Roosevelt and Taft clash at Wool Growers Meeting
Peter Q. Johnson of Blackwood Idaho condemned Schedule K of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill at the Portland wool growers convention. He argued the wool industry would be $4 million better off if the law were repealed and criticized Pinchot and Roosevelt while praising Taft. He warned that Pinchot’s zeal outran the law and his own judgment.
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Portland
Ore
Peter Q. Johnson
Blackwood
Idaho
Payne Aldrich
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Taft
Johnson
Garfield
Ballinger
Pennsylvanians Turn Prison Into a School House
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the western penitentiary will host a new school program. Inmates unable to work in shops will be taught by teachers drafted from educated fellow inmates. A long corridor will be converted into classrooms with a teacher for every ten students. The plan focuses on spelling reading writing and aiding non English speakers to improve for life after release. Chief C M Miller and Warden John Francis lead the effort.
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Pittsburg
Little Red School
C. M. Miller
John Francis
Francis
Lawyer Samuel Bradsworth Dies From Attack Aftermath
Council Bluffs Iowa January 6 The Evening Press reports prominent attorney Samuel Bradsworth died yesterday from paralysis linked to a past assault near his home He was active in state Democratic politics and twice ran for Congress against Walter I Smith His death ends a career marked by legal and political involvement In related county affairs the Board of Supervisors split 3 2 upholding a petition by the saloon union seeking drys in Pottawattamie County outside Council Bluffs and the case heads to court
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Council Bluffs
Evening Press
Samuel Bradsworth
Walter I. Smith
Pottawattamie
Board of Supervisors
Saloon Unien
Pottawattamis County
Drys
Aviator Cecil Grace Body Possibility Seen in North Sea
London reports identification of the aviator Cecil Grace’s goggles and cap found off Mariakerke Belgium as belonging to him after his December 22 attempt to fly Calais to Dover. A search is under way to recover the body. Meanwhile in Boston federal officers raided the Inter-trust Security Company offices promoters of mining ventures for alleged fraud.
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London
North Sea
Mariakerke
Belgium
Cecil Grace
English Channel
Calais
Dover
Boston
Inter-trust Security Company
Promoters of Mining Ventures
Munls
Risked Life For Science Gets $72 a Month Pension
Washington D C January 6 John R Kissinger the Indiana volunteer soldier who allowed himself to be bitten by yellow fever mosquitoes to show the diary of mosquito infection was today granted an annuity of 72 dollars a month by the house of representatives The measure carried relief for Kissinger as passed by the senate granted him 125 dollars a month.
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Washington, D. C
John R. Kissinger
Indiana
Cuba
House of Representatives
Kissinger
Senate
Pleads Guilty and Pays 978 Fine
Michael J. Ryan was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. His attorney entered a guilty plea before Judge Caldwell, who imposed a 100 dollar fine with 25 suspended for good behavior and 76 paid to the city treasury. Ryan resides at 66 Lafayette Street.
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Michael J. Ryan
Police Department
Caldwell
Ryan
LaFayette Street
Inquest Opens Over Outlaws Death in London Siege
London January 6 The inquest into the deaths of two outlaws killed resisting police opened today. Testimony showed soldiers were summoned because the anarchists' revolvers were fifty superior to police weapons and fewer than fifty officers took part in the siege, the rest facing crowds.
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London
Reapportionment Plan Favored By House Committee
Washington January 6 The house committee at the census meeting tentatively favored increasing congressional membership to 433 under the new census figures to protect states from diminished representation. Arizona and New Mexico are excluded from this plan.
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Washington
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Waterloo Gau rier's Year in Review Noted for Detail
The Marshalltown Times-Republican highlights the Waterloo Gaurier year in review as perhaps the most elaborate state publication of its kind. It praises the edition for its detailed precision, noting other special numbers may be larger but none match its thoroughness.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Waterloo Gaurier
Fire Routs Out Underworld In Chinatown Blaze
A large Chinatown fire in New York wrecked three tenements trapping 340 Chinese residents and two white women. In the ruins one Chinaman is believed dead, two injured. The blaze broke out at night when residents, who seldom see daylight, were asleep. Fire escapes became a chaotic maze as people scrambled to escape from upper floors.
