Reciprocity Passes House in Bitter Debate
The reciprocity agreement with Canada cleared the House by 221 to 92 after a rancorous long debate. Republicans split 78 against and 78 for the measure, with 143 Democrats voting yes and five noes. The McCall bill now moves to the Senate, with Taft urging swift action and threatening an extra session if needed. Democratic leaders hailed the bill as sound democratic policy and welcomed Taft and insurgent Republicans into the democratic fold.
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Washington
Taft
Canada
House of Representatives
Insurgenta
Senate
Congress
House
Change Denied in Canada Reciprocity Appeal
Ottawa’s government rejected a request to alter or terminate the reciprocity agreement affecting scrap writers who insert paper into Canada. They argued higher import value could threaten four cent per pound paper admissions and endanger existing business. The decision impacts scrap makers and the paper trade.
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Ottawa
Canada
Knox and Hill to explain Taft reciprocity policy in Chicago
Secretary Knox and James J. Hill will address the Chicago chamber of commerce tonight to quiet Midwest farmer fears about the reciprocity agreement. The speeches aim to reassure farmers that the policy will not harm their interests.
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Chicago
Taft
Knox
James J. Hill
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
Trouble Looms in Senate Over Canada Reciprocity Pact
Washington feb 13 trouble grows in senate over the Canada reciprocity agreement as many democrats and progressives oppose it—filibuster feared. Taft seeks to smooth passage for his favored measure with argument and threats of an extra session.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Canada
House
Taft
Victoria Critics Cheer and Oppose Reciprocity
Victoria D C February 16 President Champ Clark speech in the house drew bad grace in British Columbia. Both supporters and critics of reciprocity say the eventual effect will hinder Canada’s ratification of reciprocity.
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Victoria
D. C
Champ Clark
British Columbia
Canada
Treaty In Senate Reciprocity Refered To Finance
Washington February 1 The senate received the reciprocity measure and immediately referred it to the committee on finance.
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Senate
Washington
Committee On Finance
Cannon Declares He 18 Against Reciprocity
Washington D C February 15 Cannon took the floor to declare himself a standpatter and said he would oppose reciprocity and all such steps. He stated he always will be against them.
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Cannon
Washington, D. CC
No Boxing Matches Allowed in Seattle
Seattle police ban boxing exhibitions under club auspices as part of a city cleanup effort announced by Chief Bannick on February 15 in Seattle Washington. The move targets sporting events perceived as disorderly and aims to reduce street disturbances associated with boxing venues.
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Seattle
Wash
Bannick
Standard Oil Declares Quarterly Dividend
New York, Feb. 15. The directors of Standard Oil today declared a quarterly dividend of $15, the same as last year or five dollars more than in 1909.
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New York
Standard Oil
Taft Awards Panama-Pacific Expo to San Francisco
President Taft signed the resolution awarding the Panama-Pacific exposition to San Francisco in Washington Today. He used a California gold pen as California campaigners, congress members, and others looked on. Two copies were signed, one for the state department archives and another for San Francisco carried by R B Hale and Garvin Mc Nab, leaders of the expo fight.
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Washington
Taft
San Francisco
California
Congress
Foe
State Department
R. B. Hale
Garvin McNab
Fightene
Diamonds vanished in Portland jewel theft
Portland police report a poor description of the Diamond Palace Jewelry store robber with little chance of capture. Authorities from the Pacific coast have been alerted and it is believed the suspect has left town. The Pinkerton agency has begun investigation today.
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Portland
Ore
Diamond Palace
Pacific Constitudes
Pinkertons
Assailant of Conductor Caught After Shootings
Detective Joe Plauer of the O W R N tracked John Burns alias Grover Hill to Colfax and secured a written confession for shooting Conductor D J Reader at Lewiston Junction. Reader, wounded in the chest, lies in St Mary’s hospital in serious condition.
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Walla Walls
Wash
Joe Plaver
O.W. R. & N Company
John Burns
Grover Hill
Law
D. J. Reader
Pullman Cir
Lewiston Junction
Plaver
Hill
Colfax
Reader
Texas City
St. Mary's Hospital
Jews Move to Abrogate Russia Treaty
A representative of B'nai B'rith and the American Jewish committee urged President Roosevelt to abrogate the commercial treaty with Russia arguing it fails to recognize Jewish American citizens. Under Russian law citizenship does not change Jewish racial standing.
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Washington
B’nal Rus
American Union of American Hebrew Congregations
American Jewish Committee Today
Russia
Juarez in Now aee, Rescener hailed as hero banqueted
Juarez is not forced to fire a single shot as rescuers are hailed as heroes. Banquets celebrate rescues while revolutionists seen scattering pickets. Foreign efforts to repair twenty five bridges cause delays in arrival.
American murdered by Mexican soldiers in Sierra Madre hills
The federal government was asked to investigate the murder of Ralph Reynolds of Cleveland and the imprisonment of Howard Rhodes of Kansas City and Hugh Ford of Independence, Kansas by Mexican troops while prospecting in the Sierra Madre mountains. Two escaped to Imperial, California after days of confinement.
