Democrats Map Lines to Control Next Congress
Washington reports a Democratic poll signaling a preferred extra session to revise the tariff and set a progressive-constructive split in party leadership. Leaders expect President-elect Wilson to weigh in as Vinson is to assume. The strategy includes lowering Paym-Aldrich taxes, keeping Champ Clark as Speaker, and Owens W Underwood as majority leader.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Sreston
Washbington
Wilson
Vinson
Champ Clark
Owenr W. Underwood
Senate
Washington
William Jennings Ureen
Mrysa
Coleonel Dryen
Seinster Martin
Virginia
Nineteen Die in New Orleans Area Train Wreck
Nineteen people are dead and many injured after a freight train collided with an excursion passenger train north of New Orleans on the Yarroo and Mississippi Valley line. The impact overturned three coaches and sparked a fire, with several victims burned beyond recognition. Rescue teams searched wreckage as the injured were transported to a charity hospital. six died en route. White and Black victims include seven white men, three women, and five children among the dead.
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New Orleans
Arty
Woollville
Miss
Reachi
Charity Hospital
Reno Divorces To Be Stopped Soon
The Reno divorce mills likely close after the first of the year as a legislature elected with tax reform and strict statutes opposes current divorce laws. Thousands have come to Nevada to obtain divorces under the present system.
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Reno
Bryan 15 Open to Cabinet Position
In Washington on his way to Florida with Mrs Bryan, William Jennings Bryan hints he may accept a cabinet role under President elect Wilson. he declines to confirm future plans while stressing tariff and trust issues must be addressed together. He supports government financing of campaign funds and praises publicity’s effect on contributions. He avoids speculation on the Republican party’s fate and says no appointment is set today.
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Gryan
Wileon
Bryan
Congress
Roosevelt
Nebraska Statesman
Republican Party
Wilson receives heavy speaking requests before inauguration
Princeton special reports Governor-elect Wilson faces a flood of speaking requests that would keep him busy until March 4. He declines to choose a church in Washington and notes rivalry among seven Presbyterian congregations to gain his family and Vice President-elect Marshall. At his home, Charley Guinn runs a large cab business as Warren Wilson’s longtime driver.
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N. J
Wilson
Washington
Marshall
Charley Guinn
Womerow Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Mit
Iron Workers
St. Louis
Hockin
J. J. He-Namara
Chicago
J. P. Contello
Twelfth Street
Blue Inland Avenue
Hoekin
Lo Snower
Ping
Cincinnati
J. B. McNamara
Dome
Dennison-Howard Siaduct
Cleveland
Indianapolis
o.Cleveland
Mr. R. D. Smart Plans Retirement From Active Ministry
Norfolk report says Rev. Dr. R. D. Smart, formerly of Epworth Church in Norfolk and now pastor in Boydton, will retire at the Virginia Methodist Conference session in Lynchburg. He intends to withdraw from active ministry without seeking a superannuated pension and move to South Carolina, his native state. He has dedicated years to the Southern Methodist Church and earned strong support from Norfolk friends as he prepares a permanent Southern home.
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Norfolk
Virginia Methodist
Lynchburg
R. D. Smart
Epworth Church
Methodist Church
Boydton
South Carolina
Smart
Southern Methodist Church
William Penley Dies Famous English Actor at Sixty
London reports William 8 Penley the renowned English comedian has died aged sixty. He achieved his greatest success in Charley's Aunt and built a substantial fortune on the British stage.
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London
Willam
Penley
Socialist editor Julius Wayland dies by own hand in Kansas
Julius A. Wayland founder of the Appeal to Reason shot himself at his home in Girard Kansas on Monday night. Despondent over federal court cases and the impending meeting of a federal grand jury in Fort Scott he took his own life.
