Roosevelt Opposes Fusion of Party and Machine
Theodore Roosevelt declares against a permanent fusion between the Republican and Progressive parties. He cites the Chicago convention grievance and says the Taft nomination was theft. Roosevelt welcomes Republicans and Democrats who adopt Progressive principles as laid out by Lincoln. He spends the day at the Manhattan Hotel meeting Progressives including Addams Keller Beveridge and law school deans.
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New York
Frank A. Munsey
Republican Party
New
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Abraham Lincoln
Munsey
Prendergast
Tammany Hall
Hotel
Manhattan
Jane Addams
Frances A. Keller
Senator Beveridge
Kirechney
Columbia Law School
Dean Lewis
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Herbert Knox Smith
Priestley
Oklahoma
Progressive National Committee
Sold Indians Bad Beef Before Senate Committee
Mrs Helen Pierce Gray testified before the Senate Indian Affairs committee on January 10 charging that diseased beef sold to Crow Indians by lessees of their lands, with interior department knowledge, caused lampage. Senator Townsend urged frauds against the Indians and urged an investigation and potential referral of Crow records to the attorney general.
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Gray
Senate
Washington
Interior Department
Helen Pierce Gray
Senater
Indian Affairs Committee
Senator Townsend
Attorney General
Townsend
Drunken Chauffeur Bill Clears Senate For Tough Penalties
Major ity Leader Wagner pushed Senator Fitzgeralds measure through the state senate to curb drunken chauffeurs. The bill replaces the existing fine up to 25 dollars with penalties including up to one year in prison or a fine up to 500 dollars or both, for speeding in New York City.
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Senate
Madr
Robert If’. Wagner
State
Witzgerald
New York City
Fitzgerald
Cotton Crop Report Shows Drop From Last Year
The census cotton crop report for 1912 to January 1 shows 12,920,257 round bales ginned, down from 14,317,002 in 1911. Sea Island cotton totals were 67,329 versus 105,088 in 1911, with round bales at 77,709 vs 96,277. Weather outlook calls for fair, slightly warmer today and tomorrow with moderate winds.
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Washington
Sea Island
George F. Baker Snapshot in Washington Posture
A Washington snap shot shows George F. Baker near Capitol steps. Baker, partner of J Pierpont Morgan, is described as a powerful financier and former president of the First National Bank of New York.
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Morgan
Washington
George F. Baker
Misomones Trust Committee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Delitvian
Board of
Lireetors
Grveat First National Bank of New York
Baker
Capitol
Bankers Face Contempt Move Over Money Trust Probe
Washington reports the money trust investigating committee sought court action after bankers refused to disclose names of twenty four bank officers linked to a 50 000 profit from a California Petroleum stock syndicate. George F Baker of the First National Bank testified about the First Securities company and its assets and dividends since 1874 and 1901.
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Washington
House Money Trust Investigating Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Clark
George G. Henry
Salomon & Co
New York
Money Trust Committee
California
House
United States
District of Columbia
George IF. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
First Securities Company
First National Bank
Baker
First National
Many Convicts in Chicago Blamed on Lenient Courts
Mayor Carter Harrison denounces leniency of courts for rising crime in Chicago. He cites parolees from state prisons as a major factor and criticizes judges for light penalties for pistol possession and highway robberies.
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Harrison
Carter Harrison
Ulineis Penitentiaries
Sabith
Amin Lou
Charges Against Peck Prompt Troy Builder Protest
Harry J. Bartle of Troy accuses Superintendent Peck of the Department of Public Works of having his property torn down near Cohoes without proper notice. Bartle seeks to determine if political influence or due process failures caused the demolition. Peck calls the case a spiteful action.
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Harry J. Bartle
Troy
Albany
Eck
Department of Public Works
Speaker Smith
Assembly
Godeyrers Firbes
Harry Bartle
Bartle
Cohoes
Peck
Sipp Agrees to Testify in New York Grand Jury Case
George A. Sipp after release from Atlantic City jail travels to Philadelphia guarded by a Whitman gang man. He plans to testify to paying protection to police including Eugene M. Fox and to have his son Howard corroborate. A grand jury in New York and DA Whitman will coordinate the witness’s appearance and potential testimony.
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New York
Atlantic City
George A. Sipp
Howard
Groehl
Philadelphia
Sipp
Whitman
Mr. Groehl
Harlem
Eugene Fox
Walsh
District “Attorney
Pox
Aldermanic
Young Sipp
Goehl
Polleymen
Bipp
Dying Child Pleads For Missing Mother In Coatesville
Marion Thompson a ten year old girl in Coatesville Pennsylvania is dying of heart trouble. Her mother Mrs Jennie Thompson vanished a month ago and sent a postcard from Philadelphia. The girl's father Charles Thompson appeals to police to locate his wife as Marion grieves for her mother and longs for another message.
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Coatesville
Marion Thompson
Jennie Thompson
Senate Tilt Over Hoefer Continnuation Reconsideration Fails
Senator Henry M. Sage tried to revisit the senate action confirming Governor Sulzer’s reappointment of Herman W. Hoefer as state architect. Senator Wagner blocked the move by noting the motion violated rules and Sage could not cite a applicable rule, so the matter was dropped.
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Henry M. Sage
State Senate
Sulzer
Herman W. Hoefer
New York City
Wagner
Sage
Duchess of Connaught in Serious Condition Again
The Duchess of Connaught remains seriously ill with pneumonia and a second attack of peritonitis. She was brought to Royal Victoria hospital from Ottawa, accompanied by the Duke of Connaught, Princess Patricia, Major Worthington, Dr. A. E. Garrow, and the governing house physician who attended her earlier illness.
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Duchess of Connaught
Royal Victoria Hospital
Ottawa
Duke of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Worthington
Government House
A. E. Garrow
Montreal
Bryan in Editorial Discusses Cabinet
Lincoln Nebraska editorial argues cabinet appointments should not be paid with political debt. Willian J Bryan says offices are public trust, to strengthen party and advance party policies. He urges Governor Wilson to prioritize welfare of party and country over individual ambitions.
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Lincoln
Dan
Wilson
Willian J. Bryan
Pfeiffer Will Forbids Dishonest Heirs In $500000 Estate
The will of G Oscar Pfeiffer of Scarsdale filed for probate in White Plains New York provides a $500000 estate ban on any son who leads a dishonest or unrighteous life or is adjudged a drunkard. If a son fails such standards his share goes to his family. Executors named are Mrs Pfeiffer and Jones G Cannon of Scarsdale and president of Fourth National Bank New York City.
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Pfeiffer
White Plains
N. Y
G. Oscar Pfeiffer
Scarsdale
Vfeitfer
Jones G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank of
New York City
Cameron in Sulzer Probe Names Janes Cameron as Special Investigator
Albany announces Governor Sulzer appointed Janes Cameron of 170 Broadway New York City as special investigator with the inquiry committee to expose graft in state departments and propose remedies for economical government Cameron had led Hudson county New Jersey inquiries for eighteen months and was among four recommended by Raymond B. Fosdick as the Sulzer inquiry third member.
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Sulzer
Janes Cameron
Broadway
New York City
Cameron
Raymond B. Fosdick
New York
Hudson County
N. J
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