Football perils for unfit lead to reform call
The piece notes that Yale Harvard Princeton Penn State Michigan and Minnesota clubs lack season deaths or critical injuries while Cadet Byrne died after returning to play at West Point and Cadet Wilson suffered a fractured vertebrae at Annapolis. It cites numerous high school and amateur victims and argues reforms hinge on fitness over rule changes.
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Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Minnesota
West Poin
Cadet Byrne
Annapolis
Wilson
Byrne
New York World
Air travel rules and property rights spark debate
A discussion on regulating aerial navigation arises from many flying devices. Some propose designated air routes for different airship classes while lawyers argue English common law may grant landowners rights to the air above their property, complicating future air travel.
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England
Pirates Fear as US Cutter Leads Bahamas Pursuit
The British ship Rowana moore reports a pirate schooner attack in Bahaman waters. The US government orders the revenue cutter Windom from Galveston to the Bahamas to hunt the rover of the seas, with other cutters joining for the first such pirate search in years.
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Rowanamoore
Bahaman
United States
Windom
Galveston
Bahamas
Pirates and Treasure Myths Stir Public Hope Again
The Boston Herald notes a Yucatan coast storm uncovering English and Spanish coins buried by Lafitte, reviving pirate gold legends. The piece laments speculation and urges quiet pursuit of daily joys over treasure hunts.
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Boston Herald
Yucatan
Lafitte
Captain Kidd
China on road to modern civilization fueled by American trends
The piece asserts China is rapidly civilizing, driven by strong American influence. It notes two premier American institutions phonographs and ice cream, with the latter becoming phenomenally popular as a sign of cultural adoption.
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China
United States
A Dream of Universal Peace Prompts World Court Proposal
Secretary of State Knox has proposed to leading powers a plan to create an arbitral court to resolve disputes peaceful and wartime. Officials say the move signals a dawn of world peace and anticipate favorable replies from enough nations to establish the court.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Knox
State Department
The Wizard as a Prophet to New York
Thomas A. Edison offers a future forecast in which 2110 sees cheaper commodities and automatic labor reducing factory toil. The average worker would enjoy the equivalent of a $200,000 annual income with eight hour days and brain work in pleasant settings. Clothing becomes affordable enabling rapid fashion adoption for all young women.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
New Drug Trust Planned by Oil and Tobacco Interests
Report says a large drug distribution trust, built by Standard Oil and Tobacco trust men three years ago, is ready to launch if the Supreme Court rules favorably in the government suit to dissolve the tobacco trust. The United Chemist Company would absorb majority drug stores in major cities, with signs akin to United Cigar Stores already ordered.
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New York
N. Y
Standard Oil and
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Drug Trust
United Cigar Stores Company
United States
United Chemist Company
Friday Too Good For Them
In Kansas City on February 6 four weeks from next Saturday two negroes who assaulted Mrs. W H Jackson are to die. Judge Latshaw will pronounce sentence next Saturday. He says these men do not deserve to be classed with murderers and must hang on a day apart from murderers.
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Kansas City
Missouri
W. H. Jackson
Latshaw
Reynolds
Williams
Taft to propose $30 million reclamation loan
President Taft will ask Congress to provide a 30 million dollar loan to finish existing reclamation projects. Western senators say the plan may appear in his conservation message and suggest funding via short term bonds or certificates of indebtedness. Senator Borah supports bonds over certificates to ease passage.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Carter
Borah
Rail line ends liquor shipments to Kansas City area
The Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad ceases to act as agent for mail order liquor houses and will stop all shipments of whisky along its line in Kansas and Oklahoma. Local agent E. J. Lampert informed mail order houses on January 1 that traffic must cease and no more shipments would be received from Kansas City stations in those states.
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Kansas , City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
E. J. Lampert
Missouri to vote on statewide prohibition next November
Judge William H. Wallace, head of the Missouri Constitutional Amendment Association, declares that enough signatures have been gathered to guarantee a constitutional amendment question on the state ballot next November.
