Drastic Law Proposed for Workers in Taft Plan
President Taft sent to congress the employers' liability and workmen's compensation bill, claiming it to be the era's most advanced liability measure. The plan abolishes negligence defenses, establishes compensation around half wages, and seeks to curb railroad accident costs with a nationwide system.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Employers’ Ability Commission
Employers’ Liability
Sutherland
Utah
Chamberlain
Oregon
Moon
Pennsylvania
Brantley
Georgia
D. L. Cease
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with a touch of cold. Tonight’s low around 20 degrees. at 7 am tomorrow it will be 26. Yesterday’s high 41, wind 6 mph. no precipitation. Humidity 82 percent at 7 am, 73 at 7 pm. Astronomical notes include planet and moon data.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Benseter
Kaufman Murderer Pleads Guilty in Chicago Trial
Fred Boneham admitted guilt to the murder of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman, before Judge Kersten, ending his plea amid tense resistance from co-defendants. With one defendant already admitting guilt, two separate trials will follow for Rathenau, Stacey, Channel, and Boneham.
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Chicago
Fred Boneham
Hattie Kaufman
Kersten
Venireman
George Rathenau
John Stacey
William R. Channell
Northrup
Veiceman
Boneham
Rabenau
Stacey
Channel
Hearing on Rainey resolution continues for The Hague
The February 20 hearing in Washington on the Rainey resolution urging submission to The Hague of Colombia’s claims to the Panama Canal strip was continued today. Henry D. Hall of the New York World presented evidence supporting the case.
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Washington
Rainey
Hague
Colombia
Panama Canal Strip
Henry D. Hall
The
New York World
Laws Oppose Lying Ads Urged At Convention
Leavenworth Kansas February 20 John Irving Romer editor of a New York advertising publication urged state laws to make lying advertisements a misdemeanor during the fourth annual convention of the southwestern division of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America which opened a two day session here today.
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Leavenworth
Kan
John Irving Romer
New York City
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Haitian Troops Suffer Heavy Losses in Revolt Battle
Report from Cape Haitien says government troops clashed with revolutionists near the San Domingan frontier on Wednesday. About 400 soldiers were killed and many more wounded.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
San Domingan
Bomb Resolution Linked to Firecrackers Incident
President Ryan of the structural iron workers says the bomb resolution referred to fire crackers set off during the 1910 convention, not dynamite under nonunion jobs. He explains a delegate triggered bunches of fire crackers under chairs, causing the startled reaction.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ryan
Structural Iron Workers
Lone Bandit In A Train HoldUp
A lone bandit robbed the New York St Louis express on the Baltimore And Ohio line between Piedmont West Virginia and Altamont Maryland. The raid yielded about 600 dollars. A man named F A Pecker was arrested near Altamont with 133 dollars in money four watches two revolvers. He is jailed at Keyser West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
New York-St. Louis Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Piedmont
Altamont
F. A. Pecker
Ioan
Keyser W
Taft Early Office Visit Unfolds as Morning Mystery
President Taft arrived at the executive offices before eight. He pressed a buzzer for assistants, stenographers, and messengers but no one appeared. The stoppage prompted a personal investigation as insomnia and unusual events surrounded the scene.
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Washington
Taft
Valet Brandt to Prison Amid Conspiracy Claim
New York reports Folke B Brandt former Mortimer valet faces thirty years' incarceration amid alleged conspiracy. Attorney Mirabeau L Towns defends by saying his client would suffer in silence in prison rather than see aspersions cast on a woman's name.
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New York
Mirabeau L. Towns
Folke B. Brandt
Mortimer
Open hearing probes Brandt case and alleged conspiracy
L Schiff told Commissioner Hand the hearing should stay on matter relevant to the issue while Towns urged a full inquiry into the alleged foul conspiracy to damage a reputable family. Lt Wooldridge testified he never investigated the case.
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L. Schiff
Hand
Brandt
Towns
Nicoll
Delacey Nicoll
Schiff
Roosevelt era isthmus case described as losing claim
A report notes the case argued Roosevelt seized the isthmus violating treaties, alleges a U S backed revolution, and Colombia seeks reparations. Hall says Knox avoided a losing case to The Hague where judges might compel payment. Estimated intrinsic value cited over one hundred million dollars.
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Roosevelt
Colombia
Hall
Knox
the Hague
United States
Snow Train High in Colorado Mountains
Denver reports a twenty four hour snow storm hindering train movement in mountain districts. Heavy snowfall is expected to limit cattle grazing and cause snow drifts along rail lines at times reaching railroad coaches with several slides reported.
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Denver
Woman in Elgin Hospital Ends Life by Hanging
Elgin Illinois February 20 Mrs George Sims 44 of Big Rock Illinois committed death by her own action by hanging herself from the bar of a window in her room at the Elgin state hospital this morning. Mexico to Pay Indemnity. San Francisco February 20 Mexico has agreed to pay indemnity of 3100000 to the Chinese republic for the death of 300 Chinese at Torreon Mexico during the revolution last July. New York February 20 An automobile owned by Henry W Taft brother of the president ran down John Gillespie a builder of West Thirty second street today. The wheels ran over his legs. He was not seriously hurt.
