Ulster Unionists raise five million fund for kin of fallen
An announcement from Captain James Craig states a five million dollar fund has been raised to indemnify relatives of the killed and wounded among Ulster volunteers. The indemnity is contingent on hostilities between Ulster Unionists and the Irish government after any home rule action. The Unionists vow to resist home rule by armed means.
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Irc
Iiled
Ulster i Volunteers
James Craig
Unionmeer
East Dowd
Ulster
Premature talk on Southern Railway trusteeship dissolving
AP reports speculation that the Southern Railway voting trust may be dissolved soon. Trustees led by J. P. Morgan and George F. Baker have controlled the stock since 1909 though proposals to retire the trust have circulated for years. They reportedly see no reason to continue the trusteeship and align with Morgan & Company policy.
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Associated Press
New York
Southern Railway
J. P. Morgan & G
George F. Baker
Charles Lajer
Seeveral
Isi
Morgan
P. Morgan & Company
Maritime bustle at port with multiple ships loading and sailing
The port reported several vessels in action including the Farnham and Harmonic docked or loading for Buenos Aires and New Orleans. The Annie, Ferox, and Mary Wittich were active in quarantine or towing duties while the Belize and Wyvisbrook prepared for voyages to European ports and Kobe. A Strathstay cargo ship and a pine carrier were noted in port with annual cargo movements ongoing.
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Farnham
Westerbury
Munsonumship Line
Galveston
Texas
Harmonic
Sprosen
J. A. Walsh Stevedoring Company
Orleans
Buenos Air
Annie
Tringer
Ferox
Mary Wittich
Belize
Laubenheimer Steamship Line
B. H
Wyvisbrook
Muir
London
Eboro
Bechuana
Atlantic
Gulf East Line
Kobe
Japan
Anah
Aam
Edward G.mpson
Guanta
Strathstay
Y Hartwell
Cotn
Urna. Com -Heynigen
Judge E F Speer Cleared To Attend Trial
Federal Judge Emory F Speer of the Southern District of Georgia says his health has recovered enough to attend the judiciary committee hearings on charges about his official conduct The sub committee led by Webb Floyd and Volstead plans to begin in Macon on January 19 with over a hundred witnesses likely to be subpoenaed and hearings possibly in Macon Savannah and Augusta
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Associated Press
Washington
Emory F. Speer
Southern
District of Georgia
House Judiciary Committee
Webb
North Carolina
Floyd
Arkansas
Volstead
Minnesota
Macon
Wilson Invited to Jackson Miss to Address Legislature
Pass Christian Mississippi January 10 A joint Mississippi State legislature committee invited President Wilson to Jackson to address a joint session and discuss trust legislation while Wilson said he would return home on Sunday after arranging meetings with Senate and House leaders in Washington.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Mississippi
Wilson
Jackson
Senate
House
Washington
East Gulfport
Agreement Reached in Division of Spoils in Albania Frontiers
Rome Jan 10 Premier Venizelos met with Marquis di San Giuliano to confirm a final accord on the southern frontier of Albania. Italy Austria and Germany back the London conference lines. Aegean Islands to be divided with Greece gaining Chios and Mitylene while Italy’s holdings are set for direct talks between Constantinople and Rome.
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Associated Press
Rome
Venizelos
Greece
Marquis di San Giuliano
Albania
Italy
Austria
Germany
London
Aegean
Edward Grey
Chios
Mitylene
Constantinople
Michigan Grange Aims Tax on Ore Output and Iron
The Michigan Grange seeks 45,000 signatures to push a ballot measure for a half cent per pound tax on copper mine output and a tonnage tax on iron ore at two and a half percent of mined value. The legislative committee discussed securing passage of both laws.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
State Grange
Michigan
Legislative Committee of the Grange
Englishman Arrested in New York for $50,000 Check Forgery
Kenneth Gordon, a young Englishman, was arrested in New York on January 9 charged with robbing his Manchester importing firm of $50,000 by forging endorsements on checks. Detectives say Gordon confessed, claiming he lost the money while making books on horse races.
