Labor strike claims Red Socialism fueled miners
Hancock Michigan February 14. Miners' owners deny Western Federation of Miners as socialist and say strike was fostered by red socialism. Witnesses questioned about socialist membership amid cross examination, while conditions at the Quincy mine report poor ventilation and extreme heat.
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Hancock, Mich
Western Federation of Miners
A. F. Hees
A. W. Kerr
Red Socialism
Finnish Socialist Society
John Jaukihanen
Jousi
Kerr
Congressman Switzer
Mr. Kerr
Switzer
United States
Taylor
Jaubibanen
Quincy
President Wilson Improves Quietly at White House
Washington February 14 President Wilson rose about his room with his cold improving and responding to treatment though his doctor limited him to his bedroom. Secretary Tumulty said he would not attend tonight Gridiron club dinner where he was guest of honor. He also missed the Gridiron banquet last December due to a cold. Paris February 14 Paris slated to hold a general parliamentary election likely Sunday April 26.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Tumulty
Paris
France
Missouri Vigilance Committee Reported In Railroading Scuffle
Springfield Missouri February 14 Friends of Jerry Malone a railway employee said to have been locked in a locomotive toolbox after a vigilante committee of ten fathers whipped him for alleged improper conduct were still seeking him today Police said no action would be taken until definite whereabouts could be determined Committee members told police Malone while out of work had been fed by the wife of a fellow employee in the St Louis and San Francisco shops They said they put him in a locomotive toolbox Thursday night We did not injure him seriously and he probably will be heard from soon a committee member said We waited for the locomotive and built a fire to keep him warm The toolbox was also in a warm place
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Springfield
Jerry Malone
Malone
Vigilance
St. Louis
San Francisco
Senator Bacon of Georgia Dies in Washington
Washington Feb 14 Senator A O Bacon of Georgia died in a hospital today at about 2 PM after kidney related illness. The death was announced to the senate during executive session and end came suddenly. He was reported in his seventy fifth year and the immediate cause was a blood clot on the heart.
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Washington, D. C
A. O. Bacon
Georgia
Senator Bacon
Senate
Statesman Nicknamed "the Jackrabbit" Dies of Pneumonia
Kansas City Missouri February 14 Mason Peters 69 a manufacturer and former Populist congressman from Kansas second district died of pneumonia at his home. He earned the jackrabbit statesman nickname after a beard story told by pages in Congress.
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Kansas City
Mason
Peters
Kansas
Congress
Onsbage
Mr. Peters
Eugenics Will Never Produce Perfect Type
Dr. A W Mayer of Stanford University states that eugenics cannot breed perfect humans. He argues nature’s mating laws are immutable and no method can improve the human trace. He contends no inherent inferiority or superiority between sexes and cautions against overreliance on selecting “perfect types.”
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San Francisco
Cal
A. W. Mayer
Stanford Medical School
Stanford University
Union labor clause in charter struck down
Lincoln Neb February 14 The Nebraska supreme court yesterday ruled the South Omaha city charter provision requiring only union labor on public works unconstitutional The court said the rule is undemocratic conflicts with state law and contrary to republican government and that it takes private property without due process to support a privileged class at taxpayers expense
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
City of
South Omaha
Neb
Helen Redmond Actress Dies in New York Pneumonia Lapse
New York Feb 14 Miss Helen Redmond the actress who retired from the stage in 1903 after notable successes in musical comedies is dead in New York City from pneumonia Her death ends a bright stage career marked by popular roles and enduring popularity among theater audiences.
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New York
Helen Redmond
Movement to Keep Iowa's Young on Farms Gains Momentum
An interview with David D. Paine of Eagle Grove highlights rural electrification bringing city comforts to Wright county farms. Twenty farm homes have electric lighting, with power, furnace heat, phones, rural mail delivery, and social activities. The trend supports autos, church events, and Sunday school, reducing youth drift to cities.
