Beginning of Breakup of Hopkins Forces at Hand
Springfield Illinois February 18 For the first time in many years excitement entered the vote deadlock for United States senator as Representative Flannigan shifted support from Hopkins to Shurtleff and declared it his duty to break the deadlock. A storm of applause greeted his remarks. The action is seen as a sign of a coming shift by southern lawmakers and a potential wedge toward a dark horse candidate. The Sith ballot showed Hopkins 65 Foss 16 Stringer 59 Shurtleff 17 Mason 4 McKinley 1 Sherman 2 No choice. Military and naval appropriation bills appeared in both houses funding Illinois National Guard and naval reserve, Camp Logan and Camp Lincoln improvements, emergency fund, uniforms, and a large total. University of Minnesota large appropriations also introduced for new buildings, salaries, maintenance and agricultural uses. Senate committee on judicial appropriation reported a bill to split 101 counties into 21 circuits with three judges per circuit and an emergency clause aimed for action before judicial primaries April 13.
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Springfield
Senaor
General Assembly
Flannigan
East St. Louis
Hopkins
Shurtleff
Wedge
Kteenalt
Legislative
United States
Foss
Stringer
Shuttlerf
Mason
McKinley
Sherman
Naval Reserve
University of Minos
Divorce and Alimony for Mrs W J Lemp in St Louis
In St Louis on February 18 Judge Hitchcock granted Mrs William J Lemp a divorce with six thousand dollars a year alimony and custody of their son. The trial spanned over a week and desertion was the sole ground found by the judge.
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St. Louis
William J. Lemp
Hitchcock
Lemp
Indictments and Warrants Link Panamanian Libel Case to Presses
Washington reports warrants issued for Joseph Pulitzer Cabel Van Hamm and Robert H Lyman New York World proprietors editors and for Delevan Smith and Charles R Williams owners of the Indianapolis News on criminal libel charges tied to Panama Canal property purchases. Cromwell claims blackmail motive and alleges two and a half year plot, with a $25 000 payoff attempt to suppress stories. The World defends press freedom and denounces Roosevelt’s use of government power to punish political malice.
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Washington, D. C
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Burglars Take $200,000 in Gems at Pinehurst
Pinehurst North Carolina on February 9 a safety deposit at the Southern Express office was broken into and diamonds and jewelry valued at 200000 dollars were stolen. The items, sent from New York and Chicago for northern winter residents, were moved to the express office Tuesday afternoon and the break occurred early Wednesday morning.
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Chicago
Pinehurst
N. C
Southern Express Company
New York
Roosevelt calls Panama Canal greatest work of his term
President Roosevelt told a well known writer that the Panama Canal is the greatest achievement of his administration, placing the fleet around the world second and the Russo Japanese war settlement third. In Steubenville Ohio three persons were burned to death and four fatally injured when a keg of mining powder exploded at a coal miner's home near Colliera West Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Steubenville
Ohio
Colliera
W. Va
Ella Gingles Plight A Hoax Draws Sympathy
Chicago February 18 Chief O Brien calls the case a frame up after Ella Gingles was found bound and gagged in a Wellington hotel bathroom. Doctors say no assault. wine and water in bath. she may have tied herself to tub. She was treated in hospital and a lace-maker she named faced a past accusation of lace theft.
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Chicago
Belasco
Ella Gingles
Wellington Hotel
O'Brien
Story
Miss Glastes
Havng
House approves strict rules on interstate liquor shipments
Washington February 18 the house adopted a joint resolution to fund the secretary of state salary in the next fiscal year as if the two houses agreed a step amid temperance activity. An interstate liquor shipment prohibition amendment was adopted with a $5000 fine or two years in prison for mislabeling or shipping without written orders. Opponents argued the measure discriminates against beer and cider and would expand to all beverages over 3 percent alcohol. The vote was by suspension of the rules with no record.
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Washington
House
Senate Committee On Pensions
Washington. m
Congress
Score Messner
Bartholdt
St. Louis
Kusserman
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Factory Fire at Kinley Manufacturing In Hoyne Avenue
Panic struck Kinley Manufacturing when a fire swept the Hoyne avenue plant. Many girls leaped from first floor windows as firemen fought the blaze. Building and contents valued at 225000 dollars were destroyed. all 325 workers reportedly escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
Til
Kinley Manufacturing Company
Hoyne Avenue
Order New Mine Election Irregularities at Ladd Dalzell
Irregularities found in the state election of the United Mine Workers of Illinois at Ladd and Dalzell Bureau county second district prevented the public release of the mail vote. Messengers with hurried ballots left for Ladd and Dalzell where a new election has been called and results expected by Saturday. The issue may affect executive board membership but not head officer votes.
