Taft Leads as Roosevelt Struggles in Early Delegates
The Commercial Tribune dispatch notes Taft's delegate lead near sixty four with Michigan's Eighth District nearly unanimous for Taft. Roosevelt, La Follette and Cummins trail with no delegates yet. Taft aides claim Roosevelt’s effort waning as Taft plans a Oklahoma tour and reforms at the White House.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Robert M. LaFolette
Albert B. Cummins
North
Wisconsin
Tr. W. Brazeau
Grand Rapids
Wis
Walter .Alexander
Tenth
Roosevelt
LaFollette
la Follette
Chicago
Brazeau
Woman Eyes Detective Work in Cincinnati Parks
Mrs. Ida Berry of 204 West Fourth Avenue plans to seek a detective post arguing the city parks lack proper patrols and are unsafe for women walkers. She notes her six disguises and believes women are keen observers fit for crime work. Nurse Miss Helen B. Conion of Lexington, Kentucky, aims to join the Sherlock Holmes club, hoping to leave nursing due to ill health.
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Ida Berry
West Fourth Avenue
Cincinnati
Dry leaders map plan to beat liquor license issue
Dry advocates at the constitutional convention in Impus Ohio outlined strategies to block any measure granting liquor traffic with weak restrictions. Moves include substituting Anderson and Winn amendments to remove population limits, and forming counter groups to oppose presidential backed plans.
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MAP Out
Imbus
Whicharacter
Haider
Winn
Defiance County
Herbert 8. Bigelow
Robert Crosser
Halfhill
Allen County
Lampson
Ashtabula County
Evans
Scicto County
Roosevelt opens Sagamore Hill for campaign plans
Oyster Bay March 1 Roosevelt appears in his hometown for the first time since signaling willingness to accept the presidential nomination. A press corps descends as he abandons the embargo but refuses to comment on Dixon's attack on Taft. He says he will avoid personal conflicts while outlining campaign plans with Amos Pinchot.
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Sherman
Oklahoma
Southwest
Champ Clark
Clark
Congress
Washington
Maryland
Annapolis
Harmon
Wilson
Guthrie
Choctaw
Chickasaw
McAlester
Muskogee
White House
Pearl Wight
Louisiana
Colonelg Roosevelt
Viess
Wight
Whitehouse
Wright
Cc.s. Hebert
New Orleans
Wasington
Harvey
New York
Dixon
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Lsaga
South
Amos Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Four Die In Locomotive Boiler Explosion Near Muncy
Four men died when the boiler of a locomotive attached to a freight train exploded near Muncy Pennsylvania. The engineer William Fink fireman Harry Robinson conductor Bolton White and brakeman William Meyers were in the cab and killed. The blast demolished part of a nearby wooden station but no one there was hurt. The train was moving fast when the explosion occurred. Fink died twenty minutes later. the others were killed instantly.
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Williamsport
Muncy
Here
William ‘Rink
Herry Robinson
Bolton White
William Meyers
Fink
Three Killed in Wreck Near Oxford Alabama
Three people died and nineteen were injured when westbound Southern Railway Passenger Train No. 35 derailed at Oxford, sixtyone miles east of Birmingham. Mrs. Augustus Denny of Anniston died at home from burns, her baby daughter also perished from burns, and Cora Roseman, a Black woman, was killed. The wreck occurred after the train split a switch and collided with a siding engine. multiple cars left the rails and traffic was halted until seven p.m.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern
Oxford
Here
Augustus Denny
Anniston
Cora Roseman
London Suffragettes Wage Window Breaking Crusade
London suffragettes launched a sudden wave of window smashing in the central shopping district. Emmeline Pankhurst led the attack on Downing Street and the colonial office, with 115 women arrested and police overwhelmed as hundreds of windows shatter.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Trafalgar Square
Strand
Regent Street
Piccadilly
Oxford Streets
Marshall
Tukes
Downing Street
Colonial Office
Two Cincinnati Boys Named by Burton for Annapolis Alternates
Senator Burton named two Cincinnati youths as alternates for the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Edgar Drach, architect Gustave Drach’s son, was named as second alternate and William H Hopkins, son of William H Hopkins Sr, was named as third alternate. John Sherman McCallum of Mansfield was named principal, with Clinton Havill of Marion as first alternate.
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John Sherman
Clinton , Havill
Marion
Scents Black Hand Plot In Fire and Stabbing
Felice Russo Italian restaurant owner sought police protection after a stabbing threat and a fire at his 538 West Fifth Avenue business. Russo, his wife, and three children were rescued by firefighters as authorities believe the Black Hand may be involved. police pledged protection and vyšited beat officers increased vigilance around the home.
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Felice Russo
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Fifth Avenue
Jackson
Russo
McNeal
Captain Minor
Ing
Augusto Siniscalchi
Siniscalchi
First District
Colonel Jackson
Yuan Shi Kai Enraged Over Troops Action
Desultory shooting by mutineers continued through last night and into morning. Pekin's electric lights were out and streets deserted as old-styles and police guard against looters. Mutineers detained in barracks. 1,500 troops seized a train and headed to Ho-Nah. Yuan Shi Kai issued notes to mission aries and officials urging order and offering regrets.
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Prkin
Pekin
Li Yuanin-Heng
Nanking
Nox
Yuan
Shi Kai
Yuan Shi Kai
Pao-Ting-Fu
Sayin
Legations
Ho-Nah
Annexation row pits Morrill Heintzman in city politics
The city annexation dispute centers on Republican attorneys Morrill and Heintzman as they contend their prior commissions and funding, while Mayor Hunt questions their alignment with the administration. A public hearing led to executive session with no announced decision.
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Albert H. Morrill
Joseph Heintzman
City Annexation Commission
Democratic Council
Morrill
Eee
Hunt
Mputaton
Heintzman
Public Service
Public Service Corporation
Conners
Committee On Ways and Means
Final Arguments in Trust Suits by Railroads and Coal Firms
Final arguments in the government antitrust case against six railroads and three coal corporations were completed. The decision will be announced within six months by three judges of the United States circuit court of appeals in Duluth Cincinnati or Grand Rapids. Special Prosecutor Harrison argued the alleged restraint of competition and the railroads mutual ownership of Sunday Creek company.
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Columbus
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court
Duluth
Cincinnati
Grand Rapids
Harrison
Sunday Creek Company
Democrats in Caucus Ratify Sugar Tariff and Tax Plan
The Democratic caucus in Washington approved a sugar free list and an extended corporation excise tax affecting individuals and partnerships earning over $5,000 yearly. Officials say sugar prices would drop about 1.25 cents per pound, while total revenue would shift to roughly $50–60 million from the new excise levy.
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House
Ways and Means
Supreme Court
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Louisiana
Congress
United States
Ways and’ Means
Ncise
Nderwood
Sun Yat Sen Sees Pekin Outbreak Threat to China
NAMING March 1 report that Dr Sun Yat Sen received Pekin outbreak advices and warned of no authority control while troops loyal to the republic could restore order. He asserts the Nanking government can protect foreigners and impose stability, as unrest grows across the country amid fears of foreign intervention. The Nanking assembly blocks foreign loans without its approval and provincial uprisings challenge pay demands from Wu Chang and Wuhu troops.
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Pekin
Republic
War Office
Sun
Nanking
China
Wu Chang
Wuhu
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