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Girard
Kan
Julius A. Wayland
Appeal To Reason
Frei Warren
Wayland
Fort Scott
Norfolk and Western to Double Car Output in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia notice states the Norfolk and Western will expand Roanoke shops to produce twenty cars per day, up from ten, over the next period. The project requires several new buildings and about 250000 dollars in new tools and equipment. Virginia Bridge and Iron Company will continue to build steel cars as before.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
Robert Brown Held for Trial in Hastings Court
Special Robert Brown, colored, was held for trial in the Hastings Court at the term to begin November 21 on the charge of murdering Otly Curtis, colored, who was stabbed to death in a row over 50 cents in a card game Saturday night. Brown was arraigned before Justice Pleasants in Police Court Saturday morning and arrested last night after.
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Robert Brown
Petersburg
Hastings
Otly Curtis
Brown
Justice Pleasants
District Court Refuses Bond Involving Real Estate Sureties
The United States district court refuses to accept a $30,000 certificate of deposit as bail and bars real estate sureties if they are indemnified for signing the bond. The court finds the white slave traffic act unconstitutional, while noting the defendant is a colored man and Chicago papers have published false reports prejudicing lenders. The petition remains under consideration.
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District Court of the United States
Chicago
Body of Woman Found in a Pond in Connecticut
State police tie the corpse of a woman found in a Danbury area pond to a revenge killing by Italians near Gilbert and Bennevet Manufacturing. Clues are initials G C and a gold ring. coroner to hold inquest. no missing woman identified yet. The investigation considers liquor raid informant theory unlikely and contemplates links to Cavalleri associates or other similar figures. Witness reports of a two week earlier drive by near the pond are noted amid ongoing inquiries.
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Conn. Conn
Gilbert and Bennevet Manufacturing Company
G. C
Phelan
Bridgeport
Norman Co. Beers
Danbury
Jennie
Gianina Cavalleri
Straford
Labor Federation Convenes In Rochester With 400 Delegates
The thirtieth AFL convention opened in Rochester as nearly 400 delegates gathered. President Samuel Gompers presided while Mayor H. H. Everton welcomed attendees. Governor Dix sent an envoy to extend greetings to the labor leaders.
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Rochester
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
H. H. Everton
John A. Dix
John Willama
Ufe
Newcomb Dies After Gunshot Wound In Virginia
Llewellyn Newcomb of Lunenburg county died at Memorial Hospital in Richmond from gunshot injuries inflicted by merchant A Barnes about ten days earlier after a long standing grudge. Barnes was released on 3000 bail and may be re-arrested. Coroner to hold an inquest tomorrow at 2 30 pm. Barnes to plead self defense at January Circuit Court.
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Richmond
Llewellyn Newcomb
Lunenburg
Memorial Hospital
A. Barnes
Newcomb
Barnes
Circuit Court
Luponbure County
William H. Taylor
Newcombe
Johnson Seeks Bail for Jack Johnson in Supreme Court
Attorney Benjamn Bachrach filed a motion in the U S Supreme Court on behalf of Jack Johnson to admit him to bail while the Chicago case proceeds. The motion cites the Northern District of Illinois court decision as the basis for bail.
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Washington, D. C
Jack Johnson
Ben- Jamn c. Bachrach
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago
District Court of the
United Stat For
District of
Tilmots
Goff Denies Delays in Rosenthal Murder Trial
Justice Goff blocks delay attempts in the Rosenthal murder case against Gyp the Blood Lefty Louie Dago Frank and Whitey Lewis. Jury selection begins with five veniremen. Jack Rose set to testify first. Defendants plan to take the stand as both sides estimate three to four days of testimony.
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New York
Justice Goff
Gyp the Blood
Lefty Louie
Dago Frank
Whitey Lewis
Herman Rosenthal
Jack Rose
Wahle
Whitman
Washington plans for inauguration ball housing
Washington business leaders including Chamber of Commerce members propose a large temporary structure in the city to host the inauguration ball and major conventions next spring and summer. A committee will travel to New York to decide if the railway supply manufacturers’ convention will come, with a possible $60,000 wigwam for inaugural use and shared funding by the Inauguration and convention committees.
