Militia Declares Martial Law in Lawrence Strike
In Lawrence Massachusetts mill district 30 000 workers idle after a wage and hours dispute. Col B L Sweetser leads militia including field battery to disperse rioters as police clash with strikers at Woodworsted Prospect woolen Washington Pacific mills. Dozens injured. arrests made. riot act read. bayonet charge ends unrest.
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Lawrence
Mass
B. L. Sweetser
Wood
Prospect Woolen
Washington Mills
Pacific Cotton Mills
Washington Mill
Randlett
Supreme Court Validates 1908 Employer Liability Law
The U S Supreme Court ruled the 1908 employers liability act constitutional and enforceable by state courts where allowed by local law. Justice Vandevanter led a unanimous decision backing Congress power to regulate interstate railroads and eliminate the fellow servant rule in employee injuries.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Justice Vandevanter
Missing Heiress Violet Huehler Found as Servant
Violet Huehler the heiress who vanished from Chicago last November was found working as a servant in an East Side tenement. Her mother and foster mother both planned to come to New York to claim her. Violet shrugged off questions and spoke of her love for waiter John Clune saying he loves her and nothing else matters. In children's court Justice Olmstead questioned why she ran away. she replied she wanted to see what life was.
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New York
Violet Huehler
Chicago
Enat
Violet
John Clune
Jack
Chilren's
Olmstead
Steamer Nelie Johnson Sinks in Lake Anguille
The steamer Nelie Johnson, traveling from Mariana to Helena, struck heavy ice in Lake Anguille and sank in 25 feet of water. Two passengers drowned while fourteen were rescued and badly frozen.
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Little Flock
Ark
Nelie Johnson
Mariana
Helena
Lake Anguille
Martian Canal Titan Reported Doubling Since Six Years
Observations from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona indicate that the Martian canal Titan has doubled in apparent size since the last published report six years ago. The finding suggests notable changes on the red planet observed through telescope.
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Nars
Ariz
Lowel
Italian Navy Demolishes Turkish Gunboats in Red Sea Fight
In the Turco Italian conflict the Italian cruiser squadron sunk seven Turkish gunboats and an armed yacht after a sharp clash. Italian fire proved decisive as Turkish gunners offered weak reply. many Turkish sailors perished, with some rescued by Italian ships. The Turkish yacht Fauvette survived.
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Rome
Red Sea
Dr Harry E Webster pleads guilty to murder
In Oregon, Dr Harry E Webster pleaded guilty to murder at arraignment on the first anniversary of his marriage to Bessie Kent Webster. He will be sentenced January 22. Webster withdrew a prior not guilty plea and said the plea was his own free will.
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Oregon
Harry E. Webster
Bessie Kent Webster
John £. Erwin
Webster
Richard
Farrand
Lorimer Reveals Browne Loan To Defend Himself
Senator William Lorimer testified before the senatorial investigating committee that he lent about $10,000 to Lee O N Browne to defend Browne in bribery trials. Lorimer said the attack aimed at him personally, not Browne, and he did not take notes or security for the loan.
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Washington, D. C
Lee O'Neil Browne
Browne
William Lorimer
Lorimer
Senate
Wiley's Work Commended for Strict Pure Food Enforcement
Washington reports Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief government chemist, exonerated in a department of agriculture review. The findings commend his work, urge stronger enforcement of the pure food act, and propose a separate bureau under Wiley reporting to President Taft rather than Secretary Wilson.
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Washington
Harvey WW. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On
Doctor Wiley
Taft
Wilson
Neeley Wins Seventh Kansas Seat By Narrow Plurality
Democrat Chorge A Neeley was elected to the US House from Kansas Seventh by about 1600 votes to succeed the late Republican Edmond H Mundison. Madison had previously defeated Neeley in 1910 by six thousand votes.
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G. A. Neely
E. H. Madison
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kan
Chorge
A. Neeley
United States Congress
Edmond H. Mundison
Madison
Mr. Neeley
100 Fishermen Vanished Off Ice Near Ganjusee Jay
A stiff gate broke up an ice floe in the Caspian Sea near Ganjusee Jay flooding the area with 100 fishermen. It is believed the men were washed from the ice and drowned.
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Autrakhan
Russia
Caaplan
Ganjusee Jay
Mississippi River Ice Crossing Sets Historic Pace
Davenport residents report the Mississippi River frozen solid during a long cold spell allowing the first automobile crossing of the ice in history. Authorities note the river is now closed by unusually heavy ice after years of milder winters.
