Diverse events span politics, crime, and disasters across early 20th century America
Reports place Interstate Club plans a multimillion dollar Walden Ridge clubhouse with Blackburn as president and Roosevelt as VP. Other items note Erie Railroad scrip dividend denial, DA prep for Metropolitan Railway neglect charges, naval station training targets, and a murder in Lowell. Additional items cover riots near Steubenville, a Chicago factory fire, threats against Dr. Voline, extreme cold wildlife dangers in Huntingdon, a Florissant murder suicide, a bank robbery near Clear Lake, and legal actions against financial schemers in New York.
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Phe
Interstate Club
Walden’s Ridge
Chattanooga
Dressae
Blackburn
Roosevelt
New York Public Service
Coman
Erie Railroad
Jerome
Metropolitan Street Railway
Fullam
Naval Training Station
Newport
Theodore M. Riley
Christ Church
Hudson
N. Y
Anglo-Roman Union
Joseph Gailloux
Lowell
Mass
Steubenville
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Chicago
C. Voline
White Hand Society
Black Hand
Huntingdon
Edward Price
Florissant
Col
First State Bank of
Clear Lake
Cloud
Northern Pacific
Edward R. Thomas
Orlando F. Thomas
New York
Provident Life Savings Assurance Society
Timothy L. Woodruff
Henry Sanger Snow
New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company
Toronto
Can
Brooklyn
New England
United Services
Memcers
King Carlos
Crown Prince
Luiz
Portugal
Anna M. Wightman Walker
Philadelphia
America
Frederick Courtland Penfield
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Penfield
South
Brazil
Ifa
Palmer
Juneau
Alaska
British and World News In Brief From Amsterdam to Paris
A roundup of diplomatic and political developments. Britain's disarmament stance. Campbell-Bannerman’s condition. Germany in Haiti settlement talks. Britain Japan trade mark talks near conclusion. Wanamaker dies in Paris. Prussian expropriation vote. Women's Disfranchisement Bill passage. French tax bill approval. Russian terrorism sentence. Tolstoi anniversary prep. French income tax expansion. Kitchener’s expedition successes against the Zakkakhels in Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quith
House of Commons
Henry Camp‘bell-Bannerman
England
Germany
United States
Hayti
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Mas B. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Paris
House of Lords
Count Tolstoi
Chamber of Deputies
Ton
Grand Duke
Nicholaievitch
St Petersburg
Lord Kitchener
Massive Tampa fire destroys 308 buildings and 55 acres
A major blaze in northeast Tampa from 9 A M to 1 P M Sunday leveled 308 buildings across 55 acres. Four large cigar factories and many residences were lost. a Cuban woman died from fright as water pressure crippled the fire department.
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Tampa
Fla
M. Stachelberg & Co
M. Perez & Co
Gonzales, Fisher & Co
Esberg, Gunst & Co
Stachelberg
Fernandez & Brother
Twelfth
Michigan Avenues
Sixteenth
Twentieth Streets
Antonio Diaz
Twelfth Avenue
Miguel Rodriguez
Perez and Castro
Maxima Caras
Tampa Electric Company
Risked life for his dog at Passaic Falls rescue
Robert Walker a 19 year old silk worker from To To wa Paterson New Jersey descended a cliff face to reach an ice floe and save an old bulldog marooned 50 feet offshore. With a rope he hauled the dog to safety after it had been stranded about 18 hours as 300 onlookers watched.
Governor Announces Early Quarantine Between 25th Parallel
Governor Campbell will establish a quarantine on March 15 for all ports and Mexican border points within the state extending to the twenty fifth parallel. The move comes 15 days earlier than the usual summer quarantine due to sporadic yellow fever cases in Cuba.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell
Cuba
Supreme Court ruling upholds wife's notice to saloonkeeper
In Franklin County Bayer v Machlite the Supreme Court holds that an ordinary warning to a saloonkeeper not to sell to a drunken patron suffices for damages from a later sale. The wife told the manager Do not sell to Gus and eject him, a statement deemed sufficient.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Franklin County
Bayer
Machlite
Gus
Woman Full Of Ground Glass Case At Marietta
Special report from Marietta Ohio details Mrs Frank Stage with 310 glass fragments emerging through sores on her body. Doctors believe crushed glass was ingested with food and is exiting via the skin. The Stage residence well water was recently found poisoned.
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Marietta, O
Frank Stage
Stage
American Fleet to Visit Acapulco on Route to Magdalena Bay
Mexican government to give official welcome to tenders and smaller vessels of the American fleet at Acapulco as they proceed toward Magdalena Bay. Officials from Mexico City are arranging plans and a delegation is expected to greet the visitors.
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Acapulco
Mexico City
Bay of
Madgalena
Chief Shippy Defends Home as Anarchist Is Killed
In Chicago Chief of Police George M. Shippy fights an attacker at 31 Lincoln Place. Lazarus Averbuch, a Russian student, dies after a struggle that wounds Shippy, his son Harry, and driver James Foley. Averbuch had threatened public opposition to Shippy following anti-parade actions and Emma Goldman remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Shippy
Chicago
George M. Shippy
Lincoln Place
Lazarus Averbuch
Harry Shippy
James Foley
Police Department
Shippy
Olga
Harry Pine
Washburne Avenue
Averbuch
Austria
Kishiney
Ben L. Reitman
Emma Goldman
Foley
Georgia
Yoley
Roosevelt Praises Labor Dignity and Self Reliance
The speaker argues the nation is sound and morally steadfast and urges schools to align with farm and workshop training. He contends education has drawn youth away from labor and calls for teaching self reliance for boys and pride in domestic work for girls.