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Iowa
David D. Paine
Eagle Grove
Farmers Co-Operative Grain Dealers’ Association
Wright County
Rays
Paine
Literary Society
Toll of Human Life Heavy in Mining Coal
Denver February 14 One Colorado Fuel and Iron mine death per 176,957 tons, Welborn testifies before the house strike investigating committee. Company total deaths in 20 mines 17. 1912 had 20. 1911 had 22. 1910 had 36 excluding Primero and Starkville disasters. Welborn cites open shop pledge to workers. He says no obligation to United Mine Workers if they keep current methods.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
J. F. Welborn
Primero
Starkville
Mr. Welborn
James Brewster
United Mine Workers of America
Welborn
America
Brewster
Fred Herrington
United Mine Workers
Sentiment grows for Iowa building at Frisco fair
Des Moines Iowa February 14 The activities of commercial bodies statewide push toward a Iowa pavilion at the San Francisco Panama exposition in 1915. The Chamber of Commerce sent letters to major Iowa business groups seeking support while Governor Clarke already issued endorsements. The proposed exposition building would cost sixty thousand dollars or more.
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Tes Moines
Chamber of Commerce of Letters
Iowa
Clarke
Blizzard Grips New England and Northeast
A nor’easter creates heavy snow and blizzard conditions from Georgia to New England. Rail and streetcar traffic halt. vessels report distress along the coast. New York reports seven inches of snow with drifts up to two feet. Utica and Boston crews brace for continued snowfall and travel disruption.
Deportation Question Plagues Japanese American Wife
In Los Angeles officials sent the case of Louise Mckl, American wife of a Japanese man, to Washington to decide if she should be deported as an undesirable alien. She married Manzo Goto off a San Diego harbor during a voyage to evade California marriage laws. Her parents live in Butte, Montana, and the couple met in Omaha. Under law she adopts her husband’s nationality, triggering potential deportation alongside Goto who faced white slavery charges over her earnings. Also: W. R. Law of Waterloo declares candidacy for Congress in Iowa’s Third District after securing nomination papers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Washington
Louise Mcklwaive Goto
Japan
Butte
Mont
Manzo Goto
Omaha
Goto
High Seas
San Diego
California
African Tribesmen Kill 200 in Retaliation Clash
An explorer reports Rendile tribe members killed 200 villagers in the Lurian swamp of the Victish West African Protectorate after Boran herders faced persistent harassment. British authorities in Galla failed to stop the massacre as news reached officials too late to intervene.
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Nairobi
Victish West African Protectorate
Lurian
Protectorate
INOANE FATHERS ALL FAMILIES THEN SELVES
London news reports a sudden outbreak of insanity as two London fathers killed nine people before taking their own lives. Walter Jolson, an official with the Harlesden street car company, strangled his wife and three children and hanged himself. James Standen, a laundry proprietor near Tonbridge, shot three children, lay down to die, then killed himself.
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London
Lailesden
Lon‘bridge
Kent
Walter Jolson
Harlesden Street Car Company
James Standen
Lowbridge
Tonjbridge
Agay
Earthquakes Shocks Felt Across Quebec District
Quebec reports a 3 40 am shock that awakened hundreds as tremors spread to Levis Baie St Paul and L Islet. In New York the seismograph noted a faint tremor around 5 40 am. Officials say tremors have persisted daily since last Tuesday's quake.
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Quebec
Levis
Baie St. Paul
L’islet
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Chas W Morse Departs for Germany from New York
Former banker Chas W Morse sails on the Kaiser at August Victor ia bound for Germany to take baths for a month his son Harry Morse says. Morse has been under scrutiny in the financial district amid efforts to push Congress to investigate the conviction tied to the Bank of North America failure and related lawsuits by his sister against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. His travel abroad surprised Wall Street observers.
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New York
Chas. W Morse
Kaiser
Victoria
Germany
Harry Morse
Morse
Financial
Congress
Bank of North America
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Atlanta
Wall Street
Captain Maxwell Named Guam Governor
Washington D C The announcement of Captain W Maxwell as governor of Guam has drawn favorable comment in army circles He served on the general board of the navy war college and saw notable service at Panama during the early canal construction days.
