House Opposed Plan to Aid Cubans Faces House Split
Washington February 2 The House debates assisting Cuba with sugar policy and the President's plan. Representative Grosvenor warns a sugar concession hurts Republicans in the next House while lawmakers say they will aid Cubans without harming American sugar interests. The Southern caucus battle over reform of representation also looms as Crumpacker allies push a Federal election plan.
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Washington
Henderson
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
House
Grosvenor
House of Representatives
Dec- Grosvenor
Charles H. Grosvenor
Treasury
Michigan
Havemeyer & Co
Sugar Trust
Congress
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Trust
William van Horne
Cuba
Republican House
Representative Crum
Packer
Indiana
Twe
Crumpacker
Cannon
Manila awaits act of Congress on tariff bill
Manila reports intense interest as Congress debates Philippine tariff policy and mining homestead laws. Captain Frank Green of the American Chamber of Commerce predicts wider capital flow if reforms pass, while praises for native constabulary and police strength are noted. Surrenders rise in Batangas and Laguna as General Bell arrives to coordinate with Chaffee and Wheaton.
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Manila
Congress
Taft
Philippines
Frank Green
American Chamber of Commerce
Philippine Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Pelago
Chaffee
Otis
MacArthur
General Otis
Philippine Islands
Chaffeeites
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Wheaton
Pioneer James Lee buried treasure found in cellar
Relatives of James Lee a pioneer resident of Calhoun report finding six thousand dollars in gold buried in a tin can in the cellar of his Fredonia Township home after his death yesterday.
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Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Marshall, Mich
James Lee
Calhoun
Fredonia
Murder Mystery: Woman Found With Throat Cut in New York
Police confirm Minnie Clark, 33, was murdered in a Christie street house. A knife was placed in her hand to imitate suicide after a Saturday quarrel. Clark came with her seventeen year old daughter May and husband Parand is Cloud. the husband recently insanity led to asylum commitment.
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New York
Christie Street
Minnie Clark
May
Par
Cloud
Mina
MacComber Letter Yields No Light on New York Case
In Danvers Massachusetts inquiry finds no link between Harry A MacComber and the Christie street murder victim. A recommendation letter found in a dresser is traced to MacComber but does not confirm involvement. Bennett MacComber and Raymond L Foster know Harry from prior work and residence. Harry left Newburyport eighteen months ago and disappeared.
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Danvers
Mass
Harry A. MacComber
Christie Street
New York
MacComber
Raymond L. Foster
Danversport Rubber Company
Bennett A. MacComber
Harry
Newburyport
Mr. Foster
Harry MacComber
Bennett MacComber
Friends Incensed, Now One Is Dead
In Delorme Virginia, R B Blankenship and J R Browning, lifelong friends, quarreled during a settlement and both drew revolvers. Blankenship shot Browning through the heart before Browning fired. Blankenship surrendered and will face a preliminary examination tomorrow.
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Commercial Tribune
Delorme
R. B. Blankenship
J. R. Browning
Blankenship
Browning
Mingo County
Burglars Plunder Sisters and Priest in Evansville
Burglars entered the Sisters of St. Francis home in Evansville last night by forcing a back window and took 20 dollars in cash and valuable silverware. The priest of St. Anthony's Church also reported a burglary, seizing a few dollars in silver.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Sisters of St. Francis
St. Anthony's Church
Federation Grapples with Age Policy and Labor Bias
In Chicago on February 2 the federation debated age discrimination in industry. A speaker urged shooting men past 45 as useless while railroads and manufacturers reportedly bar workers over 35 and discharge at 45. Delegates described disguising age and the movement plans a special meeting to address the issue.
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Chicago
Commercial Tribune
Federation
Prince Henry of Prussia sails to United States
Berlin reports Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia leaves for Kiel with Andrew D. White bidding farewell. White notes Chattanooga hopes to present an album of views the prince would accept. The imperial party plans for the yacht Hohenzollern launch banquet and preparations by Waldmann's party en route to the United States.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Kiel
Andrew D. White
United States
Mr. White
Prince Henry
Chattanooga
Waldmann
Hamburg
New York
Hohenzollern
Bermuda
Oldest Indiana Priest Nominated for Monsignor Honor
Niles Michigan February 2 Catholic clergy in Michigan and Indiana petitioned the Pope to confer the title Monsignor on Rev Father M Raskiewicz Otis Indiana the oldest priest in Indiana born in 1822 ordained in 1847 no current Monsignor in this region.
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Niles, Mich
Michigan
Indiana
M. Raskiewics
Otis
Ind
Poland
Blizzard 5 Again Sweeps Across the United States
A new blizzard grips the nation with northern eastern and western states under snow and subzero temperatures. The storm causes travel disruption as wind, drifting snow, and broken branches lash cities from New York to Michigan and Northwestern Pennsylvania with coal shortages reported in parts of the Midwest.
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Washington
United States
New York
Terias
Wamé Rai
Signal Bureau
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Michigan
Extreme cold causes gas shortages in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana the Weather Station thermometer read 38 degrees above zero in the morning and fell to zero by night. The deep freeze caused widespread suffering in the gas belt due to a gas shortage impacting homes and businesses.
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Muncie
Ind
Thwarted in Love Miss Showalter Tries Self harm
Miss Evaline Showalter fifteen year old daughter of William Showalter attempted suicide by shooting herself in the breast near Dublin Indiana after plans to elope with James Morris eighteen from Kentucky. The couple fled twenty miles to Centerville before being captured then returned to New Lisbon with the father.
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Heart
Evaline Showalter
William Sho
Unlucky 13 and the Ugliest Man in the Mountains
Moore, Kentucky’s famed bigamist, is jailed on bigamy charges after his thirteenth wife, Miss Fannie Robinson, swears out the warrant. The article paints his life, looks, and views on marriage, including a self–described “eyes tell the tale” philosophy, with details of his Spanish-American War service and numerous marriages.
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Kenest
Howard Moore
Kentucky
Moore
Fannie Robinson
Fourth
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
D. G. Colson
Anniston
Ala
Commercial Tribune
Pap
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Senate Committee On the
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U.S
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Hero of
Campton
Alluz
M&n
Jack
Butler
Biddles
Ed Biddle
John L. Jones
Robert Ray
Greer
Sheriff Hoon
Edward Biddle
Jack Biddle
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McGovern
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Posse
John Biddle
Hoon
J. A. Snyder
A. McGovern
Mr. Holliday
Jones
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