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Mississippi
Davenport
Postmaster General Pushes Government Acquisition of Telegraphs
Hitchcock proposes merging telegraph lines into the postal system to cut costs and lower rates. He cites past government operation and urges Congress to enact taking over existing lines under statute 6267. The plan would extend telegraph service to underserved towns and unify mail and telegraph delivery.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
United States
Imperial Princes Advise Retiring to Jehol Amid Revolt
Manchu princes meet to urge the throne to retire to Jehol near Peking as revolutionaries gain. Hankow forces march to Ho Nan to crush a rival column and recapture towns. Lanchow troops accused of brutal acts, including the alleged skinning of a republican officer and assault on a Red Cross nurse.
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Peking
Jehol
Hankow
Ho Nan
Chi-Li
Lanchow
Carnegie testimony reveals Knox urged for cabinet post in 1910
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Stanley committee that he urged President McKinley to appoint Philander C. Knox as secretary of state in 1910. He said Knox had served as counsel for Carnegie Steel since 1890 and denied knowledge of unlawful government policy in price fixing. He asserted U S Steel dominated the steel industry and noted price fixing across corporations.
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Weekington
McKinley
Philander C. Knox
Andrew Carnegie
Stanley
McGillicuddy
Maine
Knox
Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Hibben Elected President of Princeton University
Princeton trustees elected Prof. John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University at the winter meeting. The university had been without a president since Governor Wilson resigned in October 1910. Hibben has long been a popular lecturer and cherished by students.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
John Grier Hibben
Wilson
State of
New Jersey
Hibben
Train crash kills six at Linden Avenue crossing
Six people died when a carriage carrying servants from the Biddle and Massey households was struck by a Chicago to New York flyer on the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Linden avenue grade crossing in Torrenchuld, two miles from Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Biddle
Massey
Church
Chicago
New York
Linden Avenue
Torrenchuld
Causes Given For Denise Two Hundred And Twenty Two Was By Accident
State health board releases 1911 vital statistics noting 11 499 deaths and 26 919 births in the year. Deaths by accident 222 and by railroads 101. diphtheria 67 and measles 63. firearms 48. drowning 42. Marriages 11 556. divorces 1 714 led by cruelty 732 and desertion 465. Infantile diseases top death causes with pneumonia 1 298 and heart disease 1 110.
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State Board of Health
Bank cashiers plead not guilty in embezzlement case
Albert D. Welpton and Lawrence H. Daft, cashier and assistant cashier of the Greenwood bank, appeared before Judge Munger in federal court and pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and falsifying the books. Their cases were postponed until the May term.
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Albert D. Welpton
Lawrence H. Daft
Greenwood Bank
Munger
Lincoln Bryan Club Plans Larger Birthday Feed
At the annual meeting the Lincoln Bryan club decided to give William J. Bryan a bigger and better birthday feed than before. The club has about 2,000 members, with twenty-five in attendance.
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William J. Bryan
Lincoln Bryan Club
Appointment of Lancaster County Republican Food Commissioner
Nels P. Hansen in Lancaster appointed as food commissioner with duties to begin immediately. Tnte Wy. T. Jackson and Br. Thinson named to assume office in the interim and take on responsibilities at once.
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Nels P. Hansen
Lancaster County Republican Committee
Atnte Food
Implince
Gasoline Below Standard Prohibited in State
The inspector learned gasoline below the 62 gravity test for sale and use is banned when brought into the state for any purpose. A review in the attorney general's office confirms the prohibition applies to all such imports by law.
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Informarcy General's Office
Rockefeller Jr Ends Campaign Against Waste Slavery
John D Rockefeller Jr will this week sever his connection with the waste slavery campaign, in which he has been actively engaged for two years. He plans to turn his attention to another form of public service.
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John D., Jr
New York
John D Rockefeller, Jr
King May Visit U S After Continent Tour
Rumor in court circles says the king and queen may visit the United States after their post coronation continental tour.
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U. 8
United States
Fifty Hurt in Derailment Near Carey Ohio
Word over a derailment on the Me Four train No. 1 from Detroit to Cincinnati left fifty passengers injured four miles south of Carey Ohio. Two cars left the track and plunged into a ditch after spreading ratio.
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Toledo
Detroit
Cincinnati
Carey
Insurance Chief Dies After Aortic Shock in Hartford
Hartford health reports the death of John Williams Goriultton Coffran, VP of a major Hartford insurer and noted fire underwriter, due to an apoplectic shock at his home. The death is recorded in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
John Williams Goriultton Coffran
The
Hartford Insurance Company
United States
Twenty Seven Skaters Drown on German Ice Fell Through
A section of ice on the Kime river collapsed under skaters near Jornden Germany. Twenty seven people drowned and several others are reported missing. Local authorities fear a higher death toll as crews search the river.
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Jornden
Germany
Kime
Relocation Plan Sparks County Dispute Over Inmates
Publico Lands and Buildings proposed moving harmless patients from the Lincoln asylum back to Douglas County to ease congestion. Douglas County objected, saying they lack facilities. The board tried to return the patients citing unpaid clothing costs, but new law appears to prohibit such changes.
