Senate picks Hopking for U S Senator amid split vote
In Springfield on January 20 Senator Albert J. Hopking won 26 senate votes but failed to secure a house majority, triggering a joint assembly election. The Senate tally showed Hopking 26, with Tronkins 87, Foss 25, Stringer 76, Mason 6, Shurtleff 2.
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Albert J. Hopking
Umnoss General Assembly
United States
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Foss
Stringer
Mason
Shurtleff
Shurtle
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Codusagnes
Shurtlem
Oglesby
Hopking
H. M. Dunlap
Republican Caucus Committee
Morten D. Hull
Republican House
Johnson Wins Republican US Senate Primary in North Dakota
In Bismarck on January 20 a ballot to fill the US senate seat from North Dakota showed M. N. Johnson, the Republican nominee, elected as both houses endorsed his candidacy. Johnson secured the full Republican vote of the two houses, signaling his election. Democrats split with eight in the Senate and seven in the House supporting State Senator J. L. Cashel. Whitcher, a Democratic senator, voted for Johnson.
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Bismarck
N. D
United States
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M. N ‘Ohnsan
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Guthrie
Oklo
Thomas P. Gore
Dennis T. Flynn
Oklahoma City
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Oklahoma
Hughes
Teller
Denver
James J. Hughes Jr
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
Crawford Wins Senate Nomination in Pierre Vote
In Pierre South Dakota on January 20 Republican caucus totals gave Coe I Crawford 39 votes for U S senator while Andrew E Lee polled 6 Democratic votes for governor. In the house Crawford had 95 Republican votes to Lee’s 9 Democratic, securing Crawford’s joint senate election.
Gas Explosion Injures City Officials in Portsmouth Ontario
In Portsmouth C Jan 20 a gas explosion at a street intersection injured Fire Chief Fred Goltz fire board member Joseph Frantz foreman Ed Danler and two others Cyrus Rose and Thomas Mark as workers searched a gas main in a cistern. The blast damaged the area as rescue crews responded.
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Portsmouth
Fred Goltz
Joseph Frantz
Board of Public Service
Ed Danler
Cyrus
Rose
Thomas Mark
Indiana Elects Democrat Benjamin F. Shively as Senator
Indiana Democrats on joint ballot elect Benjamin F. Shively United States senator, with the house voting for him and the senate, though Republican, endorsing in a complimentary vote. Shively, a South Bend lawyer active in state politics, has previously served in the Forty-eighth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses.
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Grand Jury Hears Several Witnesses in Canal Inquiry
Washington January 20. The grand jury probing alleged fbel of the United States government and Canal Purchase heard witnesses including Douglas Robinson and Charles P Taft. Their testimony was brief and both declined to speak further. Reporters and newsdealers testified that New York World and Indianapolis News had Washington bureaus and papers were sold here. Several witnesses remained to be examined when the grand jury adjourned.
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Panama Canal
Federal Grand Jury
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Charles P. Taft
New York World
Indianapolis News
Fendal
Dishlcy
Columbian
World
Jerry A. Matthews
New York Sun
Harris M. Crist
Brooklyn Eagle
The
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Roosevelt
Gov Tert
Briefs Filed to Quash Subpoenas in Libel Suit Case
In New York a federal court judge receives briefs as part of a preliminary clash over possible criminal probes tied to newspaper reports on the Fanima canal purchase. The World and its employees face subpoenas to testify before a grand jury, with the nature of the proceedings not specified.
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Judge Ward
United States
eli+ cult court
New York World
Federal Grand Jury
Messina's Dead: Official Toll Reaches Ninety Thousand
An official count by Stuart K. Lupton places Messina's dead at 90,000 after the December catastrophe. He notes about 10,000 people remain in the city with many scattered across Sicily. Rescue work and census efforts are hindered by exodus and displacement.
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Stuart K. Lupton
Rome
Lupton
Tulus
Sicily
Bodies of Cheneys Found in Messina Ruins
Washington reports Captain Dowyer says the bodies of American consul Arthur S. Cheney and his wife were found in what seems to be their bedroom in Messina. They were identified by a ring and wedding band. Illinios crew excavated 160 men. coffins aboard Culgoa bound for Naples then the United States.
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Dowyer
Ilinois
Messina
Navy Department
Arthur S. Cheney
Cheney
Cheneys
Culgoa
Naples
United States
Court Annuls Marriage of Millionaire Rhodius and Dare
In Greenfield Indiana the circuit court annulled the 1907 marriage of millionaire George Rhodius and Elma Dare on grounds Rhodius was not of sound mind at the time. Defense plans a motion for a new trial. no date set. Rhodius, a minor, wed Elma Dare in Louisville and later was found in the Pennsylvania mountains with her.
