Governor Hopeful Faces Resignation and Scandal
Resignation may rest with the governor amid a liquor and lawyer fee dispute tied to Senator Elkins. In Philippi, R N Kittle and Representative Sturgiss discuss the postmastership for Kittle's father George M Kittle. Sturgiss backs George Mason's reappointment. change seems unlikely. E C Henshaw seeks Martinsburg postmastership and meets with Elkins.
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Senator Elkins
R. N. Kittle
Philippi
Representative Sturgiss
George M. Kittle
Sturgiss
George Mason
E. C. Henshaw
Martinsburg
Elkins
Government becomes pawnbroker in subsidy clash in Congress
Washington is abuzz as Representative Helm denounces subsidies, warning the U S government is becoming a giant pawnbroker in trade. He argues subsidies fail to boost maritime interests and cites Root policy and Caribbean trade declines amid tariff protection.
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Washington
Helm
Kentucky
House Today
United States
Central and
South America
Root
South American
Commissioner of Navigation
Caribbean
Rev Dr Hawthorne Dead At 73 In Richmond
The Rev Dr J B Hawthorne a noted southern Baptist minister died in Richmond at age seventy three from senile debility and paralysis. He led thirty one members of his Mobile congregation in the Confederate army and afterward pastored in New York Baltimore Louisville Atlanta Richmond Montgomery and Selma.
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Richmond
J. B. Hawthorne
South
Hawthorne
Mobile
New York
Baltimore
Louisville
Atlanta
Montgomery
Selma
Severe storms move toward east and Pacific coast
Two severe storms threaten the nation. One originates in Texas and shifts to Georgia then travels up the coast bringing snow flurries to the middle Atlantic states and rain to the south Atlantic states. A second disturbance approaches the Pacific coast.
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Washington
East
Texas
Georgia
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Pacific Coast
American Captain Wounded Near Tipitapa in Nicaragua
Captain Godfrey Fowler, American commander of General Chammorro's artillery, was wounded in a battle near Tipitapa. Government forces secured a complete victory as insurgents retreated, abandoning 600 rifles and leaving the wounded on the field.
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Managua
Godfrey Fowler
Chammorro
Tipitapa
Collision injures many as street car meets train in Chicago
In Chicago on February 24 a street car collided with a passenger train. The conductor was killed, the motorman fatally injured, and fifteen passengers seriously hurt in the crash.
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Chicago
North Dakota Coal Rate Case Hit Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hears North Dakota defend a 1907 law fixing coal rates for intra state commerce against Northern Pacific Railway critique that below cost rates harm interstate commerce. State argues lawful to promote local coal use. railroad contends cost of service cannot define a reasonable rate and warns of a regulatory shift that could curb rail powers nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United
North
Northern Pac
Miller
J. F. McCue
Arden
Peter
Paul
Crmple
Wupon
Northern Pacific
Regulation and Fair Pricing for Mobile Service
The argument asserts that forcing a carrier to provide some services below cost is unjust discrimination and unlawful. Regulators must allow carriers to set reasonable rates to cover the balance of their business, or risk spreading losses to other states and the national economy.
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Congress
Lerge
Southern Roads Unanimous on General Strike Question
A consensus emerges among Southern Roads workers as they vote on a general strike. Lines indicate unity but no action yet, with leaders signaling simultaneous pressure could spread to the South and East if any section presses demands.
Southern railroads reject wage demands prompt crisis two weeks
Cleveland reports the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors face unanimous refusals from southern railroads on wage terms. Executives anticipate a possible general strike if Baltimore and Ohio votes favor action, with decisions expected to be shared across east and south. Officials warn crisis will not occur for at least two weeks.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mississippi
Baltimore and Ohio
Brotherhood
Market Opens With Few Orders Amid Mixed Stock Activity
New York traders saw only a handful of orders executed at the opening as prices drifted slightly. The day began with a brief move either way before leveling off. Southern railroad issues offered modest influence on the broader list while bonds traded irregularly.
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New York
Southern
Fairbanks in Paris Plans Move to London Monday
Paris February 24 Former Vice President Fairbanks will stay in Paris until Monday when he departs for London He declined to comment on US politics or the Rome incident involving a papal audience question
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Fairbanks
Paris
London
United States
Rome
Fifteen Injured in Varick Street Fire Panic
A fire of incendiary origin in a Varick Street tenement injures fifteen people and leaves two with fatal injuries as residents panic and rush for exits.
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New York
Varick Street
Plan for Arbitration Ends Philadelphia Transit Strike
Philadelphia guards patrol as surface cars run past midnight for the first time since the strike began. Clergymen propose a six member arbitration board with two judges two clergymen two business men and a seventh chosen by the six, or a board comprising the state railroad commission and four others. Police barring riots hold order amid three deaths and many injuries. Mayor Reyburn aids in arrests as city hopes for calm and business recovery.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kensington
Frankfort
State Railroad Commission
West Philadelphia
Reyburn
Nova Scotia Legislature Opens With Promising Session
Halifax reports the Nova Scotia legislature convened in regu lar session with ceremony. The opening signals likely significant and important legislation to follow throughout the session.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Taft Accepts Invitation to Speak at Suffrage Convention
President Taft agreed to address a women suffrage convention in Washington on April 14 while avoiding any representation that he supports votes for women.
