Ambassador Takahira Hails Peace and Amity With U S
A large crowd at the Hotel Astor welcomed Baron Takahira as Japan's ambassador with a dinner by the Japan Society. Speakers including Governor Fort, Senator Depex, Seth Low, Rev. Dr. Burrell, and Yale's Ladd emphasized enduring U S Japan friendship and open ties since Commodore Perry. Takahira praised Roosevelt's peacemaking and outlined Japan's peaceful aims and interdependence with Britain, stressing no hostile designs toward the United States.
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Kogoro Takehira
Japan
Japan Society
Hotel Astor
United States
Baron Takahira
Fort
New Jersey
Depex
Seth Low
Burrell
Professor Ladd
Yale University
Army
Navy
Commodore Perry
Matsuhito
John H. Finley
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Trump
Great
Britain
Peane
Pervine
Pugby Moeure
Ser
Ragedayan
Moe
Swarthmore Bequest Declined Over Athletic Ban
Philadelphia March 10 The Swarthmore College board declined to accept land and coal property left by Anna T Jeanes on condition that intercollegiate athletics cease The committee found the bequest valued at 10 000 to 12 000 for Hazel Brook coal tract in Luzerne County and 14 000 to 35 000 for Carbon County land. total 24 000 to 47 000 with no minerals on Carbon lands and potential legal action needed to prove rights to mineral lands
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Jeanes
Swarthmore
Joseph Wharton
Charles F. Jenkins
Howard Cooper Johnson
Centre County
Carbon County
Hazel Brook
Luzerne County
Miss Jeanes
Army Fort Swindle Lands at Fort Niobrara
Telegraph report from March 10 describes a nationwide swindle targeting Fort Niobrara land. Con artists claim to hold perfect abstracts from a non existent Public Abstractor of Nebraska. Land Office in Valentine reports flood of inquiries from across the country about illicit land purchases.
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Tribune
Omaha
Fort Niobrara
Missouri
Valentine
Indianapolis
Nebraska
Fraud Plot Exposed in Greek Defrauding Ring
Police at West 20th Street station announced a fraud plot uncovering a ring that has defrauded hundreds of Greeks. Detected by precinct detectives with aid from a Department of Justice representative. Arrested: Thomas Manus and Peter Bollis. victims George Katronis and Spero Tahalos paid $5 for fake Spokane railroad work promises. Authorities estimate 309 similar frauds in recent weeks.
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West 20Th Street
United States Department of Justice
Thomas Manus
Peter Bollis
George Katronis
Spero Tahalos
Physicians Drown Hospital Fire Menace at St Vincent
Five physicians at St Vincent's Hospital extinguished a small laundry room blaze before firefighters arrived. Dr Lawlor alerted Drs Coffey Walsh Murphy and Sullivan as smoke issued from a train door to the laundry. The team hooked a hose to a standpipe and sprayed the burning bed line. Patients were prepared for removal if needed. Cause of the fire not yet known.
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St Vincent’s Hospital
Lawlor
Harry Orchard Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge
Caldwell Idaho March 10 Harry Orchard under Judge Fremont Wood withdrew his earlier not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the Steunenberg case. Orchard confessed he was hired by Willam Haywood Charles Moyer and George Pettibone to kill the governor with a dynamite bomb. Haywood Pettibone were tried in Boise and freed. Moyer case was dismissed.
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Harry Orchard
Caldwell
Idaho
Fremont Wood
Wood
Orchard
Steunenberg
Willam D. Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Provident
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Pettibone
Boise
Moyer
New Haven Mechanics Vote to Strike Over New Pay System
Boston dispatch reports all mechanical department workers of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad in Boston and nearby areas have voted to strike rather than accept a piece or bonus pay system set to start tomorrow. The joint executive board notified New Haven officials that every man in the mechanical divisions is prepared to follow a strike order when issued.
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New Haven
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Twe
Goulds’ champion bulldog poisoned in New Jersey
Heath Baronft, a bulldog owned by George J. Gould and valued at $5,000, was poisoned yesterday in Lakewood New Jersey. The dog died last night and authorities seek whether the act was accidental or intentional.
