World Events Summary of 1912 and Early 1910s Turmoil
Washington AG Wickersham reaches agreement to dissolve Harriman merger. US revenue cutters save thousands in 1912 storms. Reclamation service scrutiny prompts $25,000 inquiry. Webb bill bans liquor shipments to dry states. Census Director Durand backs mail carriers for data. Wall street prosecutions and Central American rebellions ripple through government. Taft mulls Alaska rail routes under possible government ownership. Inaugural plans set for Taft and Sharman successors. Wilson to take oath. Navy, coast guard, and foreign events unfold as crises grip Central America and Europe.
Notable Society Figures Attend Weddings and Gifts Highlight Missouri Pacific
Personal bearing gifts from 600 Missouri Pacific station agents cataloged in a book. Miss Helen Donahey traveled from Pittsburg to present items to Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard. The president with Misa Taft and Major Rhoades attended the wedding of Misa Jean Oliver and Lt. Edward McCauley Jr. at St John’s church Washington. Ethel Belmont seeks separation from Raymond Belmont after eight days of marriage and a $60 settlement. Eleanor Douglas Wise marries in Baltimore Cathedral with Cardinal Gibbons officiating. New York hosts a $600,000 YWCA building funded by Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard. Senate IC experts from John R. Commons and Edward W. Berns assist in Adamson La Follette railroad valuation hearing. James Thomas dies in Monett at 106, surviving 4 of 11 children after 66 years of marriage.
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Missouri Pacific System
Helen Donahey
Pittsburg
Kan
Helen Gould Shepard
Misa Taft
Major Rhoades
Misa Jean Oliver
George T. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Lieut
Edward McCauley, Jr
St John’s Church
Washington
John R. Commons
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Edward W. Berns
Chicago
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Tragic End For Scott Antarctic Expedition
London reports Capt Robert Falcon Scott and four companions died in a blizzard on the return from the south pole. The Terra Nova reached Christchurch with remains. King George mourns, and Mrs Scott faces bereavement as 52 aboard prepared for the perilous voyage.
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London
Robert Falcon Scott
South Pola
Pola
Seaman Lyans
Captain Oates
Captain Scott
Bowers
Dr. Wilson
Antarctic
Christchurch
New Zealand
Eyana
Robert. Falcon Scott
Royal Navy
8. A. Wilson
HL. B. Bowers
Royal Indian Marine
Commissariat
H.C. Oates
Inmekillen Dragoons
Edgar Hvang
John Franklin
England
Royal Geographical Society
King George
Lord Curzon of
Kecheston
The
Geographical Society
Society
Scott
Wilson
Cape Vans
Oates
Seaman Edgar Evans
Thase Gallant
E.R. G. Evans
Henry-on-Thames
Pedition
Explorer
Congress Debates Liquor Bill and Inaugural Day Reforms
The senate passed the Kenyon-Shep herd liquor bill after lengthy constitutional arguments by Pomereno Sutherland and Root. House approves Hardwick bill barring interracial marriage in DC with Ethiopians Malays and Mongolians. Hamill seeks Mexico City envoy to protect Americans. Speaker Clark cites absenteeism and introduces Missouri bridge plan. Agriculture and DC license enforcement topics surface amid archbold letters revealed by Blumeling.
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Washington
Senate
Pomereno
Sutherland
Root
Warren
Wyoming
Robinson
Arkansas
Hardwick
District of Columbia
Ilnais
Hamill
New Jersey
Secretary of State
Mexico City
Clark
Missouri
St. Charles County
Carey
Wisconsin
Six Die in Tokyo Riots as Premier Is Targeted
In Tokyo on February 11 six people were killed and 65 seriously injured amid political riots. Prime Minister Prince Katsura was stoned, calls for his resignation grew. Rioters attacked bureaucratic newspapers, ministers’ homes, and police stations. troops patrolled streets and guards protected newspaper offices with bayonets ready. Martial law threatened if violence continued.
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Tokyo
Japan
Prince Katsura
Imperial Household
McManigal Testifies in Darrow Case Under Coercion
Ortle E McManigal the self confessed dynamiter testified that earlier corrupt pressure sought to force him to repudiate his Indianapolis dynamiting confession and testify for the labor men His wife and uncle George Behm allegedly pressed him in the county jail with proposals from Darrow to cooperate or mislead the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Ortle E. McManigal
Indianapolis
Darrow
McNamara
Isbor
George Behm
Meteoric Showers Over Western New York Brighten Night
Buffalo witnesses report exceptionally brilliant meteor showers rising from the northeast and streaking across the sky to the southeast. The display included several valleys and was accompanied by the aurora borealis lighting western New York skies.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Battle Looms as Diaz Rebels Fortify Mexico City Arsenal
In Mexico City on February 11, Col Diaz holds the arsenal with 3,000 federal troops massed at the national palace. Diaz pledges to defend the government, while Madero rejects resignation and foreign envoys push peace efforts. Reports say Juarez fears unrest and a rebel detachment nears the border as the Diaz uprising broadens.
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Felix Diaz
Mexico City
General Diaz
Bernado Reyes
National
General Reyes
National Palace
Madero
Diaz
Palaea
Cologan
Geneveve de Lao
Tlalpam
Blanquet
Puebla
Chihuahua
Belem
Vera Sraz
Tme
Zapatistas
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Orozco
Salazar
Revolutionista
Japan
Mexico
Americana
New York
Mex
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Mazatlan
Acapulco
Central America
Alg
United States
Fuller’s Earth Described as a Rare Filtering Rock
Fuller's earth is a rare soft friable rock named for its use in fulling wool. Its value rests on texture and absorbent properties rather than composition. It was widely produced in the United States in the early 1890s.
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United States
Limitationa Is Your Wife a Suffragette
A brief dialogue recalls a husband Mr Meekton discussing his wife’s view on women's suffrage. He says she supports the ballot to a degree but believes many women do not deserve it. The exchange highlights contemporary debates on suffrage and eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Meekton
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Wickersham
Union Pacific
Southern
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Reclamation Service
House
Committee On Interior Department
Webb
United States Census
Durand
Go Ff
Hever
Nolo
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Bacrat
Navy Department
State Department
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Beaupre
Cuba
Havana
Taft
Congress
Commission
Alaska
Sharman
Capitol
Pulliam
Albert L. Mills
Militia
United States Army
Monarch
Tehwia Lake
Mississippi
St. Louis
P. J. Morrin
Miller
Indianapola
United States Steel Corporation
Allen von Behren
Dyonsville
Ind
Houston
Sherif
River Rucker
Rucker
Emory R. Johnson
Department of Transportation
Ani
Detroit
United States Navy
Turkey
Waldo
Thomas W. Walsh
Walsh
Dennis Sweeney
Whitman
James F. Thompson
James Hussey
Frederick C. Beach
Aiken
3. C
Samuel W. Araujo
Salvador
Dumberton
Scotland
Stanley
H. Moser
Aurora
Minnesota
St. Paul
James Bryce
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Hague
Bradley Martin
Tondon
Chesterfield Gardena
Ethel Lorraine Belmont
Raymond Belmont
August Belmont
New York State Supreme Court
Eleanor Douglas Wise
Baltimore
Dua de Richelieu
Cardinal Gibbons
National Board of the
Young Women's Christian Association
Lexington Avenue
Mis
James Thomas
Monett
South Pole
Congressional
M’manigal
Dean
Karomain
Foster-Milburn CO
New
Carter
FRS
Fuller’s Earth
Teddy
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Batile Creek, Mich
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