Fate of revolt hinges on Orozco stance in Chihuahua
El Paso dispatch reports Mexican General Pasqual Orozco denies disloyalty to the Madero government. Loyalty is seen as key to peace in Chihuahua, with Vasquista leaders gathering and a potential junta active in the border area. Orozco has not yet accepted governorship, which would signal loyalty.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pasqual Orozco
Madero
Chihuahua
E. C. Llorenta
Orozco
Juarez
Taft Border Powers Up for Taft Expansion
Washington February 7 The Associated Press reports lawmakers will introduce legislation from the foreign affairs committee to grant the president broader authority to shield Americans on the Mexico border amid potential future outbreaks. Representative Foster drafts measures aligned with the president and State Department. Texas Democrat Representative Smith presses a resolution seeking State Department action to recover losses for El Paso and Douglass victims hurt by stray bullets during Juarez Agua Prieta fighting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Foreign Affairs Committee
Foster
State Department
Representative Smith
Texas
el Paso
Douglass
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Madero
General Figueroa Inflicts Severe Losses on Them
A dispatch from Iguala Guerrero reports seventy dead and wounded as General Figueroa inflicts severe losses on opposing forces. The story continues on page 2.
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Figueroa
Associated Press
Iguala Guerrero
Mex
San Antonio Area Forecast
For San Antonio and vicinity the night will be fair with frost and temperatures rising. Thursday is expected to be fair and warmer with improved conditions.
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San Antonio
Weather Highlights Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 am report clear or partly cloudy skies and varied winds from the south to northwest. Temperatures range from 4 below in Saint Paul to 22 in Chicago with several cities expecting snow or precipitation by Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
AP leased wire carried by others baseless claim
A statement alleges that the Associated Press day wire into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light. The claim is presented as baseless and lacking evidence.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Moteunten
Nomination of Judge Hook Held Up by Taft
Washington February 7. After an hour with four cabinet lawyers the Taft administration signaled that Judge William C. Hook of Kansas may not be sent to the Senate for Supreme Court nomination. Protests trace to a Oklahoma case on dining and sleeping car privileges for Negroes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
William C. Hook
Kansas
Supreme Court
Senate
Kansans
White House
Judge Hook
Oklahoma
United States Court
Anthony
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Sutherland
Utah
Convict Labor Ties To Steel Subsidiaries Scrutinized
Stanley committee hearing examines convict labor in Alabama camps linked to United States Steel subsidiaries. Witnesses describe arrests for minor offenses used to place men in mines and flogging by a warden employed by the steel company.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Stanley Investigation Committee
Shelby M. Harrison
New York
Reed
The
Steel Corporation
Stanley
Harrison
Steel Company
Fifty Die in Siberia Snow Storm Near Ishim
A snow storm near Ishim Siberia trapped travelers on a road. Fifty died and forty four bodies were recovered from the drift as relief efforts began.
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PY the
Associatehd Press
Ishim
Siberia
MacFarland Sentenced to Death in Newark Case
Allison MacFarland was found guilty of murdering his wife Evelyn by potassium cyanide poisoning and was sentenced to die in the electric chair at 5 p.m. in the week beginning March. The ruling was handed down in Newark New Jersey by the court today.
Train Robbers Seize $60,000 From Rock Island Express
Five men halted Rock Island No 43 near Hulbert Ark at dawn. They dynamited the express car safe and rifled mail pouches, taking about 60 000 dollars. Passengers unmolested the robbers fled into nearby woods as detectives and a posse mounted a search along the river and levee at Memphis and Little Rock.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hulbert
Ark
Mississippi River
Little Rock
Gompers Defends Goto Remark as Shakespearean
President Samuel Gompers testified in the contempt trial of Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, saying his expression go to with your injunctions was Shakespearean not profane. He claimed the phrase meant wait or stop. The judge later exonerated John Mitchell, noting his name was attached in error. Guards faced threats with extra courthouse security.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Mr. Gompers
Gompers
Mitchell
Justice Wright
United States
Report Miss Arnold Found Proves False
Dorothy Arnold has not been found. A police report that she was aboard the 8:14 train from Philadelphia to New York proved incorrect. Francis Arnold and two detectives searched the train and Jersey City transfer without success.
