Bryan to Support Governor Wilson in Washington Visit
Governor Woodrow Wilson held a strenuous day in Washington meeting over 700 supporters at the New Willard hotel. He spoke three times and connected with Jersey Democrats amid pressure from New Jersey and national committees. The Jersey dinner at Shoreham and the Jackson Day banquet at the Raleigh featured his second and third speeches focusing on restoring representative government as Bryan aligned with Wilson.
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Washington
D. C
Woodrow Wilson
New Willard
House
Wilson
Jersey
New Jersey
National Committee
National Press Club
Shoreham Hotel
Alfred T. Tolley
Hackensack
Raleigh
Newersey
Dudley F. Malone
Corporation Counsel's
New York
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraskan
Virginia Society of New York
South
Pypiaine
Tramp, 18, Dying Scholar John Peterson Found in Cold
John Peterson, 68, a Millis Hotel lodger at 168 Bleecker Street, was found dying after exposure from tramping in cold. He had claimed authorship and connections to Professor Alien Marquand of Princeton, who confirmed his intellectual pursuits and past support from notable academics.
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Marquand
Peterson
New England
William James
Harvard
James
Gilman
Johnny University
Richard Watson Gil
Philosopher Peterson Opposes Institute Rule at Poughkeepsie Home
Friends proposed placing Peterson in an old man’s home at Poughkeepsie to ease his life and allow his philosophical writings. The institute required entrants to sign away property, which he refused. His prized asset was a monumental philosophy work once backed by Carnegie Institute, a project later abandoned.
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Poughkeepsie
Peterson
Carnegie Institute
Mother commits suicide after son dies by own action
In New York special report, Mrs. Lottie Hyde Buffington, 50, wife of Orr Buffington, Philadelphia lawyer, killed herself after her son Sid, 22, died by his own hand. Family troubles and parents’ separation are cited. a note asks for forgiveness and surrender to a just God as she lies beside a photo and newspaper clipping of Sid’s death. Judge Buffington of Pittsburgh is mentioned as the uncle.
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New York
Portnevlicky
Sidney
Lottie Hyde Buffington
Orr Buffington
Philadelphia
Buffington
United States
Pittsburg
House of Editors Urged to Convene Press for Peace
William C. Deming editor of the Wyoming Tribune telegraphed President Taft urging a national press meeting in Washington to discuss world peace arbitration. He praised Roosevelt's house of governors as a model and called for united press leadership to crystallize public sentiment toward arbitration and labor capital harmony.
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House of Editors
Cheyenne
Wyo
William C. Deming
The
Wyoming Tribune
Taft
Roosevelt
House of Governors
Washington
Stock Exchange Extends Delivery Suspension After Equitable Fire
NEW YORK Special reports that at a special NYSE meeting governors voted to suspend deliveries for another 24 hours due to stock tie ups from the Equitable fire marking the first two day suspension. The law committee was given full power to act on all matters connected with interrupted deliveries, though mutual consent may still allow deliveries.
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New York
Board of Governors
New York Stock Exchange
Equitable
Stock Exchange
Law Committee
Battalion Prepares to Sail for China
Manila reports the first battalion of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry U.S. Army is ordered to China with Major James A. Marrasmith in command. The unit will carry field service wagons hospital corps a platoon of machine guns and ample ammunition under Brigadier General Frederick Funston. A second battalion is expected to follow soon.
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Manila
U. 5S
China
James A. Marrasmith
Frederick Funston
Department of Luzon
Wealthy Brooklyn Bride Weds Young Real Estate Broker
In New York a notable marriage is announced between Miss M. A. Gordon, a 77 year old Brooklyn real estate heiress, and P. Barrington Jennings, a 28 year old real estate broker. The wedding occurred in Washington several days ago, and was only made public today. Mrs. Jennings says they first met when he sought to buy a plot she owned. The couple spent their honeymoon in Washington.
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New York
M. A. Gordon
Brooklyn
P. Barrington Jennings
Washington
Clubmen Oust Gay Swimming Treacher In Pittsburg
In Pittsburg the Pittsburg Athletic Association fired swimming instructor Richard Cavill from the lavish city hall facility amid claims he behaved improperly with women. James R. Taylor replaces Cavill, previously with the Illinois and Oakland clubs, as the new instructor. Cavill denies misconduct, calling it playful and denying prudish accusations.
