Fisher New Secretary of Interior After Ballinger Resigns
Washington reports the resignation of Ballinger was accepted and Walter L. Fisher of Chicago named Secretary of the Interior. Taft delays his approval to defend Ballinger, who vows to return to law and pursue the arch conspirators. Fisher, a Republican, active in conservation, faces confirmation with Cullom reportedly consulted.
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Washington
Mar
Ballinger
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Taft
Gentile
Cemaenea
Fisher
National Conservation Agsociation
Pinchot
Cullom
Woman Feeds Chickens Misses Diamond In Ring
Chillicothe Ohio March 7 Miss Ruth Vance daughter of James L Vance dropped a 4200 diamond from its setting while feeding three week old chickens She brought the flock to town for X rays but the gem was not recovered and she declined to kill the chickens
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Chillicothe, O
Ruth Vance
James L. Vance
Bandit Who Shot Two In Indiana Captured
James Walker, who shot and killed Patrolman Virgil Kirkman and probably fatally wounded Chief of Police John Ells after robbing a jewelry store, was captured early today in a barn on a farm five miles south of Elwood Indiana. He had earlier fled to Anderson where he was placed in jail.
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Indiana
Elwood
Ind
James Walker
Virgil Kirkman
John Ells
Alexandria
Anderson
Jali
California in Grasp of Damaging Floods
A heavy rain storm disrupts rail service and damages fruit in central and northern California. Flood warnings reach the Sacramento Valley as Watsonville floods with ten feet of water in places. San Jose areas, Maxwell, Corning, Red Bluff, Woodland suffer washouts and landslides at Gibson and Thrall, forcing families to higher floors.
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San Francisco
Mar
California
Sacramento Valley
Watsonville
San Jose
Maxwell
Corning Red Bluff
Woodland
Gibson and
Thrall
Kidwell Attacks Hill Comparing to Pirate Chiefs
Denver March 7 George Kindell denounces railroad rates in Colorado by likening James J Hill to Captain Kidd Bluebeard and Abdul Hamid and calls the comparison a stretch He notes Denver pays ten times as much as Hills Great Northern for coal hauled from Lafayette to the city versus the same distance in the north credits the grievance to rate disparity between Colorado and northern states.
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Denver
Mar
George Kindel
Captain Kidd
Colorado
Ananias
Bluebeard
Abdul Hamid
Kidd
Sunilet Ames
Arta St
Burlington
Kindel
James J. Hill
Lafayette
Mr. Hill
Great Northern
Surgeon remove fifty pound tumor from Brooklyn woman
Three surgeons at Cumberland Street Hospital in Brooklyn removed a fifty pound tumor from Mrs. Jennie Cornell 67 of Valley Stream L I. She is recovering well and to return home soon. Doctors call her survival remarkable given her age and tumor size. Mrs. Cornell is the wife of a retired Brooklyn builder. She weighed 185 pounds before surgery.
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New York
Cumberland Street Hospital
Brooklyn
Jennie Cornell
Valley Stream
L. I
Cornell
Noted French Peace Advocate To Visit Us
Paris reports Baron d Retour nellea de Constant a French senate member and Nobel Peace Prize winner travels to the United States to advocate international peace. He will speak in Washington first and then in major cities including New Orleans Los Angeles San Francisco Denver Chicago Philadelphia and New York before attending the Lake Mohonk conference.
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Denver
Paris
Hbaron d'Retournellea de Constant
Jong- Albey
Khmwin
America
Albert Apponyi
Dows
Utos
Canada
Francoe
Kavelich
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
France
United States
New Orleans
Los Angelea
San Francisco
Settle
Lincoln
Kaneng City
St. Louie
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Madison
Chengo
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Elliott Declines Missouri Pacific Presidency
Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, wired from St Louis tonight a refusal of the Missouri Pacific presidency to a New York committee representing control of the railroad.
