War Secretary orders second exam for army lieutenants
Secretary of War Stimson ordered a second examination for civilian candidates for appointment as second lieutenant in one army on January 12, 1912. About 150 vacancies were noted. The Interstate Commerce Commission submitted alleged evidence of rebating in immigrant traffic by railroads to Henry A. Wise, U S Attorney, and the Baltimore and Ohio line may be sued.
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Stimson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry A. Wise
United States
Baltimore & Ohio
A. Potter
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Children’s Court
New York
Justice Hoyt
Cape May
General Assembly
Depew Sees No War Between France and Germany
Personal Chauncey M. Depew, just back from Europe, says there will be no war between France and Germany. Mr and Mrs George J Gould celebrated in France their silver wedding anniversary with a cross country trip in a biplane. Rhinebeck residents saw Col Astor and his bride at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah service with the rector and vestry offering congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
Europe
France
Germany
George J. Gould
Rhinebeck
Col. Astor
Giants battle for pennant pace and boxing law shift
The text notes that the Giants have not clinched the National League pennant yet as sharp baseball minds map a win path for McGraw’s squad. Governor Dix says boxing gains force state recognition and hints the Frawley law could be amended if needed. Fielder Jones, ex Chicago Americans manager, is eyed for Northwestern League presidency next year. Harvester the stallion-trotter fails to lower his 2:01 record at the State Fair track Syracuse amid adverse weather and heavy track conditions.
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Giants
McGraw
Dix
Fielder Jones
Chicago Americans
Harvester
Trotte
State Fair Track
Syracuse
Debs Speaks for Mc Namara Aids in Ohio and New York
About 3000 people in Hamilton County Ohio gathered in Cincinnati to hear Eugene V Debs defend John J Mc Namara and James Mc Namara. Other items note a governors conference at Spring Lake New Jersey and political shifts including Loeb for Republican National Committee chair.
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Hamilton County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Eugene V. Debs
John J
James McNamara
Spring Lake
Dixon Taxation
Richmond
Army guns hit moving target at 10000 yards in tests
The 27th Company Coast Artillery at San Francisco fired six times at a moving target at 10000 yards, all six shots hitting. In Cleveland Ohio a collision between a freight and a work train on the Belt Line Railroad killed seven and injured fourteen.
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Coast Artillery
San Francisco
Belt Line
Cleveland
Ohio
Lackawanna Road
Albany
New York City
Clotilde Luisi
Uruguay
Brussels
New York
Chas. Carrara
R. Potter
Chicago
Mixed Global Notes From War Tensions And Finance
Reports from Paris and Berlin say France and Germany near an agreement on Morocco while J P Morgan aids German interests. In Rome cholera stats rise with 1468 new cases and 648 deaths in one week. A Paris raid targets a bucket shop after market fraud losses reach four million francs.
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Montreal Stock Exchange
Morocco
Berlin
Szechuen
China
Peking
Chengtu
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Germany
Rome
Italy
M. Klotz
France
Venustano Garranza
Francisco I. Madero
Geahuils
Huasteca Petroleum Co
Tampico
Mex
E. I. Boheny
Los Angeles
Cal
Assocates
Opera Comique
Atlantic Pacific Transport Co Forms Coast to Coast Steam Line
Articles of incorporation filed in Trenton reveal the Atlantic and Pacific Transportation Co with 15 000 000 authorized capital. Directors must not hold competing rail or import roles and each share grants voting weight, base in Baltimore with seaboard branches, aiming to bid on ocean mail services via the Panama Canal and extend coast to coast routes.
