Favors Law for Hurt Workmen
J D Beck Wisconsin labor commissioner argues workmen compensation is needed in the United States. He cites 80 000 deaths and 600 000 injuries yearly and notes most nations have such laws. He praises foreign experience and urges remedial legislation as Taft attends a federation banquet with elected officers.
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New York
J. D. Beck
Labor
Wisconsin
National Civic Federation
United States
Beck
Germany
Great Britain
Hartje’s Son Peanut Boy Court Fight Deepens
In Pittsburg December 16 Augustus Hartje the millionaire and his wife Mary Hartje faced intensified divorce hearings. He admits missing alimony of 416.66 monthly while alleging his wife neglects the children and disobeys court orders on custody. He claims their son Scott Hartje is selling peanuts in a theater. Judge Frazer adjourned the case to December 30.
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hart$e
Mary Scott Hartje
Hartje
Scott Hartje
Frazer
MacMonnies Sails to Pack Home Goods in France
Frederick William MacMonnies, famed American sculptor, sails from New York to France to collect household effects from his Normandy home and then return to make the United States his permanent residence. He declares he has lived abroad long enough and intends to spend his remaining years in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMonnies
France
New York
Frederick William MacMonnies
America
Frederick W. Macmonnies
Normandy
Schwab Predicts Electric Rail Production Supersedes Bessemer
In Washington Schwab testifies before the Ways and Means Committee disputing Carnegie views. He says costs in steel rails rise, predicts no Bessemer works in five years and rails and structural steel will move to open hearth. He forecasts electric manufacture surpassing open hearth in ten years and Bethlehem Steel imports iron ore from Cuba.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bessemer Steel
United States
Mr. Schwab
Schwab
Germany
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cuba
Supreme Court Rules Witness Had Right to Refuse to Answer
Springfield Dec 16 The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the Cook County criminal court ruling against Horace Argo for contempt after he refused to answer questions before a grand jury probing gambling and bribery tied to the steamer City of Traverse as a horse race pool room in Lake Michigan. The lower court had fined 500 and jailed him six months.
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Supreme Court
Springfield
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Horace Argo
State Supreme Court
Argo
Traverse
Lake Michigan
Taft Describes Chat With Golf Expert As Mumble-Puppy Talk
President Taft compared his conversation with golf authority Walter J. Travis to a talk between an expert and a man who plays golf like a mumble puppy. The remark appeared in a New York report dated December 16.
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Taft
New York
Walter J. Travis
W. I. Taft
Bonds Committee Named to Prepare Waterways Measures
Under authority of the rivers and harbors congress, Rep. Ransdell of Louisiana announced a committee to draft congressional measures for issuing 500 million dollars in bonds to finance national waterway projects. The panel includes J. Hampton Moore, Swager Shirley, J. N. Teal, and Albert Rettlinger.
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Congress
Washington
Ransde!l of
Lousiana
J. Hlampton Moore
Philadelphia
Swager Shirley
Kentucky
J. N. Teal
Oregon
Albert Rettinger
Ohio
Weather Outlook for Illinois to Lower Michigan
Weather forecast: Illinois Indiana and Lower Michigan expect cloudy skies with rain or snow. Iowa and Wisconsin see fair conditions followed by rain or snow later.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Markets Report From Chicago And East Buffalo
Chicago wheat and corn prices listed by sample with small variances and varied hard red and spring grades. Live stock at Chicago shows hogs cattle and sheep receipts with mixed to strong quotations across heavy packing to good stockers. East Buffalo traders Durning Stevens report cattle hogs and lambs with slow to steady movement and modest price levels. Elgin butter market notes creamery and firsts prices across grades.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Durning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Building Collapse Kills One Man in Baltimore Mill
A five story building housing Joseph H. Thomas & Sons planing mill on Leadenhall street collapsed. Richard Brooks sustained probably fatal injuries and James Spring was badly hurt. William Hennick was buried in the wreckage and killed.
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Baltimore
Joseph H. Thomas & Sons
Leadenhall Street
Richard Brooks
James Spring
William Hennick
First woman to pull teeth and practice dentistry
New York Dec 16 Mrs R Truch sess said to be the oldest woman dentist in the country died of pneumonia in Bellevue hospital at age seventy eight. She was the first woman in the United States to receive a license to practice dentistry.
