Taft Plans Recipiency and Tariff Board Push
President Taft on the train signals the extra session focus on Canadian reciprocity and a permanent tariff board. He seeks scientific revision of Payne Aldrich schedules, especially the woolen Schedule K, with Dec 1 as the target for board findings. He hopes Democrats cooperate to place tariff work on a disinterested footing.
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Columbia
S. C
Taft
Tariff Board
Congress
Washington
Permanent Tariff Board
Democratic House
Senate
Germany
Payne-Aldrich
Augusta
Southern Railway
First Baptist Church
City
Thomas D. Murphy
Colonel Murphy
Irish poet Tom Moore bust to be unveiled in Washington
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports plans for a bronze bust of Irish poet Tom Moore to be unveiled May 27 in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Jerome Connor created the bust, detailing his dedication and that he will be paid only for materials. The ceremony will be elaborate and open to all who wish to participate.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Tom Moore
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Jerome Connor
St. Louis
Syracuse
Woman and Man Die in Street Car Wreck
Two killed and four injured when a Lackawanna passenger train struck a street car at a Clinton street grade crossing in Buffalo New York. Deceased include Mrs John McCormack 35 and Robert W Hohn 30 the motorman.
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Buffalo
WN. Y
Lackawanna
Clinton Street
John McCormack
Robert W. Hohn
Peace Sunday Observes Taft Grey Arbitration Praise
London observes Peace Sunday with sermons lauding President Taft and Sir Ed Grey for arbitration efforts. Arch bishop of York preached at Sheffield while many pulpits echoed support. Free churches plan a demonstration in support of the arbitration movement in Aberdeen on April 1.
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London
Archbishop
York
Sheffield
King
Taft
Ed Grey
Free Churches
Alhell
Assault on Booker T. Washington Ends With Injury
New York report says Booker T. Washington, educator and Tuskegee president, was struck by a janitor with a club near a 63rd Street doorway. Washington returned the blow, police detained him briefly, and Ulrich claimed he acted in defense after a man he thought suspicious approached. Washington denied serious injury, later treated at Flower Hospital for scalp lacerations, ear injury, and bruises.
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New York
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Flower Hospital
W - Ton
Albert Urich
Ulrich
Dark Horse Alliance May Back Bryan and La Follette
The Tribune reports Bryan and La Follette could align to back a third movement if Taft or Harmon win their party nominations. Bryan guides tariff revision while courting La Follette, aiming to unite insurgents to overturn old-party control. A Clark Wilson ticket emerges as Bryan preferred future, with Pennsylvania shifting toward Clark through Palmer’s coup, reshaping Democratic power.
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Oe Tribune Bureau
Nsby
Washington
William J. Bryan
Robert M. LaFollette
Nebraska
Wisconsin
la Follette
Bryan
Taft
Harmon la Follette
Bryan la Follette
Middle West
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Clark
Congress
Executive
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchell Palmer
James M. Guffey
Mitchell
Guffey
Palmer
Bryan and Clark
Ways and Means
Colonel Roosevelt Ends 60 Mile Arizona Trip
Theodore Roosevelt and family rest after a sixty mile drive from Roosevelt Dam to Mesa Arizona where Archie Roosevelt attends school. The party plans Phoenix visits with addresses focused on Arizona’s constitution and statehood fight. Early at Roosevelt Dam, cars lined the roads and wealthier settlers slept along the shoreline.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mesa
Archie Roosevelt
Arizona
Roosevelt Dam
Territory
IT Am Game Is Message From Tom Johnsons Room
Cleveland March 19 No hope is given tonight for the recovery of Tom L Johnson four times mayor of Cleveland and a three cent fare advocate. His family gather at his bedside and death is expected hourly. The former mayor shared a final message to friends declaring I am game and asking them to be of strong heart.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Nearly 50,000 Striking Express Workers Grips New York
In New York and vicinity about 50,000 workers from Adams United States and Wells Fargo express firms remain on strike, causing freight congestion and public disruption. Mayor Gaynor condemned the strike as criminal while deploying police on wagons as talks falter and negotiations stall after a fall settlement.
