Railroads Bill Indorsed by Trainmen Aims to Meet Supreme Court Decision
A new comprehensive employers liability bill was introduced in the Senate and House with endorsements from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen and Enginemen, and Railroad Trainmen. It adopts contributory negligence rules similar to several states, permits damages with jury-determined fault, and sets attorney fees and penalties. The act extends to carriers in territories and the Panama Canal Zone, with three-year statute limitations and protections for receivers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lafoliette
Wisconsin
Sterling
Ilinois
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Supreme Court
United States
Territories
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
Ne Bil
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Georgia
Florida
District
of Columbia
Japanese Immigration Slump Reflected in Census Figures
The report notes a sharp drop in Japanese entrants to the United States with a decline of 4,304 from January 1907 and only 97 crossing Uncle Sam’s border. While Japanese immigration fell, the overall alien intake rose by a percent due to gains by other nationalities.
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United States
War Not Thought Of New Japanese Ambassador Says
Baron Takahira, newly arrived Japanese ambassador to Washington, calls war between the United States and Japan unimaginable and inhuman. He says Americans seek cordial relations, notes only routine matters may arise in Washington. He views the Pacific fleet cruise as a grand naval maneuver to display American naval power in support of a legitimate cause.
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New York
United States
Japan
Baron Kogoro Takahira
Washington
Hirura
Tasahira
Pacific Ocean
America
Steamship Wally Reed Destroys Off Oregon Coast
The steamship Wally Reed, 113 days from Newcastle, broke in two near the Nebalem river mouth on the Oregon coast. Three crew were swept overboard and lost. six men, including the captain and mate, survived.
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Aregon Coast
Portland
Ora
Wally Reed
Newcastle
Nebalem River
Oregon Coat
Grew
Andienee
Bank Robbery Locks Cashier in Vault All Night
Five masked robbers looted a Granite Falls bank in Caldwell county taking about 35000 dollars. Cashier W. Whitman was forced into the vault, which was locked from outside and opened only at 7 am. He lay inside in suffering, nearly exhausted, while the town crowded the scene at dawn.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. Whitman
Granite Falls
Caldwell County
Tornado wrecks towns in three states
A devastating tornado swept through portions of Texas and Mississippi injuring and killing residents. It destroyed multiple small hamlets near Tyler Texas and in Jones county Mississippi including Jossville Service and Soso. Reports place deaths from six to more than ten with homes torn from foundations and debris scattered across fields.
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New Orleans
Tyler
Texas
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Jossville
Service
Soso
Jones County
Seven Are Dead After Train Hits Electric Car At Crossings
Seven people were killed and about a dozen injured when a Big Four passenger train struck an electric car at the Michigan Ventral crossing in West Yoledo. The dead include James Myers motorman Toledo and Mrs William Vieher Wert Toledo among others, with polled lists of victims spanning Yoledo and nearby towns. Several notable figures and families are named among the injured and fatally struck.
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Yoledo
Yoledo & Western Electric
Michigan Ventral
West ‘Yoledo
James Myers
Toledo
William Vieher
Wert Toleo
Roy Fisher
Westoledo
Clarence Beech
Sylvania
Beech
Mayor Jones
Clara Saxton
Trilby
Joe Bachmeyer
Charles Dolph
George Bradgen
Oleda
Turt Blankley
Wadly
Hiram Parker
John Gontoy
Sylvaren
James Young
Mills Start Up Boosts Wheeling District Jobs
More than 2,000 workmen who had been idle since November and December resume work in the Wheeling district. Additional mills at the Adina Standard plant employ 600, plus Hask ing Glass Martins Ferry workers. The top Mill furnace Wheeling Steel and Ironworks adds over 1,000 jobs. Riverside tube plant plans partial resume around the 20th. Over 2,000 buyers nationwide order goods for spring and summer, signaling renewed confidence.
