Wilson Speech Attacks Big Business at Chicago Session
President-elect Wilson denounces monopolies and unfair conditions. He cites distrust of business among the public and urges reform to remove suspicion, urging written stock reports and tighter regulation to restore equal access to resources and justice for all.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Jan
Wilson
Hia
Apeech
Commercial Club
Uni
America
Yamane
Prac
Big Business
Bank Messenger Ambush in New York City Bank Robbery
A planned ambush at a cigar factory on East Thirty-sixth Street netted $3,300 in currency plus silver from Union Exchange National Bank messenger Peter Plunkett, who was knocked unconscious. Detective James A. Watson was shot in the back amid a police chase as two highwaymen escaped with payrolls for Schwartzkopf & Ruckert and B. J. Rieser & Co. Police captured one robber. the other fled down First Avenue.
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Union Exchange National Bank
East Thirty-sixth Street
Peter KE. Plunkitt
James A. Watson
Headquarters
Slevin
Plunkett
Fifth Avenue
Schwartzkopf & Ruckert
B. J. Rieser & Co
First Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Plinkett
Tnsale
Thirty Sixth Street
Shota
Thirty-fifth Street
Vicious hold up foiled as detectives tail gang
Police followed a new band of hold up men through Thirty-Fourth Street and Second Avenue. Detectives Slevin Raftis Watson and Oliver, in disguise as workers, cornered two suspects near a cigar box factory and recovered the injured partner at Bellevue Hospital after a gunfire exchange. The other bandits escaped with pay rolls in a Park Avenue daylight robbery foiled by bystander alertness.
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Plunktt
Henry
Herman
Plunkett
Dougherty
Slevin
Watson
Raftis
Oliver
Thirty-fourth Street
Second Avenue
Ad By
Uqwn Slevin
Plunket
Bellevue Hospital
Nel Henderson
Rice-Thompson Company
East
Fortieth Street
Npon
Park ‘Avenue
Severty-nine Street
Parkidvenue
Aken
Nesrater
Seventy-eighth Street
Park
Binjdra
Henderson
Park Avenue
Manhattan
D. J. Faour &Bros
Washington Street
Faour Bros
Greenwich Street
Fred ‘Bistang
Bistang
Faour Brothers
Bintang
Robber Grabs $400 at Chicago Elevated Station
A robber grabbed a money bag containing 400 dollars at the Van Buren Dearborn elevated station in Chicago and escaped. Police searched the Loop area for the suspect shortly after the incident.
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Chicago
Jan
Complaint Against Judge Ray Adopted by State Bar
In Auturn Nevada the county bar association's executive session adopted a grievance report against United States Judge George W. Ray. The text was not released, but reports say it accuses him of domineering conduct toward lawyers and jurors. Next steps and related allegations to be reviewed at Utica next week.
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George W. Ray
State Associaion
Auturn
Nev
Ryuea County Bar Association
Executive Seasion
United States
State Bar Association
Utica
Saratoga
Onmfaaga
Honor Pole Finder Great Explorers Meet
Diplomats and scientists honored Capt Roald Amundsen and Rear Admiral Peary at a National Geographic Society banquet. Amundsen received the society’s gold medal for polar achievement while Peary had earlier been recognized. Amundsen credited Peary for inspiring his south pole journey and urged U S exploration of the south polar region for scientific study.
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James Bryce
Great Britain
Jusserand
France
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Robert B. Peary
North Pole
New Wittard
Washington
Moistire
Peary
Amundsen Ae
Amundsen
United ‘States
Amundeen
Imd
Nfe
National Geographic Society
Adv
Miral ‘Peary
Capt
Don
Fisher
Jalands
Pole
Fife
Society
Admiral Peary
Attle
Admiral Peery
United States
Taft
H. E. Bryn
Gilbert H. Groavenor
Axhundsen
Charles Wilkes
Anarctic
Amunndsen
Mies ‘Wilkes
Oewin Go- Wort
Rich girl abductors strike in Allentown case
A young woman fled kidnapping attempts as a chauffeur alarmed neighbors. Anna Steckel, daughter of Reuben Steckel, was seized near her home by Samuel Sinclair and Walter Starn, later jailed awaiting trial.
