France Faces Large Deficit Amid Naval Contract Scandal
Paris reports a mounting deficit as 1910 estimates show over 45 million dollars short, with pensions and social programs adding strain. Corruption in naval contracts shocks the nation as a monopoly among contractors allegedly drove up prices. boilers costing 150,000 dollars were bought for ships that later saw no use.
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Paris
France
Anr
Treasury
MM. Callloux
Finance
M. Picard
Marine
Bcandalow
Credentials Are Regular Stephenson to Take Seat
Washington March 12 The senate will take up Stephenson of Wisconsin for admission at the start of the extra session. After the senate convenes the governor’s certificate declaring Stephenson elected will be presented and, unless there is objection, he will take the oath. Opponents plan to delay objections until Wisconsin legislature finishes its investigation.
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Stephenson
Washington
Senate
Senator Stephenson
Wisconsin
Forest fire losses tally in Michigan report
Carl E. Schmidt of Detroit presented a summary of Bracfield and Wynne's findings on October forest fires in Northern Michigan. The loss is estimated at 23,502,697 dollars including destroyed timber and firefighting costs. About 1,000,000,000 feet of timber burned, equaling roughly a year’s Michigan lumber yield. standing timber before fires was about 71,000,000,000 feet.
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Lansing
Mich
Senate Committee On Forestry
Carl E. Schmidt
Detroit
Messrs
Bracfield and Wynne
United States Forestry
Michigan
One Hundred Stables Quarantined in Philadelphia
Philadelphia on March 13 reports quarantine of 100 stables and 1500 horses due to mange outbreak. State livestock sanitary board chief inspector Dr. W Horace Hoskins says disease was imported via horse shipments from New York New Jersey and western points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Livestock Sanitary Board
W. Horace Hoskins
New York
New Jersey
China to census vast empire as reform begins
Washington reports China will conduct a census of uncounted millions under an Imperial edict aligned with constitutional reform. The program directs enumeration of individuals and families within the empire, signaling a major administrative effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
State Department
Cnct
Foraker Says He Is Out of Politics
Columbus March 13 Ex Senator J B Foraker arrived from Washington and declared I am out of politics I shall not enter politics again of my own nation I have no political ambition I shall practice law a little in Cincinnati but I do not care to take up for smash work
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Columbus
J. B. Foraker
Washington
Cincinnati
Lease Offer for Beadle County School Lands
Beadle county unleased common school lands to be offered for lease at a public auction on April 27 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the front door of the courthouse in Pierre. Notice dated January 26, 1909, by C. C. Dokken, Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
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Beadle County
Said
Pierre
C. C. Dokken
Weston Begins Long Tramp Today Across America
Edward Payson Weston, aged seventy, starts a 4000 mile foot journey from New York to San Francisco, vowing to finish in 100 days excluding Sundays. He plans no walking on Sundays, funds raised from lectures cover expenses, and he aims to set a lasting record for younger generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston
Walker
Mr. Weston
Pacific Coast
Weston
Defalcation Charged in Utah Ex-Treasurer Case
Salt Lake City March 18 James Christiansen former state treasurer who retired Jan 2 was arrested on a charge of defalcation to 70000. He confessed responsibility for the shortage used in Nevada mining ventures. Bondsmen and friends restored the amount. He held the office for four years ending earlier this year and has mining interests in Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Salt Lake City
James Christiansen
Christiansen
State Board of Examiners
David Mattson
Salt Lake County
Jallis
Chris Hansen
Roosevelt bars press from African expedition trip
Theo dore Roosevelt says he will not permit press representatives to accompany his upcoming African journey. He notes newspapers may sail to Naples or Nairobi but vows to block caravan outfits following his expedition. He will welcome reporters only as fellow travelers to the starting point in Africa and then communication will cease until his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Hay
L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Pera
Saga Toore Hill
Naples
Nairobi
British East Africa
Mr. Roosevelt
Bews
Africa
Elendahip
Jumze
Miners Conventon Sets Actions in Scranton Meeting
Philadelphia reports a convention of anthracite miners to press for a new agreement with operators. The full scale committee, composed of executive boards of three districts, will meet operators in Scranton on Tuesday. Plans aim to replace the current workings arrangement expiring March 31. A follow up conference is planned after the convention as delegates are chosen and union strength is built.
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Philadelphia
Phetro District
Scranton
Insurrection Imminent Report From Persian Front
St Petersburg notices rising danger as Russia mobilizes Cosacks to Teheran and orders Caspian warships to Resht and Astrabad. Teheran dispatch says crisis deepens. experts warn only a strong detachment can avert sackings. Caucasus viceroy reviews troops at Baxu as likely departure point.
