Government Wire Ownership Debate Grows in Congress
Attorney General McReynolds opposes government ownership while a House resolution aims to vest telegraph and telephone services in the United States. The plan envisions post office control, annual payments to private owners, and licensing of existing lines with a federal funding approach.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
House
Post Office Committee
United States
Lewis
Maryland
Moon
U. S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Treasury
Post Office Department
McReynolds
Senator Stephenson Denies Debt to Sackett in Suit
Washington dispatch reports Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin filing an answer in district court to a $60,000 claim by Rolmey Sackett of Belin former political lieutenant. Stephenson says services were voluntary and Sackett acted as executive clerk under his appointment during the senate investigation.
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Washington
Stephenson
Wisconsin
District Supreme Court
Rolmey Sackett
Belin
Wis
Senate
Sackett
United States Senate
Currency Bill Passes Senate Amid Federal Reserve Plans
The Senate approved the Owen Glass currency bill 54 to 34 with six Republicans and one Progreg voting for. It creates a nine directing federal reserve structure, designates reserve districts and banks, sets capital requirements, and outlines earnings, franchise tax, and depositor trust allocations. The bill includes federal reserve board powers over discounting, reserves, and bank trustee roles.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
District of Columbia
National Bank Act
Federal Board
Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Menmibura
Federal Reserve
Mrs Albert T Patrick Dies of Cancer in Tulsa Hospital
Mrs Albert T Patrick widow of the famous prisoner died of cancer in a Tulsa hospital. At her bedside were her husband Mr Patrick and their daughter Miss Lucille Patrick.
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Albert T. Patrick
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Patrick
Mites
Lucille Patrick
Fechteler
A. F. Fechteler
Dynamite Lawyer Commits Suicide in Illinois Train Tragedy
Peoria Iowa December 22 Attorney H I Nowland once counsel for several defendants in the Iron workers dynamite conspiracy killed himself by leaping before a train at Galva Illinois Details note he faced murder and conspiracy cases in connection with dynamite plots.
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Peoria
H. I. Nowland
Thie Clty
Iron Workers
Galva
Labor Unions Storm Colorado Capitol Over Troop Use
From across Colorado labor unionists gathered in Denver and marched on the state Capitol to protest Gov. Ammons policy of using state troops in the coal strike in southern Colorado. Ammons demanded five days to recall troops and dismiss the adjutant general, but refused. In Washington, C E Mahoney of Denver accused Michigan Supreme Court justices of mine stock ownership or bias before a House committee.
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Denver
Colo
Capitol
EB. M. Ammons
Colorado
Ammons
Adjt
John Chase
State Military Department
Washington
C. E. Mahoney
Western Federation of Miners
House Committee On Rules
Supreme Court of Michigan
Condemn Head of School at George Junior Republic
The New York State Board of Charities condemned William R. George founder of the George Junior Republic in Freeville and a director of the national association. It ordered girls removed from the republic and recommended his removal from management.
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W. R. George
New York
William R. George
George Junior Republic
Freeville
National Association of George Junior Republics
State Board of Charities
Junior Republic
Republic
Mr. George
The
Alfred Du Pont Offers Radium Deposits for Cancer Cure
Alfred N. Du Pont vice president of Du Pont Powder Company plans to give the government pitchblende and caronite deposits owned in Gilpin County Colorado to aid radium research with Dr Howard Kelly of Baltimore. Kelly says enough unmined radium exists in the United States to treat all cancer cases in the country.
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Alfred Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Alfred DN. du Pont
du Pont Powder Company
Floward Kelly
Baltimore
du Pont
Gilpin County
Colorado
Mds
Court Upholds Hatters Union Penalty in Danbury Case
The Court of Appeals sustains a 262130 penalty against the hatters unions in the 1909 Danbury boycott. With interest and costs the total stands at 272000. Of 240 original defendants, over 30 are dead and two insane. Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli of Rome, aged 65, is seriously ill. U S Consul Wilder Resigns in Madison. Amos P Wrider resigns as consul general in China due to health. Thomas Simmons named his successor.
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Court of Appeals
Hatters
New York
Danbury
United States Court of Appeals
Orginal
Martinelliie
Rome
Italy
Sebastian Martinelli
United States
Sacred Congregation of Rites
U. S
Wilder
Madison
Wis
Amos P. Wrider
China
Thomas Simmons
Border clash and mutinies amid Mexican civil war reports
In a roundup from Dec 20 to 22, Mexican forces clash along the Presidio river line with American troops, Lula Orozco dies after crossing the border, Zapata narrowly escapes capture near Nenepapa, and Villa proclaims protection for foreigners while expelling Spaniards. Details cite Guaymas capitulation talks and mutinies at Axochlapan.
