Juries in Court of Appeals and Taft at Cooper Union
A discussion on whether courts should use juries to enforce orders, weighing use of jury in contempt cases against the authority and efficiency of the court. Taft changes talk topic to Capital and Labor at Cooper Union with tickets selling fast and notable guests expected. Walter F Brown confirms James E Gersell as temporary Republican state convention chairman.
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Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Appeals
New York
EL ‘Taft
People's Institute
Cooper Union
Philippines
Charles Sprague Smith
Taft
Newtow Tranerraw
Elonry W. Tate
Favorable report on army medical corps and reserve plan
The Senate Committee on Military Affairs yesterday ordered a favorable report on a bill to increase the medical department's efficiency by creating a medical corps and a medical reserve corps. The bill prescribes ranks and service terms, with the reserve corps to be made up of graduates of reputable medical schools and to serve in time of war.
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Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Yeaterday
Medical Department of the Army
Revive Cortelyou Boom Politician Clash in Washington
Washington chatter centers on Pierpont Morgan’s Washington visit and talks with Secretary Cortelyou about the Cortelyou presidential prospects and New York political strategy. Conflicting accounts touch Taft allies backing Capers and Hitchcock and signal Cortelyou’s campaign may be watched closely for signs of a revival.
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New York
Washington
Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Cortelyou
Cortelyous Boom
The
Treasury
Vortelyou
Mowgon
Dt 14
Mor- Ban Cane
Treasry
Tere
Cortelyon
Thorticann
Sugar Diet Believed to Fight Fatigue in Youth and Athletes
A historical report describes sugar as reducing fatigue and aiding recovery for youths and athletes. It cites accounts of strong appetites for sweets among laborers and extreme conditions, plus studies from Vaughan Blair and Schumberg showing maintained endurance with sugar diets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan Blarley
Schumberg
Man Tries to Mortgage Wife Services to Family Friend
A young man attempted to record a chattel mortgage on his wife’s services for seven months to a family friend. The instrument would have bound her to cook meals and surrender all proceeds, including butter, to the husband. County Recorder Pierson rejected the filing, stating such an instrument could not be recorded, and the man left disappointed after the encounter.
Ohio Republicans weigh whether primaries may pick national delegates
Ohio Republican leaders debate if Bronson act permits district primaries to select national delegates. Subcommittee of Yerkes Streeter Kellogg drafted the call. Dauntless opinion awaited from Secretary Dover and national committee. Taft forces push for primaries to test state support amid looming March conventions.
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John W. Yerkes
Frank &. Streeter
Frank B. Kellogg
Kentucky
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Chicago
Elmer Dover
James Kennedy
Bronson
Ohio State Central Committee
Ohio
Yorkes
Internal Revenue
Streeter
Concord
N. H
Kellogg
Harriman
Kelloge
Taft
Yerkesa
Fairbanks
Subcommittee On Call
Yerkes
Washington
Subcommittee
Ohio Republican convention method debated for selecting delegates
The national committee favors the convention plan for choosing delegates, even where primaries exist. Ohio factions clash over district committee control, with Foraker allies backing convention selection to delay Taft vs Foraker outcomes. Leaders move to organize Taft delegates in Cleveland and surrounding counties as primaries near.
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Ohio
Washington
D. F. Anderson
Youngstown
Foraker
Foraker-Dick Alliance
Taft
Columbus
Senate Committee On
Brownsville
Tex
Cincinnati
T. E. Burton
Cleveland
Myron
Herrick
Cuyahoga
Lake
Medina
Burton
Evictions on East Side as Marshals Move Against Rent Strikes
Eighty families faced eviction in New York’s East Side as rent strikers resisted reductions unless landlords signed six month terms. Marshals targeted 520 and 622 East Thirteenth Street amid red flags and police presence. I Koseff’s tenants resisted a new agreement after initial rent cuts. Separate items note a House subcommittee on replacing In God We Trust and a Senate bill to punish trespass on fortifications, plus Governor Patterson delaying a death sentence in Tennessee.
