Taft Praises Negro Education and Fights Deportation Talk
Secretary Taft spoke at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn praising education for African Americans and rejecting deportation as chimerical. He urged literacy and political inclusion, crediting Hampton Institute and Booker T. Washington, recalling Civil War era rights battles and federal efforts to safeguard suffrage.
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Forged Credit Letter Arrest in Paris Exposed in Probe
Detective bureau reveals a $240000 credit letter forgery ring involving C B Richard Co. forgers. Gustavo Bozzo, a former stenographer, is in a Paris prison and may be extradited after confessing and naming two accomplices. The case traces to November 1907 and a pattern of forged letters of credit drawn on European banks.
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West 25Th Street
Paris
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B. Richard & Co
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Lyons
Genoa
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New York
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Louis Bense
Sing Sing
John M. Alvarez
Pendas & Alvarez
No. 209
Pearl Street
Mercantile Trust Company
Frank Folindo
Rioting Students Batter Playhouse in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor on March 16, about two thousand forestry students attacked the Star Theatre after an assault on student Kamm. They shattered the theatre, fought police and firefighters, and ignored pleas from President Angell and Deans Vaughn and Hutchins to disperse, with militia and National Guard readiness reported.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
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Star Theatre
Little Playhouse
Henderson
Warner
Company I
Michigan National Guard
Board of Fire Commissioners
Angell
Deans Vaughn
Hutchins
Howard nets huge return from marsh land bid in Jamaica Bay
Cedarhurst Long Island March 1 Special George Howard superintendent of the Rockaway Hunt Club invested five dollars years ago in marsh land at Jamaica Bay. He just received a twenty five thousand dollar offer for the same property. He bought it at a tax sale and later sold salt hay for three hundred dollars yearly while paying about ten dollars yearly in taxes. He declined a two hundred thirty dollar offer yesterday saying he wanted five thousand dollars to build brick houses with the money.
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Long Island
George Howard
Rockaway
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Howard
Two Killed as Ceiling Collapses at Pabst Icehouse
A wooden ceiling in the Pabst Brewing plant at 606 West 49th Street collapsed after being bolted to a ceiling joist and packed with refrigerating pipes and sawdust. Two men were killed and several injured, including contractor Joseph Turner and two women and children who were present during the work. Turner saved others by ordering them out moments before the collapse. Piercing details describe the aftermath, the remaining victims, and official responses.
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West 49Th Street
Joseph Turner
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Joseph Turner, Jr
DeWitt Farrington
Louis Scottie
Young Turner
F. Stoeger
Turner
O'Rourke
Father
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Johnny” O'Rourke
Metzer
John Chidwick
Maine
St. Ambrose’s Church
Father Chidwick
Louis Scottio
Scottio
Department of Buildings
Daly
Murphy
Buildings Department
Harburger
Bingham
Banking inquiry ordered by Senate investigation to probe influence on currency
Washington March 16. The Tillman resolution directs the Finance Committee to investigate whether national banks influence Congress currency legislation and whether banks use loans for speculations as disguises for commercial lending. The probe may include a rumor of a New York bank loaning 31 million to a high official of the New York Merchants' Association unless that official backs the Fowler bill and opposes Aldrich.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Tillman
Committee On Finance
Congress
Treasury Department
National Bank of North America
Finance Committee
New York Merchants’ Association
Fowler
Aldrich
President to Send Next Message to Congress
President Roosevelt prepares a forthcoming special message to Congress that would largely rephrase his January communication, urging continued support for employers liability, reform of the anti trust law, Erdman act amendment, postal savings banks, and tariff readjustment. Republican lawmakers are expected to back re enactment of Erdman and anti trust changes, while postal savings banks face opposition from the Speaker. The plan includes appointing committees to study the Dingley law and possible administrative changes before Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Knox
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Strike on Gould Line Shuts Denver Rail Shops
In Denver on March 16, two thousand five hundred machinists boilermakers and related workers walked off the job at the Denver and Rio Grande shops after WY J McQueeney of the machinists union failed to win concessions from A Ridgeway of the railroad The strike could spread across the Gould system and beyond as the new shop rules abolish the nine hour day end overtime pay and union recognition while tying wages to individual merit and letting management alter rules without employee approval.
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Denver & Rio Grande Railway
WY. J. McQueeney
A. (. Ridgeway
Railroad
United States
McQueeney
Iron Mountain Railroad Discharges Sixty Five Here
The Iron Mountain Railroad a Gould line issued orders discharging sixty five employees in Van Buren Arkansas. In addition workers have been reduced in grade with veteran conductors made brakemen.
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Tribune
van Buren
Ark
Iron Mountain Railroad
Gould Line
Miss Janis Escapes but Bog Dies in Auto Wreck
Baltimore reports Elsie Janis, traveling with her mother and terrier from New York to Baltimore, escaped unharmed when their car crashed near Trenton New Jersey. The mother suffered a knee injury and shock, the chauffeur was badly hurt, and the dog was killed. Janis appeared in Baltimore later that night, unsettled by the incident.
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Baltimore
Elsie Janis
New York
Edinburgh
Trenton
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Washington Sees Haiti Crisis Prompt War Vessel Sendoff
An American gunboat, likely the Eagle, sails from Guantanamo to Port au Prince after Haiti's government executes several alleged revolutionists. Officials say action is precautionary and not tied to eroding American interests, with Firmin linked to new revolutionary moves as refugees crowd French consulate at Gonaives. Diplomats report Haiti plans to remove refugees from consulates and note shifts in Foreign Minister Borno and Interior Minister Leconte roles.
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Port au-Prince
Haiti
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Des Moines
Firmin
Gonaives
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Legation
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Haytt
M. Borno
Santo Domingo
General Leconte
Interior
Nords Proclamation in Haiti After Executions
In Port-au-Prince to March 16 the Haitian government’s swift crackdown on alleged conspirators following a failed uprising sparked anxiety. President Nord Alexis issued a proclamation praising calm and pledging order and eventual peace while confirming arrests of key conspirators led by General Antenor Firmin who planned a revolution. Massillon Coicou named officers involved, with arrests and regular-court trials planned.
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Hayti
Haytian
Nord Alexis
Antenor Firmin
Gonaives
Firmin
Massillon Coicou
Massacre fears as Haiti refugees allowed to leave
Paris reports President Nord Alexis agrees to let refugees depart the French legation at Port-au-Prince while rebels in consulates may be removed by force. Tension rises amid black and mulatto caste strife and fear of a European massacre as Haiti-Great power tensions intensify.
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Port-au- Prince
Nord Alexis
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