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Elgin
Ill
George Sims
Big Rock
Elgin State Hospital
Mexico
San Francisco
Torreon
New York
Henry W. Taft
John Gillespie
West Thirty-second Street
President Dictates in Private Office in Washington
The president conducted a personal investigation and moved through Secretary Hilles’s office to the assistant secretaries telegraph room and stenographers office. In a corner of the lobby a shorthand man with insomnia was found and brought to the private office where the president dictated for an hour and a half breaking the usual late start.
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Hilles
Washington
Deaths in a Day Berlins Painter Albert Hertel Dies At 69
Berlin reports the death of Professor Albert Hertel aged 69 a noted painter of landscapes and still life. His passing comes amid a day marked by obituaries for local figures.
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Berlin
Albert Hertel
Diegle Sentenced to Three Years in Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus, Ohio February 20 Rodney J Diegle former Sergeant at arms of the Ohio senate must serve three years in the penitentiary for complicity in legislative bribery according to a state supreme court decision today The ruling also implies several assembly members under indictment must stand trial
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Diegle
OHIO
Columbus
Rodney J. Diegle
Ohio Senate
State Supreme Court
Wilson Denies Florida Letter
Washington February 20 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson denied authorship of a widely circulated letter tied to lands in the Florida Everglades He said such misuses occur often and he will stop it noting his name and Dr Wiley are used without authority in advertisements and ads sometimes feature Wiley more prominently.
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Washington
Wilson
Florida Everglades
Dr. Wiley
Money trust investigation to be discussed by House Saturday
Washington reports the rules committee decided to take up the proposed money trust inquiry on Saturday. Rep Lindbergh warned of Wall Street pressure after the committee meeting. Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Conrad B. Scherr as surveyor of customs at Dubuque Town. New York reports deny a Hawley will or estate friction. Stanchfield says administration proceeds through ordinary court procedure without litigation.
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Money Trust
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Wall Street
Taft
Senate
Conrad B. Scherr
Dubuque
Town
New York
Edwin Hawley
Margaret Cameron
Hawley
John R. Stanchfield
Missouri votes solid for Clark in 1912 era rally
Joplin Missouri February 20 delegates from Missouri Democratic convention pledge to back Champ Clark for president at Baltimore. William S Cowherd predicts Taft unfit and Roosevelt would end GOP candidacy. Harmon of Ohio warns Kentucky legislators to analyze records amid governance unrest.
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Joplin
Roosevelt
Taft
William S. Cowherd
Baltimore
Missouri
Champ Clark
Mr. Cowherd
United States
Clark
Committee On
Harmon
Frankfort
Ohio
Kentucky
Hair Tonic Man Given One Year On Bald Head
Chicago February 20. B F Gonzales hair tonic maker faced Judge Lcully over a dispute with Miss Kate Holihan who claimed losses from investing in his product. A comic moment arose when the judge joked about Burns bald head as a peace bond condition guiding Gonzales to test his tonic for a year.
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Chicago
B. F. Gonzales
Indiana Avenue
Lcully
Kate C. Holihan
East Thirty-fourth Street
Gonzales
Policeman Burns
Pennsy Special Wreck Near Middletown injures crew
The Pennsylvania 18 hour eastbound flyer between Chicago and New York collided with freight cars moved onto passenger tracks near Middletown Pennsylvania. The engine and shifting engines were demolished and two firemen were seriously injured while several passengers suffered severe shocks from abrupt braking as the steel first car and baggage smoker bore the impact.
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Harrisburg
Chicago
New York
Middletown
Indictments in Rebating Case Ties Theatres and Railroads
Four indictments charged three railroad companies two theatrical firms and four individuals with rebating in 1909 10 and 11. Hynicka and Fennessy allegedly received large sums for advertising space in theatre programs as part of a 25 percent rebate scheme.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Rhein
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Underwood
Michigan Central Road
Rudolph K. Hynicka
Columbia Theatrical Amusement Company
James E. Fennessy
Empire Circuit Company
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central Roads
Heucke Opera House Company
Hyycka
Fennessy
Vanderbilt Lines
Buffalo
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Hynicka and
Hynicka
Vanderbilt Ines
Corn Products Plant At Waukegan Destroyed By Explosion
A dry starch factory in Waukegan Illinois owned by Corn Products was destroyed by an explosion today. Two employees were injured and the loss is reported at 40000 dollars. In Queenstown Cunard liner Lusitania was delayed by a storm but reached New York a day late. In London Ernest Thompson Seton chief of the Boy Scouts of America arrived and was welcomed by a detachment of scouts and a band.
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Waukegan
Ill
Corn Product
Queenstown
New York
London
Ernest Thompson Seton
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
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