Senate probes Grosvenor Porter nomination for Oklahoma marshal
Senate actions discuss withdrawing Grosvenor A Porter nomination for United States marshal in Oklahoma and report on Philippine shipping law reforms while examining Judge Wilfley’s Shanghai case and a potential exoneration by Secretary Root.
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Senate
Grosvenor A. Porter
Oklahoma
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Judge Wilfley
United States
Shanghai
China
Senate Committee On
Philippines
L. R. Wilfley
Root
Wilfley
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
H. R. Fuller
M. N. Goss
Another Coal Strike May Be Impending
A joint committee of coal miners and operators from Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois adjourned in Indianapolis without agreement on a wage scale and a joint convention. If no accord is reached by March 31 mining may cease. a March 10 or 16 adjournment failed and the final sine die adjournment followed after efforts to reach terms failed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Chapman
Wilson
Miners’ Organization
Tracr
Joint Committee
Western Pennsylvania
James Clark
A. M. Ogle
Mitchell
Congress
Stoessel Seeks Pardon From Emperor
Lieu tenant General Stoessel who was condemned to death for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese on February 20 has petitioned Emperor Nicholas for a full pardon. The court had recommended commuting the death sentence to ten years imprisonment in a fortress.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Nicholas
Shah of Persia Survives Bomb Attack in Teheran
In Teheran two bombs exploded as the Shah of Persia rode in a closed car. Three outriders were killed and 21 injured as guards and bystanders fled the blasts. Assassins escaped after the attack on a narrow street amid political unrest over constitutional changes.
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Teheran
Persia
Shah of Persia to receive American congratulations
The Shah of Persia will be sent greetings from the American government for his escape from assassination. Secretary Root signed a cable to Minister Jackson in Teheran urging that His Excellency be conveyed hearty congratulations on his fortunate escape.
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Washington
Persia
Root
Jackson
Teheran
Navy plans rare promotion for Admiral Evans en route
Washington officials quietly seek to bestow the title of vice admiral on Admiral Evans as the battleship fleet sails toward the Pacific coast. The gesture would occur before his retirement, contingent on Congress and a timely act to reestablish the rank.
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Washington, D. C
Evans
Golden Gate
Congress
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Auto not a carriage ruling limits town liability
Boston special report: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds that an automobile is not a carriage and towns are not liable for injuries to cars on roads suitable only for carriages. William C. Doherty sued Ayre town for damages after his auto stalled in heavy sand. lower court awarded $100, town appealed.
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Boston
Supreme Judicial Court
William C. Doherty
Ayre
Doherty
Mine Explosion Traps 200 At Rosita Coahuila Mine
At 5 AM an underground gas explosion occurred in Mine No. 3 at Cia Carbon de Sabinas in Rosita Coahuila. About 200 workers were inside. none had escaped by press time. Fears mount for many deaths and severe injuries.
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Coahuila
Mexico
CIA Carbon de Sabinas
Rosita
Pennsylvania Directors Approve Annual Statement Amid Mixed Rail News
Pennsylvania directors approve the annual statement while rail topics show limited change. Missouri Pacific weakness and a $30 share indicate dividend suspensions. Bank of England keeps a 4 percent rate. Lake Superior annual meeting delayed to March 18. St Paul railroad declares a 3 percent semiannual dividend. Chicago banks oversubscribe $5 million of 5 percent bonds. Pennsylvania Eastern coal and coke traffic down 234 percent from 1907.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Missouri Pacific
Bank of England
St. Paul
Chicago
Chicago Railway Company
Petition Seeks Removal of NY District Attorney Jerome
A committee of Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders asks Governor Hughes to remove William T. Jerome, NY County district attorney. They accuse him of failing to prosecute alleged jury fixing and street railway fraud, delaying life insurance cases, and not indicting NY Central Railroad officials for a 1902 tunnel collision. They claim campaign funds from large corporations influenced Jerome and cite his dismissal of judges as improper. Jerome replies he is unfazed and expects no inquiry from the governor.
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New York
William T. Jerome
County of
Hughes
Albany
Metropolitan Street Railway
William F. King
Jerome
Life Insurance Companies of
Armstrong Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
New York City
New York Central Railroad Company
Hughes Will Take Usual Course In Jerome Probe
Albany special reports Governor Hughes said charges against District Attorney Jerome will follow the usual procedure with a copy sent to Jerome for reply before the governor decides. William F. King, former Merchants' Association president who filed the charges, criticized Jerome for failing to prosecute wealthy grafters linked to the Ice Trust and Metropolitan Traction Company looting.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Jerome
William F. King
Merchants’ Association
King
Ice Trust
Metropolitan Traction Company
Treasury's Great Strength Commented in House
Congressman Boutell cited Treasurer Treat to note that U S gold coin and bullion surpassed one thousand million dollars for the first time. He called the milestone extraordinary and said it would be chronicled worldwide with surprise and pride.
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Washington, D. C
United States Treasury
House of Representatives
Boutell
Treat
United States
Republic
Poisoned by lead pencil tragedy in Plainsville
Miss Mayme Shales of Plainsville passes from poisoning attributed to indelible lead pencil use at a Wilkes-Barre laundry. She moistened the pencil with her lips to mark articles and fell ill days ago, physicians report.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mayme Shales
Plainsville
Mine Disaster At Rosita Claims 46 Bodies Recovered
A special to the Express from Cabinas Coahuila reports progress in recovering victims from the Rosita mine explosion. Forty six bodies have been recovered and about 40 to 45 others remain in the mine. The body of American contractor Harry Turner has been recovered. Recovery will take several days.
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San Antonio
Texas
Express
Cabinas
Coahuila
Mexico
Rosita
Harry Turner
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Chicago Bluecoats
Lazarus Overbuch
MR. Mitchell
Czar
Shah OF
Frisco
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Lake Superior
Gov. Hughes
W. T. Jerome
MR. Jerome
Treasury
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