British Cabinet Sets Aside Precedent Not Resign
London Nov 12 The government decides not to resign after a defeat on the home rule bill amendment. It will seek recommittal of the bill and cites Balkan tensions and Ireland self government as factors. Postmaster General Samuel criticizes the Banbery amendment limiting Irish aid to 12.5 million dollars a year.
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London
House of Commons
Balkan States
Ireland
Frederick Banbery
Asquith
Herbert Samuel
Kanbery
Lake steamer Rosedale runs ashore near Detour Michigan
The steamer Rosedale with eighteen crew and 900 tons of cargo freight ran ashore at Lighthouse point near Detour Michigan in heavy seas. Two wrecking tugs were ordered to assist as the vessel is described as in danger of breaking up. The Rosedale is owned by Inland lines and was bound up the lakes.
Supreme Court Action Hits Several Cases and Bail Bid
The Supreme Court dismissed Archbishop Harry of the Philippines suit over a Victoria public square for lack of jurisdiction. It also ruled on patent and railway disputes and granted an injunction against railroads on interconnection orders. The court will recess from November 18 to December 2, and gave the government until tomorrow to file a brief opposing bail for Jack Johnson in the Chicago white slave case.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Harry
Philippines
Victoria
National Telephone Manufacturing Company
Bell Company
Commerce Court
Baltimore & Ohio and Southwestern
Norfolk & Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company
Ohio
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Wilson weighs extra session of Congress in first interview
Governor Wilson declines to commit on a special session while saying he will study both sides. He plans to compile a complete list of congressmen and Democratic leaders who have spoken on the issue and will not decide until after his southern vacation on December 16. He has not received many requests by mail for a call.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Congress
Tumulty
Editor held in 500 dollar bond in criminal libel case
George A. Newett editor and publisher of the Ishpeming Iron Ore waived a preliminary examination and was held in 500 bond to the December circuit term. No Roosevelt representative attended. Gov Colquitt threatens resignation over Lincoln picture withdrawal in school history. Freddie Welch regains English lightweight title on points from Matt Wells at the National Sporting Club.
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Marquette, Mich
George A. Newett
Ishpeming Iron Ore
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Austin
Tex
State Textbook Board
Abraham Lincoln
London
Freddie Welch
England
Matt Wells
National Sporting Club
Welsh
Wreck Kills Fourteen on Yazoo Valley Railroad Near Montz
A freight train crashed into an excursion train from New Orleans to Woodville near Montz Louisiana killing at least fourteen people and injuring dozens. Most casualties were in the rear passenger car with many burned or cremated. Wreck victims included both white and black passengers and rescue efforts were widespread across New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Woodville
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Montz
Charity Hospital
Union Station
Charles Page Bryan resigns as ambassador to Japan
Secretary of State Knox announces the resignation of Charles Page Bryan ambassador to Japan citing ill health and injuries from a carriage accident. Bryan, a Chicago native educated at the University of Virginia, previously served in Colorado and Illinois legislatures. A separate report from Hammond Indiana notes a fatal dispute at a card game between Phillip Miotka and Frank Debor.
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Washington
Knox
Charles Page Bryan
Japan
Bryan
Chicago
University of Virginia
Colorado
Hammond
Ina
Phillip Miotka
Frank Debor
Jailed 33 Years Too Long In Ohio Prison Case
Four penitentiary prisoners held after sentence ends due to insanity transfers to a state hospital were unlawfully detained. John H. Whaler confined 33 years beyond his 1874 sentence. L. B. Chidester released 6 years late. Jerry Carter 24 years past his term. Charles Willis released 27 years late.
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Columbus
John H. Whaler
L. B. Chidester
Jerry Carter
Charles Willis
Senator Rayner Is Inlinilbed After Illness
United States Senator Isidor Rayner lies seriously ill at his Washington apartments. He has been mostly bedridden for about two weeks and endures great pain. His last public appearance was a debate with former Congressman Bourke Cockran at the Lyric.
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Washington
United States
Isidor Rayner
Rayner
W. Bourke Cock
Arrest Orozco in Texas
El Paso report says Col. Pasqual Orozco father of the northern Mexican revolutionary leader was seized by military authorities and held at Fort Bliss guardhouse. Army officers and secret service men would not reveal the charge. Orozco had just been freed by local courts after forty days of detention without trial on an extradition charge. The arrest marks the first use in Washington approved martial law to prevent neutrality law violations.
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el Paso
Tex
Col
Pascual Orozco
Fort Bliss
Secret Service
Orozco
Washington
Suffragists to Hear Wiley in Carnegie Hall Victory Chorus
New York suffragists plan a Carnegie Hall event tomorrow night with speaker Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and organizer Harriet Stanton Blatch celebrating the approaching victory of four upcoming suffrage states. Wiley wired Blatch his eagerness to join the chorus of victory.
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Wiley
New York
Harvey W. Wiley
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Carnegie Hall
Son Robs His Father in Franklin Bank Fraud
Newark district reports a man released from the penitentiary twice for burglary forged his father's signature on checks, obtaining 450 dollars from the Franklin National bank before fleeing. The father offers a 100 dollar reward for information leading to his son's arrest.
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Newark
Franklin National Bank
Confederate Monument Cornerstone Laid in Arlington
United Daughters of the Confederacy begin their first northern annual meeting near Mason and Dixon line with Taft welcoming. cornerstone laid for a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery. speeches by several eminent figures and planned four day sessions led by Mrs. Alexander B. White of Paris Tennessee.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mason and Dixon
Taft
Marion Butler
Arlington
District of Columbia
Alexander B. White
Paris
Tenn
No Special Session Decided By Illinois Governor
Springfield Ill November 12 Governor Deneen announced there will be no special session of the Forty seventh Illinois general assembly Attorney General Stead had ruled that a special session could not be legal unless newly elected members were seated The regular session of the Forty eighth will elect two United States senators to fill Lorimer s unexpired term and to succeed retiring Senator Cullom
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Atorney
Stead
Springfield
Ill
Illinois General Assembly
New Assembly
Forty-eighth
United States
Lorimer
Cullom
Deneen
Leegislature
General Assembly
Illinois
Attorney General
First Combined Balkan War Fight Near Salonika
Fifteen thousand Greek troops enter Salonika as Balkan war fighting escalates. Bulgarian and Turkish forces clash in Rodosto with heavy bombardment and close ground action. Italian and Allied ships respond as chaos spreads in the region amid cholera reports and diplomatic maneuvering.
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Salonika
Rodosto
Turkey
Millar
Remst Rey
Heroc
Bureas
Athens
Greece
Mrs Wilson Accepts Honorary Office in Southern Commercial Aux
Washington authorities announced on November 12 that Mrs Mire Wilson accepted the honorary post of mistress of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress. The move positions her as a leading figure in the auxiliary organization.
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