Mysterious Whereabouts of Japanese Adviser Stir City
Federal officials and San Francisco residents are puzzled by the disappearance of D. W. Stevens, longtime confidential adviser to the mikado on North American affairs. He was due on the Mongolia but did not arrive, last seen at a British Columbia port, possibly headed to Washington to meet Takahira. Meanwhile Stanford estate loans totaling about 1,000,000 help city merchants secure cash for property improvements and fund the university at 7 percent return.
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Stanford University
San Francisco
da Pan
San Francisco, Co
Jan
Japan
D. W. Stevens
Stevens
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United States
Custem House
Mongolia
Trisco
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University
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Hendrick
Mayor's Chair for Roosevelt
New York philanthropist Jacob Riis, a close Roosevelt confidant, says he would like to see Theodore Roosevelt elected mayor of New York City after his White House term. Riis declined that Roosevelt inspired the idea but acknowledged the proposal sounds appealing to the president.
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New York
Roosevelt
New York City
Teddy
St. Louia
Jacob Riis
Autchor
White House
Ril
Oil Fields Burn As Globe Ignites Tank Fire
An incandescent light globe exploded in a Sherman oil fields trailer tank starting a major blaze. Two men, Chas Lelland and Ed Welborn, were injured as flames engulfed tanks and a nearby reservoir within half an hour. Lelland was hurled 20 feet by the blast.
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Los Angeles
Sherman
Chas. Lelland
Ed Welborn
Leland
Land Commissioner admits perjury in Half-Mays land fraud case
Hamilton H. Hendricks testified in Portland that while United States land commissioner he perjured himself and aided others to help the Butte Land and Livestock Co take up pasturage land claims. He said several claims were tainted by favor and that he sometimes favored the company in securing possession. The confession follows prior testimony and suggests possible penalties.
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Portland
Hamilton H. Hendricks
United States Land Commissioner
Butte Land & Livestock Company
Unemployed Socialists Rally Despite Chicago Police
In Chicago on January 23, about 50,000 unemployed gathered as 700 police lined the proposed march route. Ben Reitman led the advance, threatening resistance if officers used clubs. after his arrest on the lakefront, the crowd pressed on with no further arrests.
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Shippy
Ben Reitman
Lake Front
Reitman
Thaw Trial Revelations Stir New York Courtroom
In New York on January 23, Harry K. Thaw’s defense witnesses delayed by Adriatic arrival reveal Thaw once asked Jerome to bring Stanford White to justice. Jerome declined, doubting Thaw’s motives as partly self serving in the Evelyn White dispute. Dr Charles Wagner testified to Thaw’s irrational behavior and perceived conspiracy by physicians.
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Jerome
Sanford White
Wagner
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Charles
Albany
N. Y
New York Central
Charles C. Wagner
White
Providence
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Bar of Justice
Evelyn
Charles Wagner
Ithe
Cabinet probes appointments in Roosevelt era clash
A high level conference in Washington includes Secretary Root, Secretary Garfield, Commissioner Straits, Navy Secretary Metcalf and Postmaster General Von Meyer. They discuss accusations that President Roosevelt has filled jobs with political supporters since January. In Boise Idaho the Boise Sunday Times, recently founded, entered receivership today with ongoing publication by the receiver.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Interior
Garfield
Commerce and Labor Straits
Secretary of the Navy
Moetcalf
von Meyer
Roosevelt
Boise
Bole
Idaho
Boise Sunday Times
Bee Buzzing in Shaw's Bonnet
Leslie M. Shaw, president of the Carnegie Trust Company, will resign March 1 to devote efforts to gathering state delegations for control of the Republican convention and secure his nomination for the presidency. His political zeal is cited as the reason for leaving the trust firm.
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Will Boon
Carnegie Trust Company
Iris
New York
Leslie M. Shaw
Carnegie ‘Truat Company
Shaw
Dla
Trust Company
Human fortunes change and exempting fate is unreasonable
Quote notes that in human life fortune shifts constantly and no one can expect to escape the common pattern of luck and misfortune. It reflects on the inevitability of change and the limits of human control.
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Plutarch
Stage Manager Robbed Laughing as Teeth Were Knocked Out
Spokane reporters note a bold robbery as stage manager G. E. Hedger of the Columbia theater was held up by two men. They demanded valuables and seized 42.40 dollars, then punched him to the ground. Laughter under a street lamp revealed three gold teeth ripped from his mouth valued at 25 dollars.
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Sam
Spokane
Wash
G. E. Hedger
Columbia Theater
Milk unsanitary in San Francisco dairy supply
Dr A F Ward of the Berkeley Hygienics lab claimed in a California Women's Club speech that no dairy outside San Francisco reliably supplied milk free of bacilli. In San Francisco Abe Ruef’s aid attorney went to Los Angeles to consult ex-Governor Lymn J Gage about acting as defensor for Ruef, though doubt remains.
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San Francisco
Cal
California Women's Club
A. FR. Ward
Hhe State
Berkeley
Gage
Abe Ruef
Los Angeles
Lymn J. Gage
Ruef
Japan’s Location Seen as Pacific Master by Historian
Stanford University professor Jme J. Treat argues in a lecture that Japan’s geographical position makes it destined to dominate the Pacific Ocean. The remark was delivered at Stanford. the date is January 33.
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Japan
Stanford University
Cal
Jme J. Treat
Stanford
Pacific Ocean
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