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Pittsburg
Pittshure Athletic Association
Richard Cavill
House
F. R. Babcock
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
Cavill
Ilinois Athletic Association
Chicago
James R. Taylor
Oakland Aquatic Cluir
Sewickley Young Women’s Christian Association
Miss Bryan to Wed in Virginia Society Engagement
Mrs. John Milton Bryan of Dania Florida announces the engagement of her daughter Margaret Hawthorne to Robert Marshall Price. Price is a University of Virginia Law School graduate and four years active in University administration. He is the son of James Robert Price of Harrisonburg.
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Miss Bryan
Charlottesville
John Milton Bryan
Dania
Fila
Margaret Hawthorne
Robert Marshall Price
Law School
University of Virginia
James Robert Price
Harrisonburg
United States Senate
William James Bryan
Florida
Nathan P. Bryan
Second Fire Triggers Alarm Near Equitable Building
Fire near the ruined Equitable Building in Manhattan prompted a second alarm. The blaze started at 11 30 a clock at 67 Broadway and intensified, with another alarm sounded at 11 45.
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New York
Equitable
Financial District
Broadway
Richeson not insane he is a cunning man says alienist
Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, a renowned alienist, states Richeson is sane and acted with deliberate plan to save his life. He argues the confession was a calculated bid to avert the electric chair, not an act of madness, and cites Richeson's self interest, training, and restraint in pursuing his desires.
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Dr. Macdonald
New York
Carlos F. Macdonald
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Richeson
Macdona
Macdonald
Buffalo
Czolgosz
McKinney
Win
Wien
Avis Linnell
Edmonds
Linnell
Kieheson
Three Burned to Death in Willard Street Barn Fire
Boston special report: two women and a man burned to death in a four story building at 10 Willard Street. At least ten others escaped with narrow margins as firemen, police, and neighbors fought the blaze. A life chain from a nearby roof saved a woman and her son. Victims named Azara Mariano Rosalie Mariano and an unidentified woman.
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Boston
Mass
Willard Street
Azara Mariano
Rosalie Mariano
Freight Handlers Join Longshoremen Strike Action
Boston mass thirty five hundred freight handlers and clerks await orders to quit their jobs and join the sympathetic strike of long shoremen. District Assembly No 30 Knights of Labor endorses action and local railroad freight clerks steamship clerks and shipyard unions back the strike to boost numbers and disrupt rail service.
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Boston
Mass
District Assembly
Knights of Labor
England Fears Great Labor War In England
Officials fear a large labor conflict as miners vote on a minimum wage. Balloting today suggests near unanimous support for the wage principle, while mine owners refuse to grant it and miners threaten to strike.
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London
McKennan
England
Coal industry tie up feared as navy fuel demand rises
Operators of the Cardi collieries suspend deliveries amid navy fuel demands. Realisation that a coal industry tie up is inevitable follows as there is not enough coal mined at Presest to last a month if the strike goes into effect.
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Cardi
Navy
PIRE DESTROYS BLOCK AND CHURCH EDIFICE IN BRAINTREE
A two and a half story Lyceum block at Elm and Washington Streets and the North Congregational Church adjoining were destroyed by fire in North Braintree early today. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars.
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Braintree
Mass
Lyceum
Elm and
Washington Streets
North Braintree
North Congregational Church
Flames Run Rampant in Berkeley Springs Fire
Berkeley Springs W Va special report says a massive fire started in a bake shop and swept through four businesses, five homes, and a church causing about 150000 dollars in damage. The Hagerstown Maryland fire department was asked to help but could not due to distance.
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Berkley Springs
W. VA
Hagerstown
Navy ships sail to aid repaired Roe in tow at Hampton Roads
The bat teeship Kansas and the cruisers Prairie and Salem and torpedo boat Roe in tow depart Norfolk to reach Hampton Roads today to render aid to a smaller vessel seeking help. Roe is reported exhausted of fuel but not crippled.
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Washington, D. c
Navy Department
Kansas
Prairie
Salem
Hampton Roads
Roe
Norfolk
Department
Collision Near Diamond Shoal Lightship Injures Vessel
The schooner John Bosvert collided with the Diamond Shoal lightship near Norfolk at 6:30 yesterday afternoon, sinking its wireless mast and lifeboats, leaking, and hindering warning signals. The Onondaga revenue cutter prepares to assist as weather remains clear and cause unknown.
