Miss Helen Taft Joins Shirtwaist Makers Cause
Philadelphia January 20 Miss Helen Taft attends a Bryn Mawr College suffragist group and supports striking shirtwaist workers. She listens to Mrs Raymond Robins discuss factory conditions and sympathizes with about 3 000 workers, saying she will speak to her father about the plight.
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Philadelphia
Helen Taft
Taft
Henry la Barre Jayne
Bryn Mawr College
Raymond Robins
Miss Taft
Mrs. Robins
Rumior
Hhas
Robins
Lees
Jayne
Als Cochran
Misa Taft
Miss Coch
Miss Cochran
Hudders
Papa
Governor Hughes to quit public life
New York reports Gov Charles E Hughes will not seek re election. He says he will resume law practice and thanks New Yorkers for their confidence and honor. The governor declines to discuss further details of his decision.
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Hughes
New York
Elneane
Govwrn
Charles E. Hughes
Overnor Hughes
Beading and Sanker Dead in Social Circles Mystery
A note sketches the death of a 64 year old figure known in social circles, with vague references to illness and longtime prominence. details are fragmentary and uncertain.
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Sanker
Farson
O Who
Desa Seriou
Marines Clash With Nicaraguan Troops
In Corinto a bloodless encounter occurred between U S naval forces and Nicaraguan authorities after Captain Chavez provided details of a previous execution. The City of Para and Albany fleet officers negotiated the clearance delay, with Captain Oliver delivering five minutes for Nelson to receive papers.
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San Francisco
Corinto
San Juan
Nelson
Para
Chavez
Oliver
Albany
Packers Sued in Kansas Court for Illegal Combination
Kansas Attorney General Jackson filed a civil suit in Kansas City Kansas district court against Armour and Swift packing companies for illegal price fixing through the Kansas City Produce Exchange. The suit seeks 29,000 from each defendant and mirrors Missouri indictment actions.
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Kansas City
Jackson
Kansas
District Court of
Kan
Armour and Swift Packing Companies
Kansas City Produce Exchange
Missouri
Kansas City Fruit and Produce Exchange
Kaz
Coal Workers to Demand Higher Pay at National Convention
The United States Mine Workers of North America opened its annual convention at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis. Bituminous coal miners from across the midwest to Texas and Oklahoma push for a wage increase from 10 to 20 percent, while Pennsylvania anthracite miners are less represented due to lack of wage talks. The gathering could reach 1,400 delegates, the largest in the union’s history, with preliminary organization and credentials on the agenda.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Mine Workers of North America
Tomlinson Hall
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
British Columbia
Texas
Oklahoma
National Miners’ Union
Thirtieth Alarm Clock Man Chronically Punctual
Robert Willoughby a 57 year old motorman for the Third Avenue elevated railway died in his sleep from Brights disease. Thirty alarms around his bed failed to wake him keeping perfect time for 30 years. He hailed from an old Maryland family and left Doperry worth 100000 known as the millionaire motorman.
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New York
Robert Willoughby
Bright
Willoughby
Third Avenue Elevated Railway
Maryland
Doperry
Millonaire
Missouri Pacific Board Voters Major Bond Increase
Stockholders at a special St. Louis meeting approved raising bonded indebtedness by 175 million dollars to fund 85 million in Iron Mountain bonds and to acquire eleven subsidiary lines after adopting new by laws.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Iron Mountain
Wade's Son Dead In Iowa Tuberculosis Visit
Michael Wade aged 22 son of Senator Wade and nephew of Judge Wade died of tuberculosis Sunday morning in Mason City Iowa. Large attendance marked the funeral this morning.
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Wade
Mason City
Michael Wade
Board of Control
Judge Wade
Iowa City
Fire damages Ashland area near Pottsville
A January 20 blaze at Ashland, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles from Pottsville, destroyed nearly a block of buildings before firefighters gained control. The opera house and the telephone and telegraph office were among the structures ruined.
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Pottsville
Ashland
Here
Poison tablet theory surrounds Swope death in Kansas City
Kansas City reports say prosecutors pursue a theory that Colonel Thomas W. Swope was given a poison capsule an hour before death. Doctors noted convulsions, not typical of apoplexy, as a possible clue while officials reexamine the case.
