Men blamed for fall of women in New York interview
New York reports John D. Rockefeller Jr says men are chiefly responsible for the fallen woman. He cites poverty low wages improper home conditions and lack of training as key causes. He describes a permanent campaign funded by his foundation through the bureau of social hygiene.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Rockefeller
New York City
Bureau
George J. Kneeland
Chicago Vice Commission
Abraham Flexner
Europe
Two States Slow Washington Electoral Votes Delayed Messengers
Arizona and Oklahoma were the only states yet to deliver their electoral votes to the senate by 2 p.m. under the special messenger system. By midnight, messengers failing to complete service face fines up to $1,000 and mileage loss, though such penalties have never been enforced.
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Washington
Arizona
Oklahoma
Senate
Butter Prices Rise on Elgin Board of Trade
Elgin Illinois January 27 butter advanced from a half cent to a cent and a half with sales recorded between 32 and 33 1 2 cents per pound on the local board of trade today.
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Elgin, OL
Elgin Board of Trade
Weather Outlook For La Crosse And Surrounding Areas
Weather forecast notes light snow flurries tonight or Tuesday with minor temperature changes. Wisconsin and Minnesota show similar patterns with little overall shift. Iowa mostly fair but cloudy north. A low pressure system covers the east, bringing rain from the gulf to the middle Atlantic, while a central North Dakota low brings light snow toward the upper lakes.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Gulf
Middle Atlantic
North Dakota
Upper Lakes
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake
Death by own action shocks Milwaukee man
Milwaukee on January 27. John Michelson 26 fired a 38 revolver at his head after a quarrel with his sweetheart. The shot missed his brain and left him alive with a scalp wound. Coroner and relatives reported the strange sequence as the bullet lodged behind his ear and was found ruined.
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John
Arrest Over Cobweb Clue Lands Man in Court
Patrolman Samuel Johnson arrested William Sutherland of St. Paul after a cobweb on the coat yielded a clue to a burglary at the La Crosse knitting works. The window entry, broken safe lock and fly remnants form circumstantial evidence cited by Chief John Webber. Sutherland awaits a preliminary hearing with possible circuit court action.
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Sherlock Holmes
Samuel Johnson
William Sutherland
St. Paul
la Crosse
Arthur S. Farnam
Johnson
Sutherland
Central
John Webber
Farnam
Firemen Save Guests From Fire at Paxton Hotel
Guests awakened by a blaze at the Paxton hotel in Omaha were carried to safety on firemen’s shoulders down long ladders as dense smoke blocked stairways. No one was injured. One guest resisted awakening, saying it isn’t his hotel.
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Omaha
Neb
Paxton Hotel
Jury selection resumes in Darrow bribery trial
Ten jurors have been seated and fifty veniremen remain to be questioned to fill two more jurors as the Darrow bribery case resumes in Los Angeles on January 27.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Veniremen
Darrow
Ross sentenced for larceny of state funds affirmed
The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed five year penitentiary terms for J. Thorburn Ross a Portland banker convicted of stealing 288000 dollars from state funds.
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Washington
J. Thorburn Ross
Portland, Ore
Supreme Court
YWCA Speaker Praises Grosse Lucky Association
The annual association meeting lauds the city for hosting a YWCA presence. A speaker commends the community for supporting the institution and contributing to its success.
Y W C A in La Crosse Celebrates 10th Annual Meeting
The La Crosse Y W C A marked its tenth annual meeting at the Congregational church with Miss Harriet Broad of Chicago praising the local group. Mrs W R Finch reported 591 total members, 180 enrolled in classes, 999 Sunday services, and a year’s income of 5459.34 with expenditures of 5341.34 leaving 267.92 in the bank.