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St. Petersburg
Persa
Teheran
Resht
Astrabad
Russia
Novoe Vremya
The
Caucasus
Baxu
Wich
Persia
Injunction suit filed over United Hatters actions
New York March 15. Poppers in an injunction suit by Sammel Mundheim Co were served upon John A Moffitt president of United Hatters of North America in Orange New Jersey. Moffitt and sixty others are ordered to show cause March 29 at Trenton why they should not be restrained from aiding and intimidating union members seeking to return to work at plants under strike. The manufacturers argue consent to use of the union label could incur Sherman antitrust penalties. The suit claims the label aids a boycott of unlabeled hats and that agreeing to its use makes them party to the boycott.
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New York
Sammel Mundheim Company
John A. Moffitt
United Hatters of North America
Orange
J. Mott
United Hatters
Trenton
Imbel
Landslides bury three villages in Java disasters
Victoria reports massive landslides at Pendjolo Java, burying villages and causing hundreds to perish or be missing. The Fanpreses of Ching steamship carried word of Mount Kent Jana's collapse. Only one man one woman and two children escaped to tell. Rescue crews toil amid fear of pestilence as earth and debris blanket the towns.
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Victoria
B. C
Pendjolo
Java
Mount Kent
Jana
Sparta Named In Mesaba Range as Mine Opens
Duluth March 13 A great open pit mine like others of the Mesaba range will mark the place now designated on the map as Sparta The United States Steel corporation which bought the surface property of the citizens of the town preparatory to ripping beneath it has served notice that the vendors must vacate by April 30 or ripping operations will be commenced then Nearly all Sparta's business houses have moved to Gilbert while the population seeks other homes in Cithert and elsewhere
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Duluth
Mesaba Range
Sparta
United States Steel Corporation
Gilbert
Cithert
Whiting guards bank and elevator. five men flee
In Beloit Wisconsin on March 16 Charles Whiting and his son Tyan guarded the Roscoe bank and elevator after a premonition of a robbery. They fired at intruders as five men fled, one possibly wounded, but the robbers escaped.
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Beloit
Wis
Roscoe
Here
Charles Whiting
Tyan
Combination Alleged Against Milwaukee Plumbers Network
Milwaukee March 13 twenty one defendants named by District Attorney A C Backus in a formal complaint against the Wholesal Plumbers association alleging unlawful understanding contract combination conspiracy in restraint of trade and monopoly. The complaint follows the first grand jury investigation into city officials and private law violations with Judge W J Turner signing the summons to appear and defend.
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Milwaukee
A. C. Backus
Wholesal Plumbers’ Association
W. J. Turner
Effcuit Court
Arguments in Cooper Case Resume in Nashvilla Trial
In Nashvilla Tennessee on March 13 a small audience attended the fifth day of the Carmack murder trial. The session focused on closing arguments with General Washington continuing for the defense in its third day.
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Cooper
Nashvilla
Tenn
D. B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharpe
E. W. Carmack
General Washington
Two 26000-ton battleships named Wy oming and Arkansas
The Wyoming and the Arkansas are the names chosen for the two giant 26,000 ton battleships recently authorized by Congress. Only Nevada and Oklahoma remain without names for battleships or armored cruisers.
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Washington
Mareh
Wyoming
Arkansas
Congress
Nevada
Oklahonis
Bacon May Succeed White As Ambassador To France
Paris reports from March 13 indicate the United States might appoint former Secretary of State Robert Bacon to succeed Henry White as ambassador to France, a move that surprises diplomatic and governmental circles who expected White to remain in place.
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Paris
United States
Robert Bacon
Henry White
France
White
Triple murder and suicide shock Flora and Danville
Danville Alabama reports a rural mail carrier Robert Strawser killed his three children with strychnine and then took his own life. The four bodies were found by Strawser’s wife in Flora. In Oakland California a horse that broke loose rode in a passing car for nearly a block before it could be stopped.
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Danville, AL
Robert Straweer
Flora
Strawser
Strawner
Prominent Railroad Leader William Taylor Dies in Philadelphia
Well known in railroad circles, William Taylor of Philadelphia died after an operation at a hospital. He was president of the Rutress Deal and Catecist pony of this city and was widely regarded in the western railroading community.
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Philadelphia
Mareh
Willai
Taylor
Crom and Mosely Feature in Graham and Son Sale
S Fletcher Crom and G G Mosely FB represent Graham and Son in a local sale listing. The fragment indicates participants or agents connected to a business transaction, with names tied to the Graham and Son firm.
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S. Fletcher
F. Crom
G G. Mosely
Graham & ‘Son
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Wee
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Ain
Edward P. Weston
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Roosevelt
Huron Nursery Company
Huron
S. Dakota
Bacon
Arta
Oakland
Cal
S. D
South Dakota
Mattson
N. D
Tulare
Hudson
Beresford
R. W. Barclay
Mason City
Iowa
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