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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
1
President Wilson delivers a joint address on the trust question. He urges laws to prohibit interlocking corporate boards, regulate railroad financing, and clarify anti trust definitions. He stresses targeting individuals who misuse corporate power, not entire businesses, and calls for fairness in liability and private litigation remedies.
Former Gov William Sulzer testified under oath in the John Doe inquiry that Charles Murphy of Tammany Hall organized bid activity around canal contracts Nos 71 and 72A tied to James Stewart of St Louis. Sulzer said Murphy censured him for aiding Stewart and urged appointing Jim Gaffney state highway commissioner amid pressure to tilt the Laur. He indicated he may appear before the grand jury to answer further questions about the Stewart bid scheme.
Peter H Bowler the county recorder refused the marriage license for Salvador Patino a Filipino and Miss Cecile Handley an American girl on grounds Missouri laws forbid issuing licenses to a Mongolian and a Caucasian.
A Washington gallery observer recorded President Wilson's reading of his trust message noting pronunciation details. The observer transcribes hither as eyether been as bean personnel as pare-sohn nell, reflecting a phonetic interpretation of the president's speech.
Five persons perished in a house fire that gutted the Samuel Bloise residence in Alpena Michigan. Mrs Bloise and three children died alongside her brother in law. A 14 year old son and an infant escaped the flames.
Walter Lownds who abducted his former wife, now Mrs. William Moss, returned with her to her home in Detroit and was severely beaten by Moss. Mrs. Moss has returned home.
A rear end collision between crowded street cars in the shopping district injures 25 people, six seriously. Three women shoppers are among the seriously injured.
Hoboken New Jersey Port Lafayette Talbot principal of public school No 8 has been suspended on charges alleging inappropriate conduct with a female janitorial worker in a classroom.
Julia Flake 15 urged stepfather Robert Higgins to murder her mother for love and estate motives. Higgins cites Julia and his own remorse but defense cites shielding the girl. Relatives seek leniency, with letters claimed as evidence of Julia's plan and Higgins’ influence. Witnesses portray Higgins as cowardly, and the pair’s statements conflict over who incited the crime.
An international conference on safety at sea concluded with delegates from 14 nations signing a convention. It lays down regulations aimed at improving security for ships and passengers and marks a thorough formal agreement on the future standards.
Mrs Marian Thornton Egbert sues Percival W Clement a leading Vermont figure in New York claiming he owes 12916 for services rendered in preparing the Clement family genealogical record.
Detroit workers under Henry Ford receive first profit sharing of the new scheme. Eighty eight employees participate with total payout of 27566 dollars averaging 31.22 dollars per week.
Milwaukee dispatches from Northern Michigan report that Iron Range miners may declare a strike within two weeks by the Western Federation of Miners to pressure Congress to intervene in the copper strike.
Oklahoma City jury acquits J. M. Rule editor of a Hobart newspaper on a charge of grafting the state by inflating printing claims. The defended claim centered on improper charges for print work.
Stephen Toth, 18, told Judge Costello he robbed a Passaic home to learn shoemaking and go back to the reformatory. The case centers on a youth seeking skills and a second chance, illustrating the link between crime and reform.
McAlester Oklahoma seven die and three wounded as convicts Tom Lane Chiney Reed and Charles Kuntz try to break from the state penitentiary using Mary Foster and Rice as shields. They seize a horse and buggy but are killed by guards. Warden Dick's officers and Judge J R Thomas among the victims.
Robert Higgins confessed to killing his wife Jan 5 in Galesburg. He implicated his 15 year old stepdaughter Julia Flake who told county officials of a conspiracy to murder Mrs Higgins. Officials cite motive from Mrs Higgins learning of relations and village talks.
In Kagoshima Prefecture three hundred Sakura refugees were buried under a falling cliff after a week of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes wrecked the city. One hundred bodies have been recovered as rescue workers struggle to reach the survivors and assess the damage.
Bland widow of "Silver" Dick Bland of Lebanon, Missouri, now Ivynold suburb resident, receives a clerkship from President Wilson in the Denver internal revenue office run by Mark Skinner.
The disappearance of the submarine A-7 and its 11 crew remains a mystery as Admiralty officials acknowledge the possibility of sinking into quicksand near Plymouth, with searches for the vessel continuing.
Washington Senator Norris introduced a bill to create a bureau in the agriculture department to lend money on farmland at 4 percent for five years, repayable at one-fifth annually. The measure aims to support farmers with long term, affordable financing.
A 62 year old woman, Mrs. Gamble, was confronted at her home a mile and a half south of Poplar Bluff by an unidentified Black assailant who fled the scene. She remains in serious condition. Police are seeking leads on the suspect.
Four year old Harry Eilers of Peoria Illinois was accidentally shot in the right temple. Leroy Erxleben aged twelve fired during a scuffle over an old revolver at the boy’s home. No further details available about injuries or fate.
A. H. Hammett, Cross county Arkansas deputy treasurer who fled in October 1912, is identified as the man known as A H Wood the so called Tennessee judge who with a woman died by self destruction in San Francisco. The woman Blanche Watts of Wynne Arkansas is believed to be his partner. Papers found include a letter from Mrs Josephine Russell of Cuero Texas and an employment form bearing the alias Albert B Wood.
A. H. Hammett known as Wood Hammett a leading Cross county politician and former county treasurer vanished after losing the sheriff race and during his wife’s death. An audit found about 40 000 cash and 30 000 in scrip missing. Grand jury indicted Hammett for embezzlement. he left three children in Arkansas.
Footsore ragged and near famished, 3,500 Mexican federal soldiers and generals, 1,067 women, and about 300 children arrived at Marfa Texas after a 67 mile march over a wind swept mountain road. They were transported by train to Fort Bliss at El Paso.
A small 20 milligram particle of radium from Paris arrives for tests by the federal bureau of standards to standardize radium in the United States. The sample cost $1,500 and will be used in precision studies.
A blaze in a three story brick apartment house at Main and Roseler streets Brockton Massachusetts killed four residents including three men and one woman and injured eight others mostly women in a late night fire.
Frank McGee of Lawrence Kansas, a prominent real estate man, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of using canceled stamps for postage as alleged in the indictment.
A Pennsylvania law takes effect prohibiting funerals from passing free over the Delaware River bridges in Trenton Pennsylvania. Even funeral hearses must pay tolls. The new rule applies to all funeral processions crossing the bridges.
A fragmentary report notes a $1,600 gold plate once presented to President McKinley for the battleship Ohio as a sale item in San Francisco with bidding around $825. The text references a dealer or clerk named Jaunohot and includes uncertain phrases about ownership and provenance.
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