Taft pardons Charles W Morse after medical review
President Taft pardons former banker Charles W Morse following examination by Surgeon General Torney. Morse, hospitalized at Fort McPherson Ga, had sinking spells but doctors say he is not in immediate danger. Morse’s family in Baltimore expresses relief as news spreads nationwide.
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Taft
Charles W. Morse
Torney
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J. A. Finch
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Army Hospital
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Hot Springs
Ark
Baltimore
Harry F. Morse
Benjamin W
Harry F
Miss Anna
Elsinore Avenue
Walbrook
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Anna Morse
California
New York
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Wrestler Jenkins to Instruct New York Police
Tom Jenkins former world wrestling champion joins New York police as a trainer to teach mat techniques at headquarters next week. He currently instructs at West Point Military Academy. Commissioner Waldo says training will help officers arrest offenders with less brutality.
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New York
Tom Jenkins
Waldo
West Point Military Academy
Digging Gold at 60 Below Near Sixty Mile
With the temperature at 60 below zero prospectors push toward new gold diggings at Sixty Mile. Shaft sinking continues as the gold commissioner renames the main south fork Matson creek after discoverer John Matson, who first prospected the find 14 years ago.
Inspector Lose Job in Major Chicago Police Disciplinary Case
Chicago reform drive ends third big trial as Police Inspector John Wheeler and four aides are found guilty of inefficiency and neglect and ordered discharged. The ruling follows a city wide probe into protected vice and gambling begun last September. Wheeler served 33 years. others had 20 plus years. 12 detectives face pending charges.
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Chicago
John Wheeler
South Side
Civil Service Commission
Patrick J. Harding
John BR. Enright
Daniel Keleher
George T. Prim
McWeeny
Inspector Wheeler
Plunkett
West Side
Police Department
Enright
Woman Convicted of Assault in Seattle Case
Mrs. Christiana M. Olsen was found guilty of assault in the third degree for attacking Superior Judge John F. Main with a horsewhip. The jury of ten men returned the verdict after two women jurors swung the panel. The judge had set aside a verdict against the Olsens in an eviction and back rent suit.
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Seattle
Wash
Christiana M. Olsen
John F. Main
Main
Olsene
Duchess Consuelo Vanderbilt denied court dispensation
London reports that Consuelo Vanderbilt the Duchess of Marlborough remains barred from court functions despite rumors of a royal dispensation from King George and Queen Mary An unnamed royal household source firmly denies any such permit.
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Consuelo
London
Duchess of
Famous Incendiary Dies In Toledo At 85
Jack Page once confessed to arson and sparked alarms across northwestern Ohio. He served time for complicity in fires in Williams County and died in Toledo at eighty five.
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Toledo
Ohio
Jack Page
Ohio Penitentiary
Williams County
Page
Legacy of a Hundred Thousand Dollars Vanishes
Violet Buehler fled from Chicago to New York where she worked as a maid. In New York the foster mother refused to reclaim her. The court sent Violet to Chicago to face custody and the case notes Bert Rothman had once left $100000 to her in a will, but a new will cuts her off. Detectives plan transfer back to Chicago following Humane Society records.
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New York
Violet Buehler
Chicago
Herman Buehier
Violet
Dr. Gerton
Bert Rothman
Koerner
Chicago Humane Society
Trunk Theft Leads to $400 Judgment in Utah Court
Mrs Thomas Homer won $400 after claiming railroad negligence caused loss of her trunk. A thief swapped checks at the Oregon Short Line station in Salt Lake City and took the trunk, the district court ruled the railway must pay actual value beyond the $100 limit on the signed ticket.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Thomas Homer
Oregon Short Line
Homer
Heyburn Attacks Gompers Over Senate Letter Clash
Senator Heyburn of Idaho condemned a proposed letter from President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to the Senate, citing McNamara case concerns. He withdrew the objection after learning the letter merely protested power presses in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
McNamara
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Stephenson Election Probe Clears Senator of Bribery Charges
The Heyburn subcommittee report finds no proof of corruption or bribery in the Wisconsin election of Senator Isaac Stephenson. Campaign managers admitted spending $107,793 for nomination amid a fierce Republican split with La Follette factions. Three inquiries followed his 1909 victory, with the Wisconsin legislature urging Senate review.