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Ladd and
Dalzell
Peoria
United Mine Workers of Ilinois
Bureau County
Second
Demand for permanent tariff commission urged by conference
Indianapolis February 18 delegates from 42 states urged immediate creation of a permanent tariff commission. The resolutions pressed Congress to study tariff facts, expand foreign trade, use reciprocal trade agreements, and fix duties within maximum and minimum rates. A special session was urged to adopt a revised tariff suited to current conditions.
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Indianapolis
Congress
Tariff Commission
National Tariff Commission
McKinley
Meet to Consider Best Interests of Nations Rug Gift
A six and a half by four and a half foot imperial silk rug gifted to the nation was presented at the White House and accepted by President Roosevelt. Donor H. I. Topakyan, a wealthy Armenian from New York City, supplied a heavily jeweled piece with pearls, aquamarines, rubies, and other oriental stones for display in the president's parlors.
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White House
Roosevelt
H. I. Topakyan
New York City
President Welcomes North American Conservation Conference
Washington February article reports leaders from the United States Canada and Mexico gathered for the North American conservation conference called by President Roosevelt. The president voiced hope for hemispheric harmony, cooperation, and shared progress toward the common good rather than competition. He urged joint advancement benefiting all nations.
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Weshington
United States
Canada
Mexico
Roosevelt
State Department
Marines Back On Navy Ships After Senate Vote
Washington Feb 18 The senate adopted a naval appropriation amendment restoring the marine corps to battleships by a 5 to 12 vote. Senator Cummins defended Roosevelt while Senator Hale argued congress controls the navy. The debate touched prerogatives of the commander in chief and criticism of the president. The chamber also defeated a 26 000 ton displacement limit for battleships in a 30 to 45 vote. Senator Perkins noted president’s recent remarks about him during the discussion.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Roosevelt
Hale
Congress
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Tillman Sipenteas
House
Perkins
Congressional action in brief from yesterday's sessions
Senate approved a naval bill carrying about 1.6 million for 26 000 ton ships despite opposition to restoring marine corps roles in battleships. La Follette criticized navy methods while the chamber adjourned at 1 pm. In the House a capital punishment debate stalled the penal code bill as a key anti hang amendment failed and a filibuster ensued. Quorum was reestablished after a two hour delay, recess set for today at 11.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Marine Corps
la Follette
Navy
Department
McCall
Massachusetts
Madden
Mminois
Alien land bill heads Montana house debate
Helena Feb 18 Representative Clayberg introduced a bill in the Montana house to bar aliens from holding land after five years. The measure targets Chinese and Japanese buyers and follows a California precedent that drew a protest from President Roosevelt.
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Helena
Mont
Clayberg
Montana
California
Roosevelt
Ex Bank President Guilty of Bribery
Pittsburg February 18 W W Ramsey former president of the Mormon National Bank was found guilty of bribing Councilman Klein by giving him 17 50 to secure passage of an ordinance designating the bank as city funds depository
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Pittsburg
W. W. Ramsey
Mormon Natonal Bank
Klein
Second Explosion Halts Deering Mine Rescue Efforts
A second blast shattered Deering Coal Mine No 18 seven miles southwest of Benton on February 18. Rescue crews reaching 26 feet from the shaft bottom found the mine on fire, the underground workings sealed after the blast, and it is feared the four entombed shot firers will not be recovered.
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Deering
Benton
Deering Coal Company
Ohio Farmer Flies 250 Feet With Horse Power
Canton Ohio February 18 W N Martin a civil engineer and farmer made a flight of 250 feet at a height of six feet in his aeroplane this morning. The initial power was supplied by a horse attached to a rope and pulleys.
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Ohio
Canton
W. N. Martin
First Direct Word From the Battleships
The battleship fleet lay 938 miles east of Cape Henry at 8 p.m. today. Rear Admiral Arnold's squadron, including the Maine New Hampshire Idaho Mississippi and Salem, joined the fleet at noon.
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Connecticut
Cape Henry
Arnold
Maine
New Hampshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Salem
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University Hall
Medical School
Senate Committee On Judicial Appropriation
Cook
W. J. Lemp
Cromwell
New York World
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Sam
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Oyts
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Pittsburger
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