White House Wedding Preparations Under Way
Washington reports the final touches for Jessie Wilson and Francis Howes Sayre wedding with a rehearsal and gifts arriving. Invitations appear limited to close family friends, with few official guests. A dinner by President Wilson and a Mayflower voyage party aboard the yacht are planned for the wedding circle.
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Washington
White House
Jessie Wilson
Francis Howes Sayre
Sayre
Mise Wilson
Army
Navy
House of Representatives
Madame Pozet
Dewey
Wilson
Gompers Holds Federation Job
Samuel Gompers is reelected president of the American Federation of Labor at the closing session. John Mitchell retires as fifth vice president. John P. White and Frank Duffy are new eighth and seventh vice presidents. The next convention will meet in Philadelphia. Gale on Lake Superior reports heavy northwest gale and snow. 52 vessels shelter in Whitefish Bay. Roosevelt attends church in Santiago with 10,000 Chilean Boy Scouts in attendance.
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Seattle
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Mitchell
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
William D. Huber
Lemuel Gompers
James Dun
Can
James O'Connell
Dennis A. Hayes
Joseph H. Valentine
John R. Alpine
H. H. Periam
John B. Lennon
Frank Maser
Philadelphia
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Lake Boats
Whitefish Bay
Roosevelt
Santiago
Chile
Theodore Roosevelt
Weather Summary for Rock Island Area Tonight and Tuesday
Fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Light to moderate variable winds. 7 am temperature 34. Highest yesterday 75, lowest last night 33. Humidity 53 percent at 7 pm and 78 percent at 7 am. no precipitation. Water stage 3.3 with a rise of 1 in 48 hours. Astronomical note Jupiter visible at dusk. Mars Mercury Venus Saturn in morning. Pegasus square visible high near 8 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Pegasus
Knabe Murder Case Heads to Trial Friday
Indiana doctor William B. Craig, president of the Indiana Veterinary College, faces trial in Shelbyville next Friday on murder charges in the death of Dr. Helen Knabe. Indictments include accessory after the fact for undertaker A. M. Ragsdale. Webster, council detective, presented circumstantial evidence alleging a prior relationship and motive.
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Indianapolis
William B. Craig
Indiana Veterinary College
Shelbyville
Helen Knabe
Indiana
Council of Women of Indianapolis
Harry <. Webster
Council
Craig
A. M. Ragsdale
Shelby County
Ragndale
Webster
Knabe
Council of Women
State Board of Health
Dr. Craig
Harry W. Haskett
Vendome Flats
Delaware Apartments
Dr. Knabe
Oet
Ragsdale
Railroad heads argue for raise nationwide freight rate
Washington November 24 Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Frederick A Delano president of the Wabash and George Stuart Patterson general solicitor of the Pennsylvania appeared before the interstate commerce commission to press authority to raise freight rates about five percent east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers The hearing is crucial as a favorable ruling could set a precedent for other railroads and only opening arguments were expected today
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Washington
Daniel Willard
Haltimore & Ohio
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash
George Stuart Patterson
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
United States
Iowa Saloons Closed After Supreme Court Ruling
Des Moines reports saloons statewide shut after a supreme court decision on consent petitions and notary issues. Prohibitionists plan a rehearing bid and possible injunctions while Fort Dodge precedent and a curative act loom in the case.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Jude Parker
The
Liquor Intests
Fort Dodge
TéWa Supreme Court
Pilkington Vs
McClaughry testimony in Marshall case questions curative acts
The civil service hearing in Chicago concluded with Major McClaughry testifying for Marshall, calling prison discipline methods indiscreet. He argued curative acts cannot validate defective affidavits or alter existing contracts, asserting legislature cannot create valid affidavits or deeds from non sworn papers.
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Chicago
Ill
James Eengtry
State Reformatory
Pontias
Civil Service Commission
Major McClaughry
Pontiac
Joliet
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
McClaughry
Marshall
Two Wives by Court Decree in East St. Louis Case
East St. Louis judge voids the divorce of J. Bradley Paterson from Emma F. Patterson granted Sept 29 1907. Paterson had since married Evelyn Bailey of St. Louis, amid claims the original decree was obtained by misrepresentation.
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East St. Louis
Ill
J. Bradley Paterson
Vandeventer
Emma F. Patterson
Paterson
Evelyn Bailey
St. Louis
Patterson
Two More Army Aviators Killed in Test Flight
Lieutenants Erik L. Ellington and Hugh Kelly of the first division army aviation corps died after an 80 foot fall near North Island Army School in San Diego. The six cylinder aeroplane was being tested and all controls were faultless per investigators. This brings aviation deaths in government service to 15 since 1908, with 368 total worldwide.
