La Follette asks to leave Military Affairs panel
Senator La Follette rose in the Senate today to request relief from the Committee on Military Affairs and was promptly granted. He did not state a reason, but insiders say he fears a plot to hurt his presidential prospects as he seeks assignments to Public Lands and Interstate Commerce.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senator la Follette
Senate
Wisconsin
la Follette
Brownsville
One Good
Hale's Naval Solution New Personnel Bill Pushes Major Reforms
Senator Hale introduced a sweeping naval reform bill in the Senate aimed at abolishing the General Board and other special boards, extending officer ranks to staff positions without command, reducing midshipmen intake at Annapolis, and boosting pay for officers, midshipmen, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel. He outlined the drive toward restoring bureau-driven operations, anticipated investigations into Navy Department controversies, and emphasized keeping true to former emergency-era procedures while curbing inter-service dissension.
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Washington
Senator Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
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Hale
Navy General Board
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Tillman
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Department
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Hine
Vast Army Rides Under East River to Brooklyn Borough Hall
Brooklyn marks first electric subway cross from Bowling Green to Borough Hall with thousands of riders. Officials welcome real rapid transit linking Brooklyn and Manhattan. Ceremony on Borough Hall steps features Patrick F. McGowan St Clair McKelway and R. S. Cadman praising the tunnel as unifying Brooklyn with the rest of the city.
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New York
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Rialto
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23D Regiment
Coler
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
McClellan
McGowan
St. Clair McKelway
R. S. Parkes Cadman
Williamseburg Bridge
Taft on Injunctions and Labor Strikes in 1908 Letter
Secretary Taft states views on injunction use in labor disputes replying to Llewellyn Lewis. He supports defining temporary restraining orders by statute and allowing notices and hearings before injunctions. He warns ex parte orders can harm peaceful strikes, favors faster hearings for contested cases, and discusses the role of judges versus juries in contempt actions.
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Martin's Ferry
Ohio
William H. Taft
Llewellyn Lewis
Ohio Federation of Labor
Taft
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Appeals
Dover Doctor Weds Mother-in-Law in Noted Marriage Bureau Event
Dr Horace Newell Marvin of Dover Delaware, aged sixty two, marries Mrs Flora Melinda Swift sixty in a ceremony led by Rev Dr Houghton at the Little Church Around the Corner. The bride and groom, both widowed, previously lived in Ohio and Franzburg New York with ties to Brookline Massachusetts and the late Albert Thornton. The marriage bureau calls it the most noteworthy case on record.
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Horace Newell Marvin
Dover
Del
Flora Melinda Swift
Houghton
Marvin
New Marriage Bureau
Swift
Ohio
Franzburg
N. Y
Brookline
Mass
Albert Thornton
Disappearance Explained by Cupid at Seminary
Edward C. Parker, a United Presbyterian Seminary student who vanished before holidays, is in England having married Miss Dora Hunt of Birkenhead on New Year’s Day. He plans to return soon. marriage violates seminary rule and the fate of Parker’s case is undecided. Parker is from Philadelphia and Harvard educated.
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Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Seminary
Edward C. Parker
England
Dora Hunt
Birkenhead
Parker
Philadelphia
James Crowe
Harvard
Europe
Miss Hunt
Downfall of socialistic colony at Coaldale
A dismal failure ends the socialistic venture in Coaldale Pennsylvania as dissensions split the movement and the sheriff seizes the cooperative store. After a miners strike spread propaganda through the region the town elected socialist candidates and ran a cooperative press and store before ambitions fractured the egalitarian effort.
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Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Coaldale
Here
Savings flood banks as deposits surge nationwide
Confidence returns to savings institutions with long deposit lines through the city. Many withdraw notices are revoked as funds quickly move in, while Union Dime Savings President Charles E. Sprague notes no need to withdraw 60 day limits and that deposits are meeting currency needs without selling securities.
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Charles E. Sprague
Union Dime Savings Institution
Broadway
22D Street
Sprague
University of Nebraska Chancellor Resigns Over Rockefeller Aid
Lincoln reports Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews may have submitted his resignation to the regents as a result of unpopularity for backing John D Rockefeller's endowment drive. He is on the Rockefeller pension list and has a future provided for.
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the Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
John D. Rockefeller
Andrews
Rockefeller Endowment Fund
Attack as audience erupts in Lynn stage assault
Lynn Massachusetts January 9 George Munroe leaped from his seat in the orchestra and attacked the play's villain on stage pulling the heroine into his arms and vowing protection. The crowd panicked as Munroe seized a property axe and resisted stage hands until six police escorted him out after a violent struggle.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
George Munroe
Munroe
Decision frees Schmitz and Ruef in extortion case
In San Francisco the district Court of Appeals overturned the extortion conviction of former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz in the French restaurant case. Abe Ruef also gains relief claiming his act was not a state offence. DA Langdon says they will face other indictments and may be released on bail after due process.
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District Court of Appeals
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Langdon
Schmitz
Ruef
St Louis Delegates Uninstructed for Convention
All three St. Louis Congress committees have voted to send uninstructed delegates to the Republican National Convention. The decision appears in a St Louis dispatch with local commentary on the delegation's stance and potential impact.
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ST. Louis
Tribune
Jan
Richmond Hill worker dies saving woman at crossing
Frank J. McBreen, sixty four, a wealthy Richmond Hill resident and mason, saved Mrs. Mary Scheele at the Jamaica avenue crossing, but was killed as the Long Island Railroad express struck. Mrs. Scheele, visiting friends, was forced to cross the tracks. McBreen sprang across, pushed her to safety, and perished. Edward Duffy and Frederick Schoonmaker aided after the crash.
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Frank J. McBreen
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Mary Scheele
Norman Street
Brooklyn
Jamaica Avenue
Mr. McBreen
Triangle Hotel
Jamaica and
Myrtle Avenues
Trouble Between The Leavitts Revealed In Paris Visit
Telegraph report notes Elith Locke denies receiving a letter from Ruth Bryan Leavitt confirming a permanent separation from her husband. Locke cites rumors that Mrs. Bryan doubts the Bryan party will meet Mr. Leavitt in Paris where he studies art. Mrs Leavitt travels with her mother in Europe.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William J. Bryan
Jack London Missing at Sea Near Marquesas Islands
Friends fear for Jack London as his boat Snark, with Mrs London and two crew, fails to arrive in the Marquesas after departing Hilo October 7. The Snark may be adrift due to engine damage. Mariosa liner expected January 25 from La Hiva Tahiti to bring news.
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Jan
Jack London
Marquesas Islands
London
Hilo
Hawaii
Marquesas
la Hi Tahiti
Weeks Named to Agriculture Committee Amid White Mountain Fight
In Washington on January 9, Speaker Cannon announced Representative Weeks of Massachusetts as the new member of the Agriculture Committee, a move seen as boosting White Mountain forest interests. Weeks is a top advocate of the White Mountain reserve, while Cannon’s reorganization reflects opposition to forest plans and other “log rolling” measures. A New England delegation member joked Cannon’s stance could affect his presidential prospects, while the Speaker remarked he had not realized voters cared so much about the project.
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Washington
White Mountain Forest
House
Cannon
Representative Weeks
Massachusetts
Committee of Agriculture
White Mountain
Appalachian
New England
Speaker
Pastor Charged With Counterfeiting Trial Begins
Springfield Illinois January 9 Reverend James A Kaye pastor of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lincoln stands trial on counterfeiting charges. He admits making coins but says he intended medals for Sunday school children as an experiment.
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Til
James A. Kaye
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
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