Taft Wins Philippine Free Sugar Admission Pact
Senate Finance Committee approved the Payne bill provision for free import of 300000 tons of Philippine sugar annually. Charles Warren of Michigan Sugar spoke for beet sugar interests after Taft and Warren confirmed last fall’s agreement at the White House. An amendment by Lodge and Smoot ensures duties on Philippine sugar and safeguards for American producers.
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Washington
Taft
Philippine Islands
Senate Committee On Finance
Payne
Charles R. Warren
Michigan
White House
Warren
William J Beardman
House Committee On Ways and Means
Philippines
House
Burrows, Smoot and
Flint
Finance
Senate
Mr. Warren
Finance Committee
Far East
United States
Philippine Customs Service
Werren
Association of Beet Sugar Men
Bacon for Paris Post Ambassador Nomination Considered
The President plans to nominate Robert Bacon ex Secretary of State as Ambassador to Paris after Henry White retires. White is expected to stay in Paris for six to twelve months from March 1. Rumors say William Rockhill may leave the China post. Fulton may take it or another Far East assignment.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Robert Bacon
Paris
Himsef
Henry White
Bacon
Mr. White
White
William W. Rockhill
China
Fulton
Rockhill
Knelt to Pray Uncovers Burglar Under Bed
A 12 year old Miriam in Pittsburg April night kneels by her bed and feels a warm hand under the bed. She prays loudly and awakens her mother as the burglar, who had hidden there, is startled and flees through a window before help arrives.
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the Tribune
Pitsburg
Miriam
Morgan Coal Deal Sets Fifty Thousand Dollars
Colonel J. A. Owenby reports Morgan's Colorado stake secured by a large land tract in Southern Colorado. A check for nine dollars accompanied a note of thanks for successful arrangements involving Mr. Sixson FP Cheney and associates.
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The
Tribune
Denver
J. A. Owenby
Pierpont
Morgan
Colorado
Sixson
Cheney
No Duty on Art Under Tariff Measure Adopted
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee adopted an art provision to admit paintings and sculpture without restriction. Under Payne bill rules, oil paintings watercolors pastels drawings and statuary would enter with 20 percent ad valorem, while works twenty years old would be free if proven to treas ury satisfaction.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Lodge
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Roosevelt Visits Port Said After Messina Relief Tour
The steamer Admiral carrying Theodore Roosevelt and his party arrived at Port Said at 6 35 PM. Roosevelt praised relief efforts for Messina noting about forty thousand bodies in the ruins and commending Ambassador Lloyd Griscom, naval attaché Belknap, and volunteers led by Winthrop Chanler. He spoke of efficient relief work and thanked canal officials and locals at dinner aboard the Admiral. The ship will enter the Suez Canal at 6 AM tomorrow.
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Port Said
Theodore Roosevelt
Messina
Roosevelt
Lioyd Griscom
Belknap
Rome
Scorpion
Buchanan
Wilcox
Winthrop Chanler
F. K. Watson Pacha
Khedive
Mr. Iddings
Mr. Roosevelt
Canal
Art Riots Over Queensboro Library Sculpture Display
Elmhurst WCTU protests seek removal of library trustees art collection claiming it harms schoolchildren Morals. They vow to mobilize 284000 members and inform Anthony Comstock. Acting Captain McKay delays action while trustees defend the sculpture exhibition across Queensboro branches. Local papers show split reactions.
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Queensboro Public Library
Elmhurst
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Joseph McKay
Newtown
State
Anthony Comstock
McKay
Home of Judge Stripped in Florida Federal Case
On an attachment obtained by a negro the home of federal Judge W. B. Sheppard in the Northern District of Florida was stripped of most of its furniture and family clothing today. Mrs Sheppard and the children were at the house when the intrusion occurred. The judge, in court, denounced the act as an outrageous affront to the court and his family.
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Atlanta
W. B. Sheppard
Florida
Sheppard
Zenatello to replace Caruso for Chicago season
The Metropolitan Opera Company secured Oscar Hammerstein's Italian tenor M. Zenatello to substitute for Caruso during the two week Chicago season starting next Monday. Caruso's physician ordered four to five months of rest, and Zenatello agreed after deferring Europe travel. Signor Caruso sails to London Wednesday on the Mauretania.
