Two new judiciary committees form in Indiana House
Indianapolis dispatch reports the Indiana House creates Judiciary A and B committees for the first time, with Storen and Weisman chairing respectively. Speaker Cook announces fourteen days with one session daily starting 10 a.m. and Gary boosters push to elevate Gary's class from fourth to second. A drug traffic bill by Rep George W Sand targets morphine opium cocaine heroin and related salts with strict prescriptions and penalties including prison time up to eight years.
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Tom Knotts
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Cook
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Genolin
Coons
Bedwell
Fleming
Dibble
Killams
M. M. Jones
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Eschbach
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Combs
B.weisman
Ensle
Branaman
Beatty
van Horne
Hughes
Mitchell
Smith
Reeves
Tingle
Sale
Meidreich
John R. Jones
Stotsenburg
Senate
Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Denison
O'Neill
Curtis
Faulkner
van Nuys
Havek
Gary
Codi
Ocloek
Millerand Quits Cabinet Reshapes French War Leadership
Paris reports Alexandre Millerand resigning as war minister, a move that shocks government circles. The veteran statesman, famed for wartime leadership, steps down as political realignments unfold in France.
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Millerand
Paris
Alexandre Milerand
Attack on free meat policy at annual livestock meeting
In Phoenix on January 14 the sixteenth annual convention of the American Live Stock Association opened with a resolve to oppose any move to place meat on the free list. Cattlemen warn such action would harm a major industry. Discussions cover public lands, western land conditions, railroad rates for live stock, and Interstate Commerce Commission cases.
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Ariz
American Live Stock Association
West
Congress
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mexican general Blanco executed after kidnapping
El Paso reports Gen Jose De La Lugo Blanco of the Mexican federal army and his secretary were executed at the Hearst ranch near Juarez after being kidnapped by rebels. Blanco, once a rebel general, had defected to Maderoso, bringing his force with him. Two British aviators drowned in the Thames, L F MacDonald and Inglis. In Houston an auto collision on a bridge killed Dr J R Stuart and Ruby Larsen.
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Tex
Jose de la Lug Blanco
Mexican Federal Army
Hearst Ranch
Orbinary Chehushua
Juarez
Blanco
Abo
Maderoso
London
L. F. MacDonald
Inglis
Thames
Houston
J. R Stuart
Migs Ruby Larsen
Hougtee
Ohio River Flood Expands Exile as Water Rises
The Ohio River nears a flood crest with up to 45 feet predicted at Cairo and rising slowly at Cincinnati and Kentucky points. An estimated 3,000 people are homeless as factories flood and relief efforts expand in Cincinnati, Covington, Newport, and Kentucky towns with soup houses and bonds planned to aid victims.
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Cincinnati
Cairo
Cincinnnati
Covington
Newport
Dayton
Otto P. Geyer
Department of Charities and Corrections
Hunt
Secretary Stimson Denies Lake Water Diversion Boost
Washington January 14 Secretary of War Stimson refused the Chicago sanitary district’s request to divert 10,000 cubic feet per second from Lake Michigan. He upheld the existing 4,167 cfs limit noting the higher supply would aid navigation.
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Washington
Jan
Stimson
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Canada Protest Over Application Without Congress Approval
The document argues there is no necessity for the application to be allowed without congressional authorization and that Canada has a right to protest only if approved by the joint waterways commission.
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Canada
Bill Annuls Taft's Order Post Office Civil Service
Washington January 14 an amendment to the postoffice appropriation to annul executive orders placing fourth class postmasters and assistants and clerks of first and second class offices under civil service was adopted by the house in committee of the whole. Offered by Representative Cullop of Indiana it will return for final passage. All Republicans abstained from voting.
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Postoffice
Civil Services
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Cullop
Indiana
Girl Wins In Stock Show Contest At Northwest Event
Eloise Miss Judson, a Lewiston normal school student raised on a farm, won first honors in a large stock judging contest at the Northwest Live Stock show in Lewiston Idaho. She competed against a field largely composed of male entrants and demonstrated both livestock knowledge and practical engineering adaptability.
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Spekace
Wash
Eloise
Lewiston
Idaho
Judson
Lewiston Normal School
Bread Law Upheld by Supreme Court in Chicago Case
Washington January 14 The supreme court upheld the Chicago ordinance fixing loaf size in the case of baker Mathias Schmidinger who faced a $100 penalty for violation Cracksmen gain $1300 in theater robbery at the Welle Bijou theater Evansville Indiana January 14
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Mathias Schmidinger
Evansville
Ind
Welle Bijou
Mexican minister to US resigns amid policy split
Don Manuel Calero hitherto Mexican ambassador in Washington resigns over policy disputes yet urges sustaining President Madero. He warns revolts could threaten sovereignty and says Latin America might back Mexico if intervention occurs, while blaming government errors for Mexico’s weakness. Also notes Hyde retrial postponed, a major Calgary packing plant fire, and Weeks named senator.
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Mexico City
Don Manuel Calero
United States
Washington
Madero
Maine
Havana Harbor
America
Mexico
Calero
Washbington
Metican
Jose Pino Soares
Archbold Guilty on Five Charges in Impeachment Verdict
Washington Jan 14 Archbold Commerce Court Judge found guilty on five Articles by the Senate with a maximum penalty removal from the federal judiciary and disqualification from office. Verdict delivered in sequestered committee room as visitors were barred.
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Washington
Commerce Court
Archbald
House of Representatives
Senate
Archhbald
Robert Jr
Hugh
Scranton
Pastor Forced to Quit After Vestry Demands It
New York Jan 14 Rev Syd ney Cross pastor of St Pauls Episcopal church Westfield N T resigns at vestry demand amid allegations of misconduct by choir boys. His departure followed threats of violence and a vestry hint he should leave. The Englishman, 42, unmarried, had helped build up the parish.
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Sydney Cross
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Westfield
N. T
Vesiry
Mvade
Efice
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