Congress Reopens After Christmas Recess as Antitrust Bill Talks Loom
The delegations resume work on the long regular session after recess. The house fast‑tracks supply measures and opening day business while the senate debates the Alaskan government railroad bill. Antitrust experts plan a busy period until laws are written. President Wilson’s address awaits.
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Ceperess
Capitol
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House Judiciary Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilpon
Mother Jones Arrested in Trinidad After Return
Mary Jones the strike leader known as Mother Jones was deported from the southern coal fields January 4 by militia. She returned to Trinidad Colorado Monday morning and was arrested by state troops near a hotel. She was taken to San Rafael hospital and held incommunicado while a crowd of coal miners cheered.
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Colo
Mary Jones
Denver
San Rafael Hospital
Jones
Volcanic Eruptions and Tsunami Hit Kiushin Island
Reports from Kagoshima detail Sakura Jima eruptions sending ash over vessels and causing evacuations. A postal official cites collapsed post office during quakes and tidal waves, with hundreds feared dead or injured as navy and army aid pours in.
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Japanese villages burned by volcanic eruption and earthquakes
A sequence of 850 earthquakes struck Kagoshima at the island's southern Kinshin end on Monday. The eruption of Sakura volcano buried two villages in ashes as rescue efforts across three miles of water from Kagoshima proved extremely difficult.
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First National Conference on Race Betterment Tackles Birth Rate
The closing session centered on Causes of the Declining Birth Rate and Segregation. Dr J McKeen Cattell of Columbia urged selective breeding and state provision to cover bearing and rearing costs to ensure racial survival in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Mich
J. McKeen Cattell
Columbia University
Thaw Trustee Plans Possible Wittsburg Move On Bail
Pittsburg trustee Pat Roger O'Mara for the estate of Harry K. Thaw says no bail plan is set yet but if Thaw is released he would likely come to Wittsburg to pursue business opportunities.
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Pat
Roger O'Mara
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Wittsburg
Californians Win Orient Lawn Tennis Doubles Title
William M. Johnston and Kila Fottrell of California defeated Kumagace and Noware of Japan in three straight sets to win the lawn tennis doubles championship of the Orient on Monday in Manila.
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William M. Johnston
Kila Fottrell
California
Kumagace
Noware
Noted Educator Calvin Woodward Dies at 76
St Louis report states Calvin M Woodward former dean of engineering at Washington University died Monday of paralysis. The educator of national reputation was 76 years old.
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St. Louis
Calvin M. Woodward
Engineering Department
Washington University
Woodward
South Carolina Atty General Peeples Acquitted in Murder Trial
Columbus, D C. Thomas H Pee ples, attorney general of South Carolina, was acquitted of murder here on Monday. He was tried for the killing of Robert Marshall, a negro chef at the Elks home. Witnesses testified the shooting was accidental.
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D. C
Thomas H. Peeples
South Carolina
Robert Marshall
The
Elks’ Home
Washington Senate Debates Alaska Railroad Bill Start
Debate on the Alaska government railroad bill began in the Senate on Monday, signalling a lengthy process likely to span many sessions before final action.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
Policy of Conciliation plan to steer big business under antitrust law
President Wilson discussed with his cabinet his approach to government relation with big business. He aims for peace and conciliation, a constructive program to eliminate legal uncertainty and stimulate legitimate business growth, to be outlined in a joint session message next week.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Agriculture Department Reorganized With Fewer Bureaus
The agriculture appropriation bill contemplates abolishing all thirteen bureaus and replacing them with four or five offices to group allied activities. The House committee on agriculture has nearly completed work on the provision.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Refugees and Rebels Interned Near Fort Bliss After Rio Grande Crossing
About 3,300 fugitive soldiers and 1,400 refugees from Ojinaga under General Villa are to march 67 miles to Marfa Texas. They will be interned at Fort Bliss while Border Patrol guards await War Department disposition. Major McNamee reports 1,207 women civilians and 1,000 army horses and mules.
