Wilson Inauguration Plans and Money Printing Order
Joseph R. Tumulty arrives in Washington to review the White House as Woodrow Wilson prepares for inauguration. Treasury Secretary Mac Veagh to direct engraving and printing of 1000 plates for new paper money backs. Taft signs loan shark bill setting 1 percent monthly max interest in the District of Columbia.
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Joseph R. Tumulty
Wilson
Washington
White House
Treasury
MacVeagh
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Woodrow Wilson
Committee On Arrangements of Congress
Taft
District of Columbia
Prominent Figures Reach Notable Actions Across States
Mrs Raymond Belmont filed for separation in New York as her daughter-in-law surfaces in Belmont affairs. Cipriano Castro visited Albany and watched the Legislature. National Democratic Committee members presented a loving cup to Chairman McCombs in New York. Mrs Helene Russell of Atlantic City, a three-war Red Cross nurse, will inherit a $5 000 legacy from her father after a 40 year estrangement.
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Raymond . Belmont
August Belmont
New York
Cipriano Castro
Albany
N. Y
National Democratic Committee
McCombs
Helene Russell
Atlantic City
Red Cross
Cubs Pitcher Seeks Reinstatement After Fame Years
Sporting Orvie Overall, once key to Frank Chance era Cubs, applies to National Commission for reinstatement. At the Irish-American Athletic Club meet in Madison Square Garden New York, Kolehmainen wins five mile handicap in 24 48, shaving 112 5 seconds from Bonhag record. William James signs with the Boston Braves. Miller Huggins faces early friction as St. Louis Nationals manager with Kenetchy Magee and Wingo demanding higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvie Overall
Chicago Cubs
Frank Chance
National Commission
Irish-American Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
New York
Kolehmainen
Bonhag
William James
Seattle
Wash
Boston Braves
Miller Huggins
St. Louis Nationals
Kenetchy
Magee
Wingo
Mixed U.S. political and social motions across states
General O Hara calls for a whipping post for white slavers while Wilson vows a brief inaugural. Trenton pottery strike ends with 1200 workers receiving wage increases. Eagle Alaska wireless intercept notes Key West to Mare Island. Washington rejects a judges recall amendment twice. Pennsylvania grants women the vote. Senate to consider. Missouri allows traveling salesmen to vote away from home. Brain surgery mishap claimed in Ann Arbor. Massachusetts bill banning female smoking withdrawn. San Mateo county to empanel at least six women on grand jury. Indiana seeks National Guard funding amid Mexico risk. Fourth class mail status for seeds and bulbs proposed. Taft allows hearings on immigration bill. AFL targets 100,000 steel workers in Pittsburgh district.
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O'Hara
Ilinois
Wilson
Trenton
United States
Eagle
Alaska
Key West
Mare Island
Cal
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Missouri Senate
W. A. Smith
Ann Harbor
Mich
Massachusetts
San Mateo County
Buck
Redwood City
McCoy
General Assembly of Indiana
National Guard
Mexico
Hoke Smith
Post Office
Taft
Dillingham-Burnett
American Federation of Labor
Steel and Iron
Pittsburgh
Multiple Local Matters Include Fires Losses And Legislation
Avery Manufacturing Co in Portage Illinois suffered a factory fire with estimated losses of 250000. Missouri Legislature committees expect to report favorably on a woman suffrage bill. Judge Bruse of Malden Massachusetts ruled a hen forfeited its life for entering a neighbor’s yard. George M Shippy ex Chicago police chief adjudged sane and committed to an asylum. Ohio Senate moves to appoint state dairy and food commissioners. Missouri Legislature recesses for Anna Shaw suffrage address. Cornell bans freak dances including turkey trot and grape vine. New York teachers seek board representation via union. West Virginia Senate backs federal liquor prohibition shipping ban. New York Assembly considers official handshaker for governor and public officials. Chicago restaurant mails lunches by parcel post to arrive at noon. Paterson New Jersey business group targets 300 deadbeats for unpaid bills. Minneapolis banker asks bankers to curb living costs. New York Senator Murtaugh proposes Mohawk River hydroelectric plant. Seven New York Stock Exchange bills favored by Gov Sulzer head to Albany. Wedding of Rev A J Vanden Heuvel noted with mourning for first wife. Death Valley pioneers reunite in Santa Cruz. Alaska health official warns tuberculosis could wipe out natives in 60 to 70 years. El Paso attorney Burgess cites U S officials’ ties to Madero government. Edward Vogel alleges paying for a prisoner's release. Frost allegedly kept part of the fee. The prisoner is Vogel’s son-in-law Wider, jailed for a $600,000 bank fraud.
