Workmen's Act Getting Results in Wisconsin
The 1912 amendment to Wisconsin's workmen compensation act shows gains. In one month 901 industrial accidents occurred, 791 under compensation. Costs per case total about $417,374 yearly, with medical bills lifting to $626,061. Indemnity rises but workers receive more, and old insurance rates fell 25 percent in February and 15 percent in October. The act cut litigation costs and expanded coverage.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Industrial Commission
Burglars Blow Kennedy Postoffice Safe
Burglars blew the safe in Kennedy postoffice at an early hour. An operator at the telephone exchange alerted authorities but the men escaped without clues. The postmaster had taken all cash home. the robbers reportedly took little of value.
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Jamestown
Kennedy
Oliver Announces Retirement From Senate
Philadelphia February 2 Senator George T Oliver of Pennsylvania said in a church address last night he expects to surrender his office at the end of his current term and return to private life.
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Philadelphia
United States
George T. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Union City man murders wife then commits suicide
Harry W. Goss, 37, an advertising man, shot his estranged wife Mrs. Fred Fields in Union City after a confrontation over alleged alienation. He wounded another wife and then killed himself with a self-inflicted bullet after barricading his door. His brother Charles begged him to surrender.
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Union City
Harry W. Goss
Fred Fields
Goss
Harry
Smallpox epidemic hits North East town in Erie County
In North East Pennsylvania a serious smallpox outbreak has sickened ninety residents in a town of 2000. Dr. J W Wright of the State Board of Health ordered quarantine for fifty five houses and began vaccinating all township inhabitants. The first case appeared two weeks ago and lax quarantine measures are blamed for the rapid spread.
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Erie
North East
Erie County
J. W. Wright
Stae Board of Health
Funeral held for Mrs. Frederick Fields victim of shooting
Corry Pennsylvania February 3 funeral services were held in Union City for Mrs. Frederick Fields formerly Ellnor Doolittle who was shot by Harry Goss. The Rev Homer B Potter officiated. Mrs Fields had lived in Corry and graduated from the high school class of 1895.
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Corry
Frederick Fields
Harry Goss
Union City
Homer B. Potter
Methodist Church
Fields
Elinor Doolittle
Judge James A Beaver Dies in Bellefonte at 76
General James Addams Beaver aged 76, former governor and justice of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, died at his Bellefonte home at 2:40 PM from arteriosclerosis. He leaves wife and two sons Gilbert A Beaver and Thomas Beaver. Funeral set for Tuesday at 10 AM with quiet observance. Born October 21, 1837 at Millerstown Perry County, he studied law under H N McAllister in Bellefonte after graduating from Jefferson College.
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Bellefonte
James Addams Beaver
Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
Gilbert A. Beaver
Thomas Beaver
Beaver
General Beaver
Curtin
Hastings
Millerstown
Perry County
William Penn
Alsac
France
Germany
Chester County
Mifflin County
Old Jefferson College
Canonsburg
H. N. McAllis
Old hound returns to kennel show in Green Bay
An ailing but dignified deer hound named Cap roamed into Turner hall during the North western Wisconsin Poultry and Pet Stock association show. He forced entry, claimed a bench, endured shooing and gibes, then sat proudly all day, receiving attention and good food as onlookers watched a tired veteran old hound make a memorable return.
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Green Bay
Wis
Cap
Northwestern Wisconsin Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Turner Hall
Pinchot Named On Moose Slate For Pennsylvania Race
The Washington party slate for Pennsylvania May 19 primaries lists Gifford Pinchot for U S Senator, William Draper Lewis for Governor, M Clyde Kelly for Lieutenant Governor, Isaac B Brown for Secretary of Internal Affairs, and Charles N Brumm for Supreme Court Justice. Pinchot is unopposed and backed by Roosevelt. Lewis is favored by Bull Moose leaders. Plans to reassign Kelly and Brumm to other offices loom if Edwin S Stuart is nominated, with Kelly targeting lieutenant governor and Brumm the Supreme Court if consolidation occurs.
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M. Clyde Kelly
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Washington Party
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Pike County
William Draper Lewis
Isaac B. Brown
Corry
Supreme Court
Charles N. Brumm
Minnersville
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Braddock
Schuylkill County
Edwin S. Stuart
Republcans
Mr. Kelly
Judge Brumm
Supreme Bench
Four Miners Rescued After Ice Floe Breaks On Lake Winnipeg
Thomas Leclaire known as French Tom and Jack Fielding, both Nevada gold miners, along with two other prospectors, spent two days and three nights stranded on an ice floe ten miles from shore on Lake Winnipeg before being rescued. The four men, nearly starved and frozen, faced a perilous crossing toward Rice Lake goldfields.
