Taft to Talk Tonight on Capital and Labor
Secretary Taft departed Washington for New York to address Cooper Institute on Capital and Labor. The speech, crafted with care, is seen as clarifying his stance amid labor interest. A separate report notes a deadly Alabama Mississippi railroad wreck on a bridge at a sharp curve, seven killed and twelve injured.
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Taft
Washington
New York
Cooper Institute
Alabama& Mississippi Railroad
Two More Guilty of Bank Wrecking
Chicago report states Chauncey L. Graham and William S. Tilden of the Steel Ball company were found guilty of obtaining money by fictitious notes from the Milwaukee Avenue bank. Pant O. Stensland is already serving a penitentiary sentence for the wrecking, with a sentence ranging from one to twenty years.
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Chicago
Chauncey L. Graham
William S. Tilden
Steel Ball Company
Milwaukee Avene Ltue Bank
Pant O. Stensland
Volunteer Fuel Company Incorporated in Rock Island
The secretary of state issued a license to incorporate the Volunteer Fuel Company of Rock Island with a capital stock of 5000 dollars. Incorporators are M Sommerson Fred Schroeder and D A Schroeder. The company plans to deal in coal cement and lime. Published in Springfield January 10.
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Springfield
I Argus
Secretary of State
Volunteer Fuel Company of
Rock Island
Floas
M. Sommerson
Fred 3. Schroeder
D. A. Schroeder
Railroad Wreck Kills and Maims In Alabama
Vinegar Bend Alabama January 10 a rear end collision between a freight train and a passenger train resulted disastrously with multiple fatalities and injuries as responders rushed to the scene. authorities investigated the derailment and railroad officials warned of continuing service disruptions in the area.
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Alabama
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Court Overrules Federation's Plea in Boycott Case
Washington January 10 Justice Gould of the district of Columbia Supreme Court overruled the American Federation of Labor motion to amend the court order in the Buck Stove and Range company case The court had temporarily enjoined the federation from placing Buck Stove on the boycott and unfair list in federation publications
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Washington
Gould
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company of
St. Louis
Third attempt to prosecute fails in Daly case
In Chicago on January 10 the jury in the third Sunday closing case against saloonkeeper Hugh Daly at 26th Street was discharged after a day of wrangling. Ten jurors favored acquittal and two foreconviction. Earlier trials involved Tom Chamales of the Savoy with one mistrial and one acquittal.
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Chicago
Chicago Law and Order League
Hugh Daly
Twenty-sixth Street
Tom Chamales
Savoy
Releasing the Militia in the Muncie Strike
Muncie Ind Jan 10 Major General McKee in command of 19 companies of the National Guard remaining here because of the street railroad strike today ordered four more companies to return home this evening. There has been no disturbance and no further trouble is feared.
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Muncie
Ind
McKee
National Guard
Temperance Alderman Wheeler of Geneva Faces Assault
Geneva alderman J Niles Wheeler, a temperance leader and former editor, proposes a white list of youths aged 14 to 21 to be posted in saloons. On leaving council, he was assaulted by youths who used trees and levees for cover. Damages awarded to saloon keepers Tobin and Chase in Chicago. Ottawa Canada reports satisfaction with a Japan mission. A naval dispatch notes torpedo flotilla arriving at Pernambuco en route to the Pacific.
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Elgin
J. Niles ‘ Wheeler
Geneva
Patrol
Kane County
Wheeler
Chicago
Municipal Court Today
William Tobin
David M. Chase
Raphael Dehaven
Jenkie Debaven
Pernambuco
Washington
Navy Department
Brazil
Pacific Coast
Warning to Women About Ministers Fires Up Debate
Philadelphia dispatch reports Mrs. Martha Dedley warns women to avoid being alone with ministers, amid fallout from Presiding Elder William H. Shaffer’s removal over alleged improper intimacy. James K. Beyler defends his sister, recounting scrutiny of Morgantown visits and a husband’s approval of entertaining clergy.
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Philadelphia
Martha J. Dedley
Morgantown
William H. Shaffer
West District
Pennsylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
James K. Beyler
Reading
Dedley
Shaftfer
Samuel
Held to Represent Part of Ill-Gotten Gains
Oberlin M. Carter, ex army engineer and former inmate for embezzling 760000, failed to shield 400000 held in his name as part of funds the government says were defrauded. Judge Kohlsaat ruled tainted money tied to Greene and Gaynor belongs to the government, while Carter’s role is alleged neglect and not explicit fraud.
