Indians to sign all important documents with their thumbs
Indian Commissioner Leupp promotes thumb print signatures for contracts and treaties to bind aboriginal wards. Inspector McLaughlin originated the method linking right thumbs to signatures, aiming to curb repudiation and ensure reliable proof in disputes with the government. The Rosebud Sioux signed the first treaty with this system a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leupp
James McLaughlin
Inspector McLaughlin
South Dansefa
F&e
Bridge Trust Indictments Struck Down by Court in Ohio
Columbus Ohio February 13 The supreme court today voided all indictments against the bridge trust in Ohio. The Erie county circuit court decisions in the Hughes and Webster cases were affirmed as defective for duplicity and indefiniteness. The indictments alleged a conspiracy in restraint of trade from March 1903 to March 1906 but failed to state specific times of violations making each day’s offense a separate offense.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sureme Court
Bridge Trust
Eri County
Supreme Court
Erie County
Hughes and Webster
Oklahoma hotel safety measure passes fire escape mandate
Guthrie Oklahoma February 13 the lower house passed a sweeping hotel regulation. The measure requires each hotel to install a prescribed fire escape and specifies nine foot bed sheets, with additional dining room provisions noted.
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Guthrie, Oklo
Boure
Foodsafety rule bans cracked cups and dishes
A rule prohibits any cup or dish used for food from having cracks visible to the naked eye. A bill makes corporate officers who conceal books or statements guilty of a felony with up to three years in prison. The Ellis anti lobbying bill imposing jail terms for lobbying has passed both houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Tobacco trust indicted in Fayette County Kentucky
Fayette County grand jury returns a true bill charging the American Tobacco Company with conspiracy to fix and reduce raw material prices. Bench warrants expected for R Teewater, local manager for the so called trust, as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Fayette County
America Tobaccs Loan Pany
Parker
Society of Equity
American Tobacco Company
R. Teewater
Street Car Plunges Over Embankment in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports seven passengers injured when a street car plunged over an 18-foot embankment at West Mouasgtead suburb. The car was derailed during service and reconstruction crews moved in as rescuers stabilized those hurt.
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Pittsburg
West Mouasggtead
Many Car Foundry Workers Laid Off in St Louis
Louis Missouri February 13 officials of the American Car and Foundry company report that about 50 percent of the total shop force has been laid off temporarily due to a blackout in operation. The plant remains at work but 1,500 more workers will be laid off.
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Louis
American Car& Foundry Company
Secretary Cortelyou’s Raven Pompa Raour Noted in Gray
An archival snippet notes Secretary Cortelyou’s raven pompa raour showing streaks of gray, reflecting aging in a historical public figure’s ceremonial procession.
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Cortelyou
Treaty for Arbitration Between France and America Signed
Secretary feot and Ambassador Juseerand sign a treaty to arbitrate issues between France and the United States. It must be submitted to the American Senate and the Wrench executive before taking effect, with provisions withheld pending ratification. The pact follows Hague conference guidance, aiming at special arrangements for dispute settlement by arbitration.
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Washington
Feot
Juseerand
France
America
Senate
Wrench
Seatiaeberea
Olney
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
United States Senate
Eeenney, Root
Jussee
Indian School Civil Service Exemption Debate in House
In Washington February 123 during the Indian appropriations debate Mr. Mann Illinois attacked the clause exempting government Indian school farmers from civil service rules. He aimed to ease suspicions of political appointments while Fitzgerald New York criticized funding 22000 for the new Bismarck North Dakota reservation school. The panel questioned oversight and stalled the strike motion as Gronna and Mershall North Dakota urged the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mann
Illinois
Civil Service
Fitzgerald
New York
Bismarck
WN. D
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Messrs. Gronna and Mershall
North Dakota
Rural parcels post bill aims at fixed rates uniting rural routes
Washington, Feb 13. Senator Burnhouse proposes a rural delivery parcels post with 65 cents for the first pound and 2 cents for each additional pound. under one pound the scale ranges 1 to 5 cents by weight. Provisions restrict deliveries by bona fide merchants on rural routes and cap parcels at 11 pounds. perishable items risk sender. Senator Kean introduces Meyer's plan to cut parcel rates to 12 cents per pound and raise weight limit to 11 pounds.
