Ship subsidy bugs up again in the House
Washington reports a vote effort to pass the linger ocean subsidy bill without amendment. Republicans pledged to vote for it may sustain a narrow majority. Democrats aided by some Republicans will block its passage. Two roll calls are expected and a debate continues amid forest reserve measures. The Senate’s executive salary increase clash triggers a conference fight. Nominees Sater and Muir are confirmed for postmaster positions in Ohio towns.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Forest Reservation Commission
United States
John E. Sater
Ohio
James H. Muir
Pemberville
Watchorn Charges Dismissed By Roosevelt
Secretary Straus announced all charges against Ellis Island immigration commissioner Robert Watchorn were dismissed after a conference with President Roosevelt. The president sent Watchorn’s nomination for another term to the Senate.
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Watchorn
Washington
Straus
Roosevelt
Robert Watchorn
Ellis Island
N. Y
Senate
No Report on Steel Merger
The senate committee on judiciary voted to report a disagreement on a resolution calling for an investigation of the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by United States Steel Corporation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Wisconsin Senator Stephenson Faces Certification Dilemma
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin remains undecided on how to present his election certificate to the Senate. A temporary truce with Senator LaFollette led to an agreement for LaFollette to present the certificate while signaling he doubts Stephenson should be sworn before corruption charges are resolved. Stephenson did not approve the prepared remarks and will consult with allies before proceeding.
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Washington
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate
Senator LaFollette
LaFollette
Crum Resigns as Charleston Collector of Customs
Dr. William D. Crum resigns as collector of customs at Charleston effective March 4 in a move linked to avoiding embarrassment for President elect Taft. The appointment had sparked fierce opposition years earlier due to Crum being Black, with Tillman leading a filibuster against confirmation. Crum says no pressure prompted his exit and he wishes to retire with Roosevelt to protect Taft's reappointment prospects.
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Charleston
S. C
William D. Crum
Taft
Roosevelt
Crum
Senator Tillman
Tillman
Mayor Busse Calls Chicago to Taft Oath Demonstration
Chicago mayor issues a proclamation urging a citywide whistle blast at 11 a m central time next Thursday for five minutes. Factories to blow whistles while residents suspend pursuits prayers to be offered in churches for the success of the Taft administration.
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Chicago
Busse
Taft
Washington
Sullivan Receives Two Year Sentence For Assaults
Joseph Sullivan confessed to attacking Miss Laverne Quigley and Miss Elsie Anderson. He was arraigned before Mayor Reiter and fined $200 with six months in the Dayton workhouse on each charge, totaling about three years of confinement.
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Miamisburg
Joseph Sullivan
Laverne Quigley
Elsie Anderson
Reiter
Dayton
Sullivan
Gann bill passes Arkansas House 63 to 27 for statewide prohibition
The Gann bill to impose statutory statewide prohibition was approved by the Arkansas House by a 63 to 27 vote on March 2 in Little Rock. The measure advances to the Senate for consideration and aims to establish a uniform prohibition statewide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gann
House
Outrides Roosevelt in 14-Hour Ohio Relay Ride
Dr. G. C. Throckmorton, 65, beat Roosevelt’s 96 mile military ride by relaying three horses from Sidney through Piqua to Troy and back, covering 120 miles in 13 hours 45 minutes despite rain and mud. crowds greeted him in Sidney with a brass band on return as the ride was telegraphed to the President.
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Ohio
Piqua
G. C. Throckmorton
Roosevelt
Sidney
Troy
Insurgents Win Bid at Washington House Rules
In Washington on March 2 the house adopted a rules amendment as a concession to insurgents. They set weekly committee calls to push otherwise blocked bills and plan further reforms opening day of the new Congress. Insurgents expect Democratic support to defeat the previous question motion.
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Washington
House
Sperry Relieved as Commander of Battle Ship Fleet
Washington March 2 Rear Admiral Sperry on application has been relieved as commander of the battle ship fleet and Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder appointed in his place.
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Miral Sperry
Seaton
Coroner's Verdict in Fulhart Case
Dayton Ohio March 2 The coroner's verdict in the murder of Elizabeth Fulhart found dead in a cistern three weeks ago states she died by strangulation at the hands of an unknown person.
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Fulhart
Dayton, C
Elizabeth Fulhart
Sixty Miners Feared Dead After Erie Coal Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Erie Coal Co. mine near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania entombs sixty miners. Fire follows the blast and rescue teams find several dead at the entry while eleven men are fatally burned.
