Woodmen Convention to Revise Insurance Rates at Chicago
In Chicago on January 21 the Modern Woodmen of America opened an adjourned session with 1200 delegates to discuss revising insurance rates. Head Consul Ash Talbot urged cooperation as states push fraternal societies to shore up assets amid new insurance laws. Governor Deneen praised Illinois laws as leading. The meeting continues with the committee report from Buffalo's last June vote.
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Chicago
Woodmen of America
Buffalo
United States
Ash Talbot
Deneen
Illinois
Governor Hadley backs Roosevelt for president in Missouri
Jefferson City Mo Jan 22 Governor Hadley announced he favors the nomination of Roosevelt as a Republican presidential candidate He believes a Roosevelt bid is favored by a majority of Missouri Republicans while Taft is held in high esteem Roosevelt’s candidacy, he says, will likely ensure victory.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Roosevelt
Missouri
Taft
Shoulder dislocation at work for Hartz & Bahnsen employee
Olaf Olson of 4319 Seventh Avenue, a worker at Hartz & Bahnsen Co. wholesale drug house, suffered a left shoulder dislocation this afternoon. While handling merchandise atop boxes, he fell and attempted to break his descent by thrusting out his arm, the impact proving too great.
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Olaf Olson
Seventh Avenue
Hartz & Bahnsen Company
France Seeks Turks Held by Italy Over Coast Guard Case
Paris demands Italy release Turks arrested aboard the Manouba and says it will recall its ambassador and deploy warships to escort French steamers to the Mediterranean. Toulon reports three French cruisers and five submarines leaving to conduct maneuvers between Nice and Hyères.
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France
Italy
Paris
Rome
Mediterranean
Toulon
Nice
Hyeres Islands
Hitchcock Backs Taft Strongly in Washington
Postmaster General Hitchcock declared he is for Taft and as strong as a man can be. He voiced indignation over questions about his loyalty and said he did not realize how far rumors of differences with the president had spread. A separate dispatch notes the Labor Union condemning Judge Anderson for freeing Burns in the McNamaras kidnapping case and urging Indiana officials to appeal.
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Hitchcock
Taft
Washington
Trong
Labor Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Jutral Labor Union
Honan
Indiana
Baker
Marion County
Supreme Court
Burns
McNamaras
Anderson
Georgia Whites Lynch Four Black People in Hamilton
A mob of about 100 men broke into Harris County jail in Hamilton, Georgia, took four Black tenants of Norman Hadley from the jail and hanged them near fleeing. Hadley had died after a shot at his home days earlier. The victims named Belle Hathaway John Moore Eugene Haming and Dusty Crutchfield. Sheriff Hadley was away in Columbus. Public sentiment built through the day as the mob gathered outside the jail. No motive for the killings is known.
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Hamilton
Harris County
Jaller Rabitson
Norman Hadley
Hadley
Belle Hathaway
John Moore
Eugene Haming
Dusty” Crutchfield
Sheriff Hadley
Columbus
Violet Buehler Cited In Delinquent Court
Chicago faces Violet Buehler an 11 year old runaway cited as delinquent in juvenile court after alleging Charles McLain led her astray. McLain held on $3,000 bond pending Jan 25 hearing. Violet's age to be determined before delinquency versus voluntary offense charges.
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Violet Buehler
Chicago
New York
Jack Clowne
Charles McLaiin
McLain
Violet
Chicago Broker Ends Life in Park at Night
Fred H. Weaver, an independent trader on the board of trade, shot himself in a park in Evanston during the night. The body was found today. Friends say he had been under nervous strain.
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Chicago
Fred H. Weaver
Board of Trade
Evanston
Peace pact signed by Ecuador leaders
Articles of peace ending the revolution in Ecuador have been signed by leaders of both sides, officially reported to the state department.
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Ecuador
Washington
State Department
Weather recast for the Quad Cities area
The outlook covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity for tonight and Wednesday. Generally fair and colder with a low around 20 degrees tonight. At 7 am the temperature was 35 and the wind 5 mph. No precipitation. Relative humidity 77 percent at 7 pm and 89 percent at 7 am. Astronomical details: sun sets 5 07 rises 7 17 moon sets 9 17 p.m.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
La Follette Pinchot Band Heard in Gotham
New York January 23 Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin appeared in Carnegie Hall as a progressive Republican candidate for the presidential nomination. Col Roosevelt were rumored to attend, while Gifford Pinchot a Roosevelt ally, presided and endorsed La Follette as a candidate.
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New York
East
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
la Follette
Gifford Pinchot
Wisconsin Cities Vote on Commission Form Change
Madison and Superior voters approved changes to the commission form of government in Wisconsin's first election under the new law. The poll action restricted corrupt practices and undue influence as valid campaign rules.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Nesvine
Superior
Three Bodies Found In Terre Haute Hovel Mystery
In Terre Haute Indiana on January twenty third the bodies of William H McVey his wife and their baby were found in a squalid hovel. A step daughter Gertrude Phelph is the sole survivor and cannot clarify if death was by poisoning accident or self act. Ouster proceedings follow against Keokuk Water Works over school water rates as the board argues a non legal franchise.
