Democrats recommit Wood resolution on stock market leak
Washington January 12 Democrats abandon plans to close the inquiry into the stock market leak tied to Wilson peace notes and recommit the Wood resolution to the rules committee amid Republican charges of evidence. Representative Wood defended the move saying he was compelled to act because reports alleged high up profiteering from advance information.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Wood
Rules Committee
Congress
Changes urged in Idaho legal system by bar association
Boise July 12 The Idaho State Bar session reviews key reforms from the committee on jurisprudence and law reform led by S H Hays Boise proposals include expanding the supreme court to five members and allowing commissioners to assist. appeals under 500 dollars. reducing public utilities commission to one member. moving irrigation cases to the state engineer with a three member board. and accepting verdicts by 10 jurors in most criminal trials.
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Boise
Idaho State Bar Association
United States Court Room
S. H. Hays
Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
State Land Board
Prof. Iddings
Idaho
Iddings
Eb, Ammons
Ammons
Chicago
T. W. Tomlinson
American Livestock Association
Mr. Ammons
Tomlinson
American National Livestock Association
Teutons Make Big Advance Threatening Galatz Port
Allied reports describe renewed German push toward the Romanian port of Galatz with Russians pushed back between Braila and Galatz and the town reportedly captured. Heavy Somme fighting continues as two British attacks fail to gain ground while fighting in northern Russia intensifies.
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Galatz
Braila
Somme
Hillstrom ashes to be scattered at public meeting
In Hillstrom’s last request his ashes were to be scattered in various parts of the country. A public meeting in St James park in Jose will carry out the plan under the Industrial Workers of the World. Salt Lake officials say ashes will not be brought to Utah or Salt Lake to scatter.
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Yn Jose
Cal
Joseph Hillstrom
Salt Lake
St. James’ Park
Industrial Workers of the World
Hillstrom
George W. Childs
E. First South
Utah
Mr. Childs
Chicago
Wilson to Speak at St John’s Centennial Service
President Wilson has accepted an invitation to address the centennial celebration of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Washington D C tomorrow. The church has hosted more presidents than any other in the capital.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
St. John’s
Munitions Plant Explodes In New Jersey Fire
A two hour series of explosions at the Canadian Car and Foundry plant in Lyndhurst New Jersey caused a massive fire and panic. Workers fled across ice and meadows as authorities investigated accidental causes and possible Russian shell shipments. Many residents returned to damaged Kingsland after the blaze.
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New York
Canadian Car & Foundry Company
Lyndhurst
N. J
Jersey City
Hackensack Meadows
James J. Kelly
Snake Hill Penitentiary
Berry Creek
New Jersey
Kingsland
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Russian Commission
Europe
Guardsmen May Have a Chance
Washington D C Jan 12 At examinations today and tomorrow nationwide enlisted National Guard members from states and DC will get their first chance to enter the United States Military Academy as cadets Congress authorized twelve appointments per state and territory each year. Qualified due for regular exams in March. appointments awarded by merit at the regular test.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
District of Columbia
United States Military Academy
Congress
Secretary of War
West Point
Hughes May Be Elected President of NY Bar Association
Charles RB Hughes, late Republican presidential candidate, is slated for election as president of the New York State Bar Association at its annual Brooklyn meeting. Named by a nominating committee chaired by Alton B Parker, the nomination is effectively election.
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New York
Charles RB. Hughes
United States
New York State Bar Association
Brooklyn
Hughes
Alton B. Parker
Copper Market Steady in Early Jan Quarters
Metal market report from New York shows copper prices holding steady for the first to third quarters with quotes ranging from $26.50 to $32.50. The brief note indicates a stable session without major shifts in the metal’s value.
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Metal Market
New York
Prize Seed Brings Big Auction Prices
At the Ida ho Technical school Seedgrowers convention auction seeds from grain grass potato and corn entries sold to the highest bidders. Dicklow irrigated spring wheat brought 28 a bushel to BE A Beasley Idaho Falls while white clover and Alsike clover fetched 24 and 20 respectively. Shepherd bought prime Smyrna oats at 18 and first prize alfalfa at 15, with Tobias Caldwell acting as auctioneer.
