Taft vetoes relief bill for discharged Navy man
In Washington, President Taft vetoed relief for Clarence Frederick Chatman an enlisted man dishonorably discharged from the Navy. The House naval affairs committee approved Secretary Meyer's Navy expansion plan featuring two ships of about 28 000 tons each. The committee also backed New Orleans for the 1915 Panama Exposition by a 9 to 6 vote. The reciprocity commissions from the US and Canada reached an agreement. Oscar W Underwood of Alabama was elected Democratic leader in the House.
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Taft
Clarence Frederick ‘Chatman
United States Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Meyer
House Committee ‘On
New Orleans
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House of Representatives
Carnegie grants boost to Carnegie Institution fund
Andrew Carnegie donated ten million dollars increasing the institution’s fund to twenty five million. Elihu Root wins re election as president of the State Bar association at Syracuse where a banquet closed the session. Dr H C Bumpus resigns from the American Museum of Natural History. The text also notes potential successors for the Equitable Life president and a candid remark about personal affairs involving a knife incident.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Elihu Root
State Bar Association
Syracuse
W. A. Day
George W. Perkins
Gage E. Tarbell
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hubby Houghton
Allen
Minnie
H. C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Bathtub trust defendant shifts plea in civil action
The Cahill Ironworks of Chattanooga Tenn has altered its answers in the governments civil suit and faces criminal action that could amount to a guilty plea. An agreement among express companies seeks joint reduced through rates. A railway pay committee reports improved mail service but continuing rate cuts for railroads and recommends better compensation.
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Cahill Ironworks
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bathtub Trust
Committee of Railway Pay
Herbert C. Porter
Ancram
Columbia County
Hudsons River State Hospital For
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Bristol
Conn
Abbott
Roosevelt
Muskegon
Mich
John Howard
Howard
State Insurance Department
Albany
Equitable Life Voting Trust
J. P. Morgan
Morgan J. O’brien
George W. Perkins
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mr. Morgan
Department
Wickersham
New York Bar Association
Match “Trust
Sims
Guantanamo
London
J. P. Morgan & Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Page-wide ledger of crime politics and legal cases
Reports include the shooting of author David Graham Phillips by violinist Fitzhugh Goldsborough and Goldsborough's suicide, plus the Newark murder verdict against Mrs. Caroline B. Martin. Also covered are liquor dealer penalties in Chicago, Panama Canal exposition move by Albany, Luke Lea’s Senate election, Carter Glass’s candidacy, New York subway talks, Bartolo Minitella’s arrest for a dynamite bomb, Danville vote-buying probe, New York customs fraud concerns, and George Strube’s broken neck.
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David Graham Phillips
Princeton Club
New York
Fitzhugh Goldsborough
Emile Paul
Goldsborough
Phillips
Caroline B. Martin
Ocey Snead
Newark
N. J
Landis
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Congress
San Francisco
Luke Lea
United States Senate
Tennessee
Carter Glass
Lynchburg
Senator Swanson
John W. Daniel
Gaynor
Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission
Bartolo Minitella
Danvillé
Ill
Speaker Cannon
Federal
Grand Jury
Republican Progressive League
Washington
Dix
Senate
Loeb
Havana
George Strube
Union Hill
Global tensions and crises dominate dispatches across continents
Reports note no further rioting in Hankow while foreign powers urge sending warships. Plague measures rise in Asia under Russian pressure. Nauheim visits planned for the czarina.Crete-Greece union support persists. Portugal faces dissolution of church and state.Masdalena bay coal station to be abandoned. Curie candidacy for French Academy declines narrowly. plague isolation planned near Harbin. Mexican battles report heavy losses. German Reichstag debates tax on nobility. Charing Cross bank liabilities tallied at $8.5 million.
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Hankow
United States
Nauheim
Hayti
Santo Domingo
China
Asia
Crete
Greece
Portugal
Bank of England
London
Masdalena Bay
Mexico
Mme. Curie
Professor Curie
French Academy of Sciences
Edouard Branly
Harbin
Manchuria
Ojimaga
Cuchillo Parrado
Reichstag
Charing Cross Bank
Dr. Crippen
The Man Who Got Even by John Singleton
John Singleton, an eccentric factory owner, retires to a harsh life of cruelty. After arresting a young man and causing suffering, he vows to get even and pays the young man’s fines and secures his future happiness. The tale ends with Singleton acknowledging his rival and facing a grim moral reckoning.
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John Singleton
Singleton
Torréuire
John
Old John
Fila
Honor
Blackwell’s
Qld John
Auiet
General Keifer Receives Roses From Ohio Friends
In a House Appropriations office, General Keifer opened a box of American Beauty roses with a note saying he may have been defeated but is remembered by friends in Ohio. A second inscription read May he rest in peace, provoking laughter as the general failed to recognize a fellow committee member’s handwriting.
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Kelfer
J. W. Kelfer
House Committee
Appropriations
Keifer
Reign of Jehoshaphat Sunday School Lesson
The article summarizes Jehoshaphat’s 25 year reign from 922 to 897 BC noting his pious reform, alliance with Ahab, removals of high places, and efforts to unite and strengthen Judah. It highlights his virtuous leadership, strategic reforms, and the dangers of misalignment with Israel, urging spiritual renewal.
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Jehosheaphat
Ephraim
Ramoth
Gilead
Jordan
Tekoa
Bethlshemite
Jehoshaphat
Ame
Jehovah
Asa
Azubah
Hezekiah
Josiah
Davidic
Judah
Israel
David
Ahab
Jezebel
Ashteroth
Jerusalem
Beersheba
Mount Ephriim
Not Just Off the Shelf A child's witty age remark
A spinster aunt questions a little girl about age. The child, after earnest thought, blurts out a sharp reply claiming the aunt “doesn’t look new.” The exchange highlights the child’s blunt curiosity and humor in a domestic scene.
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Marget
Alice
Letters From Dr Pratt Aid Battle Creek Debate Over Public Letters
In a January letter from Chicago, Dr H H Pratt writes about disputes with a magazine over publishing testimonials and letters from physicians. He explains a plan to print favorable letters under signatures to counter falsehoods while respecting ethics.
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Battle Creek
Mich
H.H. Pratt
State St
Chicago
Ilaois
Wellville
CCW. Post
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tLe
Jim
Damocles
John ‘Singleton
Sehoshaphat
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
C. W. Post
Kelly
Evanston
Illinois
Gregory
R. H. Pratt
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