President's message urges reenactment of employers liability act
The president sent a special message to Congress advocating immediate reenactment of the employers liability law with narrowed scope while strengthening its provisions. He also calls for a comprehensive government employee compensation act to cover injuries in public service, arguing current law places the burden on workers and families. The reading drew varied attention from senators and representatives, with broad discussion of interstate and intrastate labor relations and corporate attitudes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Afratta
Latta
Tillinan
la Follette
Cullom
Beveridge
McCumber
Knox
Gallinger
Nelson
Elkins
Hemenway
Burrows
Culberson
Teller
Davis
k= head
Overman
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Arkansas
committee on inters @tate commerce
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Nethersole Performs Carmen in Wheelchair After Accident
Miss Nethersole, performing in Carmen at the Nixon theater in Finsburg, Pa, appeared in a wheelchair following a pavement accident that fractured her right ankle and ruptured a ligament. Despite pain and a serious injury, she delivered a lively, clever portrayal as the audience applauded.
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Br Associated Prees
Finsburg
Missen Nethersole
Carmen
Nixon Theater
Misa Nethersole
Blizzard Grips Northwest With Ongoing Snowstorm
Associated Press reports a Wisconsin to North Dakota blizzard raging today with heavy snow and cold conditions expected to persist into the night. Traffic not greatly hindered but travel disrupted as highways drift under high winds.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Paulinn
Richmond
Wiscnasta
Zire
Ysatrer Bureau
Heymann Co
Fire Rages in Bluefields and Cornell Fraternity House Burns
A blaze in Bluefields West Virginia causes estimated losses above 200000 with few details. At Cornell University Ithaca Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house burns with guests escaping as roof catches fire. Milwaukee area reports a major fire in Suring destroying multiple buildings including Deeringer store and Wagner and Busses store with about 49000 loss.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Bluefields
Ithaca
Alpha Tau Omega
Cornell University
Suring
Ailwaukee
Wis
Oconto
Deeringer
General Merchanse
Zingler
Urniture
Johnson and Nethven’s
Wagner & Busses General Merchandise
Death at Menasha Opens with Obituary Notices
Marie Sophie Thalke an elderly Menasha resident dies at her daughter s home after paralysis. Survivors include children Herman Fred Ernest Mrs Gus Zimmerman A J Marx William and Anna Thalke. Funeral at 1 15 pm from home and 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran church. Additional notices report Jesse Armstrong death in Phlox Langlade County and social events in Menasha including card party results and lodge officers installation.
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Menasha
Wis
Marie Sophie Thalke
A J. Marx
de Pere Street
Thalke
Germany
Herman
Rice Lake
Fred and
Ernest
Woodland
Gus Zimmerman
South Bend
Ind
A. J. Marx
William Thalke
Anna Thalke
Indiana
Trinity Lutheran Church
Belmes
Phlox
Langlade
Jesse Armstrong
Bizelx
Patzel
Hilda Lind
Konemse Street
Menasha Lodge
EB. F.C
F. Shattuck of
Neenah
Knights of King Arthur
Wheat Slumps as Argentine Shipments Rise
The Wheat market opened weak on news of heavy Argentine shipments. Mar wheat fell about 14 cents from yesterday’s close, trading near 54 while sales remained large, with brief moments of steadier pace before a weak close.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Argentina
Dar
Mar
Iit
Poisoned by tainted meat hits Nebraska family
Ptomaine poisoning from tainted meat nearly wipes out the Politte family of Laurel Nebraska. William fourteen died shortly after illness Monday. Mary eleven died while funeral plans were being made. Abe the father is gravely ill and the mother is critically ill.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Ming
Dispatch
Sioux City
James Politte
Laurel
Neb
William
Mary
Death notices mark a string of Oshkosh area losses
The Oshkosh area reports multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Ida Olson dies after whooping cough and pneumonia at age eight. Matheus Mor, a longtime resident, is remembered with services at Winnebago county churches. Mrs James Anderson dies at Lakeside sanitarium after paralytic illness. Clare Kuehl, 12, dies of pleurisy with funeral planned at Howen Street Lutheran. Atwood Loper of Chicago dies of pneumonia. obituaries list survivors including spouses and children and note services, interment, and residence details.
