Lodge in defence of Wilson in Senate debate
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts defended President Wilson as Senator Bristow accused him of inconsistency over the Panama Canal tolls and woman suffrage. Lodge said the President acts to restore U S prestige and honor in foreign affairs, not to gratify any whim, and would aid the President rather than vote for planks regulating legislation.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Wilson
Senate
Bristow
Great Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Losige
Taft Questions Suffragists at Amherst
Amherst Feb 18 Professor William H Taft of Yale delivered the second Henry Ware Beecher lecture at Amherst College on The People the Constitution and the Courts He discussed woman suffrage saying we exclude women from voting and that they must show a government in which they partake would bring greater happiness or better society He argued strongly against the recall of judges.
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Amherst
William H. Taft
Yale University
Henry Ware Beecher
Amherst College
Mr. Taft
Rockefeller gives $50,000 to Springfield Y M C A
Springfield received news that John D. Rockefeller has donated fifty thousand dollars to the endowment fund of the local Y M C A. The contribution is expected to bolster ongoing community programs and welfare efforts in Springfield.
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Rockefeller
Springfield
John D. Re
Ghosts in a Quincy House Probate Case Over a 30 000 Fordune
Massachusetts Supreme Court hears a probate dispute over funds trusted to Frank L Curtis by 89 year old Mrs Samantha P Curtis amid allegations of spiritualism and black cat portents. Judge Crosby sustains a demurrer ending further review.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court
Samantha P. Curtis
Quincy House
Crosby
Supreme Court
Curtis
Frank D. Woodbridge
Somerville
Frank L. Curtis
Natick
Nathaniel C. Curtis
George
Memphis Cotton Broker Madison Foster Declared Bankrupt
New York February 18. The failure of Madison Foster of Memphis a member of the New York Cotton Exchange was announced on the exchange floor Foster reputedly acted as broker for H Raine Memphis president who recently failed He liquidated his contracts on the local change about two weeks ago No claims are outstanding against him locally as far as known.
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New York
Madison Foster
Memphis
New York Cotton Exchange
Foster
H. Raine
Drift Ice Grounds Boston Ships as Harbors Freeze
Drift ice seriously threatened shipping in Boston harbor with bay wide slush ice. The fishing schooner Mildred Robinson ran aground off Lower Middle. Herman F Kimball grounded between Buoy 9% and Castle Island and later floated off. Barrels RR Thomas forced to lash for damage check. Quincy channel opened by two tugs to permit Kanawha berth. lighter Lyan capsized at Atlas stores in South Boston.
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Boston
Mildred Robinson
T Wharf
Herman F. Kimball
Castle Island
RR. R. Thomas
Quincy Channel
Kanawha
Theighter Lyan
Atlas Stores
South
Denial issued on Miss Margaret Wilson engagement report
Washington February 18 official denial published denying a report that Miss Margaret Wilson the President’s daughter was engaged to Boyd Fisher of Kansas City. The denial was requested by the White House.
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Washington
Margaret Wilson
Boyd Fisher
Kansas City
Officers Opposing Pearson In Vote On Adjutant General Term
Twelve commanding officers of the State militia back Governor Walsh by urging a one year term for Adjutant General Gardner Pearson. The opposition includes Major Elliott and lawmakers, with a rival lobby and Republican Democrat support for Pearson. The hearing showed strong factional splits and insinuations of candidacy for Pearson's role.
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Gardner Pearson
Legislative Committee On Military Affairs
Walsh
Sweetser
Priest
Lombard
Coast Artillery
Cutting
Hayes
Cook
Smith
Cavalry
Sherburn
Joy
Ropes
F. S. Elliott
Eighth Infantry
Noyes
Green
Foss
Hart
Medical Corps
Dawson
Henry W. Winslow
Judge Advocate-General’s Department
Sargent
Inspector-General’s
Major Hunter
Quartermaster’s Department
Victor Jewett
Lowell
Senator Fisher
Westford
Pearson
Dennis B. Halley
Lawrence
Lenox
Halley
James P. Parker
Edward L. Logan
Ninth Regiment
W. H. Merrill
Frank 8. Elliott
Eighth Regiment
James M. Lyle
Gloucester
Louis E. Cox
Frederick Robinson
Naval Brigade
Boston
Mr. Halley
Strike guard's body found in mountains
Charleston West Virginia February 18 Captain J Guy Levy a National Guard officer active in coal strike riots on Paint and Cabin creeks was found dead today on a Jonesy mountainside employed by a lumber company it is not known here whether he died from exposure or was murdered
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Charleston
W. Va
J. Guy Levy
National Guarda
Kellogg Tasteless Castor Oil marketed by Kellogg’s
Spencer Kellogg & Sons of Buffalo touts tasteless castor oil that removes taste and odor, calling it the simplest, safest laxative. Doctors endorse it for easy dosing, suited for children. Sold in 25c and 50c sizes, labeled with a green castor leaf and Kellogg signature.
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Spencer Kellogg & Sons
Buffalo
Kelloggs
Kellogg
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc
N. Y
Taft to Speak at City Club
Senator George T. Oliver of Pittsburgh will headline a Boston City Club luncheon with a list of speakers including former President Taft Governor Walsh and others. Frederick P. Fish will preside, Addison L. Winship and H. Staples Potter are on the reception committee. Oliver also to lead the New England Woman's Press Association dinner at the Somerset. Powers to speak at the City Club banquet.
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George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Boston City Club
William Howard Taft
David I. Walsh
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Curtis Guild
John D. Long
James M. Curley
Frederick P. Fish
Addison Ll. Winship
H. Staples Potter
Board of
New England Woman's Press Association
Somerset
Senator Oliver
Congressman Powers
City Club
Wireless mishap on Monroe hinders SOS calls
Philadelphia Feb 18. Wireless apparatus position on the steamship Monroe, sunk by the Nantucket off the Virginia coast with 41 lives lost, prevented sending SOS calls except for a few seconds after the crash. Testimony by wireless operator Robert L. Etheridge opened the trial of Captain Osmyn Berry of the Nantucket on negligence charges.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Monroe
Virginia
Robert L. Etheridge
Osmyn Berry
Nantucket
Wireless gear misplacement blamed for ship collision lessons
Etheridge testified that wireless switches and the pilot house phone were poorly placed on coastwise vessels. He said a reachable auxiliary switch could have triggered a storage battery after the Monroe crash. He left the wireless room 27 seconds after impact, another operator died 17 seconds earlier. Andrew Sjedin backed Captain Johnson, adding cargo ports and passenger gangways were closed at Norfolk.
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Etheridge
Andrew Sjedin
Monroe
Johnson
Norfolk
Mrs Hooper Dead at 92 in Boston Charity Leader
Mrs. Sarah Emery Hooper widow of Samuel Hooper of Cambridge died at home aged 92 after a life of civic work. She aided Civil War relief and the Sanitary Commission, led Boston charitable efforts, befriended Dr. Edward Everett Hale, founded the Boston Cooking School, and survived by nieces and a nephew. Born 1822 in Buxton Maine.
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Sarah Emery Hooper
Samuel Thompson Hooper
Cambridge
Hooper
Sanitary Commission
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
South Congregational Church
Boston Cooking School
Buxton
Samuel ‘. Hooper
Hooper, Newell and Stevens
Boston Commission
Barratt O'Hara Enters U.S. Senate Race
Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara officially announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator to succeed Lawrence Y. Sherman, whose term ends in 1915, in Chicago on February 18.
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Chicago
Barratt O'Hara
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
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