Ship Subsidy Fight Looms in Congress as 1912 Hopes Rise
Washington dispatch notes Democrats and Republicans split over the ship subsidy bill pushed by President Taft. Humphrey of Washington leads supportive and opposing camps amid debate over subsidizing new ships and boosting the navy. Presidential prospects loom with Harmon of Ohio favored by some Democrats, while others back Culberson or Gaynor. House aims for early adjournment, Senate wary of jokers in legislation.
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Congress
House
Middle West
Humphrey
Humphrey of
Wash
Senate
Taft
Harmon
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Buckeye
Indiana
Marshall
Washington
Sam Raymond Sill Bounces From Ill Fated Land Scheme
A fragmentary humorous note sketches Sam Raymond Sill investing in a fictitious estate called Marshmellow Arms. It recounts 11 acres of land and 6000 barrels of swamp with 2000 gallons of malaria amid odd crops and muskrats. Sill jokes about Annette Kellermann managing it someday.
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Long Island
Eau de Board of Health
Sill
Annette Kellermann
Bill Would Spend Ten Million On Roads Across States
Washington reports Representative Garner of Texas introduced a highway bill allocating 10 million dollars among states and territories by mileage of public roads. The secretary of agriculture would apportion funds after governors certify needs. The plan aims to also launch a postal savings bank scheme depositing hundreds of millions and funding road construction to reduce unemployment.
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Washington
United States
Garner
Texas
Tata
Secretary of Agriculture
Postal Savings Bank
Sulzer
Fight for Cotton Claims in Congress to Add Court of Claims Jurisdiction
Washington reports a concerted effort to amend law and grant the Court of Claims jurisdiction over cases involving captured and abandoned property, chiefly cotton. Early legislation failed to pass both House and Senate in the same session, heirs of original claimants risk losing proof as witnesses age.
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Washington
Congress
Court of Claims
Anl
Con
House
Senate
Deadly Broadway Duel Ends With Watchman’s Death
In a four hour confrontation at a Broadway store, night watchman John Woods was shot in the head and killed. The survivor, John Ferris, 25 years with the firm, later wrote to police and helped tidy the scene before arrest. Ferris claims Woods slapped him and the men exchanged shots as they chased through the store.
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New York
Broadway
John Ferris
John Woods
Ferris
Woods
Blizzard threatens Chicago supply lines and aid efforts
Chicago faces a severe blizzard with coal and milk supplies nearly exhausted as rail lines fail to clear. Civic groups shield infants with preferential milk deliveries while coal dealers warn the worsening shortage amid dire conditions. In New York, missionary workers report 377 conversions daily as business leaders push a businesslike approach to missions.
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Chicago
Saloon Quotation Sparks Police Lead on Robbery Suspect
A man in Alexandria Louisiana quoted Scriptures in a saloon drawing attention and prompting police to detain him on suspicion of being Fred Clifford wanted in Burbank California and Biggs Oregon for express robberies. Local police will contact Oregon and California authorities.
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Alexandria
Fred Clifford
Burbank
Cal
Biggs
Ore
Oregon
California
Three Months in Trance Ends in Death
Mrs. Kate Mendelsohn died after lying in a speechless trance for three months and a half at a hospital in Pittsburg. Her husband awoke Sept 30 to find her comatose with their baby unharmed on the floor. he believes fear that the child had been killed may have shocked her into unconsciousness.
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Pittsburg
Kate Mendelsohn
Money for Mississippi
Washington report signals a large federal appropriation for Mississippi River revetment. Revetment would stabilize levees on both banks to prevent caving and reduce high flood taxes on delta residents by creating a permanent embankment solution.
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Washington, D. C
Rivers and Barbers Committee
Friends of the
Lower River
Lews
Lower
Mississippi
Cotton Breaks 5.85 Base in Historic New Orleans Slump
The cotton futures market in New Orleans saw one of its worst slumps as old crop prices fell 109 to 116 points from the day’s highs, about 5.50 a bale. Within minutes declines reached 60 points, then prices dropped 7 to 11 points at a time. By measures, almost 3 cents per pound or 15 dollars a bale were shed from the season’s peak. The fall began in New York after a quiet period, with bulls hoping liquidation was near. Sudden selling sent long positions overboard, bears briefly steadied with profit-taking, and a 30‑point rebound followed in the last half hour.