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Washington
Burnhoune
Bnat
Bona Fire
Kean
New Jersey
Meyer
Tragedy at Becker County country school
In Carsonville township Becker County Minnesota a teacher Mike Bessie Graham was shot and killed by Charles Boldt during a school recess. Boldt then killed himself. Motive reported as a love affair between Boldt and Graham two twenty one year olds. News spread as students fled to tell neighbors and authorities.
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Becker
Hubbard
Eirl
Mitch Young Bold
Mine Graham
Park Rapids
Boldt
Trebberd
Nine Men Die In Kentucky Mine Explosion
Central City Kentucky February 13 Nine miners are killed and one seriously hurt in a Moody Coal company mine explosion at South Carrollton three miles from Central City. The blast ignited accumulated gas and wrecked the interior of the mine while cages were smashed. The report notes a woolly taste in mutton linked to slow carcass dressing.
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Central City
Moody Coal Company
South Carrollton
Postal System Aims Real Business Plan with Present Methods
Postal system pursues a practical business approach using current methods to place its operations on a solid commercial footing. Officials indicate ongoing steps to streamline services and profitability while maintaining public access.
Great Northern chairman predicts slower railroad earnings
James J. Hill, chairman, says summer railroad earnings will be lower than last year. He cites more people, a need for rest, and a general slowdown. He notes the Northwest has fewer large plants and that idle equipment may be less than national levels.
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New York
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Rainwear
Burlington plans new line link via Montana to Kearney
Cheyenne Wyoming February 11 Burlington railroad directors approve a new fee for connection with the Burlington-Pacific line in Montana to Kearney Nebraska General Manager Held testifies at a Wyoming state engineer hearing. The hearing addresses Burlington protest against a Boysen Dam on the Big Herm River that would block the canyon route and interfere with the road’s only exit from the basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Burlington Railroad
Ge Burlington
Bator Pacific
Montana
Kearney
Big Herm
Wyoming
Burlingtons
Rural parcel post bill reintroduced in Congress
Washington representative 12-Semester Bumbam of New Bampsmise re introduced in Congress two measures of district importance to rural interests. It is a bill to provide a rural delivery parcel post for merchandise and other articles actually mailed on royal routes. The measure has the endorsement of the president and Postmaster General Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Congress
United States
Meyer
Postoffice Reform Plan Aims for Long Term Cabinet Lead
A preliminary joint commission report to Congress recommends reorganizing the post office and postal service. It proposes a cabinet level director with Senate consent, decentralization to ease congestion, and a focus on methods rather than individuals, plus a detailed audit and reorganization study by New York firms.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Commission
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Ter Commission
Senate
Commission
New York
Mrs. Vanderbilt buys out theater to aid hospital
New York Feb 1 Mrs William K Van Cerdit Jr backs Neesac hospital Mineola L I by staging a benefit matinee of The Merry Widow at New Amster dam theater on Feb 11 She buys the entire house and tickets will be sold to raise funds for the hospital as Long Island colonists rally to the cause Other notable donors include Mrs Clarence H Mackay and Mrs H P Belmon t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William K. van Cerdit, Jr
Neesac Hospital
Mineola
Vanderbilt
Amasterdam
Tyson's
Long Tisland
Clarence H. Mackay
H. P. Belanont
Abandon Motor Car On Northwestern Line
Lincoln Nebraska reports that a motor car trial between WWarfelk and Bonesteel failed to meet expectations and will be replaced by a standard train. The car is to be moved to Pierre for interurban service tests on the line, with the old Bonesteel and Gay to Bonesteel schedules planned to return.
