New York Sues Pennsylvania Steel Over Bridge Contract
The city of New York seeks 2.89 million dollars from Pennsylvania Steel for breach of contract on the Queens bridge over the East River. Court papers claim the bridge fails to meet specs and will need 2.5 million more to carry intended loads. The city calls the final acceptance certificate false and fraudulent. Total paid to the company stands near 5.9 million. the firm sues for the remaining balance.
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New York
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Queensboro
East River
United States District Court
Construcen
Long Staple Cotton Success Reported in Texas
Maurice Falkner announced the success of long staple cotton experiments in the Texas black sand districts. He reported a sale at 19% cents per pound for three grades of this cotton in New Orleans. The seed originated from Terreo, Mexico, where U S government seed development work has been conducted.
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Texas
Waco
Maurice Falkner
New Orléans
Terreo
Mexico
United States
United States seen as the big policeman in world affairs
In a Chicago speech Senator William J. Stone of Missouri described the United States as the big policeman in continental Europe so far as Mexican life and property are concerned. He urged no immediate intervention but called for protection of Americans and foreign subjects and their property, saying government action should come only if life liberty and rights of foreigners are menaced. Premonition fulfilled in Kentucky murder of a switchman Jack Combs minutes after he predicted danger before a fatal train yard accident.
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Chicago
March
United States
Louieville
Jack Combs
Bill for Physical Valuation of All U S Carriers
Washington March chairmen of the interstate commerce committee introduced a bill to require a physical valuation of all common carriers by the interstate commerce commission. The measure authorizes experts, demands ownership and investment details, stock and bond issues, holding companies, mergers, and enables subpoenas to uncover business secrets.
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Washington
March
Adamson
Leguée Commerce Committee
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clark Leaves for Kentucky to Campaign for President
Washington, March 3. Speaker Champ Clark departed for Frankfort Kentucky to address the Kentucky legislature tomorrow as part of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator-elect Oltie James will preside in his absence. Clark plans to return to Washington Monday.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Frankfort
Kentucky
Oltie James
House
Clark
Free Raw Wool Debated by Democrats in Washington
In Washington March the free raw wool plan gains support among Democratic leaders as a solution to sugar revenue loss, with talks of taxing raw silk or rubber to back a 20 million loan. in Cologne the Volks Zeitung reports a new German naval law expanding the fleet to 61 battleships and new cruiser allocations, keeping three active squadrons and one reserve.
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Washington
March
House Democrats
Underwood
Ways and Means
L la
Tariff Board
Democrata
Cologne
Germany
Volks Zeitung
Reichetag
G W Peace May Win Audubon Pigeon Award
G W Peace, head of the ad room at The Constitution, may win a 1500 dollar National Audubon Society reward for finding a single nest of the passenger pigeon. He reported sighting pigeons near Covington Newton county on February 29, 1911, describing brownish gray birds with black brown and white tail feathers, within 60 feet. The hunt continues with Peace offering information to auditors while not seeking the prize.
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National Association of Audubon Societies
G. W. Peace
the Constitution
Peace
Yellow River
Haynes Creek
Newton County
Covington
Audubon Society
Cinocinnati Zoological Gardens
Veace
Audubon Societea
WILMINGTON WRECK CLAIMS THREE LIVES IN HEAD-ON CRASH
In Wilmington North Carolina a head-on collision in the Atlantic Coast Line yards between an incoming passenger train from Fayetteville and a relief engine killed foreman H B Goodnight and engineer J B Williams and fireman Bordon Branch. The relief engine fireman is missing. A score of passengers on the incoming train were badly shaken but not seriously hurt. Responsibility for the wreck has not been determined.
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Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Fayetteville
H. B. Goodnight
J. B. Williams
Bordon
White
Tampa White Slave Case Ends With Guilty Plea
Marlon Lawrence, who runs a questionable resort in Tampa, pleaded guilty today to violating the white slave law in federal court. Judge Leake said a sentence would be handed down Monday. Co defendant Ethel Hvana was not pursued on the single charge.
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Tampa
Fila
Marlon Lawrence
Leake
Ethel Hvana
Nolle
Lawrence
Peart Snyder
Lonjaville
Thomasville Motorboat Trip Down Ochlocknee River
William Miller and his son Graham completed a motorboat trip from Thomasville to the gulf along the Ochlocknee river. They report a pleasant voyage but faced two railroad trestles they could not pass under, requiring removal and portage. Miller notes the trip would be easier when river levels are moderately full.
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Thomasville
Gen
William Miller
Graham
Ochlocknee
Gulf
Miller
Oil Prices Rise Again In New York Trade
New York on March 8 reports Standard Oil Company advancing refined petroleum by twenty points to 10.10 cents per gallon and by ten points to 8.20 cents per barrel. Bulk price remains unchanged at 4.60 cents.
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New York
Standard Ol Company
French aviator resumes return flight after windy landing
Henri Salvey completed a London to Paris aerial run of 222 miles in 2 hours and 67 minutes. He then attempted the Paris to London return but was forced to land due to strong winds. He began the return leg again this afternoon.
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Bereok Plage
France
Henri Salvey
London
Paris
Wants Divorce From Two in Louisville Circuit Court
Marie M. Lewis files for legal separation in Louisville Kentucky circuit court. She seeks divorces from Clyde E. Lewis of Paria Illinois, married September 1 1909, and from George F. Rude of Indianapolis, alleged husband since July 1910. She states she was 16 at her first marriage and that Lewis claimed the union void due to her age.
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Louisville
Marie M. Lewis
Clyde E. Lewis
Paria
Ill
George F. Rude
Indianapolia
Lewis
Rude
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