Murderer caught by train crew near Morgantown
Uniontown authorities report the capture of D P Smith, recently accused of murdering his aged father and brother. On a Baltimore and Ohio train near Deowls Wood, West Virginia, Lewis Woo, a section foreman, spotted Smith and signaled the crew. Smith, weakened by hunger, was overpowered and transported to Morgantown, Pennsylvania, where he confessed to the killings while claiming insanity.
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von Smith
D. P.smith
Inlave
Vons Moyer
Boelocke
Baltimore and Ohio
Deowls Wood
W. Va
Lewis Woo
Aman
Smith
Smitty
Morgintown
Pennsylvania
Bheriff P. A. Johns
Operation on Pommering Leaves Clerk Unconscious
In Steubenville on March 15 a surgeon operated on Charles Pommering, clerk for the Dexter Coal Company, to remove a blood clot from the brain. Pommering did not regain consciousness and his condition remained serious hours after the procedure, as Kishwaywen and others nearby reported.
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Steubenville
Charles, Pommering
Dexter Coal Company
Conl
Ias
Pommernie
Esata
Fifty Girls Strike at Ravenna Plant Over Time
About 60 workers from the Red Pern plant of the Cleveland Worsted Mills walked out on March 15 demanding time and meals for overtime. Officials say workers are not compelled to work overtime but may do so if they wish.
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Meai
Red Pern
Cleveland
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Ihlleatore
Tnt
Petieral
Matt Sein
Varkivotten
Watt Helfin
Willian D
Honea
Crown Kruger
Ray All Company
Tml
Mahone
Mortag Company
Joe Haas
Avedaad Tritay
Pward Lewther Enke
P.M
Devil
Skok
Winton
Charles Ays
Cental Hnhor
Willan
Tracy
Committee of For
AV Ninyi
Earle
Brokes
Lens
McCusher
Kile Ontta
Kruger
Alii
Lowther Stokes
Blakes
Gonrue
Mnyone
Tito
Boycot
Kiger
Earmen
Tariff War With Canada Faces March 31 Decision
Washington March 15 Taft faces a deadlock with Canada over new tariff rates. The president may declare Canadian imports subject to a 2 percent duty or the existing minimum and war duties. Talks with Canadian officials and Leviator Aldrich continued, with no firm decision announced. If Canada is deemed unduly discriminatory, further conferences precede a judicial ruling.
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Canada
Washington
Taft
Payee Airtel
Cina
Uwe
Iit
Canady
Hug
Center
Lance
Forfeiture of Grants Approaches as Reclamation Hopes Rise
Attorney General Wickersham reports progress on forfeiture actions against the Oregon and California Railroad grants. He says lawsuits have begun against the Jonde and its grants for conditions violations and anticipates forfeiture of about 8,000,000 acres to the government, with funds expected to be reclaimed.
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Washington
Wickersam
Oregon and Galifornia
Jonde
Twelve Million Boxes a Year The CAS CARESS Candy
An old advertisement extols CASCARETS as a modern bowel purger and breath freshener, claiming nationwide popularity with 1909 era rhetoric. It promotes CASCARBYS and directs readers to mail order via Sterling Remedy Company in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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America
Cascar
Sterling |Remedy Company Wheeling
10 Nosebery Would Make the House of Lorde Largely Selected Boy
A controversial plan proposed to alter the House of Lords by increasing direct election of its members. Supporters argue it would democratize an unelected chamber while critics warn of party influence and loss of appointed expertise. The piece notes public debate and potential timelines.
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House of
Reform of the House of Lords and its future
The Prime Minister urged reform to end hereditary privilege and create a single effective chamber. Lord Rosebery warned abolition would be a vast revolution, arguing the Lords is an ancient constitutional body. He cited risks of mobs and puppet peers, advocating gradual change via broader voice and redistribution.
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Lund
Dory
House of Fords
Tassate
Lord Rosebery
Howe
Oliver Cromwell
Louise
Kilkenny
Essex
Kush
Ou Mary
Voice of
Te People
comLass
South Eases
Vominions
Charles T
Loch Xvt
France
Paris
Bpesse
Hinwalt
Fonebery
Urhinenias
Toseberg
Tos
Ihie
Hereditary principle clash in reform debate analysis
A fragmented speech discusses hereditary right and reform in government, arguing the Lords need no popular election yet urging vigilance for constitutional integrity. The speaker warns reform could threaten national balance and urges careful, principled action to protect the constitution.
Rockefeller Gives $50 000 Aid to Atlanta Tech School
On March 11 reports confirm John T Rockefeller donated fifty thousand dollars to the Gearna School of Technology in Atlanta. The funds are said to support building a hall, with conditions not attached to the gift, while Rockefeller also plans to furnish twenty thousand dollars for related purposes.
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B. Rockefeller
John T. Rockefeller
Gearna School of Technology
Atlanti
Rockefeller
Atlanta
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