Income Tax Suit Dusted By Judge
Federal judge in Chicago halted the case of Miss Mia Wolfe challenging the income tax law. Judge Landis ruled the matter lacks federal jurisdiction in the district court, signaling an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Attorneys indicated goals to hasten a final decision.
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Tate
United States Supreme Court
Mies de Wolfe
Landis
Wolfe
United States
Miss Tre Wolte
Tian der
Betty
Matey
Levy Mayer
Werth
Execution halted for Ada Williams murder case in London
The jury of women in London considered a stay of execution for Ada Annie Williams who was to be executed for Sob’s murder, arguing she was about to become a mother. The plea was rejected and the execution proceeded after the child's birth.
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Denice
London
Wre
Ada Annie Wiliams
Mshrebelledbary Mega
Militia crisis looms as Milwaukee public schools eyed
Milanese report states Mrs Young may end Milwaukee public schools new superintendent aims to present a recommendation to the board after a special committee meeting. Other items note Harvard Orator finalists, indictments for murder, and a major fire in Trey New York with losses around 200000 dollars.
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Kila Place
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mra. Young
Harvard Cisen
Harvard Cisen Orator. Camteidgr, Mase. Dec. 13—the Farverd Peniers
Necro
Sierander L Jackson
Engelwood, M
President declines to read suffrage message to Congress
Washington on Monday the president told a National American Woman's Suffrage association delegation he favored a standing woman suffrage committee in the House but refused to read a special message urging reform. He said he cannot present private views as an official and must speak only for the entity he represents.
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Washington
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
House of Representatives
Congress
Anns Howard Shaw
Association
House
Notable Early American Figures and Global Briefs
Miss Phoebe Cousins the first woman lawyer and deputy U.S. marshal died in St Louis at seventy three. Reports say Longwood house in St Helena in need of repairs with funding measures under consideration. Baker bill would grant San Francisco water and power rights in Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy valley. Emmeline Pankhurst travels to Paris for a week with her daughter. Japanese naval program calls for three more battle cruisers, with one underway. Malmin of Chicago likely to be appointed consul at Christiania. Cadillac adopts commission form of government after election. Lt Col David Gaillard buried in Arlington. Submarines move toward Panama Canal defense. Navy population surpasses 50,000 for first time since Civil War. Texas floods claim many lives near Brazos and Trinity rivers.
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Paris
France
Longwood House
St. Helena
Napoleon
Foreign Office
House
Washington
Baker
San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy
Towlumne
Yosemite National Park
Senate
Baturdey
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Minister of Marine
Washington lobby report finds abuses by Mulhall and Emery
The house lobby investigation report condemns Mulhall and Emery for indecent efforts to influence legislation. It notes that McDermott acted with grave impropriety and that the National Association of Manufacturers sought to curb anti injunctions. Minor ties to pawnbrokers are reviewed.
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Washington
Lobby
House
Macdonald
Michigan
McDermott
National Association of Manufacturers
Wilson
House Lobby Investigation Committee
Martin M. Mulhall
Bartholdt
Missouri
Calder
New York
Sherley
Kentucky
Webb
North Carolina
Fairchild
American Federation of Labor
Mulhall
James A. Emery
National Council For Industrial Defense
National Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
James “D. McDermott
Dinos
Emery
Mqnor
Hugh F. Harvey
Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Thaw Case to High Court and Bail Review
Concord’s judge ruled the mental condition of Hary K Thaw must be determined in federal courts and an appeal to the Supreme Court would be sought immediately. In Pontiac Illinois Judge W C Graves was named superintendent of the simple state re vere. In Washington the Adam Jon bill favors paying Mrs Katherine Jaillard widow of Lieut Col David Gaillard $16 000 for aiding the Panama Canal project.
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Concord
N. H
Edgar Aldrich
Hary K. Thaw
Supreme Court of the
Ims
Hogan
Youngstown
Niles and Warren
Cox
State Industrial Commission
Charles Filius
Warren
Bomb plots dominate confession from dynamiter Davis
George H. Davis testified before a federal grand jury in Indianapolis detailing dynamite outrages. He claims he was hired to blow up bridges and structures built by non union labor, with dates and locations of attacks. Additional items include a U S ownership bill for long distance lines and baseball league leadership change.
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New York
George H. Davis
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers' Association
Davis
U. S
Washington
Representative Moon
Tennessee
House Committee On Post Offices
Huerta Still In Office Until July 1914 Vote Expected
Rebels attack Tampico for hours as U S forces and ships mobilize. Congress nullifies October election, confirms Huerta provisional rule until July 1914 and calls new elections for a federal congress. Rebels seize another gunboat and withdraw with dynamite. Carranza defends execution of Ville and rebuts calls to spare federal officers.
