President declares lock canal plan the only feasible option
Washington February 17. President asserts in a message to Congress that any future effort on the lock type Panama canal is the only feasible plan. He cites engineers’ report from the zone visit and warns against a sea canal as folly. The note endorses Gatun dam as safe but suggests lowering height by twenty feet.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
Roose
Canton
Gatun Dam
Special Session Beginning March Fifteenth Declared
Washington reports an extra session of Congress will convene on March 15. President elect Taft authorized the announcement, made on the floor by Leader Payne, confirming the date set today.
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Payne
Washington
Congress
Taft
Taft Cannon Aldrich set date for tariff session
Washington February 17 Formal announcement by Republican floor leader Payne to the house notes the extra session for tariff revision will be fixed after a conference today among President elect Taft Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich. Senator Krye of Maine says he will stay in Washington all summer and has canceled his camping ground contract.
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Washington
Payne
House
Taft
Cannon
Aldrich
Krye
Maine
OPEN FIGHT ON BIG ROADS 10 ENFORCE ORDER
Chicago report on Interstate Commerce Commission hearing as Hill and Harriman railroads dispute a through rate to Portland Oregon. Northern Pacific plans a new schedule and extra trains Kansas City to Seattle and St Paul to Seattle. A marriage license was issued to Oscar O Shearer and Miss Phebe M Hadsall.
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Chicago
Hill
Harriman
Pacific Northwest
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Commission
Northern Pacific
Marriman
Missouri
Mississippi River
Portland
Oregon
Woodworth
Kansas City
Seattle
St. Paul
Oscar O. Shearer
Phebe M. Hadsall
Pulitzer and News Editors Indicted in Libel Case
Federal grand jury indicts Press Publishing Co New York and Joseph Pulitzer along with Caleb VanHamm and R debert H Lyman editors of the New York World. Owners Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams of the Indianapolis News charged with seven counts libel. World figures Joseph Pulitzer Robert H Lyman Casey M VanHamp charged with five counts. Plaintiffs named include President Roosevelt J P Morgan Charles H Taft Elihu.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
The
Press Publishing Company
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Caleb VanHamm
Rdébert H. Lyman
New York World
Indianapolis News
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Panama Canal
the News
Smith and Williams
the World
Robert H. Lyman
Casey M. VanHamp
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Charles H. Taft
Elihu
Senator Bingham Accuses Portland Man of Bribery
Salem February 17. Senator Bingham charged A B Manley a Portland abstractor with bribery to defeat Bingham’s title bond bill. A scuffle followed as Manley raised his fist and Bingham struck him. House officers stopped the clash. The bond bill requires a 50000 deposit rising 10 percent annually to 100000. Other actions included a postponed sheriff per diem bill and a near clash between Jaeger and Hughes over gas safety devices. Senate roll calls and amendments followed adjournment rules, rejecting 6 and passing 4 house measures last night. No extra state funds for the Seattle exhibit.
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Salem
House
Bingham
Representative Hall
A. B. Manley
Portland
Manley
House Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Title Guarantee
Kay
Reform School
Chamberlain
Jaeger
Hughes
Fidor
Marion County
Everap
Resolutions Committee
Oregon
Seattle Fair
Sheriffe
Accomplices of Kansas City Bomb Thrower
Kansas City February 17 That C H Garnett the man who yesterday al- was identified as the principal in the bomb incident and police continued inquiries into his associates. Authorities said several companions aided in planning and execution. Further arrests were expected as investigators traced links to local groups.
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Kansas City
C. H. Garnett
Private John Lintzel Leader in Pennsylvania Delegation
Private John Lintzel a prominent Pennsylvania delegation member in the House of Representatives has served since SST and was recently reelected to the Sixty-first Congress.
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John Lintzel
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Plot to extort seven thousand from merchant exposed
Police today exposed a suspected plot to extort seven thousand dollars from goods merchant M. Jones by threats with a revolver and dynamite. Investigators believe two men and a woman were involved, with a house in Independence linked to the case.
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M. Jones
Independence
Blood Thirsty Chief Geronimo Dead at Fort Sill
Lawton Oklahoma February seventeenth. Geronimo the notable Apache war chief died today at Fort Sill where he had been a prisoner of war for 22 years. He died of pneumonia after two days illness and will be buried in the Indian cemetery near the fort tomorrow. Christian missionaries will conduct the funeral. Geronimo had professed religion three years ago. He surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles after Skeleton Canyon fighting 22 years earlier.
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Lawton
Oklo
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Skeleton Canyon
Arizona
Nelson A. Miles
Earthquakes Reported From Sivas to Porto Rico
Constantinople February 17. No further reports on the Sivas quake. Casualties not exceeding thirty so far. Teheran February 17. A January 23 tremor centered in Tunis tan Western Persia destroyed sixty villages with deaths estimated five to six thousand. San Juan February 17. Heavy quakes felt at 3 am but no damage reported.
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Constantinople
Sivas
United States
Persia
Teheran
Tunistan
Porto Rico
San Juan
Smyrna Feels Shock In Morning Earthquake
Smyrna reports a heavy earthquake shock felt at 5 o'clock this morning with no damage reported. Local residents noted the tremor was strong but caused no injuries or structural harm. The event was quickly assessed by authorities with no aftershocks indicated.
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Smyrna
Jury convicts former supervisor in trolley bribe case
San Francisco on February 17 the jury found former Supervisor M W Coffey guilty after an hour of deliberation in the bribery trial alleging a $4000 payoff to vote for a United Railroads trolley franchise.
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San Francisco
M. W. Coffey
United Railroads
Mrs Carmack Witness Testimony Opens Trial for Carmack Murder
Nashville court hears widow Mrs. Coby Carmack testify with her son Edward Jr present as Col Duncan Cooper Robin Cooper and John C Sharpe stand trial after jury selection. KE BH Craig testified about attempting to resolve Carmack Cooper feud and receiving a note calling Carmack an ingrate and scoundrel.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. Carmack
Duncan Cooper
Robin Cooper
John C. Sharpe
Carmack
Coby Carmack
Samuel C. Carmack
Edward W. Carmack, Jr
BH. Craig
Senator Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Personal friend of Carmack aid in prosecution of Cooper
G. T. Fitzhugh, a personal friend of the late Senator Carmack of Tennessee, acted as a volunteer aid in the prosecution of Colonel Duncan G. Cooper Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp for the shooting of Carmack.
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G. T. Fitzhugh
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
Duncan G. Cooper
Robin Cooper
John DD. Sharp
Carmack
Editorial cites Colonel Cooper as diplomat of the Zweibund
In Carmack's paper an editorial calling Colonel Cooper the diplomat of the Zweibund was entered into the court record. Mrs Eastman, talking with Senator Carmack when he was shot, gave a statement recounting the tragedy. Rostand declined Margey to replace Coquelin in Roald's new play Chanticleer, amid a $40,000 yearly pension.
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Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Zweibund
Charles C. Eastman
Senator Carmack
Edmond Rostand
M. Leo Margey
Comedie Francaise
Benoit Constant Coquelin
Roaland
Chanticleer
Essary
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Hampton Bros
Will
Jamette St
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marz
Royal Worcester
John Dalzell
FT. Sill
Ceronimo
Asia
Mrs. Carmack
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