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New York
Adams
United States
Wells Fargo
Gaynor
Manhattan
Jersey City
Wells-Fargo
Adams Expres
Ica
Miners Trapped In City Coal Mine For Hours
About 150 miners were imprisoned in Junction City coal mine from 11 yesterday morning until noon today due to a hoisting machinery breakdown. Repairs began after castings arrived.
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Centralia
Junction City
Mystery Death Tragedy in Dayton River Swim
A six day search of the Miami river ended at 2 25 Sunday when the body of Harry Edwin Wilson of Wheeling West Virginia was found one mile south of Miamisburg He had plunged into the muddy waters last Monday to escape a crowd of high school boys The identification revealed Wilson had lived in Dayton nine months boarding at the Empire restaurant and staying with Mrs H G Haymer His motive remains unclear with reports of him being a commission merchant with two thousand bushels of potatoes in Dayton unproven by investigators The case raises questions about his family ties and the reasons for his presence in Dayton on the day of the pursuit
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Miami River
Miamisburg
Harry
Edwin Wilson
Wheeling
W. Va
Wilson
Empire
Knecht -House
Second ‘Street
H. G. Haymer
Perry Street
French Cruisers Land After Stormy Voyage
Annapolis report says French cruiser La Gloire and Admiral Aube dropped anchor off the Naval Academy after a stormy voyage from Mexico. They will stay several days as visiting officers and midshipmen inspect the American naval school.
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Annapolis
Mexico
la Gloire
Admiral Aube
Naval Academy
Legislators Clash as Fight Breaks Out in Missouri House
In Jefferson City on March 19 the Missouri House and Senate fought to adjourn, when Representative Stark of Cass county struck Percy Smith, a clerk in the fish and game department, defending Chief Warden Tolerton. Smith fell, order was restored, and a Sunday session followed due to a failed rider on the fish and game department appropriation bill. Democrats supported the rider by 73 to 42 in the House conference vote.
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Jefferson City
General, Assembly
Stark
Cass County
Percy Smith
State Fish and Game Department
Tolerton
Representative Simmons
Shelby County
Smith
House
Limantour Poised to Lead Mexico Amid Revolution
A strong movement aims to install Senor Don Jose Y. Limantour as president of the Mexican republic as Diaz foes gain the upper hand. The report, from the innermost circles, suggests a coup will be sprung once revolution strengthens.
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Diaz
Commercial Tripune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington
Senor
Don Jose Y. Limantour
Limantour
Legislature Deluged by Bills as Session Presses On
Haezison reporting from Columbus notes the Ohio legislature faces a flood of unfinished work. With 128 house bills and 41 in the senate awaiting third reading, leaders may appoint a steering committee to fast track must pass measures, including working men’s compensation and county officer pay reforms. The Hamilton County seating contest and gubernatorial dynamics color the week’s battles.
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House
Senate
Assembly
Beni Oct “Yno
Krause
Cleveland
Election Board
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Hamilton County
Langdon
Culbertson Smith
Harmon
Nichols
Thomas
Wood County
Friends of Organized Labor
Judiciary Committee
Canfield
Fulton County
Lowry
Henry County
Bertsch
Reynolds
Limantour Expected as Provisional Mexican President
New York dispatch cites Gustavo A. Madero saying Senor Jose Yves Limantour will assume the provisional presidency of Mexico after Diaz steps aside. A peaceable settlement and general election are promised with a representative of the majority of voters to be chosen. Madero notes conferences in New York were private and that Limantour’s stay at Hotel Plaza sparked reports of Diaz stepping aside.
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Limantour
New York
Mexico City
Diaz
Madero
Latin America
Texas
Leonard Wood
Mexico
Senor
Jose Yves Limantour
Taft
Augusta
de la Barra
White House
Ambassador de la Barre
Senor Limantour
Gustavo A. Madero
Senor Soimantour
Berado Reyes
Plaza
Rainstorm Drenches Troops at Fort Crockett Retreat
In Galveston on March 19 a heavy rain lashed Fort Crockett as 2,600 soldiers arrived from the North. The downpour sank tents and toppled smaller shelters, leaving troops soaked yet upbeat at reveille as they began securing their camp. The storm marked the first rain in weeks and disrupted tent setup for the new arrivals.
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Galveston
Tex
Fort Crockett
Reveiie
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