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New Orleans
New York
Unemployed to Arkansas Offer of 4000 Acres Chance
George M. Jackson of Piggott Ark announces he will donate 4000 acres of rich bottom lands near Piggott to the unemployed. The proposal, presented at a Brotherhood Welfare Association meeting led by James Eads How, is under advisement and likely to be accepted. The plan would distribute ten acres to each of 400 unemployed individuals.
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Piggott
St. Louis
George M. Jackson
Ark
United States
Brotherhood Welfare Association
James Eads How
Brotherhood
Jackson
Mae Wood Wins Forgery and Perjury Case Discharged
New York report says charges of forgery and perjury against Miss Mae Wood were dismissed and she was discharged. Indicted in 1907 after suing ex Senator Thomas Platt over a claimed marriage in the city. Platt's illness prevented his appearance in court.
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New York
Miss Mae
Wood
Miss Wood
United States
Thomas (. Platt
Platt
Hammond Bill Lets Banks Lend Half Savings on Farm Lands
Representative Hammond of Minnesota frames a bill to permit national banks to loan up to 50 percent of their savings deposits on improved farm lands under rules to be set by the comptroller of the currency. He sits on the banking and currency committee and notes the only objection is the pending monetary commission report.
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Washington, D. C
Hammond
Minnesota
Banking and Currency Committee
Cotton Off Half Gemt New York Price Slump Hits Three-Day Decline
In New York the cotton market plunged again on Wednesday marking a third consecutive decline since last week. March contracts fell to 14.00 cents and May to 14.78 cents amid panic selling as prices slid from last week’s gains with little if any new trade support.
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New York
Sully
Wedneslay
Deeline
Shipping Irregularities At Interstate Commerce Hearing
Washington DC witnesses discuss substitution and irregularity in river shipping rates favoring the West. Grain men from Memphis Louisville St Louis Cairo Evansville Henderson Madd won Indiana cite instances of substitution to gain cheaper transit. Chicago and Western grain interests oppose southern flat rates between transit points to end the existing privilege.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
Louisville
St. Louis
Cairo
Evansville
Henderson
Maddwon
Ind
Chicago
Western Points
Polar loneliness shapes explorers says Alaska bishop
Cleveland says Dr Frederick A Cook’s tale of the earth’s apex stems from polar in sanity. Right Rev B E Rowe Episcopal bishop of Alaska attributes both Cook’s remarkable story and Commander Robert F Peary’s reaction to the loneliness grayness and silence of the north. All men come from out the polar circle with their nerves shattered.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Frederick A. Cook
B. E. Rowe
Episcopal
Alaska
Cook
Robert F. Peary
Polar Circle
Ice Gorge Threatens Mississippi River Route
Rain in Missouri and northern regions swollen the Mississippi with ice from Chester to St. Louis. The weather bureau warned rivermen to protect property as a rise is expected. Threatened rapids and gorged ice create hazardous conditions along sixty miles of river reach.
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St. Louis
Missour
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Chester
After Morse Pardon Petition Grows In NYC
Mrs. Charles W Morse launches vigorous petitions to pardon banker Morse held in Atlanta federal prison. Taft faced with rising petitions as signers accumulate and more petitions circulate privately to seek clemency.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
United States Penitentiary
Atlanta
Taft
Banker Morse
England Takes Hand in Greytown Tangle
British naval action under Capt Thesiger blocks Greytown and protects Madriz forces inside the city. The Seylia cruiser requests American signature to its operation but is declined by Cmdr Shipley. A thousand British troops may be deployed but a blockade is planned, with Thesiger pledging to use arms if needed.