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Associated Press
New York
Dorothy Arnold
Philadelphia
Francis R. Arnold
Miss Arnold
Arnold
Doherty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Arnold
Turkish cabinet orders closure of Italian institutions in Turkey
The Turkish cabinet announced on Feb 7 that it will enforce a closure order against all Italian institutions in Turkey including private banks insurance companies and the Scutari orphanage.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Turkey
Scutari
Herrick Named for Post as Ambassador to France
President Taft sent the nomination of former Ohio Governor Myron T. Herrick to the Senate to become ambassador to France succeeding Robert Bacon. Efforts are underway for his immediate confirmation.
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France
Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Taft
Robert Bacon
Herrick
Emperor Addresses Reichstag Opening in General Terms
The emperor spoke for peace and national power at the Reichstag opening, stressing defense of honor and possessions, preparations for increased costs, and a goal of amicable international settlement when compatible with Germany’s dignity. He affirmed alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, urged mutual respect with other powers, and expressed confidence in the empire’s future.
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France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Emperor William Opens Thirteenth Reichstag in Berlin
In Berlin Emperor William opened the Thirteenth Reichstag with a ceremonial throne speech. He called for increases in military and naval strength while pledging to maintain welfare and sound finances. The social democratic party did not attend the session, and the speech drew mixed reactions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
William
Social Democratic Party
Reichstag
Albert Traeger
von Bethman-Hollweg
Germany
Stove Without a Pipe Triggers $3500 Texas Suit
In Austin on February 7 the state attorney general's department filed suit in the Fifty-third district court against the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway for 3500 penalties for 70 days of a heated waiting room without a pipe. A second suit targets the Katy for 15000 penalties over failure to notify a consignee about lignite car shipments due to delayed cars.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney Generals Department
Robertson
Fifty-third District
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Lincoln
Lee County
Katy
Consignee
Hoyt
Dallas Man Kills Wife and Self in Boarding House
A Dallas man identified as W. B. Barnes shot and killed his wife at 2 PM in a Live Oak Street boarding house before fatally shooting himself. The tragedy occurred in the same dwelling where the couple resided.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
W. B. Barnes
Live Oak Street
Dickens Day Marks World Wide Centenary Celebration
A century after Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth the world marks Dickens Day with mass meetings, readings, and memorial rites. In New York a Carnegie Hall mass gathering features William Watson reading a specially written poem, with 5000 attendees and prominent figures like Roosevelt’s successor nominees, Carnegie, Morgan, and Burbank among others. Delmonico's hosts a banquet with leading guests including Seth Low as toastmaster and speakers such as Smith Manning Repplier and Kennedy, underscoring a nationwide tribute to the novelist’s enduring influence.
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Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Portsmouth
England
Charles Dickens
India
America
William Watson
New York
Carnegie
United States
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Hew van Dyke
Princeton
John H. Finley
The
College of the City of New York
Augustus Thomas
Elgin R. L. Gould
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Kate Douglas
Francis Hodgson Bursnett
Delmonico’s
Seth Low
F. Hopkinson Smith
William T. Manning
Charles Rann Kennedy
Agnes Repplier
William Bayard Hill
Edwin Markham
Sidney Valentine
Henry Clews
Edwin W. Coggeshall
R. E. Ely
Norman Hapgood
A. Barton Hepburn
Robert Underwood Johnson
Marion Mills Miller
Alton B. Parker
Francis M. Scott
Isaac N. Seligman
Ernest Thompson Seton
J. Woolsey
Shepard
Riots Expected on Eve of Ulster Home Rule Meeting
Belfast tense as a large crowd gathers to hear Winston Churchill and John Redmond on the eve of a decisive home rule meeting. Authorities move the event outdoors to Celtic club grounds to curb disruption. clashes between factions are anticipated after the gathering ends.
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Belfast
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
John Redmond
Ulster
Ulster Hall
Celtic Club
Orangemen
Semblage
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