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New York
Chinatown
General Grant Seeks Government Aid For Aviation
Major General Frederick D. Grant, visiting Grand Central Palace for an automobile and aviation show in New York, urged government aid for aviation development. He cited aeroplanes as vital for warfare scouting and recounted a Vienna discussion with Sir Thos. Maxim about thrust and curved surfaces guiding future flying machines.
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New York
Frederick D. Grant
Grand Central Palace
Grant
T.T. Lovelace
Austria
Thfony Maxim
Vienna
Maxim
Colin
Ma#kim
Boy Bandits Rob and Kill Off Hotel McKay Theft
Two youths robbed the Hotel McKay cash register at Bluth Minnesota and killed Officer Chesmore after boarding a street car. A bellboy and porter were tied to a post during the heist. $50 was taken. The pair fled but were captured by Chesmore, then escaped, later recaptured on Garfield Avenue. One boy fired a shot to demonstrate they were serious, striking the desk area.
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Fostelry
Chesmore
Garfield Avenue
Interstate Bridge
Des Moines Shoe Plant Burns, 100000 Loss, 100 Bombarded
A massive blaze at Bentley & Olmsted's East Eleventh Street shoe factory in Des Moines destroyed the plant, leaving only brick walls and triggering a citywide alarm near the Statehouse. The August-constructed facility employed hundreds. fire officials cite unknown cause and poor water pressure.
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Des Moines
Hyening Press
Bentley & Olmsted
East Eleventh Street
Court Avenues
State House
Percy
Knoxville
Evening Press
CG. G. Carter
Mabray Steerer Pleads Guilty in U S Court
Frank Meyers a Mabray steerer pleaded guilty before Judge McPherson in Council Bluffs Iowa and was sentenced to fifteen months in the penitentiary and fined $1000 for steering three men in 1908. W H McGrath Pine City Mont lost 10000 M Jackson Minneapolis lost 3000 and R W Shaw Minneapolis lost 2500. Trial of eight other Mabray men is set for Wednesday March a.
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Council Bluffs
Tan
Evening Press
Frank Meyers
Mabray
McPherson
United States Court
W. H. McGrath
Pine City
Mont
M. Jackson
Minneapolis
R. W. Shaw
Dogs Barking Save Family From City Fire
In Creston Iowa January 6 Mrs A Staller woke to a barking dog under her window. She and her son escaped a house fire that consumed the residence and its contents, about 3,000 loss with little insurance. The blaze origin is unknown.
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Creston
Evening Press
A. Staller
Rerce
U G W Feeman Hurled From Cag Accident
Jan 6 near Dewar a Chicago Great Western west bound freight fireman Sloyah of Des Moines was seriously injured when a driving wheel bar broke its end and threw him headfirst from the window. He struck a telephone pole and suffered a broken shoulder and arm plus a compound jaw fracture. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital at Waterloo.
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Dewar
Sloyah
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western
Presbyterian Hospital
Waterloo
Democrats vote for Hamilton in Iowa senatorial bid
In Des Moines on January 6, Democratic legislators met with Martin Wade Iowa City party leader and declared they would back Dan Hamilton of the Sixth district for U S senator. They endorsed a bank guarantee law and the Oregon plan but doubt measures can affect the present race. Rumors say Democrats and standpatters may split patronage and committees to curb progressive Republicans, with stand patters planning to stay out of the caucus creating a deadlock for the nomination.
