Roosevelt attack on corrupt wealth in his congressional message
President Roosevelt urged new legislation on labor and capital relations, employers liability, and government worker compensation. He denounced abuses by powerful firms, argued for equal protection of property, and warned against wealth-based manipulation of law and press while defending honest wealth and workers.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Panama Canal Commission
American battleship fleet passes Cape Virgins toward Magellan
At 12 15 a m the American battleship fleet moves past Cape Virgins and advances toward the Strait of Magellan. In Punta Arenas two Japanese men reportedly came ashore from the British steamer Orita to observe the passage. The Orita, under Captain Hayes, left Liverpool December 19 for Valparaiso via Rio de Janeiro and the Strait of Magellan, sailing from Rio Janeiro January 7 toward Punta Arenas.
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Cape Virgins
Argentina
Strait of Magellan
Punta Arenas
Jan
Orita
Hayes
Liverpool
Valparaiso
Rio Janeiro
Attacks by Wealthy Corporations On Administration
The passage denounces attacks by powerful corporations against government actions. It says predatory wealth uses media and public speaking to push a reaction, aiming to overthrow law enforcement, block new regulations, and seek unrestrained power for unscrupulous wealth. The text argues for exposing past deeds and current aims to counter the movement.
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Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Unlimited Cash Used to Fight Federation Laws and Enforcement
A historical account describes how powerful interests deploy unlimited funds to resist federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. It details attacks on enforcing agencies like the Department of Justice and the ICC, financed by wealthy financiers and their lawyers, aiming to thwart penalties and imprisonments.
Senate Message Sparks House Approval in 1911 Debate
Washington January 1 31 the presidents special message on employers liability and injunctions in labor cases was read in the senate and in the house where members applauded and approved the document. Senator Davis Arkansas urged 10000 copies be printed as a public document praising the democratic doctrine from republican sources. Cedar Rapids Gas wins a court battle dissolving an injunction against 90 cent gas rate deeming 96 cent rate compensatory as a city victory.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
City
U Senate
Senator Davis
Arkansas
Davis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ellison
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Spiteful Father Kills Three Children in Chicago
William Mentsch, carriage dealer of 419 Armitage Avenue, murdered his daughter, wounded another, and killed his infant son in his shop. He confessed he acted to spite his wife, saying he would place her as the wife of a man to be hanged.
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Chicago
Wiliam Mentsch
Armitage Avenue
T Cain
Captain Harding
Blizzard Rages Through Northwest Regions
Milwaukee reports a spreading blizzard with ongoing conditions into tonight and colder weather expected afterward. In Denver, Edward describes a related weather note dated January 31.
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Milwaukee
Wis
McKinney Currency Bill Gets Big Boost Before Committee
Former President John T. Hamilton of the American Banking Association testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee in favor of the McKinney financial bill. He denounced the Aldrich bill as impractical and financially unsound while acknowledging some merits in Fowler’s plan but arguing its broad scope would destabilize the currency system.
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McKinney
Washington
John T. Hamilton
American Banking Association
House Committee On Banking and Currency Today
McKinney Financial
Currency Committee
Aldrich
Fowler
Hamilton
Subject of Insanity Is Treated at Length by Dowling
New York January 31 The Thaw jury retired after Justice Dowling charged them on law and evidence. He stressed verdicts reflect weight of testimony and not outside matters. The judge explained insanity defenses and possible verdicts including first degree murder with death or second degree murder with life, manslaughter up to 20 years, or not guilty by insanity leading to asylums.
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Dowling
New York
Justice Dowling
Hammel
Hummell
Mattewan
Murder of American Teacher in Philippines
Washington dispatch reports Anna E. Hahn, an early American school teacher to the Philippines, murdered at Batangas on Luzon Island on January 29. Telegram asks Mrs. Jackson of Crete Nebraska to contact the family and arrange disposition of the body.
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Washington
Anna E. Hahn
Philippines
Batangas
Luzon
Jackson
Crete
Neb
Oriental Bank Closed by State
New York dispatch reports the Oriental bank, tied to a depositor run, remained shut by order of the state superintendent. The state bank, with $750000 capital, owed $37575000 to individuals, $3477400 to banks, and carried a $912000 surplus plus $304000 in undivided profits. Troubles trace to Borough Bank of Brooklyn and International Trust collapse in October.
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New York
Oriental Bank
State Superintendent of Banks
The
Oriental
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
International Trust Company
City of Tabriz Seized by Mob Amid Turmoil
Dispatch from Odessa reports Tabriz in revolutionary hands with looting and terror. Government control is absent as revolutionists hold the town. European residents barricade in homes and seek protection from the Russian consul and Cossacks.
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Tabriz
Odessa
Julia
Nine Miners Die in Virginia Mine Blast
An explosion at the Lower Boom mine near Hawk's Nest in Virginia killed nine miners yesterday. Sixteen workers were in the shaft at the time and escaped with minor injuries, the cause of the blast remains unexplained.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hawk's Nest
Standard Oil Buys Shell Transit Interests in South Africa
London dispatch reports Standard Oil will acquire Shell Transport Trading’s South African trading interests, creating a monopoly in South Africa. The move broadens Standard Oil’s reach in the region and signals dominant market control.
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South Africa
London
Durban
Standard Oil Company
Shell Transport & Trading Company
Prohibition Defeated in Michigan Constitutional Convention
Lansing January 31 delegates defeated a proposal to abolish liquor traffic in towns under 500 population and to allow local option in larger cities. The plan failed to satisfy both strict temperance advocates and liquor interests seeking any action.
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Lansing
Mich
Congress Sifts Through Tuesday's Brief Sessions
In Washington yesterday the Senate met briefly with Aldrich’s banking bill from the finance committee slated for consideration Monday. The House passed the urgent deficiency appropriation bill totaling 23,664,4150 dollars, cutting 306,600 from the clothing fund for arms and adding 24 police for the new House office building before adjourning at 2 06 p m.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Aldrich
HOUSE
Tawney
Mann
Ilinois
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Sully
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Gertrude C. Sampson
Oliver Cromwell
Islands
New York Institution
Virginia
Standard
Michigan
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