the floor and the child submerged briefly.
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Pueblo
Colo
Mrethur Merrick
East River
Montana Judge Hunt Faces Senate Confirmation Snag
Washington reports indicate about half the senate judiciary committee oppose confirmation of Judge William E. Hunt to the circuit judgeship for the new commerce court. The panel did not press his case as other circuit appointments moved forward while Montana landowners accuse him of aiding smelters via delayed proceedings during his federal bench tenure.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
William E. Hunt
Court of Customs Appeals
New Commerce Court
Alttough
Hunt
Senate
Montana
Liquor Dealers Hit With Heavy Fines in Court
Chicago January 23 A U S district court judge imposed fines totaling 61500 and penitentiary terms from fifteen months to two and a half years on liquor dealers for violations of internal revenue laws.
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Chicago
Hauor
Juago Landis
United States District Court
Internal Revenue Laws
Lens Replaces Eye Lens. Famous Man Regains Sight
Boston, Jan. 23. Archaeologist and writer Dr. William Copley Winslow, long feared blind, has his sight restored by a glass lens implanted in the eyeball. Surgeon Dr. Frederick Spalding performed the delicate operation without pain, using cocaine for anesthesia and an antiseptic dressing afterward.
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Boston
William Copley Winslow
Frederick Spalding
Winslow
Spalding
Armstrong Denies Banishing Japs From Denver Homes
Denver police chief Armstrong denies advocating driving Japanese workers from the city. A morning paper quotes him saying if he ran a home he would not allow any Japanese in it. He notes limited experience with Japanese in his office and distinguishes individual workers from a general policy.
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Denver
Armstrong
Anna Heckelrite
Arthur Takamine
Mitsunaga
Edward W. Hurley of Locomotive Engineers Dead
Edward W Hurley assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers died in a New York hotel after a bout of typhoid pneumonia. He formerly lived in Boston and had been ill at the hotel for some time.
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Edward W., Hurley
Locomotive Engineers
New York
Hdward W. Hurley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Boeton
Republican caucus selects candidate for Montana unit
Helena Mont Jan 28 The Republican caucus with thirty eight members formally chose a candidate for a unit leader. Democrats fail to convene a caucus leaving Democrats in majority on a joint ballot.
Freight Rate Fight Could Lower Western Rates
The Empson Packing Company with plants in Loveland Longmont and Greeley battles the Interstate Commerce Commission in a case that could reshape western freight pricing. A ruling against the railroads would end blanket rates from Denver to countless eastern and Pacific coast destinations and set a precedent on car discrimination.
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Denver
Jan
Empson Packing Company
Loveland
Longmont
Greeley
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission |T
Pacific Coast
North Pacific
Empson Company
No Caucus Agreement in Colorado Senate Race
Denver January 23 The Colorado legislature starts at noon tomorrow to vote for a successor to the late Senator Chas J Hughes Jr without caucus endorsement for any candidate. A Democratic caucus effort failed after a letter from George T Bradley urged caucus. A deadlock on the first ballot seems likely, possibly requiring Gov. Shafroth to appoint a placeholder until the next general assembly. Leading candidates include Mayor Speer Denver former Gov. Alva Adams Pueblo and former Gov. Chas Thomas Denver.
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Denver
Colorado
United States
Chas J. Hughes, Jr
George T Bradley
Democratic State Central
Shafroth
General Assembly
Guegenheim
Speer
Alva Adama
Pueblo
Chas
Thomas
Adams
Lorimer Case and Tariff Top Senate Agenda
Senate debate centered on the Lorimer case and tariff revision. Gamble of South Dakota backed the elections report, while Flint of California opposed the Cummins tariff resolution. House discussed the Post Office Appropriation Bill with a July 1 1916 deadline for steel mail cars.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Gamble
South Dakota
Miineis
Committee On Elections
Flint
California
Air stunt in Kika park ends with 20 foot height
About 3,000 spectators gathered at Kika park to watch the Mathewson air whip display. Aviator Van Arndale cleared only about 20 feet while the craft skimmed the air for around 70 feet with no noticeable ascent.
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Colorado Air
Mexican Rebels Rout Forces of Diaz in Moctezuma
Dispatches from Paso, Texas report insurgents under Col Rabago routed federal troops near Cagas Grandes after a two day battle between Galanca and Bivalle. Ragago’s remnants retreat toward Canas Grandes as federals suffer heavy losses. Unconfirmed reports say insurgents captured Moctezuma and forced 100 federal troops to surrender.