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New York
East Side
Monroe Street
Flan
Horn
East Thirteenth Street
East Fifteenth Street
Marshal Hamburger
I. Koseff
Koseff
Grand Street
Thia Koseff
McKinley
Ilinoia
House Committee On
Carlin
Virginia
Wood
New Jersey
Pearre
Maryland
House
Sheppard
Texas
Gaines
Tennessee
Paradox in China: success and satire in a magazine piece
From Success Magazine, the article spots China as a land of paradox mixing despotism and democracy, high personal honesty with vast corruption, and a slipstream of cultural quirks. It contrasts women’s low status with a capable ruler, and imagines a world where norms flip in a humorous, critical lens.
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Success Magazine
China
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Theodore
Caina
Uncle Sam
Sam
Hughes Friends Split as Leadership Lacks Unity in New York
A split in the Hughes camp emerges on the eve of county committee renewals as Senators Page and Saxe clash over indorsement tactics. A London/Albany conference critique, doubts on leadership, and potential motions against Hughes arise. A dollar dinner launched Hughes candidacy with Beth Low and Bainbridge Colby among speakers. governor sends a telegram urging reform and progress.
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New York
Republican Cenity Committees
New York County
Gov. Hughes
Hughes
Saxe
Page
Albany
Baxe
Senator Page
Hughes State League
Nonce
Odell
Parsons
Gov
Kinga County
Timothy L. Woodruff
Kings County
Woodruff
Chicago
Washington
Brooklyn
Eagle
Manhattan
New York County Committee
Roosevelt
Charles Hughes
Twenty-ninth Assembly District
Terrace Garden
Republican Party
Beth Low
Henry Wytans Jessup
Bainbridge Colby
Dr. Stuart
New York State
Party aims to keep reform gains and rights secure
The speaker pledges to contribute to making the party a constantly effective instrument for correcting abuses and conserving rights and opportunities. He adds that he has no personal wish to express beyond ensuring nothing is left undone to accomplish these ends.
Thaw's Mother Worse Amid Pneumonia Threat
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburg reports Mrs. William Thaw, aged mother of Harry K. Thaw, is in worsened condition with rheumatism and a possible pneumonia threat. The strain from her son killing Stanford White is worsened by her daughter Countess of Yarmouth suing for divorce, and friends doubt she can attend Thaw trial sessions even if she recovers.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Coroner's Jury Fails to Name Whitmore Suspect in Pond Death
New York Jan 9 a Harrison New Jersey coroner's jury returned a verdict that an unknown woman found in Lamp Black Swamp on Christmas Day died by violence, noting she was known as Lena Whitmore. Prosecution hoped Whitmore would be named. police faced a prolonged delay and Whitmore complained of police sweats for a confession while witnesses Englert and Bartlett remain in custody.
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Washington Pont
New York
Whitmore
Harrison
N. J
Lampblack Swamp
Ife
Lena. Whitmore
Hudson County
Buck Whitmore
Vickers
Rodgers
Frank Englert
William Bartlett
Strange Case of Rabies in a Brooklyn Man
Christian H. Homeyer, twenty eight, a truckman from East New York, died at Kings County Hospital after four years of belief that a left hand bite would cause rabies. Physicians attributed the death to mental distress and ultra-suggestion, noting Homeyer’s fear worsened after a fox terrier bite and his mental fixation on symptoms.
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New York Herat
Christian H. Homeyer
Kings County Hospital
Homeyer
Somer Street
East New York
Marion Street
Williamsburg
Rowdy
Slompyer
Tomeyer
E. L. Hergert
Emil Hartung
Hint
Ancient Bearded Pensioners of Munaledel
In Munsiedel Bavaria a rare charity endures from 1451 when Christopher Wanner left a fortune for an old age home. He required residents to wear his beard and fifteenth century clothing to prevent the grip. The story notes the pensioners still wear historic attire after centuries. A medicated tonic advertisement follows.