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Kansas City
Ralph Reynolds
Cleveland
Howard Rhodes
Hugh Ford
Independence
Kansas
Sierra Madero
Imperial
Calif
Navarro Leads Forces to Quell Juarez Insurrection
El Paso reports General Navarro arrived with a thousand infantry and 500 cavalry to quell Mexican insurgents around Juarez. Navarro, hailed as a hero, banqueted and feted, said no revolution exists beyond scattered pickets. He repaired 25 bridges before the train arrived, delaying pursuit of fleeing rebels.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Navarro
Troops Arrive for Border Duty at Huachuca
Huachuca Arizona February 15 Parts of two troops of twelve cavalry from the Presidio at San Francisco arrived here today for border duty.
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Huachucn
Arizona
12Th Cavalry
Presidio
San Francisco
American Smelting Plant Raided in Valardena
Washington reports a raid on the American Smelting plant at Valardena by Mexican revolutionaries who seized $700 in cash, many rifles and saddles, according to a State Department dispatch dated February 15.
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Washington
Db. C
Valardena
State Department
Orozco May Be Fired In Mexican Disorder
El Paso February 15 reports Orozco forces retreated to Casa Grandes and march toward Navarpo's guard at Apumada. It is probable Orozco will be deposed due to delays in his makeup and command.
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Orozco
el Paso
Tex
Oroczo
Casa Grandes
Navarpo
Apumada
Fall of Cities Predicted by El Paso Junta
El Paso February 15 Dingad adherents declare Chihuahua and Juarez will be captured by revolutionists within a month despite insurgent El Paso Junta outlook.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Juarez
Court Resents Slurs of Legislators
Sacramento Calif Feb 15 The state supreme court issued an open letter to the Senate and Assembly calling for a full investigation of its procedures especially the decision to grant a rehearing in the Reus graft case after technical delays.
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Sacramento
Calif
State Supreme Court
Senate
Reus
Dorothy Arnold Not In Hospital Report Sparks Rumor
New York February 15 officials deny a rumor claiming heiress Dorothy Arnold is a patient at Flower Hospital. The rumor linked Dr Hughes, the superintendent, as a relative, prompting the report.
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Dorothy Arnold
New York
the Flower Hospital
Hughes
Lord and Lady Decies Return From Isle of Jekyll
Lord and Lady Decies Vivien Gould return to New York after a week on Jekyll Island Brunswick Ga Feb 15 They plan to sail Friday for Egypt and will stay until the coronation of King George provides a lead in the royal visit schedule
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Brunswick
Lord
Decies
Vivien Gould
Jekyll Island
New York
Egypt
George
Pope Confined to Bed by Illness
Rome reports Pope Pius is confined to bed with influenza. Doctors say his temperature reached 106 degrees and fear for his condition as alarm spreads in the Vatican and Italy.
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Pope
Rome
Italy
Pius
Chinese to collect famine relief funds in Victoria
Chinese residents in Victoria British Columbia plan a large famine relief drive for Anhui province. Local millionaires are expected to donate substantial sums, signaling a major charity effort in the community.
Reconsideration S the Bill for UO Maintenance Fund
Salem reports that the Oregon House voted against restoring funds for the University of Oregon medical department for two years, approving only 20,000 for salaries and 10,000 for new equipment after cutting the proposed 60,000 for a new building. The session also highlighted Dimick’s limit extensions aimed at Portland Light & Power Co. in Oregon City, which could add 24,000 in tax take, with Oregon City seeking to extend to paper mills to lower taxes.
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Salem
Ore
University of Oregon
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Dimick
Portland Light & Power Co
Oregon City
House Kills Proposed Set Weight Measure
Salem Oregon February 15 The proposed hot weight law was killed in the house yesterday afternoon Ambrose of Multnomah led the fight arguing lawmakers should act rather than Congress over the Mann bill and risk driving robbing trade from Portland to Seattle where wholesalers would be unhampered The bill would have required net weight to be marked on each food package.
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Salem
Ore
Portland
Ambrose
Multnomah
Congress
Seattle
Fraudulent Hospitals Brought Under Control Bill Passed
Salem Feb 1 House bill No 303 proposed by Hollis of Washington and passed by the house aims to curb fraudulent hospital fussocations. The measure would bring all but legitimate hospitals and benevolent associations under Insurance Department control to curb wildcat associations operating in Portland and beyond.
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Salem
Ore
Portland
Hollis
Washington
House
Fouts
Insurance Department
Oregon Takes Steps Por 1915 Fair Exhibit
Salem Oregon Feb 15 The Oregon Senate adopted a resolution by Joseph authorizing the governor to name three commissioners to select a site at the San Francisco exposition grounds and make preliminary arrangements. The commission will serve without pay and no appropriation is planned until the next session. One dissenting vote arose from Dimick of Clackamas.
