China Apologizes to Japan Over Manchuria Post Clash
A dispatch reports China apologized to Japan for lowering the Japanese flag on the Tatsu Maru and promises to punish officials. China seeks pledges from Japan to curb arms shipments and suppress cross border traffic through Japan. Japan broadens postal pressure, limits China, seizes mail and blocks parcels as Manchuria dispute intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taondon
Chita
Japan
China
Okina
Manchuria
Chancellor Day Accused By Methodist Church
Rev Dr James R Day chancellor of Syracuse University faces church discipline over alleged violations of church rules forbidding speaking against magistrates and for uncharitable talk. Charges stem from an interview criticizing President Roosevelt and anarchism, with Rev George A Cooke and the New York district presiding elder overseeing the ecclesiastical hearing process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Day
White House
George A. Cooke
Brandon
Trey Conference
Methodist Church
P. M. Watters
Yonkers
New York District Conference
Congressman Meyer Dead in New Orleans Home
Congressman Adolph Meyer, once an assistant adjutant general in the Confederate army, died at his residence in New Orleans, Louisiana. The report notes his long public service and ties to the region. He was a figure in postwar politics and national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Meyer
New Orleans
Adolph Meyer
Death of Senator Proctor of Vermont in Washington
Senator Proctor of Vermont died in Washington on March 4 after illness diagnosed as the grip that developed into pleurisy with pneumonia complications. A conspicuous figure in Vermont politics and business, he was among the wealthiest U.S. Senators. Born in Proctorsville in 1881, he served Vermont in both houses of the Legislature and as Governor and lieutenant Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Proctor
Vermont
Washington
United States Senate
Proctorsville
Tune
Gas In Mine Kills Five Miners in Guanajuato
A Guanajuato dispatch reports five miners died in a gas explosion in a chamber of the FPingericao mine. The Guanajuato mine is owned by the Pingerico Mining Company, an American concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxion City
Guanajuete
Guanajuato
Pingerico Mining Company
Chilean officer invents torpedo tube for boats
Valparaiso reports a Chilean naval officer has devised a torpedo tube. Official trials yielded excellent results and the admiralty orders adoption aboard all torpedo boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Admiralty
Carnegie Aids Beloit Endowment Push Near Finish
Beloit Wisconsin Beloit college edges toward a million dollar endowment goal with President Waton announcing a promised gift of 50000 from Andrew Carnegie as part of a 160000 endowment target. A further 50000 is pledged from the Rockefeller general education fund.
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Mir
Carnegie
Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
Waton
Andrew Carnegie
Rockefeller General Educations Fund
C C Dickingon Elected President of Carnegie Trust
C C Dickingon was elected president of the Carnegie Trust Company to succeed Leslis M Shaw.
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C. C. Dickingon
The
Carnegie Trust Company
Leslis M. Shaw
Taft Endorsed By Ohio Republicans For President At Taft Convention
The Ohio Republican State Convention in Columbus endorsed William Howard Taft for president with delegates to the national convention instructed to vote for Taft until nominated. The platform praised Roosevelt, urged tariff revision, stronger ICC powers, and anti trusts actions while pledging support for a larger navy and merchant marine and currency reform. Several state offices were filled with Taft supporters, including governor Andrew Harris and lieutenant governor Francis Treadway.
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Roosevelt
Columbus
Republian
Oboe
William T. Taft
Taft
Theodore Burton
Committee On Resolutions
Francis W. Treadway
Cleveland
Carni Thompson
Tranton
Aulston
M. Fullington
Marysville
Charles C. Green
Ailorney
A. G. Denman
Tolada
Board of Public Works l
W. Baldwin
Conneaut
William Mhirtley, Jr
Defiance
Nalvy
Renick W. Donlap
Pickaway County
John W. Zeller
Findlay
Supreme Court
James L. Price
Lima
John A. Shauck
Caxton
John 8. MecNult
Salem
New National Forest Created in Arkansas Northwest
Washington reports the proclamation creating Ozark national forest in northwest Arkansas. The Ozark and Arkansas national forests add about 2,090,000 acres for the state, with nearly 920,000 acres in the new forest on the divide between the Arkansas and White rivers. Venezuela makes first payment on Mexican claim of 800000 dollars after years of delay, with a draft received by the Mexican government yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New National Forest
Washington
Ozark National Forest
Arkansas
Ozark
Arkansas National Forest
New Forest
Whita
City of
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Veneznels
Receiver for railroad Western Maryland admits inability to meet charges
In Baltimore Maryland a bill was filed in federal court by Bowling Green Trust Company New York seeking receivers for the Western Maryland Railroad. Judge Thomas J Morris appointed Benjamin P Bush as president and the railroad answered admitting the complaint and agreeing to the receiver. The Trust claims fixed charges due April 1 total 1,250,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland
Baltimore
United States
Bowling Green Trust Company of
New York
Western Maryland Railroad
Thomas J. Morris
Benjamin P. Bush
Bowting Green Trust Company
Paine youth confesses arson. sentenced to Green Bay reformatory
T Dr Wis Dallas Willard, son of a wealthy Paine resident, admitted in county court to being a pyromaniac and starting several destructive fires at La Crosse and West Salem. He received a two year sentence to the state reformatory at Green Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Willard
Paine, O
la Crosse
West Salem
Green Bay
Hope for Miners Abandoned in England Fire
In Birmingham England repeated rescue attempts at Halmstead colliery have failed to reach 21 entombed miners. A rescuer collapsed from fumes and two others narrowly escaped flareups. The mine fire rages with no chance of a rescue at this time.