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Paso
Texas
Mexico
Rabugo
Cagas Grandes
Galanca
Bivalle
Attu
Ragago
Galanea
Remiantie
Rabageo
Canas Grandes
Douglas
Ariz
Insurrectos
Moctezuma
Waite
Schitarthe
Hermosillo
Tobacco Trust Robbed Uncle Sam, Says Tribune
New York Jan 24 The country wide investigation started by the department and the Tribune to be paid tomorrow reveals discrepancies in wrapper and Miller state licenses of tobacco imports from Cuba. The government losses amount to four to five million dollars annually for the last five years.
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New York
The
Tribune
Cuba
Underground Tunnel Proposed for Manhattan Traffic Relief
New York City engineers plan a vast underground street beneath Fort George Hill to connect surface routes with the subway. The tunnel would be three quarters of a mile long and cost about a half million dollars, with sixteen foot streets and a roof just above the Pavement. The project aims to relieve congestion for residents and anticipates future underground corridors beneath the island.
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New York
Streata
Fort George Hill
Stewall
Manhattan
Jefferson-Joinson film rights controversial in Oklahoma town
Roger Simons, who paid $26 000 for exclusive rights to Jefferson Joinson films in Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas and Nebraska, attempted to exhibit them in Tawson Oklahoma. He was arrested for disturbing the peace as a large crowd paid admission but was told there would be no show.
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Jepp-Joinson Films
Tawson
Okla
Roger ‘Imon
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
New Jersey Democrats Endorse James Martin for Senate
In Trenton on January 23 delegates from the New Jersey legislature voted 39 for James Martin for United States Senator. Fifty-one votes were cast with an attempt at unanimous support blocked by James Simily Jr and others.
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New Jersey
Democrats
James Kh
Martin
Trenton
N. J
Mea T
United State
James Simily, Jr
Wolow
Montana solon votes to reverse action on Lodge re election
Helena Mont January 223 The joint legislative assembly reversed its stance on the re election of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts by a 46 to 47 vote with three Democrats siding with Republicans. A previous resolution censuring Massachusetts lawmakers for supporting Lodge was adopted amid Democratic protests.
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Helena
Mont
Joint Legislative Assembly
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Kendrick Heads Wyoming Democratic Caucus For U S Senate
D J Kendrick state senator from Sheridan and a leader in Wyoming stock interests won the Democratic caucus nomination for United States senator to succeed Clarence D Clark. On three ballots Kendrick led 17 to 16 for Osborn and 1 for Robert Homer. The meeting at Fraternity hall set for 5 pm with W S Mets as chairman and R E Lee as secretary. Kendrick led each ballot and appears set to receive the 36 Democratic votes on joint ballot.
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D. J. Kendrick
Sheridan County
Wyoming
United States
Clarence D. Clark
Kendrick
John E. Osborn
Robert Homer
Senate
House
Mets
R. E. Lee
Laramie County
Isp
Sheridan
Esides
Kendrick Io
Heo le
Wromink
Lile Pop
Hart Bill To The Fore In Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming house debated Senator Blume’s direct primary bill with Hart proposing two minor changes. Amendments from the elections committee were minor and the bill moves to a second reading with hopes of passage this week. Other senate readings included Hot Springs and Waabakie county measures and county carveouts from Larimie County.
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Wyoming
House of Representatives
Blumehart
House
Committee On Elections
Committee of
Blume
Senate
Hart
Sullivan
Hot Springe
McClellan
Waabakie County
Sawyer
Platte
Goshen
Larimie County
Omaha Judge Would Aid Alimony Dodgers
A Chicago based report notes Omaha lawyers alarmed by a local judge ruling on alimony tied to remarriage. If upheld, the decision could cancel alimony upon divorcee remarriage and shift obligations to the new spouse, affecting many families under exemption and property laws. The case centers on Laura Winter of Omaha and a ruling by Judge Rodicke regarding alimony collection and property thresholds.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Laura Winter
Omaha
Rodicke
Winter
Wau
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Rockefeller
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Tariff
Mex
Pres. Diaz
Moctezuma Talen
Tobacco Trust
Uncle Sam
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D. J. Hendrick
John E. Osborne
Hot Springs
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