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Washington, D.C
W. 4
Maxwell
Guam
Navy War College
Panama
Jap Population Unrest Prompts Tokyo Government Actions
Tokio Feb 14 The Japanese government imposed extensive order measures in the capital amid protests against tax increases. Police with sabres surrounded the parliament building as opposition editors were arrested for inciting unrest. In the house of peers an inquiry discussed the naval scandal and Baron Den censured Admiral Minoru Saito for delayed investigation.
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Tokio
Japan
House of Peers
Kenjiro den
Haron Minoru Saito
Marine
Betterment in Business Field
New York reports a shift in trade and industry with no evident dip in optimism. Iron steel and cotton woolen plants show January orders boosting output and capacity, while Dun's notes seasonable goods drive demand amid cold weather and rising prices.
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New York
Jradstreet
Business Review Today
Dun
Irom
Steel
Connolly stalls view of Iowa senatorial question
Washington February 14 Rep Connolly continues a statewide survey of Iowa’s senatorial situation. He has not decided on candidacy, noting it may take weeks to prepare a final statement. He remains in contact with supporters across the state to assess prospects.
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Washington, D. C
Connolly
Lowa
Wealthy poultry trust members jailed for three months
New York on February eleven, a group of affluent men described as the poultry trust began three month jail terms for violating the state anti monopoly law. Among those imprisoned are Edving V wer Arthur G Dwyer Charles Westerberg Charles Atlewell James S No William H Nort Charles Hawk Charles Thatcher Glenon Bishop Samuel Werner Charles Werner Solomon Frankel and aera Wn Smith.
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New York
Poultry Trust
Edving V
Arthur G. Dwyer
Charles Westerberg
Charles Atlewell
James
William H. Nort
Charles
T. Hawk
Charles Thatcher
Glenon Bishop
Samuel Werner
Charles Werner
Solomon Frankel
Aera Wn. Smith
Convic
Frankel
Smith
Temperature Today and Historical Readings
The record notes today’s temperature figures and historical highs and lows. It cites Buchanan Optical Co and a Syndicate Blog as sources, mentioning prior years with extreme readings and a cigarette advertisement reference.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Flying Corps Suggested By NY Aviator
A volunteer regiment of aviators was launched by Mortimer Delano to form a first reserve flying corps across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Massachusetts and Connecticut. It aims to map the northern United States for congressionally aided aircraft under militia rules. Also noted is inventor William Hammer’s “artificial moonlight” paint to light aviation fields and aircraft at night. Lieutenant John Cyril Porter of Britain believes a transatlantic flight could be made in 24 hours.
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New York
Mortimer Delano
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Connect
Delano
United States
Aerohnautical Society
Wm. Jd. Hammer
Tthe Society
Liverpool
John Cyril Porter
British Naval Flying Corps
Atlantic
América
Carmania
Sails to Assume Presidency of Peru
Robt. E. Leguia, first vice president, sailed aboard the Carmanta from Liverpool to New York and said he had been called back to Lima to fill the presidency for the unexpired term of Guillermo Billinghurst. He expressed friendship for the United States and expected to sign several American concessions stalled by Billinghurst.
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Liverpool
Carmanta
New York
Robt. E. Leguia
Peru
Lima
The
Republic
Guillermo Billinghurst
Leguin
United States
Senor Billinghurst
Mrs Rockefeller Feeble After Arrival at Pocantico Hills
Mrs John D Rockefeller arrived from Cleveland to Pocantico Hills and was so feeble she was carried from the train at Hilipse Manor. Mr Rockefeller met her with a closed automobile and brought his secretaries to the estate indicating an indefinite stay.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Cleveland
Hilipse Manor
Tarrytown
Rockefeller
Roll of Honor Courier Readers Letter to the Editor
Publisher Mr. B. G. Button and wife write that they have run the Courier for over forty five years and express a desire for more local news, signing Sincerely yours Mrs. B. G. Button.
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Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Publishers Courier
B. G. Button
Courier
Mrs. B. G. Button
O'Shaughnessy Sr Dying Son Remains in Mexico City
New York reports Col. James O'Shaughnessy American charge d affaires in Mexico City is improving from pneumonia at 77. The younger O'Shaughnessy says he cannot leave his post due to illness.
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O'Shaughnessy, SR
Mexico City
New York
James O’shaughnessy
Neasy
O'Shaughnessy
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