Taft nominates Mahon Pitney for Supreme Court
President Taft sends to the senate the nomination of Chancellor Mahon Pitney of New Jersey as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Julius Mayer and Ferdinand Geiger are named district judges, with protests voiced by A L Urick of the Iowa Federation of Labor. The move follows secrecy and signals a broad Taft court strategy.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Mahion Pitney
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Julius M. Mayer
New York City
United States District Court
New York
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Cassville
Wis
Iastern
Wisconsin
Pitney
John M. Harlan
White House
John W. Griggs
United States
Judge Pitney
Yatt
Edward D. White
Messrs
Lurton
Hughes
Vandevarter
Jamar
Java
Des Moines
A. L. Erick
Iowa Federation of Labor
Cummins and
Kenyon
Newersey
Justice Harlan
Supreme Bench
Associated Press
Urick
Minority would fire Stephenson
Washington reports a five member minority on the Senate privileges and elections committee files against Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin. They contest his seat, citing campaign expenditures of 107793 and arguing such spending taints the election and undermines core democratic principles.
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Washington
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
United States
Senate
Jones
Kenyon
Clapp
Lea
Kern
Demotiiis
Stephenson
Heyburn
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Appointment of Pitney Sparks Property Rights Debate
Frank and Dugan versus Herold in the Atlantic Reporter frame Chancellor Pitney as irrevocably pledged to property rights over human rights. Critics call Taft’s Pitney appointment disastrous for the judiciary amid factional push for employer or property interests.
Concrete Building Crumbles in Etna Collapse
One man was killed and four injured as a 1,000 foot long unfinished three and a half story concrete and steel office building at a steel plant in Etna collapsed today. The structure crumpled 500 feet into the basement after a sudden failure in an unreported cause.
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Pittsburgh
Etna
Mystery suspect eyed in widespread Pullman robberies
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 19 local police arrested Dr Archie Goldstone alias Goldstein Bennett Gray on suspicion of being the man behind numerous Pullman car robberies across the country He is connected to a $150 theft from L B Fuller of Salt Lake City on a Rock Island train near Iowa City yesterday
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Cedar Rapids
Archie Goldstone
Goldstein
Bennett
Gray
Goldstone
L. B. Fuller
Salt Lake City
Rock Island
Iowa City
Pastor Manufacturer Urges Living Wages and Child Reward
Rev. J. K. Johnson, a preacher turned advocate, urged the legislature to reward every healthy child born to decent parents. He linked low wages to moral decline and called for wage reform and a commission to study wages for young women in Waterloo. He cited dance halls and houses of vice as moral dangers tied to earnings.
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J. K. Johnson
Iit
Johnson
Saia
Waterloo
Traveling men of Iowa push Monday election change
Des Moines reports Gr Rohde of Waterloo says 75 percent of traveling salesmen lose votes when elections occur on Tuesday. The Commercial Travelers’ congress, now adjourned, endorses changing election days to Monday for national state and municipal contests nationwide.
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Des Moines
Ilowa
Vane Guard
GR. Rohde
Waterloo
Rohde
Commercial Travelers’ Congress
Congress
Stet “I
United States
Mr. Rohde
Hope to avert UK coal strike negotiations
London reports a sliver of hope the threatened million‑man miners strike may be avoided. William BE Harvey MP, secretary of the miners federation, is meeting five miners’ representatives and five mine owners to seek a basis for peace amid wartime‑scale preparations in coal fields.
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London
United Kingdom
Wm. BE. Harvey
Derby
Fededration
CHILD REVIVES JUST BEFORE ITS FUNERAL IN DULUTH
In Duluth Minnesota on February 19 a 5 year old girl near Mack Duck farm appeared dead after a fall in a bucket of water. As funeral services began neighbors noted liveliness returning and the child revived after stimulants. Officials called the episode extraordinary in this locality.
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Duluth
Minn
Udine
Michael Munhotlochick
Mack Duck
Threatened Bad Situation in Nanking Prompts Officials
In Nanking China on February 19 Dr Sun Yat Sen and the republican government await official reply from Fu Hsi Kai to visit Nanking. If the former premier refuses to come south the situation will be seriously complicated. The Chinese New Year was observed peacefully as the calendar shifts to the Western system.
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Nanking
China
Sun Yat Sen
Republican
National Assembly
Fuan Shi Kai
Marie Berend and Nicholas Kelderling Wed at St Marys
The marriage of Miss Marie Madaline Berend to Mr Nicholas Casper Kelderling was held at 9 am in St Marys Catholic church with Father Rohimann officiating. Forty five relatives and friends attended the ceremony followed by a wedding dinner at the bride’s parents home on Burton avenue prepared by Misses Morence Nouge Katherine Burk Grace Kelderling and Dolite Brinker.