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Des Moines
Jen
Buroning Press
Martin Wade
Iowa City
Dan Hamilton
United States
Senate
Oregon
House
Coe College Abandons Baseball Over Low Support
Cedar Rapids Iowa January six evening Press reports lack of interest in baseball at Coe College leads the athletic board to drop the sport for the year. Last season Cedar Rapids fans contributed under 500 dollars while the athletics budget stood around 3 900 creating a treasury deficit of about 400 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Coe College
Athletic Board
DRYS APPEAL AT OTTUMWA
Drys appeal in Ottumwa Iowa from the board of supervisors ruling that a soda consent petition is sufficient. Through their attorney they ask the district court to advance the case so Judge Hunter can hear it within ten days.
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DRYS
Ottumwa Ottumwa, Ta
Evening Press
Satoon
District Court
Hunter
Detective Flynn Improves NYPD Tactics in Murder Case
Willam J. Flynn, a Secret Service detective loaned to New York City, boasts a growing municipal service reputation. He helped round up six suspects in the murder of John C. Warner, a Highwood Conn engineer killed during the expressmen strike, and arrested a seventh man believed to have delivered the fatal stab wound. Flynn’s aggressive methods also target Back Ward desperadoes, drawing public attention.
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New York
Willam J. Iynn
Secret Service
Uncle Sam
J &End
John C. Warner
Highwood
Conn
Expressmen
Warner
Long Island
J*lynn
Flynn
Police officer dies after streetcar shooting
On Superior street an intoxicated man on a streetcar platform distracted an officer. Muray allegedly drew a revolver, firing twice. One shot pierced the officer’s lung and another hit his eye. The youths, both 19, escaped with revolvers after forcing open the car gates. Officer Chesmore died at 7 o'clock.
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Plunket
Muray
Chesmore
Elkins Saved by the Younger Boys in Civil War Escape
Washington obituary notes Senator Stephen Elkins of West Virginia who died at his home. Born 1841 in Ohio, he was helped by two former pupils Jim and Cole Younger to escape a Confederate squad who believed him a spy. Elkins later helped secure the Youngers' release after their Minnesota bank robbery. He spoke of frontier life and defended interior rail interests in the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Stephen a @lkins
West Virginia
Mr. Elkins
Ohio
Missouri
Selkins
Gtancea
Jim
Cole Younger
James Brothers
Youngers
Minnesota
Senate
Elkins
Bristow
Kansas
Seaboard
Peary Vindicated by Navy Test on Polar Return Miles
Washington reports Captain Robert E Peary’s official walking test refuting critics of his pole voyage. He covered 150 miles in three days after leaving Bartlett and 65 miles in 15 hours 39 minutes over three days of ice. Penny to face house committee with rapid questions on polar feats.
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Washington, D. C
Robert E. Peary
Navy Department
Navy
North Pole
Peary
Bartlett
Pole
Penny
House Committee
Oil Companies Make Their Peace
Washington January 6 A satisfactory agreement was reached between Vacuum Oil Company an American firm tied to Standard Oil and the Austro Hungarian minister of finance. The accord requires removal within eight days of repressive measures against the American company. Local Austrian refiners had protested that competition from the up to date plant was driving prices down beyond their reach.
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Washington, D. C
Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Kerens
Vienna
Ministry For Relief
Cannon Delighted and Adkins Celebrate Election Victory
Springfield Jan 6 Speaker Adkins displayed a telegram from Joseph G Cannon congratulating him on his election as speaker of the republican delegation. The message praised the harmony that led to his success and expressed delight at the outcome.
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Springfield
Ill
Adkins
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Three Die From Gas asphyxia in Chicago Home
Mrs Virginia Hornung, aged 38, and her children Stanley 13 and Emily 8 were found dead in their Chicago home. A rubber tube on the gas stove was discovered disconnected, suggesting accidental asphyxiation.
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Chicago
Virginia Hornung
Stanley
Emily
Assassins Carve 5S On Victim's Cheek Inquest
London officials report Joseph Beron found slain on Clapham commons with each cheek bearing a cleanly cut S symbol. Police tie the mark to a supposed anarchist burglar gang linked to a raid on their den, two members killed in Tuesday’s action. Inquest adjourned to Jan 30.
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London
Joseph Beron
Clapham Commons
Houndsditch
Beron
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