Powerful lobby against Bob's bill in life saving rules
Hearings opened in the House maritime committee as Great Lakes ship owners lead protests against the La Follette sea men's labor bill. They challenge stringent life-saving equipment rules for passengers on boats beyond the five mile line while ocean and Pacific interests are to follow.
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Washington
Congress
la Follette “‘Seamen’s
Senate
House Maritime Com
Great Lake
Five Mile Line
Trans- Atlantic and Pacific
Domestic quarrel ends in tragedy in crowded Chicago street
Emanuel Harner fatally shoots his divorced wife Lena Harner and milliner L F Niemann during a Christmas shopping strike, then wounds Lena and dies after shooting himself. A bystander hospitalizes Lena Harner as the crowd hears further reports.
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Chicago
Emanuel Harner
Lena
Harner
L. F. Niemann
Mrs Mathewson Called By Death
Ellen Mathewson mother of A T Mathewson La Crosse county poor farm superintendent died at 8:30 pm at a local hospital. Born in New York she lived in Onalaska thirty years widow of William Loren Mathewson. Surviving: six children A T Lee William N Spokane Washington Mrs George A Moulton Sterling City California Jule Cloquet Minn and Mrs Henry Kendrick West Salem. two sisters and two brothers. Funeral 2 30 Tuesday from T G Aiken Onalaska pastor Rev J H Klaus La Crosse German Methodist Church officiating burial Onalaska cemetery.
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Ellen Mathewson
A. T. Mathewson
la Crosse County
Mathewson
New York State
Onalaska
William Loren Mathewson
Lee Mathewson
William N. Mathewson
Spokane
Wash
George A. Moulton
Sterling City
Cal
Jule Mathewson
Cloquet
Minn
Henry Kendrick
West Salem
E. H. Tower
Walter Smith
James Hodge
Thomas Hodge
North Dakota
T. G. Aiken
J. H. Klaus
la Crosse German
Man Jailed For Alimony Nonpayment In 1912 Divorce
Judge E C Higbee sentences Hans Hansen to jail for failing to pay ten dollars a month alimony ordered after Mrs Hansen’s December 1912 divorce. Pending payment, he remains jailed. Earlier, Higbee denied a new trial for Louis Pennell in a Rumley Products suit, ordering written damages arguments within five days.
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E. C. Higbee
Hans Hansen
Louis Pennell
Rumley Products Co
Pennel
Frank Withrow
Higbee
Bandit Hits Express Employee Overhead and Secures $4,000
A bandit assaulted an Express employee, then took from him four thousand dollars in a bold daytime robbery. Police search for a suspect described as tall, wearing a dark coat and hat. The incident occurred near the Express office in the city center yesterday afternoon.
Bandit Robs Southern Pacific Express Near Harahan
Sheriff’s posse hunts near Harahan after a bandit robs an express car. Messenger L. C. Lord says the robber fled with two bundles totaling $4,000 and expected a $100,000 haul from an earlier train. Lord, wounded, identifies a man named Fleming as the alleged raider.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Harahan
L. C. Lord
Fleming
Lord
Young Violin Prodigy Kisses 100 Fans in Richmond
Five year old violin virtuoso Master Willie Mollenhauer wowed Richmond audiences. He kissed 100 ladies after a concert and demanded an encore while displaying a surprisingly mature bearing. He later matured into a fifteen year old, planned to perform with the Mollenhauer trio at the state normal school next Wednesday.
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Willie Mollenhauer
Richmond
Mollenhauer
State Normal School
Mrs. Leibel Dies at Home at 42
Mrs. Augusta Leibel 42 of 726 South Third street died at 1 o clock last night from heart failure. Born in Austria she emigrated as a child and married here. She lived in the city 24 years and is survived by husband Rudolph and three children William Walter and Frieda Leibel.
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Augusta Leibel
South Third Street
Rudolph Leibel
Michel Brewing Company
Leibel
Austria
William and
Walter Leibel
Frieda Leibel
Quick Probe Urged Into Calumet Copper Strike
Vice President C. E. Mahoney of the Western Federation of Miners urged Secretary of Labor Wilson to back an immediate congressional probe of the Calumet Copper strike in Michigan. Investigators report Calumet & Hecla profits are large while the company refuses to compromise while the union leads the dispute.
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Washington
C. E. Mahoney
Western Federation of Miners
Wilson
Calumet
Michigan
Calumet & Hecla
Paul Spah Fined or Jailed for Wife Beating
Paul Spah was fined $10 and costs or twenty days in county jail after pleading guilty to wife beating. The charge was preferred by Mrs. Spah.