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Rhodius
Indianapolis
Rhodhus
Jaulsville
Hughes to Join Krave of Ke-Noon-No Initiation Tonight
Syracuse dispatch reports Governor Charles Evans Hughes will shed his governor role tonight to join the Krave of Ke-Noon-No, an adjunct of the state fair. Members, in mysterious arias, hint at an elevated rite and horns symbolism as the initiation proceeds.
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N. Y
Charles Evans Hughes
Empire State
Advance in Freight Rates Initiative Move by House
Washington reports the House passed a resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to detail advances in freight rates since the Hepburn act of June 25, 1906. It seeks explanations whether increases stem from tariff rate changes, reclassification, or charges for former free privileges.
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House of Representatives
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House
Gore Leads Fight Against Keefe Immigration Commissioner
Senator Gore leads opposition to the confirmation of Daniel J. Keefe of Michigan for immigration commissioner, with objections arising from a report submitted to him. The debate unfolds in Washington as the senate considers the president's December 1 nomination to succeed Frank Sargent.
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Daniel J. Keefe
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Frank Sargent
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Oklahoma
Gore
Tabor Leaders Question Approval of Report on Gompers Break
The latest report to the board shows leaders evaluating a break with Lemuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor amid the recent presidential campaign. Senator Gore plans to appear before the Immigration committee to voice objections to Keefe's confirmation.
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Famous parole system illegal in Chicago court battle
Chicago January 18 Municipal Court Judge McKenzie Cleland defends his famous parole on honor plan while Judge Olson chief justice rejects it as illegal. Olson orders rearrest of paroled defendants and suspends their sentences pending hearing dates, leaving numerous defendants in limbo.
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Kern blames secret ballot for loss of senatorship
Indianapolis Jan 16 John W Kern, once Shivelys strongest opponent, comments on the secret ballot used by Democratic state legislators to back B F Shively for US senator. He says the secret ballot enables betrayal of constituents and fosters treachery, double dealing and corrupt practices.
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B. F. Shively
South Bend
United States
John. W. Kern
Shivelys
Wern
Four Killed in Northwestern Freight Wreck Near Lhnestone
A head on collision between two Northwestern freight trains near Lhnestone, ten miles west of Peoria ML, on January 18 killed four trainmen and seriously injured two. Officials suspect orders were misunderstood as the cause.
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Northwestern
Lhnestone
Here
Union label ban shocks hat factories in East and Newark strikes
Fifty to seventy five hat factories employing thousands of workers face shutdowns as the Associated Manufacturers vote to discontinue the union label. Strikes erupt in Orange New Jersey and Brooklyn and Newark factories trigger a broader walkout led by the United Hatters union, amid disputes over a Philadelphia working agreement and pending settlements. Additional items discuss a military retirement board for Colonel Tucker and an impending libel investigation linked to canal purchase reporting.
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Associated
Nat Manfacturers
Orange
N. J
Brooklyn
Samuel Mundheim & Co
Samuel Munnheim
Mat Manufacturers’ Association
Mundheimi
Geyer Hat Company
Philadelphia
National Board of the United Hatters of America
Associated Hat Manufacturers
Newark
John A. Moritt
United Matters
Notorious Night Rider Trial Opens in Tria Court
In Union City Tennessee on January 19 the difficult court convened for Ed Marshall a leading Odson county farmer indicted for murder of Captain Quentin Ranken and described as a Night Rider leader.
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Tria
Union City
Tenn
Ed Marshall
Odson County
Cifcult
Marshall
Quentin Ranken
Dramatic Guilty Plea Ends Kentucky Forgery Trial
In Richmond on January 18 Wade Hurd faced trial for forgery when Cox, aged twenty, burst into the courtroom declaring the prisoner innocent and confessing guilt himself. Cox said he signed Hurd's check for 15 dollars then went to Cincinnati, where Salvation Army conversion followed. Conscience led Cox back to free Hurd. Cox was held to answer on the charge while Hurd was discharged. Fifty men offered to sign his ball bond.
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Wade Hurd
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Hurd
Cincinnati
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Landis Declines Public Printer Offer
Washington report notes VMI Representative Charles H. Landis of Indiana refused to discuss a published offer to become public printer. Landis stated he would not accept the office and planned to return home to his farm.
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Vmi
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