Sickles Bonded After Gettysburg Hero Briefly Held
Gen Daniel E Sickles hero of Gettysburg and Civil War corps commander is freed on a $30 000 bond after a New York state misappropriation charge for $23 276 tied to battlefield monument funds. Helen Longstreet telegrams support raising the shortage as house tensions flare over a housekeeper Wilmerding.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Harburger
Sickles Home
Fifth Avenue
Helen Longstreet
Sickley
Edie
Mise Wilmerding
Sickles
Thorpe Declares Himself A Professional Athlete
New York January 28 Jim Thorpe once hailed as the greatest all round athlete admits breaking amateur rules. He says a youthful indiscretion led to the designation professional after he played baseball for money with the Rocky Mount team in 1909 and 1910.
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New York
Jim Thorpe
Hig Sing
Rocky Mount
Eastern Carolina Association
Sterilization Bill Sparks Montpelier Debate
In Montpelier Vermont on January 28 the legislature laid before Governor Fletcher a measure to sterilize defective criminals. The bill draws strong support and opposition and has sparked extensive discussion with no recent act generating more controversy.
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Montpelier
Fietcher
Rescue Flood Victims As Steamer Finds Them
Memphis reports flood survivors rescued from President Island after their home collapsed. A tree saved a family of eleven, including Louis Dennard and nine children, who rode timbers until the Minnie brought them to safety. three children remain in serious condition. A mule swimmer saved by Walter Malone, one mule drowned, river stands at 48.9 feet with levees holding. no government aid expected.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
President Island
Louis Dennard
Minnie
Walter Malone
Dennards
Cairo
Cotton Belt
Hitchcock to Take Rest from Taft Cabinet in March
Postmaster General Hitchcock plans a lengthy rest after leaving the cabinet in March. He cites eight years of hard work at the post office and says a rest of several months would help. He will then consider future plans. Directors of International Paper elect Philip T. Dodge president with Alonzo N. Burbank moving to chairman of the board.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Taft
Post Office Department
Dodge
New York
International Paper Company
Philip T. Dodge
Alonzo N. Burbank
J. Dodge
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Mack’s a Manager Takes Raleigh NC Lead Role
Earl Mack son of Connie Mack signs to manage Raleigh in the North Carolina league. It will be his first managerial experience.
Fresh eggs for Wilson and Sulzer in suffrage gift
President elect Wilson and Governor Sulzer each received five dozen strictly fresh eggs by parcel post labeled Votes for Women. The gifts came from the Inter borough Suffrage club which runs a butter and egg market on West Fifty third Street.
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New York
Wilson
Sulzer
Parcel Post
Interborough Suffrage Club
West Fighty-third Street
Judge Meek Attacks Wickersham Over Intervention
United States Judge Meek criticized Attorney General Wickersham for interceding between a court and indicted men J D Archbold H C Fogler Jr and W C Teagle in Sherman antitrust cases. Wickersham said the Texas warrants lacked sufficient evidence to order arrests.
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Dallas
Tex
Wickersham
United States
Meek
Executive Department
J. D. Archbold
H. C. Fogler, Jr
W. C. Teagle
Texas
James B. Hammond Dies in Jacksonville Hotel
multimillionaire head of a typewriter company James B. Hammond died suddenly at the Hotel Alcazar in Jacksonville after a period at sea aboard his private yacht. The body will be sent to New York for interment.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James B. Hammond
Typewriter
Hotel Alcazzar
St. Augustine
Balkans Break Off Peace Talks and Prepare for War
London reports say Bulgarian peace delegates are ordered to quit London and return to Sofia. Servian Montenegrin and Greek delegates will follow. Armistice expires four days after the break, as Enver Bey in Constantinople says Turkey is ready to resume fighting.
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London
Turkey
Sofia
Balkan
Enver Bey
Ottoman Empire
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Know What You Want See That You Get It
An advertising feature promotes THE JOURNAL as a modern shopping directory for cloths, food, and home goods. It urges readers to use ads to learn best buys and trusted manufacturers to avoid poor products and scams.