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Birmingham
England
Halmstead
Nebraska Democrats Back Bryan for Presidency at State Convention
Nebraska Democrats applaud William Jennings Bryan during the state convention in Omaha. Delegates at large chosen for the national committee and a unity vote to nominate Bryan for the presidency are announced. The platform reflects Bryan's influence, with plank on anti monopoly, tariff reform, direct senatorial elections, and international policy.
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Omaha
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
I. T. Wale
T. Dunn
D. ¥. Stephens
F. W. Brown
Pll
Hat of
Lincoln
Watlora Committee
Democratic Party of
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Denver
Fire drill at Central High School triggers crowd evacuation
In Grand Rapids Michigan a fire drill at Central High School caused 1200 pupils to empty the building in two and a half minutes. Crowded stairs and prior panic fears raised concerns though the drill produced little damage. A photographer had been shooting in the corridor moments before the alarm. Separately US troops ordered to Goldfield Nevada to quell mining riots three months ago will return to the Presidio and Monterey California stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Collinwoor
Central High School
United States
Goldfield
New
Presidio
Monterey
Onl
Four Burned to Death in Nepen Home Fire
In Nepen ten miles from Buffalo WN, Anthony Schultz aged 55 and three children Nellie 15 Joseph 11 and May 8 perished in a morning house fire. Tecumseh Neb Mrs Arnip former secretary of the Nebraska Wonton Suffrage association and a leading club worker killed herself, note cites ill health as cause.
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Buffalo, WN
Anthony Schultz
Nellie
Joseph
May
Nepen
Tecumseh
Arnip
Nebraska Wonton Suffrage Association
Naval witnesses defend American turret safety and gunnery
Washington officials report four naval officers and professors testified before the senate naval committee defending turret safety and American gunnery. They said the Missouri explosion prompted improved powder handling and copper flap protections, and asserted American ships hold top marksmanship in straight shooting.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Naval Committee
P. R. Alger
Naval Academy
J. F. Pletcher
W. C. Chase
Alger
Navy
Sims
Santiago
Joseph Straus
Cowles
Willell
Bureau of Ordnance
Senator Tillman
Special Board of Ordnance
Tillman
Government orders police aid to deport alien anarchists
Washington inspectors of immigration urged to secure police cooperation to curb alien anarchists and criminals under deportation laws. New York authorities vow prompt enforcement in harmony with municipal police. Commissioner Watchorn and New York police say they are prepared and vigilant with limited resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Commissioners of Immigration and Immigration Inspectors
New York
Straus
Immigration
Watchorn
Bingham
Confederate Veteran Dies After Accident at 105 Years
Owen Priester, reportedly the oldest Confederate veteran in the South, died in Salkehatchie, S.C., after an accident while raking straw fractured his arm and left one side paralyzed. He was 145 years old and survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Owen Priester
South
Salkehatchie
8. C
Japan Denies War Bases and States Policy on Korea
Baron Takahira, ambassador of Japan to the United States, flatly denied plans for war bases in America or elsewhere. He outlined his government’s Korea and Manchuria policy and broader Asiatic affairs, while a Boston Chamber of Commerce meeting unanimously adopted resolutions disapproving the Aldrich banking bill.
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Japan
Washington
Baron Takahira
United States
Korea
Manchurria
Aldrich Banking II
Boston Chamber of Conmerce
First Flag to Oklahoma Floats Over Capitol
Washington's house adopts a joint resolution donating the 46 star flag to Oklahoma. The flag will be housed in the Oklahoma Historical Society after being raised over the capitol today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Historical Society
North Collinwood School Fire Tragedy Claims 165 Children
A North Collinwood school fire collapsed the hallways as inward opening doors and a single rear exit trapped 165 students and teachers. Fire, smoke, and panic left 165 dead, with Miss Katherine Weiler among the victims. most pupils aged 6 to 15.
