Milwaukee Eugenic Law Prompts Mixed Clerk Practices
County Clerk Jolivette agrees to grant marriage permits with physician certificates under the new eugenic statute after a DA conference. Milwaukee officials require Wasserman testing and health certification, while Doctors oppose the cost and testing method. The law takes effect New Year’s Day and will guide license applications nationwide.
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Jolivette
U. S
Milwaukee
Bert A. Jollivette
Mr. Law
LaCrosse County Medical Society
Wis
Widale
Wasserman
Riots in Shelton Prompt Call for State Troops
In Shelton Connecticut a riot left mill hand Mary Marsh shot and Private Detective William White injured in the eye. State troops were expected to be ordered out to quell the unrest unless the situation improves.
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Shelton, Conn
Mary Marsh
William White
Derailment Near Mobile Blamed on Wreckers
One man is dead and three injured after a Mobile and Ohio express derailed near Mobile Alabama early today. Railroad officials blame wreckers for the incident.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile & Ohio Express
Here
Whiskered wooden leg sparks jail time in Charleston tale
In Charleston West Virginia two Kentuckians James Edwards and Alexander James faced the town calaboose after a fight sparked by a joke about Edwards wooden leg. Edwards slept with a damp rink and his timber toe hoisted, then awoke to a prank that left both men in custody for the New Year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Alexander James
James Edwards
Alexander
Calaboose
Edwards
James
Optimism as Money Review Shapes 1913 to 1914 Outlook
A New York Evening Post finance supplement declares optimism the keynote for 1913 and 1914, noting worldwide market resilience. It contrasts American steadiness with Europe’s cautious liquidation, predicting no collapse and a cautious but rising business mood across continents.
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New York
New York Evening Post
United States
Europe
West
Mona Lisa Returns to Paris with Grand Welcome
Paris greeted the Mona Lisa on a special train from Italy as fifty police detectives and a score of silk hatted officials met the return of Leonardo da Vinci's painting. The three year disappearance ended in a public triumph.
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Paris
Leonardo da Vinci
Italy
U S Praises Skunk Washington Dec 31
The department of agriculture declared the skunk a friend of farmers and worthy of protection by law. Officials said the animal fights pests like white grub Kansas grasshopper cut worm and Mexican range caterpillar, making it a valuable ally in agriculture.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New York Prepares Lavish New Year’s Eve 1914
Clearing skies and mild temperatures spark cautious optimism for a perfect New Year’s Eve in New York. City officials and residents anticipate an extravagant welcome to 1914 with plans and spending that may set new records.
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New York
Senator Hobbs Acquitted of Bribery Charge in Mississippi
Vicksburg Mississippi December 31 State Senator G A Hobbs was acquitted today of bribery involving passage of legislation. Hobbs defense claimed he sought evidence to charge Stephen Castlem an with bribery and not to solicit a payoff.
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Vicksburg, Miss
G. A. Hobbs
Hobbs
Stephen Castleman
Lind Heads North to Confer With Wilson at Pass Christian
John Lind, Wilsons special envoy, sped from Vera Cruz aboard the Chester toward Pass Christian to confer with President Wilson. Huertas proposed retirement terms are under discussion, with Lind carrying tentative terms and awaiting the presidents views on the Mexican situation.
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Vera Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Chester
Pass Christian
Lind
State Department
Huerta
Eight Die In Monroe Street Tenement Fire
New York December 31 Eight persons died in a five story brick tenement fire on Monroe Street in the East Side. The blaze was incendiary and trapped residents in their rooms with stairways burned away. Firemen and police rescued many, while noted dead include Gussie Mazzin 19 Isaac Weisberg 50 Pearl Weisberg 59 Louis Kaplin Barney Kaplin Becky Kaplin Israel Goland and Sam Cohen.
