Liquor bill stumbles in bid for session fate
Washington February 11 supporters of the Webb bill to bar liquor shipments to dry states lost a parliamentary maneuver. An error left the senate measure unrecognized by the house, requiring a judiciary committee placement and a special rule for floor consideration. Senate passage of the Webb bill followed a long debate, with amendments and votes on provisions affecting cross state liquor shipments and personal or sacramental use. Commission plan beaten in Lincoln Michigan, Feb 11.
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Senate
House Parlementarian
Crisp
House
Judiciary Committee
Webb
Washington, D. C
Vic
Kenyon
Hitchcock
O'Gorman
Gallinger
Chicago Firemen in Fierce Fight
Chicago February 11 five hundred firemen forty engines and other apparatus fought a dangerous blaze at Sixtieth and Washington Avenue. Ingram and Kall apartment buildings destroyed with estimated damage twenty thousand pounds. The fire burned on with a high wind carrying brands a quarter mile. Water supply was inadequate. Seven firemen injured three seriously when a hall building wall collapsed at two.
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Chicago
Sixtieth
Washington Avenue
Ingram and Kall
Piremen
Weather recast for Rock Island and vicinity
Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder tonight with near zero low. Temperature 7 am 12, high yesterday 36, wind 9 mph, no precipitation, humidity 97% at 7 pm and 76% at 7 am. Sun sets 5:29, rises 6:59. Evening stars Venus Saturn. morning stars Saturn Jupiter Mars.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Ta. m
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Reopen Fight in Mexican Capital Escalates
Reported actions in Mexico City show rebels and federal troops in firm positions with fighting expected to resume. Government forces, led by Madero loyalists, claim thousands of soldiers in the capital while Diaz supporters muster 3,000. Simultaneous reports place hostilities starting at 10 15 with federal bombardment of rebels and an attack on the arsenal. Naval reinforcements move from Guantanamo heading toward Mexican ports on both coasts.
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Diaz
Laredo
Blannet
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Mxico
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Virginia
Georgia
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South Dakota
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Pacific
Rioting in Osaka, Japan Leaves Several Dead
Tokyo dispatch reports violent riots in Osaka with offices of newspapers loyal to Prince Katsura attacked by mobs. About 70 killed or seriously wounded last night, subsiding by morning as cold weather kept participants indoors. Government appears to concede the Katsura regime may be finished. Katsura resigns and Yamamoto to be installed.
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Osaka
Katsura
Moba
Kat- Sura
Yamamoto
Marine
Turks Lose 6000 in Balkan Fight at Bulair
Sofia reports the Turkish army on Gallipoli lost 6600 men and 5 officers with over 12000 wounded during fighting at Bulair. Several thousand Turks fell before the Tehatalja lines on February 9 and at Charkeul, while Bulgarian losses were insignificant. A Turkish warship went ashore at Karaburun on the Black sea coast and leaks badly.
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Sofia
Gallipoli
Bulair
Tehatalja
Charkeul
Constantinople
Karaburun
Black Sea
Michigan Republicans Nominate State Officials At Convention
Lansing February 11 Michigan Republicans met to nominate two supreme court justices a public instruction superintendent two university regents two state board of agriculture members and a highway commissioner Allen Fraser of Detroit named temporary chairman. Despite wrangling the convention blocs pledged harmony.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
State Board of Agriculture
Allen Fraser
Detroit
Three Nominees Voted In Separate Illinois Senate Ballots
Springfield February 11 three nominees for six year United States Senate terms were formally nominated in separate house ballots. L Y Sherman Republican James Hamilton Lewis Democrat and Frank Funk Progressive headed the long term race. Short term nominees included Charles Boeschenstein Democrat and Hopkins Aurora Democrat. Voting continued with no majority reached and resumption slated for tomorrow.
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Ill
L. Y. Sherman
James Hamilton Lewis
Frank Funk
United States
Assembly
Charles Boeschenstein
Rapp
Shepperd
Elgin
Hopkins
Aurora
Senate
Sherman
Lewis
Punk
Boeschenstein
Funk
House
Republican House
Capitol
Lawrence Y.Y. Sherman
One Term Action Deferred in Taft Roosevelt Debate
Washington February 11 The Clayton resolution for a six year presidential term was postponed to the next congress by the house judiciary committee. Action on the Works single term measure remains unlikely. Postmaster General Hitchcock urges telegraph nationalization and restricts franked mail to official correspondence. The house naval committee approves two battleships six destroyers and four submarines for this year’s program.
