Charlton Holds Calm After Habeas Writ Dismissal
Porter Charlton showed no emotion when Judge Kellstab dismissed his habeas corpus plea to avoid extradition for the Italy murder case. Charlton lit a cigarette and spoke with guards as his father Paul Charlton prepares to seek U S Supreme Court review within ten days. Prosecutor Pierre P Garven, representing Italy, has a State Department warrant for deportation. The court extended session to finish the ruling and review Charlton’s legal arguments.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Porter Charlton
Rellstab
Charlton
Paul Charlton
Unate States Supreme Court
Hudson County
Pierre P Garven
State Department
Stellatab
United States
Eircuit Court
R. Floyd Clarke
New York
Divorce Granted to Mrs. Frederick Berwind Gilpin
Philadelphia January 2 A decree of absolute divorce was granted to Mrs. Frederick Berwind Gilpin from her husband Charles Gilpin The decree forbids Mr Gilpin from marrying Fabia McD Caffrey known as Nance Gwyn originator of the dance of dawn Both Gilpins are prominent in social circles here and at Newport Mrs Gilpin, daughter of 543 Berwind, the New York coal operator, is now in Europe.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Berwind Gilpin
Charles Gilpin
Gilpin
Fabia
Caffrey
Nance Gwyn
Newport
Newport. Mrs. Gilpin
Berwind
New York
Europe
Two buried workmen rescued in French clay pit cave-in
Rouen France Jan 3 Two workers trapped by a cave in at Vanesville clay pits on January 11 were saved today alive and well. After days of relentless digging a tube was sunk to supply food and drink, comrades had worked around the clock to recover them.
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Rouen
France
Vanesville
U. S. Consul Requests Gunboat at Hankow
American Consul General Robert B Mosher in Hankow China asked Washington for a gunboat to protect foreign interests amid rioting that began yesterday British and German marines landed in the harbor and a foreign boycott followed Two thousand Chinese troops were brought in and officials reported twelve Chinese killed thirteen wounded with no foreigners hurt or killed business in Hankow suspended for a time
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Hankow
China
Robert Brent Mosher
Robert B. Mosher
United States
State Department
Shanghai
Seven Years for Mrs Martin in New Jersey Court
In Newark on January 28 Judge Ten Eyck sentenced Mrs Carole B Martin to seven years in the State prison for manslaughter in the death of her daughter Ocey Snead. She collapsed several times in court while insisting on her innocence as attendants carried her from the room. The case also involved Virginia Wardlaw and Mrs Mary Snead, with Wardlaw dying in jail and Snead's indictment later nolle pressed.
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Newark
N. J
Carole B. Martin
Ocey Snead
Ten Eyck
Martin
Virginia A. Wardlaw
Mary W. Snead
Ocey
Mrs. Martin
West Urges Taft to Set Expo Site on Broad Business Lines
Telegrams flood Washington urging President Taft to side with the West in settling the Panama Pacific Exposition location. Western leaders insist on broad business grounds, opposing sentimental moves to New Orleans. House rules panel schedules a Thursday vote while San Francisco and New Orleans push their cases. Senate expositions committee to designate site.
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House
San Francisco
New Orleans
Washington
Taft
William H. Taft
United States
Washington, D. C
Mississippi River
White House
Fred B. Loyd
Rules Committee
Kahn
Theodore A. Bell
Broussard
Wickliffe
Opposes Duty Free Fish In Canada Treaty Debate
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts warned Taft about a Canadian reciprocity treaty allowing salt fish from Canada duty free or nearly so. He fears Gloucester’s fishing industry collapse and plans to oppose ratification if profits remain minimal. The article notes broader tariff talks and pending congressional actions ahead of March 4 session end.
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Massachusetts
Gloucester
Taft
Canada
Fortune Bay
Congress
Fielding
Finance
Ottawa
Legislative Branch
Representative Campbell
Kansas
Fred D. Warren
Kentucky
W. S. Taylor
Representative Madison
Central Labor Union Sets Pies Policy for Nonunion Shops
Delegates at the Central Labor Union meeting resolved that nonunion bakers supplying lunchrooms with pies cakes and bread should be dealt with as strictly as union laws allow. They noted the large bakeries are already unionized and urged smaller shops to employ union labor, with instructions to inform their respective unions of the stance.