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Marie Madaline
Berend
N. M. Berend
Nicholas Casper Kelderling
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rohimann
Louis Glaza
Lucie Berend
Burton Avenue
Missea Morence Nouge
Katherine Burk
Grace Kelderling
Dolite Brinker
Grave charges at hospital prompt gubernatorial scrutiny
Donald J. Gingles and former Independence hospital attendant Reardon allege cruelty by staff and patients. They describe a Cedar Rapids patient Kruse killed by three attendants, heart failure named as cause and hushed up. Gingles has written to Governor Carroll seeking a detailed state investigation.
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Rearden
State Hospital
Donald J. Gingies
Independence
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Wis Hillel
Reardon
Cedar Rapids
Ived Kruse
Louis Swanson
Buchanan County
Fluchanan County
Donald J. Gingles
Carroll
Independence Hospital
Council Bluffs
Waterlo
J. E. O'Keefe
Fireman Die in Opera House Blaze in St Paul
Fire department lieutenant John Thorn and Miles McDonnahugh were fatally and seriously injured in a Grand Opera House fire in St Paul early today. The blaze, under control when a ladder collapsed, caused about 100000 dollars in damage.
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St. Paul
John Thorn
Miles McDonnahugh
Grand Opera House
Local YMCA Names New Secretary in Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids on February 19 reports FY Flanting was chosen secretary of the Ot tumwa YMCA to succeed B A Barlow who resigned. Hunting will accept.
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Cedar Rapids
Win
FY Flanting
Ottuminva
M. CL
B. A. Barlow
Hunting
School for Witnesses Report Involves Meat Packer Case
A federal grand jury was empaneled and sworn before Judge Landis to probe whether counsel for the meat packers on trial before Judge Carpenter or anyone acting for them arranged a "school for witnesses" or directed witnesses to influence testimony.
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Chicago
Landis
Carpenter
Man Hangs Himself After Fatal Throat Cut in Barn
An elderly report states Charles Krueger, a seed bearer, killed himself after cutting his throat in a barn. He allegedly threatened to kill another before the act, then disemboweled himself with a pocket knife and hanged himself, dying instantly.
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Hong
Urlington
Charles Krueger
Bey
Brute on Gallows Laughingly Asks to See His Wife
Lawrene Udon, convicted of murdering three persons, was executed today after two prior trials ended in acquittals. The condemned man reportedly asked to see his wife as the black cap was removed and faced the gallows. Witnesses included Joseph Stak and David Garman, who testified in the cruelty case against him. The March 18 killing occurred in Citronelle, Alabama, as the mother watched.
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Mobile
Lawrence Udon
Phe
Lazek
Oder
Wing Clius
Golungy
Joseph Stak
David Garman
Vat Citronelle
Ala
Sle
Odom
Entity
Polish Women Defy Police in Textile Strike Picketing
About twelve Polish women workers gathered near St Anthony's Syrian church in Lawrence Massachusetts to picket mills as part of the textile strike They refused dispersal until police militia infantry and cavalry arrived Three were arrested for disorderly conduct
Government has more evidence in iron workers case
Indianapolis Feb 19 The government plans to offer the original copy of a resolution said to have been introduced at the iron workers national convention in Rochester in 1910. The measure allegedly barred explosions during the convention and is cited to link officials to the dynamiting conspiracy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Iron Workers
Iron Workers’ National
Rochester
Westfield Fire Sparks Rapid Response Parade
A fire at Wittick's Westfield market shortly after 1 pm caused minor roof damage. The new fire fighting apparatus completed its lone run in unprecedented time while onlookers gathered, listening to the siren as the machine sped past.
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Wittick
Westfield Market
Colombia Demands Arbitration Over Panama and Rights
Senator Ospina, Colombian minister, says the United States must arbitrate Colombia’s eight year claim over Panama partition and canal zone gains. He notes Knox’s visit is now “inopportune” and asserts Colombia’s demand for arbitration remains, with relations tied to arbitration outcomes and U.S. development of trade.
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Washington
Knox
Columbia
United States
Senor
Pedro Nez Ospina
Senom’ Ospanis
Taft
Caribbean Sea
Colombia
Panama
Canal Zone
Ospina
Senor Ospina
State Department
Destruction of Evidence Probed in Equity Case
Prelimin proceedings under way before a federal grand jury in New York to punish those involved in destroying a trunk of documentary evidence intended for use in the equity suit for the dissolution of the United States Steel Corp. at Trenton New Jersey.
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New York
United States
Trenton
N. J
Federal Land Jury
Millionaire Hermit Mansion Loot in Dust Laced Grandeur
In Brooklyn a dying recluse Samuel E. Haslett’s mansion, opened after thirty years, reveals gold coin hoards and vast wealth beneath two inches of dust. Nurses and former state senator Frank J. Gardner are arrested in a scheme to defraud the elderly man of over a million. the house contains unopened books, coins, and valuables.
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New York
Brooklyn
George Decker
Frank J. Gardner
Samuel E. Haslett
Kempner
Haslett
Waslett
Gardner
Adams Street
Scus
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School For Witnesses
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Westfield
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