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the Tribune
Boston
Metropolitan Opera Company
Oscar Hammerstein
M. Zenatello
Chicago
Caruso
Zenatello
Europe
Mr. Hammerstein
Andreas Dippel
Signor Caruso
Mauretania
London
Explosions Trap Miners In Berwind Mine 37
Two blasts at Mine 37 of the Berwind White Coal Mining Co near Windber Pennsylvania kill at least two men and entomb four or more others. Rescue crews work as another blast may have triggered a coal dust or gas explosion.
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Johstown
Penn
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Windber
Yerkes estate in court as detectives guard ill widow
Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes widow of Charles T Yerkes lies gravely ill as two to three private detectives remain in her Fifth Avenue home guarding the estate receivership. The guardianship, argued before Judge Ward, centers on ownership of the Yerkes art gallery valued over 1 million dollars and the legality of the receivership.
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Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
6Sth Street
Yerkes
Ward
United States Circuit Court
Henry H. Whitehouse
East 49Th Street
Mrs. Yerkes
London Underground Company
Mr. Cravath
Clarence A. Knight
Chicago
Mrs Sampson Cleared in Dying Husband Case
Mrs Georgia Allyn Sampson was acquitted of killing her husband Harry Sampson after a one day trial in Lyons New York. The jury delivered a not guilty verdict around 10 pm and she received immediate freedom amid greetings from family and friends.
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Gilbert
Rich
Albert H. Hamilton
Sampsons
Harry Sampson
Albert F. Hall
Fulton
N. Y
Aliyn House
Wayne County
Sampson
Misa Theresa Collins
Mrs. Kaye
Chicago
C. J. Collins
Mrs. le Claire
Five Brooklyn Fires Battle in Borough Park
Five fires broke out within fifteen minutes in Borough Park Brooklyn. Firefighters led by Battalion Chief Frank Kellogg saved residents from multiple homes and outbuildings. Damages ranged from four to seven thousand dollars with ten horses saved from a Gravesend barn fire.
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Borough Park
Brooklyn
Frank Kellogg
Arthur Burchell
44Th Street
Harry Rothlever
Samuel Magler
Henry Simonson
Frank Gray
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Coney Island
Foster Avenues
Bath Beach
Gravesend Avenue
Avenue H
National Monthly to Debut for Democrats in May
Norman E. Mack announces completion of plans for a new monthly magazine The National Monthly devoted to Democratic party interests. First issue scheduled for May. contributors include U S Senators House members governors and other prominent Democrats. It will serve the broad party without being the organ of any faction.
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Buffalo
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Mack
Democratic Party
Queen Wilhelmina’s Health Reported Excellent
London dispatch from The Times Hague correspondent states Queen Wilhelmina’s health is excellent and the expected accouchement could occur soon though no exact date is set. He notes the timing remains uncertain but imminent likelihood is implied.
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London
the Times
Hague
Wilhelmina
Anarchy in Bushire prompts British Marines
Telegraph from Teheran reports lawlessness at Bushire Persia a seaport about 180 miles from the Euphrates entrance Foreigners face danger and a British cruiser may land bluejackets if city authorities do not act.
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London
Teheran
The
Times
Bushire
Persia
Euphrates
Recluse hid 16156 in valuables in Malden home
Boston April 9 A search of Mrs Adelia Lombard Malden recluse found 16156 in gold silver banknotes stock certificates and bankbook credits wrapped in old stockings across her apartment The body was found yesterday with 1231 in clothing She apparently died of natural causes last week The city had been supporting her son for a year amidst presumed hardship
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Boston
Adelia Lombard
Malden
Ice Gorge Blocks Niagara River From Cataract to Lake Ontario
An immense ice jam on the Niagara River from the cataract to Lake Ontario causes $75,000 in damage to docks and boathouses. The gorge road tracks are buried under ten feet of ice, Lewiston docks under twenty feet, and the Whirlpool area shows a thirty feet thickness with little open water below Devil's Hole. The stormy winds from Lake Erie drove large floes downstream, creating unprecedented conditions and threatening further destruction.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Lake Otario
Niagara Navigation Company
Lewiston
Devil's Hole
Lake Erie
Governor Lilley in worsening condition in Hartford
Governor George L. Lilley remains ill at the Executive Mansion in Hartford with a semi conscious state and deteriorating condition. Physicians Dr C C Beach and F G Graves report the condition has grown more serious over the last twelve hours, with no marked improvement and slim chances of recovery without a rapid change.