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Bluefield
Nicaragua
Thesiger
Seylia
Greytown
Madris
Shipley
Txth Sales
Knapp Urges Farm Schools for Training and Growth
Dr Seaman A Knapp of the Agriculture Department urges creation of farm training schools to supplement state agricultural colleges. He cites census data showing low productivity among rented farms and many farmers, calling for action to improve national food production and community welfare.
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Greenville
Seaman A. Knapp
Department of Agriculture
Knapp
United States
St Louis Ice Gorge Breaks Floodfront Devastation
The Mississippi at St Louis rose from 22 to 31.9 feet then gorged ice broke, dropping three hours later by over five feet. Boats were stranded, levee debris littered the shore, and property losses neared 200000. Weather bureau noted rising levels north of St Louis.
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St. Louis
Weather Bureau
St Lewia
Mob violence spurs jitters after Allen Clark death
Mob formations form at Eldorado and Harrisburg to free or attack Black prisoners after Allen Clark, a rural carrier, dies en route to Harrisburg. Sheriff Mathis orders guards and blocks freight trains to prevent transfer to Vienna jail where three suspects are held. Gov. Deneen troops sought as crowds threaten Harrisburg and Eldorado.
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Fldorado
Harrisburg
Allen Clark
Mathis
Hig
Eldorado
Clark
Johnson County
Vienna
Eltorade
Deneen
Biloxi Man Pleads Guilty in Chinese Smuggling Case
S P Smith of Biloxi Mississippi, principal in the Gulf ports smuggling indictment, dismissed his attorney and pleaded guilty in federal court at Galveston Texas before testimony began. The court cautioned him on the gravity of the charge and he renewed his plea.
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Alveston
Tex
S. P. Smith
Biloxi
Miss
Talbot & Co Sells Long Staple Cotton At High Price
Pine Bluff Arkansas John H Talbot Co reports record sale of twenty bales of long staple cotton to J W Ragland Co at 2603 59 total 120 19 per bale 26 1 2 cents per pound one bale 156 25 quoted good enough to eat and as long as cotton grows Army Bill Passes Washington House approves 25000000 army appropriations for 1911 then moves to white slave bills
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Pine Bluff
Ark
John H. Talbot & Co
J. W. Ragland & Co
Talbot
Washington
House
Federal Aid For Confederate Reunion Equipment
Senator Bankhead and Representative Taylor will introduce resolutions to authorize the War Department to supply certain equipment for the Confederate reunion at Mobile. The plan seeks federal aid to support preparations and ceremonies.
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Washington, D. C
Bankhead
Senate
Taylor
House
War Department
Mobile
Missionary Meeting Calls Men to Memphis Convention
The Laymen's Missionary Movement executive committee invites men in the Memphis area to a February 7 to 9, 1910 convention to advance united Christian outreach. The Memphis event features notable speakers and a $1 registration, with rail discounts sought and hotel rates undecided.
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Memphis
Tean
Reunion Rates Fixed for Mobile Confederate Event
The Southwestern Passenger Association set summer tourist rates at one and one third fare for 1910 and homeseekers rates at the same as last year. For the Confederate reunion a rate of a cent a mile was approved. The reunion occurs in Mobile.
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New Orleans
Southwestern Passenger Association
Mobile
Dickinson Returns From Cuba Aboard Mayflower
Secretary of War J M Dickinson and party arrived in Charleston on the president's yacht the Mayflower Thursday. He left at once for Washington while the others continued the voyage. Dickinson refused to discuss observations of conditions in Porto Rico and Cuba.
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Charleston, &C
J. M. Dickinson
Cuba
Washington
Dickinson
Porto Rico
Man Fatally Shoots Father After Living Room Dispute
A man shot his father five miles east of Meridian after an argument over a key and a seized rifle. The confrontation began when the father demanded a large toddy and threatened harm, leading to the son firing a 22 caliber rifle through the door and striking the father in the back of the head. Medical authorities and local officials were alerted as investigators began to document the case.
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H. DD. Temple
Thie Ldyearokteon
Merigold
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