NOT THE LAW IN INAUGURAL DINNER FOR CHILDREN OF HOME
Cincinnati reports a proposed inaugural dinner for the Children’s Home youngsters tied to Taft’s presidency. A letter offers $20 to finance the feast while a committee debate and views on absorbing Tennessee Coal & Iron into U S Steel unfold amid anti trust scrutiny. The note, signed with a donor request to invite every child, is part of a wider discussion on presidential authority and possible misguidance by steel executives.
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Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
United States
Nesses Coal & Iron Company
Jetter
United States Steel Corporation
Tere Falliwa
Committee On Judiciary
Clark
Culberson
Nelson
Kittredge
Foraker
Bacon
Rayner
Overman
Bason
United States Steel
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Concern
New York City
J. Bacon
Committee
Gas Explosion and Mine Fire At Erie Coal Mine
A gas explosion followed by a fire in the Erie Coal Company colliery near Port Blanchard Pennsylvania injures a dozen men and entombs many more. rescuers work through the blaze as officials estimate sixty five entombed behind the fire. Some men escaped via an old abandoned passage.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Port Blanchard
Erie Coal Company
Markets by Wire Grain and Livestock Notes from Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City market wire reports wheat futures May at around 1.083, with July and September bids. cash No. 2 hard and red wheat listed. Corn May and July bids near 63 to 64 cents, cash No. 2 mixed and white values shown. Oats No. 2 white and mixed priced, rye ranges noted. hay and eggs prices listed. cattle and hog receipts and price ranges provided. Chicago market figures include fat cattle and hogs with price bands. live stock notes itemized. Washington notes discuss senate conference on penal code revision and liquor shipment controls in prohibition states, with efforts to pass the bill before Thursday noon.
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Kansas City
Timothy
Choice Prairie
Washington
Congress
Senate
Miller
Kansas
Stanes
C.I. U. LD
Hutchinson man cited as modern Von Dietrich Kieckenspiegel
Hutchinson News recounts W Lacy Rosier manager of Kansas City Oil stopping a 12 000 gallon gasoline leak at a local plant. He blocked a pipe to halt spill while gasoline saturated him as he called for help mirroring a legendary Dutch hero.
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Hutchinson News
Holland
von Dietrich Klerkenspiegel
Dietrich Kieckenspiegel
von Dietrich Kieckenspiegel
W. Lacy Rosier
Hutchinson
Salt City
City
Sunishine and Salt
Kansas City Oil Company
Rock Island
Rosier
Vid Holland
Dietrich Kleckenspiegel
Jband
Lacy
Local Option Movement Expands Across Indiana Counties
In Indianapolis Indiana on March 2 the local option movement spreads across the state with elections scheduled in six counties this week and about a dozen more likely to vote this month.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Voters flock as city treasurer race narrows in Lawrence
Weather was ideal and a heavy vote is expected as two contests shape the day. The city treasurer contest draws keen interest with placards for George Kuhne seen this morning. Polls close at six and results should come tomorrow noon. More women voted than in years, with clubs active in electioneering.
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Board of Education
Stown
George Kuhne
Lawrence
Merrill anti bucketshop bill passed by Kansas houses
Topeka reports the Merrill bill making bucketshops illegal passed both the house and senate with a minor amendment. It becomes effective upon publication in the statute book, likely before June 1. The measure labels bucketshops as felonies, forbids telegraph or telephone firms from transmitting bucketshop messages, and provides employee immunity for testimony.
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Merrill
Topeka
House
Senate
Gove' Mor
Kansas
Gause
Cooper-Sharp trial testimony on revolver cylinder action
In Nashville on March 2 W M Seetter testifies as an assistant superintendent and firearms expert. He says a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver cylinder can be rotated only by pulling the trigger, contradicting S J Benning who testified he saw Senator Carmack rotate the cylinder by finger shortly before the tragedy.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
W. M. Seetter
Smith & Wesson
Senator Carmack
J. Benning
Roosevelt cabinet and naval appointments mix in roving notices
Washington items reveal a jumble of classifieds and brief notices. Mentions include a Roosevelt cabinet meeting, a call for prints and sales items, a naval appointment replacing Sperry, farm help wanted, rental offers, and a note on Taft’s expected quiet period amid ongoing duties. Entities: Roosevelt, Sperry, Taft, Charles Sperry, John Tough, J. T. Adams.