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Doe
Ida Olson
Gee Sears
Sand Wai Sousge
Harry
Feurie Sa Armangemer
Mathews Seth
Tower
Wacer
Matheus
Wisheeter
Winheewr
Mir
Ron Cane
Noraway Terry
Manda
Samuel Thompson
Andrew Olon
Spring Valley
Wis
Ute M. Olson
Henry Draeger
Lamen
John Olson
Christian Thompson
John Chine
Robert Kone
Daniel
George Maxer
Chilton
Stockbridge
James Mulley
James Barrett
Michael In Schomer
Michael Irish Gerhart
Journe Lake
Jalent Weas
Alpheed
Sing
Anderson
James Anderson
Jackson Street
Lakeside
Spikes & McDonald
Clare
William Kuehl
Grand Avenue
Thurstar
Howen Street Lutheran Church
H. HE. Erck
Joan H
Minneapolis
Harding
London Society Watchs Florence Padelford's Wedding Plans
London reports the forthcoming marriage of Miss Florence Padelford to the Hon. Bertie Grosvenor with detailed notices of gifts from family members including a diamond and emerald ring and a rope of pearls. The ceremony is slated for St Margaret's Westminster on February 1 with a reception at Portman Square and a honeymoon at Ashby St Legers.
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London
Florence Padesford
Ernest Cunard
Bertie Grosvenor
Lord
Lady Eubury
Moor Park
Bliss Florence Padelford
St. Margaret's
Westminister
Iss Padelford
Hen—Rice
Andover
Trousseau
Lord Ebury
Duke of Wellington
Lady Eburr
Grossenor
Flance
Padelford
Birr
Ivor Guest
Martin Glynn
van Dyke
Molly’ Grosvenor
Norman Grosvenor
Rosamund Grosvenor
Algernon
Alexandra Bertie
Mrs. Cunard
Portman Square
Ashby St. Legers
Rugby
Bmra
Government lawsuit on inheritance tax dismissed in Wat Revenue Act case
Milwaukee January 21 Judge Quakes ruled the government cannot recover 422 009 dollars in inheritance tax from Daniel Wells Jr estate under the War Revenue Act. He followed a Court of Appeals decision and dismissed the case, noting tax could not be levied as distribution was not ready before repeal. An appeal is likely.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Daniel Wells Jr
Quakes
Court of Appeals
Marion ‘Trust Company
Bee
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Wells
Circuit Court of Appeais
Merion Trust Company
New York Court
Supreme Justices
Circuit Courts of Appeals
Van Buren Zielke Wedding at Nekimi Farm
A wedding was held Thursday evening at six at the Nekimi farm home of Mr and Mrs Herman Zielke. David Van Buren wed Miss Linda Zielke with Rev Edward H Smith officiating. Mrs Martin Goodnature served as maid of honor and William Zielke as best man. The ceremony featured a wedding march by George Ginkey and the event included close relatives and a wedding supper. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents for the present.
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Herman Zielke
Nekimi
David van Buren
Linda Zielke
Edward H. Smith
First Congregationall Church
Martin Goodnature
Run
William Zielke
George Ginkey
Cohginniations
Ogir
Mirkat
La Follette seeks curb on removal of state law cases
Senator La Follette introduced a bill to forbid removing cases involving interpretation of state law from state to federal courts. The aim is to stop corporations from dragging cases to federal courts and deny state courts a chance to pass on them. He spoke before the Senate committee on interstate commerce urging a report and tied issues to railroa properties valuation.
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Washington, D. C
la Follette
Freim
Senate Committee
Init Rstate
Comet Merce
Railcoa
Stevens
Battlefleet Evans Sees Cape Virgins Ahead of Magellan Strait
Six Vesnels of Evans fleet sighted near Cape Virgins as American battleships push toward the Strait of Magellan. The first vessel sighted last evening signaled Port Dungerness lighthouse with cipher G. BS. The main force follows, predicted to enter the strait around midnight. Mexican-tinged dispatches note Japanese aboard a British steamer observing the passage at Punta Arenas.
