Rise in Railway Wreck Victims Report Says Many Derailments Caused by Track
The Interstate Commerce Commission's annual report shows 189 killed and 19,379 injured in railway accidents for the year, with 4635 dead and 142,000 injured among railroad workers and passengers. It cites bad track and roadway conditions as a major derailment cause and urges federal rules for operating procedures and block signaling. The document also details indictments in commerce cases and court actions from December 1911 onward.
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Washington
Gmmerce Commission
Congress
Numor
Alterna
Weather Bulletin for Great Lakes Region and Nearby States
Weather forecast notes rain tonight switching to snow Tuesday across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and the Midwest. Unsettled conditions persist from the north Atlantic to the Gulf states with low pressure in the Atlantic and high pressure from the upper Midwest to the central Gulf.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North Atlantic
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Gulf States
Pa- Coast
Pacific Coast
Pacific
North Dakota
Ihwestern
Wyoming
Bartenders Form Temperance Club in Chicago
Chicago readers learn of the Bar tenders Union No. 41 annual officer election and a humorous secretary notice promoting a Temperance club. The quirky invitation urges bartenders to join while noting drinking on the job harms performance and urges sending names to J. K. O'Brien.
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Church Federation
Bartenders’ Union No
J. K. O’brien
Pal
Bartenders’ Temperance Club
Airman Lost With Passenger In Sea
Hope fades for Horace Kearney and Los Angeles newspaperman Chester Lawrence after their hydroplane wrecked in a thirty mile gale near Point Mugui during an over water flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Parts of a pontoon were found at Redondo Beach, suggesting a devastating sea crash.
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Horace Kearney
Kansas City
San Francisco
Redondo Beach
Kearney
Chester Lawrence
Lawrence
Point Mugui
Glenn Martin
Martin
London
Aviation Staticians
Parks
Royal Navy
Hardwick
Wembley Golf Course
Parke
La Grosse Boy Found Frozen in Kansas City Box Car
Merle Rand a former Bell Boy at Hotel Stoddard is in serious condition in Kansas City after being found frozen in a box car. Luther Rand, his father from Ona, Alaska, travels to bring him home for medical care. Rand had left Stoddard two years ago to seek work toward Texas and Seattle, with friends unsure of his final destination.
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Merle Rand
Kansas City
Stoddard
Luther Rand
Onalaska
Young Rand
Texas
Seattle
Wilson mum on cabinet choice
President-elect Woodrow Wilson arrives in New York after vacation and refuses to discuss cabinet selections or Bryan’s potential role. He plans to meet Bryan soon but will not release details until decisions are made. Security surrounds Wilson party as they proceed to the hotel.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Secret Service
Chronology of the Life of White Law Reid
White Law Reid was born in Xenia Ohio on October 27 1837 and pursued a long career as journalist editor and diplomat. He held posts from editor at Xenia News to war correspondent for the Cincinnati Gazette and later led the New York Tribune before serving as United States minister to France and England. He earned multiple honorary degrees from major universities and was a Republican nominee for vice president in 1892.
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Xenia
Robert Carlton
Marian Ronalds Reid
Miami University
Oxford
N. Y
Xenia News
Cincinnati Gazette
House of Representatives
Concordia Parish
Louisiana
New York Tribune
University of City of New York
Dartmouth College
United States
Germany
Board of Regents
University of the State of New York
Elizabeth
D. O. Mills
France
Peace Commission
Paris
Princeton University
Yale University
England
Edward VII
Cambridge University
Court of St. James
Government may seek injunction against Elgin butter board
Chicago December 16 The government plans injunction proceedings against the Elgin board of trade quotation committee. District Attorney James H. Wilkerson said he will seek an injunction against the butter board if evidence shows it continues to fix prices.
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Elgin Board of Trade
Butter and Egg Trust
Quotation Committee
Butter Board
United States
James H. Wilkerson
Secret Indictments Guarded In Dayton Grand Jury
Dayton prosecutor announces that a secret indictment returned Saturday by the special session grand jury will not be made public for several days as Burns' detectives continue investigating city affairs.
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Dayton
Ohio
Burns
Lenz
Business hours change this week in La Crosse
Dry goods and department stores in La Crosse shift hours this week opening one hour later and closing one hour later. Most stores run 9 am to 7 pm. jewelers and clothiers plan 9 am to 9 pm or 10 pm. Saturday hours extend to 10 pm. many stay open until 9 pm the Monday before Christmas to handle holiday rush.
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la Crosse
Jewelers
War on storage eggs declared by Minnesota official
Judge Winkler state dairy and food commissioner ordered inspectors to begin a statewide campaign against storage eggs sold as fresh varieties. The crackdown targets city and country merchants with numerous complaints across Minnesota. Maximum penalty is a $50 fine.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Winkler
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Highwayman Held After Rio Grande Station Shooting
A highwayman who robbed the Rio Grande station at Pando Col. early Sunday and fatally shot William Maxfield is jailed in Cañon City awaiting identification. A card addressed to James Burns and bearing the Western Federation of Miners name was found on him.
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Colo
Rio Grande
Pando
Col
William Maxfield
James Burns
Western Federation of Miners
Evelyn Arthur Lee Wins Appeal in Absolute Life Cult Case
Evelyn Arthur Lee, founder of the Absolute Life cult, secured a favorable ruling on his pending appeal before the state supreme court in Springfield. Bail was set at $5,000.
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Chicago
Evelyn Arthur Lee
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Servian Head of Peace Conference
Servian leader named head of the peace conference steering committee in a move seen as key to diplomacy. Officials confirm initiative aims to ease tensions and promote dialogue among participating nations.