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Lule
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
New York
Canada Not Looking For Annexation Speech in Commons
Ottawa March 7. Reci procity was endorsed and loyalty to Great Britain affirmed as annexation was scouted in a speech by Sir Wilfrid Laurier to the Canadian House of Commons. He urged against annexation and reminded Americans Canadians share the same flag and destiny with the empire.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Wilfrid Hackess
House of Commons
United States
Buffalo Jones Guest at Canadian Camp Highlight
New York audience hears Col. C. Jones known as Buffalo Jones, famed hunter, describe lariat methods to subdue wild animals. He demonstrates on stage with moving pictures of lions, panthers, bears, and other ferocious creatures. Menu features Persian lamb from Buffalo Jones ranch and buffalo tongue with coffee brewed from Arctic Circle beans.
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New York
C. Jones
Buffalo
Jones
Fel Asters
Colonel Jones
Daniel
Samson
Buffalo” Jones Ranch
New Mexico
John Jay White
Lieut. Greeley
Fort Conger
Arctic Circle
Wireless Hero Binns Wins 12600 From Vitagraph
New York March 7 Jack Binns wireless operator secured a 12600 verdict against Vitagraph Company of America for showing motion pictures of the collision between the Baltics and the Florida after he refused permission It was the suit’s second trial the first verdict being reversed by the appellate division Justice Greenbaum allowed the moving pictures to be shown in court Binns was depicted with an American smile as the hero of the rescue in the courtroom scene
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New York
Jack” Binns
Supreme Court
Vitagraph Company of America
Baltics
Florida
Binns
Justice Greenbaum
Jeremiah A. LI
Snary
Jack Binns
BH Binns
Brooklyn
Moving Picture
Colorado Men To Build Dam Across Colorado River Near Parker
Taft signed the bill authorizing Greeley Arizona Irrigation to construct a dam across the Colorado River about 100 miles above Yuma. The project aims to supply water for about 290000 acres in Arizona and Southern California with an extensive ditch system and federal government support. About 1 million dollars will fund the dam and related works as approved by the Interior Department.
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Tt le
Interior Department
Projet
Anarchist Plot for Taft Suspected in Spokane
Spokane police report arrest of John Steele and Stuart Moffett in a plot to assassinate Mayor Pratt and President Taft. Detectives cite overheard confessions revealing plans to kill Taft after Congress adjourns and to strike after city elections. Officials say Captain Sullivan was murdered in relation to the case.
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Spokane
Wash
Mar. T
Captain Burns
Steele
Moffett
Pratt
Taft
Washington
Congress
ENRICO CARUSO MAY LOSE GOLDEN VOICE
New York reports Dr Holbrook Curtin says Caruso faces no lasting vocal loss but needs climate change and rest. The tenor, earning 2500 dollars per performance, has not sung since February 6 and missed twenty engagements, costing about 50000 dollars. If weather stays dull, Italy could be advised to recover his throat.
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New York
Curtis
Ilm
Italy
Reuf Sentenced to 14 Years in California Prison
Abraham Reuf was taken to San Quentin to begin a 14 year sentence after exhausting legal remedies. He traveled by taxicab to the prison rather than a prison van and will be assigned to work in the jute mill.
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San Francisco
Mar
Abraham Reuf
San Quentin
Van
NOVELIST DAVIS MAY MARRY YAMA YAMA GIRL
Pittsburg March 7 The rumor that Richard Harding Davis the novelist may marry Beesie McCoy the Yama Yama girl after a so called friendly divorce gained new life when Davis visited Pittsburg with McCoy who starred in The Release. Davis checked in at Fort Pitt hotel under an assumed name and McCoy was a hotel guest. he appeared devoted to her during the stay.
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Davis
Pittsburg
Richard Harding Davis
Beesie McCoy
Relea
Dayia
Fort Pitt
Wise McCoy
Davis Wee Maueb
Danish students to sing at Washington party May 1
President Tait invites Danish Royal University students to sing at a White Horse garden party on May 1. The eight students will tour the United States, with an invitation extended to visit Cambridge via Count Moltke the Danish minister.
