House Rebels Win at First Day of Extraordinary Session
Washington March 16 Joseph G Cannon was elected speaker with 204 votes as insurgents defeated adopting last session rules. Champ Clark clashed with Dalzell in a heated desk pounding scene as the fight over rules continued and Senate Republicans reorganized their standing committee led by Aldrich.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Ilinois
Champ Clark
Missouri
Hale
Taft
Cannon
House of Representatives
Cooper
Wisconsin
Esch
Norris
Nebraska
Hepburn
Iowa
Currier
New Hampshire
Illinois
Clayton
Alabama
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Clark
Committee On Rules
Fitzgerald
House
Olmsted
Mann
Aldrich
Senate
Republican Committee
Dean
McCaber
Crane
Flint
Sutherland
Curtis
Borah
Dixon
Los Angeles Names New Mayor After Recall Vote
W D Stephens was unanimously chosen by the Los Angeles city council as mayor to serve until March 26 recall election day. He accepted, requested immediate oath, and was sworn in amid cheers. He is expected to serve a brief term before possibly being succeeded by George Alexander, recall candidate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. D. Stephenson
Stephens
Hewitt
George Alexander
World Pleads Not Guilty In Libel Case
The New York World and editor Caleb Van Hamm pleaded not guilty before Judge Holt in federal court to criminal libel charges tied to West Point and the New York post office in the Panama Canal case. Counsel granted one week to prepare a special pleading on jurisdiction.
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New York
Mar
the Press Publishing Company
New York World
Delancey Nicoll
Holt
West Point
New York Post Office
Panama Canal
Caleb van Hamm
the World
van Hamm
Rancher Posey Ryan Kills Wife and Daughter in Cheyenne
Posey Ryan, a Fort Laramie ranchman, shot and killed his wife and daughter during dinner in a Cheyenne restaurant. The wife was suing for divorce. Ryan offered no resistance and told police he expected to hang.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Posey Ryan
Fort Laramie
Ryan
Non-Unionists Guarded to Hat Factory in Strike
A party of men arriving to work at a local Orange hat factory amid a strike was escorted from the train by a heavy police guard. The incident occurred after their arrival yesterday and underscores tensions in the labor dispute.
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Orange
N. J
Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Hepburn Rate Law Clause
Washington March 16 The Supreme Court did not issue a decision yesterday on the constitutionality of the commodities clause of the Hepburn rate law of 1906 contrary to expectations.
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Explosion Burns Three at Washington Gas Plant
Three men were severely burned in an explosion in the retort of a gas generator at the Washington Gas Light Company's plant located at Twenty sixth and G streets Northwest. The injuries are believed fatal.
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Washington
Mar
Washington Gas Light Company
Twenty-sixth
G Streets
Northwest
Floods Threaten Southern Alabama River Stage
Flood waters of the Alabama river in the southern part of Alabama threaten to reach a height comparable to the spring flood of 1886 as of March 16.
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Mobile
Ala
Devastating Persian Assault Near Julfa Reported
A Novoe Vremya dispatch from Julfa on the Persia Russia frontier describes 1500 Persian government horsemen and infantrymen marching on Julfa, destroying villages, looting, and killing fleeing peasants. A St Petersburg correspondent witnessed a burned village and mass casualties, while defenders fortified streets and rooftops as the siege continued.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Julfa
Persia
Russia
Araxes
Judge George M. Dallas Resigns From Federal Bench
Philadelphia March 16 Judge George M Dallas of the United States circuit court for the third circuit has submitted his resignation to President Taft He reached age seventy last month and was legally eligible to retire having been appointed to the bench in March 1892 The resignation came as a surprise to the legal community
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Philadelphia
George M. Dallas
United States Circuit Court
Third Judicial Circuit
Taft
Dallas
Federal Circuit Court
Collision at sea sinks Margretha near Maas lightship
The Norwegian steamer Mascot collided with the German ship Margretha about twenty miles west of the Maas lightship. The Margretha sank almost immediately with 20 crew drowned. Mascot returned to port with a large hole in her bow.
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Rotterdam
Mar
Mascot
Sunderland
Hamburg
Race Track Law Upheld by State Supreme Court
New Orleans March 16 with a unanimous opinion the state supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the Locke bill prohibiting gambling on race tracks.
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New Orleans
Mar
State Supreme Court
Standard Oil Fined $20,000 in U S Court
Judge Hazel denied Standard Oil's motion for a new trial in Buffalo New York. The court imposed a fine of $20 000 yesterday.
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Standard Oil
Buffalo
N. Y
Hazel
United States
Standard Oil Company
Fea reports defeat of government troops near Tangier
Reports from Fea say forces of the pretender Reghi advancing on the city have defeated the government troops.
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Tangier
Mar
Fea
Reghi
Father of Five at 20 in Sterling Illinois
Mrs John Davers of Antwine Illinois gave birth to triplets yesterday. A year earlier she became mother of twins. She is 26 and her husband 20. The five children are all living.
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Sterling
John Davers
Antwine
Ill
Tragic drowning near Ottawa claims three lives
Oscar Adkins his wife and daughter were drowned Sunday while attempting to ford a stream near Ottawa Kansas. The bodies were recovered.
