Japanese Visit Prompted By Navy Fleet Dispatch
Ambassador Takahira expresses gratification at the United States handling of the invitation for the American fleet to visit Japan. He notes earlier knowledge of the visit would have prompted an earlier invitation and says the Emperor will welcome the officers and men, reflecting Japanese gratitude and goodwill toward America.
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Atlantic
United States
Japan
Robert Bacon
Baron Kogoro Takahira
Takahira
Orient
America
Atlantic Fleet to Visit Japan Sparks Global Naval Anthem
London dispatch reports the United States accepting Japan’s invitation for the Atlantic battleship fleet to visit Japan. A Yokohama greeting is anticipated with the full American fleet likely sailing to Japan as a sign of improving Anglo American relations and broader U S world role. The Daily Mail and Daily News view the cruise as a historic display of US politics and naval power.
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London
Pthe
United States
Japan
Yokohama
Pacific
Daily Mail
England
The
Daily News
Widow Protected From Oil Trust in Ouster Case
In Cleveland on March 20 the government’s ouster suit against Standard Oil revealed that Charles Kercher of Columbus was dispatched to Mobile to buy Mrs Mary Jones widow’s tank wagon oil business. The widow earned ten thousand gallons monthly at two cents a gallon profit, with a claimed value of ten thousand dollars but offered for seventeen hundred. He noted Standard Oil aimed to drive her out and used demonstrations to push lower rates, while burning his letters after reading. Westgate of American Oil Works recounted calls to rail lines for lower rates met with resistance and desire to keep current profits.
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Cleveland
Charles Kercher
Columbus
Standard Oil Company
Mobile
Ala
Kercher
Mary Jones
Decatur
Ill
Paragon Oil Company
The
Standard
E. P. Sanford
Cincinnati
Standard Oilmpany
Sanford
Thomas B. Westgate
Titusville
American Oil Works
Chittenden
Central Railroad of Vermont
Westgate
Washington
Miss Elkins
Senator Elkins
Emma Goldman Ill After Nervous Collapse in Chicago
Anarchist Emma Goldman was taken to a physician’s home after a nervous collapse. Reported stress from attempts to secure a hall to speak against police defiance preceded the breakdown, with two days of nervousness and low mood observed.
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Chicago
Emma Goldman
Ship Subsidy Bill Passes After Senate Session
Washington March 2 Nearly the entire Senate session was spent on the ship subsidy bill as it moved to final vote without a formal division.
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Washington
Senate
Duke De Abruzzi May Sail Today Engagement of a Cousin Revealed
Florida letters report a special mission tied to the Italian duke's betrothal rumors. The Italian court compares him to Duke of Connaught, with a mobile royal household and planned residence in Palermo Venice or Genoa. The fortune is about 2 million dollars, spread among brothers after hospital endowments by Princess Marie.
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Italy
Willy Willy
Senate
Duke of Aosta
Kingston
Jamaica
Naples
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Elkins
Duke of Connaught
England
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Aosta
Turin
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Palermo
Venice
Genoa
Marie Della Cisterna
Spain
Prince Amedoo
Patricia of O
Duke De Abruzzi leaves Washington amid engagement rumors
After a three day visit Duke De Abruzzi departed Washington with unclear plans. Italian Embassy and Senator Elkins associates deny any engagement and stress a private matter. The Duke resumes command of the Regina Elena upon return to Spezzia.
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Duke de Abruzzi
New York
Italy
Cunard
Lusitania
United States
Katherine Elkins
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
America
Elkins
Fire wrecks Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago
A crossed wire fire at the Grand Pacific Hotel caused $100,000 damage and forced guests to flee via fire escapes. Three people injured include a fireman with a fractured arm. Smoke blanketed the Federal Building, halting post office and court operations as crews battled the blaze. The hotel, a Chicago landmark rebuilt after 1871, is owned by Levi Z. Lester’s estate.
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Chicago
Walter English
Federal
Postoffice
Grand Pacific
Levi Z. Lester
Milwaukee executive kills wife then shoots himself
Milwaukee March 20 George Willoughby manager of the Jewett Sherman Company coffee and spice mills shot and killed his wife Florence Willoughby at their Prospect avenue home then shot himself. He confessed to loving another woman and had been supporting her for four years. He hid the revolver and staged a burglary to mislead police. Willoughby 50 and his wife 47 attended church the night before. He detailed plans to end his life and said he saved chloroform for months. He is expected to recover with potential murder charge pending.