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Presidio
Tex
International Line
Lula Orozco
Mercado
Orozco
United States
City of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Nenepapa
Mexico
Toluca
Gaudencio de la Llave
Axochlapan
Cuautla
Madero
Aguas Calientes
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Huerta
Hetch Hetchy Bill Signed By President Wilson
President Wilson signed the Hetch Hetchy bill granting a water supply to San Francisco. He said the public needs of the region are served without impairing the public domain. The measure ends San Francisco’s long fight for a water site in Hetch Hetchy valley within Yosemite National Park.
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Wilson
Washington
San Francisco
Tuolumne River
Yosemite National Park
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Punish Agitators Bill Aims at False Money Panic Statements
Representative Church of California introduces a bill making false statements about the U S financial condition an offense. Offenders face a $5000 fine and at least ten years in prison. In other news, Dr B C Hyde to be tried for Colonel Swope murder on January 3 in Kansas City with court assurances of expense coverage.
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Washington
Representative Church
California
United States
New Hyde
Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Colonel Swope
Shabbona Editor Dead by Own Hand
Joseph Nolan editor and owner of the Chieftain in Shabbona Illinois was found hanging in his printing plant by his sixteen year old daughter Blanche Ill health prompted the act reported from Aurora Illinois on December 20.
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Inois
Aurora
Ill
Joseph Nolan
Shabbona
Blanche
Telephone Trust Offers to Dissolve Combine
Washington reports that plans to dissolve the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, known as the telephone trust, were submitted to and accepted by Attorney General McReynolds. The plan requires AT&T to divest from Western Union, maintain independent management, refrain from acquiring new telephone firms, and grant toll access to rivals. Officials say the accord meets federal aims and even strengthens long distance access for other carriers.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Telephone Trust
McReynolds
N. C. Kingsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
United States
Department
Hell Company
Britain Declines Official Panama Expo Representation
Britain decides against official representation at the Panama Pacific exposition. Berlin reports the collapse of a German movement favoring participation and the dissolution of the organizing committee for a collective German exhibit in San Francisco.
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Atlanta
Great Britain
Berlin
San Francisco
Wood to command eastern department after staff chief term
Secretary Garrison announced that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will leave the role of chief of staff next April and be assigned to command the eastern department with headquarters at Governors Island New York. He will succeed Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Barry who moves to the Philippines. No successor named yet.
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Garrison
Barry
Philippines
Washington
Leonard Wood
Staf
Eastern Department
Governor’s Island
New York
Thomas St. Barry
Garrigson
Generaul Wood
Black Damp Mine Disaster Kills 38 in Colorado
An explosion of black damp in the Vulcan mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company near Newcastle Colorado entombed foreman L L Crawford fire boss L Walters and 38 miners. Only two men W J Finley and John Dawson escaped the day shift of forty.
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Newcastle
Colo
Vulcan Aiune
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Here
L. L. Crawford
L. Walters
W. J. Finley
John Dawson
Jack Johnson Beats Jim Johnson in Farcical ten round bout
Paris reports Jack Johnson the Negro boxer outpointed Jim Johnson in a ten round match. Spectators hissed and booed the bout showing clear disapproval of the fight and its conduct.
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Jack Johnson
Paris
Jim Johnson
War of Greenhouse Pests Prepares for Northern Battles
Scientists at the Department of Agriculture plan a large scale biological defense against the Florida fern caterpillar Eriopus floridensis by releasing millions of ichneumon flies. The caterpillar devastates ferns and rose bushes in Ohio Illinois and the District of Columbia, threatening greenhouse operations and plant health. The note details the pest’s Florida origin, distribution, and moth and larva descriptions.
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Washington
Department of Agricuture
North America
Mexico
Florida
Ichneumon
America
Ohio
Illinois
District of
Columba
Fern Caterpillar Threatens Ferns Across Regions
The slender pale greenish caterpillar with normal forelegs was first reported July 10 1907 from Orlando Florida. It feeds at night on ferns and rose stems, damaging greenhouses near Washington DC and numerous regions. Entomologists seek immediate control as no method has proven effective.
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Florida
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Bahamas
Jamaica
Cuba
Haiti
Santa Lucia
St. Vincent
Venezuela
British Guiana
Brazil
Trinidad
Orlando
Fla
Department of Agrulture
District of Columbia
Department
Cbief
Ichneumon Fly Army
Gloomy Weather Triggers Domestic Troubles Surge
Chicago reports 115 warrants issued by women against men in the court of domestic relations during the recent gloomy days, more than double the usual. Court attaches attribute the rise to the bad weather as a cause of increased domestic troubles.
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Chicago
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Margaret Fechteler
Colorado State Capitol
Texas
Hetch Hetchy
Sanford Kirkpatrick
Congress
Internal Revenue
Phone “Trust
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White
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