Owen Says Donald Must Sign Choice
Madison Wis Jan 17 Attor ney General Walter C Owen rules that Secretary of State John F Donald must countersign the appointment of L A Anderson as insurance commissioner to succeed Herman L Ekern The seal and signature are ministerial and do not affect the legality of the appointment Ekern seeks court action to block the transition Anderson may try to assume Monday and a court injunction is possible The Senate shows no rush to confirm and may seek Governor's full disclosures about Ekern dismissal The Follette magazine questions Wall street influence in the removal of Ekern and cites George W Perkins in criticizing the governor's action
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Madison
Wis
Walter C. Owen
John F. Donald
L. A. Anderson
Insurance
Herman L. Ekern
Owen
Donald
Ekern
Seige
Supreme Court
Anderson
Ekern Anderson
Sioux City
Les Moines
Iowa
Circuit Court
Senate
la Follete
Follette
Wall Street
George W. Perkins
Money Trust
Perkins
Wisconsin
Hall Denies Charges Over Indian Removals
In Minneapolis on January 17 Dr. Hall former commissioner for the removal of Mille Lacs Chippewa to the White Earth reservation denied charges in the Graham committee report. The inquiry alleges Hall received thirty one thousand dollars for moving fifty one Indians to White Earth.
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Minneapolis
Hall
White Earth Reservation
Graham Congressional Investigating Committee
Congress
Coate Inspects Nearby Public Schools
Prof. D. O. Coate of the state normal school returned from a weeklong inspection trip to public schools in Durand Camp Douglas Sparta and Cashton near La Crosse. He visited the towns this noon per note.
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D. O. Coate
State Normal School
la Crosse
Coate
Durand
Camp Douglas
Sparta
Cashton
Kansas Senator Bans Lobbyist Gifts to Legislators
State Senator Davis introduced a bill in Topeka prohibiting lobbyists from giving cigars or dinners to Kansas legislators or engaging with members of either house during the legislative session.
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Topeka
Kas
Davis
Kansas
Doctor seeks injunction to stop Mary's letters
New York January 17. Dr Henry T Goodman of Stapleton Staten Island asked a court to restrain Miss Mary G Screamer from further correspondence. Four years after he removed a needle point from her forefinger she has sent him almost daily letters and a bushel basket of unopened missives arrived at court.
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New York
Henry T. Goodman
Stapleton
Staten Island
Mary G. Screamer
Poincare Chosen French President Amid Crowds at Versailles
Premier Raymond Poincare was elected ninth president of the French Third Republic on the second ballot at Versailles. The scene featured a renovated meeting hall, a carnival atmosphere, and cheering crowds on the boulevards, with Poincare cited as a strong premier and expected to serve seven years with a possible second term.
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Versailles
Barus
M. Raymond Poincare
Third Republic of France
Armand Falleries
Poincare
M. Georges Clemenceau
Moizie
Boncour
M. Jules Pams
Pams
Beneve M. Raymond Landry Poincare
Falleries
France
National Assembly
Paris
Wreck victim dies as investigation begins in Charlton depot
Springfield dispatch reports one man died and fourteen injured after yesterday’s wreck on the Boston and Albany line at Charlton depot forty two miles east of Springfield. J X Milton, a colored porter, suffered fatal injuries when a Pullman car jumped a switch and was struck by a fast freight.
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Springfield
Mass
Boston
Train derails near Lock Haven. no injuries reported
Philadelphia bureau reports the Buffalo Express on Pennsylvania Railroad derailed near Lock Haven at forty miles per hour. Engine and five cars left the track and overturned but officials say no one was injured among the scores of passengers due in Philadelphia at 9 20 a m.
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Philadelphia
Buffalo Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lockhaven
Pujo Testimony in Senate on California Petroleum Profiteers
Chairman Pujo testified before the Senate today about the refusal of New York broker G G Henry to disclose names of those who profited from the California Petroleum Company flotation. The hearing aims to uncover who benefited from the deal and the role of unnamed financiers.
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Washington
Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
Senate
G. G. Henry
New York
California Petroleum Company
S. P. Boat Sinks Forty One Crown
A New Orleans report notes the Southern Pacific steamer Eldorado sank with 41 aboard after hitting rocks near Oporto. Memorial services are planned, with wreckage found bearing Eld markings. In Portugal, the Italian steamer Veronese wrecked on rocks near Oporto, nine rescued as over 150 remain aboard. rescue efforts halted by storm.
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New Orleans
Lloyd’s
London
Southern Pacific
Eldorado
Steamship Company
New York
Galveston
Tampa
Fla
Dolphin
Oporto
Portugal
Here
Two Killed When Car Strikes Water Plug
In St Louis on January 17 William H Walters a wealthy local manufacturer and Richard Davie secretary to Mrs Helene Hathaway Britton chief owner of the St Louis National League Baseball club were killed when their car struck a water plug. Davie driven the car was hurled into a telegraph pole suffering multiple injuries. Walters was thrown into the street as a 12 inch stream of water shot 75 feet into the air from the broken pipe.
