Gist of This Week’s News and Its Peculiar Angles
Washington chairman Stanley of the House Steel investigating committee refused to subpoena witnesses asked by Representative Littleton. The Navy received an $8,000,000 bid for three battleships and two cruisers slated for scrap. The 62nd Congress opens with Democrats strong in the House and Republicans split in the Senate. Hayward reports peace and prosperity in the Philippines and Porto Rico. Wharton Barker recalls a 1904 pre election Wall Street bargain with Roosevelt. Ohio Republicans name Roosevelt as their preferred candidate, complicating Taft supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stanley
House Steel
Martin W. Littleton
Navy Department
62D
Congress
House
Senate
Haywards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
Porto Rico
Wharton Barkers
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
New York
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Walter Brown
Republican State Committee of
Ohio
James Whitcomb Riley Says He Has Written His Last Poem
Paralysis leaves poet James Whitcomb Riley unable to continue writing. Governor Oddie of Nevada complains about high water costs as he watches Niagara volume pass by him. Andrew Carnegie discusses prospects for international peace, predicting arbitration treaties will be ratified by the Senate. The Temps in Paris reports a dispute between King Alfonso of Spain and Aunt Infanta Eulalie over a book publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Oddie
Nevada
Niagara
Andrew Carnegie
Senate
Temps
Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Infanta
Eulalie
Harvard Junior Kicks 30 Miles in 212 Hours Route
Sporting Daniel Sargent completed a 30 mile football trek from Boston to Ipswich in 212 hours. Plans for next year's international aeronautical cup place the race on a five kilometre closed circuit likely in Chicago. Governor Wilson urged stronger brotherhood in America at the Asbury Park Elks Lodge address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sargent
Harvard
Boston
Ipswich
America
Weymedic
England
Chicago
Governor Wilson
Asbury Park Elks Lodge
Multiple 1912 News Events Highlight Political and Social Turmoil
General Government estimates show savings over 21 million dollars for 1912. Nine high union labor officials face possible prosecution in the dynamiting inquiry. Staten Island cooperatives form to fight high living costs. Harris and Blanck trial for Triangle Waistfire begins in General Sessions. A Avoca Pa wife shoots boarder in a dog feeding quarrel. Rudolph Blankenburg reveals young department heads. Burns accuses Gompers of knowledge of McNamaras guilt. Harvard junior Atkins dines Emma Goldman. Persia appeals to world parliaments for aid. Mrs. Elien Sherill Babcock, mother of Mrs. Sherman, dies at 72 in Utica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Harris and Blanck
Triangle Waist Company
General Sessions
New York
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Samuel Atkins,Jr
Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Emma Goldman
Persia
National Council
American Congress
Elien Sherill Babcock
James S. Sherman
Sherman
Utica
Babcock
Wide range of early 20th century events and incidents
The report lists varied items from typhoid vaccination adoption and Taft attending a New York peace dinner to crimes, political moves, and disasters. Notable notes include a panther found in Massachusetts, highway shootings in Chicago, bank suspensions, court fines, Sherman act challenges, deadly church collapse in Mississippi, and rail freight proposals for New York.
Global unrest and daring events reported abroad
Reports from Istib Turkey describe a bombing in a mosque killing twelve and wounding twenty. Persians march on the American Legation in Teheran to urge support against Russia. Lord Courtney criticizes foreign policy in the House of Lords as Morley and Lansdowne defend it. Cuban bandit Solis eludes rurales, kidnapping a youth for 15000 dollars. Wu Chang’s stance and Han Yang’s capture fuel dynastic concerns. Reindeer and yak introductions threaten northern Yukon plans. German aviator Réeb dies after a Breitfurt crash. Nanking solidifies as base for actions against Chinese imperialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istib
Turkey
Teheran
Russia
Lord Courtney
House of Lords
Lord Morley
Blackburn
Lord Lansdowne
Solis
Alvarez
Yuan-Shih-kai
Peking
Wu- Chang
Alaska
Yukon
Réeb
Breitfurt
Rhenish
Bavaria
Nanking
McNamara Brothers Admit Guilt In Times Bombing Suit
James B. McNamara and John J. McNamara confessed in open court to dynamiting the Los Angeles Times Building in 1910. James faces likely life imprisonment while John is set for at least fourteen years, with Clarence Darrow promising further confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Llewellyn Iron Works
Lecompte Davis
Bordwell
J. J. McNamara
Clarence Darrow
John J
First Street
Broadway
John
Darren
Davis
Scott
Times
McNamaras Deeds Linked to Fatal Bombings Costs
Ortie McManigal told William J. Burns that John J. McNamara funded dynamiting to force closed shop, causing 112 deaths and $3.5 million in damage. He cited twenty bombings including railroad bridges foundries a newspaper plant and private homes in cities such as Los Angeles El Paso South Chicago Milwaukee Newcastle Indianapolis and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortie McManigal
William J. Burns
John J. McNamara
Ironworkers’ Union
McManigal
Los Angeles
el Paso
Chicago
Milwaukee
Newcastle
Ind
Indianapolis
Burns Vindicated by Detective Burns Confession Claims
Cleveland report quotes Detective W J Burns saying the confession brings him vindication after public accusations by figures like Samuel Gompers that he planted dynamite in Los Angeles. It notes attempts to bribe state witnesses preceded the disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