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Ee Gould
the Tribune
Lakewood
N. J
Heath Baronft
George J. Gould
Boomerang Fear Affects Texas Postmasters in Campaign Fund Scandal
Washington says anti administration forces push a claim that Texas postmasters were taxed 5 percent of salaries for Colonel Lyon campaign funds. The Supreme Court ruled against the alleged scheme and critics warn the attack may backfire, harming the Texas Republican faction and Acheson linked disclosures. The report highlights Acheson’s role, Thayer's indictment, and intra party rivalries between Lyon and the Achesons.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Texas
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Edward S. Thayer
Texas Republican State Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Thayer
Representative Acheson
Dr. Acheson
Cecil Lyon
Lyon
Achesons
White House
Colonel Lyon
E. P. Bartle
Senate
Texas Republicans
The
Justice Holmes
Republican Organization of Texas
Dynamite Fire Drives Harlem Tenants From Homes
A contractor's shanty stored about one hundred pounds of dynamite near a boiler ignited last night, prompting tenants on 144th Street between Hamilton Place and Broadway to flee. A waiting delegation will complain to Police and Fire Headquarters against Antonio Pucci as residents have long urged safer handling. Firefighters drenched the dynamite box as the shanty burned, destroying the shack while residents returned after the danger subsided.
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144Th Street
Hamilton Place
Broadway
Harlem
Antonio Pucci
Puccio
No More Loans Bonaparte Says He Will Sell Farms
Washington March 16 Attorney General Bonaparte faced friendly jibes over rumored bankruptcy after advertising a farm for sale He jokes about how many farms he owns eight and says he may sell any or all to get by He notes his insolvency lets him refrain from lending money to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonaparte
Voter proposes Tolstoy tribute pilgrimage from England
Laurence Irving suggests a tribute to Count Leo Tolstoy in the form of a modest English pilgrimage. He urges travelers of high standing to go third class or partly unfurnished, avoid luxury hotels, live plainly, and mingle with the people. The journey should aim to reach Tolstoy's home by August 28 to offer birthday greetings.
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London
Laurence Irving
London Papers
Leo Tolstoy
Irving
Tolstos
Paris Aeroplane Bet Put On For Two Passengers
In Paris on March 10 Archdeacon Santos-Dumont and Henry Farman posted a bet of $1.20 against $1,400 from M Charren that an aeroplane capable of carrying two persons within one year will be built. One passenger must weigh at least sixty kilos and travel a distance of one kilometre. An advertisement for Spencer's Toric eye-glasses with Hold-arm guards appears.
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Paris
Archdeacon
Santos-Dumont
Henry Farman
M- Charren
Morse in Court Today Directs Attention to Bank Probe
At the March term of the U S Circuit Court Judge Chatfield will preside with Charles W Morse present among others. The Federal Grand Jury has been examining alleged false entries in National Bank of North America ledgers connected to Morse and associates regarding four thousand and later two thousand shares of American Ice Company stock. Receiver Charles A Hanna accuses the purchases resembled loans to a clerk, Whiting, to conceal true ownership. Morse's counsel and U S Attorney Stimson prepare to present and discuss ongoing investigations as Morse seeks to settle tangled affairs with creditors and relatives offering funds toward obligations.
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United States Circuit Court
Chatfield
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Charles A. Hanna
Federal Grand Jury
Judge Hough
United States
Stimson
Lewis Ogden O’brien
Hough
Morse
American Ice Company
Hanna
Leslie W. Whiting
Primrose & Brown
Liverpool
Albert B. Boardman
Mr. Morse
Philip J. Britt
Maine
Boys Rescued From Ice Floe on North River
Patrolman John A Coleman of West 68th Street station saved two boys from a cracking ice cake off the 89th Street pier. John Murmen fourteen and Rodney Bowen eleven were playing follow your leader when the ice parted. Coleman secured a line from a lighter and pulled them to the S street pier.