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Wilkesbarre
Erie Coal Co
Landslide Buries Six Officers and Twenty-Five Soldiers
Innsbruck Austria March 2 six officers and twenty five soldiers are buried in a landslide on the Breuner pass Tyrol all are believed dead
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Innsbruck
Austria
Breuner Pass
Tyrol
Smoky City Councilmen Convicted in Graft Case
Pittsburg dispatch reports councilmen William Brand Joseph C Wasson and John F Klein found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the city on the twenty first ballot. Ramsey Vilsack and others already convicted in graft prosecutions. Bond updates set for March term. Conspiracy trial of seven councilmen to follow.
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Pittsburg
William Brand
Joseph C. Wasson
John F. Klein
William W. Rapsey
Robert 8. Frazer
Klein
Brand
Wasson
McElroy
Voters’ League
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
J. C. Wasson
Hugh Ferguson
W. H. Melaney
Jacob Soffel
T. O. Atkinson
Socialist Leader Herr Bepel in Berlin Dies Not
Berlin March 2. Herr Bepel Socialist leader in the reichstag has been ill with kidney disease and now is declared very sick. He is regarded as dangerously ill and may die soon.
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Berlin
Herr Bepel
Reichstag
Suffragette Headquarters Opened in Washington
Miss Mary Garrett funds and leads the purchase of the suffrage movement’s national headquarters at 1823 H street in Washington. The house will be the central hub for directing the campaign and organizing supporters.
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Mary Garrett
Washington
H Street
Baltimore
Washington House
Paralyzed Engineer Keeps Train On Course to Station
George Piper of Mount Savage suffered a paralytic stroke while operating a freight train on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad between Cumberland and Mount Savage. Despite paralysis on his right side his mind remained clear and he brought the train into Mount Savage station before abandoning the cab. His condition is listed as serious.
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Cumberland
George Piper
Mount Savage
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Glaring daylight assault shocks Dayton Hungarian community
In Dayton Ohio on March 2 Mrs May Mesaros a Hungarian woman was seized and assaulted by a Black man who tore at her clothing and beat her as he tried to drag her to a shed. Her sister intervened and four hundred Hungarians gathered in front of the house before dispersing with arms drawn. The victim was prostrate from wounds and shock.
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Dayton
Lizzie Fulhart
May Mesaros
Supreme Court orders NYNH Hartford to dispose trolley holdings
Boston on March 2 a state supreme court decision mandates the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad to sell its trolley holdings in Massachusetts by July. The ruling resolves a long standing property dispute and directs disposal of the assets to satisfy state concerns.
Insanity Defense Used in Dentist Case in W V
Charles Milton McCracken a Cameron dentist is on trial at Moundsville for shooting his two year old child to death and attempting to kill his wife last Christmas Eve. Prosecutors seek to prove insanity as a defense.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Milton McCracken
Cameron
Moundsville
Steubenville Judge Rules on Beer Substitutes Under Rose Law
Common Pleas Judge Richards ruled Ole Oleson of Toronto did not violate the law by selling fried en beer containing less than 1.5 percent alcohol. He also held that any sale of a beverage with alcohol violates the law, fining Oleson $200 and costs.
Shot Through Heart in Altoona Murder Scene
In Altoona Pennsylvania on March 2 Mrs. Michael Binney was killed when Albert Donato an Italian, fired a revolver after a confrontation with Etta Reed and others. Donato wounded Mrs Briney and Joseph Harris before fleeing. Harris was hospitalized and Donato was later arrested locally.
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Altoona
Michael Binney
Albert Donato
Etta Reed
Briney
Joseph Harris
Powder mill blast in Ohio kills one worker at noon
A blast at the smokeless powder department of King powder works at King’s Mills near Lebanon destroys the plant. Walter Thompson of Lima, a new supervisor, is killed. In a separate note, Ernestine Moore of Pittsburgh is located in Catania, Sicily and set to sail to America March 2.
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King Powder Works
King's Mills
Lebanon
Walter Thompson
Lima
Thompson
Washington
State Department
Ernestine Moore
Pittsburg
Knox
Catania
Sicily
America
Taft Recalls Witt at Halcyon Philippine Expedition Dinner
President elect Taft attended a Willard Hotel banquet hosted by the Philippine expedition group with seven senators and twenty four congressmen among the guests. Toasts commemorated the 1905 voyage and marriages formed during the trip. Taft invited attendees to visit the White House, hinting at future reunions there.
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White House
Washington
Orient
Taft
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Bourke Cockran
Ide
Judge Ide
Philippine Commission
Cockran
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
Mignon Critton
Staten Island
Willard Hotel
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
San Francisco
Patient Missing From Massillon State Hospital
Augustus Leopold Goldberg, son of a London attorney, escaped from Massillon state hospital. Advised by Schierer of the state board of charities, officials report he was committed last summer and repeatedly refused to return to England. His father requested proper care but gave little further detail.
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Columbus, O
Marenz
Schierer
State Board of Charities
Augustus Leopold Goldberg
Massillon State Hospital
Goldberg
London
England
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