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Washington
D. C
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
New York
Partition Threats Rise Over Balkan Divisions
Paris reports a high tension Balkan settlement as Poincare plots a new territorial spread from Turkey. Servia resists ceding Adriatic ports while Russia moves troops to Constantinople and Durazzo port emergence stirs alarm in Vienna Berlin and London.
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Paris
Europe
Kurg
Great Britain
Austria
Balkans
Poincare
France
Turkey
Adriatic
Balkan
Bulgaria
Greece
Salonika
Constantinople
Russia
London
Berlin
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Francis Ferdinand
Germany
William
Austro-Hungary
Alessio
Durazzo
Servia
Dwraszo
Dvijan
Servias
Albania
Bay of
Sunday Battle Near Constantinople Heats Up
A combined land and naval duel rages at the western Chatalya forts defending Constantinople. For nearly two days Turkish warships the Mesnudien Marmaris and another engaged Bulgarian batteries on the heights above the camp at Kalikratih. Shells screamed over Katikratih as the long range duel continued from morning to night.
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Constantinople
Chatalya
Mesnudien
Marmaris
Kalikratih
Katikrat
Todlay
Servia Advances to Adriatic Shores in Balkan War
Belgrade reports Servian forces drive Turkish troops back steadily and reach the Adriatic Sea coastline. Details on battles and frontline progress remain sparse as reports emphasize momentum and strategic movements in the region.
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Belgrade
Speems
Adriatic Seca
McManigal Reveals Dynamite Plots Across Cities
Special report from Indianapolis details Orde E. McManigal testimony in the federal trial of union officials. He describes obtaining nitroglycerine in Indianapolis and planning blasts at various industrial sites from Mt. Vernon to Cleveland and Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Orde E. McManigal
McManigal
Mount Vernon Car and Manufacturing Company
McClinic-Marshall Company
Pittsburg
J. J. McNamara
Iron Workers
J. BcNamara
Mt. Vernon
H. 8. Hockin
Ste
Turks Recapture Hodesto in Sea Bombardment Assault
Turkish officials report a decisive victory at Hodesto, recaptured from Bulgarian forces after a sea bombardment and the landing of 3,000 troops. The operation featured the warship Messadiyeh leading the attack as Nazim Pacha ordered civilians to evacuate before the assault.
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Rodosto
Constantinople
Hodesto
Messadiyeh
Eet
Nazim Pacha
Hmodeste
American Ships Ready For Duty In Turkish Waters
Armored cruisers Tennessee and Montana complete preparations in Philadelphia awaiting Washington dispatch. Additional seamen and marines arrived from New York Keaton and Norfolk for full officer and crew complements aboard.
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Philadelphia
Tennessee
Montana
Washington
Mario
New York
Keaton
Norfolk
Saliors
Marioce
Fears Lessen in Constantinople Amid War Terrors
Reports say conditions improve slightly in Constantinople as foreign warships arrive to quell unrest. cholera treatment expands with a pesthouse between Chatalja and the city, while thirty cases are under care. In Bulgaria, Adristiepe bombardment continues and Turkish guns aid bombardment, triggering refugee misery and widespread hunger.
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Constantinople
Golden Horn
Cruiner Aampshire
Admiral Spaun
Chatalja
Thinecity
Bulgaria
Stara Fagoea
Adristiepe
Papaztepe
Kartaltepe
Ciy
Typhon
Caven
Seventeen Year Old Seized Watch on Main Street
Edward Kent, seventeen, was bonded for six months at $100 by Justice Crutchfield after picking the pocket of C. C. Lawrence on Main Street near Lawrence's Hotel. Lawrence grabbed Kent, held him until Patrolman Dugan arrived, and Kent claimed he came on a coal train with well-to-do parents.
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Richmond
Edward Kent
Justice Crutchfield
C. C. Lawrence
Kent
Lawrence
Whhto
Dugan
Main Street
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State Federation
Richard Curran
Rochester Trades and Labor Council
Gompers
Rmase
Steam Fitters’ International Union
Executive Council
Internaonal Association of Plumbers
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Lennon
Johnson
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