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Kansas City
Thomas W. Swope
Colonel Swope
Swope
Thomas Swope
Colonel Thomas Swope
Christian Swope
Swope heirs may be poisoned in autopsy probe
Kansas City reports attorney John H. Atwood says an arrest likely after examination of Colonel Thomas H. Swope's stomach at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Authorities pursue a theory of deliberate poisoning tied to a typhoid inoculation plot affecting Swope heirs.
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Kansas City
John H. Atwood
Swope
Thomas H. Swope
Colonel Swope
Mr. Atwood
Thomas
Christian Swope
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Hekooen
Virgil Conkling
Christian
Arrestlooming in Swope murder case in Kansas City
Kansas City reports an arrest in the Swope murder inquiry may come within 48 hours as investigators test the Swopes stomachs in Chicago. John H Atwood and James G Paxton, key figures in the probe, travel to Chicago for a lawyers and doctors conference amid renewed evidence linkage to an alleged poisoning plot.
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Swope
Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Chicago
John H. Atwood
James G. Paxton
Rich Young Farmer Accused of Murder
Trenton Missouri reports wealthy young farmer James Humphreys arrested after inquiry into the ambush killing of James Hatcher near Lindley. Ten empty shotgun shells were found at the scene and Humphreys had warned of shooting for corn theft.
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Trenton
James Humphreys
James Hatcher
Lindley
Hatcher
Humphreys
Contract Signed For Fight At Saltair Beach
Salt Lake City Utah January 19 A deal was signed by Tex Rickard and Saltair Beach company for use of the bicycle track arena at Saltair baths as the scene of the Jeffries Johnson contest July 7. The Saltair management plans seating for 50 000 spectators.
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Galt Lake City
Utah
Tex’’ Rickard
Saltair Beach Company
Baths
Sar Company
Banker Walsh to Serve Sentence at Leavenworth
John R. Walsh the former Chicago financier and railway president is to be received at Leavenworth Federal Prison. Officials say he will be treated like the other 1,000 inmates with no special privileges. After a rest period he will don prison garb be photographed and placed in light clerical work.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Prison
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Walsh loses bid. Supreme Court denies certiorari
The Supreme Court denied Walsh certiorari in the case of John R. Walsh former Chicago National Bank president sentenced to five years in Leavenworth for misapplying funds. Walsh's attorney planned habeas corpus. mandate will send him to custody. L. T. Hoy to arrest Walsh. hearing set for Standard Oil case on March 14.
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Washington
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kan
Supreme Court of the United States
Walsh
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Grand Central Depot
John W. Walsh
District Court
United States
L. T. Hoy
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
John 8S. Miller
GIVES VAST TRACT OF LAND TO UNEMPLOYED
George M. Jackson of Piggott Arkansas says he will donate 4000 acres of rich bottom land near Piggott valued at 100 dollars an acre to the unemployed of the United States. The plan proposes 10 acres per man for 400 unemployed, with local Brotherhood Welfare association oversight and no conditions on recipients.
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St. Louis
George M. Jackson
Piggott
Ark
United States
Brotherhood Welfare Association
James Eades Howe
Brotherhood
Jackson
Brotherhood Association
Ice Gorge on Ohio Is Greatest on Record
The ice jam at Wolf Creek on the Ohio River stretches about 70 miles from Louisville to Brandenburg and is described as the greatest on record. Flood risk grows with the jam holding back water after reaching flood stage at Louisville as heavy rains hit the valley. Authorities in Cincinnati seek federal guidance via wire to address the situation.
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Louisville
Wolf Creek
Ohio
Brandenburg
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons Calls for Lower Food Prices
Washington report quotes Cardinal Gibbons criticizing current food prices as out of reason. He says people cannot pay high costs on stagnant earnings and calls for action to restore reasonable prices. He did not offer a specific cause or solution but endorses any method to achieve this aim.
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Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Whedon Appeals Guaranty Case to Supreme Court
Lincoln lawyers C O Whedon filed an appeal in the bank guaranty case saying the suit will go to the United States Supreme Court. The federal court recently ruled the deposit guaranty law unconstitutional.
