Lincoln Birthplace Centenary Observed At Hodgenville
President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for a Lincoln birthplace memorial on the Hodgenville Lincoln farm while a national Lincoln Farm Association promotes the site. Notable speakers included General Luke Wright and Governor August Willson, with remarks by Bishop Galloway and ex-Gov Joseph Folk.
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Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Luke E. Wright
Gram Wilson
Augustus E. Willson
Kentucky
Bishop Galloway
Mississipp
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
America
California Assembly Reverses on Japanese School Segregation
Sacramento February 11. Under pressure from President Roosevelt and Governor Gillet t the California assembly retreated from its stance on anti Japanese actions in schools. The body rejected the segregation measure by 41 to 37 and a follow up recon sideration failed on a tie. The assembly is now clear of any anti Japanese measure objected to by the national administration.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
Gillett
California Assembly
Assembly
Naional
Congressional Summary Week in Review
Weekly Congressional diary recounts a six day session from Monday to Sunday. It notes executive considerations for Col lector Crum and District of Columbia matters, Panama canal zone affairs, Taft and Sherman victory declaration, postal savings bill debates, agricultural and Indian appropriation bills, pension measures, and Indiana judiciary reorganization. Memorial services honored late senators and representatives.
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Crum
House
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
Country Life’ Commission
Bryan
Kern
William H. Taft
Ohio
James
Sherman
New York
United States
Postal Savings Bank
Secret Service
Secretary of State
Knox
House of Representative
Foster
Federal Judiciary System
Indiana
Evansville
Senator White
Maryland
Brick
Parker
South Dakota
Penguin Wreck Believed To Claim Sixty Seven Crew
The Union Steamship Company steamer Penguin wrecked off Cape Terawhili Wellington. Sixty seven crewmen are missing and presumed dead. some passengers and crew saved. The 824 ton iron vessel built in Glasgow in 1884 is a total loss.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Union Steamship Company of Wellington
Cape Terawhili
Glasgow
Political Wounds Healing In Cuba Liberal Fusion Talks
At the Havana palace conference Sunday night President Gomez and Vice President Zayas announced a definite agreement to fuse rival liberal factions. A committee will arrange details, signaling a major step after reports of irreconcilable Miguelista and Zayuista rifts.
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Havana
Palace
Gomez
Zayas
Liberal Party
Recen
Lost on Lake Erie fishermen and dogs feared dead
A boatful of fishermen and their dogs were swept onto the lake when shifting wind set the field in motion. Rescue teams saved most, but Joseph Gatusky and his dog team disappeared beneath five inch rotten ice believed to have broken upon reaching open water.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Fiie
Joseph Gatusky
Fire destroys Hotel Clarendon and cottages at Sea Breeze
A large fire in Daytona Beach Florida totally destroyed the Hotel Clarendon and ten adjoining cottages early Sunday. Five hundred guests were safe, with 235 asleep inside, and belongings gathered by many before departure. Loss estimated around $200000. In Denver Colorado a passenger train was robbed near the city by three men grabbing possibly $35000 with no clues reported.
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Daytona
Fla
Clarendon
Sea Breeze
Denver
Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Jury Finds Hale Not Guilty In Murder Trial
Washington Indiana February 15 The jury acquits Martin L Hale of murdering his brother in law Hamlet Dillon in a case heard in local court.
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Washington, Ind
Martin L. Hale
Hamlet Dillon
Menelik Returns from Pilgrimage in Best of Health
A dispatch from Berlin quotes a German agency saying King Menelik has returned from his pilgrimage and is in the best of health.
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Menelik
Berlin
Addis Abeba
Taft Receives Panamá Canal Endorsement in New Orleans
President elect Taft is enthusiastically received in New Orleans where he approves the present canal plans. A banquet, a review, and speeches highlight his visit as cabinet speculation grows and engineers prepare a full report approving Isthmus methods.
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New Orleans
William H. Taft
Taft
Panama
Nestor
Cincinnati
Washington
Mr. Taft
Board of Civil Engineers
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Rare Phenomenon Halts Niagara Falls Water Flow
Niagara Falls New York reports a rare event as a northeast wind and ice clamp the river. The American side sees only a thin rivulet cross the brink while a massive ice wall forms from Goat Island toward the mainland. The Canadian fall is nearly starved of water and the gorge, rapids and whirl pool show subdued activity.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Goat Island
King Edward and Queen Alexandra Exit Berlin After Four Day Visit
King Edward and Queen Alexandra departed Berlin for London after a four day stay. They were farewelled by the German emperor and empress and Prince Henry of Prussia with affectionate leave taking and the king kissing the emperor three times on the cheek.