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New York
R. Truchsess
Bellevue Hospital
United States
Weston Leaves Manila After Health Causes Command Change
Major General F Weston relinquished command of the Philippines division due to ill health and sailed home aboard the transport Sheridan. The departure prompted a notable display of friendship from colleagues and subordinates.
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Manila
F. Weston
Philippines
Home
Sheridan
Escaped in Pajamas: Bellevue Prison Ward Inmate Flees
Benjamin Clary, a Negro butler, escaped from the Bellevue Hospital prison ward in the night. It is said to be the first escape from that ward. He wore pajamas and slipped away despite two policemen on duty.
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Bellevue Hospital
New York
Benjamin Clary
Chief Biggy's Body Found in San Francisco Bay
The body of Chief of Police Biggy, who drowned from the police launch Patrol, was found floating in the bay. The date is given as December 16 in San Francisco.
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Biggy
San Francisco
Governor Smith to Take Leave of Absence
Governor General Smith of the Philippines will return home in several months for a leave of absence. Washington confirms the schedule as part of the planned休休.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Washington
Philippines
Vienna bakery offers fresh shelled nuts and local notices
Local news notes Mrs FE G Rabenold visiting from Ainsworth and Dr A A Sandy in Richland on professional business. Mentions homemade mincemeat at Lemley’s and Grush Brintley’s meat market. Families travel for holidays and Christmas ads urge readers to check Journal notices for holiday bargains.
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A. A. Sandy
Richland
Lemley’s
Grush & Brintley
Local Notices and Movements From Richland Area
Signet rings advertised at all prices at C. Lemmon’s. Fresh homemade candies at the Vienna. Wm. Sutherland leaves for St. Louis to visit his ill brother A. R. Sutherland. Mrs. J. M. Fleak returns to Brighton after visiting Miss S. J. Cassady. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gould depart Morris, Illinois, for Los Angeles for the winter. K. Clapper and Dora depart for Stuttgart to visit relatives. Mrs. D. C. Olive and children leave Richland after visiting the Hayes home. Olive bought a Richland grocery. The Olive family previously lived in Metz, Missouri.
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Dick Fisher
West Chester
A. H. Wallace
Leigh H. Wallace
Ben
Virginia
California
Palo Alto
Wm. Sutherland
St. Louis
A. R. Sutherland
H. B. Gould
Morris, Ill
Los Angeles
Calif
D. C. Olive
Edith
George
Perry Hayes
Richland
Mr. Olive
Alfre Sringle
Olive
Metz
Guilty of Counterfeiting Alleged in Local Case
A defendant was found guilty of counterfeiting after passing counterfeit money, while the case references an alleged counterfeit remedy substitution for Foley's Honey and Tar. The report notes Lemmon's Pharmacy in connection with the case.
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Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
County Farm Board Invoices Property and Livestock
The Board of Supervisors inspected the County Farm yesterday and invoiced personal property totaling 6246 dollars. Two carloads of horses were shipped by Burlington lines with De Lancey and Mc Collum Cherryholmes handling the freight bound for St Louis and Buffalo New York. George Pritchard accompanied the Buffalo shipment and Amos Durst visited Ottumwa. City bus line advertises phone orders for Frank Rogers.
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Board of Supervisors
Burlington
St. Louis
Buffalo
N. Y
W. H. de Lancey
McCollum & Cherryholmes
George Pritchard
New York City
Frank Rogers
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STECK
FOX & Dewey
Civic Federation
Federation
Seth Low
Samuel Gompers
Nathan J. Bachelder
Ellison A. Smyth
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Isaac N. Seligman
Ralph P. Faulkner
Peanut Boy
Steel
Mrs. Doyle
City OF
Cash Grain Market
Elgin
Weston
Steck’s
Vienna
FE. G. Rabenold
City
Ainsworth
D. W. Burroughs
Leslie
Iowa City
Lemmon
J. M. Fleak
Brighton
S. J. Cassady
K. Clapper
Miss Dora
Ira Clapper
Stuttgart
Ark
Invoice
Amos Durst
Ottumwa
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