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North River
John A Coleman
West 68Th Street
Coleman
S@th street
John Murmen
West 99Th Street
Rodney Bowen
West 90Th Street
89Th Street
Murmen
Bowen
Land Frauds Blocked In Senate Scan Of Bieber Scheme
Senator Carter exposed a major land fraud scheme involving Sidney Bieber, a former fire marshal, alleging tax sales and dubious legislative moves to claim public lands in Washington. The report cites a March 2 1997 enactment and notes the War Secretary blocked a final transfer that would have given Bieber title to land near the Capitol and other sites.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate
Secretary of War
National
Sidney Bieber
Cannon
Bieber
Congress
Congressional Cemetery
Navy Yard
Mary E. Sweetser
United States
United States.” the Report Shows Further That In 14 Mr. Bieber
Warter
Castro Seeks Delay In Arbitration Dispute
Caracas reports a delay as Venezuela cites unanswered U S notes in demanding arbitration over American claims. A federal court ends Ambrose Carner’s receivership over New York and Bermudez Asphalt Co claims tied to the Matos revolt and Lake Felicidad property. Auction to satisfy the judgment may face mortgage complications from 1293.
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Caracas
Port of Spain
W. W. Russell
Venezuela
Ambrose H. Carner
New York and Bermudez
Lake Felicidad
Carner
Matos
Woman saves mill employee at Combination Roll and Rubber
Alexander Smith, twenty, a mill worker at the Combination Roll and Rubber Company in Bloomfield, narrowly escaped death when his arm was caught in belting. Laura Head seized his ankles to halt the machine until the engineer stopped it. He was taken to Mountainside Hospital with a broken arm in two places.
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Bloomfeld
SN. J
Alexander Smith
Combination Roll and Rubber Company
Laura Head
Mountainside
Political leader killed in a late night fight
Telegraph report from Amite Louisiana notes Democratic leader and newly elected State Senator W Duncan Kemp was killed during a fight after a political argument. Local authorities investigate the incident.
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The
Tribune
Amite. la
Mareh
W.duncan Kemp
Reading room in family tomb at Kittery estate
Harrison J. Philbrick has fitted a reading room in the family tomb on the lawn of his Colonial estate in Kittery Me A table of magazines an armchair vases of flowers cases of books a couch and rugs and a reading kimy are described in the furnishing of the tomb reading room
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the Tribune
Kittery
Harrison J. Philbrick
Kimy
Discovery of 68 Michelangelo Letters Unearthed in Spinelli Archives
In Florence on March 10 the archives of Count Ruspon Spinelli yielded sixty eight letters by Michelangelo addressed to Giorgio Vasari. The find fills a long standing gap and is hailed as a major historical and artistic breakthrough.
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Florence
Michelangelo
Giorgio Vasari
Ruspon Spinelli
Sharp trading in Taunton
Taunton Mass March 10 L Scrivens confronted sharp traders in a local scene. He began by swapping horses then clothes and ended by borrowing a barrel to walk two miles to the police station. Two traders were arrested. Great Bear Spring Water advertises its purity as famous.
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Tribune
Taunton
Mass
L. A
Scrivens
Great Bear
Advt
Hughes Addresses Boston in New England Dry Goods Banquet
Governor Charles E Hughes of New York spoke to a large Boston audience at Tremont Temple during a New England Dry Goods Association dinner. He urged clean government, fair laws, and uncorrupted administration, stressing public duty over private gain and the need for informed majority rule to curb railroading abuses.
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Boston
Charles E. Hughes
New York
New England Dry Goods Association
J. (. H. Smith
Mr. Hughes
Torermer Hughes
Touraine
Hughes Club
Harvard
Governor Hughes
Tremont Temple
Smith
Association
Curtis Guild. Jr
Hughes
Hibbard
Charles Fleischer
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American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Europe
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Tolstoy
Spencer
Maiden Lane
Boys Pride Icefloe
Taft
Castro
Michaelangelo
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