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Huerta
Vera Cruz
Tampico
General Mass
John Lind
Michigan
Fletcher
Congress
Candido Aguilar
Turpam
Phoeniz
Ariz
Venustisno Carranza
Francisco Ville
Juarez
Hunt
Arizona
The
United States
William Deering Dies at Cocoanut Grove at 88
William Deering, head of the harvester trust, died at his Cocoanut Grove country home near Miami after months of illness. He was 88, born April 26, 1826, in South Paris, Missouri, to a Puritan family dating to 1634. He married Abby Barbour in 1849. she died in 1850, leaving one child, Charlee Deering.
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Miami
Fig
William Deering
Harvester Trust
Cocoanut Grove
Mr. Deering
South Paris
Abby Barbour
Charlee Deering
Prohibition Delegates Storm Congress for Nationwide Ban
About a thousand delegates from the National WCTU and Anti-Saloon League march on the Capitol demanding a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition. Senator Shepherd of Texas accepts the honor of introducing the bill in both houses, urging action to protect homes and children from the liquor trade.
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Washington
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ant-Saloon League
God
Congress
Mra. L
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Wiehits
Kan
Mary H Armur
Atlanta
Ella Boole
New York
Capital
Burley S. Baker
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League of America
Daker
Shepherd
Texas
Hobson
Patterson
Tennessee
L. M. N. Stevens
Portland
Ohio News Briefs Reflect Civil Service Law Debates
A compilation recalls concerns over civil service protections and appointing power in Ohio. It notes elections, audits, and disputes on dismissal procedures, plus a trend toward limited job security while emphasizing the governor’s push for reforms and public service policing.
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Elihu Root
At Christiana Norway the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Senator Elihu Root of New York for his work in pacifying the Philippines and Cuba and for assisting in the handling of the American Japanese dispute. The committee praised his international aims and statesmanship.
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Christiania
Norway
Elihu Root
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Brusels
Bellum
Permanent International Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Root
Philippines
Cuba
Ritchie Murphy Fight Off by Rain in San Francisco
Promoter Coffroth declared the Ritchie Murphy bout off due to rain. It remains unclear when the fighters will be brought together. Also reported: Joe Mandot beat Patsy Drouillard in Detroit to reassert title contendership.
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San Francisco
Coffroth
Ritchie- Murphy
Detroit
Mich
Joe Mandot
Patsy Drouillard
Woman Receives Threat Note and Exonerations Reported
Columbus officials exonerated three members of the Cincinnati Civil Service Commission of charges of favoritism and discrimination after an investigation by Judge Frederick Spiegel. A threat letter to Mrs Mary Lynch was turned over to postal inspectors. Other items note the death of former Ohio Supreme Court Justice William T Spear at 78, cremation in Cincinnati, and multiple local incidents across Ohio.
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Gov. Cox
Ohio
Cox
Cleveand
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Attorney General's Department
Iran
Police
Civil Service Commission
William T. Spear
Ohio Supreme Court
First Congregation Church
Wellington Gladden
Supremée Court
Lins
Mary Lynch
Ciscle and Civil Service Commission
Frederick
Spiegel
Repubtican
State Civil Service Board
Selcon
Lancaster
Carroll
Thin County
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Trey
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Mensen Street
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Phoebe ‘Cousins
Malmin
J. L. Malmin
Uruguay
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Cadillac
David Gaillard
Arlington Cemetery
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Navy Department
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Navy
Bryan
Tex
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National Organization
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Pontiac, II
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Toner
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Thomas J., Lynch
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Packey
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Colo
Roy Montgomery
Gillette
Wyo
Kahn
Bucharest
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Costeston Saturn Opera Company
Mexican Congress
Shepard
Honer
D. A. Donovan
State Fire Marshal
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P. L. Andrews
Fox
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L. E. Andrews
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Toledo
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Buckeye
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State Board of Administration
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State Public Utilities Commission
Percy Tetlow
Columbiana
Ohio Mine Workers” Organization
William Green
Coshocton
Nations Organization of the Miners
European Fund
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Geneva
Henri Simon
Ceneral Hospital
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Trenton
N. J
Louis Kuehnle
Atlantic City
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Morverand
Bomielde
Spear Erosses
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Delbert McBride
Allen County
Board of Visitors
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Palatka
Florida
Julius C. Mayer
Ing
Weorman
Ada Engel
Stanley Nowsk
Consolidated Manufacturing Co
Hunter
Marietta
Zelda Holland
Decatur Township
Alliance
William F. Galtresth
Mia Seretain
Pittsburgh
Max Ruby
Mliing Sult
Common Pleas Court
Ruby
Hin Ming
Delaware
Frank Piatt
Marion
Tmeelien
Charles Haberman
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Pratt
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