Taft Era Begins with Taft Wife Reins Social Life at White House
Washington March 8 Mrs Taft takes charge of White House social duties as autos replace horses in the executive stable. Taft will govern with policy of science while Mrs Taft handles domestic arrangements and entertaining duties. President Taft attends church with his brother as autos become primary transport for the family.
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White House
Washington
Mar
William Howaii
Taft
Mra. Taft
Foreigo
Tatt
Philippines
Roosevelt
Charles P. Taft
Unitarian Church
Cslad
Congress
President Taft
Virginia
Quake Shocks Felt in Guayaquil Coast
Two strong earthquakes struck Ecuador with shocks lasting about half a minute. The tremors were felt in Guayaquil and along the coast early yesterday morning causing panic but no damage was reported.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Inaugural Visitor Believed Murdere d In Alexandria
Washington and Alexandria police pursue identity of a man found dead near Alexandria Virginia with a neck wound and no weapon. A traveler's check for 306 dollars and cards bearing Walter F Schultz and Alma Hume Gillette point to Sioux City Iowa and Chicago connections. A letter from Sioux City signed Your sister Ellen Dorothy may identify the victim as Walter F Schultz sister in Sioux City Mrs Alma Gillette prostrated by the news.
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Washington
Mar
Alexandeia
Woelle-Fargo Express Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter F. Schultz
Douglas Street
Sioux City
Alma Hume Gillette
Behultz
Tevwetim
Cssews
Alexandria
Ellen Dorothy
Mary
Almore F. Gillette
Armour & Co
Gillette
Schultz
Chicago
Roosevelt Unable to Secure Cabin on Hamburg Line
Archibald G Ella of Carroll Michigan refuses vessel agents request to surrender his stateroom for exPresident Roosevelt now a private citizen. He notes Roosevelt and Roosevelts as two different persons and keeps his booked quarters.
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Carroll
Mich
Roosevelt
Archibald G. Ella
Hailair
Train Wreckers Fail Attack in Local Yards
An attempted robbery of Burlington freight No. 8 in Des Moines yards failed after a switch was broken and intruders were frightened off by yard detectives. The train carried currency for Monday business and detectives continued pursuit of the suspects.
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Des Noines
Mar
Burlington Crain No. 8
Dickinson Delays Trip To Washington
Secretary of War designate Dickin son postpones departure to the national capital to settle affairs with the Altoona Central railroad. He will reach Washington Friday evening and begin duties next week. Fire destroys Presbyterian Church in Kittanning Pennsylvania causing about 90000 dollars in losses including a 38000 dollar Carnegie organ and six stained glass memorial windows.
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Dickinson
Chicago
Mar. S
Lecod M. Dickinson
Taft
Altnots Central Mailroad
Washington
Presbyterian Church
Kittanning
First Presbyterian Church
Westqaen Pennsylvania
Joyce Leaves $20 Million Estate Inheritance
The body of William T. Joyce, a multimillionaire lumber merchant who died in Chicago Thursday, was moved to his Olg¢ Town home and buried at Lyons, Illinois, yesterday. Joyce served as president of 27 lumber companies and was valued at about $20,000,000.
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Joyce
Dee Moines, Jr
Mar
Willam T. Joyce
Chicago
Lyons
Perjury Charge Expected in Prominent Man Witness Case
Nashville dispatch March 8 reports Attorney General McCarra plans to press perjury charges as the Carmack murder trial nears a verdict. Defense and prosecution prepare final arguments after reviewing testimony and jury instructions. Key issues: who fired first and what the Coopers did on Seventh Avenue.
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Nashville
Tenn
McCara
Aliurmeys
Harthes
Coopers
Seventh Avenue
Senator Carrack
Charles Evsuman
Senator Carmack
Col. Cooper
Robin
Carmack
Police Dogs Nab Three Fugitives in Brooklyn Outskirts
Max and Nogi, Parkville police dogs, chased down and captured three men fleeing police. The canines ran between the suspects’ legs, held them until officers arrived, and earned high marks from Commissioner Bingham. The pair received a rare dole of tenderloin and widespread praise from district police.
