Inaugural Ball Fizzles as Wilson Inauguration Plans Shift
Washington reports that President-elect Wilson will not be pressured into an inaugural ball or a national reception. The inaugural committee plans to avoid government buildings, focusing on an expanded parade. Cadets may be kept from the march due to cost concerns. Governor Wilson awaits Eustis plan rejection remains likely. Governor Blease blocks South Carolina troops from attending citing editor Gonzales.
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South Carolina
Nevada lawmakers opened session with divorce law reform
Reno January session opened as Governor Oddie urged amending the divorce laws to end the divorcee colony. He proposed raising the residence requirement to one year from six months and legislators appeared inclined to act, signaling the colony may be closed.
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Five Year Old Girl Killed by Street Car in Aurora
In Aurora Illinois a five year old girl Ruth Lamb daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lamb of Montgomery two miles south of Aurora was run over and instantly killed by a street car. Her body was cut to two and scattered along the track.
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Aurora
Seagull Ring Carries 1869 Heligoland Clue
Paris reports a seagull shot by M Blondeau of Quimperle Brittany carried a ring inscribed Return Zoological Station Heligoland dating to 1869. Heligoland was a British possession then and the clue suggests a long lost link to a zoological station.
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Train seized by snow shovelers on Great Northern
News from Tacoma describes sixty five I W W snow shovelers taking passenger train No 4 at Cascade tunnel demanding high wages. The crew complied and the mob headed to Leavenworth where detectives and special officers were arranged to arrest the participants.
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Leo Grosh Chooses Long Trousers for Graduation
In Alton Alabama on January 20 Leo Grosh settled a school dispute by agreeing to wear long trousers at next month’s commencement. Grosh stands five feet eight inches and weighs 100 pounds. The graduation attire decision is now final.
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Death of George R. Smith Father of Senator William A Smith
George R. Smith aged eighty two died at his Santa Ana home after a brief grippe illness. He had been a resident there for twenty years and was the father of United States Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan.
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William Alden Smith
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Santa Ana
Grippe
Utes Go on Warpath in Colorado Mountains
About fifty Ute Indians fled the reservation in southwestern Colorado after a rifle duel left a Mexican sheep herder seriously wounded. They fortified in the Ute mountains and resisted Montezuma county sheriff and Indian Agent Spear while a posse pursues Big Rabbit, the implicated Indian. The incident followed a dispute over camp proximity to Vichel’s herd and escalated after the first Indian was killed.
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Hamburg Line Lowers Steerage Fare to America
The Hamburg American steamship company cuts steerage passage from 39 dollars to 32.20 dollars, effective for voyages from Hamburg. The rate reduction targets budget travelers seeking transatlantic entry.
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Taft Has Busy Day in New York and New Haven
President Taft attended Marble Collegiate Church services and a Riverside drive trip to Grant's tomb then dined with his brother and studied the Morgan art collection. He spoke at the Bnai Brith conference before heading to New Haven to likely resign his Yale fellowship for the Kent chair.
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Henry Phipps
Pittsburg Steel
Taft Remains Unrecognized by Dinner Guest
President Taft greeted a diner named Mr. Phipps who failed to recall the chief executive at first. Laughter rose as Taft invited him to inspect the face and identify the man, prompting Phipps to realize the president. Taft laughed and shook hands before taking his seat.
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Submarine boat from Los Angeles sinks at trial launch
A new type submarine boat, built by a Los Angeles firm, sank during trial after shifting ballast. The seventy five foot vessel, costing $44,000, filled and turned on its side, sinking in four fathoms off Long Beach California.
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Gould Wedding Near New York
Miss Helen Miller Gould and Findley J. Shepard prepare a simple wedding shunned by wealth yet hailed as a potential international alliance. The duchess of Talleyrand and their three year old son the duke of Sagan arrive aboard the Mauretania. Anna Gould is the bride’s sister. The bride’s nephew is the duke of Sagan and holds serene highness title.
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Duke of Sagan
Mauretania
Anna Gould
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Wedding at Lyndhurst for Gould Heiress
The upcoming marriage will occur at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown with the duke of Talleyrand receiving the former title. Music will feature Nathan Frank's orchestra performing Lohengrin and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The bridal party includes Miss Gould's relatives and members from the army and navy Y M C A.
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Conant urges retention of fee lands in national forests
Luther Conant Jr. to President Taft urges keeping the fee title to national forest lands while selling timber gradually. He argues the policy ensures public treasury stumpage value, supports reforestation or sale after timber removal, and cites 80 percent coverage of private timber with concentrated ownership due to prior land grants and laws.
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Luther Conant, Jr
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Darrow Faces Second Jury Bribery Charge in Noted Case
Chicago lawyer Clarence Darrow, once defense counsel for the McNamara brothers, stands trial in Los Angeles on a second alleged jury bribery charge connected to the dynamite conspiracy case. District Attorney John D. Fredericks says the new evidence from Indianapolis strengthens the case.
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Anna Bradley
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Washington
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Harry Dehm
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Call
J. Ford
Thur Keetch
States Chamber of Commerce Holds First Annual Convention
Washington January 20 promina business men and chamber members from across the states meet for the first annual convention. They confer with Secretary of Commerce Senator OGorman and Nagel on ways and means for an advisory congress. Pelatiah V. Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is noted in relation to the plan.
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Cannon's Adieu to House in Tearful Valedictory
Washington observers note former Speaker Cannon delivers a tearful valedictory in the House on January 20. He returns to the Republican side and speaks of going home to Danville Illinois with no regret while colleagues applaud across party lines.
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