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Associated Press
Cane Virgins
Evans
Cape Virgins
Strait of Magellan
Cape
Six O'Clork
Port Dungerness
Cap Virgins
Nta
Punta Arenas
Orita
Battlecht
Oats
Hayes
Liverpost
Valparaiso
Rio Janeiro
Priest Hunted Malone Mystery By Father Goebel
Milwaukee report says no new developments in the Malone case as police and the district attorney pause the inquiry. Father Goebel, a Catholic priest, is pursuing every clue while a third attack is unverified and a woman named Miss Burke was accosted on the Fourth Avenue bridge before a passerby scared off the assailant. Mrs Harrington and her dog aided the interruption.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Janesville
Malone
Father Goebel
Miss Burke
Fourth Avenue Bridge
TERROR REIGNS IN TABRIZ ON RUSSO-PERSIAN FRONTIER
A telegraph from Odessa dated January reports Tabriz fully under insurgent control as revolutionaries seize the city. Insurgents march through streets looting and terrorizing while European residents shelter in their homes and appeal to the Russian consul for protection.
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Assecati
Odessa
Jan
Jaffa
Tabriz
Mail Train Wreck Delays Service Near La Crosse
A special from La Crosse reports fast mail train No.7 wrecked near Ouakdaie causing engine and several cars to derail. The mail was delayed about half a day but no injuries were reported. Wrecking crews were dispatched from La Crosse to clear the line.
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Milwaukee
Wiz
le Crossaye
Fast Mafia
Ouakdaie
la Crosse
University Gymnasium Disinfected in Wisconsin
Madison Wis Jan 31 For the first time since its erection in 1893 the University gymnasium will be disinfected from top to bottom by order of the faculty. The gymnasium will be closed Monday for one week. The steam room is found unsanitary by the faculty and closed. There is much Scarlet fever in the Latin quarter here. This may be the cause of the disinfection campaign. President Van Hise has put the S on Sunday hockey by the Wisconsin line.
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
University
van Hise Hag
Wisconsin
Normal basketball hosts Lawrence in big intercollegiate game
The Normal team meets Lawrence University tonight under intercollegiate rules in a major season game. The January issue of The Normal Advance features Clara E. Marvin's frontispiece and tributes. The paper highlights the department of communications with letters on school policy and student debate preparations for a slate of events this year.
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Lawrence University
Halsey
Clara E. Marvin
The
Normal
Department of Communications
Smattera
Sratorical Association
Ermad
Change in Car Service Schedule
The notice states a change in streetcar service with a patchy schedule. Cars run from Man Street corner at 6 past the hour and return via Knapp Street at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour. The aim is to maintain a definite timetable.
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Man
Knapp
Binth
Kimes
Edward Cromwell Dies at 87 in Denver
Edward Cromwell aged eighty seven died last night at the home of his daughter Mrs. Gertrude C Lamphen in Denver Col He was born in New York City and was a longtime philanthropist and patriot member of one of the oldest American families and the oldest direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Edward Cromwell
Gertrude C. Lamphen
Cromwell
New York City
Oliver
Thaw Case Jury Deliberates Sanity Verdict Nears
The jury in Harry K Thaw's sanity trial heard Judge Dowling instruct that a defect of reason could excuse criminal responsibility if proven beyond doubt yet hatred or revenge do not equal insanity. Thaw's family attended as exhibits were requested and jurors were told to weigh the evidence strictly on insanity and the crime's degree. Possible verdicts ranged from murder in the first degree with death to manslaughter or not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Ciockers
Victor J. Dow
William Thaw
Josiah
George L. Carnegie
Evaisa Nesbit Thaw
Justice Dowling
Gremmels
Thaw
Eviien
Thes
Fustice Wiing
Ing
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