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ST. Louis
William H. Walters
Richard Davie
Walters
Davie
Cleveland
Helene Hathaway Britton
St.Louis
Senate OKs Bay City public building. funds listed
APPROVE BADGER BUILDINGS WASHINGTON Jan 17 The senate appropriated 75000 for a Bay City Texas public building and received favorable reports from a committee backing Rhine lander Wisconsin 91000 Mineral Point Wisconsin 60000 Lancaster Kentucky 55000 Middlesboro Kentucky 85000 Ridgeway Pennsylvania 80000 Ellensburg Washington 85000 and Aberdeen Washington 120000
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Washington
Senate
Bay City
Texas
Rhinelander
Wis
Mineral Point
Lancaster
Middlesboro
Ridgeway Pa
Ellensburg
Wash
Aberdeen
Controversy over Railroading Report in White Earth Probe
Washington January 17. A heated house committee dispute erupted as Republicans charged the committee report condemning the Interior Department for its management of the White Earth Minnesota reservation was railroaded. They say the document reflects the views of only two members Graham and George.
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Washington
House Committee
Interior Department
White Earth, Minn
Graham
George
Train Robber Convicted In Federal Court
Wells Lounsberry found guilty by a federal jury in Kansas City on two counts. He robbed a United States mail car on the Union Pacific on August 22, 1912 endangering the lives of passengers.
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Kansas City
Kas
Wells Lounsberry
United States
Lounsberry
Union Pacific
Fire destroys houses and station in Waverly
A blaze in Waverly West Virginia today consumed eighteen houses and the Baltimore and Ohio station. The fire caused extensive damage with an estimated loss of sixty thousand dollars. The origin remains undetermined.
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Waverly
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Station
Writers Strike Halts Four Jewish Dailies in New York
Four Jewish daily newspapers with over 400000 circulation halted production as the Jewish Writers International Union ordered a strike. Demands included a five hour work day a $25 weekly minimum wage and union rules for discipline and membership criteria.
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New York
New Jewish Writers’ International Union
New Union
Office Chapel
Ulster Fears and Nationalists Rally After Home Rule Vote
London dispatch reports Ulster opponents vow to resist home rule despite a large government majority that passed the bill in the commons. John Redmond asserts confidence in forcing Irish home rule via the veto act after three commons passes, while Belfast reports violent protests and an Orangeman casualty.
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London
Asquith
Commons
John Redmond
Ulster
Belfast
City Hall
House of Lords
Lords
Brewmasters Convene to Mark 50th Anniversary in Germania Hall
The Upper Mississippi Valley Brewmasters association holds its fiftieth anniversary meeting at Germania hall with about eighty brewmasters from Milwaukee Chicago Madison and other cities. President Ernest Hussa opens at 3 pm. Robert Wahl of Wahl and Henius Brewing speaks on brewing. a banquet follows at 6:30 pm with La Crosse brewery leaders in attendance and a theater party for wives at Majestic. Kreutz's orchestra provides music for the 8:30 pm ball.
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Upper
Mississippi Valley
Robert Wahl
Wahl and Henius Brewing Institution of
Chicago
Germania
la Crosse Breweries
Hantke’s Brewing Institute of
Milwaukee
the Majestic
la Crosse
Kreutz
Youth Confesses Auto Robberies in Chicago
An 18 year old James A. Perry confessed to a series of armed autos across Chicago over two months. He described five store robberies in 25 minutes, an assault on a patrolman, and taunting police with a car tour of the city. Police expect more confessions. another man is in custody.
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Chicago
James A. Perry
Patrick Lavin
Perry
Fred Sticken
Gentry Again Goes On Trial For Theft At Bijou Theater
Cloves Gentry faced trial on charges of stealing $38 from the Bijou theater where he worked as a porter. He pleaded not guilty before Judge John Brindley as witnesses testified. Gentry had been released after an initial arrest for lack of evidence, then rearrested two days later when new clues emerged. A jail inmate testified that Gentry offered $10 to retrieve buried money near the Second Ward School, but no money was found. Verdict expected late today.