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Washington
Roosevelt Cabjr
Connecticut
J.T. Adams
el Rannatt
Pioneer J W Tomberlin of Pomona Dies at 66
Ottawa March 2 J W Tomberlin aged 66 of Pomona died yesterday after a lingering illness. He came to Kansas in 1859 from Illinois, married Hannah Johnson at Lawrence in 1863, and served in the Civil War. He leaves five grown sons. wife died in 1878. Veterans plan funeral attendance.
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J. W. Tomberlin
Pomona
Kansas
Ottawa
John W. Tomberlin
Tomberlin
Mr. Tomberlin
Ilinois
Vic
Hannah Johnson
Lawrence
Fuller
Blanche Walsh to New York on return from illness
Kansas City reports actress Blanche Walsh, aged about 40, to depart for New York next week after nearly full recovery from illness. she will not pursue further stage work this season. Evans' Sentence Reduced states Lieutenant Frank T. Evans receives a reduced sentence to loss of fifty numbers and a reprimand upon Secretary Newberry's recommendation.
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Kansas City
Blanche Walsh
University Hospital
New York
Landis Right in Fine Case, Northwestern Professor Claims
Chicago March 2 Judge Landis was right legally ethically and morally in fining Standard Oil of New Jersey via its Indiana sub to 29 240 000 says Charles G Little Northwestern University law professor in Illinois Law Review He argues the real corporate culprit may lie in intercorporate ownership and urges punishment through court power against the owning NJ company if the NJ firm controls the Indiana operation He faults the appellate court for conflating conviction with punishment.
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Northwestern Law
Chicago
Eka
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Tits Sub-Corporation
Standard Oil J Company
Indiana
Charles G. Little
Northwestern University Law School
Ilinois Law Review
Profesor Little
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil ‘Company of
Nhot
Indiana Corporation
Fis
Ladians ‘Company
Court
Indiana ‘Company
Court of Appeals
Was KU Boy Former Raymonds Worker In Garden City Murder
Samuel Nite of Garden City shot and killed his father after being exonerated by a coroner s jury for defending his mother and sisters. A University pharmacy graduate, Nite had worked at Raymond s Drug Store in Lawrence and was regarded as a quiet, good natured, highly trusted young man who reportedly faced great provocation before the fatal act. The incident stirred great excitement in the community and highlighted the Nite family s prominent farm position twenty miles from town.
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Samuel Nite
Garden City
University
Raymond
Nite
Lawrence
Raymond's
New Union Pacific Division Opens at Sharon Springs
Sharon Springs Kansas becomes a busy hub as the Union Pacific assigns a new division there. Train dispatchers Flavin Blattenberg McGinnis and Hains arrive, crews seek housing and meals stretch capacity, stores and hotels crowded, townspeople adjust to the influx.
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Sharon Springs
Kan
Wwaltie Department
Flavin
Blattenberg
McGinnis
Hains
Herington hosts big April tri county teachers meeting
A March 2 conference in Herington outlined plans for a large April tri county teachers meeting. Representatives from Dickingon Marion and Morris high schools will attend with contests in oratory spelling declamation and athletics plus a new piano solo event. State Superintendent Fairchild is lined up and speakers including Lindsay of Denver or Gunkel are sought.
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Herington
Ind
Dickingon
Marion
Morris
Fairchild
Lindsay
Denver
Gunkel
Toledo
Parker Carnival to Visit Lawrence for Week in May
The Parker Carnival Co under Douglas County Fair association will bring a top western attraction to Lawrence May 17 for a week at Armstrong place 400 block on Mags street. City council remitted license and promoters promise a refined show with 300-plus attendees, aiming to raise funds for the fall fair.
