National and House Actions Move On Various Measures
Senate defeats a direct election constitutional amendment. Rep S C Smith resigns from the monetary commission and Rep J P McLachlin of California is named as successor. Ballinger sets $2 per acre operating costs for Okanogan project lands. Gold minting to stop as Taft signs a bill authorizing gold certificates against bullion and foreign gold. Burke wins Interior authority to dispose of leftover Indian lands. A House committee finds Jake L Hanson made an improper proposal to Sen Gore over Indian land contracts. Territories committee backs New Mexico statehood and says the draft constitution is republican in form and neutral on race and rights.
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Diaz
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Mount St. Mary's College
Watchung Mountain
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Missouri Senate
Hadley
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Congress ends with Lorimer seating and Clark to speaker
Washington reports a busy close to Congress with the Senate seating Lorimer by 48 to 40 and Champ Clark slated as speaker when the 4 April session opens. The president calls an extra session for 4 April. Details cover tax, reform, foreign aid, and treaty news across the nation.
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Senate
Lorimer
Champ Clark
House
Ecuador
United States
America
Old Country
Post Office Department
Scott
Kansas
Washington
Manchuria
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Ofice
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Taft
Wiliam M Howard
Georgia
Thomas W. Page
University of West Virginia
Cannon
Hawley
Oregon
Lee
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Thomas Johson
State Penitentiary
Missouri
State Senate
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Prominent Officials Resignations and Political Shifts
United States Circuit Judge Henry F. Beverens resigns while Premier Tauber of Canada backs reciprocity. Senate fails to ratify a Japanese trade treaty. A fortune in securities is stolen from New York broker Aaron Bancroft. Rear Admiral Sutherland assumes command of the Pacific squadron's second division. The third assistant postmaster general’s chief clerk is dismissed for stamp sales manipulation. Nevada lower house adopts a resolution on woman suffrage. The Earl of Dudley plans retirement as Australia’s governor general in June. Ex Mayor Dunne seeks official primary counts. Henry L. Myers named senator from Montana, replacing Carter. H H Fisk resigns as Haskell Institute superintendent. Game warden Charles Foster found dead near Tulsa with a gunshot wound.
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Henry F. Beverens
Tauber
Canada
Senate
Aaron Bancroft
New York
Sutherland
Nevada
Earl of Dudley
Australia
Dunne
Chicago
Henry L. Myers
Montana
Carter
H. H. Fisk
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kas
Charles Foster
Turkey Mountain
Tulsa
Okla
Proclamation Urges Iowa Help for China Famine Relief
Des Moines March 4 Governor B F Carroll head of Iowa Red Cross urges generous aid to China famine victims per President Tafts appeal. He cites crop failures and dire distress in China and cites army transport for delivery and Seattle Commercial Club as distributing agent. He notes Iowa responses to past disasters and repeats Tafts plea for money supplies or flour shipments.
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B. F. Carroll
American Red Cross Society
Iowa
Tait
United States
China
American Red Cross
Wiliam H. Taft
National Board
W. W. Morrow
Iowa Red Cross
Taft
Seattle Commercial Club
Red Cross
Washington
D. C
Congress
Seattle
Wash
Free passes for peace officers and carriers debated in Des Moines
A Des Moines committee of mail carriers argued before the house railroads committee for a bill by Goocontz of Boote to provide free passes for peace officers health officers and mail carriers while on duty within city limits. The discussion covered contractor agreements with streetcar companies and ticket issuance rules for routes within six blocks of the post office.
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Des Moines
House Committee On“ Railroads
Goocontz
Boote
William Chambers
Strater
W. BR. T Hodkinsen
Postoffice
Mr. Hodkinson
Ballinger Resigns as Interior Secretary Amid Health Strain
President Taft reluctantly accepts Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle’s resignation as secretary of the interior. Walter Fisher of Chicago named as successor. The president notes loyalty and integrity amid harsh attacks and states Ballinger will pursue law in Seattle. Ballinger plans to prosecute alleged conspirators while seeking rest. He cites health as basis for resignation and says he is now poor after legal costs.
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Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Interior
Tait
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Bailinger
White House
Taft
Ballinger
Congress
Troops Ordered to Texas In Massive Peace Time Move
Washington reports the largest peace time troop and ship movement in U.S. history, with about twenty two thousand soldiers heading to the Mexican border and four armored cruisers of the Atlantic fleet redirected to Guantanamo Bay. Pacific fleet elements gather at San Pedro and San Diego as the operation unfolds.
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Washington
United States
Naval Station
Guantanamo
Cuba
San Pedro
San Diego
Cal
Doan's Kidney Pills Relief Claim in Ad Copy
An old advertisement recounts a user’s claim that Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney trouble with no signs since, urging others to try the product. It mentions the brand Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY and a price of 60 cents a box.
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Houaa
Doan
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Mammoth seed offerings from Salzer Seed Co Wisconsin
John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises French Bean Coffee seed at 1 cent a pound with promises it will grow in gardens and ripen in 20 days. Readers are asked to mail 15 to 40 cents in stamps to receive seed packages plus catalogs and extra varieties.
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Wisconsin
John A. Salzer Seed Co
S. 8Th St
la Crosse
Wis
Absent-Minded Man Tries to Hide Missing Cash
A white-faced man bursts into a small tailor shop claiming $105 was in his left trouser pocket. The tailor suspects a ruse and points to the trousers on a nail. In the pockets are pills, a cigarette case, keys, a pistol, a magazine, a note book, and a pocket watch. The man pays $6, then jokes that the other fellow will forget his pants someday.
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Knight of the Zoose
The Young Bride Discovers Calumet Baking Powder
A young newlywed learns that cheap baking powders fail to leaven, leaving bread pale and bitter. She discovers Calumet offers better value, consistent strength, and long shelf life, making cooking easier and more economical.
Fragmented Ad Copy Cites Quotes and Remedies
The excerpt presents scattered quotations about duty and education from Sumner and Austin, followed by fragmented claims about sore throat cures and various nostrums. The garbled text references Hamling Wizard Oil, Pierce’s Pileta, and Benelis with unclear context and no coherent narrative.
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Charlesy Sumner
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