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Wheeling
Adina Standard
Hasking Glass
Martins Ferry
Wheeling Steel and Ironworks
Na Honal ‘Tube Company
Riverside
New York
Worst Currency System Says His Methods of Assault Have
Senator Rayner of Maryland decries the currency bill and current banking system. He argues money is unevenly distributed, concentrated among banking interests, harming farmers, country banks, and honest business. He urges root reform of the banking system against special interests and criticizes the President for methods of attack.
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Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
United States
Senegambian
National Capital Notes mention promotions and army bills
Jovarner Smith cables Manila that Frank W Carpenter should be promoted to executive secretary of the Philippines after Arthur Ferguson's death. A Senate panel favorably reports a bill authorizing army veterinarians. A new division of militia affairs is created, with Colonel E M Weaver named chief. General Bell supports higher enlisted pay, about one third more, via adjusted Dick-Capron scales.
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Jovarner Smith
War Department
Manila
Frank W. Carpenter
The
Philippines
Arthur W.W. Ferguson
Senate
Committee On Military Affairs
National Militia
Oliver
Division of
Militia Affairs
E. M. Weaver
Coast Artillery
General Bell
United States Army
House
Flood Destroys Homes and Forces Factory Closures
A Sunday Ohio River flood reached 80 feet 8 and a quarter inches in Pittsburg, halting factory operations as low districts flooded. A Carnegie Steel cinder dump in Mingo Junction, 30 feet high, gave way, flooding 50 houses. About 200 people fled to higher ground amid numerous drowning scares.
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Pittsburg
Mingo Junction
Carnegie Steel Company
Ohio River
Necklace Theft At Wartensleben Estate
A pearl necklace valued at 60,000 is stolen from the Gourtess von Wartensleben mansion. The Countess, wife of General Alexander von Wartensleben of the cavalry, is identified as the owner. The case links to a prominent military family and a friend of the emperor.
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Florlin
Gourtess von Wartensleben
Alexander von Wartensleben
Cavalry
Emeeror
Explosion Kills Nine Workmen at Powder Plant
Montreal reports nine men killed at the Standard explosive works in Vaudroul during dynamite thawing. The blast occurred at the powder plant, with surrounding details limited. Separately, Russia plans rapid fortification of Vladivostok, budgeted at about $6 million, to avoid a Port Arthur risk in potential future conflict with Japan.
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Montreal
Vaudroul
Printer survives Brooklyn Bridge jump amid ice floes
John Grant, an unemployed printer, leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge and landed among floating ice in the river about 200 feet below, escaping with only minor injuries. He is under arrest on a charge of attempted death by own action. Senator Foraker rebutted President Roosevelt's denial of patronage to Taft by recounting an anti Taft supporter in Ohio whose postmaster appointment was delayed.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York
John Grant
Foraker
Hoogevelt
Taft
Ohio
Railroads Ask Hearing On Nine Hour Law Extension
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will hear four railroads on extending the nine hour law to railroad telegraphers. The Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Southern Railway, St Louis & San Francisco and Seaboard Airline filed for a hearing. The commission slated February 27 for the proceedings.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
The
Southern Railway
St. Louis & San Francisco
Seaboard
Revolt Rumors Prompt Cargo Confiscation in Caribbean
Rumors of a revolutionary plot in San Domingo prompted U.S. action. Boxes marked old iron contained 69,900 cartridges and were seized from San Juan area shipments. Five Dominican and two Porto Rican detainees arrested. Cruiser Tacoma dispatched from Hampton Roads to San Juan and West Indies ports, but officials deny link to the unrest.
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Washington
San Domingo
War Department
San Juan
Tacoma
Hampton Heady
West Indies
Navy
Strike Riots in Alaska Spur Troops to Fairbanks
Washington directs a company of infantry from Fort Gibbon to Fairbanks to safeguard order during a mining strike. Open air mass meetings and threats of violence are reported as Russians toil on the trail between Valdez and Fairbanks. United States Marshal Perry swears in 250 special deputies to quell mobs and ensure departures from the city, with saloons closed.