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la Crosse
Miss Broad
Christ
W. R. Finch
Association For Girls of Industrial Centers
Association
Church Quartet
Mesdames Cilley and
Norbeck
Homer Cotton
Mackinaw Steamer Safe After Near Sinking in Fog
The freighter Mackinaw was in serious danger of sinking for hours after striking the government breakwater near San Pedro harbor in heavy fog. The crew were taken off before the vessel entered port, where it rests with a large hole in its starboard bow.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Pedro
Coast Sees Immigrant Flood as Panama Canal Opens
Washington representative Humphrey outlined to the house buildings committee the expected surge of immigrants on the Pacific coast when the Panama Canal opens. He urged a $759,000 appropriation for a new immigration station at Seattle.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
House Buildings Committee
Humphrey
Seattle
Muzzle Ordinance Sparks City Council Fight in Madison
Madison officials debate a proposed muzzle law targeting bull dogs and Scotch collies amid claims of nightly dog fights on the lake shore. Aldermen clash over breed definitions and cruelty concerns as council weighs the measure.
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Madison
Wis
Lake Shore
J. W. Quinn
Jacob Behrend
Heim
Constantine
House Looks to End Filibusters With Calendar Change
Washington Jan 27 The house may adopt a one hour calendar Wednesday rule to curb filibusters and prevent talking a bill to death The reform aims to allow free debate on general calendar items and curb speaker recognition powers while maintaining possible suspensions by majority vote It follows past protests over lengthy holds on major bills and contemplates a new suspension calendar and extended conferees reports debate
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Washington
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lincoln Memorial
Burnett-Dillingham
Cannon
Family of coiner brothers face counterfeiting trial
Four brothers, whose father serves a ten year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for counterfeiting, were tried before Federal Judge Carpenter in Chicago on the charge. They pleaded not guilty.
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Chicago
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Carpenter
Women’s suffrage bill withdrawn by British government
London January 27. Prime Minister Asquith announced in the House of Commons that the government withdrew the franchise reform bill. Suffragettes hissed and police guarded Parliament as militants flooded streets fearing violence. Grey pledged next session to place a suffrage measure on equal footing with government bills.
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London
Great Britain
Asquith
House of Commons
Lowther
Westminster
Parliament House
Arthur Henderson
Laborite
Edward Grey
Postpone Guggenheim Case in Chicago Divorce Expunction Delayed
In Chicago on January 27 Judge Oscar Heard postponed expungement arguments to February 7 in the divorce of Grace B Guggenheim Wahl and William Guggenheim New York smelter magnate. The judge voiced reluctance to rehear but would if Chief Justice Baldwin requests an inquiry into alleged fraud in the 1901 decree.
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Chicago
Grace B. Guggenheim-Wahl
William Guggenheim
New York
Oscar Heard
Circuit Court
Heard
Baldwin
Striking Garment Workers Near Return After Tentative Pact
A majority of striking garment workers were expected to return to work tomorrow as manufacturers, contractors, and union leaders reached a tentative agreement. The settlement includes wage increases and shorter hours and awaits arbitration of remaining differences.
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New York
Viceroy Harding Appears After Assassination Attempt
Lord Harding, viceroy of India, made his first public appearance since the December 23 assassination attempt. He appeared in excellent health and greeted officials in London.
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London
Lord Harding
India
Boston strike looming over garment workers demands
Fifteen thousand International Ladies' Garment Workers and five thousand United Garment Workers threaten a Bostonwide strike within a week. They demand higher wages and better working conditions similar to those secured by New York manufacturers.
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Boston
International Ladies’ Garment
United Garment Workers
New York
Local ad clash over credit between Gillespies in Jackson
A Jackson advertisement warned against extending credit to Mrs. Lee Gillespie, signed by her husband. She replied in the Personal column denying bed and board and claiming she has worked for her daily bread since the wedding, sending him back to his relatives.
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Jackson, Mich
Lee Gillespie
Madison Publishing chief identified after hospital death
A man identified as W. R. Madison, president of Madison Publishing Co of Kansas City, Mo., died in a local hospital under the name E. O. Rank.
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New Orleans
W. R. Madison
Madison Publishing Company
Kansays City
E. O. Rank
Copenhagen Police Threaten Nationwide Strike Over Pay
Danish police force threatens to strike if pay raises are not granted. Movement spreads across Denmark with possible impact on police nationwide.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Lady Forger Is Man in Disguise
Mason City Iowa January 27 Miss Olive Bess Pickett and Miss Anna Michael were brought back from Council Bluffs to face two charges of passing forged checks. The pair traveled through Carlton Minnesota Superior Wisconsin and St Paul before arriving here. Miss Michael admits the ploy and says her real name is Mrs Anna Michael she has a divorced husband and two children in Kansas and a mother in Haven Florida. She claims she met her companion at a logging camp in Salone Minnesota and he urged her to join the trip forging checks. She says she bought female clothing for him and they had little trouble passing checks until they reached Mason City.