Gotham Waiters Riot Attacks Hit New York Hotels
In New York on January 28 more than a thousand striking hotel waiters rallied after fiery I W W speeches. They attacked the Hotel McAlpin and Imperial then fought police at the Victoria Waldorf Astor Rector's. Arrests and beatings followed as proprietors began offering to rehire some who had quit.
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New York
Hotyl
McAlpin
Imperial
Victoria
Waldorf
Astor
Rector’s
Ambassador Curtis Guild Hosts Grand Duke at Embassy
Curtis Guild the United States ambassador entertained Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch brother in law of the czar at luncheon in the American embassy in St Petersburg. The Grand Duke who favors science wished to meet Dr Edward Goodrich Acheson the American scientist who recently lectured before the Imperial Technological society.
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St. Petersburg
Curtis Guild
United States
Alexander Michaelovitch
Alexander
Edward Goodrich
Acheson
Imperial Technological Society
KEEP DUTY ON RAW WOOL
Washington reports from January 28 show Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee stating during questions with wool industry representatives that a revenue duty on raw wool will be kept while duties on woolen manufactures will be cut heavily, sometimes by more than 50 percent. The wool bill of 1911 and 1912 is expected to be reported to the house at the special session after prior committee passage, Senate changes, and President Taft's veto.
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Washington
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Taft
House
Bandit Baran Fights Sheriff Posse Near Riding Mountain
In a clash at John Baran’s home near Riding Mountain Manitoba a woman and child were killed by officers during a gun battle with Baran. Baran fled the scene after the exchange of shots with the posse.
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Winnipeg, Man
John Baran
Riding Mountain
Baran
International Harvester firms file New Jersey charter
Articles creating the International Harvester corporation with 70 million dollars in capital were filed in Trenton. The incorporators include Harold F P McCormick and William J Lauderback of Chicago, and William L Saunders, with the company linked to the existing International Harvester concern. Cyrus McCormick, president of the original company, states no objection to using a similar title and plans to rename the firm the International Harvester company of New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
International Harvester Corporation
International Harvester Company
New Jersey
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company of
Harold FP. McCormick
William J. Lauderback
Chicago
William L. Saunders
Aeert H. Neilson
New York
Model laws planned for Congress and states
National Civic Federation opens its thirteenth annual meeting in New York featuring plans for model bills. The industrial mediation law draft seeks federal amendment and state uniformity. Other topics include workmen's compensation, accident prevention, pensions, legal reform, public utilities, corporate regulation, and drug and food production rules. Mrs. John Hammond heads the women’s department meeting.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Asor
Association
Department On
Industrial Mediation
Congress
Association For Indorsement
Woman's Department
John Hammond
Darrow Jury Near Filled in Second Trial
Los Angeles, Jan 28. Clarence Darrow's second jury trial on jury bribery charges resumed with two seats open in the box. It appeared the defense would excuse juror John Farley by peremptory challenge, creating another vacancy. The state shows three unused peremptory challenges and the defense five.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
John Farley
Bodies of two privates found frozen near Fort Yellowstone
Billings Montana reports two privates from Fort Yellowstone were found dead 25 miles from the fort after leaving on January 22 during a blizzard. The incident follows a harsh winter period with dangerous travel conditions. Further details about the blizzard and recovery were not provided.
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Billings
Mont
Fort Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Hyde Trial Continues in Swope Murder Case
A jury for the third trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde in Kansas City Missouri was completed and opening statement began by United States Senator James A. Reed.
Six Men Beat Woman in Quebec Abduction Incident
Ottawa reports from Riviera Du Loup describe six men beating Mrs. Dean at Des Jardines home while her railway worker husband was away. She was placed in an empty apple barrel and left unconscious, later found with burns and injuries to fingers from jabbed stubs.
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Ottawa
Riviera du Loup
Quebec
Dean
Des Jardines
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J. P. Fallon
Gotham Waiters
American Ambassador Guild
Form Harvester CO
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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