Cabinet Inaugural Oath Slated Taft Cabinets Expands
Associated Press reports Taft’s cabinet mostly sworn in nine members with Knox Meyer Ballinger Wilson Nagel Hitchcock taking oath in the cabinet room. Cortelyou to remain at Treasury until March 15 as Taft calls Congress into extraordinary session to revise the tariff. Taft’s White House day noted for cautious, personal greeting and detailed background checks on visitors.
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Associated Press
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Taft
Knox
Meyer
Ballinger
Wilson
Nagel
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Excitement in Wheat Pit Shakes Chicago Market
The wheat pit in New York opened with high tension as May holders dumped wheat amid weak cables and reports of private settlements at Chicago. Prices fell about 3 to 8 cents from the previous close, nearly 6 cents below the season high, signaling broad selling pressure and renewed volatility.
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Emergency surgical kits to be carried by railroads
New York March 6 Emergency surgical kits will be carried by all railroads if the Society for the Instruction or First Aid to the Injured recommendations are adopted. Resolutions call for all passenger trains to be equipped and special legislation will be sought to enforce action.
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Associated Press
New York
Society For the Instruction
Five Injured in Dramatic Streetcar Wreck on Twenty Ninth Street
A runaway streetcar left rails on Twenty-ninth street and crashed into a saloon, injuring five passengers including H. H. Krohn with a sprained back and Nick Nichols with a severe neck injury. Tony Capuca, John Resso, and J. B. Nesser suffered back, knee, and shoulder injuries. The brakes apparently failed, and motor man Oscar Adams was arrested on a battery charge.
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Twenty-ninth Street
H. H. Krohn
Nick Nichols
Tony Capuca
John Resso
J. 8. Nesser
Oscar Adams
Five Hundred Iron Shipbuilders Strike Over 10 Percent Cut
Five hundred iron shipbuilders and boilery makers at the Chicago Shipbuilding company in South Chicago went on strike yesterday to protest a ten per cent wage reduction.
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Chicago
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
Simple Life Has Attractions for Roosevelt
Oyster Bay March 6 ex President Roosevelt spent the day at Sagamore Hill indoors in reading and correspondence then in the woods chopping trees. He continues his policy of not asking for public notices. Oyster Bay residents plan a farewell reception for the Roosevelts on the eve of the former president’s departure for Africa.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Africa
Will Fight for Japanese Exclusion
Sacramento reports the ninth week of the thirty eighth California legislature closed with adjournment in doubt. Senator Wolf plans an adjournment motion for the thirteenth. Assemblyman Johnson's joint resolution to apply the Chinese exclusion terms to the Japanese was introduced and then withdrawn as not in proper form. A new resolution was prepared and referred to the committee on introduction of bills.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Wolf
Assemblyman
Johnson
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Assembly
Mining Foreman Shot at Pioche
In Pioche March 6 miner Savage, recently discharged from the Boston Pioche mine for carelessness, shot foreman Cleve Carter 28 from St George Utah. A bullet hit the abdomen and another the shoulder. Carter is in critical condition. Savage and Miller are jailed.
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Associated Press
Pioche
Savage
Boston-Pioche
Cleve Carter
St. George
Utah
Miller
Dave Hollands Birthday Fifteenth Celebrated in Pioneer
Residents recall Dave Hollands annual birthday celebration in Pioneer on March 4 described as a blaze of glory from start to finish. Impromptu speeches recitations and foot races delighted attendees. The Holland hotel opening was delayed causing the banquet to be served in the street. Several people were wounded in the head but no fatalities reported.
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Dave Holland
Taft
James Wentworth Conlish
Holland Hotel
United States Marshal Gets Salary Increase Notice
United States Marshal Grimman is informed that the maximum allowance for lodging and subsistence while serving process or otherwise away from official duties has risen from $2 to $7 per day.