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Mason City
Iowa
Olive Bess Pickett
Anna Michael
Council Bluffs
Michael
Carlton
Minn
Superior
Wis
St. Paul
Kansas
Haven
Florida
Salone
Aylward Attacks Governor in Ekern Inauguration Case
Madison report on January proceedings shows Insurance Commissioner Ekern's supporters and opponents debating the removal from office. John A. Aylward accuses Governor McGovern of using police to provoke unrest and warns against use of force as a tool in state administration.
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Madison
Wis
Francis E. McGovern
John A. Aylward
Ekern
Stevens
Rusk
Aylward
MrGovern
Jimmy
Wisconsin
M. B. Olbrich
McGovern
Olbrich
L. A. Anderson
Child Dies in Hospital in North Dakota
Martha O. Hovde twelve of Harvey North Dakota died yesterday in a local hospital from acute appendicitis after a brief illness. She leaves her father mother five sisters and brothers. The body will be taken to Westby for funeral services tomorrow.
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Martha O. Hovde
Harvey, N. D
Westby
Taft Nominates Postmaster and Receiver in Two Moves
President Taft nominated Benjamin Underwood to be postmaster at Fergus Falls Minnesota replacing L A Leverson whose name was withdrawn and Preston A Worthington as receiver of public moneys at Burns Oregon.
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Washington
Taft
Fergus Falls
Minn
Benjamin Underwood
L. A. Leverson
Burns, Ore
Preston A. Worthington
Reign of Terror Rivaled in Constantinople
Army officers grow suspicious of the new dictator in Constantinople and plan to overthrow him as counter revolution looms. Reports indicate heightened tension and possible military action to curb dictatorial power.
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Constantinople
Russia Eyes Intervention as Constantinople Turmoil Grows
In Constantinople unrest mounts after the ouster of Kiami Pasha. Enver Bey leads a crackdown with over 200 arrests including cabinet ministers. A military tribunal governs under Young Turks as ambassadors doubt Enver Bey. Russia reportedly weighing intervention amid German suspicions. Balkan talks pause as envoys delay decisions for three days pending Turkey move.
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Constantinople
Kiami2 Pasha
Enver Bey
Turkey
Kiamil Pasha
Young Turks
Zekki Bey
Nazim Pasha
Chatalya
Mahmud Shefket Pasha
Balkan
Russia
Germany
Deutsches-Orient Bank
London
Balkans
Daneff
Foreign Office
Cettinje
UC President Warns Europe Over Turkish War
Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, says if Europe cannot end the Turkish conflict peacefully then the sword may be drawn, in a San Francisco address dated January 27.
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San Francisco
Cal
Europe
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Lower House backs Shepard Kenyon liquor ban bill
In Des Moines Iowa on January 27 the lower house committee approved a resolution to memorialize Congress to pass the Shepard Kenyon bill prohibiting liquor shipments into dry states.
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Des Jioines
Iowa
Congress
Aviator Levanoux Raises French Altitude Record
Paris January 27 George Levanoux ascended 11889 feet in a monoplane with Miss Davies English aviatrix as passenger. The flight set a new French altitude record with a passenger.
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Paris
George Levanoux
Miss Davies
Trainmen May Strike If Wage Demands Unmet
In Cleveland Ohio on January 27 the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen rejected a 15 percent wage increase offer from railroad managers. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will complete its strike vote canvass this week and leaders warn a coordinated walkout by firemen and trainmen is possible if no satisfactory agreement is reached.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eastern
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Catch Wagon Thieves Break Up Chicago Gang
Five men were captured as they loaded about $12,000 in goods into a wagon at the rear of a clothing store. Police say the arrest breaks up a gang that has robbed a dozen stores in the past two months.
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Chicago
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