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Cloves Gentry
John Brindley
Gentry
Second Ward
Brindley
Anton Hanson Funeral Services Held Today
The funeral services for Anton Hanson were conducted at Fessler and Dahl undertaking parlors at 2:00 PM and continued at the West Avenue Norwegian Lutheran church at 2:30 PM with Rev. R. Andersen officiating. Pallbearers included John Selbo Louis Thompson A J Ness Christ Arnison Anton Hanson Jr and Martin Rogstad. Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
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Anton Hanson
Fessler & Dahl
West Avenue
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Rev. R. Andersen
John Selbo
Louis Thompson
A. J. Ness
Christ Arnison
Anton Hanson, Jr
Martin Rogstad
Oak Grove Cemetery
Construction boom as CPR awards prairie branch lines
Winnipeg January 17 report C P R has awarded contracts to build 20 million yards of new branch lines across the prairie provinces Western Canada. The quantity surpasses all previous records and signals a rapid rail expansion in the region.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Government to auction aeroplane used in deadly collision
The first government sale of an aeroplane will occur January 28 in Chicago. The monoplane, operated by George Mestach, linked to the September 14 collision that killed Howard Gill, is being Auctioned for duty on the aircraft.
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Chicago
George Mestach
Howard Gill
Governor Pardons Brandt in Schiff Aide Case
Governor Sulzer announced in Albany that he has pardoned Foulke Brandt former valet of Mortimer Schiff who was sentenced to thirty years in Dannemera prison
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Foulke Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Dannemera
Negro baseball clubs must use public grounds by rule
St Louis officials rule that Negro teams may use the city park grounds but must play among themselves on a diamond not in use by white teams. Negro taxpayers may access facilities yet cannot play with white players or on fields desired by white teams.
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ST. Louis
City Park Commissioners
McGovern Ekern Imbroglio May Face Open Probe
Madison reporters expect an open senate inquiry next week into Governor McGovern meal appointment of L A Anderson as insurance commissioner. Ekern allies push for testimony barred at the prior hearing while McGovern aides offer no public plan beyond a Supreme Court question on authority. Authors foresee cross examination of both sides as witnesses are called and the controversy hinges on alleged pretext for ousting Ekern.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
L. A. Anderson
Ekern
Anderson
Johnson
the Park Hotel
McGovern
Lover's wife shooter in St Louis hospitalised for hysteria
Myrtle Bass, who shot and wounded Mrs Hazel Bowman in St Louis, was moved to a city hospital with hysteria. She said she loved Jacob Bowman and did not know he was married until reading a birth report. She admitted cutting her hair and dressing in men's clothes before firing three shots as the couple rested with their three days old baby. One bullet hit Mrs Bowman's jaw. the others missed. The baby was unharmed.
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ST. Louis
Myrtle Bass
Hazel Bowman
Bowman
Veteran Captain Markwood Dies at Nearly 100
Washington reports the death of Captain Markwood a veteran of the Mexican civil and Indian wars. Supposed to have died in the Mexican War under another name he was honored by a monument in a San Antonio cemetery. He lived to about 100 years old.
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Washington
San Antonio
Texas
Markwood
Meningitis hits Oklahoma state prison inmates
Meningitis has developed among inmates at the state prison in M Aster Oklahoma with one death reported. The facility houses about 300 prisoners and officials disclosed the outbreak details today.
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M’alester
Okla
Wilson Inaugural Fund Shortfall Leaves Gloomy Stance
Washington reports show $87,000 already pledged by seven thousand subscribers to the inaugural celebration while many capital businessmen who loaned funds listen in subdued silence as President elect Wilson faces a tight financial outlook for the event.
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Washington
Wilson
Inaugural Ball Rules Set by Committee
Washington January 17 if the inaugural committee proceeds with an inaugural ball for President Wilson there will be no Grizzly Bear Bunny Hug Tango or vulgar hoochee kootchie stage dances at the affair Vice Chairman Hamilton accepted a proviso from Representative Roddenberry of Georgia before the house public buildings committee today promising proper conduct and decorum.
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Washington
Wilson
Hamilton
Roddenberry
Georgia
House Public Buildings Committee
Wilson to Eliminate Inaugural Ball Stuns Committee
President elect Wilson remains firm on dropping the expensive inaugural ball. A letter to Inaugural Committee Chairman William Eustis recommends eliminating the ball, citing government work disruption and pension office building costs. Eustis planned a meeting to discuss the proposal as supporters warned the event could still proceed if a loan of the pension building is arranged.
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Eustis
Wilson
Madison
Weather Forecast For La Crosse And Vicinity
For La Crosse and vicinity fair tonight and Saturday with colder temperatures. Wisconsin mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with snow near Lake Superior and cooler. Minnesota generally fair tonight and Saturday with colder air in the northeast. Iowa mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with colder conditions in the extreme east. The western low pressure area has split into two fronts. one passed over this area last night, the other extends from British Columbia to Colorado. A high pressure center over northwestern North Dakota keeps temperatures down across the region. Light rain or snow occurred across the Pacific slope to the north Atlantic coast in the last 24 hours, with rain continuing on the Pacific slope this morning. elsewhere the weather remains generally fair.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
British Columbia
Colorado
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Slope
North Atlantic Coast
Pacific
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Brewmasters’ Institution of Chicago
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