Refute His Charges on Navy Critics Face Senate Panel
Two veteran naval construction officers Rear Admiral Converse and Rear Admiral Capps testified before the Senate naval affairs committee regarding Henry Reuterdahl's charges. The panel signaled satisfaction with the officers' refutations and hinted the inquiry might end soon. Witnesses include Secretary Metcalf, with Hill and Sims to be called. Lord Fitzmaurice reported mixed developments in Macedonia and European diplomacy.
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Naval Construction
Converse
Board of Construction
Capps
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Henry Reuterdahl
Perkins
Hale
Reuterdahl
Sims
Hill
General Board of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Metcalf
Navy Department
Duke's Testimony In Sherman Case From Bedside
James B. Duke testified from his Fifth Avenue home where illness confines him as the first defense witness in the federal anti trust suit against the American Tobacco company. He outlined early tobacco trade ties and the creation of the company, saying acquisitions were made for investment and not to suppress competition.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Duke
Explosion at Cambria Steel injures four workers
An explosion in the Cambria Steel Company iron converter building in Johnstown Pennsylvania inflicted serious burns on Ed Dorean Harry Bartlebaugh Steve Saltley and John Purvey. The blast caused shattered windows damaged nearby property and shook buildings within blocks.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Ed Dorean
Harry Bartlebaugh
Steve Saltley
John Purvey
Godette Murder Verdict Sentences Man to Life Imprisonment
In International Falls Minnesota on February 26 the jury found Godette guilty of murder in the first degree and Judge Spooner sentenced him to life imprisonment. He had killed another man named Williams last August during a dispute over a logging contract settlement.
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International Falls
Minn
Godette
Spooner
Williams
Macedonia Question Raised in Both Houses of Parliament
London February 26 The Macedonia crisis was raised in the House of Commons by Sir Edward Grey and in the House of Lords by Lord Fitzmaurice. They said the Porte’s obduracy has brought matters to a critical pass and urged preserving the concert of powers while pressing Turkey to reforms. Grey noted the Macedonian issue remains separate from the Turkish question and warned the concert may justify or fail.
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Lord Fitzmaurice
Macedonia
Europe
Turkey
Foreign Office
Vienna
Saloniki
Berlin
Austria
London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
House of Lords
Armenian Terror in New York Trial Details Blackmail Threats
In New York the Levant Martougessian case revealed Armenian merchants faced murder threats by Hunchakist activists demanding 100000 dollars for the Armenian cause. Turkish rug dealer Harootm Gulbenkian testified that Martougessian pressed for payments and warned of killings, prompting merchants to monitor each other’s safety by phone.
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New York
Hunchakist Revolutionary Party
Levant Martougessian
Miran Karashensian
Martougessian
Hunchakist Society
Nott
Karashensian
Harootm Gulbenkian
Hovhanes Tarshanjian
Gulbenkian
Portuguese Cabinet to Revoke Franco Decrees
Lisbon February 26 The cabinet voted to annul Franco's decrees dissolving the chamber of deputies and reforming the peerage and to summon the dissolved chamber for King Manuel to take the oath. A state council decision on future dissolution and April elections will follow. The Urbaine Insurance Co of France paid over 260000 dollars on the late King Carlos life policy held as collateral by the Bank of Portugal.
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Franco
Chamber of Deputies
House of Peers
Manuel
Council of State
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France
Carlos
Bank of Portugal
Negotiations Break Off Over Southern Railway Wage Dispute
Washington reports that negotiations over wage reductions for Southern Railway workers have failed. President Finley says the case will be taken to the Interstate Commerce Commission and Labor Commissioner Neill under the Erdmann act, signaling a railroad strategy to seek mediation rather than direct talks with employees.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
Finley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill
Erdmann
Southern Railway
Commissioner of Labor
Victory for Hartje in divorce trial jury case
Pittsburg February 26 The prosecution rested without concluding evidence against Augustus Hartje wealth paper manufacturer John L Welshons and Clifford Hope The court adjourned after winning a notable victory by excluding the indictment underlying Hopes seven year term for perjury in a deposition not used in the divorce case Detective Albert Chelmedlyn testified Hope claimed Hartje was a good woman and he regretted lies about her but Hartje said it was all right as he would not live with his wife again and would follow Welshons.
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
John L. Welshons
Clifford Hope
Hartje
Hope
Albert Chelmedlyn
Welshons
Cannon Advocates University Education for People
Washington February 26 Speaker Cannon declared it better to be educated in a university supported by the people, no matter how humble, than in marble halls funded by a few. He spoke at the seventh annual convention of the National Educational Association's department of superintendent.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Department of Superintendence
National Educational Association
University of Illinois
Hudson River Tunnel Opens Linking New York and Hoboken
The Hudson River tunnel linking New York and Hoboken opened with President Roosevelt pressing a button and speeches by New York and New Jersey governors. Eight-car trains, five minute headways, connected Manhattan to Hoboken in minutes with a three minute underwater section. Promoters toasted success at Sherry’s as officials and lawmakers attended the ceremony and early passenger service began.
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Jersey
Hudson River
Hoboken
N. J
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Nineteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Manhattan Terminal
Hudson Tunnel Company
Walter G. Oakman
Hudson Company
Stillings Out For Good As Public Printer
Washington report states Charles A. Stillings will not be restored to the public printer post. President Roosevelt disclosed the decision to friends amid the government tangle. W. B. Rossiter’s report is due to the president within a week and is said to support suspension charges.
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Washington
Charles A. Stillings
Roosevelt
W. B. Rossiter
Stillings
Iowa Railways Brace for New Telegraphers Law
Des Moines reports railway officials in Iowa failed to gain more time to enforce the new working hours law for telegraphers. Companies plan to add several hundred operators as smaller stations will close, with full compliance due March 4.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Provisions of Hepburn Act Hear Interchange Rules
Judge Kohlsaat heard arguments in Chicago on whether the Hepburn act provisions allowing common carriers to interchange passes for officials and employees apply to express franks. The suit names National, American, Wells Fargo, United States and Adams as defendants, and the case was taken under advisement.
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Kohlsaat
United States Circuit Court
National
American
Wells Pargo
United States
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