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Lincoln
Neb
North Western Fallroed
Pierre
Interusham
Northwestern
Jokes End With a Hilarious Twist in Brooklyn
A portable tale from New York describes Lat Tech brides at a dimly lit table where Mienry Lamberson tells a joke that sends Mary, his wife, into fits of laughter. The uproar leads to a medical misadventure as the couple seeks help and a surgeon corrects a dislocated jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tienry Lamberson
St. Brooklyn
Ibergon
Mary
Corporations Favor Federal Supervision Says Perkins
New York February 11. George W. Perkins of J P Morgan & Co told Columbia University students that managers of large firms would welcome federal supervision. He argued corporations grew from conditions, have done much good, and could do more, though multi jurisdictional rules impede oversight. He favored national supervision by practical, expert officials to replace chaotic local laws and noted cooperation as the next business phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Geo. W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Columbia University
Grief Claims Talented Boy Who Aspired to Music
New York February 11 A heartbreak-stricken 14 year old Ernest Roth who longed to study music died after a Broadway car ride to a manual training school His father chose engineering for him and the frail boy wept as he rode to Stuyvesant and collapsed dead at Roosevelt Hospital The heart failure was described as a remarkable case.
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New York
Ernest Roth
Broadway
Stuyvesant School
Roosevelt Hospital
Colwell Named Receiver for Hardware and Woodware Firm
Nicholas H. Colwell was named receiver for the Hardware and Woodware Manufacturing Company which owns sixteen plants across Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Pennsylvania Michigan Ohio and Missouri. The firm took over National Novelty last year and is capitalized at 33 750 000 with assets about 3 500 000 and liabilities near 140 000. The embarrassment stems from contracted bank credit amid recent financial stresses.
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New York
Nicholas H. Colwell
Hardware and Woodware Manufacturing Company
Connecticut
Rhodestowe
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Otio
Bsixsouri
National Novelty Corporation
Credlite
Guard Rail Saves Train From Derailed Crash
A Wabash bridge guard rail prevented a fast New York passenger train from plunging into the Huron river after a sprung rail derailed the rear section near French landing. The locomotive and cars stopped short with several cars resting against the guard rail after the derailment.
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Detroit
French Landing
Ed Biles
Here
Huron River
Canada Would Aid United States If War Breaks Out
Boston February 12. R L W Minard president of the Canadian club of Boston says in event of American Japanese war Canada would sever alliance with Great Britain and aid the United States. He claims most New England leaders share this view.
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Boston
Masa
Canada
Great Britain
United States
R. L. W. Minard
Giyadian Club of
Hasam
New England
Minard
Coxey Urges Tramps to Settle Down and Vote
In St Louis on February 11, Coxey and fellow hoboes addressed a gathering of the unemployed. Speakers including Kansas City Kid New Haven Kid Jersey Med and others urged settlement and work while Coxey pressed the vote as a bill nears Congress.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
New Haven
Kid
Kid Murphy
Jersey Med
Africa
J. Coxey
Congress
John Fills
Reitman
Night Riders Burn 510000 Pounds of Tobacco
In Hopkinsville Kentucky at midnight a band of about 1 mounted riders heavily armed and wearing secret insignia forced a drug store clerk to open safes, abducted seven citizens, then attacked a View village tobacco factory and a tobacco crop. 960 pounds and more were set on fire. Total loss estimated at 10600 dollars with 96090 dollars covered by insurance.
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Hopkinsville, Hy
Peb
Pusoan Chindion County
Cap Jameesi
Umbertund Z
Deve Fotter
Epee Etere
Sevien] Citisens
Partes Tobacco Factory
Cardin
Basn
Mob Overpowers Guard. Mob Hangs Black Man in Mississippi
In Prookhaven Mississippi on February 13 a mob seized HB Pigot a Black man accused of harming Miss Wells. He died in a related incident after being taken from the Jackson Military company custody by a posse of deputies. The mob overpowered the guard and several shots were fired with two mob members wounded.