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Parker Nu. L
Lawrence
Armstrong Place
Mags Street
Parker Carnival Co
Parker Company
Ube County
Trial Begins Again in Standard Oil Rebates Case
Chicago March 2 jury complete in the US case against Standard Oil Company of Indiana on rebates. Judge sustains defense theory of thirty six alleged offenses meaning each rebate settlement is a separate offense and the company cannot be fined more than 720 dollars. Mutiny among Oklahoma prisoners Tulsa March 2 ends after sheriff and deputies move unruly inmates to Oklahoma City for safekeeping. Prisoners rebelled over half rations, wrecking cells and breaking dishes and windows.
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Standard Oil Company
Chicago
United States
Standard Oi Company
Indiana
Anderson
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Kemp Talk Postponed Till Thursday at Y M C A
Harry Kemp will deliver a talk Thursday evening at the Y M C A auditorium after a weather postponement. The event intends to help cover the Y M C A convention deficit.
Eight Hour Day Victory in Cincinnati Court
March 2 report from Cincinnati states the United States circuit court of appeals ruled in favor of the Typothetae of Unevica against the International Press Men’s union, establishing an eight hour workday. Franeises also notes ex-Sup M. W. Coffey sentenced to seven years for taking a bribe tied to a trolley franchise grant.
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Incinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Unevica
International Ress
Franeises
M. W. Coffey
Kentucky Republicans Reach Washington for Taft Honor
Four hundred Kentucky Republicans, bearing cane-cuts from Lincoln and Bradley hats, depart Louisville by rail to witness Senator Taft’s welcome in Washington. Arcade hotel fire damages three linked buildings, losses around 100000 insured.
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Tafttha
Kentucky
Louisville
Washington
William Reno
Connell Headley
Iican
Arcade
Tait
United States
Palace
Helm Electric railway plan extends across southern Kansas
A Pittsburg report states Helm's Electric railway interests will extend a line to Kansas City, shaping a vast network across southern Kansas. Investor Heim has raised 24 million dollars to fund extensions including links from Dunkirk to Frontenac, Iola to Topeka, and routes through Cherokee, Parsons, and other towns, with construction already contracted on several segments.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
Pitsburg
Helm Electric Railway
Heim
Girard Coat Belt
Dunkirk
Frontenac
Pittsburg
Lula
Gas City
LaHarpe
Vittsburg
Cherokee
Vinsburg
Currinsville
Dulberry
Tuciard
Coal Belt
Hein
Donkirk
Yo Iola
Parsons
Istheree
Colleyville
Women in Inaugural Parade Break Precedent
Washington dispatch reports that for the first time the wives of the president and vice president, Mrs Taft and Mrs Sherman, will participate in the inaugural parade on March 4. After ceremonies they will follow their husbands to the White House in separate carriages as arranged by the committee.
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Taft
Sherman
Washington
White House
Committee of
Settator Knox
Eapital
City Board Orders School Boys Kept From Streets During Hours
At last night’s monthly meeting the board directed the superintendent to draft an ordinance to bar city school boys from street areas during school hours and to request skating rink managers to prohibit attendance by students while classes are in session. The treasurer reported bills totaling 4,600.70 were allowed, and two assistants were approved for botany and English. Several underperforming high school students were kept on probation, bids for a brick rear building were rejected, salaries were adjusted for Miss Winnship, and inspectors were appointed to review school building safety. The superintendent was authorized to purchase the International Encyclopedia for the high school.
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Board of Education
Olney
Miss Bunton
Birdie Phillips
Central Selines
Eugenia Winnship
Wood
Baumgardner
Wud
International Kneyejlepedia
President Roosevelt bids farewell at White House lunch
President Roosevelt hosts a farewell luncheon for the “tennis cabinet” and longtime aides, noting no administration has seen such loyal service. He recalls friendships formed in the West and hunting trips, and defines the group as those who helped accomplish much of his work.