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New York
Max
Nogi
Parkville
Brooklyn
Bingham
Police seek missing wife in Brookfield case
Fred Parker of Brookfield Illinois asks Chicago police to search for his wife Jessie Parker 35 believed demented who left home March 6 without a coat and bought a round trip ticket to Chicago from Brookfield to Chicago. He learned she may be in Chicago prompting a citywide alert. Pope Pius has influenza Rome reports indicate the pope’s illness has taken on influenza like symptoms while he follows electoral dispatches.
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Fred Parker
Brookfield
Chicago
Jessie Parker
Parker
Burlington & Quincy
Pius
Rome
Mar
Two Girls Killed by Train Near Xenia
Miss Mary Fleckerstein aged 21 and Miss Therese Glassinger aged 17 were struck and killed by a special train while crossing a railway near Xenia during a trip that took the Blaine club of Ginelnnaté home from a Washington inauguration. An Apache prisoner meeting at Fort Sill chose De Kulgte, son of Whoa of the Nedat branch, as the new chief in a vote among eligible prisoners.
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Dayton
Mar
Mary Fleckerstein
Therese
Glassinger
Xenia
Blaine Club
Washington
Lawson
Marc
Fort Sill
Iete Geronimo
de Kulgte
Whoa
Nedat
Naval Officer Leaps from Hospital Window
Commander James H. Reid United States Navy leaped from a second story window of the naval hospital in Washington yesterday after two weeks of treatment. He was seriously injured and may have died from the fall.
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Washington
Mar
James H. Reid
United States Navy
Naval Loapital
Congress 18 Called For Tariff Revision
Washington reports President Taft asks Congress to convene March 13 focusing on tariff legislation. House action will take weeks as Ways and Means reports the measure, delaying Senate consideration. Senators consider other bills like postal savings bank law statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and presidential inauguration date changes. The census bill veto spurs mandatory enumeration for the thirteenth census.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Committee On Finance
House
Postal Savings Bank
New Mexico
Arizona
Plunder at State Asylum Uncovered. Warrants Issued
Bloomington report reveals long running thefts at the State Asylum for the Feeble-Minded in Tincoln. Superintendent Hardt and Police Magistrate Rosenthal led to warrants for George Ott and Lee Galla sher on receiving stolen goods. Inmates George Spader and James Anderson aided investigations.
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Bloomington
Tincoln
WG. Hardt
Rosenthal Pane
George Ott
Lee Gallasher
George Spader
James Anderson
Madgin
Hardt
Anderson
Asysts
St le
Miss Gould Fetes Jackies On Return From World Cruise
Miss Selen Sauld greeted sailors from the Rhode Island Ohio and Chester who visited the Brooklyn navy yard Y M C A for Miss Gould’s reception after their world cruise return. Troupes formed on the platform and presented by name to Miss Gould who offered a warm handshake and cheerful message. She invited them to a party she hosted in the den with nearly 109 guests attending aided by Vassar girls.
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New York
Selen Sauld
Rhode Island
Ohio
Chester
Brooklyn
Naval
Maine
Gould
Vassar
NO MINE STRIKE DELAY EXPECTED IN AUTUMN WARNINGS
Reports from Wilkes Barre say miners may not strike until autumn if operators refuse demands. Analysts close to union leaders caution against a winter stoppage due to coal storage and annual warm weather demand. The piece also notes Night Rider fugitive Hogg’s jail escape in Union City Tennessee and unrelated local obituaries and appointments.
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Wilkenbarre
Mar
Union City
Tenn
Hirschel Hogg
Night Riders
Quentin Ranken
Walnut Log
Droxden
Elding
Lake
For
Regan
Roosevelt Praised as Greatest Politician of His Time
New York dispatch details Theodore Roosevelt receiving praise from church leaders for his leadership and public service. It notes sermons at Calvary Baptist and the Church of the Messiah praising his role as peacemaker and reformer, and describes Roosevelt and his wife walking three miles through slush to attend church from Sagamore Hill.