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Milwaukee
George Willoughby
Jewett & Sherman Company
Coffee and Spice Mills
Florence Willoughby
Prospect
Willoughby
Ludington
Mich
Chicago
Alliance
George W. Miller
Tillie Hartenstine
Miller
Ohio House tackles antitrust and burial bill me discusses
A Columbus dispatch reports Representative Stephenson proposed a bill to exempt farmer producer collectives from the Valentine antitrust act to aid Southern Ohio tobacco growers. The Ward burial association bill passed 82 to 10 in the House, requiring state sanctioning and regulation of burial plans amid debates with undertakers. The House concurred in Senate amendments to the Antisaloon League pocketing bill and eyed a central Bureau of Accounting for state offices with audits and inspections.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Farmers’ Trust
Ohio
Stephentren
Brown County
Stephenson
Southern Ohio
Ward Burial Association
Senate
House
Ken
Temperance Committee
Roosevelt Criticized in House Over Corporation Data
In Washington on March 2, Mr. Hardwick of Georgia denounced President Roosevelt for not sending Congress all information on corporations in his possession. Mr. Mann of Illinois defended the President saying he acted in good faith. The Hardwick resolution to compel full data was tabled 148 to 115 amid debate on fortifications and rail road rate law credit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Hardwick
Georgia
Congress
Mann
Illinois
Bartlett
New Egg Preserving Method Uses Lard Coating
Consul Murphy at Bordeaux reports a new Italian method preserves eggs by covering them with a thin layer of lard. The technique is said to keep eggs indefinitely with four cents’ worth of lard and about an hour of labor for 100 eggs.
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Washington
State Department
Murphy
Bordeaux
Child Fatally Burned in Franklin Parlor Fire
In Hamilton Ohio a two year old son of William Hurst of Franklin died after he burned his clothes playing with matches in the parlor. The mother tried to save him but the flames were not halted.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
William Hurst
Franklin
Duelling Customs Officers Die In Rio Grande Duel
Mounted inspectors Logan and Charles Jones were killed in a duel in the dry bed of the Rio Grande River in El Paso Texas last night Their bodies were found today Both men reportedly mistook the other for a smuggler Three shots were heard nearby tracks near the bodies matched the deceased men and each pistol showed an empty shell one officer's pistol held two empty shells the other one empty shell
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EL -Paso
Tex
Logan
Charles Jones
Rio Grande River
Fraternity official arraigned on embezzlement charge
William L. Wilson supreme secretary of the United Home Protectors Fraternity was arraigned in Huron Michigan on a charge of embezzling 75000 from the fraternity. He refused to plead and a not guilty plea was entered with a primary hearing set for March 34.
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Bort
Army Tents Authorized for Elks National Convention
A House resolution passed authorizes loans of 2,500 army tents for the Elks National convention to be held in Dallas Texas in July. The move enables adequate shelter and facilities for attendees and events during the gathering.
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Washington
House
National
Convention of the Elks
Dallas
Tex
Meek Bill Lets Cities Put Piers in Streets
In Columbus on March 20 the Senate, after a brief session, adjourned. Senator Meek introduced a bill granting municipalities power to grant railways the right to place piers and stays to remove grade crossings, targeted at Third Street Dayton. The temperance panel will not act on the Kinsman women voting bill this session. activists plan longer term work.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Senate
Third Street
Dayton
Gayman
Pollock
Rose and
Beatty
House
Williams
Brown
General Assembly
Messrs. Humphrey and
McLauglin
Senate Temperance Committee
Kinsman
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
New Department Proposed in Ohio Audit Reform Bid
Howe probe backs curbing Auditor Guilbert powers and pushes a bill by Senator Drake to form the Department of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices with an executive head at 3000 dollars a year. The plan anticipates two chief deputies and further staff under the new department.
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Department of Inspection and Supervision
Governor Accepts Huston Resignation and Appoints Wonders
Columbus Ohio March 20 Governor arms has accepted the resignation of Samuel Huston Jefferson County as State Highway Commissioner effective April 1 He named James C Wonders Bellefontaine Logan County a West constituency to fill the vacancy Wonders is a civil engineer of high standing has served as Logan County surveyor and led the reconstruction of the Miami and Erie Canal for the Board of Public Works
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Huston
J. C. Wonders
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Armis
Samuel Huston
Jefferson County
James C. Wonders
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Senator West
Wonders
Miami & Erie Canal
Board of Public Works
Improvement Association Members Hope Canal Bills Pass
Central City Improvement Association members F. H. Shaffer Otto Armleder and Fred Tuke report optimism after State Board of Public Works approval. They met Tuesday with the Senate Public Works Committee which approved a bill authorizing the City Council to grade and pave streets along the canal and oversee them thereafter.
