Blame Fixing Sought for Italian Hall Disaster Hearings
Hancock Michigan February 11 Hearings were slated in Calumet to assign responsibility for the Italian Hall Christmas Eve disaster that left 74 dead. O M Hilton counsel for the Western Federation of Miners described the crowded hall, a man with a Citizen's Alliance pin shouting Fire, and the ensuing panic and deaths. He recounted Moyer's alleged refusal to fund relief, a mob assault on Moyer and Tanger, and Moyer's alleged mistreatment and exile. Other testimony covered miners' contracting charges and alleged mine captain deceit, as well as the Seeberville murder trial where James Casper admitted firing but claimed no hit, and Arthur Davis indicating two shots were fired through a window.
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Hancock
Mich
Congressional
Calumet
Congressional Committee
Italian Hall
O. M. Hilton
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Hilton
Citizen's Alliance
Houghton
Tanger
Copper Country
Cooper
Seeberville
James Casper
Patrick
Arthur Davis
CLEAR OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON CASE
Chicago Feb 11 officials in Johnson case were not charged after a federal grand jury investigation. Two weeks adjournment followed. no bill was voted against any officials and no report will be made. Maggie Terre in taxicab accident in St Louis left unharmed after a taxi and touring car collision near the station.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Prazee
Federal Fund
Maggie Teyte
St Louis
Maggia Terre
Opera
New York
Miss Teyle
Tug Potomac Safe As Ice Enclosed Off Newfoundland
Washington February 11 The Mary tug Potomac is safe with its crew and in ice in the Bay of Idlenas near Rocky Point off Newfoundland. Advices to the navy department via wireless report the crew are well with provisions for four days and that assistance is en route.
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Washington, D.C
Bay of Idlenas
Newfoundland
Rocky Point
Navy
Weather Outlook for Rock Island Area
Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with light snow likely Thursday and colder tonight. Temperatures around 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Winds northerly, no precipitation. Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter visible. Saturn’s rings favorable for telescope viewing this year.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Nis
Trial of Captain Berry Opens for Monroe Collision
Philadelphia dated story reports the trial of Captain Perry of the steam ship Newtucket for negligence in the January 20 collision with the liner Monroe. Forty one people were killed. Perry pleads not guilty. Prosecution cites failure to shut down engine. Monroe captain admits steering by a compass with a two degree deviation.
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Philadelphia
Perry
Newtucket
Monroe
United States
Berry
Johnson
London Suffragists jailed for assault in Pankhurst protest
Seven militant suffragettes were sentenced to four days each for obstruction assault after a police attempt to arrest Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst. The arrests followed a protest linked to the exclusion of votes for women from the king's speech. A second group faced penalties for fines and remand in ongoing Pankhurst affair coverage.
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London
England
Emmeline Pankhurst
Pankhurst
People’s Army
East End
Sylvia Pankhurst
Woman's Social and Political Union
Switzerland
Campden Hill Square
Eng
Ireland
House of Commons
Simon
Edward Carson
Ulster
Dublin
John Redmond
Redmond
Sir Edward Carson
Crane Millions to Help Charity
Chicago, Feb 11. The late R. T. Crane Sr. left wishes to aid charity carried out by his sons. Major actions include a 1 million dollar endowment for a Cook county home for deserted wives and widows with children, another 1 million for Crane employee pensions and disability benefits, 100 thousand for the Mary Crane nursery via United Charities, 25 thousand to the Visiting Nurses association, and 10 thousand to the Lake Geneva fresh air fund. Executors Richard T. Crane Jr. and Charles R. Crane will implement within a year.
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Chicago
R. T. Crane
Charles R. Crane
Cook County
Crane Company
United Charities
Mary Crane
Visiting Nurses
Hans Schmidt to die in chair for murder
New York Feb 11 Hans Schmidt was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week beginning March 23 for the murder of Anna Aumuller. Other items include a $500000 breach of promise suit in Milwaukee and a new Iowa teachers training school dedication in Cedar Falls. Louis Bundy 18 will appeal a death sentence in Los Angeles. Suffrage amendment debate postponed in Washington on Feb 11 to allow more speeches.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Iowa
Ceder Falls
State Board of Education
State-Normal School
D. D. Murphy
Elkader
Los Angeles
Louis Bundy
Harold Ziesche
Washington
Senate
Gore Defending Suit of a Woman Opens in District Court
Oklahoma City February 11. Testimony of sensational nature is expected in the hearing of a 50000 damage suit against United States Senator Gore. The suit by Mrs Minnie Bond claims an attack in a Washington hotel. Each side has six attorneys and jury selection may take time. In Watertown New York February 11 the mercury dropped to 22 below zero as Northern New York endures a deep cold snap.
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Washington
John S. Kinney
Escaonaba
Mich
District Supreme Court
Ida M. McNabb
Milwaukee
Kinney
Oklahoma City
Okla
United States
Gore
District Court
Minnie Bond
New York
Watertown
N. Y
Incendiary Fire Suspected After Hospital Barn Blaze
In Kankakee Illinois on February 11 a barn at the insane hospital burned killing thirteen cows. No injuries to people and no patient disorder reported. Thirty employees were dismissed and an investigation will probe whether the fire was incendiary.
