Wisconsin Legislature Opens Amid Unfinished Chambers
The 49th Wisconsin Legislature began amid crowded, partially finished chambers in Madison on January 12. Routine work included swearing in members, electing officers, and notifying the governor, with Democrats signaling a forthcoming primary election investigation resolution. Lieutenant Governor John Strange addressed the senate briefly before proceedings adjourned for potential recess to finish chambers.
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Madison
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Wisconsin
A. B R. Emerson
C. E. Shaffer
Strange
John Strange
Going Back in Coffin Declares Suicide Pastor Carmichael
The body of Rev. John H. Carmichael who killed himself after confessing to Gideon Browning’s murder arrived in Chicago from Carthage with Sheriff Wegensell and Deputy Moore. He had previously fled to Port Huron after use of drugs was discovered in his effects. Porter Carmichael questioned today about his father’s syringe and scars suggesting narcotic use.
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Chicago
Hev
John H. Carmichael
Carthage
Gideon Browning
Battle Run
Mich
William Wegensell
Moore
St. Clair County
Chicago, Buriington & Quincy
Grand Trunk Road
Port Huron
Porter Carmichael
Irc
Tillman Watches Bonaparte For Suit On Oregon Land Grant
Senator Tillman, amid a Senate day set, called Attorney General Bonaparte to learn if a suit had been brought against the Southern Oregon Company over land grants for military roads from Roseburg to Coos Bay. The land totals over 2,000,000 acres. Tillman had once considered purchasing about 1,400 acres for himself and relatives. Bonaparte could not answer immediately and promised to obtain clerical details and send a note. Tillman pressed for a prompt reply.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Chamber
Tillman
Bonaparte
Southern Oregon Company
Roseburg
Coos Bay
Kelsey to Resign as State Insurance Chief
Otto Kelsey, state superintendent of Insurance, announced he would resign to Governor Hughes and would take over as first deputy state comptroller the next day. The move shifts leadership in New York's financial administration.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Otto Kelsey
Hughes
Political prisoners freed in Peru ruling
Associated Press reports Lima on January 18 that all political prisoners were released following the Supreme Court decision issued August 2, 1606. The action comes as the court’s ruling is implemented in Peru.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Postal Savings Banks Move Advances in Senate
In Washington D C on January 13 the senate advanced the postal savings banks bill with additional amendments accepted for the time. The measure faces final consideration with objections anticipated, and Senator Rayner will present constitutional objections to the plans in the bill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Rayner
Annis Widow Drama Follows Trial For Thornton Wins
In Flushing on January 13, the defense in Thornton Jenkins Wins trial resumes as John F. McIntyre concludes his summing up. He attacks Mrs Annis testimony, claims she was not on the float, and questions grand jury minutes. Juror Walsh recovers from injuries after a streetcar accident but pledges to sit through the session.
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Flushing
Thornton Jenkins
John F. MacIntyre
Thornton Walns
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
Justices Crane
McIntyre
Annis
Annis Was False the Evidence, He Said, Showed That the Mrs. Annis
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Justice Crane
Hiror
McIintyre
Captain Hains
Claudia Hains
Thornton Wying
Testimony in powder trust suit hones on Dupont links
In Philadelphia on January 13 the government case against the alleged powder trust heard two witnesses. W A Sullivan of Dupont described a nine month agreement with Miami Powder American Powder and Aetna to produce specified outputs. Kinship of prices and independent firms, plus terms about Climax Powder and the Explosive Supplies Company, were discussed as the session adjourned.
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Fowder Trust
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Powder Trust
Chicago
W. A. Sullivan
Dupont Powder Company
Dupont
Miamis Powder Company
American Powder Company
Aetna Powder Company
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Dupont Company
Climax Powder Company
Scarlett
Yellow Dog
Explosive Supplies
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Miami
Acton
Wiam I. Ketler
Rockdtle Powder Company
Rinehart Case Defense Rested in U.S. District Court
The defense rested in the Rinehart case, involving J B F Rinehart former cashier and vice president at Farmers and Drovers National Bank of Werynesburg Pennsylvania, as the trial was recessed today in the United States District Court.
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Jen. A
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovera’ National Bank of
Deadlock Broken as Senate Witnesses Canvass Returns
In Springfield on January 12 the long deadlock over state officer votes ended when the Senate and House witnesses attended the canvass of returns. Republicans were declared elected for Governor Charles S. Deacon and other officers, while Adlai Stevenson filed a contest against Governor Deneen. The session prepared for inauguration plans and adjourned in memory of Paul Zuabel.
