Panama Canal Exposition Site Choosen for 1915
Washington January 20. The house committee on expositions selected New Orleans as the site for the Panama Canal exposition in 1915 by a 9 to 6 vote. The plan authorizes a board of commissioners and a government exhibit. No aid or appropriation is approved, though a government exhibit costing about 1 000 000 may be funded. The bill goes to a subcommittee for refinement and is expected to be reported Tuesday for floor action amid a renewed New Orleans San Francisco dispute.
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Washington
New Orleans
House Committee On Expositions
House
Champ Clark
Ansbury
Ohio
Poll
North Carolina
Adamson
Georgia
Rainey
Illinois
Sulzer
New York
Heflin
Alabama
Clark
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Congress
Capitol
Hay
Virginia
Ashbrook
Clayton
Democratic Caucus
Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Boat Crew Three Weeks on Island
Survivors of the freighter Parisiana, burned December 13, reached Albany Western Australia aboard a British transport. The crew battled the blaze for four days and abandoned ship 40 miles off St Paul Island, drifted in open boats for hours, then lived on St Paul Island for three weeks before being rescued and brought to Albany.
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Albany
West Australia
Gat Sea
St. Paul Island
Forty Miners Die in Russia Poland Fire
A Sosnowice Russia Poland dispatch reports four miners killed in a Casimir colliery fire with three hundred sixty escaped. The brief item follows with a separate note from Madison Wisconsin that Senator Sophy introduced a resolution to abolish the United States Senate.
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Russ
Poland
Berlin
Sosnowice
Russian Poland
Casimir
Madison
Wis
Sophy
United States
Senate
Fatal Shooting at Soldiers' Home in Danville
Ambu lance driver J. S. Meaa and veteran Robert Shult were shot and killed at the Soldiers' Home in Danville. Howard Tucker, another veteran, says he acted in self defense after being attacked. The men fought in the home barn and Shult was killed while trying to halt the clash.
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Danville
J. S. Meaa
Robert Shult
Howard Tucker
Tucker
Shult
Two Yankton Women Die Protecting Babies on Prairie
In January near Roseland South Dakota two Yankton women died of exposure after stripping their own blankets to wrap their babies and singing them to sleep. The infants were unharmed. News of the tragedy reached Deadwood today.
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Deadwood
Roseland
Joliet
Janu
Stella Maxwell
Freda Kampa
Lemont
St. Joseph's Hospital
Unwritten Law Fails Man Guilty of Manslaughter
John Ogelbay of Tipton Indiana convicted of manslaughter for shooting Frank Kanouse in Kankakee Illinois. Kanouse was found here with Mrs. Ogelbay. Defense argued insanity and unwritten law.
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Kankakee
John Ogelbay
Tipton
Ind
Frank Kanouse
Ogelbay
Kanouse
Weather forecast for Rock Island area Saturday
Snow flurries and colder tonight with partly cloudy skies on Saturday. The 7 am temperature is 36, last night 30, yesterday's high 31. Winds 14 mph. Precipitation none in 24 hours. Humidity 100% at 7 pm, 97% at 1 am. SHERIER local forecaster. Astronomical events note Saturn at quadrature, Mercury stationary.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Congress Debates Ballinger Pinchot Report and Direct Senate Vote
In Washington on January 29 the Senate heard Fletcher defend the minority Ballinger Pinchot report while Borah urged direct election of U S senators. In the House the post office bill carried arguments on fortifying the Panama Canal with Hobson for and Kelfer against. The debate promises sharp clashes ahead.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Fletcher
Borah
United States
App
HOUSE
Panama Canal
Hobson
Alabama
Kelfer
Paul Morton dies suddenly at Equitable Life
The death of Paul Morton president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society shocks the business and financial world. The report, dated New York January 20, notes the unexpected cause as a brain hemorrhage and details the impact on life insurance circles and markets.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equit
Able Life Assurance Society
Roosevelt
Morton
Europe
Joy
Chicago
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hotel Seymour
Rose Prom
Detroit
Arbor Lodge
Nebraska City
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Omaha
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
The
Burlington
Central Banking Plan Backed by National Board of Trade
The national board of trade endorsed Aldrich plan principles for a central banking organization with stock by member banks and government involvement. It envisions branches, limited dividends, and notes issued by the central body, plus fiscal agency duties and control to prevent domination.
