Moyer to Return With Bodyguard to Copper Peninsula
Chas H Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners will not return alone to the copper peninsula area. A personal body guard including his brother F Moyer the Boone Iowa police chief accompanies him as he recovers in Chicago. The plan follows reports of intensified labor troubles and a grand jury investigation into the assault and deportation of Moyer during the Michigan strike.
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Michigan
Grand Jury
Chas, H, “Moyer
Copper Peninsula
Calumet
Mich
Hancock
Troughton County Grand Jury
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
F. Moyer
Boone
Chicago
Meyer
Trial of John A Fish Over Arson on the High Seas
The trial of John Albert Fish a New York civil engineer and Boer War veteran opens in federal court charged with arson on the high seas the first under the statute. He allegedly set fire to the auxiliary schooner yacht Senta off Holgertown on Oct 26 1910. the yacht was destroyed. He and two lady guests with four crew members escaped in night clothes.
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Boston
John Albert Fish
New York
Fish
Holgertown
South Africa
Imperial Horas
President Wilson Quiet Recreation in Mississippi
President Wilson, advised by Dr. Cary T. Grayson, spent a quiet day in Mississippi. He rose early to play 18 holes at the Mississippi Country Club, followed by a postluncheon walk and a motor car ride with his family.
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Wilson
Paul Christian
Cary T. Grayson
Mississippi Country Club
Break negotiations end in St Louis rail talks
St Louis December 30 negotiations between the St Louis and San Francisco railroad receivers and the grievance committee of the Order of Railway Telegraphers were broken off this afternoon.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Frisco
Order of Railway Telegraphera
Lusk
W. ©. Nixon
Ghief
Mudge Urges I C C Expansion Of Rail Regulation
f U MUDGE Chicago Dec 30 A Mudge president Rock Island railroad says IC C should have expanded powers over transport firms. He argues railroads cannot serve many masters while providing the service the public deserves. He notes federal rate regulation and wage decisions justify shifting railway securities oversight to a federal board.
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Chicago
A. Aw. Mudge
Rock Island Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Did Merchant Shoot Himself Four Times
Des Moines reports Geo Lipshie a dry goods merchant found in his room with four bullet wounds in the head. Police believe a suicide attempt occurred but offer no cause. Lipshie died at noon. He leaves a wife and two children and was described as in good health by acquaintances. Iowa City notes college yells in twenty-two languages at a Cosmo Clubs banquet. next convention will be at Ohio University.
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Des Moines
Geo
Lipshie
Thhat Lipshie
Iowa City
American Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Ohio University
Income tax resistance urged by suffragists inaction
The Congressional Union backs potential tax resistance by women as an act of intolerable injustice if taxed without representation. It praises potential educational value yet says it will not organize a protest, while Dr Shaw’s passive resistance suggestion provokes debate among suffragists.
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Washington, D. C
Congressional Union
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Congressional
Ellen Spencer Massey
Washington College of Law
Shaw
Roll of Honor Courier Readers in Waterloo Iowa
A reader from Waterloo IA writes that she has followed the Courier since its inception through her late father A W Barber and notes ongoing subscription by her family at 621 Washington St. An advertisement for El Tovar Havane Cigar 6c is included.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Courier
A. W. Barber
J. BE. Lamb
Washington St
el Tovar Havane Cigar
Pioneer Improvement Number Debuts By The Evening Courier
Waterloo readers celebrate the annual Pioneer Improvement Number issued by The Evening Courier. The issue showcases Waterloo's progress and reaches households nationwide. Extra copies are available at five cents each, with limited remaining quantities and late ads accepted tonight.
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Waterloo
Evening Courier
Courier
Courier Pioneer Improvement
Receivers Named For Siegel Stores Firms In New York Boston
Six Siegel Stores concerns in New York and Boston were placed in receivership in friendly federal court proceedings. The enterprises, including Simpson Crawford Co and the Fourteenth Street Store, faced credit curtailment despite a $40 million annual gross. Receivers for each firm posted bonds of 50 thousand dollars, with ancillary appointees in Boston. The Siegel Stores corporation asserts Hetry Siegel Co. is unable to meet obligations and cites debts of 65,600 from Simpson Crawford, 350,000 from the Fourteenth Street store, and 60,000 from Henry Siegel Co. Boston. Chicago Siegel Firms reportedly unaffected.
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New York
Siegel Stores Corporation
Boston
Financial
Fourteenth Street
Simpson-Crawford Co
Henry Siegel Company
Henry Siegel & Co
Bankers
Merchants Express Co
Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co
Siegel, Cooper & Co
United States District Court
Henry Siegel
Wm. A. Markle
John 8. Sheppard, Jr
Simpson- Crawford Co
Henry Siegal Co
Merchants Express Company
Henry Melville
Siegel & Co
Messrs
Marble
Sheppard
Siegel Stores Corporation of
Henry Siegel Co
Sampson-Crawford Co
Simpson-Crawford Company
Taggart Wins in Indiana Democratic Sweep
Indianapolis reports Thomas Taggart, a Democratic national committeeman, and his supporters swept state conventions with every chairmanship won by a Taggart ally. The Democratic state committee plans reorganization on January 8 with Bernard Korbley expected to be re-elected.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Bernard Korbley
Williams to be Comptroller of the Currency
Washington December 30 John Skelton Williams a Virginia banker with railway promotion experience is expected to be named comptroller of the currency He is currently assistant secretary of the treasury and with Secretary McAdoo will help guide the federal reserve board operations created by the Owen Glass currency bill
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
Virginia
Treasury
McAdoo
Queen Sophia of Sweden Dies at 77 in Stockholm
Queen Mother Sophia of Sweden died in Stockholm today at 77 after acute lung inflammation. A longtime invalid, she suffered melancholia and endured a strict royal household guard, supported temperance and religious works, and closely followed Salvation Army efforts in Scandinavia. She leaves a large fortune likely to go to her youngest son Oscar, who renounced his throne rights to marry Ebba Unk.
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Storkholm
Sweden
Sophia of
Salvation Army
Scandinavia
Prince Jess
Nassau
Wiesbaden
Oscar II
Oscar
Ebba Unk
Sophia
Market Close and Telegraphers Strike Outlook
Chicago and St Louis dispatches report weak closes in grain and a pause in labor action. Wheat prices slid after Liverpool quotas and potential wheat duty changes. St Louis Frisco telegraphers strike talks with receivers continue, with circuits active systemwide and mixed indications on outcomes.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Desperate Mexican siege at Ojinaga near Presidio
Mexican federal forces hold a dwindling trench position at Ojinaga as 4,000 federals face demoralization and a potential river crossing. Ortega commands the rebels with Villa backing, while United States troops patrol the border amid fear of a border crossing.
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Presidio
Tex
Constitutionalista
Ojinaga
Mex
Huerta
Mexico
Pregidio
Gready
Coahuila
Ortega
Constitutionalists
Salazar
Orozco
Ojas
Alanis
United States Cavalry
War Department
Mexico City
United States
Toribio Ortega
Villa
Chihuahua City
la Mula Pass
Interior
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Union
Citizens’ Association
Houghton
Waddell- Mahon Company of
Asher Detective Agency
Federation
Prealherst Moyer
Arooa
HGH
Jeao
Mason City
Earl Vorlay
Marshal Shores
Charles City
Milwaukee
F.u.mudge
Merchant
Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
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Frenry Siegel
NEW
York
Der
Max Pam
Siegel Stores Company
Nowisa
Siegel, Couper & Co
Tom" Taggart
Aos
Fodead
Her Majesty
Gorn
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