Extra Session Looms As Taft Considers Canadian Pact
Washington February reports say President Taft eyed an extraordinary session of Congress around April 4 to address Canadian reciprocity and farm and general appropriation bills. He planned a March 9 trip to Atlanta and a March 12 return, with possible quick votes if reciprocity advances. Also noted are Lorimer case delays, LaVallete’s objections, and big swift passes on fortifications and sundry civil bills.
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Washington
White House
Champ Clark
Oscar Underwood
Clark
Senate
Canaan
Taft
House
Lorimer
Congress
Latallette
Wis
LaVallete
Tvent
Lortiner
Chicago
Mer
Panama Canal
Lent Regulations Relaxed for Aged Workers in diocese
Kansas City February 27 Bishop Hogan issued Lent regulations with fewer fasts than prior years. Pastors instructed to admit children over seven to communion. exemptions include aged sixty plus infirm sick laboring or under twenty one poor dependent. Dispensation allows flesh meat on Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays at all meals on Sundays. Eggs milk butter cheese and lard based foods allowed at different meals. Workingmen may eat fresh meat once daily on fast days except Fridays, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Christmas Eve.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Hogan
Holy See
Sidiays
Ember
Scarlet fever plague at Red Oak Iowa
Ten deaths in five weeks with fifteen families under quarantine mark a scarlet fever outbreak in Red Oak Iowa. About thirty still suffer as citizens petition to close schools churches and amusements until the epidemic ends. The death of Anne Strom, daughter of County Commissioner Peter Strom, heightened alarm. Mayor Gunn and Health Commissioner Refley indicate all public places will likely be closed by Wednesday.
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Red Oak
Anne
Peter Strom
Gunn
Refley
Health Board
Roosevelt itinerary maps a westward lecture tour
The Roosevelt family plans a lengthy western trip starting next Saturday. Colonel Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and their daughter will travel via the southern route stopping in Atlanta New Orleans and southern Arizona where lectures at the University of California are planned for about a month. They will then head north through the Pacific coast before returning east via Chicago in April.
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Northwest
New York
Med
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ethel
Roosevelts
Atlante
New Orleans
Arizona
University of California
Chicago
Laborer Shoots Foreman in Kansas City
Charles Strum, a Kansas City laborer formerly at a car shop, shot and killed Was B. Parel, his former foreman, then fatally shot himself. Strum had been discharged by Purol last week. A letter found on Strum’s clothing complained, You had no right to stop my pay. I would like to work for you a hundred years.
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Kansas City
Charles Strum
Kan
B. Parel
Strum
Purcel
Purol
Strom
Paraguay sees new revolutionary movement take hold
The report notes a fresh revolutionary wave in Paraguay. An ice floe detached from Sus ensarl Island in the Gulf of Finland, carrying away 500 fishermen. A seven year admis court led by Robley D. Vans as president, appointed by Secretary Meyer, is to try Captain Austin M. Knight. Lorin C. Collins, formerly Panama’s associate justice, accuses the U.S. president of usurping Panama’s legislative functions and ruling despotically.
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Paraguay
Sus Ensarl Island
Gulf of Finland
Robley D.vans
Meyer
Austinm. Knight
Lorin C. Collins
Supreme Court
Panama
United States
Russia
IMMIGRATION FRAUDS FOUND INCREASING AT ELLIS ISLAND
New York press reports federal officers boarded the Greek steamer Transestine arresting twenty crew members for conspiring to smuggle aliens into the United States. The operation involved disguises on crew and hidden aliens aboard, with officials seeking $195000 bail and a March 1 trial set by Judge Chatfield.
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Ellis Island
Maren 1
New York
Pek
Transestine
Altiarsod
United States
Nikolas A. Galanos
Kolonras
Diakovatos
Chatfeld
Immigration Bureau
Washington
Brooklyn
Thos
Wovernment
Ellis Ishind
Balloon lands near Gower after long snowstorm flight
Balloon Miss Sophia from San Antonio flown by W Assmann and J M O'Reilly of St Louis descended near Gower Missouri after ten hours in a severe snowstorm. The 800 mile journey included altitudes up to 16000 feet. Ballast was thrown overboard and bags dropped as they fought gusty weather and lost sense of direction. The ship finally touched down on the Gray farm field near Gray's house.
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St. Joseph
Miss Sophia
San Antonio
Tex
Gower
W. Assmann
J. M. O'Reilly
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Texas
Urey
Gray
Wappenstein Indicted Over $2500 From Vice Syndicate
Seattle chief of police Charles W. Wappenstein was indicted by a grand jury on charges tied to the vice situation. He allegedly received 2500 dollars from saloon keepers Gideon Tupper and Clarence Gerald, members of a so called vice syndicate alleged to have run gambling and other vice under Hiram Gil.
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Seattle
Wash
Forne
Charles W. Wappenstein
Grand Jury
Vice
Wappenstein
Gideon Tupper
Clarence Gerald
Hiram Gil
Ar Taon
Swallows Pins. Woman in Serious Condition
Mrs. J. B. Larson of Cedar Falls is in a serious condition after swallowing a mouthful of pins while tending a child. She had been working on lace when a younger child toppled from a chair, and she rushed to help, forgetting the pins in her mouth.
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Cedar Falls
Larson
Killed Near Wyoming as Horse Plunges From High Bridge
News from Monticello and surrounding Iowa towns reports Hugh Smith, a farmer near Wyoming, killed when his horse attached to a buggy plunged from a high culvert into a ravine. Smith’s body was found with severe head injuries, the horse trampling his face. Also in Mason City, bankruptcy hearings adjourned to March 2 over irregular ballot returns. A separate incident in Nora Springs saw a circular saw injury that may prove fatal to James Green. Webster City notes a new farmers elevator company planned for Highview, with G Dunn to speak. Cedar Rapids reports Mrs. Thomas Charter, burned in a kerosene fire, dying from burns. Clinton records John Wechter killed when his street car collided with his wagon.
