Stickney Says Strike Would Be Good Thing
Minneapolis dispatch reports A B Stickney Totter president of the Chicago Great Western urges a general strike to solve high costs and tariff issues. He predicts a later strike by railway workers and criticizes Taft while contrasting Mrs Roosevelt. Commissioners Knapp and Nell aim to avert a 27000 member locomotive firemen strike across 49 railroads, signaling urgent action.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
Stickney
Tatt
Mr. Stickney
Taft
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Chicago
Knapp
Nell
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Western and Southern
Carter
Brotherhood In
Tariff Clash Looms Between Canada and United States
Washington reports a looming tariff clash as talks with Canada fail over maximum and minimum clauses of the Payne Aldrich tariff law. Ottawa resists American demands claiming no discrimination against the United States and warns of possible punitive duties if an accord is not reached. The dispute signals a potential April confrontation affecting western trade.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Commission
Ottawa
Papilament
Wernanda
Congress
No major developments in Philadelphia strike
The Philadelphia strike showed no important changes today as labor leaders vow to continue the fight. Archbishop Ryan postponed the St Patrick day mass for the Ancient Order of Hibernians after learning labor leaders planned a demonstration.
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Philadelphia
Archbishop Ryan
Order of Hibernians
Cincinnati Strikers May Threaten Nationwide Coal Strike
The Cincinnati scale committee deadlock leaves miners and operators at an impasse. Tomorrow the committee reports to the convention and a potential strike by 300,000 coal miners looms, creating widespread anxiety on both sides.
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Cincinnati
Cinelnnath
Senator Daniel Is In Deaths Throes
Daytona Florida March 16 State Senator Daniel of Virginia sinks rapidly. Doctors said at 11 o clock that his condition is critical with a deepening coma. The coma is due to internal hemorrhage and death could occur within twelve hours or may extend to 72 hours.
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Daytona
Florida
United States
Daniel
Virginia
Fireproof Homes Seen as Future of Denver Dwellings
Denver officials report multiple contracts for fireproof dwellings using hollow terra cotta blocks and plaster finishes. Builders foresee rapid adoption as a nationwide policy trend spreads from eastern regions and aims to make ordinary houses nearly fireproof within a few years.
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Denver
Colo
Speciis
Ft Te
Roosevelt's Visit to Khartum Draws Global Attention
March 16 Khartum dispatch reports Colonel Roosevelt and family touring Omdurman by steamboat with Slatin Pasha. They witnessed a Sudanese drill, visited the former prison, and praised English military training. The party plans a farewell to expedition members before sailing March 30 from Alexandria to Naples.
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Omdurman
Slatin Pasha
Khartum
Assouan
Roosevelts
Roosevelt
Mae
Roosevellt
Alexandria
Naples
Sudan Club
Eastrum
Uganda
Sudan
Chad
Se Territoriva
Japan considers Knox Peace Court proposal
Fragmented OCR text suggests Japan will not object to a proposed Knox peace court plan though foreign policy remarks remain cautious. Details are unclear due to garbled wording.
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Japan
Sapicious
Knox Peace Court
Nox
Develo
President Ta route tow 20 to sprak banquet noted
Fragmentary text reports a presidential route to a city banquet with mentions of Pittsburg and staged admiration for Hana and the widow Daa, framed as a ceremonial or speech event. The garbled OCR limits clarity on dates and full names.
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Sprak
Pittsburg
Maral Talt
I Club
Pittabure
Hana Witnoas
Final argument in Standard Oil case before Supreme Court
The March 16 Washington headlines report the final argument in the U S suit to dissolve Standard Oil Co of New Jersey as a conspiracy and monopoly in violation of the Sherman Act. The court took the matter under advisement as spectators lined the walls and counsel clashed over competition and reorganization.
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Washington
Standard Ol! Co
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Congress
Wickersham
John @. Johnson
Frank B.kellogg
Himselt
Texas board cuts fire insurance charges in state
The Texas rating board lowered fire insurance rates by up to 60 percent for dwellings and contents as of March 15 at Galveston. Industry representatives say the reduction will ease costs for homeowners and insurers alike.
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Galventon
Tex
Texas Rating Board
Senate Battle Over Taft Railroad Bill Intensifies In Debate
Washington a sharp clash over Taft's railroad bill as Aldrich and others press amendments. The discussion centers on traffic agreements and interstate commission control with Cummins Bailey and others accusing the bill of shielding railroads from antitrust measures while the president weighs in amid persistent attacks.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Alurich
Batley
Cummins
Root
Bacon
Interstate Commission
Bailey
Supreme Court
Kina
Commission
Taft
Des Moines
Commerce Commission
Cumming
Rhode Island
Cheyenne Eyes Plan for New Skyscraper on Central and Sixteenth
Rumor swirls as property owners order vacates on the northwest corner of Central avenue and Sixteenth street. Local brokers say a large modern business block may rise, potentially replacing Kline Dry Goods Halet and Barnett electric shop Mrs Brown barber J T Byron grocery Matherly curio Wardrobe and nearby homes. Agents deny details, saying only that notices were served and the exact plans remain undisclosed.
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Central Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Warren Live Stock Company
Kline Dry Goods Store
Halet and Barnett
Elizabeth “Brown
Insurance premium trends in Texas cities face rate cuts
The annual premium nears a million with threats to withdraw from the statistics. Texas shows a pen cent loss ratio last year. The board assigns each city a key rate base for all ratings. Galveston carries the highest rate among large cities. The minimum dwelling rate drops from 65 to 37 cents under the new system. Mercantile risk reductions average about 10 percent.
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Texas
Galveston
Jailed Father Vows to Kill Family on Release
Pueblo report says Jack Ashton an Austrian was turned over to county authorities after police court proceedings. He faced assault and battery and non support of ten children and vowed to kill his wife and daughter upon release.
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Pueblo
Jar
Jack Ashton
Siton
Gald
Ashton Wis
Man Alleges Attack as Family Testimony Unfolds
Testimony outside the city limits centers on a claim by a daughter that her father assaulted her. She describes the incident as occurring while she lay in her husband’s home with their three day old baby Shanald. The father interrupted repeatedly and allegedly threatened murder of wife and daughter when led away.
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Shanald
Ashton
Thirteen Bodies Lost in Snow In Seattle Probe
In Seattle on March 10 authorities report eighty three recovered bodies from a Wellington railway crash region. Forty identified as passengers, thirty eight as men, seven unidentified. Eight passengers still missing including three from Spokane. Five rail workers' bodies remain unfound.
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Seattle
Wash
Spokane
Millionaire Dodge To Move Abroad After Family Snub
New York report says Walter Phelps Dodge, Boston-born millionaire clubman and attorney, married in London to Helen Bleck, faces expatriation after his exclusive family refused to accept his chorus girl wife as social equal. Dodge, his wife, her mother, and Mrs Croxton plan to sail for England, aiming to sever ties with America.
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New York
Walter Phelps Dodge
Helen Bleck
B. M. Steck
Pennsylvania
London
America
Stokes
Phelps
Dalgety
England
Glater
Edad Croxton
Dodge
Richard Mikins
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