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Idaho Technical School
BE. A. Beasley
Idaho Falls
BE. Shepherd
North Section Water Company
Jerome
Shepherd
R. D. Houts
Rockland
Idaho
Tobias
Caldwell
Seedgrowers’ Association
Funeral plans announced for Buffalo Bill Cody
Denver dispatch notes funeral Sunday at Fort Logan with federal troops forming a detachment. Colorado National Guard invited to the cortege. State capitol to lie in state, Elks and Masons to handle services, and Cody to be buried at Leouhout mountain after a Catholic baptism per family accounts.
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Denver
Fort Logan
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Harry P. Gamble
Colorado National Guard
The
Elks
Colonel Cody
Colorado
Senate
Cody
Capitol
Leolhout Mountain
L. E. Decker
Suffragists Picket White House In Cold Washington Day
In below freezing conditions on January 12 Washington suffragists again picketed the White House to press their cause on President Wilson. The president invited them inside earlier and greeted their salute with a smile as he left for golf. As the day wore on the sentinels marched in military precision despite the cold.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Executive Mansion
Oil crude price hits new mid continental high
Independence January 12 oil market reports Prairie Oil & Gas raised crude by ten cents a barrel to 1.70 dollars, claimed to be fifteen cents above the prior mid continent peak.
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Independence
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Mid-Continent
Children Driven to Work Amid High Living Costs
Hicazo reports that rising living costs drive more children to leave school and seek employment, according to the superintendent of schools.
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Hicazo
Thaw in serious condition after botched death attempt
Thaw slashed his throat and cut his wrist in a suicide attempt. Doctors say he may leave the hospital in two weeks unless he swallowed poison tablets found in his pockets. He is guarded as the case is prepared for arraignment on a charge of attempting death by own action.
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Philadelphia
Thaw
Tate
New York
Phillips Nominated to Higher State Post in Washington
William Phillips of Massachusetts, third assistant secretary of state, was nominated to become assistant secretary to replace John F. Osborne. Breckenridge Long, a St. Louis lawyer, was nominated to succeed Phillips.
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Washington
William Phillips
Massachusetts
John FE. Osborne
Breckenridge Long
St. Louis
Phillips
Coldest Day of Winter Hits Gotham This Jan
New York reports the coldest day of the season with temperatures dipping to seven degrees. A snowstorm and frigid conditions at sea accompany the widespread cold, as passengers arrive noting the harsh winter weather.
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Gotham
New York
Weather Bureau
Idaho Farmers Conventions Celebrate Week in Pocatello
A week of joint sessions in Pocatello brought the Idaho Seed Growers Dairymen Swinegrowers and Livestock associations together with the Farmers and Housekeepers week under one roof. Lectures by university extension experts and Washington officials covered cost of living farming methods and livestock practices. The gathering featured a banquet by the Commercial Club and strong support from local business leaders.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Seedgrowers’ Association
Idaho State Dairymen's Association
Idaho State Swinegrowers’ Association
Idaho State Livestock Association
Idaho Technical School
Idaho
West
Washington
Extension Department
The
State University
Idaho Agriculturist
University Extension Department
Idaho Tech
Pocatello Commercial Club
American Painter Thomas Moran Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
In his East Hampton studio Moran the dean of American painters is feted on his eightieth birthday. Born in Bolton England he rose from loom mender to landscape master, aided by James Hamilton. He studied in Paris and earned fame illustrating then painting the Rocky Mountain scenery.
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New York
East Hampton
L. I
Thomas Moran
Bolton
England
America
Philadelphia
James Hamilton
Paris
United States
Rocky Mountains
General Joffre Celebrates Sixty Fifth Birthday
Paris, Jan 12. General Joseph Joffre, honored with the title and rank of marshal of France on retirement from command, marks his sixty fifth birthday born January 12, 1852 in the Pyrenees-Orientales. His career spanned over forty years with prominence as chief of staff at the war’s start and as a renowned military engineer. His strategic vision halted the German advance toward Paris and redirected forces to the frontier.
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Paris
Joseph Joffre
France
Pyrenees-Orientales
Joffre
Wheat Prices Fall in Chicago Market Report
Chicago commodity desk notes May wheat closing at 91.84 cents, corn at 97 3/4 cents, and oats at 96 1/2 cents, reflecting broad gains in grains.
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Chicago
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