Roosevelt Throws His Hat In The Presidential Ring
Theodore Roosevelt confirms he will accept the Republican nomination if offered and urges direct primaries to let the people express a choice. He writes to seven governors from Boston noting the decision stands for the people, not personal interest, and signals an open candidacy. He spoke from New York and was reported from Boston as the news spread.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Boston
Roosevelt
New York
English Women Threaten March For Suffrage On March Fourth
London reports say militant suffragists led by Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel plan violent street demonstrations on March 4 if guarantees are not given. They threaten to smash government property and attack officials while awaiting a timely response amid a national strike.
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London
David Llyod- George
Jat
Women's Party
Emmeline Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
Weseaeett
Mrs. Pankhurst
Lawyer Surrenders to Police in New York
Francis BE. Baker, a patent lawyer with offices in New York Washington and Bangor Maine, walked into the West Thirtieth Street station to surrender on a $15,000 National Surety Company bond. He claimed the company feared he would miss his trial and vowed to seek bail the next day. He later failed to appear at trial, was found in Baltimore, and returned to New York.
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Francis BE. Baker
Washington
Bangor
Thirtieth Street
Leutenant
Harold Norris
National Surety Company
Sablina
Mary Reeves Brinckle Stewart
Commodore Stewart
Old Ironsides
Baker
Baltimore
Norris
New York
Chicago Girl Details Ten Hour Workday Abuse
Misa Seelie Energon, a Chicago servant candidate once linked to a Carnegie family legacy, testifies in a plan to back stricter protections for working girls. She reports restaurants and hotels requiring ten to eleven hours daily with near elimination of meals, leaving workers exhausted and unable to undress at night.
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Chicago
Meyer Warns of Japan Naval Rise and U S Ship Needs
Secretary Meyer told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Japan would overtake the United States as the third naval power by 1916 unless the U S builds two battleships annually. He urged a $1,000,000 wireless system and proposed consolidating yards into Narragansett Bay Norfolk and Charleston sites, with sales funds.
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Washington
D.C
Japan
United States
Meyer
House Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
France
New York
Boston
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Narragansett Bay
Norfolk
Charleston
Key West
Seven Armed Americans Arrested Near Fronteras
Seven mounted men from U S 5 were taken into custody near Fronteras forty miles below Douglas after Mexican authorities said they were bound for the Zapatista forces. Consul Frateras reported the group wore U S army uniforms and carried revolvers rifles daggers and about two hundred rounds each. They were jailed at Fronteras.
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U. 5
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
Zapatista
Fronteras
Frateras Bald
United States Army
Bill to require I C C valuation of express and telegraph firms
Washington February 20 A bill introduced to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to value all express telegraph and telephone companies in the United States and to urge government ownership of such properties under presidential action.
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Ocompanies
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Represen
Rioters Fire on Police in Lawrence Textile Strike
Stormy seventh week of the Lawrence textile strike turns violent as shots fire from tenement houses hit police near Essex Street. Police return fire while thousands march, jeer, and sing L Internationale. Militia and troops maintain order after arrests and jailing of several leaders.
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Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence Textile Workers
Metropolitan Park
Essex Street
Philadelphia
Paul Chabis
Virginia Cruiser Reappears in Honolulu Harbor After Mystery
After a day’s absence the armored cruiser Virginia appeared in Honolulu harbor. The navy declined to comment on her cruise but it is understood she was sent to examine conditions at Palmyra Island where there is doubt over ownership.
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Washington
D. C
Virginia
Honolulu
Navy
Tment
Palmyra
Ieland
Mother Drops Dead After News of Daughter’s Death
Salida Colorado February 26 Mrs John M Epperson of Brookfield Missouri collapsed and died upon receiving a telegram stating her daughter Lilian Epperson Perry had been shot and killed by Jerome L Perry her husband. Coroner Russell took charge as authorities pursue details of the elopement and marriage and police note a life insurance policy taken out in the deceased’s name later assigned to Perry. Perry survives in Rio Grand hospital with likely paralysis from a self inflicted gunshot wound the prognosis uncertain.
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Salida
Colo
John M. Epperson
Brookfield
Lilian Epperson Perry
Jerome L. Perry
Lillian Epperson
Perry
Misa Hpperson
Missouri
Sand Storm Paralyzes Texas Rail Line
A historic sand storm in Southweest Texas buried the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad with eight to twelve foot drifts. Trains halted for hours as workers cleared the line near Katharine and a slow timetable was instituted after winds raged for about a day.
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Galveston
Texas
Southweest
Brownsville
St. Louis
Brownsville and Mexico
Katherine
Defy 10 Americans by General Gomez
Special correspondence reports broad domestic business gains across railroads, steel mills, manufacturers, and banks through February with 7.83 percent higher December net earnings and foreign rail investments of 90 million dollars. The piece notes political risk from a Democratic House but asserts business confidence remains strong. It compares protection in Germany and England, highlighting wage and hour differences for bricklayers.
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WH. Tavenner
Leader
Washington, D. C
Erie Railroad
New York
Chicago
Atchison
House of Representatives
Germany
Payne-Aldrich
Enegland
Aldrich
Guegenheim
England
Talks Through Hat American Troops On Spot
An 1912 Juarez note from General Emilio Campa and officers Roque Gomez and Tomas Loza warns foreigners and natives they will spare no one if Ciudad Juarez is attacked. The message states a six hour window from 2 PM and a pledge to unity across parties.
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Ciudad Juarez
Ciudad, Juarez
Emilio Campa
Roque Gomez
Tomas Loza
Army Advancing on Juarez Across Rio Grande Border
El Paso reports Emilia Camposo’s force moving toward Juarez after a failed telephone talk with Juarez mayor Llorento. U S Consul Ed wards orders all Americans to leave Juarez. By eight p m many had crossed into El Paso as U S troops fortify the border with six hundred soldiers and machine guns. Juarez authorities remain silent but prepare for defense while rebels arrive on the river bank opposite Old Port Bliss and begin to encircle Juarez.
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Juarez
el Paso
Texas
Eighteenth Infantry
Campas
Old Port Bliss
Aine
Alumnus gives 150000 for Joseph Leldy Memorial Lecture
Following degree conferring at the University of Pennsylvania, Provost Smith announced a prominent alumnus now traveling in Europe had provided about 150000 to establish the Joseph Leldy Memorial Lectureship.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Progvost Smith
Europe
Joseph Leldy
Roosevelt Discusses Judicial Recall in Massachusetts
Boston February 26 Theodore Roosevelt outlined a plan for a limited recall of judicial decisions in the Massachusetts Assembly Chamber. He urged direct nominations and primaries including presidential primaries and suggested popular devices like initiative and referendum to strengthen representative government and broaden social and industrial justice.
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Boston
Mass
Assembly Chamber
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Tallire
Roosevelt
State House
Senate
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Pittsburg
Passavant Hospital
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New Jersey
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