Taft's Ohio gamble shocks Republicans in Harmon feud
Washington dispatch reports Wade Ellis as Ohio state chairman, seen as a blunder by Taft administration and Ohio machine. Harmon’s rising strength alarms Republicans. editors warn Ellis bill could help Harmon’s presidential hopes. Harmon’s 1908 Ohio win cited as political pressure grows.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Wade Ellis
Ristabors
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Wade Elis
Harmon
Bie
Taft
Washington Times
George BE. Cortelyou
Mat Alena
Beau
Commerce and Labor
the Times
Alton D. Parker
White House
Harriman
Parker
Ths
Thomas C. Platt
New York
John A. Johnson
Demonstrations clash as socialists clash with police in German protests
Berlin and other cities saw mass socialist protests over the suffrage bill ending in injuries as police used sabers and firearms. Reports from Neumanster Halle and Cologne describe clashes, cordons, and few fatal injuries while crowds dispersed after large demonstrations. In the U.S. Nicholas Sims, 8, drowns in the Mississippi at Donaldsonville after falling from a barge.
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Berlin
Kingdom
Outaide
Neumanster
Holstein
Halle
Koerigaburg
Duisberg-on-the-Rhine
Socialiste
Potlee
Cologne
Fr Cathedral ‘Square
Rixdorf
Kronprinzen Bridge
Essen
Taft Speech Splits Insurgents and Regulars in Congress
Washington February 13 President Taft angered insurgent and regular Republicans with his New York tariff defense at the Lincoln Day dinner. Critics say his remarks widen rifts, jeopardizing the party in fall elections. Headlines across major papers reflect varied interpretations while the plan for the speech was set days in advance.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Taft
Congress
Republican Party
New York
Senate
House
Winans
Payne
Aldrich
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York Sun
Business World
New York Tribune
New York Times
New York World
New York American
New York Herald
Varing
Nan “Mark City
Republican Club
Graveyard for preachers in New York City
In New York City a preacher graveyard is reported by Rev. Imam Carter of Madison Avenue Reform Church. He cites congregations paying high salaries yet pastors are lacking as ministers depart. Clergymen flee, burdened by sole responsibility while congregations delay cooperation. action urged to sustain church work.
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New York
iMlam, Carter
Madison- Avenue Reformen
Ehuren
Enue
Roosevelt Visit Stirs Vatican Speculation in Rome
Rome’s Americans buzz over how former President Roosevelt might seek a Vatican audience amid the Fairbanks Vatican visit snub. Pope Pius refused Fairbanks a private audience after he kept an engagement with Rome’s Methodist society, which Vatican leaders deem overly proselytizing. The Tribune notes Roosevelt may be invited to address the Methodists or the pope. Fairbanks travels with Mrs. Fairbanks following his retirement, greeted by royalty and officials worldwide.
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Rome
Roosevelt
the Eternal City
Fairbanks
Vatican
Pope Pius
Methodist Society
America
the Tribuna
Boy Accused After Horrific Murder of 14 Year Old Mary Tedder
Deland Florida February 13 Following the finding of the horribly mutilated body of 14 year old Mary Tedder at her aunt’s Glenwood home a 16 year old white boy Irvin Hanchett was arrested and spirited away by the sheriff to escape enraged citizens. Bloodstained clothing and the knife were found in his room. He had been in a Connecticut reform school and was on parole to William Woolsey of Florida. A mass meeting in Little Rock discussed negro education and progress.
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Deland
Fla
Mary Tedder
Oter
Glenwood
Irvin Hanchett
Eixty
Arnault
Pm Trol
Orange Grove
William Woolsey
Hanchett
Semhooing
Connecticut
Gexeltemeht
Jacksonville
Hoy
Meriden
Conn
Greywood
Connecticut State School For Boys
Homie Waa
New Haven
Florida
Little Rock
Ark
Bethel
Eluirch
Jtev
O. Ivorgon
Richard D. Stinson
Atlanta
Anit
Alent
Misconception of Law Lets Man Hang Longer in Ohio
In Cleveland on February 13 Otto Pich, misinformed about the law, left his father in law John Zahour hanging for ten minutes after seeing him suspended in the pantry. A police officer cut him down before life could end, but Zahour died en route to a hospital.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Otto Pich
John Zahour
Pich
Pick
Zahour
Hfe
Hen dyed Cornell colors inspires egg color tale
In Ithaca on February 13, a white hen from Cornell State College of Sericulture, after a brief dietetics course, laid eggs with red yolks and white albumen due to a harmless dye. As plumage softened to pink, further dye admixtures deepened the pink on eggs and the hen’s feet, all under Cornell spirit.
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Cornell
Ithaca, N. J
Ithaca
Cornell State College of Sericulture
Hobbies to be aired by men in official life
Washington February 13 Men prominent in official circles and high in public life are to air their hobbies Tuesday night at the National Press Club. Arrangements have been read by the Club to entertain them and several have accepted. Speakers include Speaker Cannon Peary Chief Forester Pinchot Dr H Wiley Professor Moore Representative Clark and Senator La Follette each limited to ten minutes.
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Atlanta Labor
SB Marky
Atlanta Federation of Trades
Foye
Washington
National Preay Club
Eation
Gamion
Gomeater Peary
Forester. Pinchot
Clark
la Follette
Cannon
Seneto
la. Follette
Congress
Pinechot
Moore
Tor Stellon
Atlanta Bond Election Close Tonight With Parades And Meetings
Atlanta voters prepare for the bond election with a big bonfire at the freight depot and a citywide parade led by a ward brass band. Election hours run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with multiple precincts in several wards to prevent double voting and a council ordinance ensuring registration checks before ballot counting.
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Bond Campaign
Ben Lee Crew
Young Men's Democratic League
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
First Ward
Mitchell Street
Weather Forecast Roundup From Various States
Weather outlooks across multiple states show fair to warm conditions with rising temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Winds vary from moderate west and southwest, with some areas experiencing unsettled or partly cloudy skies and a mix of warmer and colder spells.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Westginia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Enat
Texas
Mexico
Arizona
Virginia
North
Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Bississippi
Louisiana
Indiana
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Wade Ells
Tilia
Department of Justice
Furmon
Hermon
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Tarife
Mississippi
Donaldsonville
Nicholas Sims
E. K. Sima
Bargh
Deliverance
TAET
Washington Herald
Washington Star
Baltimore American
Bailtimore Sun
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York City
B. Marks
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