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Cleveland
North Collinwood
Collinwood
Katherine Weiler
Pittsburg
Russian City Sold Fortified Dubno in Volhynia
The town of Dubno in Volhynia with about 12,000 inhabitants has been sold by Countess Shugalovo to Count Offendorf of Austria for 2,000,000 dollars. The transfer includes the site of the Russian fortress. This town, once ruled by a Polish king, has long been held under a single owner since feudal days. The fortress withstood Cossack and Tartar invasions.
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St. Petersburg
Dubno
Volhynia
Shugalovo
Offendorf
Russian Poland
Poland
Schwab Buys Famous Potosi Mine in Mexico
Advices from Chilpancingo say Charles M. Schwab of New York and associates near conclusion on purchase of the famed Potosi mine in the Santa Walaria district for about 3 million dollars gold. The deal ranks among Mexico’s largest mine transactions and follows Schwab’s recent European visit linked to the sale.
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City of
Mexico
Chimaha
Mex
Charles M. Schwab
New York
Potosi
Santa Walaria
México
Schwab
England
France
Six alleged counterfeiters arraigned in Chicago raids
Five men and one woman faced arraignment before United States Commissioner Foote after recent police and secret service raids. The defendants named were A. L. Mcintosh, A. H. Rothe, Rogece Tobias, William O'Neill, William Lonust, and Mrs Inez Stevens, Tobias's sister, all held to the Federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Foote
United States Secret Service
A. L. Mcintosh
A. H. Rothe
Rogece Tobias
William O'Neill
William Lonuist
Inez Stevens
Tobias
Plan Million Dollar Shakespeare Statue in London
The committee led by Princess Louise advances a monumental tribute to Shakespeare to mark his 300th death anniversary. An architectural statue is planned with an estimated cost near one million dollars.
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London
Shakespeare
Princess Louise
English Language Spoken by Hundreds of Millions
A historical note estimates that English is spoken by about 350 million people worldwide, highlighting its broad reach across continents and cultures. The figure reflects a snapshot from traditional linguistic surveys and echoes the era's emphasis on language distribution.
Iron Trade Review Finds February Rise Over January
The Iron Trade Review reports February transactions higher than January with a steadier mood across most lines. Wire, rail, and locomotive orders grow while blast furnace output climbs to 1,233,074 tons in February from 1,081,813 in January, as 152 furnaces remained active versus 129 a month earlier.
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Ford
Pebrudry
Cleveland
Iron Trade Review
Deake
Agat Ta
Chicago
Qur Monthly
Seven Terrorists Hanged Near Kronstadt
In St. Petersburg a seven person execution took place at Lissy Noss opposite Kronstadt at daybreak Sunday. Condemned for plotting against Grand Duke Nicholas and minister of justice, the group included the Italian suspect Calvino and three women aged 18 and 19. The sentence was confirmed by General Hazenkampf.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
M.chtchegievich
Hazenkampf
Lissy Noss
Kronstadt
Calvino
Exposition site offered to government for 2.5 million
Jamestown Exposition Company receivers urged Congress to buy 350 acres for a naval and coaling station at 2,506,000 dollars. A Maynard of Virginia bill was introduced. The group noted 670,000 dollars loan to government plus about 1,000,000 dollars in debts, so the full 2,500,000 dollar price would clean up affairs. The naval affairs committee took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Washington, D. C
House
Exposition
United States
Maynard
Virginia
Priest's Slayer Found to Be Sane
In Denver Cal Giuseppe Alfa, accused of murdering Irather Leo Heinrichs, is declared absolutely sane by four mental disease experts in a report to U S attorney A Stidger.
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Priest
Denver
Cal— Guiseppe Alfa
Irather
Leo Heinrichs
Mistriet
A. Stidger
CAPITAL NOTES AND POLICY ITEMS MIXED IN NEWS SUMMARY
The secretary of agriculture authorized to create Calaveras big tree national forest in California by senate bill. President appoints midshipmen including Charles D. Sigshee. Panama Canal chief engineer bans overtime except emergencies and alien labor cases. Federal probes charitable and renewal institutions to identify aliens for possible deportation. Salt brought in DC Supreme Court suit by Frank B. Lord against Rep Lahley for 40000. Government seeks advance in cases against Chicago Alton Railway for rebates to Schwarzchild Sulzberger. Crumpacker bills mileage at 5 cents per mile. Porto Rico and Philippines residents not included. current rate is 10 cents.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Calaveras Big Tree National Forest
California
Senate
Charles D. Sigshee
Sigshee
Major Gaillard
Panama Canal
Europe
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Frank B. Lord
New York Sun
Lahley
Connecticut
Woman Accused of Dynamiting in Oakland Case
Mrs Isabella J Martin of Oakland was indicted for dynamiting the house of Superior Judge Jorge Frank In Ogden in March 1907 Ball set at 50000 She is now in jail.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabella J. Martin
Jorge Frank
Ogden
Jalt
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Ohio
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Philippines
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Atu
William J. Bryan
Culbereon
Texas
Professor Alger
Gonate
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