Federal plan to ban divorce would upheave the home
Washington February 4. Senator Ramsdell of Louisiana proposes a constitutional amendment to outlaw permanent divorce and remarry rights across the United States. He argues divorce is rising nationwide and threatens the family and society. The plan cites precedent in Italy Spain and Austria Hungary and warns of a collapse of domestic life if reform is not enacted.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ramsdell
Louisiana
Coim Mord
Kanedell
Vorce
South Carolina
Italy
Spain
Austria-Hungary
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Mrs Ben Lindsey Becomes Denver Juvenile Court Assistant
Mrs Ben B Lindsey, newly married to Denver judge, begins work as assistant juvenile judge of Denver county. She plans to visit probation officers, study each case, attend hearings, and ensure proper presentation of facts. She believes many bad children lack chance to be good and aims to help.
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Denver
Col
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver County
Lindsey
Probaon
Chicago
Henrietta Brevoort
J. F. Clippert
Detroit
Mich
Devin Seer
Women Rally for Local Option Poll in Dixon
Women in Galesburg register by affidavit to participate in primaries with 3035 of 5000 eligible. college girls must prove residence. East St. Louis begins house to house canvass led by Women's Civic Federation. only one woman refused. Dixon local option fight revives with petition of 600 women and 400 men voters, led by Rev. Fred D. Stone.
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Galesburg
East St. Louis
Women’s Civic Federation
Douglass
Fred S. Wilbur
Dixon
Fred D. Stone
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Palmer
Mr. Stone
Business Men's Association
Democrats Not For Woman Vote in Millington
The Spee party was formally placed aeord today opposing federal woman suffrage. Majority Underwood on the floor declared he believed suffrage belongs to the states, not the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millington
D.C
Spee
Underwood
Peru Rebels Seize Presidency In Bloody Palace Attack
Lima reports Guillermo Billinghurst captured amid a military uprising led by Colonel Benavides. Premier Enrique Varela killed. Dr. Durando seizes palace and vows new government. Public fear and closures rise as economy tensions trigger decisive upheaval in Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Guillermo Billinghurst
Republic of Peru
Benavides
Enrique Varela
Augusto Duranda
Billinghurst
Chile
Durando
Callao
Minister Aked defies birth miracle in San Francisco
Rev Charles F Aked a famed minister formerly of Fifth Avenue Baptist in New York faced calls to resign as president of the Church Federation of San Francisco after delivering unorthodox remarks on the virgin birth. He said he would likely resign and declined to support the miraculous conception.
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Charles FP. Aked
Federation
San Francisco
Cal
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of
Church Federation of San
Christ
Aked
Willett Draws Year for Bribe
New York dated February 4. Joseph Cassidy former Queens county Democratic boss and William Willett ex congressman were sentenced to one year at Sing Sing and fined 16000 dollars. Louis Walter a politician got three months and a 1000 dollar fine. Willett convicted of paying a bribe to Cassidy for a supreme court domination. Walter was the other.
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New York
Joseph Cassidy
Queens County
William Willett
Louis Walter
Willett
Cassidy
Supreme Court
Walter
Meeting of Mine Workers End Delegates Named
Indianapolis Feb 4 delegates John Hessmer Hymeria Indiana and Thomas J Reynolds Collinsville Illinois were chosen to the United Mine Workers convention. A plan proposed to keep mine work going if no agreement is reached by contract expiry and to strike if negotiations fail.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Hessmer
Hymeria
Thomas J. Reynolds
Colinsville
Ill
Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
John P. White
Joint Conference
Higgins Waives Hearing in Wife Murder Case
Robert Higgins, charged with murdering his wife to wed her daughter Julia Flake, waived preliminary examination yesterday. The case moves to a grand jury in April. The courtroom was packed and hundreds gathered in the square as Higgins remained silent under guard after threats of violence.
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Galesburg
Robert Higgins
Julia Flake
Higgins
Judge O'Connor Convicted of Intoxication in Iowa
Oelwein judge E J O'Connor of the superior court was found guilty in district court of intoxication on December 2. The case began in Oelwein, moved on appeal to the higher court, and three other indictments for misconduct in office remain pending.