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Washington
National Board of Trade
Aldrich
Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
Merchants’ Association of New York
New York Product Exchange
Monetary League of Businessmen
National Board
Aldrien
United States
Treasury
War fears clash with Dominican advance on Haiti frontier
At Port au Prince, Dominican troops occupy Grand Gosier and march toward Saltrou prompting Haiti to rush large force mobilization. Diplomatic talks fail as Haiti’s arbitration commission returns empty handed amid unresolved boundary disputes. In Washington, Champ Clark is nominated for the Democratic presidential nomination and speaker, with notable cheers and support from Ohio and Indiana allies.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Grand Gosier
Saltrou
Haitian Commission of Arbitration
Citt
Judson Harmon
Clark
Ansbury
Ohio
Champ Clark
Missouri
Harmon
Soldiers assembled for the augmented force call
Citizens are summoned to strengthen the existing army as authorities seek to augment the defense with additional personnel and resources amid rising tensions.
Railway clerks in St Paul plan mass retirement
A Rail way Mail Clerks association resolutions from St Paul and Minneapolis call retirements among railway mail clerks probable due to post office retrenchment. The group will send the resolutions to the postmaster general and congress, despite breaking department rules.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Railway Mail Clerks’ Association of
Twin-Cities
Congress
Post Office Department
Washington
Tavener Keeping His Promise In Pensioning Aged Employees
Clyde H. Tavernier of Cordova writing as Washington correspondent for The Argus explains his planned pension reforms for classified civil service workers. He pledged to advocate labor and platform principles through newspaper work regardless of election results. The Argus tomorrow will publish his detailed views and assurances.
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Rock Island
Tav
Argus
Clyde H. Tavenner
Cordova
Washington
Gressional
Tavenner
Tavernier
Congress
Holland In With Triple Alliance Rumor Baffles Paris
Paris reports French opinion focused on Holland proposed fortifications at Flushing seen as signaling a Dutch alignment with the triple alliance in case of a Anglo French German war. Semi official press notes the fortifications imply fear of Britain if not aligned with Germany.
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Paris
Holland
Flushing
Netherlands
Great Britain
Germany
Y. M. C. A. Founder Thomas Knight Dies in Ohio
Thomas Warren Knight, last survivor of the 12 charter members of the Y M C A, died at his son’s home in Bowling Green Ohio. Knight helped organize the association in London on June 6, 1844 and was in his 90s. Death followed age related infirmities.
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Thomas Warren Knight
Toledo
Ohio
George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
London
England
Bowling Green
Hang Slayer of Sheriff Near Prisoo Executed
Louis Augustine a 17 year old Indian boy was executed at San Quentin for the murder of Sheriff Kemp of Lake County. The crime occurred May 5 when the sheriff pursued the thief who hid and killed him as he appeared.
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Prisoo
San Francisco
Louis Augustine
San Quentin Prison
Kemp
Lake County
Miners Near Split Over AFL Membership Demand
United Mine Workers of America threaten to withdraw from the American Federation of Labor unless the Western Federation of Miners is admitted without restrictions. AFL favors a charter with limits on Western Federation powers, while UMWA President Lewis supports withdrawal if no charter is promised. If charter is granted, the two miners’ groups would unite into a major national labor force.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America Today
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
American Federation
Western Federation
Lewis
Mine Workers
Venner seeks voiding of 1907 streetcar profit sharing pact
Clarence H. Venner, attorney and stockholder, filed a petition in U S circuit court to dissolve the 1907 profit sharing agreement between Chicago city and streetcar companies. He seeks nullification and return of funds paid by the companies to the city.
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Chicago
Clarence H. Venner
United States Circuit Court
Venner
Proposes 16 War Vessels in a Year
Washington reports the house committee on naval affairs approves a next year naval buildup including two battleships two colliers eight torpedo boat destroyers and four submarines to implement the administration plan. Each battleship costs about 6 million dollars excluding armor and armament and would be 27000 tons.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Nine Die In Virginia Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Dayton mines in Richmond, Virginia, killed five men and fatally injured four, with seven others injured. In Albany and Des Moines there were no senator choices on the January 20 ballots.
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Virginia
Richmond
Dayton
Senator Falls
Albany
N. Y
Des Moines
Iowa
Carnegie Adds 10 Million to Washington Institute Endowment
New York reports Andrew Carnegie donated 10 million dollars to the endowment fund of the Carnegie Institute of Research in Washington, bringing his total endowment to 20 million. Founded January 28, 1902, the institute aims to encourage investigation and the application of knowledge to improve mankind with needed buildings laboratories and books.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute of Research of
Washington
Carnegie
Bende
Board of
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