Turks Balkan peace talks adjourn to Monday start
The Turkish Balkan peace conference opened with M. Novakovitch named president and adjourned to tomorrow morning to hear the Balkan alliance demands. Sir Edward Grey welcomed the delegates and Greece’s foreign minister acted as honorary president as rules and hours were set. A Constantinople dispatch later reported Greek ships destroyed in a naval action near Tenedos.
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London
M. Novakovitch
Servian
Turkey
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Constantinople
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Commercial Men Urged to Organize and Unite
Edward F. Tratz, field representative of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, spoke to the La Crosse board of trade. He urged business men to unite to gain reforms, noting organized groups secure farm votes on Congress questions and proposing a centralized information bureau for members. He pressed tariff action, manufacturing regulation, employment shifts, a merchant marine system, and expanded foreign trade to absorb oversupply.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States of America
Board of Trade Directors
la Crosse Club
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Tratz
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Mr. Tratz
Archbold Defense Opens in Impeachment Trial
Judge Archbald’s defense contends the charges do not constitute impeachable offenses. Attorneys Worthington and Simpson argue the case centers on motives and a string of business negotiations rather than unlawful acts.
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Washington
Archbald
Senate
Worthington and
Simpson
Demand for Labor Outpaces Supply in Wisconsin
The state industrial commission adopts a statistical diagram to report labor bureau results. La Crosse branch shows November figures with 194 men and 24 women seeking work, 261 men and 70 women seeking aid, 127 men and 37 women referred, and 156 men and 28 women securing positions. The overall demand for help remains higher than labor supply.
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Industrial Commission
Leonard Kleeber
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Men Retaliate Chicago Club Sets High Dowry Rule
A group of young men respond to a Young Women's club pledge against marrying men with less than $5,000 by forming a Young Men's club. Its rule states none of its members shall marry a girl whose father cannot provide a $5,000 stake for the couple.
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Chicago
Young Men's Club
Milwaukee Women Plan Mass Meeting Against High Prices
Milwaukee women join national protest against the cost of living issuing a call for a mass meeting in Milwaukee to organize a campaign against rising prices following similar actions in New York Chicago and St Paul.
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Milwaukee
Wis
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Cream City Fair Sex Today
Robbers Take Coin in Chicago Restaurant Caprice
A01 bandit with a revolver robbed Jacob Goldman’s restaurant guests of $605 and seized a diamond ring after claiming to be the captain. Goldman quipped that police would have left the ring behind.
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Chicago
Jacob Goldman
Jacob
Goldman
Jake
Alsberg Chosen Wiley Successor as Pure Food Chief
President Taft named Dr. Carl Alsberg to replace Dr. Harvey Wiley as chief of the chemistry bureau and administrator of the pure food law. Alsberg, a chemical biologist in the plant industry, was born in Germany and came to government service from Massachusetts. He supports Wiley’s policies on pure food, apart from bleached flour.
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Washington
Taft
Carl Alsberg
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agricultures
Pure Food Law
Alsberg
Agricultural Department
Germany
Massachusetts
Wiley
R. E. Doolittle
Pure Food Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Train collision injures crew near Rock Island
In Owatonna Minnesota a freight train stood on the main track when a second train hit it from behind early today. Conductor Hart and Brakeman York were seriously hurt and five cars were burning.
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Owatonna
Minn
Rock Island
Hart
York
Detective Pursues Suspect in Des Moines Shooting Case
Detective Thomas Gallagher traveled to Oelwein Iowa to identify a suspect believed to be William M Lewis, a Black man accused of shooting and killing John Patee on Sunday in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Gallagher
Oelwein
Iowa
William M. Lewis
John Partee
Northwestern switchman charged with fur coat theft
Gust Bauch a switchman from Friendship Wisconsin faces burglary and theft charges for stealing fur coats valued near 500 from a box car. The coats shipped from Winona to Boston disappeared during transit. Bauch allegedly tried to sell two coats identified as part of the shipment. He is held without bail at $1590.
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Gust Bauch
Friendship P
Northwestern Railroad
Friendship
Wis
Winona
Boston
Chicago
Bauch
Tion
Brindley
Sumner Street
Whitelaw Reid Dies at 76 in London
Whitelaw Reid American ambassador to Great Britain since 1905 died at Dorchester House London shortly after noon on Sunday after two weeks of illness. He had been a noted newspaperman and succeeded Horace Greeley as editor and owner of the New York Tribune.
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The
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James
Death of American Ambassador After Prolonged Illness
The American ambassador died after a period of unconsciousness and delirium caused by pulmonary edema and bronchial attacks. Mrs Reid and their daughter were at the bedside. Sir Thomas Barlow and Dr William Hale White cited a bronchial illness and asthma as precursors, amid sleep-inducing drug effects.
British House Approves Warship Transfer for Reid's Body
The British House of Commons approved sending an English warship to New York to transport the body of the late United States Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. Premier Asquith praised Reid's service as efforts proceed by Ogden Mills Reid from sea to arrange the funeral. Westminster Abbey to host the London funeral service after the Chapel Royal offer was declined.
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House of Commons
Asquith
New York
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Court of St. James
Sir Michael Herbert
Washington
America
Ogden Mills Reid
Dorchester House
Ambassador Reid
Westminster Abbey
Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
King’s death announces shift in realm leadership
The passage reports the deterioration of the asthmatic ruler with pulmonary edema and death at the specified date. It notes hopes for a rally since no pneumonia symptoms appeared and that the asthmatic was briefly controlled before exhaustion worsened. The king sent almost immediate messages following the event.
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