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Norfolk
John Bosvert
Diamond Shoal
Moaker
Mie
Onondaga
Heroine of Fire Nears Death in Park Avenue Blaze
In a three story Park Avenue building a cellar blaze trapped eleven on the top floor. Mary McCabe directed a daring rescue, saving seven children and others as fire surged upward. Morris bore her down a ladder amid cheering bystanders. one thousand dollars in damage reported.
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New York
Park Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Mary McCabe
Frank Stealer
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
John McLaughlin
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Sehleuter
Loretta
McLaughlin
Schleuter
Morris
Mrs. McCabe
Mrs
Parker to Lead Mt McKinley Ascent Attempt 1912
Special-Professor Herschel C Parker of Columbia University plans a third attempt to summit Mount McKinley Alaska with the Parker Brown expedition of 1912. Building on Cook’s 1906 claim and 1910 expedition lessons, Parker aims to reach all three summits from the north before the melt ends.
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New York
Herschel C. Parker
Columbia University
Alaska
Lofty Peak
Cook
Cooke
Parker
Mount McKinney
Alaska expedition plans four men to scale Mount McKinley
Professor Parker leads a four man Alaska expedition including Belmore Brown Arthur Aten and Merl Lavoy. They plan a dual ascent from Seward in February aiming for a 10 000 foot high camp then a summit return. The route follows the Susitna river and north side ascent with sledges dogs and heavy gear.
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Mer
Professor Parker
Belmore Brown
Tacoma
Wash
Arthur Aten
Valdez
Alaska
Merl Lavoy
Seattle
Alaskan Central Railroad
Sunrise
Susitna
Aittle
Mt. McKinley
Aten
Chulitna
Lavoy
Parker
Tom Lloyd
Lloyd
McGonigle
Taylor
Anderson
Mount McKinley
Mount
Everest
Andes
Miss Peck
Professor Bingham
Yale
Brooklyn
Thought She Was Richeson’s Wife Sparked Public Outcry
Avis Linnell believed herself the lawful wife of Rev Clarence V. T. Richeson. Exhumation found a wedding ring on her left hand. Prosecutors say Richeson performed a ceremony, convincing a music student she was wed. Richeson awaits execution after a May trial while defense plans appeal amid a heated public response.
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Boston
Mass
Avis Linnell
Clarence V. T. K Richeson
Pelletier
Boston Herald
Richeson
Charles Street
John L. Lee
Virginia
New England
Lfe
Edmands Family Seeks Commutation for Slayer Richeson
The Edmands family of Boston joins the pastor’s lawyers to seek leniency for Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, indicted for slaying Avia Linnell. Moses Grant Edmands, Miss Edmands’ father, held talks with Richeson’s attorneys to pursue a commutation of the death sentence.
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Edmands
Boston
Mass
Violet Edmands
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avia Linnell
Moses Grant Edmands
Miss Edmands
Richeson
Equitable Plans Skyscraper After Ruin in Fire
New York reports that Equitable Life Insurance may rebuild at once, proposing a sixty two story skyscraper to replace the burned structure. J Pierpont Morgan, in Paris, reportedly approved rebuilding. hundreds of millions in securities and cash were lost or trapped in the ruins amid ice and firefighting. White collar and police guards seal streets as searches for valuables proceed.
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New York
Special
Equitable Insurance Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paris
Equitable Life Insurance Society
William Walsh
Pine
Cedar
Nassau
Broadway
Equitable
Equitable Life
Ebquitable Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
August Belmont & Co
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Gould and Harriman
Singer
Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Armstrong Insurance
Equitable Company
Armour Notations Objections Upheld in Packer Case
In Chicago special Judge Carpenter sustained the government objections to Armour notations used in the prosecution of ten millionaire packers. The ruling is described as a major victory for the packers in the United States District Court.
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Chicago
Carpenter
United States District Court
Justice Coman Dead
Supreme Court Justice Henry B. Coman died at his Oneida home from typhoid at fifty six. A native of Madison County he served on the Supreme Court since 1896 and was a Republican.
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Justice Coman
Utica
N. Y
Railroads face hearing on cotton seed freight rates
Washington DC special report says the Interstate Commerce Commission held a hearing to adjust freight rates on cotton seed products for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and ten other lines. The proceedings involved representatives from the railroads and thirty two Oklahoma hose manufacturers and others in Texas and the South.
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Washington, D. C
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Okoma
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Carrollton
Miss Linnell
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Flames
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