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Board of Publico Lands and Buildings
Lincoln Faylum
Douglas County
Beard
Such & Chanes
Merger of Lincoln and Bell Telephone Firms Approved
The Nebraska State Railway Commission approved the merger of Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph and Nebraska Bell. Lincoln pays 2 205 750 dollars in 6 percent non voting preferred stock to Bell for its South Platte territory holdings and agrees to acquire independent plants. North bank of the Platte area and several exchanges transfer to Lincoln.
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Lincoln’ Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Independent Telephone Company
Hell Companies
South Platte Country
Nebraska Bell Telephone Company
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
South Platte
Webster
Adams County
Lincoln Company
Bell
Lincoln Concern
State Railway Commission
The
Hell
Richardson
Nemaha
Cass
Otoc
Saunders
Pawnee
Johnson
Lancaster
Gage
Jefferson
Thayer Nucholls
Clay
Hamilton
York
Polk
Butler
Seward
Saline
Fillmore
Adams
Toll
Plattsmouth Telephone Company
Nebraska City Telephone Company
Goldenrod Telephone Company
Butler County Telephone Company
Dell
Supreme Court
Fremont
Grand Island
Howard County
Governor Aldrich names delegates to national child labor meeting
Governor Aldrich appointed delegates to attend the National Child Labor convention in Louisville Kentucky on January 26. Named are Bishop A L Williams Mrs Frank L Haller Omaha Mrs B F M Stone braker Judge Lincoln Frost Lincoln and Bishop George A Beecher Kearney.
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Aldrich
Louisville, Ky
A. L. Williams
Frank L. Haller
Omaha
Mra BF
Holiday greeting from deputy state superintendent to teachers
Robert Millett, deputy state superintendent of public instruction, sends a holiday greeting to teachers in accredited high schools and urges them to take advantage of every opportunity to better equip themselves for the work.
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Robert Millett
Former officers face prosecution over insurance transfer
Former officers of Union Fire Insurance who angered the state auditor during the transfer of business to Woodmen Fire Insurance will be prosecuted in due course.
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Union Fire Insurance Company
Woodmen Fire Insurance Company
State Board Miffed Over Lincoln Water Inquiry
The State Board of Health interrogated Lincoln officials over delays and ignored reports in the epidemic inquiry linked to contaminated city well water. The board seeks explanations for the neglect and slow reporting to its office.
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State Board of Iealth
Lincoln
Memorial association forms with Nebraska Historians elect leaders
The Nebraska Memorial association an auxiliary to the State Historical society completed its organization electing John L Webster of Omaha president Robert Harvey of St Paul vice president and Clarence Paine of Lincoln secretary treasurer
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Nebraska Memorial Association
State Historical Society
John L. Webster
Omaha
Robert Harvey
St. Paul
Clarence §. Paine
Linvala
Printing contract holder Soo Tin Sedgwick promises journals soon
Soo Tin Sedgwick of York, the contractor for printing and binding the senate journals, informed the secretary of state that some copies will be ready in a few days.
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Senate
Soo Tin Sedgwick
York
Secretary of State
State Historical Society Elects Officers
The State Historical Society elected officers: John L. Webater president, Robert Harvey of St. Paul vice president, C. Bassett of Gibbon second vice president, C. S. Paine of Lincoln secretary, and L. Gelshardt treasurer.
Factory Grounds Boost Employee Morale in Pennsylvania
In a large Pennsylvania town a factory owner landscaped the grounds and built an office and a recreation room with chairs magazines and newspapers. He says prosperity and loyalty fuel growth and cites other plants that invest in worker comfort to reduce strikes and idle time.
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Pennsylvania
Hhs
ADD BEAUTY TO THE STREET PARKWAY PLANTING IDEAS
The article argues for informal planting along wide parkways to create park like effects beside streets. It suggests street trees and shrubbery at varying distances with curved walks to enhance beauty and variety while remaining useful for hurried pedestrians. It cites Chicago as an example and notes the main drawback is slow returns for speculative real estate boomers.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Park Development Seeks City Wide Green Spaces
The City Parks Association advances a vision of a greater park system within twenty miles of Philadelphia. Public-spirited citizens support a checkerboard of green spaces, with parkways and wooded ravines transforming the urban landscape into a more livable city.
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Philadelphia
City Parks Association
Philadelphia Press
The Poet’s Mission and a Wives’ Question
The wife questions poetry’s value while the poet defends his craft. He argues posterity will quote his lines, amplifying the idea that oratory often borrows from poets long dead without credit, and asks whether this will keep oratory alive or erase it as an art.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Wiley
Agricultural Department
U. S
Postmaster General
M'Kinley
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Woodrow Wilson
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Health Board
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New Food Commissioner
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