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Hugh Smith
High Bridge
Monticello
Huel Smith
Wyoming
Smith
Nora Springs
James Green
Green
Marble Rock
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Charter
Rock Island
Grinnell Herald Burns in Grinnell Fire
A blaze swept through the two story Buck Printing and Winding Plant of the Grinnell Herald in Grinnell Iowa on May 27 destroying machinery and delaying publication. Fire crews battled the flames for hours with no immediate reports of injuries.
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Grinnel Herald
Grinnel
Gelnnell Herald
Bowman Likely to Accept State Board Post
Bowman, a 33 year old ex-Davenport reporter, arrived with his mother and declined to state his decision on accepting the position offered by the state board. Close associates say he has effectively assured the board of his intention to accept and will send his final answer from New York.
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Bayevart
Duni Ue Bown
Ciordegde Rom Oer
Tha Bawa
Davenport
Toospah
New York
Clain
Wadealion
Mr. Bownlance
Feo
Factory to Move to Cedar Rapids from Chicago
The Peerless Yo Delt company pins will relocate from Chicago to Cedar Rapids. The plant will employ about 100 workers initially and expand to 135. Capital will be $20,000 with stock already raised at $50,000 in a few days. Operation planned by October next.
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Peerless Be't Company of
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Mien
Missing cash from murder scene prompts police hunt
Newton area reports a brutal murder of Marines Hermesmeier at a farm home. The victim, Baxter, was found on the kitchen floor beside a frozen milk bucket. Authorities seek a motive tied to a $165 stock sale and a $100 missing payment related to Jean Desites, with no signs of forced entry or robbery.
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Newton
Thatis
Marines Hermesmeier
Horgen Baxter
Miles Hertesnere
Jean Desites
Iris
Chicago Faces Big Strike Over Building Trades
Chicago faces a large strike as thousands of workers prepare to walk out over building trades. Leaders A Short and Kee nell warn allied trades may join against ousted members, signaling a possible full disruption of construction activities.
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Chicago
A. Short
Darillin
American Federation of Labors Dolintt Alps
Irtred Association of Plumbers
Shion 'Keenell
Fuwildin Tradea Connect
Building Trade Council
Bomb Thrown in Juarez Targeting Military Commandant Building
Unidentified person threw a bomb at a Juarez building occupied by Colonel Tambourrel, military commandant. The blast damaged an adjoining wall and caused panic across El Paso. No clues or arrests reported. investigation underway with all occupants accounted for.
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el Paso
Tex
Persat
Tarmbourret
Juarez
Surder
Son
Tambourrel Gid
Funeral notice for Mr Faxon Withle aged eighty eight
A damaged fragment notes the funeral of Mr Faxon Withle who lived near Mineral To the Mathadist Episcopary church. He was eighty eight at death and had prominent church work.
Guilty Plea in Forgery Indictment Faces Penitentiary
Harris Minton, 25, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging forgery over a $75 check. Judge Profase Mads ordered sentencing in the penitentiary, with February 27 cited in the plea and proceeding.
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Masonry
Tharris Minton
Governor Carroll Offers Reward For Arrest Information
Governor Carroll issues a reward for information leading to the arrest of Miss Mla Ida Hermesmoier of Baxter. The reward is offered by Nes Motos Wen ay. The toll cited is SHOU, pending further detail from the WPS of EHO.
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Nes Motos
Wen
Thir Toll
Shou
Eho Durdarer
Mlaida Hermesmoier
Baxter
Woman Robbed of 130000 Gems Aboard Hamburg-America Ship
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond formerly Mrs. Marshll Methdn of Chicago reports jewels valued around 130000 missing from her baggage aboard the Amerika liner of the Hamburg-America line during the voyage from Hamburg to Hoboken. Police in Hoboken and New York investigate with limited clues as crew searches continue.
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Amerika
New York
Maldwin Drummond
Marshll Meth Dn
Chicago
Mohali
Hoboken Amt New York
Drummoid
Plaga
Drummond
Amenia
Port Sammie
Tras
Hersete
Thei
Ni Aes Etiti
Robbery at Pittsburg involves postmaster and train cash
Postmaster Mrs. Ga Joseph at Baller in Pittsburg Kansas was held up by two masked men aboard a train. They seized a package of about $10,523 and fled after Briggs, a cashier, tossed two packages containing $10,000 each into a corner. Total believed in three packages was $80,950.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Ga Joseph
Baller
Ali
Vs Press
Kansas City
Sheridan Goal Conpany
Joseph
Albert Briggs
Maskei
Josep
Briggs
Bombs Rock New Iron Plant In South Chicago
Two dynamite blasts shattered windows for blocks at the Troquois Iron company's new plant under construction in South Chicago near Ninety Second street and the lake. Police suspect labor troubles caused the explosions. damage extent could not be estimated.
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Chicago
Troquois Iron Company
Ninety-second Street
Lake
General J. G. Tilford Dead Veteran General Dies
Washington Heb 27 The swift aging ranks of Civil War veterans lose General Joseph G Tilford U S Army retired who died here He was a Kentucky native born eighty two years ago The obituary notes his service and age with brief biographical detail
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Washington
Thrigadley
Joseph G. Tilford
U.S. A
Tilford
Kentucky
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