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Fairbanks
Washington, D. C
Oliver
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Valdez
Wairbanks
United States
Perry
Uncle Sam's crusade against express company
District Attorney McPherson filed a federal suit charging the American Express Company with violating postal laws by carrying first class mail matter. The action targets common carriers, claiming an unstamped letter dated January 6 from Belton Texas to Cincinnati ordered 12 pairs of gloves with an express money order for 8.47 dollars. Penalty for violation is 100 dollars.
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Gets After Express Company
Ainelmati
American Xpress Company
United States District Court
McPherson
Belton
Tex
Cincinnati
Taft Victory in Ohio Primaries Sets Legal Precedent
Secretary of War William H Taft won primaries across 36 of 88 Ohio counties with few contests. The Ohio Supreme Court backed Taft by ruling in Cleveland and Knox that the state central committee governs contested delegations, while in Lucas County independents seek to oust State Chairman Walter Brown and the national committee may intervene. Burton will attend the national convention as a delegate from the Twenty first district.
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Cleveland
William H. Taft
Ohio
Quyshogs
Knox
Cuyahoga
State Supreme Court
Oraker
Taft
Foraker
State Committee
Foraker and
Teass
Burton
Conetesa
Supreme Court
Common Pleas
Circuit Cowt
Taft Committee
Board of Elections
State Central Committee
Lucas County
Brown
National Committee
Enlisted Men to Gain Pay Increase Proposed By House
Washington report says the house committee on military affairs reached a plan for a substantial pay rise for enlisted U S Army personnel and Marine Corps. The proposed average increase is about seven percent, six percent below General Hall’s request, with the same raise applying to Marines.
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Washington, D. C
United States Army
House Committee On
Oil prices rise five cents a barrel in Lima region
The Standard Oil Company raises Ohio and Indiana crude prices by five cents per barrel, signaling possible future increases after recent large drains of 406000 to 1000000 barrels. North Lima price hits 99 cents, South Lima and Indiana at 44 cents. This marks the first advance in the Ohio Indiana crude market in a year.
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Lima, O
Ohio
Indiana
Standard O' Company
North
Lima
South
Former Governor Foster Voorhees Indicted in New York
Grand jury indictments accuse Foster M Voorhees former New Jersey governor and ex Bankers Insurance Company president and Frank H Combes former secretary of the company of perjury. Charges relate to reports filed with the New York state insurance department in 1904.
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New York
Foster M. Voorhees
New Jersey
Bankers
Ifs Insurance Company
Frank H. Combes
New York State Insurance Department
Nine Miners Die in Kentucky Gas Explosion
Nine miners were killed and another fatally injured when a slow gas explosion rocked the Moody Coal Company mine in South Carrollton, Kentucky. The disaster followed a delayed blast that released accumulated gas into the interior of the mine, trapping workers amid efforts to rescue survivors.
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Central City
Moody Coal Company
South Carrollton
Resolution to probe campaign fund donors in 1896 1900 1904
Washington. A house resolution by Mr. Pou of North Carolina directs a five member committee to identify corporations that funded presidential campaigns in 1896 1900 and 1904. The panel must report in the current session so the public can learn before the next campaign, including any corporations named as law violators in the President's messages.
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Washington
Pou
North Carolina
Congress
Ore Market Moves Amid Stable Price Push
New York reports from The Iron Age describe Cleveland ore firms aligning with producers to avoid price cuts for 1908. Lake Superior ore is funneled into pig iron at about 40 percent of last year’s rate. Central West and Chicago districts discuss cooperative action to hold No 2 foundry iron prices, while overall markets show dullness with uneven demand across foundry, forge, and pipe sectors. Indians Jump Into Sea.
