New Year Begins With the People in the Saddle
The article argues for reform of big business and praises President Wilson for cooperation with industry. It notes J. P. Morgan & Co reducing railroad and banking influence as a step toward industrial democracy, urging continued prudent reform and avoidance of radical change.
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International News ‘Service
NW York
America
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Picayune
Wilson
Big Business
J. P. Morgan and Company
Burleson Urges Lifting Postal Savings Limit
International News Service reports Mr. Burleson calls to rescind the limit on postal savings banks proposing interest up to 1000 dollars and no pay beyond. Dockery argues for removal to handle 75 million dollars with no extra cost, noting immigrant workers fear banks and could lose savings without the change.
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Uncle Sam
Italy
Europe
Burleson
Postal Savings
Kermit Roosevelt Engaged to Belle Willard of Virginia
Richmond dispatch reports the engagement of Miss Belle Willard daughter of Joseph E Willard US ambassador to Spain and Kermit Roosevelt. The couple met at Hot Springs Virginia last year with Mrs Richard Darby in the party and plan a courtship in Washington before a London stay and eventual return to the United States.
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Richard Darby
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit
Virginia
Willard
Miss Willard
New York
Washington
Baltimore
New K
Court St
London
Rece Ces
Jatas Whlaed
Washtod
Jefferson Hotel
Sixth Fatality From Furnace Explosion
A sixth person has died after a furnace explosion reported by the national news wire. Investigators work to determine the cause and whether safety violations played a role.
Tennessee Governor Gets Lost in Memphis
Memphis report says Governor Ben Shannon alighted from a street car on the wrong street and had to be directed to his hotel. The return from a business trip to Oklahoma drew banter from friends, with no political significance attached.
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Ee News Service
Memphis
Tenn
Testyvernor Benitout Shannon
Oklahoma
Three Buried as Subway Cave-In Rock Crashes Crew
A thirty-foot shoring section collapsed in a New York subway excavation thirty feet below Lexington Avenue. Three of twenty men were buried under earth. one man died and two others were in critical condition in hospital.
Additional Names for C ofc Directors Added to the List
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce adds three names to the director slate. A Saturday petition signed by 25 members confirms the list includes William H. Armbricht George Fearn Jr and Frederick J Peterson as candidates for chamber leadership.
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C. Ofc
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Armbrecht
George Fearn
Frederick J. Peterson
Warning on Mexican resumption of industry prompts wary border reports
The state department warns Americans against restarting industrial work in Mexico, reflecting grim outlooks from officials after John Lind’s talks with President Wilson. The notice cites many Americans who left Mexico last August and hints at broader relief efforts during the prior summer amid unsettled conditions.
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International News Service
Washington
State Department
Mexico
John Lind
Secre
Wilson
Chester Near
Pass Christian
Department of State
North Pole claim fuels Cook London lectures end
Dr. Frederick A. Cook canceled engagements in London after a cable from Chicago supporters urged him to return due to a U.S. congress inquiry into his north pole claim. He blamed Baldwin for taking sides with Peary interests and said he would meet his family in Paris before returning to Europe in the fall.
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International News Service
London
Frederick A. Cook
Congress of the United States
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Chicago
Baldwin
Cook
Bridgeman
Paris
Europe
Sylvia Pankhurst Is Again in London Jail
Sylvia Pankhurst is arrested by plain clothes officers in South Hackney while walking from a secret residence to another house. She and another woman resisted, called for bystanders, were bundled into a police van, and taken to Hackney station and later Holloway prison.
Philadelphia Auto Show to Feature Over Fifty Exhibitors
Philadelphia January 3 There will be over fifty exhibitors at the Philadelphia Automobile Show opening next Friday at the Metropolitan building Broad and Wallace Streets. Several large manufacturers already displaying in New York have arranged to bring cars to this city exhibition.
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Philadelphia
Metropolitan Building
Broad and
Wallace Streets
New York
Interlocking Legislation To Be Continued In Congress
Washington report outlines push for tighter rules on interlocking directorates as Morgan company withdraws from several boards. Sen. Kern and Rep. Hinebaugh urge rapid legislation backed by expansion of funding for investigations and potential railroad stock prohibitions.
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Washington
Morgan Company
Department of Commerce
Morgan
Redfield
Democratic Party
Kern
Senate
Morgan “Company
Hinebaugh
Progressive Congressional Committee
House of Morgan
Congress
Morgan and Company
Supreme Court
Wilson
Morgans
St Louis Heiress In Fatal Street Collision
Miss Lily Anheuser heiress, niece of Mrs. Adolph Busch, is sought by police after an electric coupe she drove struck and killed 9 year old Harry Mannis in St. Louis. Witnesses say the boy ran into the street. Anheuser fled the scene and did not appear as officers arrived at her home.
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Anheuser
Hancock Delayed by Gale Postpones Departure from Philadelphia
Heavy gale in the Delaware Bay forces Commander Benson at the navy yard to postpone the Hancock transport departure planned for today. The vessel, carrying 900 marines, was to sail for Culebra Island near Puerto Rico and will depart tomorrow instead.