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Hartford
Conn
George L. Lilley
C. C. Beach
Grip Death Toll Soars Last Week In City
Dr Walter Bensel sanitary superintendent reports grip unusually prevalent causing high death rate last week. Increase in pneumonia and tuberculosis deaths tied to temperature changes and dust. Measles also rising with 1 077 cases. many measles deaths linked to pneumonia. Warmer settled weather expected to reduce conditions.
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Walter Bensel
Health Department
Brame lynched by mob near Hopkinsville
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on April 9 Ben alias Booker Brame an eighteen year old black man was hanged by about 250 farmers for an attempted assault on Miss Ruth Gee seventeen daughter of farmer William Gee. Brame was identified by the Gee sisters and hanged at Flat Lick after dragging him from the scene and deterring the girls father from shooting.
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Hopkinsville
Ben
Brame
Misses Gee
Flat Lick
Physician Called After Eighteen Months of Brights Disease
Richmond April 9 After eighteen months with Brights disease Dr John W Doherty a Christian Scientist and church pastor has sent for a physician. He was known for advising church members not to call a doctor and for refusing to conduct services at deaths or weddings. At bedside he asked prayers from his followers but they failed to help and a doctor was finally summoned.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Bright
John W. Doherty
The
Apostolic Church
Doherty
Payne Tariff Bill Passed by House and Free Lumber Defeated
The House approved the Payne tariff bill by a 217 to 161 vote after over five hours of roll calls. Free lumber was defeated 198 to 184 with 56 Republicans for free lumber and 39 Democrats against it. Barley duties were raised while barley malt duties also increased, oil was placed on the free list, and hides duties were debated with mixed votes.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Austin
Tennessee
Broussard
Pujo
Wicliffe
Louisiana
Appomattox
Ways and Means Committee
Champ Clark
Cannon
Limber
Tawney
Minnesota
Norris
Scott
Kansas
Henry
Texas
Perkins and
Fitzgerald
New York
Olmsted
Anthony
Barnard
Burke
South Dakota
Carer
Cooper
Creager
Davidson
Davis
Dawson
Driscoll
Eseh
Good
Graff
Grenna
Hamilton
Hanna
Haugen
Hinshaw
Howell
New Jersey
Howland
Hubbard
Hull
Joyce
Kendall
Kennedy
Kinkaid
Kopp
Lawrence
Lenroot
Lindberg
Lewden
McKinley
McKinney
Madison
Mann
Martin
Miller
Morgan
Murdock
Nelson
Nye
Pickett
Prince
Reeder
Smith
Iowa
Stafford
Steenerson
Sterling
Stevens
Volstead
Perkins
Woods
Adamson
Bell
Bowers
Brantley
Clark
Florida
Cravens
Dickson
Dies
Edwards
Ellerbe
Estop
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Northwest
Alexander
Ames
Barclay
Bennet
Butler
Calder
Foelker
Gardner
Heald
Knapp
Lafean
Law
Madden
Malloy
Mudd
Murphy
Olcott
Parker
Parsons
Reynolds
Simmons
Southwick
Sturgiss
Wagner
Wilson
Illnois
Woodyard
Young
Messrs. Mann
Cushman
Underwood
Alabama
Middle
Middle Southern
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Sugar Man
Paris Post
St. Petersburg
Morgan Coal
Hammerstein
Tenor
Metropolitan Company
Workings
Yerkes Home
Ence
Hornblower
Cravath
Mary A. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Sampson Free
Sampson Famy
William, George
Perry Sampson
Charles A. Noble
Mrs. Sampson
Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Mr. Swinburne
Theodore Watts-Dunton
S Burne
Mr. Watts-Dunton
the Pines
Putney
Mr. Mack
Recluse
Ice Gorge
Niagara
Lilley
Farmer
Virginia Christian Scientist
Free Lumber
California
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