Market Unloading Looms as Food Trust Collapses
Chicago faces a flood of aged butter eggs cheese and poultry dumped for sacrifice as the food trust falters Wholesalers predict a price drop with retail chaos looming and oleomargarine usage rising Prices for butter fall to five year lows while eggs show softer wholesale quotes and meat prices edge down in limited fashion. Postmaster nominations announced for Wisconsin and Michigan towns.
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Chicago
Food Trust
Kansas City
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area With Snow Possible
Unsettled conditions with snow tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight with lows around 15 to 20 above zero. 7 am temperature 9, yesterday's high 17, low last night 9. Wind 10 mph. Precip none. Humidity 82 at 7 am. Astronomical note: sun sets 4 54, moon rises 7 03 pm. All Jupiter satellites on west of planet.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Divide Big Sum in Cash Believed Se cured in Bank Swindles
Hot Springs Arkansas January 16 Charles H Everett is under arrest charged with securing 1800 dollars from the Peoples Savings Bank of Seattle. A negro porter who took liquid refreshments to Ev.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Charles H. Everett
Peoples Savings Bank of
Seattle
Nurse Linked to Schenk Case Details Plot Claim
Miss Zoeckler the detective nurse testified in Wheeling that Mrs. Schenk promised her a reward if Schenk died and that quarrels occurred when the husband was left with his wife at the hospital. The nurse described observing tense moments during the hospital stay.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Neutral Panama canal stance advocates six reasons
Boston January 14 a statement endorsing neutrality of the Panama Canal is published bearing signatures of notable American men and women outlining six reasons for neutrality and urging nonmilitarization amid national debate.
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Boston
Panama Canal
United States
Fortifications and Battleship Guard for Canal Defense
The document estimates annual upkeep for distant fortifications at 090 000 and 2 000 miles from home could reach 5 000 000 dollars. It argues a battleship guard at canal entrances would be essential for wartime advantage, yet such a guard would render fortifications largely unnecessary.
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United States
Prohibition in Tennessee Fails
Nashville leaders call for repeal or amendment of the statewide liquor ban after a conference with Mayors Crump Howes and Thompson. They claim the law is a failure, deprives cities of revenue, and has failed to indict sellers due to public disapproval in major cities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Crump
Howes
Thompson
Explosion at lake crib injures workers near Chicago
An accidental dynamite blast at a lake water supply crib on Seventy Third Street below Lake Michigan injured two workers fatally and endangered 26 others. The blast happened when a crowbar struck dynamite in the tunnel used to loosen rock.
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Chicago
Lake, Michigan
Ballinger probe report may be released by Congress
Senator Purcell introduces a resolution to compel publication of the joint committee report on Secretary Ballinger. The panel's charges raised by Pinchot have not prompted action as the report remains held by both houses awaiting steps.
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Washington
Jan
Ballinger
Purcell
Joint Congressional Committee
Pinchot
Balloon tragedy ends as aeronauts found in lake
Berlin January 16 The German balloon Hilderbrandt missing since the December 20 ascent at Schmar gendorf was found today in a lake in Pomerania Prussia with the bodies of both aeronauts in the gondola.
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Berlin
Hilderbrandt
Schmargendorf
Pomerania
Prussia
Supreme Court upholds Alabama fire rate fixing ban
Washington January 16 The Supreme Court holds constitutional Alabama law aimed at preventing combinations to fix fire insurance rates. The decision affirms state control over insurance rate practices and antitrust concerns.
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Washington
Alabama
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mexican Battle Ends After Sixteen Hour Engagement
In Chihuahua on Saturday a ten hour clash near Coyote involved 70 government volunteers and one revolutionary. Although the report gives few details, the long duration leads to the assumption of heavy losses on both sides.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Coyote
Scientists endure 1100 mile trek in 60 below cold
Winnipeg January 16 Professor J L MacCann and fifteen scientists from the geological survey in the Hudson Bay country arrived in the city after a grueling 1100 mile walk endured in temperatures of 60 below zero. They completed the long trek with spirits high and plans to report findings from their expedition.
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Winnipeg
Man
J. L. MacCann
Geological Survey
Hudson Bay Country
Everett arrest follows $286000 division tip of fraud
In a Pacific coast fraud case a four man room contained stacks of cash and memorandums showing $286 000 divided into four parts. Police arrived to find the men disappeared but Everett was later apprehended. Detectives say banks on the coast have suffered heavy losses from circulated fraudulent papers.
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Erett
Everett
Pacific Coast
Whitmore Suicide in St Louis Hotel Fall
H R Whitmore a Quincy manufacturer and longtime merchant exchange secretary killed himself by jumping from an eighth floor window at the Marquette hotel in St Louis. Despondency over illness and his wife’s death, daughter of George Knapp, is cited as the cause. He had retired from the exchange eight years earlier and had suffered partial paralysis after Mrs Whitmore’s death four years ago.
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H. R. Whitmore
Quincy
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Marquette Hotel
George Knapp
St. Jonis Republic
Whitmore
Exchange
Fatal Hotel Explosion in Niobrara Nebraska
Four people died and several injured when a gas lighting plant exploded at the Hubbard House in Niobrara Nebraska yesterday evening. The dead include Mike W Kindall Annie Duseka Kenneth Kindall and R F Crosby. Mrs M W Kindall Mrs Krupicka Mrs R F Crosby and Pearl Kindall were rescued. The hotel was a total loss and many victims were fatally hurt. In Chicago the Geological Survey Commission named Frank De Wolf director succeeding H F Bain who resigned two years ago.