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Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Benson
Navy Yard
Hancock
Culebra Island
P. Rico
Tomor
Sea Bright Storm Wrecks Sea Wall and Hotels on Jersey Coast
A severe Atlantic storm drives 60 to 70 mph winds and record high tides along the Jersey and Long Island coasts. Sea Bright suffers extensive damage with the Octagon Hotel wrecked and millions in losses. Normandie and Rockaway areas report collapsed bulkheads, damaged railroad lines, and hundreds evacuating families.
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International News Service
New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Sea Bright
N. J
Ha&s
Hammel
Rockaway Beach
President Says Newspaper Men Are In His Debt
President Wilson deflects questions on his Lind conference calling it a neighborly visit. He joked that journalists owe him for their vacation copy. Envoy Lind continues to Vera Cruz aboard the Chester as its two sons return to Pass Christian after a day at sea.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
Envoy Lind
Chester
Lind
Vera Cruz
Federals Hold Rebels in Check at Presidio In Mexico Border Action
In Presidio Texas and Ojinaga area fighting continues with a lull from daylight until late afternoon. U S Army observers report Federals showing better marksmanship while rebels threaten to die fighting if forced to surrender. Smallpox outbreak in hospital prompts vaccination of Americans. About 2000 refugees arrive, many half starved and sheltered by the Red Cross.
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Presidio
Tex
U. S. Army
Marfa
Ojinaga
Orozco
Salazar
Sastro
Mercado
United States Army
General Craveo
Federal Army
Red Cross
Putnam Resigns as Mobile Detention Club Superintendent
The Mobile Detention Home and Boys Club board, called by secretary Mrs. T. P. Norville, will meet Monday at 4 20 p m in the Battle House Parlor to act on the resignation of Superintendent L H Putnam. The notice cites unspecified reason for severance from years of work.
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Mobile Detention Home and Boys’ Club
T. P. Norville
Parlor’s
Battle House
L. H. Putnam
Putnam
Death Toll Rises From Atlantic City Storm
In Atlantic City New Jersey a fierce storm left one man dead and several injured. Homes were evacuated and property along the beach suffered extensive damage. Young's pier and Captain Young's former home were destroyed while parts of the jetty at the steel pier were washed away. Federal life guard George Bedford died from injuries while aiding rescue efforts at Ocean City two miles south.
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Ocean City
Severe Snowstorm Disrupts Cleveland Transit and Injures Several
A violent snow and wind storm hit Cleveland causing heavy damage to trolley and steam traffic and hindering telephone and telegraph services. Three people were injured when an awning collapsed on them near a downtown store, a boy near-fatal after a street car struck a wagon at St. Clair and 110th Street, while women panicked during the incident.
Building Collapse Kills Six in South Bend Business District
Six people are known dead after a three story building collapsed in South Bend Indiana causing many to be buried in debris. Over 100 rescuers labored to reach survivors amid gas leaks and collapsed sections. Authorities say eight girls may be trapped in the basement as others search the rubble.
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South Bend
Ind
William Cassidy
Roos
Five and Ten Cent
Country Club Plans New Hoe Tel and Golf Course at Spring Hill
Members of Mobile Country Club and Spring Hill residents close a deal for 286 acres known as Webbe Orchard at Spring Hill. They plan a grand house for tourists with summer and winter cottages and a first class golf course. Estimated improvements total about 25000 dollars with a streetcar extension eyed to reach the site. The tract offers a fine view of Mobile River and Mobile Bay. The promoters expect construction and course layout before spring.
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Mobile Country Club
Spring Hill
Webbe
Mobile
Densmore Fails Houghton Conciliation Strike Moves to Fight
J B Densmore, solicitor for the department, announces after a three hour session with Judge Hilton and Claude Lor that the Western Federation of Miners failed to win an open shop proposal. Hilton states conciliation is off and the strike will continue to finish. J E Roach of the AFL warns the strike could last eight months if managers do not yield.
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Densmore
Hilton
Taylor
Gary Wilson
Ferris
Western Federation
J. E. Roach
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Grand Jury to Investigate Kidnapping in Houghton
Houghton county grand jury was charged by Judge H. H. O'Brien to investigate the kidnapping of Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners. The panel was the first in the county to convene for such a case and reviewed Michigan kidnapping statutes with penalties of up to $5,000 fine or indeterminate prison sentence.
Mitchell Opposes Statewide Strike in Michigan Union Action
Chicago Jan 3 John Mitchell former head of the United Mine Workers of America says he will not support the proposed statewide strike in Michigan nor a general strike of iron ore in the Upper Peninsula as resolutions passed by the Negaunee and Ishpeming unions Friday.
Anna Held Contempt Hearing Notice in New York
Anna Held did not appear for an oral examination in court in New York on January 3. The absence triggers potential contempt of court action as the examiner notes the failure to submit to the ordered examination.
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Anna
York
Anna Hel
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Docker
Mr. Dockery
Tional News Service
Tennessee
Mexi
Cook Dangels London
Cablé
Sylvia Pankhurst
Secretary of Commerce
Kern and
ST. Louis
Jersey Coast
George M. Sands
Normandie
Rockaway
Edgemere
Edgemere Club
Lograine
Arverne Hotel
Arverne Theatre
Cleveland
Blizzar
Country Club
Department of Last
Michigan
Mitchell
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