Declination of Pindell as ambassador to Russia
Henry M. Pindell of Peoria Illinois declined the ambassadorial post to Russia after senate scrutiny and publicized letters. President Wilson accepted the declination with regret. A proposed letter from Senator Lewis sparked the controversy surrounding the nomination.
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Washington, D. C
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Lil
White House
Russia
Senate
Frindell
St. Petersburg
Woodrow Wilson
Prindell
Lewis
Lingis
Europe
President Wilson Receives 400 Women Suffrage Delegation
Four hundred women from ten eastern states, led by Marguerite Hinchey and Rose Winslow, visited the White House to urge support for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Wilson gave no public endorsement, reiterating party unity limits on urging legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Marguerite ‘Hinchey
Rose Winslow
Pennsylvania
House Committee
Congress
Organic Party
Democratic Party
Glendower Evans
Boston
Mrs. Evans
Senate weighs Prindell post amid forgery claim
The letter proved a forgery and Secretary Bryan said Prindell would serve only a year to avoid extended absence from business. The Senate committee urged confirmation. Amid Russian ambassadorship talk, Chicago's Charles R Crane emerged as a possible nominee, but he reportedly declined due to U.S. business ties. Crane met the president recently, with no clear confirmation of discussions.
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Bryan
Prindell
Senate
Pindell
Chas. R. Crane
Chicago
Crane
Cheaper to Pay Alimony Than Board
New York, Feb 2 Sheriff Max S Gifenhagen told the board of estimate that it would be cheaper for New York county to pay alimony to prisoners who refuse to pay rather than keep the Ludlow street jail open. He noted it costs about 8.60 a day to house and feed each inmate and the jail has largely housed men delinquent in alimony payments.
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New York
Max S. Gifenhagen
Board of Estimate
Ludlow Street
New York County
Minnesota Citizen 18 Found Dead in Alaska
Duluth Minnesota Feb 2 Mrs D H Haslam received a telegram from Candle Alaska reporting the death of her brother William H Myers a well known placer miner with holdings in gold and coal mines near Candle and White Horse passes Myers who spent 15 years in Alaska met a Kentucky schoolteacher and planned to marry her the body to be brought home to Prince Edward Island when navigation opens also mentions tricycle taxicabs in Germany with noted success
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Duluth
Minn
D. H. Haslam
Candle
Alaska
Wm. H. Myers
Myers
White Horse
Seattle
Prince Hdward Island
Admiral George Dewey Ill in Washington During 1914
Admiral George Dewey, aged seventy seven, is seriously ill in Washington. The famed Civil War veteran who with Farragut served in Manila Bay in 1898 faces health concerns impacting naval plans for the year.
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George H. Dewey
Washington
Farragut
Manila Bay
Moorish Tribesmen Fall Before Spanish Guns Near Tetuan
In a tight battle at Beni f Salem south of Tetuan on February 2, Moorish tribesmen suffered heavy losses as Spanish forces, including cavalry, artillery and infantry, pressed an all day assault. Spanish casualties were four officers and 22 men killed and four officers and 116 men wounded. The Moors finally retreated, leaving many dead or wounded.
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Tetuan, Morrocco
Benif Salem
Beni-Salem
Train Bearing Strikebreakers Carries Soldiers
Pueblo Colo February 2 Guarded by militiamen a special train carrying 60 strikebreakers left for Radiant mine of Victor American Fuel. The same train was held and fired on by about 200 strikers near Williamsburg Saturday. Gen Chase sent infantry from Trinidad to guard the second attempt. Florence will add 20 troopers and a machine gun onboard.
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Pueblo
Colo
Radiant
Victor-American Fuel Company
Williamsburg
Chase
Trinidad
Florence
Hebrew Instructor Dies in Newton Theological Institute Professor
Rev. Chas. Rufus Brown aged 65 died today in Newton Mass after 28 years as professor of Hebrew at the Newton Theological Institution. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1869 and served in the navy until 1874 before pursuing theological studies.
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Newton
Mass
Chas. Rufus Brown
Newton Theological Institution
Brown
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Riotous pursuit for wife ends in arrest at hall
In Butte Montana on February 2 Dominick Forcee, seeking a wife, caused a crowd to form as he advertised daily noon meetings at Neaderville post office. He rented a hall for viewing by women only, but no applicants arrived. About 200 men gathered outside, many wearing white carnations. Police faced resistance until Deputy Sheriff Mackay drew his revolver and reinforcements arrived. Forcee was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Larkin.
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Butte
Mont
Dominick Forcee
Forcee
Neaderville
Foreer
Mackay
Sherif Larkin
Forere
Rival Revolutionary Armies Battle on Island Haiti
Fighting rages at Gonaives between Sen Davilmar Theodore and Gen Oreste Zamor as rebels move toward Port au Prince. Naval crews report fires lighting the city while German cruiser Vinetaley investigates. Theodore claims to lead rebels toward the capital. Zamor reportedly leaves Gonaives with followers.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
Davilmar Theodore
Oreste Zamor
Cape Juitien
Hudtien
Flaines
Guoitives
Vinetaley
Gomiives
Theodore
Apo
World
Ake
Zamor
Jett Gonaives
Loupe
Rock Island bonds surge amid reorganization talks
In New York trading on February 2, Rock Island collateral bonds rose about 3 points while Rock Island common slipped to 96-8 from 131-2. The market priced in possible reorganization of the Rock Island system, with bankers hinting at changes but not finalized.