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Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
House Naval Committee
Commission Allows Claim Against Dubuque
The national baseball commission adopted rule 29 to back draft season for certain minor leagues to Nov. 15. The commission allowed the claim of ER Johnson against the Dubuque Friedmann Sails Feb. 18. Berlin reports Dr Friedrich Friedmann, discoverer of an alleged tuberculosis remedy, will appear in New York Feb. 18.
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National Baseball Commission
Er Johnson
Dubuqque
Friedmann
Berlin
Friedrich Friedmann
Camp questioned in 1912 campaign funds inquiry
Beebe Arkansas Postmaster Camp faced Clapp committee questioning over funds raised or spent between the Chicago nominating convention and the presidential election. He produced letters from Republican State Committee Treasurer Campbell demanding $39, which Camp did not pay. He sent a protest resignation amid claims of a conspiracy.
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Camp
Beebe
Ark
Clapp
Chicago
Campbell
Republican State Committee
Hitchcock
Grandfield
Post Office Department
Arctic Tragedies of Northern Explorers claimed by Cold Seas
A summary of notable polar disasters. Sir John Franklin's 1845 1848 expedition lost Erebus and Terror off King William Land with 128 crew perishing. George Washington De Long's 1879 1881 voyage lost the Jeanette near Siberia and 20 of 32 men died. George Rice Greely 1881 1884 failed relief mission leaving 18 dead. Salomon Andrée 1897 disappeared near Spitzbergen with two companions. Mylius Erichsen 1907 perished with two others while charting northeast Greenland.
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England
Northwest Passage
King William Land
George Washington de Long
North Pole
Jeannette
Siberia
Lena River
George Washington Greely
Lady Franklin Bay
Cape Sabine
Salomon Auguste Andree
Sweden
Spitzbergen
Mylius Erichsen
Denmark
Greeland
Trade Board Charges Fix Prices For Grain
Federal suit claims the Chicago Board of Trade fixed prices for wheat corn oats and rye during closures, using a daily call to set offers. The government seeks a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction against the exchange and named officials for alleged antitrust conspiracy affecting interstate commerce.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Equity
United States District Court
Board of Trade of Chicago
Edward Andrew
Frank B. Rice
Albert Cross
Illinois
9 Year Old Confesses Train Wreck Plot in Michigan
Albert Mantle aged 9 confessed to blocking a Northwestern railroad near Menominee Michigan with two iron cattle guards on a Saturday night. The plan aimed to cut the engine in two. no injuries occurred as the engine left the rails.
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Michigan
Menominee, Mich
Albert Mantle
Northwestern Railroad
Here
Raila
Family of Scott to be cared for
Grief and pride mingle as Britain absorbs Captain Scott’s farewell. Civil leaders vow to support dependents, while Mrs. Scott receives a government pension. London marks the day with half mast as Amundsen’s 1912 team is recalled and Scott’s party is remembered for endurance and sacrifice.
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Scott
London
Patten Fined 4000 in Federal Trial on Market Manipulation
New York reports cotton and grain speculator James A. Patten pleaded guilty to six counts of restraint of trade in federal court. Judge Mayer fined Patten 4000, which he paid immediately. Indicted by a grand jury with Eugene Scales and others for cotton market manipulation, only Patten pleaded today. others expected to plead not guilty.
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New York
James A. Patten
Mayer
Patten
Eugene Scales
Fitch Apology Scene In Illinois House
In Springfield on February 11, Representative Fitch of Peoria apologized for a controversial humorous article. The incident began after Shanahan of Chicago accused Fitch of planned injury to his reputation, citing a Chicago Sunday paper. Fitch admitted writing with humor and pledged a proper retraction, ending the exchange as the assembly resumed business. Emma Francis, 67, and James A. Wilson, 73, married after 50 years apart in England, tied the knot in Bloomington. Dem leaders called a March 5 meeting of the Democratic National Committee at the New Willard hotel to discuss organization.
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Ill
Shanahan
Chicago
Fitch
Peoria
House
Senate
Lie
House Journal
Illinois
Assembly
Munro
Highland Park
Ilinois
England
Bloomington
Emma Francis
Bedworth
James A. Wilson
Sparland
Wilson
New York
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
New Willard Hotel
Washington
Towing Trust Is Held A Monster
Cleveland reports the federal circuit court in Cincinnati dissolved Great Lakes Towing Company as a monopoly controlling about 95 percent of Great Lakes towing in 14 ports. The decree cites Sherman Act violations and orders dissolution within 30 days with a plan to unwind the trust.
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Federal Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Great Lakes Towing Company
Great Lakes
Towing Trust
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