Indiana Senate debates over free school books and crime on trains
The Indiana senate debated the defeated free school book bill after the house killed a similar measure. A proposed Branaman bill would make drinking liquor on trains a crime. its fate mirrors broader disputes on drug regulation and state ethics. The session also addressed public funding for county fairs and hospital bills while lawmakers weighed blue sky controls and penal farm measures.
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Suffragettes Sentenced to Jail for Disturbance in London
In London a group of suffragettes led by Mire Drummond and others were sentenced to 14 days in prison for disturbance. They faced a hunger strike threat, while protests outside Bow Street Police Court echoed with supporters and a hostile reception. One defendant claimed police rough handling and taunts directed at Lloyd George.
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Moros slain in battle on island of Jolo report
Washington dispatch from Brig. Gen. Pershing notes three days of fighting on Jolo between American forces and Moros. In the second engagement Eighth Cavalry suffered a fatality and five more were wounded. Wounded include Corporal Bagala and Privates Udderwbed Keblar Tray and Young. Philippine forces and coastal units comprise two companies of artillery and several hundred infantry and cavalry.
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Indicted in Mann Act Case Ties Louisville Officials
Louisville indictments allege Carmichael a former Hotel Jefferson cigar stand clerk and Helen Hamilton wife of real estate dealer Farry Hamilton conspired in four incidents, including moving Mrs Hamilton from her home to West Baden Indiana, with details of Mann Act violations emerging from the case. Distinguished Catholic prelates gathered in Milwaukee for the twenty fifth anniversary of Mgr Joseph J. Maierner vicar general and Str Francis seminary director with a pontifical mass opening ceremonies.
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Lincoln Memorial Measure Passes Joint House Vote
In Washington a large majority in the House approved a joint measure to provide for Lincoln Memorial work. The measure, backed by the administration, aims to advance funding and oversight for the monument project as lawmakers pressed toward completion.
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Allies Break Off Peace Discussion In London Note
Diplomats in London report a deadlock over Adrianople persists but optimism remains that new Turkish proposals may resume negotiations. Allied plenipotentiaries plan rapid consolidation around Adrianople and await a possible fortress surrender while Russia and Austria face delicate border disputes over Albania. A separate inquiry into the Americas Telephone and Telegraph is ordered in Washington.
Proposes National Weekly News Publication at Government Expense
Rudolph Spreckles of California endorses a nationwide weekly, funded by the government, to be circulated to every voter in the United States. He writes to President elect Wilson, reflecting on his role in organizing a Republican Progressive movement.
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Woman Phones Abuse Fined in Chicago Disorder Case
Municipal Judge Sabath admonished Mrs. Dagmat Johnson to stop deriding others by phone. She was fined $1 and ordered to pay $3,000 in a related case. Other items note a Piedmont ferry collision near San Francisco, a Kansas tabernacle roof collapse injuring fifteen, and James Finlay, aged 72, stricken in Kansas City.
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Newark Lawyer Dies In Collapse At 15 Story Hotel
Morris H. Beall, a well known Newark attorney formerly linked to Omaha, Nebraska, was crushed beyond recognition when the roof of a building on Broadway collapsed in York. The incident occurred January 40 in Falls, resulting in the collapse of a 15 story structure.
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Iowa House Backs Direct Elections By Popular Vote
In Des Moines on January 30, the Iowa House of Representatives approved a joint resolution calling for constitutional amendments to elect United States senators by the people. The measure passed 104 to 0, reflecting a push for direct elections.
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Enormous Fraud in Lease Alleged by U S Official
Washington Jan 30 A Senate committee report accuses North American Commercial Co of fraud in a lease for fur seal depredations. It says a bond of 500000 was secured by sureties D O Mins and the late Senator Stephen Elking, and alleges false affidavits by Isaac L Liebes. The panel links Liebes and associates to the schooner James Hamilton Lewis and a scheme with pirate Alexander McLean to depredate on U S government fur seals, naming H H D Pierce and C H Townsend as officials involved. It recommends action by the attorney general and seeking redress from Russia through the Hague tribunal. A separate note mentions the Oceanic grounding near Godthampton and 70 lives lost in Rangoon incident.
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Senate Gains Democratic Majority With Saulsbury Victory
In Washington on January 10, Willard Saulsbury was elected United States senator from Delaware, boosting Democratic strength to 49 seats and a comfortable majority. Four senate races remain unsettled in New Hampshire West Virginia and Illinois with four vacancies. Arkansas Governor Jos. T. Robinson wins the Arkansas long-term seat on a joint ballot, 71 votes.
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Clayton bill may be law report on workers compensation act
Washington January 40 the work mens compensation act passed by the senate and declared by President Gompers of the AFL the most just and equitable bill ever proposed by any country will be favorably reported to the house for final enactment Saturday Chairman Glayton of the judiciary committee stated there would be few changes from the senate bill the measure provides compensation for every class of worker injured while employed by a corporation doing interstate business Albany January 20 the fame of Gen Stekled as a soldier should not deter New York state in its efforts to collect 23476 unaccounted for by the general as chairman of the New York monuments commission according to Attorney General Carmody in a letter to Mrs Helen D Longstreet widow of the Confederate general Washington January 30 the Page vocational education bill authorizing more than 14 000 000 for agricultural and trade educational work in public schools was adopted by the senate as a substitute for the Lever Smith bill Seattle January 30 it is not proper for husband and wife to sit on the same jury the point was raised in a damage case Judge Mitchell Gilliam allowed counsel for the plaintiff to challenge Mrs J D Bean of Kent whose husband had been accepted as a juror
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