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O'Connor
Oelwein
Iowa
West Union
E. J. O'Connor
Fire Claims Five Men at Bemidji Hotel
In Bemidji Minnesota on February 4 a hotel near the Kelleher property burned killing Thomas Boyd of Chicago and four other men. Seven more were seriously injured in the blaze.
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Bemidji, Minn
Thomas Boyd
Chicago
Kelleher
Here
Weather forecast and astronomical notes
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures. Lows around 15 degrees. highs yesterday near 33. Light winds, no precipitation. Evening planets Mars and Saturn visible with outer morning Venus and Jupiter. Capella may be mistaken for Saturn near zenith.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
English Women Fire Fine Homes in Comrie Scotland
Glasgow reports two arson fires in Comrie during the same day attributed to suffragist arson squads. Homes including Abernhill Castle and the House of Rose were destroyed, with a placard praising Lloyd George found at the scene. A third mansion, Saint Fillane, also burned in Perthshire. In Glasgow, sweeping Ulster home rule concessions were foreshadowed by Premier Asquith. A Trinidad judge upheld military authority to arrest strike disorder suspects.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Perthshire
Comrie
Abernhhill Castle
Saint Fillane
Shirling Boyd
Anti-Suffrage League of Edinburgh
Lloyd George
Ulster
Ireland
Glasgow Herald
Asquith
Trinidad
Colo
McHendrie
Third Judicial District
Scown's Motion Allowed in Woman Suffrage Case
Springfield Feb 4 The supreme court allowed William Scown to file briefs instanter in his suit against Chicago election commissioners to test the Illinois woman suffrage act The court gave the commissioners 20 days to reply Houghton Feb 4 A jury to try five deputy sheriffs over the killing of a striker was completed today in Houghton Michigan
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Scown
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
William Scown
Chicago Election Commissioners
Houghton
Houghton, Mich
Iowa Merchants Oppose Increase in Rail Rates
Iowa merchants and manufacturers testified against a proposed five percent freight rate hike by eastern railroads. They warned soft coal costs would rise by over fourteen cents per ton, affecting industries along the Mississippi. Proceedings featured J H Henderson W B Barton and M A Smiley as state and local representatives.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Inter State Commerce Commission
J. H. Henderson
Clinton Shippers and Manufacturers’ Association
Federal Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Mississippi
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
New York Stock Exchange
Samuel Untermyer
Owen
LITTAUERS MISS PRISON IN SMUGGLING CASE
New York February 4 Lucius Littauer former congressman and his brother William were sentenced to six months in jail and fined 1000 dollars each for smuggling with the jail term suspended by Judge Thomas The judge said Lucius long service in congress and the offenders general high standing aggravated rather than mitigated the offense but noted it is not customary to impose such penalties Money restitution of 14000 dollars to the government and the defendants ill health were considered in suspending jail time The Littauers were paroled into the custody of counsel The court will review their conduct in five months
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New York
Lucius Littauer
William
Thomas
Congress
Arms Embargo Lifting Seen as Step Toward Intervention
The US lifts the arms embargo across the border to aid both Huerta and constitutionalists, with no troop withdrawals expected. Wilson’s proclamation faces mixed reactions abroad and at home, while Mexico’s El Pais calls it a Yankee provocation. Reports note arrests in Mexico City and arms dealers moving to Juarez as shells, rifles, and 1.5 million rounds head toward rebels.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Huerta
Republic
Wilson
United States
War Department Enses
Miles
Garrison
Taft
Mexico City
el Pais
Washington
Rio Grande
Victoria Hastings
A. R. Wallace
Miss Hastings
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Villa
Scott
New Orleans
Life in asylum for a murderer in Heilbronn
Heilbronn Germany February 4 Life sentence pronounced for a school teacher named Wagner who fired the village of Mueblhausen near Wuerzburg and was sent to an asylum for criminals as insane.
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Heilbronn
Germany
Wagner
Mueblhausen
Wuer
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