War talk fades as Roosevelt aids Japan pact
Washington reports lessen fears of armed clash with Japan over San Francisco school policy. Roosevelt wins a temporary agreement allowing Japanese children to attend public schools in San Francisco until mid October. The pact aims to settle tensions within a year or two while excluding Japanese immigration on the Pacific coast.
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Requieting News Concerning American Japanese Relations
Berlin reports the foreign office notes great interest in U S Japan talks. Officials see differences as a serious point and the Japanese embassy has received inquiries concerning the discussions.
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Foreign Office
United States
Japan
Japase
Roosevelt Seen Easing Tensions Between US and Japan
Reports quote officials denying strain in ties with Japan and predicting President Roosevelt will settle disputes to Japan’s satisfaction. Early forenoon telegrams from Ticket News warned of war threats, while papers compare naval strengths and note American fleet limits in the Philippines and distant Far East operations.
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Japan
Roosevelt
Ticket News Company
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Senator Cullom Voices War Scare Critique
Washington February 4. Senator Cullom chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the current war scare is alarmist and unlikely to trigger war with Japan or any other power. He dismisses talk of a showdown as unfounded amid ongoing international tensions.
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Russia
Great Britain
Mrs Sage Donates One Million To Rensselaer School
At the annual alumni meeting in New York on February 4 Mrs Russell Sage announced a gift of one million dollars to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The announcement was made during the session of the alumni association.
Parish papers sealed as Catholic communes sign in Paris
In Paris on February 2 a parish document shows Catholic communes signing under instruction while officials have four days to reply. Mayors of several communes have already countersigned as the process continues.
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Paris
Hain
Des Moines Baby Farm Proprietor Arrested on Murder Charge
Mrs. Fred West, proprietor of a Des Moines baby farm, is jailed on first degree murder charges. Affidavits allege she killed an infant with laudanum due to blindness. They claim bodies of several infants were burned in a furnace and ashes dumped in a cinder pile.
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By Moines
Fredest
Family killed by escaping gas in home tragedy
A family died from accidental asphyxiation after gas leaked from a detached rubber tube between the stove and chimney. The physician who arrived found the scene as he attended one child. The incident is ruled accidental.
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Clildrep
Memphis Flood Reaches New High On Mississippi River
The gauge in Memphis hits 40.2 feet, the highest on record, surpassing 1903. A northern auxiliary levee fails, flooding several city blocks while Hollybush Ark reports hold. Many residents use skiffs to reach work and streetcar service is reduced in the flooded district.
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Tenn
Tre Rir
Hollybush
Ark
Brokers Sued for 55000 in Bank Loss Case
German National Bank of Cincinnati sues its former teller Gustave Stecher and several brokerage firms for 55000 alleging funds disappeared from the bank vaults through stock deals. The bank and its company claim the brokers operated a gambling scheme and knew Stecher was a bank official.
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German National Bank
Gustave Stecher
S Company
William J. O'Dell
O'Dell
Explosive Blast Kills Greek Laborer in Indiana Fire
A blaze from Monon railway grade work near Linton Indiana ignited a storage house holding over a ton of giant powder and 1900 pounds of dynamite. Antonio Mateo and six foreigners died or were seriously injured as the workers fled the inferno.
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Ann Arbor Railroad Fined for Rebating
Toledo Ohio February 4 The Ann Arbor Railroad faced a fourteen thousand five hundred dollar fine after entering a nolle contendere plea to six counts charging Judge E W Taylor The road had been indicted by a grand jury on 155 counts following an interstate commerce commission examination Démurrers to the indictments were overruled The company appeared in court and entered its plea The claim contends the present owners had no part in the rebating and were unaware that the former owners had granted any when the road was purchased
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Toledo, CO
Interstate Commerce Commission
Four Day After Thurmond Mine Disaster Seventeen Bodies Recovered
Charleston reports sixty four men recovered from the Thurmond mine disaster and estimates of fifteen to twenty more bodies awaiting recovery. Investigations by state authorities coroner and mine officials proceed independently as gas fumes impede full inquiry.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thurmond
Republicans Oppose Sims Resolution Over Brownsville Incident
Washington February 2 The House military affairs sub committee, by a strict party vote, laid on the table the Sims Tennessee resolution commending the president for discharging colored soldiers who shot up Brownsville Texas The motion to table was made by a Republican and carried with Democrats voting against it Sims will bring the measure before the house on a discharge petition if the speaker recognizes him.
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Military Affairs Committee
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Brownsville
Tex
Railroads face actions over transport and sale practices
Philadelphia Feb 2 A two volume report by Simpson and Hughes compiles new facts on transportation and sale methods by major railroads and officers. It urges civil suits or criminal prosecutions and has been sent to the Attorney General Bona for review though a decision was delayed and expected soon.
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York
Great Way
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Atorney
Swettenham Earthquake Aid Sparks british debate in Jamaica
London reports say Lane and John Henniker Heaton arrived in Bristol aboard Port Kingston from Kingston Jamaica with vivid earthquake details and criticism of Sir Alfred's party. Sir Alfred defended actions saying the ship was crowded with dead and dying and shelter and supplies were provided to Americans and others. He praised Governor Swettenham's handling and noted Admiral Davis's role and later public correspondence.
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Zorated Lane
Liverpool Chamber Commerce
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Kane
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Admiral Davis
Favorable by House Committee on Cotton Exchange Probe
Washington February 2 The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce favors a report on a resolution to investigate cotton exchanges by the department of commerce and labor The measure extends the inquiry to all futures trading by cotton exchanges New York and New Orleans are identified as principal futures markets with Memphis and St Louis also involved.
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House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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New Orleans
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St.Louis
Scarlet fever cases decline in Chicago epidemic
Chicago reports 175 new scarlet fever cases for the day, down from recent totals. Health officials say most new infections occur in the northwest section, with the outbreak largely confined to that area as signs of abatement appear.
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Chicago
Health Department
Death of Congressman William H. M Plack in Malone New York
Congressman William H. M Plack of the Twenty sixth district dies at his Malone home after a long illness. He did not attend the current congressional session and was finishing his second term.
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William. H. M Plack
Flack
Inland empire plans a new state Lincoln formed from twenty six counties
Spokane Washington February 2 commercial organizations in the inland empire support forming a new state called Lincoln. It would include twenty six counties in eastern Washington northern Idaho and northeastern Oregon. The Spokane chamber of commerce will call associations to select delegates for a March convention in Spokane to name committees and present the project to the people.
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Wash
Inland Empire
Lincoln
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Postmaster Flower In Extremely Critical Condition
St Paul report says Postmaster M D Flower is gravely ill with doctors declaring his condition extremely critical. Afternoon notes show a slight gain in strength but heart action remains weak as he is watched by three physicians.
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M. D. Flower
Gebhardt Son Shoots Father After Breakfast Dispute
In Steubenville Ohio on February 2, a father named Gebhardt was shot and killed at the breakfast table by his son Charles after a dispute over drinking. Authorities allege Charles procured a gun, then fired.
France Supports Armament Talks But Prefers Neutral Stance
France favors discussion of armament limitation at The Hague conference but remains neutral and wary of intrigues. Paris would back tangible results and align with the United States and Great Britain if powers divide, while avoiding actions that could disrupt the conference.
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Great Britain
Fire injures seven in Cherry Street rag shop blaze
In New York City seven people were hurt as a fire trapped occupants in a burning rag shop on Cherry Street. Firemen faced thick smoke and failed stair access forcing two women and several men to jump from a second story window. Daniel Cahill and his wife and Mary were among the severely burned and may not survive.
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