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San Diego
Cal
Erik L. Ellington
Hugh Kelly
Army Aviation Corps
Army School
North Island
Washington
Ellington
Kelly
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
Indictment of Former Syracuse Mayor McGuire Emerges
James K. McGuire former Democratic mayor of Syracuse New York was indicted for soliciting a campaign contribution from a corporation. The charge carries one year in prison or a $1060 fine or both. The case stems from a John Doe investigation into contractor contributions. McGuire is reportedly en route to or already in South America.
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New York
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
John Doe
McGuire
South America
Minnesota Grounded Near Shi monoseki Straits
The steamship Minnesota carrying 60 American first class passengers ran aground on a sandbar near Hiko-Sima in the Shi Monoseki straits while trying to avoid a collision with a sailing vessel. All aboard were safe, but tugs had not freed the ship by night.
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Yokohama
Japan
Minnesota
Manila
Seattle
Hong Kong
Hiko-Sima
Straits of
Shimonoseki
Cold Storage Combine Blamed for High Egg Prices
Justice Department agents opened an inquiry into a suspected cold storage cartel blamed by the attorney general for elevated egg and potato prices. If a criminal link is found, prosecutions may follow.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Des Moines finds Elsie Day alive after cross country trek
Elsie Day and her brother Alfred Love, believed to be murdered en route, were found in Des Moines. They explained beating their way from Spokane to Des Moines, with Day wearing her brother’s clothes and both adopted by different families in childhood. The pair described their journey and incident involving a nose injury and a revolver for protection.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elsie Day
Spokane
Wash
Aurora
Alfred Love
Love
Elsie
Miss Day
Wilson says Huerta regime crumbling as Mexico danger dampens
President Wilson reiterates that the Huerta government is breaking apart and the United States will not recognize Huerta under any circumstances. He cautions press reports from Mexico may be unreliable and promises to keep Congress informed in his coming annual message. In Juarez, Villa coordinates supplies while federal forces are unseen, and eleven Mexican prisoners are moved to Juarez. Navy buys 285,000 pounds Argentine beef for Culgoa and saves on Austrian corned beef.
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Washington
Huerta
White House
Mexico
United States
Congress
Wilson
el Paso
Juarez
Juareaz
Villa
Chihuahua
United States Army
Fort Bliss
Navy
Navy Department
Culgoa
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Alleged Proposition to Split Phone Property
Richard Valentine, head of Rock County Wisconsin Telephone Co, testified at an anti trust hearing that in 1911 the American Telephone and Telegraph company proposed the field be divided between the Independents. He said the move came from a representative of J P Morgan and President Vail of AT&T at a meeting with Independents in Chicago Illinois on November 24.
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Chicago
Ill
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Richard Valentine
Rock County
Wisconsin
Telephone Company
Valentine
J. P. Morgan Company
Vail
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Parcel post weight limit may rise to fifty pounds
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson has urged the interstate commerce commission to raise the maximum parcel post weight from 26 to 50 pounds for all distances. The commission is expected to act favorably.
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Washington
Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Likeness of President Wilson Crafted in Silks Shown
A Syrian artisan in Buffalo presents a silk portrait of President Wilson created from a photograph after six months of work. In Bloomington, Mrs. A E Stevenson wife of the former vice president is seriously ill at home.
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Wilson
Washington
Orient
Buffalo
N.Y
Stevenson
Bloomington
Ill
A. E. Stevenson
Opera
Soldiers Killed With Chauffeur in Texas Train Crash
Texas City four soldiers and a civilian chauffeur died when their car was struck by a Galveston Harrisburg Henderson train at Texas City Junction. Survivors include Henry L. Smith of Washington NJ. Also noted: Mrs Otto Schulz killed in Morristown collision and H M Schmidt killed in Battle Creek accident.
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Texas City
Texas
United States
Galveston
Harrisburg & Henderson
Texas City Junction
John Livingstone
Fourth Field Artillery
A D Tarkingson
Proctor
Hill
Eleventh Cavalry
Wiley Sloan
Henry L. Smith
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Washington, N. J
Otto Schulz
Morris County Traction Company
Morristown
N. J
Schulz
Battle Creek
Iowa
H. M. Schmidt
J. E. Spotts
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Citizens’ Association
Bessie L. Cohen
Miss Cohen
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
James P. Hewitt
District Court
Polk County
DeWitt
Creston
General Assembly
Merby
M’laughry
Ellington and
California
Middle West
Huertasoon
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