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Kankakee
Ill
Insane Hospital
Carnegie Gives 2 Million to Church Peace Fund
New York February 11 Andrew Carnegie donated 2,000,000 to be used through churches for promoting international peace. The fund will yield about 100,000 annually, administered by 26 trustees from leading U S denominations, alongside the 10,000,000 foundation started in 1910 to hasten abolition of war. The church peace union will be formed to mobilize moral power, circulate literature, sponsor a peace Sunday, and convene conferences in America and Europe. If peace is achieved the committee may reallocate the fund to other philanthropy.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Carnegie
Senate approvesCummins bill to curb lobbying evils
Washington reports 1913 public health shows death rate 13.8 per 1,000 across 18 states with Maryland highest and Minnesota lowest. Senate passes Cummins measure to punish impersonation and false influence across state lines with penalties up to ten years and ten thousand dollars.
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Senate
Washington
D. C
Maryland
Minnesota
Michigan
San Francisco
Denver
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Cummins
Congress
United States
Butler Held for Taking Jewelry in New Hampshire
Portsmouth reports George Gunning known as Edgar Beach, an elderly society butler, held on $10,000 bonds for stealing jewelry worth 20,000 from George H. Studebaker at the Studebaker cottage in Little Boar's Head in June 1912 while employed there. Kenosha voters rejected the proposed commission form of government by 801 votes, with only one ward supporting it, amid strong liquor element opposition.
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Portsmouth
N. H
George Gunning
Edgar Beach
Society
Philadelphia
George H. Studebaker
South Send
Ind
Studebaker
Little Boar's Head
Gunning
Kenosha
Wis
Chance urges Evers for Cubs manager post
Los Angeles report says Chance of the New York Americans is in the field for Evers as Chicago Cubs manager. In New York, the disposal of John Evers as manager by President Murphy and the signing of Hank O Day to succeed him is noted as overshadowing the Federal league issue. Evers to meet the Federal league president Gilmore amid talks of his contract and his stand against Murphy. In Kansas City, Elna Zimmerman, 32, a stenographer, leapt from a rooftop and died after her parents had already died by self act.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chance
New York Americans
Evers
Chicago Cub
New York
John Evers
Chicago Nationals
Murphy
Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Club
National Commission
Tener
National League
Gilmore
Federals
Cubs
Kansas City
Elna Zimmerman
History KR. A. Long
Zimmerman
Orville Wright Withdrawing From Trans-Atlantic Race
Cincinnati Ohio February 11 Orville Wright pioneer aviator will not enter the proposed trans Atlantic air race He says it would be foolhardy for an aviator to attempt this with engines now available for airplanes.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Orville Wright
Liner Olympic Arrives Amid Storm At Plymouth
Storm tossed passengers aboard the Olympic reach Plymouth after a rough voyage from New York. Gale prevented landing, forcing the ship to proceed to Southampton. Police boarded to investigate reports of a gambling dispute aboard the liner.
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Plymouth
England
Olympic
New York
Southampton
German aviator sets world altitude record with four passengers
Johannesthal, Germany, Feb 11. Robert Thelen, a German aviator, achieved a world altitude record for a four passenger flight, reaching 9,350 feet. Boston bonds in Mass at 4 percent sold directly to people for over 6 million, first time state bonds offered that way, 104.279 high bid. Havana Cuba Feb 11. A strong earthquake struck at 2 am causing excitement but no damage.
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Johannesthal
Germany
Robert Thelen
Boston
Mass
Cuba
Havana
Huerta Buys Rifles From Americanco
The Huerta government has purchased 10 000 rifles and 500 000 rounds of ammunition from a Montgomery Alabama gun company for shipment to Vera Cruz, Mexico via the port of Mobile. Also, the Mexican gunboat Zaragosa arrived and fired 21 guns in salute as it passed Jackson barracks.
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Mobile
Ala
Huerta
Montgomery
Vera Cruz
Mexico
New Orleans
Zaragosa
Mississippi
Jackson Barracks
United States
Comiskey Not in Serious State After Vatican Visit
Rome February 11 Charles A Comiskey was well enough to join 70 others including Dr John Edward Jones at a Vatican audience with the pope The pope praised athletic sport and religious practice and Comiskey then underwent X ray tests at a medical institute with no serious findings Also noted New York February 11 a factory fire in East Thirty fourth street displaced 600 people and 160 families with 100000 in losses Utah February 11 Attorney General McReynolds filed suit to break Southern Pacific control over Central Pacific and subsidiaries
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Rome
Italy
Charles A. Comiskey
Vatican
John Edward Jones
Genoa
Comiskey
Jones
Bastianelli
Ulderico de Luca
New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Salt
Southern Pacific
Salt Lake City
Utah
McReynolds
Central Pacific
Nies
Yoakum Seeks Suit Dismissal in Frisco Case
St Louis February 11 B F Yoakum former chairman of the board of the St Louis and San Francisco road today filed a petition asking that the receivers of the road recover 14 000 000 from him and other former officers and directors as far as it applies to him the petition cites alleged lack of jurisdiction and accountability in the ongoing case against the railroad leadership
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St. Louis, Mo
B. F. Yoakum
New York
St Louis
San Francisco
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G. H. Studebaker
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de la Lama
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