Insurgent Republicans Face Party Surge To Enforce Unity
In Washington on Jan 10 and 19 officials pressed for party solidarity against insurgent Republicans. The Republican congressional committee vows to oppose insurgency fully, defend Cannonism, and distribute supportive literature while criticizing opponents. Weather and astronomical notes follow news of a late December ice gorge on the Wabash causing $75,000 in losses.
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People's Party Leader Arrested on Libel Charge
Joliet Illinois January 10 James H Ferriss chairman of the national committee of the People's Party and editor of the Joliet News was arrested on a charge of criminally libeling Vor Cronin and Police Chief Monsters Ice Gorge destroys property Mount Carmel Illinois January 10 A
Second Largest Dam to Span Mississippi at Keokuk
A syndicate of New York and Boston capitalists will finance a reinforced concrete dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk Iowa. It will be 5,800 feet long 37 feet high and seven feet into solid river rock. Cost estimated at 15 million dollars with 1 000 workers. Power plant on the Iowa side to generate 200 000 horsepower and create a 30 mile lake. Government locks and dry docks at the site will be abandoned.
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Tfowa
New York
Boston
Mississippi River
St. Louis
War Department
Mississippi
Iowa
Expect to Equal Records in Air
Louis Paulhan, holder of the one mile air speed record, prepares for the first aeroplane contest of the International meet in Los Angeles. He arrives with two Blériot monoplanes and two Farman biplanes, to compete against Willard, Hamilton, and Curtiss in speeds and height events along with Miscard and Maisson. The Aero Club of France plans a formal challenge to the Aero Club of America for balloon and airplane international cups.
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Corporation Tax Law Questioned in Ohio Court
In Cleveland on January 10 the Multigraph company filed suit to stop collection of the federal income tax on corporations arguing the law is unconstitutional.
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Carrying Lantern Fatally Burns Western Iowa Farmer
Harlan Iowa January 10 George Rose man a wealthy western Iowa farmer is dead from burns after falling while carrying a lighted lantern down the stairs of his home. His oil saturated clothes caught fire in the incident yesterday and he died from injuries.
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Elkins to push interstate commerce law amendment
Senator Elkins, chair of the interstate commerce committee, will present a senate administration bill to amend the interstate commerce law within the next day or two. He signals support from the president, and public opinion favors government regulation without full government control. Townsend in the House introduced similar recommendations for amendments to the commerce law.
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Post Office Revenue and Staffing Rise in 1909 Report
Washington dispatch notes the 1909 fiscal year closed with postal service gross revenue at 203,562,383 dollars, up 6.31 percent from the prior year. The year saw 60,144 post offices, with 1,626 presidential and 9,161 fourth class postmasters appointed, and a rise in clerks and carrier staff. The department maintains postmaster retention and reappointment policies as beneficial. A separate item reports the Second Presbyterian church in Freeport, Illinois, burned due to an overheated furnace, with losses of 20,000 dollars.
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United States Treasury
Charles P. Grandfield
Postal Service
Grandfield
Department
N F Moore Dies at South Side Resort in Chicago
Coroner Hoffmann leads inquiry into Nathaniel F Moore death blamed on heart disease and intoxication after lavish spending spree. His father James Hobart Moore, New York financier, faced a publicized figure known for extravagant habits and a $100000 gift at age 21. Moore’s controversial life drew wide attention across cities including New York and Chicago.
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Hoff- Man
Nathaniel F. Moore
James Hobart Moore
Rock Island
Moore
South Side
Proposed ship subsidy bill would add few craft to navy
Washington reports Rep Gustav Kustermann of Wisconsin condemns the Taft Humphrey subsidy plan as costly and ineffective. He argues extending American registry to foreign built ships owned by Americans could add hundreds of vessels without public money. He cites opposition from 28 prominent shipowners and urges building the merchant fleet through private initiative and registry changes.
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Telegraphers' dispute in the hands of arbitrators
Moore hosts a private dinner on his 21st birthday and awards guests pearl necklaces worth several hundred dollars each while Broadway distances him as he moves west to work freight for Rock Island earning $40 a month.
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Third arbitrator named in Illinois Central telegraphers case
Washington Jan 10 Professor B H Meyer of Madison Wis designated as third arbitrator in the dispute between Illinois Central and its telegraphers The board will meet January 17 at the federal building in Chicago Chairman Knapp and Dr Neill mediators under the Erdman act announced Meyer head of Wisconsin political economy department and Wisconsin railroad committee chairman He is to join I G Rawn and J A Newman who failed to agree on the third member The findings must be filed within 30 days of the first meeting and are enforceable in federal courts The dispute centers on a 10 percent wage increase and related labor regulation questions
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No Fear of Japs as House Cuts Defense Estimates
Washington, Jan. 10. House appropriations committee approves defense trims totaling 2.5 million dollars less than 1910. Fortifications for United States and insular possessions set at 5,617,200 for 1911, with key cuts across Philippines Hawaii and seacoast artillery. Major item is 860,000 for Philippines sea coast batteries and 600,000 for mountain siege and field cannon.
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Appropriations Committee
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Four former sugar dock checkers sentenced to prison
Four former checkers at the American Sugar Refining company docks in WilHamesburg were sentenced to one year each for underweighing frauds by Judge Mertin in the United States circuit court. Names: Thomas Kehoe Edward A Boyle Patrick J Hennessey and John M Coyle. Thomas P Reilly, special investigator for the Interstate Commerce Commission, pleaded not guilty to allegedly publishing without authority a letter from Attorney General Wickersham on the prosecutions. bail set at 2000 with a week to change plea.
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Mertin
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Edward A. Boyle
Patrick J. Hennessey
John M. Coyle
Thomas P. Reilly
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wickersham
Cotton Slumps as Prices Fall Sharply in New Orleans
New Orleans on January 10 reports a sharp 9 cotton futures break driving a decline of 35 a bale from earlier highs. Traders fear continued slump and added volatility across the market.
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Robbers raid Turner hall resort in Crowberg camp
Robbers held up Turner hall in Crowberg mining camp near Pittsburg Kansas, killed Frank Ansline and George Smith, and wounded another man. They escaped with $200 before two suspects were arrested.
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Thaw Dynamite Kills Three Men in Wisconsin Camp
A dynamite thawing accident at a Hammond lumber camp in winter weather killed three men: Sam Anderson of Colfax, J. Balisbury of St. Paul, and George Cummings of Rice Lake. The blast occurred when dynamite placed on a stove for thawing exploded.
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Sam Anderson
Colfax
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St. Paul
George Cummings
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Fire destroys New York military academy in Cornwall
A fire at the New York military academy in Cornwall, N Y, early today razed the building, causing an estimated loss of 319,000. Cadets answered a bugle call and orderly marched out in pajamas and robes, leaving behind personal effects. The academy had trained young men for West Point for four decades.
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Mystery surrounds death of W. H. Kelman at Terre Haute
W. H. Kelman died today in a Plaza hotel room and left a letter alleging poisoning in Chicago the previous day by a woman whom he followed to Terre Haute on a train. The woman reportedly continued on to New Orleans, amid unexplained circumstances surrounding his death. Also reported are a infant's death from stray gunfire in Peoria and the death of Keokuk's longtime rail line counsel Colonel J. H. Trimble at age 85.
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Nathaniel Ford Moore
Chicago
Moore
West
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Broadway
W. H. Hebman
Terre Haute
Ind
W. H. Kelman
Plaza Hotel
New Orleans
Supreme Court Upholds ICC Power Over Railroad Car Distribution
Washington January 10 The US Supreme Court today upheld one power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the distribution of railroad cars among coal companies.
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