New Orleans Favored for Panama Exposition Site
Washington lawmakers split 9 to 6 in the Industrial Arts and Expositions Committee in favor of New Orleans as the Panama canal exposition site for 1915, with a sub committee to perfect the bill. No appropriation was approved, but a large government exhibit costing about $1,000,000 was anticipated.
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Ex American Identified in Springfield Bank Case
Southampton England January 20 An examination of the National Exchange Bank of Springfield Missouri checkbook found on the body of the American who died in the woods outside the big city. It shows a ten dollar check to Underwood dated May 13 and a twenty five dollar check to W F H Powell dated August 11. Among the effects is baggage check 1061 issued by the Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Railway at Boringfield Missouri. The body was identified as Benjamin Weos, an American visiting a brother in London.
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Eng
National Exchange Bank of
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W. FH. Powell
Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf Railway
Boringfield
Benjamin Weos
London
Baseball Has Backing in Sheboygan Board of Directors
Milwaukee reports a Wisconsin special from Sheboygan stating that baseball in the city will gain financial backing as a new board of directors, mainly bankers and business leaders, plans a complete reorganization and aims to join the state league or a major state organization.
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Milwaukee
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Sheboygan
Eau Claire man charged with bogus check passes
A Daily News special from Chippewa Falls reports Detective Lather of Eau Claire arrested a man at the Stanley Bonet registered as R. L. Jones of Denere Wis for passing a bogus $70 check on an Eau Claire merchant.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Lather
Eau Claire
R. L. Jones
Denere
Woman’s Assaulter Taken Near Milwaukee
A Journal report from Chippewa Falls states Mrs. Daniel Yell, 40, was assaulted on the city outskirts last night by Joe La Rose. She fled to neighbors and police. La Rose was captured three miles north of the city and jailed.
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Wis
Chippewa Falle
Daniel Yell
Joe la Rose
la Rosé
Taft urged to back higher federal judge salaries
A telegram from the New York slave bar association urged President Taft to use his influence to increase salaries for federal court judges. The appeal was sent from Washington on January 20.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
New Yerk Slave Bar Association
Venner sues over 1907 city streetcar profit pact
In Chicago an attorney Clarence H Venner filed in the United States circuit court a petition to nullify the 1907 profit sharing agreement between the city and streetcar companies. He seeks to recover moneys paid to the city and asserts the deal is void, citing his 200 shares of stock.
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Chicago
Clarence H. Venner
United States Circuit Court
Venfer
Paules
Democrats Celebrate Big Caucus as Clark Is Speaker
Washington reports emphasize a 221 of 227 Democratic representatives attending the caucus that elected Champ Clark as speaker amid praise for harmony. Underwood named Ways and Means chair, while White House worries linger over Taft tariff commission progress and a $100 000 appropriation to sustain the tariff board.
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Tarif Board
War Looms as Santo Domingo Invades Haitian Front
Port au Prince reports Dominican troops occupy Grand Gosier and advance toward Saltrou as Hayti rushes infantry and artillery to frontier posts. Diplomatic efforts fail and Haitian arbitration delegates return empty handed. Citizens called to arms to reinforce the army.
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Woman Shot in Shoulder at Fond du Lac Home
Special to The Northwestern Fond du Lac Wis Jan 20 Mrs F Blair 415 Wisconsin avenue North Fond du Lac found in kitchen with bullet hole in left shoulder Husband Soo Shops employee discovered her on returning home from work Woman rushed to hospital doctors removed bullet Condition unclear whether accidental or personal crisis incident and woman could not explain what happened
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Small Towns in League Form Six City Semi Pro Baseball
Special to The Northwestern from Janesville reports steps to organize a six city semi professional baseball league. The cities Edgerton Stoughton Beloit Evansville Fort Atkinson and Janesville will play three games a week under Walter Breen head of the movement.
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Louisville
Nicaragua Declares Neutral Amid Honduran Revolution
President Estrada said Nicaragua maintains impartiality toward General Bonilla's revolution in Honduras. The stance was relayed to the State Department by Consul Moffatt in Managua, addressing reports that Nicaragua violated neutrality.
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Washington, D. C
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Nicaragua
General Bonilla
Honduras
State Department
Moffatt
Managua
General Estrada
Naval buildup plans for next year approved by House committee
Washington, January 26. The naval affairs committee approved a program adding two battleships, two colliers, eight torpedo boat destroyers and four submarine boats for the coming year. The plan supports the administration’s aim to build two battleships annually with necessary support vessels.
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Carrion
Vote for Sheehan and Parker Appears to Move Rally
Albany dispatch notes a crowded Capitol scene as the U.S. senator contest remains unresolved after the third joint ballot. Judge Parker urges Democrats to back Sheehan, citing majority rule, while Saunders and Parker supporters resist. In Iowa and Montana, minor shifts occur with no immediate decision.
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Parliament in Session Opens Historic British Year
London January 20 The cabinet met to draft the king s speech and a legislative program for a historic session. Militant suffragists crowded Downing Street to press demands and one banner urged imprisoning Home Secretary Winston Churchill as an activist at the scene advanced toward him before police cleared the crowd.
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Winston Churchill Shoul
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First plague death in Peking reported in missionary hospital
The Associated Press reports the first death in Peking from the bubonic plague outbreak. Earlier cases in the capital were not fatal. The plague spreads in Manchuria and northern China as Americans and Europeans, many women and children, flee. Chinese officials largely cede control to missionary doctors.
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Associated Press
Peking
Monchuria
China
Resignation of museum director moves to Wisconsin
New York dispatch reports Dr. Herman C. Bumpus resigned as director of the American Museum of Natural History and accepted a post as business manager for the University of Wisconsin. No successor named at the museum.