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Trenton
Atlantic& Pacific Transportation Co
Bernard N. Baker
Thomas B. Harrison
James S.whitley
Baltimore
Adrian, H. Boole
Washington, D. C
Henry T. Letts
Jersey City
Panama Canal
Seaboard
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Postmaster-General
New York
Colon
New Orleans
San Francisco
Panama
Seattle
Panama—Canal
Bowler Bowled Over in Divorce Decision
Gee R. Johns proprietor of the Oxford Bowling Academy of Newark notable bowler was refused a divorce by Vice Chancellor Walker in the Court of Chancery. The court set aside the special master's recommendations citing initial suspicion and the unusual step of appointing counsel for the wife.
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Gee R. Johns
Oxford Bowling Academy of
Newark
Walker
Court of Chancery
Coumsel
Dentists in Court as Old Guard Fights Insurgents Over Books
In New Jersey, a court refused to force old guard officers to hand over society books and treasury to insurgents after a disputed convention at Asbury Park. Vice Chancellor Walker said no irreparable loss would result from withholding the records.
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Old Guard
New Jersey Dental Society
Walker
Asbury Park
Unrest Sweeps Across Europe Prompting Alarm
Across Europe unrest spreads from Spain to Norway and Russia. Madrid reports royal protests against a revolutionary plot while Vienna and Budapest face armed camps and rioting. Britain endures strikes as Dublin railways halt, and analysts liken the mood to 1848 amid fears for monarchy and civilization.
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London
Europe
Spain
Royal
Madrid
Alfonso
Vienna
Budapest
Norway
Stolypin
Russia
Portugal
England
London Daily Mail
The
Daily Express
Daily News
Ireland
Lloyds
Laurier elected by acclamation in Quebec East
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier won the Quebec East seat by acclamation after Rene Leduc withdrew. Leduc’s bribery claim was denied. Latourneau sues the Quebec newspaper for 50000 dollars over the story and the promised sensation faded.
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Ottawa
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Quebec East
Clerks of the Crown
Rene Leduc
Sir Wilfred
Leduc
Latourneau
Quebec
Federal government moves to dissolve kindling wood trust
The Sherman act case seeks to break up a New England and Mid Atlantic based trust. The government alleges an unlawful combination and conspiracy controlling half of the region’s kindling wood business and price setting in several cities.
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New York
Kindling Wood Trust
New England
Middle Atlantic
Housewives Boycott Sugar by Cincinnati Co Operative League
Cincinnati wives group votes to stop buying sugar until price reduces. At Mrs J W Elms home nearly 100 members claim price hike funds fines for the Sugar Trust.
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Cincinnati Co-Operative League
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Howewives’ Co-Operative League
J. W. Elms
Elims
Sugar Trust
Old and New World briefs summarize global labor and events
New England farmers broke blue laws to harvest tobacco amid frost fears. German army agents buy horses in Denmark doubling prices. Mount Etna erupts with five new craters threatening Lingua glossa and Bronte. Hai Chi visits New York Harbor for ten days. About 25,000 cotton and woolen mill hands return to work. Fall River curtailment persists. Machinists oppose breaking pacts with railroads. Harriman shopmen strike averted.
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New England
Denmark
Mount Etna
Linguaglossa
Bronte
New York
Fall River
International Association of Machinsts
Harriman Lines
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Republican National Committee
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George H. Earle, Jr
Kansas City
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Meta Immerman
Manhattan Beach
Luke McHenry
New York State Assembly
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Wis
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Little Annie Lemberger
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Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
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Iowa
Court of Errors and Appeals
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Allread
Dayton
Rodney J. Diegle
Ohio Senate
Sadie
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Anthony Bankus
Gary
Ind
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Belgium
Ocean Mails
Tumulty
Felix Tumulty
Hudson County Court House
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William Jennings Bryan
Ocean Grove
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St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
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Board of Education
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Paterson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
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Fritz Reichmann
New York State
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Pullman Company
State Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
Shore Resorts
William Rankin
Williams College
Summit
Rankin
Eben R. Bliss
Valley View Avenue
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William of Germany
St. John First German Lutheran Church
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Saddle River
Public Service Corporation
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Passaic River Bridge
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County Board of Registry
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