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Nebraska
Niobrara
Neb
Hubbard House
Mike W. Kindall
Annie Duseka
Kenneth Kindall
R. F. Crosby
M. W. Kindall
Krupicka
Pearl Kindall
Chicago
State Geological Survey Commission
Frank de Wolf
H. F. Bain
de Wolf
Mr. Bain
Washington, D. C
Lilinais
Relative of Schenk family questioned in case
A sensation arose when Miss Zoeckler admitted being a distant relative of the Schenk family. She said she knew nothing of them before joining the case and that Mrs. Schenk urged her not to reveal any information after her arrest.
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Schenk
Conine Named As Petrosino's Assassin Report
New York dispatch reports Vincenzo Morello confessed in Atlanta federal prison that Carlo Conine killed Joseph Petrosino, head of the Italian detective bureau, after Petrosino was slain at the Palermo palace. Conine and others were suspected in Palermo. A separate blast at Cleary stone quarry in Marietta Ohio killed two and left another seriously hurt.
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New York
Vincenzo Morello
Ignazio Lupo
At- Janta
Carlo Conine
Joseph Petrosino
Constantino
Petrosino
Palermo
Sicily
Antonio Passanti
Vito Sassioferro
Marietta
Ohio
Cleary
House Refuses to Drop Appeal From Cannon Case
Washington on January 14 the House declined to drop the appeal from the decision of Speaker Cannon. The vote was 155 to 124 with 23 insurgents voting with the Democrats. The appeal related to a rule that would allow stripping bills from committees.
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HOUSE
Cannon
Washington
Fitzgerald
Neutralize Panama canal not fortify says public statement
Prominent sponsors including Richard Olney David Starr Jordan Jane Addams and George Foster Peabody endorse a text arguing neutralization of the Panama canal citing Hague 1909 pledge and examples like Suez and Magellan. They contend fortifications would raise costs potentially 25 to 50 million dollars and threaten historic peace.
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Richard Olney
David Starr Jordan
Leland
Panama Canal
Cana
Hay Pauncefort
Suez
Suez Canal
England
Straits of Magellan
United States
Dix Urges Duty Upon Democrats
Albany January 16 Governor Dix urged Democratic legislators to heed constituent wishes over the caucus majority as the party contemplates the senatorship. The caucus may fail to settle the contest and the issue could go to the floor of the legislature.
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Dix
Albany
Five Children Drown After Rhine Ice Breaks
A group of children skating on the Rhine collapsed through the ice with five drowned and four rescued with difficulty. In Cincinnati, authorities recovered Brent Marshall’s body from the burned Kerry Daniels grain company building, the vice president among six missing.
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Cologne
Germany
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Brent Marshall
Kerry & Daniels, Grain
Public Demand Held Ground for Il Guster
Washington Jan 16 Frank B Kellogg a special assistant to the attorney general today closed his argument advocating the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company and urged the supreme court to uphold the public demand against combinations and monopolies.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Publc
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Off
Admiral Barry Forced Out Amid Navy Disgrace
Jan 14 to 16 reports say Rear Admiral Barry seeks retirement after a scandal aboard the West Virginia. Admiral Thomas arrives to take Pacific Fleet command as Barry relinquishes duty amid undisclosed accusations and dramatic onboard meetings.
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Washington
Barry
Taft
Fort
San Francisco
West Virginia
Thomas
Edward
Pacific
Admiral Barry
Chauncey Thomas
Santa Barbara
California
Pacific Fleet
Boy Burned by Oil Hero Dying After Gasoline Explosion
In Madera California on January 11 Harold Miner aged four and Orle Russell aged eleven died from burns after a fifth gallon gasoline tank exploded while children played with matches. The boys ran three blocks with clothes on fire before help arrived. The Russell boy stayed conscious for hours guiding his mother to stay calm and asking doctors to help the younger child.
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Wiends
Companion
Madera
Cal
Harold Miner
Orle Russell
Russell
National Mine Workers Convention Opens in Columbus
Delegates from across the country gather in Columbus on January 16 for the United Mine Workers annual convention. Provident Lewis is widely expected to be reelected as leaders say he enjoys strong support among allies.
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Lewis
Columbus
Ohio
Lou
The
United Mine Workers of America
Provident
Stock firm head fails re bankruptcy filing in Chicago
Eugene B. Purtelle, president of Purtelle & Co., stock and bow dealers, filed a petition in bankruptcy in Chicago. The firm shows liabilities of 707,043 dollars and personal liabilities of 797,933 dollars with assets around 40,659 dollars.
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RE. B. Purtel
Chicago
Eugene B. Purtelle
Purtelle & Co
Dynamite Explosion Buries Family In Farm Home
In Cadillac on January 16 a dynamite blast at a Deerfield area farm home killed Henry Cotrell his wife and two children buried under debris but they escaped with injuries. Sixteen pounds of explosive triggered the fire and occupants fled to safety.
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Cadillac
Henry Cottrell
Deerfield
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