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Ottawa
Kan
Oscar Adkins
Here
Crazed man kills his three babes and self
Danville reports a rural mail carrier Robert Strawser murdered his three children with strychnine then killed himself. The wife found four bodies. she suspects insanity and the coroner opened an inquiry. The motive remains unknown. New York dispatch adds a hotel murder with theft and a missing safe attempt.
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Danville
Robert Strawser
Flora
Strawser
EXPECT ARREST FOR WORKING East Liverpool Sunday
East Liverpool on March 16 reports that all employed persons are facing arrests for working on Sunday. Police compiled names of street-car conductors motormen telephone operators news dealers livery men drivers and others who worked. Cigar stores were shut customers limited hours and drug stores limited prescriptions. news dealers tipped off Seventh Day Adventists who observed Saturday as the Sabbath.
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East Liverpool
Morse Broke Wife Sells Furs After Legal Fees
New York March 16 Mrs Charles W Morse wife of the former banker and trolley promoter confirmed that his fortune is exhausted and she has sold her furs and jewels to pay lawyers fees from his recent trial results.
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Morse
New York
Charles W. Morse
Tce
Strong Quake Registered in Pacific Rim Area
A series of strong earthquake shocks were recorded on Russian seismographs on Saturday and Sunday. The disturbance is estimated to have occurred roughly around the Philippines and Formosa, with the epicenter in the remote Pacific region.
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St. Petersburg
Philippines
Formosa
Gas explosion fatally injures two in Missouri fruit store basement
A basement gas explosion at Salvador Balsamo's fruit store on South Fifth street in St. Joseph fatally injures two and injures nine others. Fire crews and investigators work to determine the cause as residents report a powerful blast rattling nearby buildings. The victims include workers and bystanders identified in local reports. Authorities cordon off the scene and coordinate with hospital staff for treatment of the injured.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Mar
Salvador Balsamo
South Fifth Street
Grand jury dragnet in Smoky City corruption probe
Pittsburg pa March 16 district attorney Blakeley gains court power to summon a grand jury to investigate municipal corruption. He seeks true bills against bribe givers and takers, citing recent convictions and a wide scope. Among summoned officials are councilmen Klein Boltner Vilsack Stewart and bankers from German National and Columbia National. Judge Davis supports the probe and directs witnesses be heard to determine possible indictments.
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Smoky City
March Grand Jury
Pittsburg
William A. Blakeley
L. L. Davis
Blakeley
William W. Ramsey
German National Bank
William Brand
South Seventh Street
Freiheits
Home Street
Auburn Street
Charles O. Lappe
Grand Jury
Klein
Henry M. Boltner
A. A. Vilsack
W. W. Ramsey
J. W. Friend
German National Bank of Allegheny
Frank Griffin
Columbia National Bank
Charles Stewart
Davis
Commonwealth
Drought Leads Bishop to Call Three Days of Prayer
In Saltillo Mexico on March 16 Bishop Jose Maria Echeverria ordered prayers in all churches for three days to seek rain amid severe drought and resulting suffering in the region.
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Saltillo
Mexico
Mar
Jose Maria Echeverria
Hains Trial Set for April 19 in Bayside Yacht Club Case
Flushing New York March 16 Captain Peter C Hains Jr U S A will be tried April 19 at the courthouse on a charge of murdering William E Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club in August last year.
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Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Court House
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Russian Official Assassinated Near Minsk Prison
Minsk reports Gen. Slavinsky, head of the prison, shot and killed yesterday by an unidentified assailant near the facility.
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Minsk
Russia
Slavinsky
Near Death in Runaway In Kentucky Governor and guests escape
Gov Willson and Mrs Willson with guests Mr and Mrs Robert M Lyman of New York narrowly escaped death when the horses hitched to Gov Willsons carriage ran away in Frankfort Kentucky on March 16.
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Frankfort
Milwaukee Man Charged with Farmhouse Killing
Milwaukee on March 16 Frank Urban a farm teamster near the city is accused of killing Cecelia Niemer the house keeper for farm employees with a potato masher authorities report.
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Milwaukee
Mar
Frank Urban
Cecelia Niemer
Oil Official Is Dead
William Mason a manager in the Binghamton district of Standard Oil died at his home after a long illness in Binghamton New York on March 16.
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Binghamton, N. Y
William Mason
Binghamton
Standard Oil Company
Church Is Destroyed in Archbald Fire
Scranton report states St. Thomas' Catholic church at Archbald, among the first Scranton diocese structures, was burned yesterday. Fire officials labeled the blaze as extensive with the church building largely destroyed and investigations ongoing.
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Scranton
St. Thomas’ Catholic
Archbald
Haskell Moves to Quash Indictments in Muskogee Case
Attorneys for Gov. C. N. Haskell and other prominent Oklahomans charged with conspiracy in the Muskogee town site case filed in federal court here to quash the indictments. Mar 16 in Vinita Oklahoma.
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Haskell
Vinita
Okla
Mar
Disturbances Rock Bogota Capital in Colombia
Washington reports disturbances in Bogota the Colombian capital for three days, with domestic politics suspected as the cause. No casualties are disclosed and no foreign involvement is cited. The situation prompts officials to monitor events and assess potential political factors behind the unrest.
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Bogota
Washington
Mar
United States
Colombia
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