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Associated Press
New York
Kenneth Gordon
Manchester
Gordon
Material for Another Mill
James Bowron former treasurer and director of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad now president of Gulf States Steel testified in the government anti trust suit in Birmingham claiming the Steel Corporation acquisition was not illegal and would benefit the Birmingham district. The hearing will include twelve witnesses in Birmingham before moves to New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
James Bowron
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Gulf States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Company
Bowron
Steel Corporation
The
New Orleans
Compensation law helps the sufferers
Madison Wis Jan 10 In two years since Wisconsin workmen compensation law began employers paid 390354 73 in indemnity to injured workers and dependents, per the state industrial commission. The medical relief provision is estimated to equal about half that amount.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
State Industrial Commission
Fight Set Over Denison Philippine Commission Nomination
Washington January 10. Senate opposition to the confirmation of Winfred T. Denison of New York to the Philippine commission will be pursued at a Philippines committee meeting next Tuesday.
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Denison
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Winfred T. Denison
New York
Philippine Commission
The
Philippines Committee
Scalp Trouble Cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment
Mrs Sidney Park reports a baby with red scaly scalp sores spreading across the head causing itching and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for six weeks, the scalp healed and hair growth resumed along with renewed curls. Liberal samples offered by mail from Cuticura.
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Box 35
Lithonia
Sidney Park
Murder Verdict Sustained in Lynn Marsh Case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overruled exceptions by W A Dorr of Stockton California to his first degree murder conviction for killing George E Marsh a Lynn soap manufacturer in April 1912. The court held the jury correctly found the location as a fact and rejected Dorr's claim of self defense after his ride with Marsh over a trust fund issue for Miss Orpha Marsh.
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Associated Press
Boston
W. A. Dorr
Stockton
Cal
George .E. Marsh
Lynn
Supreme Court
Dorr
Marsh
Suffolk County
Essex County
Orpha Marsh
Will Parade for Miner Prisoners in Victoria
Vancouver B C women and daughters of coal miners will march in Victoria on January 16 during the legislature session to present a petition at government house calling for the release of the imprisoned miners from the Vancouver Island strike disturbances last August.
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Vancouver
B. C
Jane
Vancouver Island
Victoria
Government House
Woman Tutor Talks Plainly on Women’s Education
Dr Carolyn Geisel of Shofter College Rome Ga addresses the National Conference on Race Betterment. She decries women’s colleges for failing to train for life livelihood or motherhood and says graduates emerge physically wrecked with useless information and fashion fixation.
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Associated Press
Battle Creek
Mich
Carolyn Geisel
Shofter College
Rome
Mle
Wonderful Cough Remedy From Dr King’s Discovery
Eldson Tenn merchant D P Lawson praises King’s New Discovery as a miracle cough cold and lung medicine. Ad claims it relieves obstinate coughs and colds and benefits long troubles. Family use emphasized with home stock suggested. Priced 60 cents and 1.00. Available from H Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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D. P. Lawson
Eldson
Tenn
King
Dr. King
H. FE. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Ten Cent Overcharge Proved Expensive
In Buffalo New York on January 10 a ten cent overcharge on a freight package led to a federal court ruling against the American Express Company costing $500 in penalties. The Adams Express Company faced a comparable fine for alleged rebating.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Express Company
Adams Express Company
Mischief Quartette and its Work
January lists its influenza and bronchitis victims. La grippe weakens the system and hints at debility. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops coughs and heals inflamed tissues, preventing grippes from worsening, with no opiates. Van Antwerp Drug Corp. 4 a vx.
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Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Kidnapping in East Baltimore Tinka Ranko and Stolen Lifetime Savings
In East Baltimore a 12 year old girl Rosie Ranko says three men tied her to a bedpost and abducted her 17 year old sister Tinka Ranko. They stole 1450 dollars from the family savings. the father reported the crime after searching the Gypsy settlement and police issued warrants for Peter Eli and Spiro de Metro of Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Rosie Ranko
Tinka Ranko
Rosie
Ranko
Peter
Eli
Spiro de Metro
Philadelphia
Smith
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Joint Committee of Legislature
Alabama
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