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Ascerta Rev Holmes
New York
the Outlook
Theodore Roosevelt
Hem
Calvary Baptist Church
de. R. S. MacArthur
Wyekly
Roosevelt
Pachol
Panama Canal
Tim
MacArthur
Washington
Lincoln
Church of the Messiah
John Maynes Holmes
America
Rome
Francy
Church
Mr. Roosevelt
Sagmmore Hill
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Fairbanks Returns to Indianapolis at Taft Administration Boost
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived home in Indianapolis after a Washington trip. He and Mrs. Fairbanks hosted many friends and commented on the new Taft administration, predicting early congressional action to expedite tariff revision and easing business uncertainties.
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Indianapolis
Taft
Ind
Klar
Vicw
Charles W. Fairbanks
Washington
May Close Russian College in Warsaw Amid Student Demonstration
Polish police aided by infantry broke up a meeting at the university hall where students debated reform of examinations. One hundred seventy eight students were arrested and may be deported to their towns in interior Russia. The university may be closed.
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Warsaw
Mar
Russia
Straus Named Ambassador to Japan Sparks Japanese Press Comment
Mar reports state Oscar S. Straus secretary of commerce and labor in President Roosevelts cabinet is almost certain to be appointed ambassador to Japan. The news stirs comment in Japanese newspapers and draws attention to diplomatic plans.
Paris Socialists thwarted at Clemenceau monument unveiling
Paris police quickly suppressed a Social Revolutionist demonstration at the ceremony marking the Charles Floquet monument. Several protesters were arrested as Premier Clemenceau praised the republic’s four decades of progress and criticized opponents of liberty.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Charles Thodds Floquet
France
Fallieres
Lowbet
M. Clemenceau
Republic
Floquet
Prague
Splits in Manila Methodist Church Over Pastor’s Action
Manila reports a pastor Nicholas Zamora who sparked a church split by forming an Evangelical Methodist group in the Philippines. He surrendered his credentials and attracts about a thousand former congregants. The Presbyterian church on the island remains unaffected, though Methodists may seek to divide it as well.
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Rockwall
Tex
Mar
Arthur Mckinney
Alderson Ellis
Wee
Wil Clerk
Andrew Clark
Ellis
Dallas
Colliadang Hunt
Rockwall County
Manila
Nicholas Zamora
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church of the Philippines
Stitchers Strike Ordered in Lynn shoe factories
A general strike of 150 McKay stitchers across five Lynn shoe plants was ordered by the union executive committee. It takes effect at seven this morning and could put about 3,000 workers out of employment if prolonged. The action seeks a new wage scale.
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Lynn
Mass
McKay
McKey Stitchers’ Union
Brimstone Church Damaged by Fire in Brisburg Pa
Brimstone Church, the Smithfield Street Methodist Episcopal church, central to western Pennsylvania Methodism, suffered about 25000 dollars in fire damage of unknown origin after services ended. In Norwich New York a husband is shot and a wife kills herself, leaving a note accusing a Chicago woman of infidelity. Vermilion South Dakota reports the danger of the Missouri River overflow easing as the gorge subsides after seven hours. the river stood 13 feet high, stretching a mile across and three miles upstream.
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Brimstone Church
Pillsburg
Smithfield Street
Verminson
S. D
Mar
Fee
Cuban political parties merge under Liberal party name
In Havana the Miguelistas and Zavistas agreed on preliminary terms to fuse their movements into a Liberal party. In Washington William Loeb Jr formerly named collector of the port of New York departs to assume duty at the New York customs house tomorrow morning.
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Havana, Mar
Miguelistas
Zavistas
Liberal Party
Loeb
Morrow
Washbington
Mar
William Loeb, Jr
President Taft
Port of
New York
Washington
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