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New York
Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of National History
Bumpus
University of Wisconsin
Johnson Declines Fight Plans For Six Months
Pittsburg Pa Jan 20 Champion Jack Johnson states he does not intend to fight for six months and will entertain no challenges until after that period. He was shown a telegram from Chicago that he was to meet Al Kaufmann in London next April.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Jack Johnson
Chicago
al Kaufmann
London
Mine Explosion Kills Five in Gayton Mines Near Richmond
Five men were killed and seven injured in a blast at the Gayton mines about fifteen miles west of Richmond. All the deceased are identified as Poles. injured workers remain trapped in the shaft as rescue efforts continue.
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Richmond
Gayton Mines
Here
Pioneer leather and soap maker dies in gas accident
Janesville Wis Jan 20 Josiah Ty Wright eighty one year old pioneer of the district died today after being overcome by coal gas he inhaled He had long been engaged in leather and soap manufacture and was known as a pioneer of the area.
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Associated Press
Janesville
Wis
Josiah Ty Wright
Carnegie Endows Carnegie Institution With Ten Million
Andrew Carnegie announced an additional endowment of ten million dollars to the Carnegie Institution of Washington, raising his total gifts to twenty-five million. He praised ongoing research, including Hale’s discovery of sixty thousand new worlds at Mount Wilson, and anticipated a new one hundred inch telescope to uncover celestial bodies. He noted past triumphs, defended the institution against criticism, and predicted future celestial insights surpassing Galileo and Copernicus.
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Andrew Carnegie
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Admiralty
Hale
Observatory
Mount Wilson
Cal
Mount Wilson Observatory
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Galileo
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Raonos Aires
Boy's Hanging Mystery Baffles Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Michigan on January 20 a nine year old boy Pister Campbell was found dead by hanging in a neighborhood playhouse to be torn down later. Officials could not confirm foul play or a game of hangman as the cause casting uncertain motives.
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Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
Pister Campbell
Miller and Donahue Lumber Company Fails in Indiana
South Bend January 20 The Miller and Donahue Lumber company a major northern Indiana business has failed for two hundred thousand dollars and is insolvent A petition filed in superior court asks for the appointment of a receiver and names Fullerton Powell Hardwood Lumber company as petitioner
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Miller & Donahue Lumber Company
Indiana
Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company
Holland to aid Germany proposal prompts Dutch fortifications plan
Paris reports French opinion focuses on Holland's proposal to fortify Flushing. It is seen as signaling the Netherlands may align with the triple alliance in any Anglo French German conflict. Semi official press says fortifications would have no political purpose unless guarding against Britain, which Holland does not fear when not aligned with Germany.
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Flushing
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Great Britain
Germany
Fisherman charged after firing blank at wardens
Robert Soper, an undertaker and former furniture dealer, pleaded not guilty in municipal court to firing a blank revolver shot at deputies H H Albrecht and Brunet while they removed illegal lines from the riverfront. Wardens testified they confronted Soper after being warned to leave the lines alone, and he was released on promise to appear. One officer described the incident as a blank firing to scare them.
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Deming in Contention for State Board Seat
Milwaukee candidate M. Deming seeks the state board of control seat against Grand Rapids rival F A Fontaine. He has lobbied legislators and met Governor McGovern, drawing business leaders' petitions backing his candidacy. Deming is an attorney linked to La Follette work and a court commissioner.
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la Follette
PAYS PENALTY WITH LIFE FOR SHOOTING SHERIFF
Louis Augustine, a seventeen year old Indian boy, was executed at San Quentin for the Lake County sheriff Kemp murder. The crime occurred May 4 after he stole a saddle and was pursued. Augustine showed stoical indifference from arrest to death.
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Kemp
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Parole Board To Be Busy At Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kan Jan 2 More than 300 prisoners in the federal prison here have applications for parole on file with the parole board and the board is expected to meet within a few days to consider them.
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Leavenworth
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Parole Board
Poultry Show Draws Close to 700 Entries
MilwaukeeWis Jan 20 A Daily News special from Janesville notes the southern Wisconsin Poultry exhibit here this week lists nearly 700 birds from southern Wisconsin northern Illinois and some from Minnesota and lower Michigan workshops and farms participate in the event with many prize classes and judged birds expected to attract visitors and bidders alike.
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Social Democrats push recalls and state control bills
In Madison the assembly introduced a key bill to amend city commission government laws by adding initiative, referendum and recall and cutting salaries for mayors and aldermen. Democrats pushed multiple measures including state ownership of certain industries and abolition of the United States Senate. A Trempealeau recount favors the Republican candidate but may not unseat AssemblymanNelton without a larger margin.
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Trempeleau
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Immigration stance shifts in Washington House record
Olympia Jan 20 The Washington House adopted a memorial urging Congress to reject the Prince-Jordan fisheries treaty and favor state control of natural resources. A Senate resolution seeks to keep coal imports out under new treaties with Japan and China, while the House supports barring undesirable foreigners from the United States.
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China
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Western miners slighted by AFL charter dispute
The international convention of the United Mine Workers of America approved a resolution protesting the AFL refusal to grant a charter of affiliation to the Western Federation of Miners without full rights. It threatened withdrawal from the AFL unless admitted without restriction, and passed by an overwhelming vote.
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Bitter contest in court over Virginia debt final argument
The bitter contest between Virginia and West Virginia over the settlement of the old commonwealth of Virginia’s debt came before the U S Supreme Court for final argument. Many millions of dollars are involved.
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