Plan to raise House seats to 433 favored by census panel
Washington January 6 congressional reapportionment seeks a 433 member house to preserve state representation. Arizona and Mexico excluded. Health service bill to reorganize public health and marine hospital service would expand authority and publish public health bulletins. Rainey proposes five member committee to probe Roosevelt travel expenses and railroad subsidies. Murdoch calls for judiciary committee to study government power to enforce mail monopoly on second through fourth class mail.
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Washington
House
House Committee On Census
Arizona
Mexico
Public Health
Marine Hospital Service
Pubic Health Service
United States
Rainey
Ilinois
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Judiciary Committee
Russia and Germany Pact Alleged Over Persia
An evening paper claims to publish a text of a Russia Germany agreement on Persian affairs. The purported accord says Germany disclaims political interest in Persia and recognizes Russia's interest in Northern Persia. Russia would cooperate on the Baghdad railway and grant German trade equal treatment, a move likely to upset France and Britain.
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London
Russia
Germany
Persia
Bagdad
France
Great Britain
Gas Tube Fatality Claims Three In Chicago Home
Chicago family dies from asphyxiation after a gas stove tube is found disconnected. Mrs Virginia Hor nang, her 13 year old son Stanley and daughter Emily aged 8 were found dead in their residence. Officials report gas exposure as the cause.
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Chicago
Virginia Hornang
Stanley
Emily
Germans Oust DeWendell Iron Works Owners in Alsace
Berlin reports three DeWendell brothers who ran DeWendell & Co an Alsace Lorraine iron firm employing about 30 000 were expelled from the region. The expulsion's exact理由 remains undisclosed but is linked to alleged anti German activity by the family a once prominent French lineage. The fourth brother sits on the Reichsrat council of Alsace Lorraine.
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Berlin
Strassbure
DeWendell & Co
Germany
Alsace
Weather Summary for Rock Island and Vicinity
Snow flurries tonight or Saturday with warmer air and a low around ten degrees above zero. Temperature at 7 am was zero with a high yesterday of 21 and a low last night of zero. Wind at 7 am 7 mph, precipitation .01 inch, humidity 90 percent at 7 pm and 97 percent at 7 am. Astronomical notes: sun sets 4 44, rises 7 22, moon sets 11 05 pm. Venus at aphelion tomorrow.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Vemds
Aphhelion
Senate and House Pay Tribute to Dead Senators Atkins Elkins
Washington reports brief proceedings in both chambers on the death of Senators Atkins and Elkins. A funeral committee was named in the Senate including Scott Hale Frye Aldrich Culham Gallinger Lodge Bacon Tillman Keane Benley Foster Stone Crane Carter Smith and others, with adjournment out of respect. The House appointed a funeral committee headed by Hubbard Hughes Whrodyard Gaines Sturgis Mann Andree Andrews Ror Alexander Longworth Calderhead Slemp Lamb Richardson Adamson Livingston and McCall, then adjourned.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Atkins
Clleague
Scott
Hale Frye
Aldrich
Culham
Gallinger
Lodge
Bacon
Tillman
Keane
Benley
Foster
Stone
Crane
Carter
Smith
Marrland
HOUSE
Elkins
Gaines
Hubbard
Hughes
Whrodyard
Sturgis
Mann
Andrewe Ror Alexander
Longworth
Calderhead
Slemp
Lamb Richardson Adamson
Livingston
Georgia
Mccall
Tobacco trust case outlines long antitrust history
The 1907 Sherman act suit to dissolve the so called Tobacco trusts proceeds in the Southern District of New York. The DOJ accuses 60+ corporations led by James B. Dike of forming a long rising monopoly, tracing organization from 1890 with the American Tobacco Company and its holding and affiliate firms.
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Washington, D .c
Tobacco Trusts
Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Department of Justice
James B. Dike
American Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
Imperial Tobacco Company
America
Great Briain
United States
Peary Tests Pole Journey Disturb Critics on Pace
Critics question the time Peary spent crossing the ice on his polar return while supporters cite naval tests as proof he averaged fifty miles a day. The explorer will face the house naval affairs committee to answer questions about his Arctic feats and the Bartlett leg. The passage also touches wool growers, Payne Aldrich, and Pinchot Roosevelt policy debates amid taft presidency remarks.
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North Pole
Peary
Bartlett
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Peary Walking Test Report Refutes Critics
The navy department released Captain Robert E. Peary's official walking test results, deemed by his supporters as the strongest possible refutation of opponents. The document, prepared for submission to scrutiny, details endurance measures and performance claims surrounding the polar expedition leader.
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Washington
Robert E. Peary
Navy Department
Standard Oil in New Victory
A satisfactory agreement reached between Vacuum Oil Company and the Austro-Hungarian finance minister ends the dispute over Austrian capital oil interests. The accord requires removal within eight days of all suppressive measures against the American company, allowing May continue business. Ambassador Kerens’ cablegram from Vienna confirms the settlement and government action.
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Washington
Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Kerens
Vienna
Roosevelt-Era Tariff Debate Marks Wool Growers Meet
Peter G Johnston of Blackfoot Idaho condemned Schedule K of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill during a wool growers convention in Portland Oregon on January 6 He charged that law and justice were overridden in reserving forests and criticized tariff provisions as harmful to his industry.
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Portland
Ore
Peter G Johnston
Blackfoot
Idaho
Bold youths hold up hotel and fatally wound Duluth officer
William Muzzle and Alger Johnson, both 19, robbed the Hotel McKay cash register at 3:45 am. They were captured on a street car by Officer Chesmore, who was shot in the lung and eye and died at 7. The teens fled after firing a shot through the floor. two men were later released by a bathhouse rubber.