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Terre Haute Terre Haute
Ind
William H. McVey
Gertrude Phelph
Keokuk
Board of Education
Keokuk Water Works Company
Homeree
Petition to dissolve AT and T sparked by Sherman law
New York and Washington reports detail a petition to dissolve the American Telephone and Telegraph company on monopoly grounds. George Lambert of Pelham N Y signs the call for action to Attorney General Wickersham as Justice Fowler weighs the case. AT and T President Vail personally dismisses the dissolution as mere individual opposition and denies law violations in acquisitions.
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New
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
George Lambert
Children Draw For An Operation And A Death
Denver Jan 23 five and six year old children of Mrs Lee Atkin son formerly of Decatur Ill drew straws to decide who would go on the operating table first The boy with adenoids lost went under the knife and died in twenty minutes The girl was not operated on. The tragedy follows a prior report of socialists gaining seats in the reichstag and a San Francisco banker receiving a prison term.
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Denver
Weroy
Ethel
Lee Atkinson
Decatur
Ill
San Francisco
A. F. Martell
Market Street Bank
San Quentin
Gore for a Big Fund for Roads
Senator Gore of Oklahoma plans an annual federal appropriation of ten to twelve million dollars for ten years to be spent on roads. States would need to match the funds with double or triple their own appropriations to gain the benefit, Gore argues.
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Washington
Gore
Oklahoma
Bathtub Trust Indictments to Go to Trial Next Week
United States District Judge Angell denied Colewell Lead Co. motion to quash indictments in the bathtub trust case, reinstating a trial set for next Tuesday with about 40 defendants. Judge Angell rejected claims that the Sherman act prosecution is invalidated by a Standard Oil decision and warned that contracts aiming to stifle competition are unenforceable. President Farrell of United States Steel testified on production costs disputing monopoly assertions, while Chicago packers’ bookkeeping methods were examined to compare test costs of beet.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Angell
Colewell Lead Company of
New York
Bathtub Trust
Supreme Court
Washington
Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
House
Chicago
Democratic National Convention Arrangements Committee Formed
New York Jan 23 Chairman Norman E Mack announced the committee on arrangements for the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore on June 25. Ex officio members include Vice Chairman Hall and Secretary Urey Woodson. Members named span the nation from North Carolina to Vermont and include Daniels Howell Talbot McGraw Wade Wood Sullivan Taggart Ewing Hudspeth Brown Osborne.
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New York
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
Hall
Nebraska
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Clark Howell
Georgia
J. F. C. Talbot
Maryland
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
South Atlantic
R. M
Threefold Probe Initiated Into Kinmundy Rail Wreck
Chicago and Centralia reports detail a threefold inquiry by Illinois officials and Illinois Central into the Kinmundy wreck that killed four top railroad men. Funeral plans for Harahan Melcher Peirce Wright unfold as investigations focus on the private car crash and heroism of Curry and Porter while rescuers work through debris.
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Centralia
Ill
Oflinois
Marion County
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Kinmundy
Here
Chicago
Harahan
Melcher
Peirce
Fort Smith
Ark
Robert Walker
Rock Island System
J.M. L. Bell
T. L. ‘Beman
J. B. Berry
Thomas S Busby
Arkansas
Rock Island
Memphis
Tenn
E. E.wright
Illinois Central
W. S. Tinsman
John Sebastian
L. M. Allen
V. E. Gorman
H. Gower
Leroy Kramer
A. C. Ridgeway
Mr. Peirce
Legal Department of
the Road
Byram Curry
Curry
Covington
Harter
Thomas Busbie
Little Rock
Mr. Curry
Famine Adds to Horror of Chinese War
Famine devastates China as millions starve with no seed or draft animals. Red Cross funds to aid relief rise to one million dollars urged by Taft. Engineer Jameson describes mangled bodies and beggared villages, while Shanghai officials caution reform will aid famine relief.
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Red Cross
C. D. Jameson
Harahan Wreck Victim Had Private Car Swap Fate
Harahan, victim of fate, learned his trip changed when he cancelled a New Orleans express stateroom in favor of Melcher’s private car. The private car, carrying Harahan and four others, was shattered in the wreck, while three trainmen injured. Harahan had previous narrow escapes in Odin, Illinois, and Memphis, Tennessee.
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Harahan
Mr. Harahan
New Orleans
Melcher
Rock Island
Darrow
Odin
Memphis
Tenn
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Allied Center
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Mack
Crawfordsville
Emma L. Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
John S. Wilson
Duke of Connaught
Coroner's Jury
State Commission
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Mr. Wright
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Peking
Yin
Yuan
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Red Cross Society
China
Wilder
Shanghai
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