W. J. Burns
Samuel Gompers
Los Angeles
McNamara Brothers Sentenced for Times Building Bombing
James B. and John J. McNamara receive life and 15 year terms at San Quentin for the Times Building blast that killed 21. They confess to planning the 1910 dynamite plot and await grand jury questions on the broader dynamiters network. Prosecutor and Darrow comment on the case as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
San Quentin
San Francisco
James Barnabas McNamara
Walter Bordwell
McNamara
Los Angeles Times
John Joseph McNamara
Llewellyn Iron Works
Federal Grand Jury
Dynamiters
Fredericks
James B. McNamara
Ink Alley
Times
James B. M’namara
James B
John 1
Bordwell
McNamara Brothers
John J
McManigal
Schmidt
Caplan
Clarence Darrow
the McNameras
Hammel
United States District Attorney
Lawler
McNamaras
United States
Alexander wins mayoral race in Los Angeles election
Alexander defeats Socialist Harriman to secure re election as Los Angeles mayor by a large majority. McNamara pleas and confessions reportedly influenced the campaign with Good Government forces backing Alexander against Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Harriman
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
Job Harriman
McNamara
Congress Opens Its Sixty Second Session In 1921
The Sixty-second Congress reassembled initiating its first regular session. Two new Senators Obadiah Gardner and Hoke Smith joined, while five new Representatives took office. The opening featured Rep Martin Littleton defending himself against anti trust charges and a rush of over 500 bills into the hopper as leaders anticipate a busy session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Taft
New York
Martin Littleton
Steel Trust
Homer Austin
Suffield
Maas
Chicago
K. R. Kenna
Wisconsin
George Sanger
Barham
England
Henry B. Martin
The
Anti-Trust League
Washington
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Sixty-second Congress
U. S. Grant
Senate
Sherman
Gallinger
Curtis
Kansas
Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Frye
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Cleveland
Martin W. Littleton
Stanley Steel Committee
Littleton
House Committee On Rules
Underwood
House
Two Big Jersey City Fires
In Jersey City New Jersey a morning blaze destroyed the United States Express Company's stables at Highth and Henderson streets, killing two elderly employees and 374 horses with an estimated loss of 400000. A second major fire later at Varick and Colden streets consumed the James Lee Company paper box plant, causing about 350000 in damage as exhausted firefighters battled through the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Express Co
Jersey City
N. J
United States Express Company
Highth
Henderson Streets
James Lee Company
Varick and
Colden Streets
Rockefeller Resigns From Standard Oil of New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller severed his official connection with Standard Oil Company of New Jersey where he had served as president since 1870. Willam Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler also left, with John D. Archbold succeeding Rockefeller as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Old Yard
Willam “Rockefeller
Henry M. Flagler
Trust
John D. Archbold
Mr. Rockefeller
German War Office Plans Huge Zeppelin Airships
Berlin reports Germany studies a fleet of Zeppelin type airships. Each ship would carry about 300 men and explosives with a gas capacity around 3 500 000 cubic feet. The plan signals a major new weapon in the looming conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
London
Berlin
London Standard
War Office
World briefs for the busy
The Tartar city at Nanking was floated and burned. Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia appoints a cabinet of young business men. Commissioner Tomkins outlines a plan to connect Manhattan and Long Island to New Jersey by rails. Three sea lords replaced after McKenna’s removal. Berlin papers view Grey speech as improving Anglo German relations. Rear Admiral Wilde dies of heart disease in Massachusetts at 66. Emma Goldman dines with Harvard student guest. Infanta Eulalia leaves Spanish court after king’s dispatch over her book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Tomkins
Manhattan
Long Island
New Jersey
Reginald McKenna
British Admiralty
Berlin
Edward Grey
George F. F. Wilde
North Easton
Mass
A. Eliot, Jr
Harvard
Emma Goldman
Infanta Eulalia
Alfonso
Markets Price List and Produce Quotations
Wholesale prices for butter eggs and poultry along with a wide panel of vegetables and fruits. The document lists prices per quart, per basket, per barrel, and per hundredweight for items from butter and poultry to beans, cabbages, and apples with regional references and various grades. It also includes live stock values and general commodity quotes for wheat, corn, oats, barley, and pork products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hennery
Mearby
Express
Jack Fabbits
Brussels
South Carolina
New Orleans
State
Kale
Virginia
Boston
Eae Southern
Besso
Orange Co
The
Ct Valley
Okra
Florida
Long Island
State & Whler
Dar
Maine
Pat Bakt
REED
Minneapolia
Duluth
Middle West
Rio
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TWEEK
Huntsville
Texas
Union National Bank of Columbus
Benjamin J. Duveen
Holt
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Cincinnati
United States Supreme Court
Ernest Weekly
Valley
Neb
Jamestown
Kan
Glasco
Elbing
Rock Island
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara Defence
Los Antapeles
Rayner
Maryland
Citiens
Baltimore
Vicksburg, Miss
Chamber of Commerce
Hudson River
New York Central
M’'Namaras
J. B
J. J
M'Namaras
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
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