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Duedia
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Pentnsylvania
Gomiaertec mm
Munday
Dlevas
Lake Superior
Central West
Chicago
Southern
Igtram
Six Succeed the Other Ten Being Dragged Roord a Mexican Government
Six of the sixteen aboard the government transport near Mazatlan attempted suicide by leaping into the sea. Boats recovered ten survivors, while six were drowned. Rescued men reportedly preferred death to plantation or army service in Mexico. Authorities note over fifteen hundred Yaquis under guard in Sonora awaiting deportation.
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Tramsport
Mazatlan
Mec
Sonora
Tehuantepec
Yucatan
Mexico
Annapolis Senate Passes Voter Disfranchisement Amendment
A constitutional amendment to disfranchise Negro voters was approved by the Senate and will go to voters at the November 1909 general election. The measure imposes an educational or property qualification for suffrage.
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Annapolis
Senate
Presbyterians Seek 4 Million for Foreign Missions
The Presbyterian Men's Foreign Missionary convention concluded in Philadelphia with a resolution urging churches nationwide to raise 4 million dollars for foreign missions next year. The body urged businessmen to conduct work like business and to pray at noon daily for world evangelization.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Men's Foreign Missionary Convention
Yaqui Indians Captured Near Hermosillo in Deportation Campaign
Federal troops have rounded up more than 1,580 Yaqui Indians in the mountains east of Hermosillo during six weeks of operations. Hundreds of peaceful Yaquis and their wives and children are among the captives, slated for deportation to Yucatan.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
Yucatan
Marked Increase in Railroad Traffic in Cleveland
Railway officials report a sharp rise in both freight and passenger traffic over the past two weeks in Cleveland. The Lake Shore line moved more freight cars than any day since early December, while New York Central and Pennsylvania lines say current passenger counts match or exceed last year’s levels.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore Road
New York Central
Pennsylvania
South May Claim Ten Million From Government
Washington report says about ten million dollars may go to Southern claimants if a House War Claims Committee bill becomes law. The bill grants the Court of Claims jurisdiction over captured and abandoned property sold during the Civil War and proceeds credited to the U S treasury.
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South
Washington
House Committee On War Claims
Court of Claims
United States Treasury
Republicans Endorse Taft and Hadley for Missouri Governor
The Republican State Central Committee of Colorado unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing the national administration and supporting Secretary Taft for the presidency. In Missouri's Fifteenth District, delegates were instructed to vote for Secretary Patt for president, while Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley was endorsed for Missouri governor.
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Taft
Republican” State Central Committee
Colorado
Fifteenth
Missouri
Patt
Herbert S. Hadtey
Arm injury fuels Armour suit against company
Chicago judge orders judgment for 8000 dollars against Armour and Company in favor of Valenty Bunida an employee who injured his wrist on a pickling needle used for ham preservative injections. Blood poisoning followed and amputation of the arm became necessary.
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Chicago
Pinckney
Armour and Company
Valenty Bunida
Bryan Endorsed by All 74 Oklahoma Counties
The Democratic primaries in Oklahoma endorse W. A. Bryan for the state convention. Delegates elected in all 74 counties support Bryan.
Burn $100 In Bills In Ohio Residence
Children playing with fire at Joseph Verran’s home in Youngstown burned $100 in currency hidden in a bed. Other damage was minor.
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Joseph Verran
Governor Johnson to speak at Alabama Industrial Associa tion convention
Governor Johnson of Minnesota was invited to address Alabama Industrial Association members at their annual convention on May 20 and 21. A circuit court jury acquitted Charles O Fowler after 40 minutes deliberation of embezzling 7748.80 from Fowler Fuel Co in Alton Illinois. Taft spoke in Kansas City urging Republicans to back efforts against corporate abuses. Abe Ruef said graft prosecutor promised him immunity but later breached faith. Boston interview quoted Mrs Green saying the rich faced panic and needed money from others, blaming Roosevelt for the panic.
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Minnégata
Alabama Industrial Association
Charles O. Fowler
Fowler Fuel Company
Alton
Taft
Kaisas City
Republican Party
Abe” Ruef
San Francisco
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