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Avery Manufacturing Co
Porta
Ill
Missouri
Bruse
Malden
Mass
George M. Shippy
Chicago
Ohio
Senate
Dairy and Food Commissioners
Anna Shaw
Cornell
Boston
New York
Business Men's Association
E. W. Decker
Minneapolis
Minnesota and
North Dakota
Death Valley
el Paso
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Madero
Edward C. Vogel
Jesse D. Hrost
Sing Sing
Frost
Vogel
Wider
Bombardment of Adrianople resumes as city set afire
Reports note Allied actions on the Gallipoli front with Turks retreating behind defenses at Gallipoli. Other items include deaths of Cardinal Nagl and Edmund Tearle, labor strikes disrupting Havana freight, and various international incidents.
Appointments Limit and Delaware River Drive Debate
The New Jersey Senate approved multiple court and public appointments including Henry S. Terhune as judge and Martin P. Devlin as Mercer county prosecutor. A $35,000 appropriation was passed to send the governor and senators to Washington for Wilson’s inauguration. The House backed Ireland Home Rule and opened armories to Granges while debating a Delaware River drive from Trenton to Cape May and related road surveys.
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Trenton
Wilson
Hissist ‘Haneh
Henry S. Terhune
Monmouth’ County
Court ‘of Errors and Appeals
D.W. Vroom
Terhune
Senate
David S. Crater
Old Monmouth
Martin P. Devlin
Mercer County
J. W. Crossley
Devlin
Charles H. Gallagher
John A.montgomery
Union County
Alfred Stein
James C. Connolly
Common Pleas
Robert H. McAdams
District Court of
Elizabeth
Nichols
Washington
New Jersey
Leavitt
Gaunt
Atlantic City
Delaware
Delaware River
Cape May
Senator White
Burlington County
New York State Line
Bracken
Ireland
Moore
National Guard
Egan
Crossings Bills Heard by Senate Railroads Panel
The Senate committee heard testimony on grade crossing bills from multiple railroads including Pennsylvania Railroad represented by Alan H. Strong. Other lines urged state utilities board jurisdiction to decide elimination timing while opposing cost shifting. The session closed without a conclusion. Also notes include oyster industry policy talks with President-elect Wilson on inspection and concern over the Delaware and Raritan Canal fish removal ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate
Pennsylvania
Alan H. Strong
Railroads
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
Jackson Reynolds
New Jersey, Central
Philadelphia & Reading
Mayors’ Association of New Jersey
Duane E. Minard
Erie
Max M. Stallman
Lackawanna
Cost per pupil rises in New Jersey 1905 to 1912
Dr. Kendall notes New Jersey's cost per pupil increased from 19.65 in 1905 to 31.68 in 1912 while Pennsylvania gained 8.58 Massachusetts 3.64 and New York 4.07. Yet last year New Jersey spent 31.68 per capita compared with 32.18 in Pennsylvania 38.98 in Massachusetts and 40.53 in New York.
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Kendall
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Ocean Grove Bondage Bill Faces Senate Review
After Ocean Grove borough bill passage in the House Speaker Taylor voiced uncertainty about Senate sentiment but expected approval once Senate understanding is complete. For years Ocean Grove residents have pressed for the right to manage their legal affairs as other municipalities do.