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New York
Monroe Street
Gouveneur Hospital
Gussie Mazzin
Isaac Weisberg
Pearl Weisberg
Louis Kaplin
Barney Kaplin
Becky Kaplin
Israel Goland
Sam Cohen
Envoy John Lind Returns For First Hand Information
Officials say the president seeks direct data as Envoy John Lind heads home, expected to arrive Pass Christian at midnight. Naval movements include Connecticut and Kansas sailing from Vera Cruz toward Tampico, Wheeling to New Orleans, and the German cruiser Bremen docking at Vera Cruz.
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Washington
John Lind
Pass Christian
Tampico
Navy Department
Connecticut
Kansas
Vera Cruz
Wheeling
New Orleans
Bremen
Outlook for 1914 in Steel Industry Encouraging
The Iron Trade Review predicts strong early year demand and overall prosperity for 1914 in the iron and steel sector. It notes tariff effects are dampening but balanced by solid fundamentals and growing business confidence.
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Cleveland, O
Iron and Steel Industry
Iron Trade Review
Government suits under Sherman law will proceed
Washington dispatch states no settlements are pending in antitrust actions. Attorney General McReynolds and Assistant Attorney General Todd said the government will push suits to a conclusion unless corporations offer new overtures. No compromises are pending at this time.
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Washington
McReynolds
Todd
Lincoln’s guard Col Bevans dies in Minnesota funeral planned
Lincoln era secret service man Col Henry T Bevans, who served with Lincoln at his assassination, died yesterday in St Paul. Arrangements were made for his funeral set for tomorrow.
Hopkins Named Chief Surgeon of Chicago and Northwestern
In Chicago on December 31 Dr. Clarence W. Hopkins was appointed chief surgeon of the Chicago and Northwestern railway. Dr. John E. Owens, who had served as chief surgeon for more than twenty five years, retired from the post.
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Chicago
Clarence W. Hopkins
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
John E. Owens
Speck of Radium Vanishes From Hospital Treatment
A 35 milligram radium piece valued at 4500, part of St Luke's cancer therapy, disappeared from a girl patient under treatment in Chicago. Hospital officials and detectives from an insurance company and police are unable to locate the missing tube bound to the wound. The patient is said to be from a wealthy Des Moines family.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Des Moines
Curtis
Judge Discharges Schmidt Jury After Long Deliberation
After thirty six hours of deliberation the Schmidt jury remains ten to two for conviction on the first ballot. Two jurors oppose and favor declaring Schmidt insane. Schmidt will be tried again mid January. District Attorney Whitman signals possible transfer to the supreme court. Defense counsel had urged conviction and insane commission to remand him to Matteawan.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumueller
Schmidt
Whitman
Supreme Court
Matteawan
Clews in East Side Trunk Murder Lead to New Jersey
Police traced the East Side trunk murder to New Jersey as arrests loom. Victim John Kremen had worked in a Garri son, New York road gang for four months before his death and corresponded with a Newark laborer holding contractor tag 117.
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New York
East Side
New Jersey
John Kremen
Garrison
Newark, N. J
Wilson Won’t Watch Old Year Out in Pass Christian
President Wilson won’t watch the old year out as he plans to stay in, telling a friend that nine o clock is late enough for a president to be up while he takes the Test cure, in Pass Christian Mississippi.
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Christian
Wilson
Seek Method of Ending Trouble Strike
A brief notice describes a plan or discussion about ending a labor dispute or work stoppage. Details point to a strategy or approach under consideration by involved parties. The report emphasizes efforts to resolve tension and restore operations.
Labor leaders converge in Lansing to map copper strike settlement
In Lansing labor chiefs from across the country gathered for a mass meeting to appoint a committee to confer with Governor Ferris on the upper Michigan copper strike. Attending figures include Homer Waterman, John Mitchell, Clarence Darrow, Charles Tanner, and A. A. Poole.
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Lansing
Mich
Upper Michigan
Ferris
Homer Waterman
Michigan Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Charles Tanner
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
A. A. Poole
Detroit Federation of Labor
Moyer to Leave Hospital. Aims Congress Call for Probe
President Carles H. Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners, assaulted and deported from Michigan copper country, is due to leave St. Luke's hospital next week as his condition improves. He will travel to Washington to urge a federal inquiry into strike conditions in the Michigan copper district.
