Political side notes resist resignation and anti trust talk
Secretary of War Root denied reports of his resignation after Congress adjourns. Speaker Henderson publicly denied opposition to anti trust legislation and ties to Standard Oil. Rockefeller telegrams to senators were questioned, with President Roosevelt expressing indignation at possible trust dictation. Bryan refuses Cleveland banquet if present. Cleveland nomination signals remain unclear.
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Root
Henderson
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeler
Ual Trust
United States
Wr Anu
Roosevelt
Senate
Howe
Rev Hetellec
Benater Quiy
Joan Archbold
New York
Bryan
Cleveland
W. G. Bryan
Grover Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnat
Times-Stir
Congress Battles over Warships and Public Bills
The article surveys a flurry of Washington action including an $80 million naval appropriation for warships with increased officers and men, a Senate panel on the Aldrich banking bill, and Alaska boundary treaty ratification. It notes congressional moves on commerce, public money deposits, building expansions, and labor regulation, with statehood deadlock and various nominations facing opposition.
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House Naval Committer
Ston IH
St.set Unio
Byrne
Senate
Delaware
Addicks
Republian
Aldrich Banking
Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich Banking DI
Roosevelt
King Edward
Alaska
United States
House
Capitol
Capitol Park
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Quay
First Ocean
Etruria
Vancouver Island
Philadelphia Company
Society Islands
French Ambassador Jusserand Presented to Roosevelt
Jusserand, the newly appointed French ambassador, was formally introduced to President Roosevelt at the White House on February 7. The note also states that Vasser Woolley has left his role as attorney for Seaboard Air Line Ry to pursue a general law practice in Atlanta at offices 828-9 Prudential Building.
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Jusserand
France
Roosevelt
White House
Vasser Woolley
Seaboard Air Line
Prudential Bldg
Atlanta
Wey Ces Tua
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Jie
Mount Pleasant
State Laboratory
ARBITRATION WINS FOR MERICA AS VENEZUELA TALKS PROGRESS
The United States envoy Bowen leads preliminary agreements with England Germany and Italy for submitting Venezuela claims to the international court of arbitration. Venezuela to reserve 30 percent of customs from March 1, funds kept in bank until Hague decision. Senate ratifies Alaska boundary arbitration treaty with England. Major legislative acts include creating a commerce department and a trust bill battle.
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Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Venezuela
Castro
England
Germany
Italy
International Court of Arbitration
Hague
Senate
Morgan
Koch Theory Maintained At Berlin Meeting
At the Berlin Medical Society Prof von Hansemann defended the Koch tuberculosis theory arguing transmission via food affects intestinal tumors and that uncooked milk harms no one. The discussion also covered a German safety device for railways and other science notes including radium costs and Mont Pelee activity. Carnegie Institute programs and early awards to Johns Hopkins researchers were listed.
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Berlin Medical Society
von Hansemann
Religious items from midtown church and world faiths
Religious news covers John R Mott preparing a four month Australia and New Zealand visit as World Student Christian Federation expands to 52 000 members. Restitution topics feature a sermon on Clean and Unclean Money by Rev Percy Grant warning against accepting tainted gifts amid industrial strain. England debates church unity as nonconformists rise to 1 982 801 while Church of England commitments total 2 004 493. Bishop Hall proposes Episcopal general convention as missions board alternative. Canon Page Roberts in London denounces hellfire theology urging trust in God Our Father and Westminster Abbey authorities remove damnatory clauses from the Athanasian Creed. Methodist preachers in New York scrutinize conversions and numbers.
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John R. Mott
Student Christian Federation
New York
Australia
New Zealand
Percy Grant
England
Church of England
London Record
Christ's Church
Mission Board
Bishop Hall
Vermont
General Convention
Episcopal Church
Board of Missions
Page Roberts
London
Westminster Abbey
Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
Parkhurst Denies Rumor Of Editing Daily Paper
In an interview on Monday the Rev Charles J Parkhurst of New York denied claims he would edit a daily paper funded by a patronage scheme He urged a truth telling journal with enterprise and best news presentation akin to market reports.
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Dr. Parkhurst
Charles J. Parkhurst
New York
Sr. Parkhursts
Harvard Against Short Course in Annual Harvard Report
Harvard President Eliot defends standard BA degree and opposes lowering its level while urging earlier college entry. Tolstoi attacks modern education as destroying individuality, likening it to harmful medicine. Drake University instructor resigns after diploma dispute and asylum past. Dartmouth's President Tucker condemns hurrying students and curricula. Nebraska allows Bible reading nonsectarian in public schools. Penn Provost Harrison supports earlier college entry. two extra years for teachers and pupils urged. Harvard Baby Hospital funded by class of 1991 with incubator and lab. Kaiser approves Rhodes scholarships. Germany to participate amid university refusals. Ann Arbor meeting backs college-business ties. Dill argues college education enhances business, urges rising professional standards. Gilman opposes exams. favor daily quizzes to teach material. Annapolis class agrees to end hazing under Superintendent Brownson.
