Wyoming House in Chaos as Speakers Clash
A riot erupted in the Wyoming House with Speaker Pratt and Speaker Pro Tem Wood presiding. They battled for control, fists and gavels raised, ending only after an on floor agreement. Senator Warren returns home as Carey backed to succeed him.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Pratt
Wood
F. C. Hunter
Carbon County
Hunter
Metz
W. J. Wood
Crook County
Chaplain Davidson
Sproul
Washington
Jan
Francis E. Warren
Senate
Robert Carey
Wilson proposes capitol rotunda reception instead of inaugural ball
In Trenton on January 21 President elect Wilson asked William Eustis to replace the planned inaugural ball with a public reception in the capitol rotunda. Eustis and the committee reluctantly called off the ball at the president elects request. The president elect received Eustis telegram approving the change and he followed with a written suggestion for the reception.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
William Corcoran Eustis
Washington
Capitol
Eustis
Senate Rejects Burnett-Dillingham Immigration Bill Fight Ends In Conference Reversal
Washington January 21 The Senate rejected the conference report on the Burnett Dillingham immigration bill over a certificate of character clause. Senator La Follette led the opposition arguing the provision barred mumi grants lacking certificates. Senators Stone O Gorman and Simmons supported the challenge as Louis Marshall warned the measure would exclude most Jews from Russia and Roumania.
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Washington
la Follette
Senate
Russia
Roumania
Lodge
United States
House
Stone
O'Gorman
Simmons
Louis Marshall
American Jewish League
Cuba Refuses to Ratify Guantanamo Treaty
Havana on January 21 reports the Cuban government will not ratify the treaty with the United States expanding Guantanamo naval base. Cuba demands settlement of the Isle of Pines dispute before any ratification.
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Cuba
U. S
Naval Station
Havana
United States
Guantanamo Naval Station
Isle of Pines
Americans Arrested After Brawl in Mexico City Dining Room
Three American men in Mexico City clashed with twenty Mexicans over insulting remarks. Police subdued the Americans after a violent fight. several officers were injured. Crowds shouted death to the gringoes as authorities jailed the Americans. Consul seeks their release. Reports say rebel activity is rising with raids and kidnappings in Quijingo by Zapatistas, including the torture and killing of locals.
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Mexico City
Shanklin
Republic
Quijingo
Zapatists
London Bus Kills Policeman in First Time on Record
London January 2. The motorbus, blamed for hundreds of fatal street accidents annually, killed a London policeman for the first time on record in the capital.
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London
Bobby
Indian Uprising Threatens Colorado Town After Shooting
In Cortez Colorado a Ute band defying Sheriff Cobb over a Mexican sheep herder’s shooting has led farmers and ranchers to arm themselves amid fears of a serious outbreak. The interior department urges pacification before militia is used and the tribe’s whereabout remains unknown as Indian Agent Spears warns the warpath may be underway.
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Cortez
Colo
Cobb
Big Rabbit
Colorado
Iinterior Department
Washington
Spears
Mistake Triggers Wall Street Upheaval on False Court News
A stock exchange scare in New York began when a broker misread a telegram, prompting frantic bidding as traders believed the Supreme Court favored railroads in the Minnesota rates case. The spike collapsed as the error became clear, sending prices to day’s lows.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Rockefeller Foundation Passes in House Vote
Washington dated report states the Rockefeller foundation bill setting aside 2 hundred million dollars for charity civilization and scientific research passed the house by 162 to 66 with approval from supporters and opposition voiced.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Fisher and Abbott attend hearing on Uncle Sam Oil leases
The house committee on Indian affairs continued its inquiry into Uncle Sam Oil company leases with the Osage council. Charges said the contracts favored the oil trust, while T. J. Leahy claimed the ousted council members were unaware of the charges. Secretary Fisher and Commissioner Abbott accompanied by Interior Department staff prepared to offer documents.
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Washington
Fisher
F. H. Abbott
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Uncle Sam
Osage Council
T. J. Leahy
Department
Abbott
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Leahy
Uncle Sam Company
Colorado Elects Two Senators After Hughes Death
Washington reports Colorado now has two United States senators for the first time since 1911. Former Governor Charles S. Thomas was sworn in to fill the unexpired term, following the death of Senator Charles J. Hughes.
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Colorado
Washington
United States
Charles J. Hughes
Charles S. Thomas
Supreme Court Reverses Commerce Court in Rate Case
The Supreme Court reversed a commerce court ruling backing railroad interests over an interstate rate order from New Orleans to Mobile. It held the commerce court may review evidence when the ICC order lacks relevant data. The Creamery Package Manufacturing Co. of Minnesota was not found liable for triple damages in antitrust claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Commerce Court
Robert W. Archbald
Senate
Arch
Helm Bruce
Louisville & Nashville Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Mobile
Alabama
Commission
Supreme Court
Creamery Package Manufacturing Company
Owatouna Manufacturing
Minnesota
Owatouna Fanning Company
Patten
Geemral Vickers
Onuce
Federal District Court New York
James A. Patten
Bullitt
FREES BOMB CASE MeN Surities for Other Labor Leaders
Chicago men connected to the Indianapolis bomb conspiracy await further action after bonds were approved for W. Bert Brown and William J. McCain of Kansas City. Bond amounts were $30,000 and $50,000 respectively, with judge Baker weighing further paroles for Frank M. Ryan and two Chicago associates.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Francia E. Baker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
W. Bert Brown
Kansas City
William J. McCain
W. Howells
Leavenworth
Eugene Clancy
San Francisco
Baker
Miller
Frank M. Ryan
Iron Workers’ Union
John Powers
Ryan
R. H. Houlihan
William Schupe
Paur Resigns as Berlin Opera Conductor
Berlin Jan 21 Egil Paur former director of the Pittsburg orchestra resigns as conductor of the Royal Opera in Berlin. Reports say the action followed a difference of opinion with Emperor William. He had held the post for about a year.
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Berlin
Germany
Egil Paur
Pittsburg
Royal Opera
William
Paul
Bank heads TQ cells convict two Brooklyn bankers
David A. Sullivan former president of the Mechanics and Traders Bank of Brooklyn and Bree R. Shears former president of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn were convicted of grand larceny and received prison sentences in New York. Sullivan drew two to four years at Sing Sing while Shears was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary.
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New York
David A. Sullivan
The
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank of Brooklyn
Bree R. Shears
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Sullivan
Shears
Impeachment Motion Faces Diet Rerun in Tokyo
Tokyo January 21 plans to impeach the Japanese cabinet were proposed by Seiyukai with a lower house majority. An adjournment to February 5 is expected before budget introduction. If opposition relents, the diet may be dissolved and elections held.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Seiyukai
National Party
Alee
Pullman Co Responsible for Valuables Car Logs
In a New York appellate ruling Justice Seabury and associates held that jewelry or valuables entrusted to a Pullman sleeping car company must be returned to the owner and that the company bears responsibility for valuable logs. The decision assigns accountability to the railroad service for safekeeping.
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New York
Seabury
Flood conditions ease as rivers near flood stage peak
Flood conditions show little change across the district with the Cumberland Ohio and Mississippi rivers near standstill and officials hopeful the worst is over. Rescue work continues in Portsmouth Ohio and Cairo Illinois as the Ohio River gauge reads 45.5 feet and remains above flood stage.
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St. Louis
Cumberland
Ohio
Mississippi
Portsmouth
Cairo
Ohie
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