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Ecanoaes
Deneen
Lee O'Neil Brown
Ottawa
Adial Stevenson
House
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Paddock
Shurnett
Bagan
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Shurtlese
Browne
Adlai Stevenson
R Bloomington
Charles 8. Deneen
Rovernor
Prfice
Sherman Arog
Shurtleff
Hall of Representatives
Aker Shurtleff
Rescue Efforts Continue At Lick Branch Mines
Bluefield West Virginia January 13 Rescue crews labored through the night at Lick Branch coal mine after yesterday’s explosion. About eighty five to one hundred are believed dead though only a fraction identified by morning. Foreman Cleveland Bowers crawled out alive, injured, and is expected to recover. James W Paul of Pittsburgh with US Geological Survey arrives to aid. Inspectors from West Virginia study the disaster’s cause as teams relay fresh workers from across the coal field.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Ning
Trenty Aie
China
Ecomany
James W. Paul
Pitsburg
United States Geological Survey
West Virginia
Cleveland Bowers
Bowers
National League of Commission Merchants meets in Peoria
The National League of Commission Merchants gathered in Peoria Vermont. Mayor Thomas O Connor gave an address of welcome which Harris Benn of Boston responded to. Credentials committee reports and morning session readings filled the opening business. Delegates floated next year s convention with Norfolk Virginia and Buffalo North Carolina among early contenders.
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Peoria
National League of Commission Merchanta
Thomas O'Connor
Harris
Benn
Boston
Norfolk
Buffalo
N. C
J. H. Cail
Brooklyn rector believed lost in New Mexico snowstorm
El Paso Veracruz January 1 Associated Press Rev PF Tracy rector of an Episcopal church in Brooklyn is believed to have perished in a snowstorm that swept the Cuauveloupe mountains of New Mexico. Tracy had been visiting his sister at Carbabad NM and was summoned to Queena sixty miles away to perform a marriage service. He began a journey from ranch to ranch amid blinding snow and severe storm conditions.
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Rt Tracy
Brooklyn
Cuaveloupe Mountains
New Mexico
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Carlabad
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Cuban Congress Assembles To Begin Renewed Independence
Havana January 13 The new Cuban congress convened at noon marking the start of renewed Cuban Independence after over two years of American Intervention. Both Senate and House met in government buildings for the first time in history, their initial task was to approve credentials of members.
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Havana
Senate
Earthquakes Across Italy Spark Brief Panic in Several Cities
A light quake shook Lombardy Venetia and Tuscany causing momentary fear of a repeat disaster. No damage or injuries were reported as Venetians fled to open spaces near St Mark’s, with Florence Milan and Treviso also experiencing tremors.
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Venetia
Tuscany
Calabria
Sicily
Florence
Salmbach
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Less Money For Pensions In House Bill
Washington Jan 1 The appropriation committee agreed on a pension bill totaling 161 018 000 to fund pensions a drop of over 2 million from last year 16 058 000 The report notes total national pension expenditure to date around 3 751 108 409 and proposes consolidating eighteen pension agencies to a single location in Washington though Congress has twice blocked such a move
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Washington, D. C
Honda
Republic
Washington
Congress Haad
Milwaukee man among three freight thieves captured by police
Associated Press report from Chicago dated January 13 says three freight thieves were halted early today by police who found a large quantity of merchandise being stolen from a freight car. One suspect fled, another escaped, and the third, Peter Wonan, was captured and claimed to have recently come from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Police believe one of the fleeing men was shot.
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Chicago
Revolver Shore
Fred
Peter Wonan
Milwaukee
Wis
Blaven
Illinois Legislator Dead in Chicago Home Loss
Illinois state representative Ansociated Press reports the death of Ans Abdul Zaabal, a second district lawmaker who fell ill in Springfield and was carried to the capitol to cast a vote for Speaker Shurtleff during the speakership struggle.
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Chicago
I'nul Zaabal
Springfeld
Shurtleff
Steamship Movements Reported from New York Harbor
Steamship Staten Island, bound for Rotterdam, is reported at 1 40 this morning with a passenger list aboard. The vessel departed from New York Dock approximately one mile from the port, signaling cautious progress in today’s movements.
Oldest Bank President Resigns in Racine Wisconsin
Nicholas D. Pratt, the oldest bank director and president in Wisconsin, resigns from First National Bank of Racine due to health. He will move to Richland, California. Frank L. Mitchell elected president to fill the vacancy. Pratt noted as a longtime Democrat and former gubernatorial candidate.
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Associated Press
Mibwaukee
Wis
Daily News
Racine
Nicholas D. Pratt
Wisconsin
First National Bank of
Richland
Cal
Fratt
United States
Frank L. Mitchell
Yours Apo
Bacon Starts Something Revolution Aimed at President
Senator Bacon today introduced in the Senate a resolution claiming that any public document or record in government files is subject to Senate call for its use in carrying out constitutional powers. He cited the president’s steel suit message and argued Congress has broader access than the WhiteHouse. The exchange touched on whether executive departments answer to Congress or the president alone in such disclosures.