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Chicago
Carles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
St. Luke’s Hospital
Moyer
Washington
Congress
Corey trusted to judge jury and prosecutor in customs case
William E. Corey former president of United States Steel is to judge his own customs case with Mrs Ma belle Gilman supplying a $15000 pearl ring. General Henry surveyor of the port left the matter to Corey who is conducting the inquiry into duty payment.
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New York
William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Sultan Mohammed V of Turkey Suffers Stroke in 70th Year
Constantinople dispatch reports Sultan Mohammed V of Turkey in critical condition after a partial paralysis stroke. The 70 year old monarch, who ascended the throne in April 1909 following Abdul Hamid II, is said to be suffering kidney complications as a result of the attack.
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Constantinople
Mohammed V
Turkey
Young Turks
Abdul Hamid
Thaw Bail Hearing Set for January in Concord
Attorneys for Harry K. Thaw and the New York state were notified a hearing on bail will be held at the U S district court in Concord New Hampshire on Wednesday January 17 before Judge Edgar Aldrich commission observers to examine Thaw’s bail fight.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
State of
New York
Edgar Aldrich
Thaw
United States District Court
Oldest Michigan woodsman begins fifty first winter
Menominee, Mich. Carl Sorenson aged 78 took up his gun and headed into the north woods for what is believed to be his fifty first winter in the state. Sorenson is regarded as Michigan's oldest active woodsman.
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Menominee, Mich
Carl Sorenson
North Woods
Sorenson
Michigan
Cost of garment strike estimated at thirteen to eighteen million
Philadelphia report estimates the garment workers strike cost at thirteen to eighteen million dollars. The stoppage ended with a general resumption of work across the industry.
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Philadelphia
Woman shoots herself in abdomen after losing job
Chicago January 31 report states Stella O'Brien aged 21 a telephone operator who had just lost her job after Christmas bought to her purse and shot herself in the abdomen in an apparent suicide attempt.
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Chicago
Stella O’brien
RUMORED HUERTA IS ABOUT TO RESIGN
A report cites expectations of Fernando Huerta resigning amid the last cabinet meeting of the year. Attendees are said to discuss the possible resignation and its implications for government leadership.
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Huerta
Rebels Lose Grip In Ojinaga City Stand Against Defenders
Rebels in Ojinaga City faced a collapse as government forces pressed the advance. Desperate defense efforts faltered and the city appears set to fall today.
Mexican Finance Minister Secures $50 Million French Loan
Senor De La Lama, Mexico's finance minister, cabled from Paris to General Huerta that he obtained a $50,000,000 loan from French financiers for the Huerta government. The move follows his dispatch abroad to negotiate funds.
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Mexico City
Senor de la Lama
Huerta
Paris
Rumors swirl of Huerta ministers resigning in year end session
In Mexico City reports say Huerta cabinet ministers may resign with a push for his own retirement in the new year. Official comment is unavailable as the capital braces for rumors of a leadership shakeup amid growing Zapatista activity near the city and battle lines in northern Mexico.
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United Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Malinalco
Ojinaga
EL Paso
Texas
Presidio
Mexico
la Muela
Mulato
United States
Rio Grande
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and La Crosse
Temperatures yesterday reached a high of 24 with low unspecified. Light snow possible tonight and Thursday for La Crosse and vicinity with no major temperature shifts. Wisconsin mostly cloudy with possible snow flurries southeast. winds light to brisk from the southeast. Minnesota mostly cloudy with no significant temperature change and moderate variable winds. Overall, fair in the Atlantic states and unsettled in the Mississippi valley with light rain or snow. a Pacific storm off Oregon boosts temperatures to the Rockies and brings heavy rain to the Pacific states.
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la Crosse
Viccinity
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Pacific
Oregon Coast
Rocky Mountains
Pacific States
Port Arthur
Canadian
Winnipeg
Calgary
North Dakota
Montana
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