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Washington
Grange Bank President William Henry Dies at 78
William Henry, 78, president of the Grange Bank in Olathe, died at his East Prairie street home after a long career as an early settler. A Civil War militia captain, he moved from Monroe County New York in 1881 and helped pursue guerrillas after the Lawrence burning. He is survived by a widow, two sons, and a daughter. Funeral held this afternoon.
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Olathe
William Henry
Bank
East Prairie Street
Henry
Monroe Count
New York
Lawrenee
Lanesfield
From a trestle to death and a special session doubt
An accident at Belleville claims a young man named W J Baroik of Haviland as he fell from a trestle into Hood Island overflow. The death follows an alleged ride attempt with a companion. In Topeka the legislature weighs a utilities bill and a possible special session. Governor comments on the matter as House membership splits on the issue and a state textbook bill is killed in the Senate.
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Haviland
Ohio
Belleville
Kens
W. J. Baroik
Hook Island
Laiter
Topeka
Stubbaing
Roek Island
Burr Oak
Burr
Bera
Kadabaugh’s
House
L . jUaviland
Senate
OUST A TROLLEY LINE Must Get Out of Massachusetts by July First
Luston Mass March 2 A Massachusetts supreme court decree orders the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to dispose of its trolley holdings in Massachusetts by July 1 1909 The ruling follows an equity bill filed by the attorney general in May 1908 and affects several Worcester area lines along with Springfield and Berkshire street railways The decision sustains a prior ruling by a single justice whose decision the New Haven company appealed claiming the trolley lines were held by Connecticut consolidations
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Massachusetts
Luston
Mass
State Supreme Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
de Tisin
Worcester and South Bridge
Worcester
Blackstone Valley
Worcester and
Webster
Webster and
Dudley
Springfield
Ute
Berkshire Street Railways
Hriven Company
Consolidated Companies of
Connecticut
Junction City Paper Sold to A L Colby in Kansas
The newspaper and plant of the Sen pene Publishing Company were sold today by the firm to A L Colby, a member of the firm for the past two years, in Junction City Kansas.
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Junction City Paper
Deaction Ciy
Kans
Senpene Publishing Company
A. DL. Colby
Local Option Bill Advances After Debate in Maine House
In Jefferson City Maine on March 2 the House ordered engrossed the Pemberton local option bill allowing counties to vote as units on saloon issues. The measure was reported adversely but placed on the calendar. supporters say today’s action signals passage.
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Jefferson City
House Today
Pemberton
House
Fire at Harvard Dormitory Sparks 500 Students Flee
Fire swept Weld Hall at Harvard University early today. An open fireplace started the blaze, forcing about 500 partially clothed students to evacuate the large dormitory as crews battled the flames. The incident disrupted campus life and drew rapid attention from local authorities and residents. In a separate report, the ocean liner Mauretania arrived at Queenstown, setting a new New York to Queenstown speed record of four days, twenty hours, and two minutes, beating the previous best by twenty five minutes.
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Cambinge
Mass
Weldhall
Harvard University
Queenstown
New York
Republic Oil to face oysters suits in Missouri
Jefferson City March 2 The Republic Oil company of Ohio will be the next target of the attorney general department in oyster suits announced today. It was given until March 1 to pay a $30,000 fine assessed by the supreme court, but no payment has been made and efforts will be made to collect the money. The Standard Oil company of Indiana did not pay its fine yesterday, but its motion for rehearing stays the penalty until the supreme court acts on the motion.
Inaugural Whistle Observance Slated in Chicago
Mayor Busse issued a proclamation calling Chicago residents to participate in a nationwide demonstration at the moment Taft takes the oath in Washington. Factories are urged to blow whistles for five minutes and people to pause their work during that period. Churches will hold prayers for the new administration.
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Chicago
Taft
Busse
Jon
William H. Taft
Washington
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