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Washington
Wia
Bacon
Senate
Department
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
Congress
United States
Mr. Bacon
Hele
Toppling
Tudge
Giorgia
Atute Department
Bacan
Wiille
Trees Scarce as Diamond S. Forester Warns
Secretary Wilson warned at the 28th annual American Forestry Association meeting that U S forests are shrinking as demand rises. He said growth lags consumption by about three to one and urged immediate action to stop denudation and invest in forests. Rev Dr Hale proposed planting trees and directing funds toward forest preservation.
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Washington
Wilson
American Forestry Association
Edward Everett Hale
Senate
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Forestry Association
Attacks on Young Women Alarm Milwaukee Police
A Milwaukee special reports police investigating attacks on young women by an unknown man. Victims say they were followed and assaulted at their gate, one girl injured severely. Authorities describe the suspect as a possibly demented man once admitted to an insane asylum.
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Maulwaukee
Wis
Manitewoe
Tha Mises Schandt
Rane Tenietet
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Mrs McDowell Acquitted in Pittsburgh Robbery Case
Mrs Fulian McDowell, arrested in Chicago on an accessory charge in a $19,000 diamond theft from a Pittsburgh jewelry store, was found not guilty. She was said to be wife of Edward Jones, captured moments after the window smashing and serving a ten year term in the penitentiary.
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Associated Prray
Pittaburg
Fulian McDoweLl
Chicago
Mra McDowell
Edward Jones
Lindsay Funeral for Arthur Lindgey Set at 10 A M
The funeral for Arthur Lindgey will be held tomorrow at 10 oclock in the morning at the residence 373 Wisconsin Avenue. Rev G E Farnam will officiate.
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Serveon
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G. E. Farnam
Aged couple robbed by six masked intruders at isolated Pennsylvanian farmhouse
Six masked robbers attacked Solomon Loughner, eighty, and his two sisters aged seventy to eighty, ransacking their isolated farm between Jeannette and Harrison City. They secured about $1,500 in cash, ate supper, then fled. The trio remains in serious condition as Pennsylvania state troopers scour the area.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Solomon Loughher
Loughners
Jeannette
Harrison City
Pennsylvania Atate Constabulary
Cold Wave Breaks Across Central Plains Snow Delays Rail Traffic
Western Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma report milder weather but heavy snow. Fuel shortages arise as a gas main breaks near Inola and Claremon t leaving thirty thousand without heat. A new storm causes a collision between a passenger and freight train near Edwardsville Alabama. Trains delayed up to six hours across the region as snow continues.
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Kansas City
Tan
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tuskeges
Wagoner
Indla
Okla
Andrew Herrick
Ahaken
Brassert
St. Louis
Thia
New Head for Harvard Chooses Lowell for President
Associated Press reports Harvard College nominates Abbots Lawrence Lowell, professor of science at government, as president candidate to replace Charles W. Diet. Overseers must ratify, with final vote seven days after presentation. Lowell, 52, is son of Augustus Lowell and brother of Percival Lowell the astronomer.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Harvard College
Abbote Lawrence Lowell
Charles W. Diet
Harvard
Tanwell
Elist
Lowell
Augustus Lowell
Lowell Institute
United States
Ige
Wrancia Lowell
Percival Lowell
VESSELS IN COLLISION AND DISTRESS REPORTED
The Clyde Line steam er Mohican from Philadelphia collided with a schooner off Cape Tone lower. Mohican searched the area but found no sign of the schooner and proceeded to Seattle. The Mohican sustained no damage. A separate report from San Francisco notes a steamer inshore whistling continuously, suspected to be in distress along the coast.
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Associated Press
Delaware
Bel
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Philadelphia
Clyde Line
Ealision
Cape Tone
Seek Safety in America Steamer Arrives with Italian Refugees
New York on January 13 reports the Re d Italia bringing Italian earthquake refugees from Sicily and Calabria. About seventy among 1,400 passengers hail from Sicily near the quake zone. The voyage was haunted by the disaster’s shadow over the journey.
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New York
Sicily
Calabria
Siclian
Ligea
Hitchcock Leaves Augusta for Washington
Frank F. Aitchcock, chairman of the national Republican committee, departed Augusta for Washington to assume postmaster general duties in Taft's cabinet. He is expected to return for another leave of absence before Taft calls for the cabinet.
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Frank F. Aitchcock
National Republican Committee
Taft
Washington
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