Germany Replies to Moroccan Sultan on Morocco Aid
Berlin reports the German foreign office responds to Abd El Aziz sultan of Morocco seeking aid against the Promes occupation. The note states Morocco’s question must stay within act terms and that Ha Antz followers violated it. The sultan must appeal to all signatories, not Germany alone, as the message was commuted to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Foreign Office
Abd el Aziz
Morocco
Ha Antz
Germany
Wealthy Cabanne Place Founder Hospitalized as Charity Patient
In St Louis, Dr James Shephard Gabanne once owner of vast Cabanne Place holdings now valued at millions, has been taken to the city hospital as a penniless patient.
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St. Louis
James Shephard Gabanne
Fashionable Cabanne Place
City Hospital
Hall Found Guilty of Land Frauds in Oregon Trial
Former U S District Attorney John H Hall was found guilty in Portland on charges of conspiring with the Butte Creek Land Live Stock and Lumber company to maintain an alleged regal fence that claimed 20 000 acres of Wheeler county public land. The trial was fiercely contested by both sides.
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Portland
Ore
United States District
John H. Hall
Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and Lugaber Company
Wheeler County
Push Car Serves as Hearse for Feudist
Jackson Kentucky February funeral for Judge Hargis described a makeshift hearse from a push cart. The cortege carried the body along a river route to burial at Bathe ham iy burial ground with no professional undertaker in the area.
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Jackson
Hargis
Tulern
Lexington and Eastern Railroad
Wrwich
Attempt to Oust Saloons From Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska a largely attended meeting voted for absolute prohibition within the city starting with the new municipal year. A special election will be held in April to decide the question and the city council will set the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Lamuoln
Benginning
Jobbers Seek Congress Action to Outlaw Express Companies
H M Jones of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association announces plans to urge Congress to outlaw express companies after the Interstate Commerce Commission reports on express business. The group cites railroad ownership, high costs, and double payment for transport as grounds to classify express firms as illegal. The campaign follows past efforts against private car lines and centers on abolishing express firms as a tax on shipping.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
H. M. Jones
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Mississippi River
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Senate
Seamt¢e Kittredge
Brown
Omaha
Kansas City
Cago
Dallas
Fort Worth
Robbers’ Association
Express Companies
Frank Stockton
Wells Fargo Company
Frank Claines
Ascoetitien
Commission
Ae i
Association i
Interstate Commerce Commsission
Msteat
C J
Tiesky
Nyeatern Bruit Robbers’association
Admiral Defends Uncle Sam's Ships Against Mackbake
Admiral Converse submitted to Secretary Metcalf a report on criticism of American naval designs. The report aims to show US battleships were the world’s top class at design date and remain comparable to foreign navies today, though full details await presidential review.
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Uncle Sam
Mackbake
Washington
Converse
Metra
BR Mity
Widow Sues Ex-Widower Over One Thousand Kisses Check
Newark, Feb. 11. Mrs. Margaret Ives, a widow, sues Béwin Koenig for breach of promise. She says Koenig wrote loving letters and gave her a check for one thousand kisses drawn on a federal bank. The note promises the maker must pay in person, as he is now married to another woman. The case seeks $50,000 damages.
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Newark
N. J
Mar- Garet Ives
Béwin
Koenig
Jersey
Ives
Tamiband
T Ives
Federal Bank
Indicted in Portland for Postal Fraud Conspiracy
George Frederick Terry general manager of Sawyer Publishing and Henry W Hoshan longtime Waterville official were indicted in federal court for alleged joint conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. Authorities say the government was robbed of thousands of dollars over several years.
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Portland
Geo. Prederick Terry
Sawyer Publishing Company
Watery We
Henry W. Hoshan
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Tobacco Trust
Prance
Bismarck Indian School
Eper
Burlington Line
Prospect
Kearney, Neb
Montana Point
Mienry
Tamberaon
Semey Hospital
Bean Harden
Hall
Association
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