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Greene and
Gaynor
Chicago
Oberlin
M. Carter
United States
Kohlsaar
Carter
Kohlstaat
Greene
Georgia
Captain Carter
Robert E. Westcott
New York
Keohlstaat
Westcott
Aleo
Thaw Jury Opening Amid Signals From Evelyn Nesbit
New York jan 10 Thaw trial opens with new juror as Edna Goodrich subpoena issue stirs rumors of mistake. Mrs Nesbit Thaw shows active role in juror selection signaling to reject or accept prospects. Collingwood shipyard also shuts down, 450 men laid off after wage dispute.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Edna Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Justice Dowling
William H. McHuga
Clayton R. Olena
Talesmen
Bath
Jerome
Littleton
Frank J. Howell
Houston M. Sadler
William L. Sondheim
William Burek
Bowery
Henry Duselines
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Lawyer Peabody
Mr. Littletons
Dan O’reilly
Mr. Peabody
Collingwood, Ont
Collingwood . Shipbuilding Company
Prohibition Fails in Big City Says Cardinal Opposed
Baltimore January 10 Cardinal Gibbons speaks in favor of high license for liquor as the best solution to regulate the traffic. He argues that prohibition is impractical in a city the size of Baltimore and that higher license revenue will come from increased prices while reducing saloon numbers and temptations. Police enforcement improves as fewer taverns remain.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Brownson affair looms as Hale explains Navy personnel bill
Yesterday in Congress the Brownson affair was raised as Senator Hale explained related matters and Tilman urged witnesses to testify. Hale said there should be no obstacle to calling them. The Senate adjourned at 2 05 until next Monday. In the House members held a lottery for rooms in the new House office building and Capitol site with no major business aside from two bridge bills. The House adjourned at 2 40 pm until today.
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Houses
Congress
Senath
Brownson
Hale
Navy
Bihl
Tilman
Senate
HOUSE
Capitol
Diplomatic Tension Over Japanese Immigration Demands
Washington reports that officials see no serious union with Japan despite foreign capitals publishing signs of accord. The Japanese foreign office is reluctant to accept Ambassador O Brien's written demand to restrict Japanese coolie immigration into the United States, which the state department strongly disputes.
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Washington
America
Japan
United States
State Department
O'Brien
Incendiary Fire Destroys Albion Bank and Stores
An incendiary blaze in Albion Illinois today leveled the Edwards County Bank building the new National Bank building the telephone exchange two clothing stores a shoe store and a drug store. Loss cited at 206000 with the blaze costing about 200000 in damages.
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Albion
Ill
Edwards County Bank
New National Bank
Telephone Exchange
Lewitt Marriage Strife Faces Prolonged European Stay
Omfha Neb Jan 10 The estrangement between Ruth Ryan Lewitt and her husband appears likely to prolong their stay in Europe with ongoing tensions and unresolved issues shaping their arrangements.
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Ruth
Ryan Lewitt
Berlin Socialists Stir Most Intense Excitement
In Omaha, Mrs Leavitt receives a letter from Edith Locke stating she will not reunite with her husband during a Europe trip and hints he may not return to America. He studies art in Paris. Domestic Leavitt tensions persist, but are usually hushed. Mrs Leavitt’s Omaha visit preceded plans with Mrs Brean to take Raymond Lincoln along to Europe. The husband’s status is said to be in Paris with little chance of return.
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Omaha
Leavitt
Edith Locke
Europe
Agai
American
Paris
Berlin Faces Manhood Suffrage Clash Amid Street Protests
In Berlin a mass socialist demonstration of about 100000 marched toward the parliament building as the Prussian landtag debated manhood suffrage. Police defended entrances, some arrests and injuries reported, and sabre charges occurred at Kurfürstendamm as crowds faced off against authorities.
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Prince von Buelow
Vorwarts
Landtag
Two Big Railroads Cut Seats and Crew on Trains
Omaha Jan 10 The Union Pacific and Burlington railroads announce retrenchment measures removing porters from chair cars and eliminating flagmen on select passenger trains.
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Burlington and
Union Pacific
Omaha
Burlington
Set of Teeth At Birth Baby Girl Weighing Four Pounds
Evansville Ind Jan 10 a baby girl weighing four pounds and possessing a full set of teeth was born to Mrs Elva Crowe the child appears healthy. Columbus Ohio Jan 10 miners from Monongah and other mining districts enlist in the US Army at the bar racks Captain Young reports miners are flocking to service.
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Evansville
Ind
Elva Crowe
Columbus
Ohio
United States Army
Monongah
W. Va
Captain Young
West Virginia
Ruling Annuls Extortion Charges Against San Francisco Leaders
San Francisco January 1. An appellate court decision clears former mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and political figure Abraham Ruef of extortion charges tied to French restaurant licenses, ruling the indictment not a public offense. Bail in remaining cases looms as high as 1.7 million for Ruef and 450,060 for Schmitz if freedom is sought.
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San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Schmitz
Ruef
Langdon
Board of Police Commissioners
Terrorists Loot a Postcar Station in Warsaw
Warsaw reports at Sokolow on the Vistula line a postcar station attacked by terrorists. Two killed, ten wounded, and several railroad workers injured as attackers loot safes and flee with a large sum of money. Local rumors deny any Canadian Pacific connection. Other brief items note a Civil War hero's death in Terre Haute and five Detroit firefighters injured in a mill blaze.
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Warsaw
Sokolow
Vistula
Bank of Adair Burglary Reported Near Macomb
Macomb Alabama January 10 a bank robbery occurred at the Bank of Adair ten miles from town. Safe blowers made off with undisclosed currency amounting to several thousand dollars. No clue has been found. Authorities investigate the break in.
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Macomb
Bank of
Adair
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