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Suiter
Mics Steckel
Washligton
Allentown
Anna H. ‘Stackel
Reuben
P. ‘Stackel
Iby
Samuel Sinclair
Edidl
Walter Starn
Lebien
Steckel
Miss Steckel
Yaqui End Feud Plan By Hammond Amid Mexican Sanction
Wealthy explorer John Hays Hammond seeks Mexican approval to lead a Yaqui pacification and development expedition into Sonora. He plans to march with Maj Burnham and an interpreter, presenting a message to Yaqui leaders in Spanish and then in Yaqui, offering employment to the tribe and urging peace for a vast irrigation project along the Yaqui River.
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Sonora
John Hays
Hammond
Ambassador Calero
Senor Calero
Madero
Faqui Development Company
Yaqui
Gault
California
Guaymas
Yaquis
Maj
Burnham
Rand
Hfa
Imountains
Ita
Wil
Hammond Aris
Mexico
Ona
Indiana
Ten Whippings at Washington Pont Workhouse
Ten men were publicly whipped at the Washington Pont workhouse yard today by Chief Warden Crawford. Each received from ten to twenty lashes with leather tails for offenses including theft of chickens from a colored neighbor. Among those branded were John Smith, a white heat-er, with twenty lashes, and William Woods, a thief, with ten lashes and a year in prison. John Colling, a black man, pleaded with the warden not to lash too hard, claiming delicacy of mind.
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Wisshington Pont
Newcantle
Workholme
Greekbank
Crawford
John Smith
William Woods
A. Thiaf
John Colling
Laws for stock brokers propose tighter wash sale rules
The draft regulations aim to curb wash sales and require brokers to report to customers. Proponents say the changes would align broker duties with investor protection, while critics warn of added compliance burdens and potential market impact.
Glasscock pardons twelve in coal strike cases
Glasscock issued pardons to twelve men serving sentences in the penitentiary for violations of the martial law proclamation in the Wheeling coal strike district during November and December. Of the eight men convicted of violations, none have been allowed to serve the sentences imposed by the military commission.
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Ghatteston
W.va
Jin. Willem
Glasscock
Wiinawha
Nix
Canal Defense on Sea Raises Pay at Local Yard
Secretary Meyer testified before the Hausa naval committee on Navy appropriations for the next fiscal year. He described a 10 percent salary increase for Washington Navy Yard workers and a proposed $240,000 annual increase to make the raise permanent, tied to a board’s recommendations.
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House Committee
Washington
Meyer
Hausa Naval Committee
Panama Canal
United States
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Pens
Pearl, Harbor
Hawaii
NATO
Meyer‘ Seid
Cube
Naval Station
War Department
Tlons
Navy
Key West
Washington’ Heavy Yard
Army
Hasz
Congress
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Department
Houses
Naval Committee
House
Financier Roest Dies, Impacts Chinese Currency Reform
Dr Roest of Batavia Dutch East Indies, adviser to the Chinese reform currency program, died at Mukden. His death raises fears of disorganization in the reform scheme. Roest was a noted financier and the first financial adviser to the Chinese government, with G Vissering of the Batavia bank holding an honorary post.
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Peking
Jan. U
Roest
Batavia
Duteh East Indies
Mukden
G. Vissering
Java, Bank
City Prosecutor Cleared of Delinquency Charge
Los Angeles January jury found Eddie, city prosecutor, not guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Alice Phelps, during his reform efforts. Friends claim arrest was politically motivated. he would not say tonight if he would seek to retain the office.
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Young
Los
Angeles
Jan
Guy
Eddie
Los Angeles
Alice
Phelps
Abe Eee Bedie
Taft Civil Appointments Debate Persists in Senate
Democratic senators held a caucus to resist broad confirmat ions and backed restraints on nominations including only army and navy promotions and diplomatic posts. The panel discussed Panama Canal policy and rules to guide future confirmations, with Senator Gore and William J. Bryan signaling support for a controlled approach amid Taft administration criticism.
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Panama Canal
Witeoa Serumnistresten
Gore
Tis ‘Demigarate Ahemild-Lay Dowrs
United States District
Nany- Stata
Bryas
Taft
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Intre
Senate
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