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Indianapolis
Munaledel
Bavaria
Christopher Wanner
Munsiedel
Public schools questioned by Board of Trade subcommittees
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the committee on public schools appointed four subcommittees to study the district system. Members include Justice Charles Mundy and William Baldwin on administration, Clarence Rheem and others on repairs, and Sidney Bessertierra and Walter Acker on sites and buildings.
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Committee On Public Schools
The
Board of Trade
Herbert J. L. Allen
Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Barries
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Public Schools
Justice Charles §Undy
William H Baldwin
Co le. Harding
Ernest H. Daniel
Arthur T.ramsay
Mm I. Myer
David L Gelke
Rabies Epidemic Fears After Dog Bites In Cleveland Park
Forty rabies diagnoses in two months mark an alarming epidemic in Washington. In Cleveland Park, two children were bitten by a stray dog later found rabid, while four other dogs were attacked first. Residents arm for safety as police involvement increases. victims receive treatment at Baltimore’s Pasteur Department. Dr. Mohler explains rabies requires actual wounds and transmission through contact.
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Dorothy
Arthur Ll. Day
Highland Avenue
Cleveland Park
Elden
Hugene E. Sullivan
Department of Agriculture
John #. Mohler
Seventh Precinct
Day
Sullivan
Pasteur Department
City Hospital
Baltimore
Washington
Start a Bank Account for Your Children
Bank advertises opening accounts for children with guidance on safe investments once deposits are sufficient. Notes capital and surplus at 84,600,000 and a 2 percent interest rate on checking accounts. Address listed at Northwest Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue with Charles J. Bell as president.
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Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Defeat for L. M. Shaw as Iowa GOP names chair
In Des Moines on January 9 the Republican State central committee split five to five and declined to name former Secretary of the Treasury L. M. Shaw as temporary chairman of the upcoming state convention in Des Moines on March 18. Attorney General Webb Byers was later named temporary chairman. The division reflected a clash between six stand-patters and five progressives. The convention schedules include a June 24 Waterloo meeting to nominate state officers and select national delegates.
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Towa Committee
Washington Post
Des Moines
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Waterloo
Stomach Brain Theory From the Chicago Mews
Prof Francois Guyot identifies the solar plexus as the emotional brain where anxiety induces stomachache or nausea. He explains the cerebrum as intellect, while the sympathetic nervous system governs emotion through a nerve plexus near the backbone linking to the stomach. Emotions do not think. they feel and warn of danger.
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Chicago Mews
Francois Guyot
Guyot
Weather Conditions Report From Weather Bureau Jan 9
The eastern U S faces cold fair weather with light snow in the Middle Atlantic and New England states. A low pressure trough moves from Montana to Texas bringing rising temperatures then a sharp fall east of the Rockies with rain or snow spreading to the Atlantic coast by Friday night. Winds shift along coasts and lakes as colder air follows, with steamers to Europe facing stronger southerly winds Friday.
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Dept of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Joe Region
Rocky Mountain
Pacifi
Mastoba
Texas
Sterea
Dake
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Great
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Capers
Hitchcock
Schawsr
Ohiqans
National Subcommittee
Republican Congressional Committee
State Committee
Congressional Committee
Infante
Caflili
Frye
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Lee Holder
Union City
B. L. Holder
Cumberland Presbyterian
Patterson
Dollar
Boom
Party of Progress
Thaw
E. W. Grove
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Board of Trade Committee
American Security and Trust Company
Ail Washington
Peter Grogan
Pianola
Sanders & Stayman CO. Exclusive Representatives
F Street
Percy S. Foster
L. M. Shaw
Emperaure
Asheville
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Wyo
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Denver
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Mont
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Fla
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Ark
Marquette
Mich
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New Orleans
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Omaha
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Salt. Lake
Loute
Paul
Minn
Springfield
Vicksburg
Wilson G Mayers
Wiltons
Axminster
Wilson & Mayers
Selmont
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J. J. Georges & Son
Tian Xander
Kroeger’s
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Berkeley
Washington Post Building
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