Blizzard Toll and Shipments Halt Across Midwest
Denver reports the coldest spell of winter with seven below zero and a foot and a half of snow causing widespread suffering. In Minneapolis August Linton and Clara Ople are missing and feared dead, with others reported dead as the blizzard disrupts rail and telegraph service. Chicago faces heavy snow and zero temperatures as Wisconsin towns go snowbound. Washington notes Knox sees quiet as calm before a storm with U S troops ordered to Galveston for a brigade deployment to Mexico amid Huerta loyalties estimates.
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Colo
Minneapolis
Linton
Clara Ople
Minnesota
Winona
Chicago
Wisconsin
Washington
Mexico
Huerta
Knox
Fifth Brigade
Omaha
Galves
Prospector Admits He Murdered Pal In Mojave Shootout
Riverside California February 22 E F Petticbone 68 a prospector has admitted in superior court that he killed Jack Laponte a fellow prospector in the Mojave desert last June Laponte allegedly tried to force him at gunpoint to sign a four hundred dollar note Petticbone says he clubbed Laponte to death to escape the threat.
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Riverside
Cal
E. F. Petticbone
Jack Laponte
Mojave Desert
Laponte
Vanished beauty drives chorus girl to suicide
San Francisco on February 22 reports sorrow over the disappearance of beauty as Lotos Moore, a chorus girl, drinks poison to end her life. Two months earlier her face was scarred by a lamp explosion while she was heating an application for her four year old daughter, a child actress. Fearing permanent disfigurement and loss of her voice, she could not endure the distress.
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San Francisco
Lotos Moore
Lawyer Confesses Misused Trust Funds At Races
New Orleans reports James Woukee a prominent lawyer and clubman confessed to spending about 1.5 million dollars in trust funds at Mexican and Canadian race tracks. He says most victims were women and children, with about three hundred named.
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New Orleans
James Woukee
West Round-Up Draws Broad Interest Across Region
D E Clark livestock agent for the O W R N reports wide interest in the upcoming Round-Up show across the west. He notes meetings with James Sturgis, Round-Up manager, in central Oregon and travels in Arizona reveal a cattle market focused on range stock. Buyers expect spring shipments via Salt Lake, with cattle moved north for summer ranges and fed for winter sale. Hog shipments show a marked rise.
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West
D. E. Clark
Clark
Oregon
James Sturgis
Kelvna
Arizona
Northwest
Salt Lake
Feeding In Transit
Likely to Restore Lands to Settlers in Enterprise Area
Washington reports promise of relief for Wallowa county settlers near Enterprise. The General Land Office orders examination of townships to restore entry rights due to survey overlaps in lands withdrawn in 1906. Congressman Hawley secured the pledge, with assurances of prompt action and no further delays until final decision.
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Washington
Wallowa County
Enterprise
General Landsfree
Hawley
Railroad to Install Electric Bell at East Court Crossing
The O W R N railroad will install an electric alarm bell at the East Court street crossing after the death of Ethel Grubb. Agent T F O'Brien said the company will proceed immediately with installation, funded by M J Buckley. An automatic gate was deemed impracticable due to risk to travelers and misoperation. The bell is expected to warn pedestrians and motorists on West Court street and the Washington division trains that stop to switch tracks.
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W. R. & N. Railroad Company
E. Court ST. Crossing
Ethel Grubb
East Court Street
Railroad Company
T. F. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
West Court Street
Washington Division
Washington's Birthday Celebrated by Americans in Europe
London observers marked Washingtons birthday quietly yet warmly with events across Europe. The London Navy League dinner at Hyde Park hotel will be the principal function with many prominent Americans expected to attend.
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London
Washington
Europe
Navy League of the United States
Hyde Park Hotel
Assets of California Trust Dwindle From $12.5 Million
In San Francisco on February 22 bids opened for the wrecked California Sale Deposit and Trust company assets, after its 1907 failure. The largest bid was $257,000 including capitalization, with real estate adding about $200,000. The failure was a major Pacific coast scandal. director J Dalzell Brown received 18 months in prison. Other directors held notes amounting to over $1,250,000 pledged for loans. If bids stand, depositors recover about 3 or 4 cents on the dollar.
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California Trust
San Francisco
California Sale Deposit & Trust Company
Pacific Coast
J. Dalzell Brown
Doctor offered twenty thousand to free Thaw case
Albany February 22 Testifying before Governor Sulzer's committee Dr John W Russell superintendent of Matteawan Hospital said he was offered 20000 by a lawyer a few weeks ago to release Harry K Thaw He refused He could not recall the lawyer s name but said the offer was made in a New York hotel.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
John W. Russell
Matteawan Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Russell
New York
Turkish Troops Massacre Christians in Sofia Diocese
Sofia Feb 22 The metropolitan of the Greek church reported to the Bulgarian government that more than 100 Christians were killed in the Tchatalja district by Turkish troops. With Bulgarian troops withdrawn large areas remain unprotected and Turks are said to be slaying Christians they meet.