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Paul Spah
Wiley declines comment on insurance post removal rumors
Decatur Illinois December 13. F R Wiley a lawyer and young democratic boss would not discuss rumors he would ask Governor Dunne to remove Judge Rufus Potts of Springfield as state insurance commissioner. Wiley says he has no connection with Assurance Mutual Fire Insurance company whose former head faced a federal suit over mailing alleged obscene literature targeting Potts.
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Decatur
F. R. Wiley
Dunne
Rufus Potts
Springfield
Wiley
Assurance Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Potts
Man Offers To Take Wakefield's Place On Scaffold
A Toledo man W L S Mc Cleary writes to Mrs F Sparks offering to die in place of Bessie Wakefield if she is denied a new trial. He says he will close his business and come to the scaffold smiling to let her return to her children.
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New Haven
Conn
W. L. S. McCleary
Toledo
Ohio
McCleary
Bessie Wakefield
Bessie
Wisconsin Politicians Prepare New Year Campaigns
Wisconsin voters will hear party announcements around January 1 with Senator La Follette likely to reveal plans in Madison. Democrats set their date after the Milwaukee Plankinton House conference, while Governor and leaders watch for advantage. Anti-fraternity legislation looms and university dorms are expected. Early Christmas shopping unchanged by excessive hours, nine-hour day rule persists for shop girls. Care of the insane improves with Mendota asylum reports and moves to end inebriate care in hospitals.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
la Follette
Plinkinton
Douglas Anderson
Forest County
Industrial Commission
Antigo
Kenosha
Superior
Gorst
Mendota Asylum
State Board of Control
Illinois suffragette victory in Chicago court ruling
Illinois suffragette leaders won a major round in Cook County courts when Judge Foell sustained the demurrer by the board of election commissioners to the injunction bill filed by contractor William J. Scown. The suit sought to restrain women from voting pending the law’s constitutional challenge.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Foell
Board of Election Commissioners
William J. Scown
Night watchman slain during burglary at Madison tobacco warehouse
John Longfield, night watchman at the P Lorillard Tobacco warehouse on West Doty street Madison, was murdered by burglars during a 2 am burglary. The men tried to open the office safes to grab money believed to be deposited to pay employees today.
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Madison
Wis
John Longfield
P. Lorillard
Milwaukee Railroad
West Doty Street
Why Girls Leave Home big year’s biggest Edison film
A motion picture journal chorus hails Why Girls Leave Home as the top hit of the year. The Edison feature is praised by authorities and studio alike as a must see.
Dandelions and memories fill a festive page
The write up recalls Phil in a playful post poster scene from December and humor about dandelions on Hixon Lawn. It shifts to a tale of the Gage family with Rev. Gage moving from Grinnell to Wooster to Fairfield and Columbia. The letter to Mr. Vought highlights education, careers, and brothers’ achievements with a wish to reconnect with childhood friends.
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Vought
Madeira
Gage
Northside
New Sharon
Iowa
New
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Wooster
Wooster University
New York
Columbia University
Gaga
Columbia
Parson’s College
Fairfield
Huron
Washington Court House
Ohio
Gage Letter Recalled From Hur On College Leader
A letter from Harry M. Gage president of Huron College Huron recalls boyhood days and mentions John L. Gage who led North Presbyterian church from 1886 to 1889 under Rev. Finch A. Clarke. The note was written to Ty L. Loecht founder of the Vought Berger company.
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Harry M. Gage
Huron College
Huon
Ty. L.¥oecht
Vought - Berger Company
John L. Gage
North Presbyterian Church
Finch A. Clarke
Municipal Christmas Tree Plans Continue
Complete plans outline a large illuminated Christmas tree for public observance. The event includes decorations and a musical program with school children and church choirs invited to join in carol singing.
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Leithold’s
Fred Leithold Piano Co
Main Street
Great Lakes
Mittee
Vitagraph
la Crosse Motor Truck Co
Santa Claus
Bell Phone
Herbert Lewis Mor
Transportation Dept
North Front Street
WEW
Rumley
Stuns Messenger
LCOTS
Bandit Hits Express
Younster
Mrs. Wakefield
W. Parker Jeweler
Raesive
BE. W. Parker
Yeggs
Watchman
Phil
Hixon
Birth
Christ
Geo. B. Rose
The
Jewele
Fourth and
Jay Streets
Ea Cena
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