Death by Own Action Pact Suspected at Bethesda Home
Chicago reports a suspected pact among about a dozen Bethesda Home for the Aged inmates after the death of 68 year old John Koch who killed himself. The case follows the home bankruptcy leaving aged residents destitute and prompts warnings of a possible poison transfer keel.
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Chicago
Bethesda
Mary Mann
Emma Spausch
Koch
Little Sisters of the Poor
Ouster Bid Against Hamilton City Clerk in Circuit Court
David De Armond seeks to oust Homer Gard as Clerk of Council in quo warranto action filed in the Circuit Court. De Armond alleges Gard is a stockholder in The Journal Company and thus disqualified. Gard resists surrender of council records as Holzberger faction moves to block Holbrook and Egry.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
David DeArmond
Holzberger
Ford Hoblbrook
Alpis Egry
Homer Gard
Holbrook
de Armond
Gard
Hamilton Evening Journal
Journal Company
Butler County Democrat Company
Cincinnati
Egry
Obituaries of Roberts Lord Campbell Bryant Pereire and more
Obituary notices report the deaths of 92 year old Osmond Roberts of Russellville Kentucky a renowned local elder five children and many grandchildren enduring. Donald R Lord famed salmon cannery designer died in Seattle at 70 noted for building the Franco American cannery at Bellingham. R H Campbell 66 longtime Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad agent in Dayton Ohio died of Brights disease leaving a wife and daughter. Dr John Bryant yachtsman of international fame died in Boston while aiding cup defenders earlier. M Eugene Pereire honorary president of the French Line died in Paris France yesterday.
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Osmond Roberts
Kentucky
Russellville
H. M. Roberts
Annie Ayres
J. B. Roberts
Jessie Whitworth
Texas
Sallie Pointer
Bellingham
Wash
R. H. Campbell
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
Dayton
Campbell
Bright
Edwin G. Orr
John Bryant
Boston
Mass
M. Eugene Pereire
Paris
France
Haitian Situation Remains Grim as Evacuation Plans Rise
Refugees are to be embarked under cover of darkness as the crisis in Haiti deepens. A refugee at the French Legation urges new elections under foreign supervision, while Judge Marius warns massacres may continue if warships withdraw, citing Nord Alexis as an aging leader and a terrorized nation.
Exiled Haitian General Foresees Terror If Powers Withdraw
General Pierre F. Frederique of Hayti in New York warns that even after a settlement refugees may leave ports, hundreds of political prisoners remain jailed, and President Alexis could avenge past repression. He predicts another reign of terror and wholesale massacre as soon as foreign worships depart.
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New York
Pierre F. Frederique
Hayti
Haytien
Alexis
Widow 40 Weds 10 Year-Old Man in Hagerstown Home
Samuel McCreery, aged 90 plus, the oldest native of Hagerstown, marries 40 year old Bernice A. Lambert in a ceremony at the McCreery home led by Rev. Edwin T. Mowbray. McCreery, once a gold digger turned financier, is said to be worth several hundred thousand dollars and has no children.
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Commercial Tribune
Hagerstown
Samuel McCreery
Bernice A. Lambert
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
McCreery
West
California
Personal Liberty League Holds First Meeting
The Personal Liberty League convened last evening at the Linton Hotel with delegates from the Central Labor Council and several business and fraternal bodies in attendance. A closed executive session outlined plans to unite forces opposing prohibition in Hamilton County and across the state, with the German-American Alliance among participating groups.
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Personal Liberty League
Linton Hotel
Central Labor Council
Hamilton County
Knoxville approves soda stand curfew and liquor locker ban
The Knoxville City Council passed an ordinance requiring all soft drink stands to close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and another ordinance banning the storage of intoxicating liquors in lockers.
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Commercial Tribune
Knoxville
Women's Clubs Plan General Cleaning Up for Ft Worth
Federation of Women's Club launches a campaign to make Fort Worth a spotless town. Members will personally supervise general cleaning up around the city on March 19.
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Ft. Worth
Commercial Tribune
Tex
Federation of Women’s Club
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