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Winnipeg
Man
Thomas Leclaire
Tom
Jack Fielding
Nevada
Rice Lake
Lake
Famous Cruiser Brooklyn Re-enters Service After Over Ten Years
The armored cruiser Brooklyn, flagship of Rear Admiral Sehley at Santiago, is commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard after a decade idle. Rebuilt with water tube boilers, overhauled engines, modern gun carriages, and fireproof woodwork, she will carry 550 aboard when fully staffed and join the Atlantic reserve fleet before possibly sailing to China to relieve the Saratoga.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Sehley
Santiago
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
China
Saratoga
Albino Possum Gift To Wilson Sent To Zoo
Washington report says an albino possum with pink eyes was sent to President Wilson by Scudder Wilson and Kennard Marshall of Rockdale Texas. A Virginia Democrat remarked such an animal is rare and the President declined to keep it, sending the creature to the national zoo.
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Washington
Wilson
Scudder Wilson
Kennard Marshall
Rockdale
Tex
Virginia
Express
Missouri
National Zoo
White House
Ryan Announces For Governor In Pennsylvania Election
City Solicitor Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia announces his Democratic gubernatorial candidacy. He faces possible opposition from Congressman A Mitchell Palmer, Wilson leader in Pennsylvania, who hinted at entering the race after a Montgomery County banquet. Ryan cites past service and pledges a statewide campaign on his platform.
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Pittsburg
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
Palmer
Ryan
Cleveland
Wolf Trap Catches Owl Near Indell Missouri
A trap set for a sheep killing wolf near Indell Missouri snared a large owl by J. W. Olson using a rabbit as bait. The bird was found asleep in the trap and was not ferocious.
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Kansas City
Indell
J. W. Olson
Brooklyn Woman Seeks Missing Husband for Divorce
Mrs Rebecca Purcell of Brooklyn New York advertises for her missing spouse to pursue a divorce and remarry.
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Rebecca Purcell
Brooklyn, N. Y
Little Girl Dead and Mother in Jail in Farm Tragedy
Laura Buffum, 12, died in Little Valley as mother Cynthia Buffum faces murder charges for poisoning Willis Buffum. District Attorney says confession ties the crime to an alleged plan to marry Ernest Frahm, who is also under arrest. The family losses include Norris, a four year old, last May and the father’s death on August 27. Four boys survived illness linked to the incident.
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Little Valley
Laura Buffum
Cynthia Buffum
George W Cole
Ernest Frahm
Buffum
Mondell Attacks Bryan Over Mexican Policy Critique
Rep Frank Mondell assails Secretary Bryan calling Wilson administration policy toward Huerta in Mexico aimless and improvised during a McKinley day dinner in Pittsburgh. He accuses Bryan of drifting with vaudeville style lectures and touring lucrare.
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Pittsburg
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
William J. Bryan
Young Men’s Republican Tariff Club
Huerta
Mexico
Mondell
Billy Sunday Stirs City With Prohibition Push
The Gazette Times and Tele refuse liquor ads provoking Oliver papers to be challenged by A. P. Moore editor of the Leader who demands Oliver publicly renounce liquor and pledge abstinence. Sunday preaches to about a million followers with funds meeting expenses and thousands making professions as crowds swell at the tabernacle with two weeks left.
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Billy Sunday
Gazette Times
Tele
Oliver
Leader
A. P. Moore
George T. Oliver
Post
Tabernacle
Beardsley Case Presented to Mayville Grand Jury
Edward Beardsley, the Summerdale outlaw charged with first degree assault for shooting Poormaster John G. W. Putnam on January 13, faces the grand jury in Mayville. Witnesses include Ethel Austin, Beardsley's estranged wife, who earlier alleged a club attack during a dispute. District Attorney Stearns expects trial within three weeks and a possible additional indictment for grand larceny on a harness theft from James Hall of Westfield. Putnam’s condition is reported as better.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Edward Beardsley
Summerdale
John G. W. Putnam
Mayville
Ethel Austin
Beardsley
Putnam
Gust Anderson
Gerry Colegrove
William S. Stearns
James Hall
Westfield
Virginia Considers Stricter Migratory Bird Protections
Norfolk report details a push for tighter laws to curb pothunters and sale of unlawfully killed migratory birds. A captured pothunter s gun underscores need for a state game warden system to enforce federal and state statutes, with warnings of dwindling turkeys deer and ducks.
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Norfolk
Charles B. Brewster
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Tidewater
New York
Brewster
Washington
Alexandria
Penrose Expected to Seek Senate Renewal
The Warren paper reports Senator Penrose, presumed in ill health, is a candidate to seek reelection. He is said to have discussed the move with Western Pennsylvania Republican leaders and may enter the primaries to succeed himself.
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Aoe
Boies
Eninsylvania
Welees
Philadelphia
Conte
Pennsylvan
Senator Penrosé
Pennsylva
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Warren Mail
MOOSE
I. W. Brown
Dean Lewis
GOV
Schley
Possum
Bryan
Penrose
Jandidate
Will Tr
Warren
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