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Immon
Central Labor Union
Mystery in Death on Soo Line Train
Police probe a strangulation death on a Soo Line sleeping car in Thief River Falls as papers of L. R. Lowes of Cannington Ontario surface with the body. Lowes’ brother, Glenn, credits no prior contact, while clothing and laundry marks point to Utica New York.
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Soo Line
L. R. Lowes
Cannington
Ont
Lowes
Glenn Lowes
Morris
Saskatchewan
Chicago
Utica
Carda
Theodore Hempstead
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Bid to rename secretary to president and raise pay to ten thousand
A Republican leader plans to introduce a bill to change the title from Secretary to the President to Assistant to the President and to raise the salary from 6000 to 10000 dollars. The move aims to place a cabinet-size secretary in Taft's inner circle ahead of 1912 renomination.
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Norton
Taft
Representative Tawney
Representative Denby
Hilles
Treasury Department
William Loeb, Jr
Loeb
Armenians Fear Massacre at Adana
Athens dispatch reports renewed anti Christian agitation in Adana Asiatic Turkey with fears of fresh massacres. Armenians’ houses marked by red crosses and the word Death. The Adana governor requests troop dispatch as local garrison is deemed unreliable.
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Adana
Athens
Schenk Trial Nearing Jury Decision in Lead Poisoning Case
Wheeling West Virginia January 25 The Laura Farnsworth Schenk trial on a lead and arsenic poisoning charge against her husband John Schenk moves toward a jury verdict by Wednesday noon. Prosecutor Handlan and defense counsel argue over instructions and evidence with Mrs Hedges testimony ruled out, and anticipated rebuttal witnesses reduced. The State rests as the defense argues circumstantial evidence and witness character. Schenk prepares for possible divorce proceedings after the trial ends.
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W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John O. Schenk
Handlan
Jane Hedges
Albert Schenk
John QC
Schenk
J. W. Myers
Eleavier Zoeckler
Acquittal for Dr Crichton in fatal Rockville crash
Dr Macpherson Crichton, Washington surgeon, was acquitted in Rockville Md circuit court of manslaughter in the August 21 auto crash that killed 65 year old Alexander Bowie of La Plata. Witness Frank Bowie testified he and his uncle were on the road when the car approached rapidly and the uncle was struck after he signaled to stop.
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Rockville
Macpherson Crichton
Washington
Charles County
Alexander F. Bowie
la Plata
Frank Bowie
Mr. Bowie
Malcolm Crichton
Alexander Bowie
Dr. Crichton
Teachers Elector Butler Chairman of Trustees
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, was chosen chairman of the National Educational Association board at a Manhattan Hotel meeting despite protests from Mrs. Elia Flagg Young and Milwaukee superintendent C. J. Pearse who argued the vote was illegal. Mrs. Young pledged to consider action. Chicago teachers foresee a floor fight at the next convention.
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Young
New York
Nicholas Murray
Butter
Columbia University
The
National Educational Association
Manhattan Hotel
Elia Flagg Young
Chicago
C. J. Pearse
Milwaukee
Wis
Pearse
Hila Finge Young
Board of Trustees
Butler
Canal Forts Favored in Navy Board Opinion
The general board of the navy, headed by Admiral George Dewey, supports fortifications at the Panama Canal termini to aid fleet transfer between oceans. It argues fortifications prevent enemy occupation and provide secure, untroubled passage, contrasting shore guns with shipboard guns in protection and accuracy.
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Panama Canal
General Board
Navy
George Dewey
United States
Canal
Robley D. Evans
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
Boundary arbitration to settle Haiti Dominican frontier
Port au Prince Haiti January 32 The Haitian and Santo Dominican governments accept arbitration to delimit the frontier amid past disputes They agree to withdraw their forces pending the process
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Towa Deadlock Unbroken in Iowa Senate Ballot
Des Moines Iowa January 23 the joint ballot for United States senator in the Iowa legislature today showed the names Young Funk Kenyon Byers Garst Grande Porter and other figures with party alignment and vote totals. The tally remained essentially unchanged from the first ballot with eight votes needed to elect.
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Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
Young
Funk
Kenyon
Byers
Garst
Grande
Porter
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