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Lincoln, Neb
C. O. Whedon
United States Supreme Court
Three Men Killed in Wreck on Utah Lemay Siding
Ogden Utah Jan 19 Engineer J Reardon Fireman R A Croll and J O Jones a student fireman were killed and several injured when Southern Pacific passenger train No 6 struck a coal train on a siding at Lemay eighty miles west of Ogden. The crash was caused by a misplaced switch.
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Ogden
Utah
J. Reardon
R. A. Croll
J. O. Jones
Southern Pacific
Lemay
Here
Fire in Beth Israel Hospital Sparks Near Panic
Ether in a hospital ward ignited woodwork and furniture at Beth Israel Hospital in New York city. Four hundred patients in the building faced danger as an emergency gang responded and attendants contained the blaze before it caused major damage.
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New York
Beth Israe Hospital
Tories in Minority of Members Elected
London January 19 The known results of the election to the new parliament show Opposition Unionists 44 and Ministerialists Liberals 37 with Irish Nationalists 13 and labor 6. Liberals laborites and Irish nationalists all back the budget.
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London
Labor
London Voters Face Record Poll in 1909 UK Election
London voters crowd polling places as workers shuttle thousands of motor cars to stations amid a nationwide contest for 104 parliamentary seats. Analysts expect a volatile result with Liberal gains possible and Conservatives hoping to limit the shift, while stock markets react to early returns.
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London
Laborites
Balfour
House of Commons
Stock Exchange
England
Paris
Berlin
South America
Colonies
Singapore
South Pole
New York
Chicago
Texas
California
Lord Cromer
House of Lords
Sheffield
Ireland
Church of England
the Spectator
Daily Telegraph
United Kingdom
Lloyd-George
French war sloop Martial wrecked off Minorca coast
The French war sloop Martial was wrecked on the Minorca coast in the Balearic Islands. Three crew members were drowned and four were injured in the incident reported January 17.
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Minorca
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Martial
Minorca Island
Russia rejects Knox plan on Manchurian railways
St Petersburg January 19 the council of ministers rejects the US proposal to neutralize the Manchurian railways. A reply to Secretary Knox will be delivered to Ambassador Rockhill in a few years. Boone Iowa burglars enter Helfling Co saloon stealing ten dollars and liquor.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
United States
Russia
Knox
United
Rockhill
Boone, IA
Helfling & Co
Bits of News for Busy Readers compilation
A sweep of short notices from Huron to Baltimore covers injuries in South Dakota and Iowa, court aquittals, donations, new offices, civic projects, and local happenings. Notables include Harrison county voting to fund a $100000 courthouse, Governor Vessey attending a Taft conservation conference, and Miss Frances Held winning a breach of promise case.
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Huron
S. D
A. M. Olafson
Cavour
Emmetsburg
The
Knights of Pythias
Logan
Harrison County
Louis Racey
G. L. Stewart
Wolsey
Boone
Frances Held
Dwight Eversole
Riverside
Cali
Thornton
Sam Sherman
Baltimore
Charles H. Grasty
Baltiore News
St. Paul Dispatch
Baltimore Sun
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Vessey
Cedar Rapids
P. E. Triem
University Medical Faculty
Seattle
Howard
Miner County
Howard Press
Carthage News
Canova Herald
Mullin
Neb
Cherry
Hooker
Custer
Deadwood
Joseph Garci
Northwestern
Howard A. Burrell
Europe
Ramona
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
John A. Marquis
Beaver
Coe College
Ross
Hatch and Adams
Henry Nelson
Ida Grove
Sykes
Corn Belt Meat Producers
W. S. Ayres
Polk County
Thomas Guthrie
White Lake
Palmer
Sioux Falls
George Holmes
Terre Haute
Roslyn
Thron Hattle
Day County
Oacoma
Oacoma Argus
Presho
Murdo Coyote
Lyman County
Bridgewater
McCook County
Bridgewater Tribune
Canistota Clipper
Salem Pioneer Register
Lake City
Grant City
Sac County
Judge Powers
Valley Springs
H. D. Kinyon
Vinton
C. L. Millette
Sheldon
R. B. Piper
Sheldon Mail
John W. Vanderburg
Ashton Leader
Eo Pierre
Holabird
Perkins
Judge Carpenter
City of
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Ill
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Bloomington
Tama
Dublin
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Montevideo
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