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Harvard University
Eliot
Colege
Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
H Th
Tucker
Dartmouth College
New York
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Houde Grar
Harvard Baby Hospital
Thomas Morgan Roth
Kaiser
Emperor William
Germany
Ann Arbor
James B. Dill
Gilman
Johns Topkins University
Flo
Annapolis Naval Academy
Brownson
Relatives Seek Fair Millions in France Car Crash Suit
The relatives of Mrs. Charles Fair, killed with her husband in a France auto crash last summer, sue to claim the Fair millions. They allege new evidence shows Mr. Fair died first, leaving his wife heir to the fortune. The first effort aims to set aside continued on Twelfth Page.
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Charles Fair
France
Wireless Quotions Speeds Stock Data Across New York
Wireless stock quotations began in New York using De Forest apparatus on an automobile with a responder in a broker’s office. The system shortened each quotation by minutes and will be extended to broader use.
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New York
de Forest
Shawinigan Falls
Montreal
St. Maurice River
Quebec
Can
Ocean
London Court
Marconi Wireley Telegraph Company
Etruria
Browhead
Arizona
Michigan
American Explosives Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Frisco Gets New Orleans Ordinance Passed by Council
The New Orleans city council approved the frisco ordinance 12 to 5, despite opposition from the mayor and city attorney who argued it cedes rights not granted to the council. A test suit is expected to be filed with the courts immediately. Railroad Strike Averted as Missouri Kansas Texas Grants Wage Demands
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Frisco
New Orleans
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Scientific American
Seaboard
Birmingham
Seaboard Air Line
Ala
Liondale
Erie
Erie Railroad Company
King Honors Mascagni and Other Arts News
The king of Italy decorated Signor Mascagni with the five at chevalier of the Order of Savoy. London sees a rippling new play at the Lyric with Gertrude Elliott and Forbes Robertson in leading roles to great acclaim. Germany’s poets form a union demanding fair pay. Whittier library sale in New York raises over $10,000 for the Whittier homestead. Pennsylvania Academy awards medals to Edward W. Redfeld and W Elmer Schofield for landscapes. Publishers’ Weekly notes 5910 American titles published last year. New books include A Comedy of Conscience and Truth by Emil Zola translations. Resurrection plays surge in American theatre with several versions planned for New York and Brooklyn. Clyde Fitch’s The Frisky Mrs Johnson opens in New York. Olympic Games move from Chicago 1894 to St Louis for the world fair.
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Italy
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Chevaler
Order of
Savoy
United States
London
George Fleming
Kipling
Lyric Theater
Gertrude Elliott
Forbes Robertson
Germany
Emi
Whittier
New York
John Grientler Whittier
Pennsyiania Academy of Fine Arts
Edward W. Redfeld
W. Elmer Schofield
Publishers’ Weekly
8. Mitchell
Century
van Vorst
Marie van Vorst
Day, Page & Co
Truth
Emil Wola
Pour Evangelists
Ohn Lane
M. Ostrogorski
Frederikk Clarke
Missian
Tolstoi
Franklin Fyles
Charles Froeman
David Belasco
Oscar Hammerstein i
Blanch Walsh
Grooklyn Corse Payton
George Haly
M. Deandetter
Clyde Fitch
Mrs. Johnson
Amelia Bingham
Wilton Lackey
John Double
3,000,000 Rats in Paris and World Relief Efforts
Paris reports 3,000,000 rats and mice killed yearly, a ratio to inhabitants. New Yorkers in Greater New York mobilize for Sweden famine relief, Finland aid totals reach 131,000 dollars, and funds for a Jefferson Memorial are urged by Admiral Dewey. New York marks 250th anniversary with exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum and in parks. Reports of a vast tidal wave in the Society Islands, a shipwreck near Bermuda, earthquakes in Missouri and France, and a Rock Island arsenal fire. Deaths include Henry L Dowes and Rear Admiral Wrink. Typhoid outbreaks noted at Ithaca and Cleveland. Relics of the Calvert family sold in Washington. Mount Airy estate to be offered.
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Health Department of
Sweden
Greater
New York
Norbotten
Finland
America
George Dewey
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
National Capital
Aldermen’s Committee
Metropolitan Museum of Art
South Sea Islands
Society Islands
Quebec Steamship Company
Madiana
Caribbean Sea
Bermuda Reefs
Gladissen
Missouri
Kentucky
Fitneis
France
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Iss
Vistoka Rive
Lemberg
Austria
Hubbard T Smith
United States
Geminal
Calra
Genoa
Italy
Febsnars
Smith
Adi Elirn Bayly
Edna Taall
Eastbourne
England
Henry Laurens Diwes
Pittsfield
Mass
Wrink
Wades
Cleveland
Ohio
Meanday
Kiss Genera
Dawn
Bolts
Mra Roosevelt
Dallas
Erie
Lee
Calvert
Lord Baltimore
Farny
Marsland
Washington
Benedict Calvert
Mount
Prince George County
Maryland
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