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Washington
Heyburn
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
United States Senate
Robert M. LaFollette
Senate
Assassins Strangled After Bombing Premier Yuan's Car
In Peking three men arrested after a bomb attack on Premier Yuan Shi Kai's carriage were strangled. Yuan attended memorial rites for his escort captain killed by a splinter. He took three days' leave, possibly to avoid palace conference on abdication. Mongol princes oppose abdication. two foreigners arrested. US troops from Manila arrived at Chin Wang Tao aboard Logan. Capt J H Reeves met them.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Imperial
United States
Manila
Logan
Chin Wang Tao
J. H. Reeves
Legation
Cim
Wang Tao
No Hope for Richeson in Boston Clemency Denied
Boston report says Clarence V. T. Richeson, condemned for the murder of Avis Linnell, faces execution by electric chair on May 19 as clemency prospects fade. Counsel and friends acknowledge slim chance of reprieve and plan to reveal final doubt around May 9 or 10.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Diet and Health Hints on Infant Mortality
At the international congress Nathan Straus argues nearly half of infant deaths in America stem from improper feeding. He stresses nutrition as the key to disease resistance, noting other causes are comparatively rare. He urges redirecting effort from scientific cooking to feeding practices for both adults and infants.
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International Congress For
Nathan Straus
New York
America
Democratic national convention called for 1912 in Baltimore
Norman B. Mack and Urey Woodson announce the 1912 Democratic National Convention to be held in Baltimore on June 26. Each state will send two delegates and alternates for each senator and two delegates for each representative, with Alaska District of Columbia Philippines Hawaii and Puerto Rico getting six delegates and six alternates each.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Norman B. Mack
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Alaska
District of Columbia
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Wistow Hall Wreck Believed Total Loss Off Aberdeenshire
The British steamer Wistow Hall lies wrecked on the Bullers of Buchan off Aberdeenshire. Fifty three crew drowned with only three Las tar s and the captain reaching shore as immense seas prevented lifeboat launch.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Bullers of
Buchan
Aberdeenshire
Homicide Convictions Reported in New York County
New York January 19. In 1911 New York county disposed of 40 homicide cases. Only one case was convicted of murder in the first degree. Twelve were convicted of murder in the second degree. Twenty were convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and seven of manslaughter in the second degree.
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New York
New York County
House panel eyes probes into Harvester trust
Washington reports that after testimony by Lowe Green and Lobeck the Rules Committee recommends extending the steel trust inquiry to include the Harvester trust. A special committee should probe the money trust and a joint House Senate panel should study the shipping combine. Lobeck notes Harvester bought 20 million dollars of steel stock. He questions rewards to J Pierpont Morgan and George W Perkins for promoting International Harvester.
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Washington
F. J. Lowe
New York
W. H. Green
Creighton
Neb
C. O. Lobeck
Chicago
Steel Trust
House Committee On Rules WI
Stanley
Harvester Trust
Money Trust
Shipping Combine
House
Senate
Lobeck
J. Pierpont Morgan
George W. Perkins
International Harvester Company
Miners Refuse Socialism at United Mine Workers Meet
In Indianapolis Jan 19 the United Mine Workers of America rejected a Socialist resolution by 515 to 155. John P White of Oskaloosa Illinois was re elected president by 104015 votes to 68591 for Tomas Lewis of Bridgeport Ohio. Frank J Hayes won re election as vice president by 64824 over Samuel Pascoe of Illinois. Edwin Perry was not opposed for reelection as secretary treasurer.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John P. White
Oskaloosa
United Mine Workers
Tomas L. Lewis
Bridgeport
White
Lewis
Frank J. Hayes
Samuel Pascoe
Ilinois
Edwin Perry
Sheiks Meet King George at Port Sudan
Royal yacht Hner Medina calls at Port Sudan for King George to receive native sheiks and Sudanese leaders. He praises religious freedom in the region and recalls the feats of Khar toum and Lord Kitchener's victories.
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Port Sudan
Hner Medina
George
Khartoum
Lord Kitchener
Nurse Rosella Purdy Dies After Hospital Dish Mixup
In Racine Wisconsin on January 19 a hospital error at St Luke s hospital involved using a dish meant for a typhoid fever patient on a nurse from Stevens Point named Rosella Purdy. The mistake is cited as the cause of her death.
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Racine, Wis
St. Luke's Hospital
Rosella Purdy
Stevens Point
Taft Hilts Cuban Intervention Unneeded Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson said after a meeting with President Taft that the United States does not need to intervene in Cuba. A Havana conference with Cuban leaders and veterans ended with renewed patriotism and a resolve to preserve the republic. Col Orestes Ferrara said the trouble arose from Congress withholding civil service hiring for veterans as a condition for concessions.
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War Stimson
Taft
United States
Cuba
Ts! Gomex
Arma
Republic
Orestes Ferrara
House of Representatives
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