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Duluth
Jan
William Muzzle
Alger Johnson
McKay
Chesmore
Superior
Muzzie
Inquest Opens Over Outlaws’ Death in London Siege
London inquest began into the deaths of two outlaws killed resisting police. Testimony said anarchists' revolvers were 50 superior to police weapons and that fewer than 49 officers took part in the siege, with the rest needed to manage crowds.
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London
Boy's Word Not Enough Holds Father for Murder
Danville Kentucky January 6 A 5 year old boy testified his father Clayton Carter killed his mother Mrs Nancy Carter by accident The father was held to the grand jury without bail on murder charges based on the boy's statement to police and grand jury testimony
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Danville
Nancy Carter
Clayton Carter
Mining promoters raided in alleged mail fraud scheme
Boston reports federal officers raided the Inter trust Security company and other mining promoters accused of fraudulent use of the mails. The incident occurred this afternoon as investigations continue into the trust company of Boston and related ventures.
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Later Trust Company of Boston
Boston
Intertrust Security Company
Fire Loss in 1910 Grows to Over Thirty Million
Chicago January first statistics published show fire losses in the United States and Canada for 1910 amounted to 22,470,630 dollars, more than 30,000,000 dollars higher than the losses in 1909.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
City Plunged Into Darkness After Power Plant Explosion
Minneapolis was shut down as a 13,000 volt line exploded at the Minneapolis Electric plant. Fire followed the blast. eleven employees escaped through a mill race. The plant was wrecked and two men injured. loss estimated at about half a million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Electric Company
Evanston Votes to Close Mail Windows on Sundays
Evanston residents approve Sunday mail closure with a 2200 to 4 vote. Post office officials in Washington grant policy change enabling mail clerks a day of rest starting now.
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Evanston
Anston
Postoffice
Washington
Logic of the Dead to Protect Living
Washington reports the Department of Justice will rest its case to uphold the Living Protection Act of Congress, with the late Solicitor General Bowers defending the act before the Supreme Court. The brief was sent to the high court today.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Supreme Court
Bowers
Grace's Cap and Glasses Linked to Lost Aviator
Identified items found in the North Sea off Marlakerke Belgium belong to Cecil Grace the aviator who vanished while crossing from Calais to Dover. A search continues for the body as officials confirm the gear.
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North Sea
London
Marlakerke
Belgium
Cecil Grace
English Channel
Calais
Dover
Two Die and Three Hurt During Wire Contact Fire
In Ollawa Ohio this morning a small fire caused workers to fight flames when a downed electric wire caused shocks. John Kreiger and John Hermweer were killed while Harry Kohle was seriously injured and several others were shocked.
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Toledo
Ohio
John Kreiger
John Hermweer
Harry Kohle
Ollawa
Bolt and Nut Plant Fire Causes Sixty Thousand Dollar Loss
A fire at the bolt and nut works plant in Kansas City Missouri caused about 75600 in damage today. Des Moines also reports a blaze at Bently Olmated's shirt factory with estimated loss near 100000.
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Kansas City
Bolt and Nut Works
Des Moines
Iowa
Bently & Olmated
Harriman System Buys 109 Rail Engines From Baldwin Works
Philadelphia January 6 announcement that Baldwin locomotive works received a contract to build 109 engines for the Harriman railroad system. The purchase price nears 34 million dollars and the order will sustain about 1,000 workers through next fall. Black Hand Slayers Die in Clinton Prison. Jannemora, Jan 6 Dominick Ferrera and Vincent Leonardo of Albany were electrocuted for the rent collector murder. Kalamazoo Jan 6 M C A building burns with an estimated loss of 6900 dollars.
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Harriman System
Baldwin Works
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Harriman Railroad
Jannemora
Jan
Dominick Ferrera
Vincent Leonardo
Albany
Clinton
Twenty Two True Bills Found in Los Angeles Times Explosion Case
A Los Angeles grand jury returned twenty two indictments charging murder in the Times explosion. Names are withheld until arrests. many suspects believed to be San Francisco labor figures. Over 200 questioned, including union officials, with rewards nearing one hundred thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Times
Times
Alexander
State Building Trades Convention
Union Labor Movement
San Francisco
Olaf BilTvietmoe
Anton Johannsen
J. B. Bryce
M. A. Schmidt
David Kaplan
Japanese Protest They Can’t Fight Japan’s Wa r
In Victoria B C on January 6 readers see dispatches criticizing U S Pacific defenses and claiming Japan is not ready to fight a forceful foe. The text notes Japanese newspapers remark on Mie inadequacy and reinforce pacifist or defensive stances amid tensions.
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Victoria
BOC
Mid Space
United States
Japan
Speaker Adkins Receives Cannon Telegram of Congratulations
A Springfield report notes Speaker Adkins of the Illinois House receiving a telegram from Joseph G. Cannon, then speaker of the national House, offering congratulations on his election. The message expresses delight from political delegates at the harmony within the leadership.
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Adkins
Hilnoin
Springfeld
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Brazilians in Naval Revolt Die Sudden Shapes of Loss
Rio Janeiro on January 6 reports Candido leader of a navy mutiny and 44 others died suddenly. Candido died in prison after a period of confinement. Twenty died from sunstroke while working at a fortress and eighteen others were killed during imprisonment or in accidents.
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Rio Janeiro
Do Commerno
Jonu
Candido
Aa Duo
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