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Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove Borough
House
Taylor
Senate
Statewide Jersey items reflect business, crime, and public notices
Real estate transactions indicate business awakening. churches fund worthy objects. John Rutherford of Philadelphia elected keeper of Cape May Almshouse. James Boyle moves to Wheeling as meat inspector. A Thora fare firehouse engine. Bryan to speak at Trenton Chamber event. Elizabeth spine injury. High Bridge bank reopens after cashier confession. Gloucester baby Mary Neild dies heart disease. Asbury Park district court bill stirs debate. Robbery at Trenton synagogue. Swayze urges grand jury to curb loan sharks. Jersey City injury at railroad yards. Ocean City trolley petition. Sewell pupils tour Woodbury piano works. Bayonne extortion case. porcelain strikers attend divine services. Groundhog sees shadow. farmers plow ahead. Bayonne rooster case awards ten dollars. Rahway board votes leaders Jardine and Gorekelly. Montauk Theatre hosts suffrage advocates.
Gambler Testifies on Police Graft Before Curran Committee
James Purcell, a gambler with 17 years in New York, testifies on police graft, naming wardmen captains inspectors and patrolmen who paid protection money. He says total graft payments reached 50 000 dollars, with weekly sums and bribes to officials including Captain Cray and Inspector Sweeney, amid broader corruption ties.
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New York
Curran
Aldermanic Committee
James ‘Purcell
Gamphler
Purcell
William McLaughlin
Cornelius Hayes
Harley
Dick Walsh
Thomas
Delaney
Marteens
Maude
Gannon
Naughton
Cochrane
Burns
Patrick F. Cray
Charles F. Murphy
L Nathaniel Shire
Bernard Kelliher
Dan Costigan
Charles Becker
White
William Eggers
McAdoo
Cliff
Bugher
Michael F. Cruse
John F. Murphy
P. F. Cray
Butch” Lewis
Thomas Woods
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Smiling Dick Walsh
Sweeney
Waldo
Thomas W. Walsh
Whitman
Justice Goff
John Doe
Fox
Lipp
John J. Hartigan
Sweenes
Pujo Inquiry Ends For William Rockefeller After Brief Hearing
William Rockefeller testified privately in the Pujo Money Trust inquiry in Brunswick Georgia but collapsed from coughing and trembling. After just four questions, a physician warned the ordeal must stop or risk his sudden death. The committee halted proceedings, revealing limits of congressional power.
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Brunswick
William Rockefeller
Pujo Money Trust
National House of Representatives
Pujo
Samuel Untermyer
Blizzard Hits Upstate New York Trains Delayed Four Feet Deep
Northern New York endures a heavy blizzard with Pulaski snow four feet deep. A local train arriving at 9 30 is four hours late. two snow plows were deployed for relief. Other trains were abandoned en route. New York Central powers snow fighting equipment in service.
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Pulaski
Richmond
Watertown
N. Y
New York
Richland
The
New York Central
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Cardinal Nagl
Vienna
Foo-Chow
China
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Brighton
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Alfonso
America
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Manitoba
Bradley Martin
London
Sukuoka
Japan
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Hamburg
Canada
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Austria
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Gov. Wilson
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Militia
Assemblyman Beekman
Assemblyman
Bredenbeck
Hudson
Henry C. Rowe
Oyster Growers and Dealers’ Association of North America
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Rowe
Somerset County
Raritan—river
W. W. Smalley
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Raritan River
Jersey
John Rutherford
Philadelphia
James Boyle
Ocean City
Wheeling
W. Va
Thorofare
William Jennings Bryan
Trenton Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
John Vitus
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
High Bridge
First National Bank
Abram L. Beavers
Mary Neild
Somerset Street
Gloucester
Saunders
Leon R Taylor
Asbury Park
Long Branch Board of Trade
East Monmouth League
Brothers of Truth
Supreme Court
Francis J. Swayze
Hudson County Grand Jury
John Bogus
Jersey City
Gates Avenue
City
Headley
Progressive League and
Business Men’s Association
Sewell Grammar School
Elizabeth Weatherby
Woodbury
Frank Cullido
Frank Teredo
Bayonne
City Hospital
Oakland Avenue
Callico
Teredo
Luke B. Travers
Otto Weckesser
John
Helen Goldweber
Rahway Board of Education
Henry H. Jardine
H. E. Gorekelly
Gustav A. Vett
Ike F. Bartlett
George BE. Cladek
Philip Hoffman
Montauk Theatre
Forbes-Robertson Hale
Gambler
James Purcell
Blizzard
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