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Washington
Tait
Moy
Royal University of Copenhagen
United States
Arip
Migton
Count Moltke
Rancher Dies in Accidental Gunshot Near Port Morgan
Port Morgan, Mar 7. Lythe and Pabcher tying on KR hack near Wing ing died this morning from an accidental gunshot. Lythe, about years old, fired at a prowler and reportedly stumbled, the shot entering the head. Authorities believe accidental, no evidence of intent. Survived by a spouse and an infant.
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Port Morgan
Lythe
Winging
Lieber
Bailey Denies Involvement In Lorimer Tariff Vote
In Washington March 7 Bailey of Texas denied he or anyone else bound him to fix a vote date on the Lorimer case or to push unfinished business. He said his connection with the agreement ended when he declared he would not filibuster the tariff board bill. His friends say his resignation attempt stemmed from apparent support for initiative referendum and recall in the Arizona constitution.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Bailey
Texas
Lorimer
Tariff Board
Ailey
Arizona Constitutio
Massive U S Troop Move To Border Amid Mexico Crisis
Washington reports the largest peacetime troop and warship mobilization in U S history with about twenty thousand soldiers heading to the Mexican border, four armored cruisers ordered to Guanatanamo, and much of the Pacific fleet gathered near San Diego. Officials claim training aims, but secrecy fuels war scare, while Americans jailed in Mexico provoke diplomatic strains.
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Edwards
Juarez
United States
Frexico
Washington
Mar
Guanatanamo
Atlantic
San Diego
Busch Golden Wedding Big Affair in Pasadena
Pasadena observes the most lavish golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Busch. A crown of gold valued at 200000, diamonds and fire, crafted in Frankfort and set by a New York jeweler, dominates a royal celebration at the Busch mansion with gifts including solid gold dinner plates, a two foot high gold vase, and keepsakes from Taft Roosevelt and Emperor William.
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Pasadena
Cal
Busch
Frankfort
Germany
New York
Busch Mansion
St. Gaudens
Theodore Roosevelt
William
O'Keefe Sullivan bout halted by Denver Sheriff
Sheriff Arm strong of Denver county blocked a planned ten round boxing match between Jack Sullivan and Johnny O'Keefe. The location was changed from Edgewater arena to Tuna Park amid fears of official interference.
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Dyer
Mar
Sheriff Armstrong
Denver County
Jack
Twin
Denver man charged with filing false funds scheme
William EK Jones, 19, an insurance solicitor, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Jeffords on charges of forging a registered letter and stealing funds from a Denver post office division. He posted a $100 bond and plans to hire counsel.
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Mar
William EK. Jones
United States
Manibal Jeffords
Denver
Fala
Jones
Thomas
Toeteffies
Admiral John G Fremont Dies on March Day
Tear Admiral John G Fremont collapsed and died in Boon Owen during a March event. Details of circumstances remain unclear as officials report the sudden death.
Mrs Belmont Opens Farm for Working Girls Near Hempstead
Mia C. H. P. Belmont funds a country farm near Hempstead to house train and employ about twenty Manhattan girls as farmers. They will learn soil work, housekeeping, and farm management while earning four dollars weekly. The project, led by Mrs Laura J. Williams, plans to expand to serve hundreds as accommodations grow and land is acquired.
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Hempstead
L. 1
Philanthropiet
Manhattan
Etron
Plae
Olace
Laura J. Williame
Pennay
Vania
Apm
Mra
Belmont
Ob Cary
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Sir Wilfred Laurier
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Reuf
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Ft. Russell
Guantanamo
White House
Pearsons
Mexico
Jens Ry Lane Wilson
Bush
Venver Man
LTTE
Mrs. Belmont
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