Judge Grosscup Warns Chicago Traction Plan Reversal
Chicago December 29 Judge Grosscup in the United States circuit court urged property owners to join his plan protesting double fares for inter city traffic. He criticizes Chicago Railways for cutting lines outside the city and seeks a proper settlement, saying the present four cent fare is inadequate and asserting the court can undo an injustice. The judge warns he will act promptly if municipal actions are biased or improperly taken.
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Chicago
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Chicago Railways Company
Train kills man struck on tracks near La Crosse
Passengers on a Milwaukee coach train arriving from the east near La Crosse Wisconsin were startled when a burly man was hurled against the first coach windows four feet from the rear of the train moving at four miles an hour. The dead man was Gustave Michelson of 2564 Blue Island Avenue Chicago. He was walking on the tracks when struck.
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LaCrosse
Wis
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Gustave Michelson
Blue Island Avenue
Chicago
Wisconsin Judge Denies Woman Elector Eligibility for Office
Green Bay, Wis December judge Hastings ruled Adeline Pratt in Marinette County was not eligible to hold office as she is not an elector. The court also refused Emery Calineau a certificate since it did not show voters knew a woman could not serve. Carbondale Grows Rapidly reports Carbondale Illinois population at 5,411, up 2,093.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Hastings
Adeline Pratt
Register of Deeds
Marinette County
Emery D. Calineau
Bomb wrecks rooms of Heidelsburg club in Galesburg
A bomb exploded in the rear of the Heidelsburg club rooms in Galesburg Illinois today wrecking parts of two buildings but causing no injuries. Officials suspect opposition to the club rooms as the motive since the city became dry.
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Galesburg
Ill
Heidelsburg
Weather Outlook For Quad Cities Heat Wave Fades
Forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions through Friday with a sharp cold wave tonight. Temperatures fall to around 10 degrees tonight. 7 am reading 33. wind 3 mph. no precipitation. Mercury visible after sunset with moonrise early morning.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
No More Boards Fee System Is Illegal
In his biennial report to Governor DeBeon Attorney General Sead condemns creating new state boards commissions or departments. He urges enlarging existing departments when needed and bans boards that collect fees funded off them. He warns current rapid regulatory trends harm courts professions and state government. A bill drafting or reviewing department could reduce the bloated inconsistent legislation.
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Springfield
Debeon
Sead
Auditor's Office
Severn Dental
General Assembly
Christmas on Warpath starts fighting in Honduras border area
New Orleans December 29 reports say a revolution erupted in Honduras and fighting extends along the Honduran Nicaraguan border about 20 miles below Cape Gracias. The forces engaged are described in late night Adviews dispatches.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Bryan Defends Late Platform in Jackson Day Note
Lincoln Neb Dec 29 William J Bryan informs Albert J Almony of Baltimore he cannot attend the Jackson day celebration on Jan 17 He says it would be impossible to be present and he hesitates to send a letter to be read lest it might prove a discordant note if those who originated it are dissatisfied with the last democratic national platform The platform has been vindicated and was satisfactory.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Albert J. Almony
Baltimore
Bryan
System Out of Joint Reports Illinois School Shortfalls
Startling figures shown at the Illinois School Teachers association convention in Chicago reveal hundreds of thousands of Illinois children receive inadequate education as many students fail to graduate.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ilinois School Teachers’ Association
Quake Strikes Elis Province in Greece Cause Heavy Damage
Athens reports a violent earthquake in the Elis region on the Peloponnesus west coast. Government relief dispatched. no loss of life reported. The capital Pyrgos has about 12,700 residents and is described as a single main street town. Separate item notes three Kansas shocks recorded by a seismograph lasting 30 to 45 seconds.
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Athens
Greece
Ellis
Isiis
Peloponnesus
Alpheus
Feneus
Olymphia
Pyrgos
Athena
Elis
Palaeopolis
Kansas Peels
Lawrence
Kas
University of Kansas
Revolt on the Nicaraguan Border and Education Reform
Wireless reports place General Lee Christmas leading an advancing force toward Ceiba on the Nicaraguan border with 40 days provisions. Fighting lies near Cape Gracias, Nicaragua, and Honduras, as Christmas pursues land incursions while Bonilla attacks from Puerto Cortez. In education, Professor Eugene Davenport criticizes Illinois public schooling wastage, calling for vocational training and a reformed system to boost practical outcomes.
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Lee Christmas
Honduras
Cuiba
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Generali Bonilla
Ceiba
Puerto Cortez
Hornet
Puerto Cortex
Eugene Davenport
College of Agriculture
University of Ming
Svall Sevber
Illinois
Davenport
Hinds
Circuit Judge Drowns In Creek Near Springfield
Springfield Missouri December report states Circuit Judge Milton M. Creighton of Montgomery county drowned when his horse and buggy fell through ice on Showl creek. A companion jurist escaped. Creighton is brother to Circuit Judges James A. Creighton and John Creighton.
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Springfield
Showl Creek
Milton M. Creighton
Montgomery County
Litchfield
James A. Creighton
John Creighton
Fairfield
Five Are Powder Victims At El Paso Smelter Plant
Five workers were killed and about twenty injured when blasting powder stored at the American Smelter and Refining Company plant exploded while a slag pile was being destroyed. Tunneling workers in the mound were affected and rescuers dig into several tunnels where men signaled for aid. In a separate report from Montreal, Hackenschmitt and Steurs wrestled an hour and 15 minutes with no fall.