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Texas
Ojinaga
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Marfa
Fort Bliss
Marta
United States
Border Patrol
War Department
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Masked bandits kill father and son in Salt Lake City store
In a Saturday night raid two masked highwaymen entered John G. Morrison’s grocery in Salt Lake City. Morrison, 17, fired once at the bandits but was killed along with his 14 year old son Merlin after the suspects cried We have got you now. Police suspect revenge motive linked to two prior holdups with Morrison.
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John G. Morrison
Morrison
John Morrison
Merlin Randolph Morrison
Bulgarians Need Help Says Bulgar Legation Official
Michael Gherorghieff, secretary of the Bulgarian legation to Paris, reports from Bulgaria and Thrace that at least 500000 are suffering, with 900000 driven from ancestral lands and over 30000 from Thrace and Macedonia. He cites extreme cold, lack of clothing and shelter, and widespread hunger as the core hardships.
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Bulgaria
Michael Gherorghieff
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Macedonia
Gherorghieff
Montreal Fire Destroys Notre Dame Cathedral Landmark
A blaze in the business district severely damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Montreal. Firefighters halted the fire after causing about $500,000 in losses.
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Notre Dame Cathedral
Diplomats Attend First White House Reception of Wilson Admin
President and Mrs. Wilson hosted diplomats from every foreign nation represented in Washington at the first official White House reception of the administration on Tuesday night.
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Wilson
White House
Count Berchtold rises as key Austrian figure
Count Leopold Berchtold, foreign minister and chancellor of Austria Hungary, has become one of the most popular men in the dual empire due to his leadership.
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Count Berchtold
Austria-Hungary
Salt Lake City Murder Charge In Grocery Store Shooting
Joseph Hill, a musician, was jailed in Salt Lake City on a murder charge after John G. Morrison and his son John Arling Morrison were killed in a grocery store last Saturday night. The wounded boy, 17, died of a wound believed to be inflicted by the same shooter.
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John Arling Morrison
Joseph Hill
John G. Morrison
Salt Lake
Spectacular Career of Billy Sunday Book Hits Press
Rev Billy Sunday resting in Winona Lake after a Johnstown campaign learns that a new biography titled The Spectacular Career of Rev Billy Sunday by T T Franckenberg is off the press. The publisher claims a truthful account of his life.
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Ind
Billy Sunday
Johnstown
T. T. Frankenberg
Netherlands Minister's Wife Entertained in Washington
Mme van Rappard, wife of the new Dutch minister, is being extensively entertained in Washington as part of social greetings and official receptions.
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The
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Washington
New York Egg Dealers Given Fine for False Freshness Claim
The James Van Dyk Company, egg dealers in New York, were fined $500 after pleading guilty to selling cold storage eggs as fresh. It marks the first conviction of this kind in the state.
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New York
James van Dyk
Arrest in Phoenix Uncovers Postal Bank Forgery Ring
One of the first successful swindles of the postal savings bank was exposed with the arrest of Philip Nugent alias Jack D Lynch in Phoenix. Authorities disclose forged savings bank documents used to victimize the system.
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Postal Savings Bank
Philip Nugent
Jack D Lynch
Phoenix
Atiz
Milwaukee educator and author George W Peckham dead
Milwaukee educator and entomology author George W Peckham died at his home after a brief illness at age 68. He was nationally known for his writings on insects and pedagogy.
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Wis
George W. Peckham
Bank Closure Shocks Pensacola Officials Cite Withdrawals
First National Bank of Pensacola failed to open on Thursday as officials said the withdrawal of numerous depositors’ accounts caused the shutdown. The incident occurred in Pensacola Florida and involved the local financial institution.
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Engineer Dies at Throttle in Seattle Train Accident
George S. Perry, engineer of the Olympian fast overland train for Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul, collapsed and died of heart disease while driving at fifty five miles per hour on the Olympian route near Seattle.
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Wash
George S. Perry
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Strikebreaker Shot by Militiamen at Sentry Line
In Walsenburg Colon John German a miner was killed by a militiaman on sentry duty Sunday night after he refused to halt and crossed the sentry line into the military camp.
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Colon
John German
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