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Sofia
Tchatalja
Bulgarian pilot pris oner after Turkish shell hit over Adrianople
Constantinople reports a Bulgarian aero plane commanded by Lieutenant Nikolay, a Russian, was struck by a Turkish shell while over the fortress at Adrianople. The officer was captured as a prisoner. A Turkish dispatch claims Turkish troops occupied Goritza and advance on Monastir.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Nikolay
Goritza
Monastir
Taft and Wilson to Miss Suffrage Parade Review
Washington February 22 President Taft and President elect Wilson will not review the suffrage parade marching from Capitol Hill along Pennsylvania Avenue on March 8. Mrs Taft will attend in the presidential box with friends. Taft cites business duties and transfer of power. Wilson arrives after the parade. Taft provides a special cavalry escort of honor for the processions along the march route.
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Washington
Taft
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Hill
Party of Friends
Giant blast to break the Wild Morse cutoff rock
At 6 o clock this afternoon the largest blast yet at the Wild Morse cutoff will be fired under Road Engineer Martin. The 1.5 ton black powder and 200 pounds of dynamite aim to break the back of the hill, marking the end of major blasting and shifting work to carting away rock and earth.
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Morse
Martin
Japan current no bearer of warmth
Berkeley February twenty two. Scientist Dr George F McEwen of Scripps Institution discloses in a California climatology paper that the Japan current does not warm California. Cold water off the coast keeps the valleys from oppressive heat by cooling the coastal climate.
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Berkeley
Cal
Japan
California
mid-Pacific
George F. McEwen
Scripps Institution For Biological Research
University of California, At
San Diego
Cabinet Members On Their Guard Amid Sufferage Threats
London February 22. Reports say militant suffragettes try to kidnap cabinet members prompting heightened vigilance. Royal palaces are heavily guarded and a fire at Kempton racetrack stables caused minor damage before being extinguished.
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London
Kempton Racetrack
Authorities Probe Mysterious Beatrice Substitution at City Hospital
Philadelphia authorities and Beatrice Kaufman’s parents confront a puzzling mix up at the municipal hospital for contagious diseases. A 38 year old man believed the patient was Beatrice, while hospital staff insist the girl in his custody is not his daughter. The real Beatrice remains unlocated after six weeks in the facility for scarlet fever.
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Philadelphia
Municipal Hospital
Beatrice Kaufman
Beatrice
MhChigale to Be Mobilized War Department Orders After Taft Holds Conference
Orders issued by the War Department following Taft's conference indicate the division of MhChigale at Galveston will be ready to embark on transports. Reports from El Paso say that Madero is marked for death and will be given trial.
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Galveston
el Paso
Madero
Federal mobilization in Galveston amid Mexican crisis
Washington reports the War Department ordered the Fifth Brigade mobilized at Galveston for possible embarkation after talks between President Taft and Secretary Stimson. Dispatches claim Madero faces a death plot and a staged trial, with conspirators aiming to kill him to blame popular anger or a rebel. Mexico City braces as Huerta fortifies state power and troops swarm streets around the palace.
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Washington
Heb
War Department
Galveston
Taft
Stimson
Auto Train Crash Kills Two in Oakland
Oakland Cal Feb 22 Two men A F Helton and Will R Garrison die when an electric train bound for San Francisco collides with an automobile. A fourth person A R Smith is dying and a four year old girl is injured. The auto was struck full side and occupants thrown to the pavement.
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Oakland
Cal
A. F. Helton
Will R. Garrison
A. R. Smith
San Francisco
M Allister Found Guilty by Jury in Vice Scandal Case
Portland Ore February 22 After sixteen hours the jury returned a verdict of guilty against FE 5 J McAllister attorney on an indictment charging an immoral act in connection with the vice scandals He will be sentenced Thursday
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Portland
Ore
J. McAllister
Thiuraday
Secretary MacVeagh Defends Treasury Circular Five
Washington February 22 Secretary MacVeagh responded to a resolution from the upper house by President Dexter denying financial danger from Treasury Circular Five. He said the law fully authorized the circular and that the reform plan is beneficial and sound for the Treasury.
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Washington
Poindexter
MacVeaagh
Treasury
MacVeagh
Indian Memorial Will Be Erected at Fort Wadsworth
New York Feb 72 Standing beside a group of Indian chiefs in full warpaint President Taft dug the first spadeful of earth atop the hill at Fort Wadsworth to begin a memorial for the American Indian. The 165 foot tower will dominate the Atlantic coast skyline near New York Harbor. Chief Hollow Horn Bear joined in, excavating with a buffalo thigh bone. The memorial will be a major New York landmark visible to arriving European travelers before Liberty Statue.
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New York
Faft
Fort Wadsworth
New York Harbor
Atlantic Coast
Taft
Hollow Horn Bear
Custer
National Memorial
Increase in Lumber Rates Suspended by ICC
Washington February 22 Prospective increases of 10 to 50 percent in transcontinental freight rates on lumber and other goods from North Pacific Coast points via Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line through Silver Bow Montana were suspended today by the Interstate Commerce Commission until April 28 as unreasonable.
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Washington
North Pacific
Northern Pacific
Oregon
Silver Bow
Mont Wera
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate approves Columbia Southern Irrigation funding
Salem reports the senate passed the Columbia Southern Irrigation project bill today. It allocates four hundred fifty thousand dollars to develop the lands under the project, marking a step forward in agricultural water management and regional development.
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Senate
Columbia Southern Irrigation Project
Salem
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