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New York
Rocksland Common
Rock Island & Pacific
Rb Islands
Rock Island
Hock Island Company
New Jersey
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Company
Iowa
Businessmen Slow to Propose Legislation in Washington
President Wilson voiced surprise at the scant responses from business leaders to the invitation for trust legislation ideas and the small turnout for congressional hearings. He noted uncertainty over whether businessmen approve the tentative measures or have not noticed the hearings, and he dismissed fears of being labeled lobbyists.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
Presidential nominations announced in Washington
President Wilson named Stuart Lupton of Tennessee as consul general at Guatemala City, replacing the consul at Carchi. Juan N. Vigil of Talpa, New Mexico, was nominated as receiver of moneys at Santa Fe.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Guatemala City
Stuart Lupton
Tennessee
Carchi
Santa Fe
N. M
Juan N. Vigil
Talpa
Judge Thomas Ventress burned to death in Attalla fire
Gadsden Alabama February 2. Judge Thomas Ventress a leading figure in state politics was killed when a fire destroyed two buildings in Attalla trapping him on the second floor of one building. The blaze began early today and consumed the structures as authorities investigated the cause.
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Des Moines, Jr
Paragon Oil Refining Company
Toledo
Clarence Walker
Walker
Gadsden
Ala
Thomas Ventress
Alabama
Wf Attalla
Senate orders probe into railroad rebates to U S Steel
Washington February 2 Senate requests the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate charges that rebates have been received from railroads by the United States Steel Corporation.
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Washington, D. C
The
Senate Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court Recesses Until Feb 24
Washington Feb 2 The Supreme Court recessed until Tue Feb 24 without announcing decisions in the major cases then pending.
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Supreme Court
Washington, T
Auto Skating Disaster On Cedar River In Waterloo
Four youths Happy Haines Jean Mulhern Raymond Shaw and Smith introduced a new sport dubbed auto skating in Waterloo. Driving a stripped car on the Cedar River ice they reached high speed, lost control, and the car plunged into eight feet of water near shore. All escaped, clothes were dried, and the submerged vehicle was pulled out as onlookers watched while police managed the crowd.
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Cedar River
Happy
Haines
Jean Mulhern
Raymond Shaw
Smith
Waterloo
Tescne
Des Moines Senator Cummins Starts Active Reelection Push
In Des Moines Cummins circulated nomination papers across counties to bolster his United States Senate bid. In Los Angeles the heiress Mary Warren’s death remains a mystery with her sister confined to a county hospital.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Uniteds States Senate
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
United States
Organized Labor
Senate
House
Ed Smith
Iowa Mine Operators’ Association
Iowa
Los Angeles
Mary Warren
Interstate express rates cut 16 percent under ICC plan
New York Feb 2 The interstate express rate system now in effect reduces charges by 16 percent from prior levels under ICC orders. Maine Vermont Connecticut Pennsylvania Delaware West Virginia Kentucky Ohio New Jersey Illinois Louisiana also adopt new intrastate rates, using a block system dividing the country into 826 blocks by meridians and parallels.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
New Jersey
Illliois
Ouisiana
Denver plans $1,000,000 pageant
Deaver Colorado February 2 rein corporation of the Colorado Publicity league with a capitalization of at least $1,000,000 will be provided for at the first annual meeting of the organization in January 1914. The pageant aims to promote Denver as the midcontinent attraction for Panama-Pacific exposition visitors en route to San Francisco 1915.
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Deaver
Colo
Colorado Publicity League
League
Denver
San Francisco
Rockies
Australian meat shipment arrives from Austria to Seattle
In Seattle on February 2 a British ship Waimate delivered two million pounds of frozen beef and mutton from Austria, the first direct shipment of its kind to Seattle. The importing company will continue regular shipments from Australia to the port, officers said.
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Seattle
Wash
Austria
Australia
Immigration Now Problem Divides Visitors and Leaders
A Japanese university lecturer urged a universal percentage cap on immigration, suggesting 5 percent per nationality to balance nations. President and Congress weigh literacy tests and crime bars as Democrats plan a caucus on the Baker bill to limit Asiatic immigration.
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Sidney L. Gulick
Imperial University of Japan
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Gullek
Gulick
America
Asia
California
Japan
Wilson
Congress
House
Will test law in Supreme Court on bank inquiry names
A New York banker Geo G Henry was indicted for refusing to reveal names of bank officers in a money trust inquiry. His lawyers claim the law is unconstitutional and seek to block removal to Washington for trial. They argue Congress cannot force citizens to assist in drafting legislation. Boston mayor inauguration marks Curley as successor to Fitzgerald.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Senate Committee On Immigration
Geo. G. Henry
New York
House Money Trust
National Bank
California Petroleum
Supreme Court
Henry
Washington
Roll of Honor Courier Readers Note
Publisher letter from P B McGarvey praising the Courier. Mentions Cedar Falls arrival in 1855 and Eagle township residence since 1865. Recollects Waterloo’s first printing press aided by Sam Hoff. Expresses hope the Courier remains a regular home visitor for many years.
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Cedar Falls
Eagle Township
Waterloo
Sam Hoff
Courier
McGarvey
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