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Missouri
Kansas City
William H. Wallace
Missouri Constitutional Amendment Association
Peach Crop Damaged by Cold in Wathena District
Frank Boch of the Wathena Fruit Growers Association reports damaged peaches due to low temperatures in the Wathena district. Raspberries are in good condition, some blackberries injured, strawberries uncertain, and pies from peaches show promise in the same area.
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St. Joseph
Frank Boch
Wathena
Kan
Unemployed Men March to City Hall in Kansas City
Between 200 and 300 unemployed men gathered at Labor Headquarters in Kansas City Missouri to march to city hall and present a petition to the mayor demanding more work and higher pay. James Kads How, described as a wealthy leader, served as chairman.
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Kansas City
International Brotherhood Welfare Association
Labor
James Kads How
D A R Founder Flora Darling Dies in New York at 70
Flora Adama Darling founder of the Daughters of the Revolution and United States Daughters of 1812 died in New York from apoplexy at her brother John Quincy Adams home. She will be buried near her birth home in Lancaster New Hampshire at age seventy.
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New York
Flora Adama Darling
T Daughters of the Revolution
United States Daughters of 1812
John Quincy
Adams
Iowa farmers flock to Saskatchewan land flee to Canada
The Toronto Globe notes Iowa and Midwest farmers rush to Saskatchewan seeks cheap land and homesteads to keep families united. They value the prospect of fivefold land compared with Iowa, while preserving ties to hometowns. The exodus reflects a broader frontier drama with cross-border loyalties and shared songs to the same tune as God Save the King and My Country Tis of Thee.
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Iowa
Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
Mid-West
Canadian
King
Toronto
Ontario
Globe
Democrats Back Panama Canal Bill In House Vote
The Mann bill granting presidential administration of the Panama canal zone passed the house 119 to 102 along party lines, despite Democratic opposition on every point.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal Zone
House
United States Proposes Rail Neutralization Plan for Manchuria
In St. Petersburg a memorandum from the United States suggests a solution to the Manchurian problem. It calls for neutralizing Manchurian railroads by selling them to China financed by an international syndicate.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Russian Foreign Office
United States
Manchuria
China
Ancient Skeletons to be Mounted in Pittsburg Museum
Dr. W. J. Holland of the Carnegie Museum reports Utah finds three sauropod dinosaur bones from an exploring party. Andrew Carnegie funds exhumation and assembling the skeletons. The sauropod, a four footed long necked herbivore related to diplodocus, is to be mounted for display.
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Pittsburg
W. J. Holland
Carnegie Museum of
Utah
Andrew Carnegie
Ciass
Two Women Admit Smuggling Conspiracy Guilty Plea
Theresa Mahoney and Elizabeth R. Dinsmore, partners in a dressmaking firm in New York, pleaded guilty in the U.S. circuit court to participating in an alleged conspiracy to smuggle costly gowns and dress goods into the country in sleeper trunks. The maximum penalty is two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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New York
N. Y
Theresa Mahoney
Elizabeth R. Dinsmore
United States Circuit Court
Zelaya Not Wanted Motion Stalls on Arrest Measures
Washington committee opts to delay immediate arrest proposals for former President Zelaya amid discussions of Nicaraguan troubles and related actions.
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Zelaya
Washington, D. C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Silk Worth a Million Reaches Seattle Seaport
The Shinano brings 2,000 bales of raw silk valued over $1,000,000 to Seattle. The cargo, the most valuable ever to reach the United States, will travel east by a special train from Seattle toward Cape Flattery.
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Seattle
Wash
Cape Flattery
United States
Memorandum Alleging Japan Threat In Russia Sparks Stand
In St. Petersburg M Plancon head of the Forastern department was superseded after presenting a memorandum to the war minister alleging Japan was planning an attack on Russia. The document reflects tensions between Russia and Japan and internal government actions.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
M. Plancon
Forastern
Foreign Office
Japan
Sedalia Railroad Shops Resume Op erations in Missouri
Missouri Pacific shops at Sedalia reopen after closure since December 23. About 1,000 employees had a forced Christmas vacation as operations resumed.
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Sedalia
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