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Berlin
Edward
Queen Alexandra
London
Prince Henry
Prussia
Tennessee Election Reform Passes Lower House
Nashville Tenn February 13 The Tennessee lower house passed three election reform bills removing control from the governor. The measures now go to Governor Patterson who is expected to veto them. One bill mandates compulsory primaries for county and state nominations. Another proposes electing the state board of elections by the General Assembly.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Senate
Patterson
State Board of Elections
General Assembly
Mattingly
Senator Strange
Strange
Harlan
Steamer Strikes Rock Off Quessant Sinks. Seven Lost
A British steamer ran on a rock in fog off Quessant near Brest on Feb 13 and sank in deep water. Seven crew members drowned while the rest escaped in small boats and were later picked up by a pilot boat. A North American natural resources conference will open in Washington on Thursday.
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Brest
France
Quessant
North America
Washington
Major World and Local Events In Brief
The dispatches cover Italian elections set for March 7, police probing Elizabeth Fulhart's murder, Aero Club of America grand prize race at Indianapolis on June 5, and a lynching near Mexia Alabama. Other items note grain futures in Chicago, timber frauds in Oklahoma, New York nuisance campaigns, Austro-Hungarian warships near Montenegro, and regional weather and market moves.
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Darton
Elizabet Fulhart
Aero Club of America
Indianapolis
Will Parker
Mexia
Ala
John Isham
Marion
Ill
Tennessee
Chicago
Oklahoma
New York City
Spiritz Bay
Salvador
San Salvador
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bow River
Alberta
Argentina
Ernest Heinrich Haeckel
Wabash
Buffalo Produce Exchange
Taft
United States
Japan
Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Company
Topeka
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Rufus Browder
J. S. Cunningham
Russelline
E. G. Cooley
James Clark
Navier Athletic Club
New York
State Department
Hester
Indiana Senate Battles Over Local Option and Sunday Baseball
Indiana Senate enters a pivotal week as local option and Sunday baseball measures loom. Debates pit liberal church factions against anti saloon lobby with party lines tested. Several road and notary bills pass or gain momentum as lawmakers prepare for key votes and remonstrances.
Woman killed by streetcar in Indianapolis crash
Mrs. Eliza Waters of Pittsboro Indiana died while saving her daughter Nellie aged nineteen from a Massachusetts Avenue streetcar collision. Miss Waters escaped with only a slight injury.
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Indianapolis
Nellie
Massachusetts Avenue
Eliza Waters
Pittsboro
Miss Waters
Vice President Fairbanks Speech Delights Harrisburg Crowd
Warm welcome greeted Vice President Fairbanks who led the Lincoln day meeting in Harrisburg Pennsylvania last night. The event drew an enthusiastic reception for the former presidential candidate and national figure.
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Fairbanks
Harrisburg
Chicago to Buffalo Deep Water Channel Idea
A 19th century concept proposes a deep water canal linking Chicago and Buffalo via an envisioned route. The plan outlines船ments, engineering scope, and potential economic impact for Great Lakes shipping.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Legislative Roll Through A Week Of State Business
A weekly legislative summary notes committee recommendations for reducing state office estimates, daily bill activity across houses, and key votes. The week covers amendments to public accounting, Sunday baseball, Tomlinson liquor reform, and statewide Lincoln birthday joint session.
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House
Senate
Tomlinson
Kleckner
McCarty
Lincoln
United States
Senate divides on Tomlinson bill to repeal local option
In Indianapolis on Feb 13 Anti-Saloon League backers and liberal forces test senate sentiment on Tomlinson repeal of county local option. Democrats McCarty and Tilden oppose. Yarling and Long undecided with Bowser Bland and Gonner man varying, while Durre McCallum show support or doubt remains about Republican backing for a compromise license plan.
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Indianapolis
Senate
House
Leasue
McCarty
Tilden
Yarling
Long
Tomlinson
Bowser
Bland
Gonnerman
Posey
Gibson
Mt. Vernon
Vanderburg
Evansville
Durre
Wood
Pelzer
Orndorff
Whitley County
Donald McCallum
Batesville
Despondent stenographer ends life in Montpelier office
In Hartford City Indiana on February 13 Miss Myrtle Rinard twenty five a stenographer in the Proecutor John P Boyd Montpelier office killed herself with poison while alone in the office. She was the daughter of Robert Rinard a well known farmer living three miles east of Montpelier. Despondent over a love affair.
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Hartford City
Ind
Myrtle Rinard
John P. Boyd
Montpelier
Robert Rinard
Undertaker dies after mistaking liniment for cough medicine
Logansport Indiana February 13 Charles L Woll civil war veteran and longtime undertaker mistook liniment for cough medicine. He seized a bottle while coughing and drank it dying from the mistaken contents.
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Logansport
Ind
Charles L. Woll
Woll
Jealousy Ends In Murder In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on February 15 J Oliver Bradley of Noblesville attacked his wife with a pocketknife during a birthday visit. Wounds to her neck proved fatal hours later at City Hospital. Bradley confessed jealousy prompted the assault.
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Indianapolis
J. Oliver Bradley
Noblesville
Bradley
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