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Washington
Taft
Prosecutor Garven Targeted in Meat Packers Bribe Attempt
New York Feb 24. A bribe attempt aimed at Hudson county Prosecutor Garven to drop prosecutions of meat packers is revealed by Garven's office. The report outlines the alleged offer and the official response.
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New York
Garven
Hudson County
Postal Savings Bank Bill Vote Thursday
Consideration of the post office appropriations bill carrying 229000000 dollars was begun in the house today, giving many members chances to make political speeches. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts addressed the house on high prices of the necessaries of life.
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Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
House
Senate Debates Tariff Influence on Prices and Postal Bill
The article notes that tariff factors affect prices with world price movements shown by charts. The senate plans a Thursday vote on the postal savings bank bill while Senator Bailey opposes as unconstitutional. Senator Gordon delivers his farewell address in a dramatic, eloquent senate speech as the chamber sits four and a half hours. The house holds a night session with broad debate on the post office bill.
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Senate
Bailey
Gordon
Mississippi
House
Dr L T Barber Dies In Charleston West Virginia
Dr L T Barber aged 56 a leading physician founder of the Barber Sanitarium and former WV Medical Association president died in Charleston after a long illness anemia. He spent time in the south and Europe seeking relief and returned home to die. He leaves wife and six children with Masons planned to conduct the funeral.
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Charleston
W. Va
T. L. Barber
Barber Sanitarium
West Virginia Medical Association
South
Europe
Barber
Wuts
Masons
Connors Keeps Democratic State Chair Amid Harmony Move
In Albany on February 24 William J. Connors won a reprieve as Democratic state chairman after agreeing to resign in April and retract harsh remarks about Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy. Murphy granted the pause to maintain party unity despite Connors admitting temper problems and alleged auctioning of judgeships.
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Albany
N. Y
William J. Connors
Democratic State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Connors
Buffalo
Murphy
New York
Several Screws Loose in Swope Coffin Lid
Kansas City witnesses testified that screws in Col. Swope's coffin lid were loose when the body was removed for autopsy. Undertaker assistants Mitchell and Lyon described the lid and its fastening, with Mitchell noting looseness and Lyon asserting all screws were tightly in place.
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Kansas City
R. R. Mitchell
Col. Swope
B. C. Hyde
John G. Paxton
Swope
CC. A. Lyon
State home for orphans at Elkins approved
Charleston West Virginia February 24 special at a meeting of Governor Glasscock the board of control and the state humane society it was decided to erect the state home for proven children at Elkins a committee of Lakin Sheppard and Shaw was named to go to Huntington to study building a bridge over the Ohio river with approaches on Marshall College ground.
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Washington
New York
H. D. Rummel
Charleston
Elliott Northcott
Ritz
George Wesly Atkinson
I. C. Herndon
C. W. Dillon
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
Glasscock
Camden
Cook
West
M. Z. White
Mingo
Hatfield
Eckman
Hughes
West Virginia
Kersburg
Iyard
Ington
Floydman
Dispatch
Huvbard
Elkins
Senate
Lena
Board of Review
Kanewha
C .W
Yatte County
W. Va
Board of Control
State Humane Society
Lakin
Sheppard
Shawkey
Huntington
Ohio River
Marshall College
French Senators Fight Duel in Paris Thu Feb 24
In Paris this morning Senators Millies La Croix and Lintilhae dueled with swords. Lintilhae sustained a thrust to the arm. The pair were reconciled before departing the field.
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Paris
Millies la Croix
Lintilhae
Federal inspectors target watered oysters shipments
Washington February 24. The pure food inspectors board will rigidly investigate interstate shipments of watered or bloated oysters with the aim of prohibiting such consignments.
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Washington
Pure Food Inspectors Board
Cubs Sign Mordecai Brown To Two Year Deal
Chicago February 24 Mordecai Brown the three fingered pitcher has signed a two year contract with the Cubs making him the game’s highest priced pitcher.
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Chicago
Mordecai Brown
Cubs
South Dakota Republican rift set to clash by June primary
South Dakota faces a bitter split between progressives and stalwarts as each faction lines up candidates for governor Congress and state offices. Gov Vassey tops the progressive slate while former Gov Elred leads for the stalwarts. R O Richards role remains uncertain as Pettigrew questions the fate of the Democratic party amid tariff bill debates.
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Huron
South Dakota
Iowa
Congress
Down
8. H. Elred
Gov. Vassey
R. O. Richards
Richards
Vassey
Crawford
Gamble
United States
Pettigrew
Senate committee probes high cost of living
Democratic members of the senate committee to investigate the high cost of living indicated the proceedings may be stormy. They will seek to hold the trusts responsible and implicate the Republican party for the trusts.
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Weshington
Senate
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Parkersburg
Fourth District
Woodyard
DR. Hawthorne
Fowler
Tipitana
North Dakota
U. S. Supreme Court
Southern Roads
Wall Street
Vatu
Virginia
Polige
Postal Savings Bank Bill
DR. L. T. Barber
State
Tammany
State Home For Orphans
R. C. Richards
Food Investigation
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