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el Paso
Texas
American Smelter & Refining Company
Montreal
Quebec
Hackenschmitt and Steurs
Hackenschmidt
Indictment Found Against Banker in Bank Closings
In New York on December 29 the grand jury indicted Joseph G Robin for larceny of $80,000 from the Northern Bank of New York, linked to the bank’s closing earlier that week. The state banking department meanwhile took temporary charge of the Washington Savings Bank, where Robin is president, to probe its condition.
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New York
Joseph G. Robin
Northern Bank of New York
Robin
Northern Bank
State Banking Department
Washington Savings Bank
J. G. Robin
Ben Pitman Dies Inventor of Pitman Shorthand
Ben Pitman, born in Trowbridge England in 1800s, died in Cincinnati at 88 after an illness. He authored works on phonography and his shorthand system, author and lecturer, settled in Cincinnati in 1858, and was renowned as the inventor of a process of engraving.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ben Pitman
Pitman
Trowbridge
Wilts
England
Russian Elder's Cup Mistake Fatal to Congregants
In St. Petersburg the elder of a Lutheran church in the Peterhoff district filled the communion cup with a mixture of sulphurated chromate instead of wine. Three communicants died and 29 others are seriously ill after the error.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhoff
College clubs to meet in Washington January eighteenth
Washington December 29 A meeting of officers and state vice presidents of the National League of Democratic College Clubs has been called by President Warren L Davis to be held in Washington January 18 The meeting will follow the democratic conference in Baltimore January 1.
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Washington
National League of Democratic College Clubs
Warren L. Davis
Jai
Baltimore
Plot to restore Manuel to throne shocks Lisbon
Paris dispatches describe a threatening political sit uation in Lisbon with the army and navy’s loyalty in doubt. The government reportedly uncovered a secret society plotting to restore King Manuel to the throne.
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Manuel
Paris
Temps
Madrid
Lisbon
Will Ask Repeal of Iowa Mulct Law
Prohibitionists in Iowa plan a conference in Movies to demand repeal of the Iowa mutet law and oppose resubmission of the constitutional prohibitory amendment this time. In Chicago, Judge Brentano set January 4 for the second trial of attorney Charles Erbstein on bribing a juror in Browne's prior case.
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Iowa
Movies
Erbstein
Chicago
Brentano
Charles Erbstein
Lee O'Neil Browne
Rhode Island Population Density Tops U.S. States
Washington reports Rhode Island averages 508.5 people per square mile, leading density figures. Nevada sits at the low end with seven tenths per square mile. Illinois records 100.7, Michigan 48.9, Missouri 47.9, Wisconsin 42.2, and Iowa around 30.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Nevada
Illinois
South Dakota
Nebraska
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Replica of First Boat in River Trip
Indianapolis December 29 The replica aims to reenact the Orleans voyage from Pittsburg to New Orleans during the centennial Ohio and Mississippi river steamboat navigation celebration at Pittsburg September 26 27 and 28 1911 The Orleans was captained by N J Roosevelt grand uncle of Theodore Roosevelt who may speak at the event A festival at Pittsburg and a river pageant are planned
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Indianapolis
Ohio
Mississippi
Orleans
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Pittsboro
Ohio Valley Historical Association
N. J. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Perry Memorial Commission Meets in Chicago
Memorial commissioners from Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin and Kentucky gather in Chicago to plan Perry memorial near Put-in-Bay Ohio and a 1914 anniversary celebration. Delegates include General P C Hays Captain Willis J Wells Captain Chesley R Perry and others.
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Chicago
Per Memorial
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Allanquet
Perry
Cleveland
Congress
P. C. Hays
Joliet
Willis J. Wells
Chesley R
Permanent Commission on Tariff Factions in Harmony
Washington reports show progress toward a permanent tariff commission this session. President backs the plan after talks with Chairman Payne, who has been won over by public support. Senate and House leaders foresee action before March 4 with a strengthened and possibly expanded tariff board.
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Washington
Congress
Payne
Ways and Means
White House
Aldrich
Senate
House
Maren
Senate Finance Committee
Father of the National Bank Dies in New York
John W. Ellis a key figure in Civil War finance and organizer of the National Bank system died in New York at age 54. He helped found the First National Bank and was offered the treasury post by President Grant but declined.
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John W. Ellis
First One
New York
National Bankerstein
First National Bank
Grant
Ellis
Timber Man’s Body Found Motive Suspected Near Detroit
The mutilated body of a timber contractor Obed Westgate of Big Prairie Newaygo County Michigan was found in woods north of the city Sunday afternoon. Police believe robbery was the motive for the crime.
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Detroit
Mich
Der
Aoman
Obed Westgate
Big Prairie
Newayge County
Michigan
Rothery
Iowa Swain Fires At Woman After Rejection
In Oakaloosa Iowa on December 29 Cecil Lothard aged 22 shot his sweetheart Clara McIntosh aged 19 in the head after she refused to marry him. Lothard was arrested.
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Concord
David Allen
Bessie Bunn
Oskaloosa
Oakaloosa
Iowa
Cecil Lothard
Clara McIntosh
Lockard
Boiler Plant Explosion Kills 14 at Morewood Lake
Pittsfield Mass December 29 A boiler at the Morewood Lake Ice company plant exploded today killing 14 men and injuring more than 20. Twelve of the injured were taken to hospital. ten were reported in critical condition.
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Warpath
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Ence
Poeviamenci
Redmann
Ulster
M. M. Creighton
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Permanent Commission ON Tariff
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Ways and Means Committee
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