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Salem, Or
San Francisco
Senate
Joseph
Exposition Grounds
Dimick
Clackamas
Attempted murderer captured at Colfax
Colfax Washington February 15 Elmer Sparks who shod Fred Day at Hay station yesterday was captured by a posse at his father's ranch last night Deputy Sheriff Cole persuaded Sparks to surrender and he was taken toward Colfax via Lacrosse They will arrive today Day was shot twice and is in serious condition The cause of the shooting is not known
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Colfax
Wash
Elmer Sparks
Fred Day
Hay Station
Cole
Young Sparks
Timber King Weyerhauser Not Ill at Pasadena
Pasadena, Feb. 15. It is denied today that Frederick Weyerhauser the timber king is seriously ill from a stroke at his winter home in Pasadena. You never realize how many men there are out of work until you start to do some outdoor job that see a little difficult of performance.
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Weyerhauser
Pasadena
Calif
Frederick Weyerhauser
Man Feelings Over Kiss Wasted On Small Pup
A speaker laments the wasted kiss given to a small black and white dog, expressing a sense of embarrassment and self-deprecation at the scene. The remark centers on the emotional imbalance between human affection and the canine recipient.
One Hundred Brides from Old Country Arrive in Halifax
Halifax Nova Scotia Feb 16 The steamer Royal Edward arrived with one hundred prospective brides from England Scotland and Ireland under a matron to escort them to Toronto for distribution in northwest Canada Ethel Leneve is missing from the voyage despite reports she boarded at Bristol England
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Royal Edward
Ethel Leneve
Bristol
Eng
England
Scotland
Ireland
Toronto
Canada
Baby Girl Born Aboard Sumpter Valley Train Near Baker
Mrs R Kirkland of Austin gave birth to a baby girl Monday evening three miles south of Baker on the Sumpter Valley train. The mother and child are doing well. Passengers cleared a car for the birth as it occurred in car No 23 on the 13th.
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Baker
Ore
R. Kirkland
Austin
Sumpter Valley
Champ Clark Speech Sparks Reciprocity Treaty Furore
London reports say Champ Clark s annexation speech in the House provoked fear in England that Taft s reciprocity accord could lead to Canada’s loss. Papers unite in censuring Clark and claim the U S aims to annex Canada. The Morning Post and Westminster Gazette appeal to hold empor to save the empire amid this debate. The Times questions whether Americans will take the speech seriously.
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London
Champ Clark
England
Canada
Taft
Clark
Morning Post
Enrishmen
America
Tim
Westminster Gazette
the Times
Taft to curb Clark on Canada annexation talk in Chicago
Washington February 15 Taft directed Secretary Knox to deny that the administration contemplates annexing Canada. He warned against a sharp rebuke to Champ Clark whose remarks on annexation he views as a threat to reciprocity plans amid discussions leading to a Chicago address.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Taft
Chicago
Clark
Knox
Canada
Taft Explains Canada Plan in Letter to Congressman McCall
In a Feb 15 letter from Washington Taft states Canadas and will remain no political unit. He says the agreement has no political significance and there is no thought of future political union among negotiators. The letters serve as an offset to Clark's speech.
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Taft
Washington, D.C
McCall
Canadas
Clark
Chief Justice Salary Increase Passed by House
Washington D C February 15 On motion of Representative Mann of Illinois the house today raised the chief justice of the supreme court salary to 15000 dollars and the associate justices to 14500 dollars in a narrow party line vote.
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Washington, D
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
Supreme Court
Students Explode Bomb at Moving Picture Show
Berkeley Calif Feb 15 youths believed to be high school students set off a small bomb in a varsity moving picture show causing panic but no damage.
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Berkeley
Calif
Maine battleship blast remembered on anniversary
Washington February 15. The battleship Maine was blown up in Hawaii harbor thirteen years ago today. Patriotic military and religious organizations held commemorative exercises to mark the event.
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Maine
Washington, D. C
Hawaii Harbor
Earthquakes Felt in Salt Lake Today
Three sharp earthquakes were felt in Salt Lake City today with no damage reported. No injuries or structural harm were noted as residents felt tremors across the area.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Snowstorm Sweeps New York Leaves One Dead
A February snowstorm in New York City leaves one dead and sixteen injured as crews battle travel disruption. The report notes the storm’s cold impact on residents and on finances with grim humor about a pocketbook.
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New York
May Forge. Extra Session Threatens Magazine Rates
Washington February 15. Threats of an extra session to block a second class postal rate increase threaten magazines, with publishers vowing to talk the bill to death. Progressive Republicans and Democrats aid, while publishers mock the administration’s order to prosecute the magazines as a trust.
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Governmment
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States District Attorney
Wise
New York
Publishers defend periodical ads against postage hike
Washington reports the Periodical Publishers association replying to Postmaster General Hitchcock. The postal committee argues second class mail funds first class postage and cites 114 percent profit from magazine ads. It criticizes long distance accounting and notes ads subsidize value returned to subscribers through better articles.
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Washington
Periodical Publishers’ Association
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Postage hike blamed on politics not deficit says Blythe
Samuel G. Blythe, a prominent Washington correspondent, asserts the Taft administration pushes a second class postage increase to silence critical magazines. He argues the move targets press freedom and harms publishers and jobs, framing it as a constitutional liberty issue beyond budget concerns.
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Taft
Samuel G. Blythe
Blythe
United Press
Hitchcock
Congress
United States
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