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United States
Coal mines to reopen in Illinois after foreclosure sale
A Danville Illinois dispatch reports the Kelly Coal company mine near Danville was sold for 957000 cash in foreclosure. The company rep redeems its interest and announces the mines closed for months will reopen next week. Negotiations are under way to reopen Danville properties of the Deering Coal company, a 5 million Delaware corporation for which a receiver was appointed in Chicago federal court.
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Danville
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Kelly Coal Company
Deering Coal Company
Delaware Corporation
Federal Court of Chicago
Tragic Flood Claims Wife and Three Children
Mrs Herman Welkens and her three young children drowned when their car crossed the Ver million river bridge during a flood. The family was swept away by the swollen water last night in Paris.
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Associated, Press
Paris
8. D
Herman Welkens
Free Lunch Bill Killed in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison Wis March 6 The bill prohibiting free lunches in saloons was killed in the assembly today and the bill prohibiting treating in saloons was refused engrossment.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senator Nixon backs Farrell market venture and mining
Far rel March 6 report says United States Senator George S Nixon backs a new company to operate Market properties near Farrell. A second firm will take over Sunower with Blue Birds ledge promising values. Marker reports an eighteen inch vein yielding assays up to 150 dollars. Charles Myers has a shaft to 35 feet and fifty feet of drift on the Gold Crown near Farrell, closely near the Rambler group. Development work will start after prospecting confirms formation.
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Farrell
United States
George S Nixon
Blue Birds
Sunower Group
Marker
Charles Myers
Gold Crown Group
Myers
Rambler Group
Dull Day on Market in New York Trading
New York reports a dull day on March 6 as the speculative fraternity pushed long positions on a moderate scale. Bonds remained firm and steady amid cautious interest.
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Associated Press
New York
Metal Market Report Shows Mixed Metals Prices
The Associated Press reports New York trading on March 6 with silver at 50.25, copper dull around 12.875 to 19.50, lead at 8.995 to 8.975, reflecting a varied market as metals show differing demand and activity. The note highlights a subdued tone in copper while silver remains near the day’s baseline.
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Associated Proas
New York
Appropriation Measures Advance in Nevada Assembly
Carson March 6 The Nevada assembly debated bills including trimming Nye county official salaries and boosting the state printer's pay from 2400 to 3000. A measure to make the railroad commission the ex officio public utilities board was introduced. Speaker Giffen was ill. Speaker Pro tem Smaill presided. An attempt at an evening session failed for lack of a quorum.
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Associated Press
Carson
Nye
State Railroad Commission
Berry
Giffen
Protem Smaill
Eastern plants start work on giant contract
Pittsburg March 6 The Westinghouse Manufacturing company began work on a 5 million dollar contract from the Pennsylvania railroad to electrify its New York terminals including tunnel work at Jersey City and Long Island This will lead to the full resumption of Westinghouse plants east of Pittsburgh and marks a major expansion of operations in the region.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Jersey City
Long Island
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Company
Aero club volunteers for coast defense experiments
The Aero club of California based in Los Angeles has offered its services to the War Department. It plans to conduct seroplar experiments along the coast to aid coast defense efforts.
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Los Angeles
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Aero Club of California
War Department
Demands Damages in Alienation of Wife's Affections
New York March 6 Mrs Ethel Martha Clarey a wealthy social figure faced a complaint by actor William Stuart who seeks $50,000 in damages. He alleges his wife was being taken to Europe aboard the steamer Minnehaha by Mrs Clarey contrary to his wishes.
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Associated Press
New York
Ethel Martha Clarey
Europe
William Stuart
Stuart
Clarey
Man Dies on Special Train Returning From Washington
I W Calvert of Pawee Valley Kentucky dies aboard the special train carrying Kentucky Republicans from Taft inauguration. Pneumonia developed after marching in the Washington storm on March 4. He was 81 years old.
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Louisville
I. W. Calvert
Pawee Valley
Kentucky
Taft
Washington
Attempt Made to Assassin Cuban General
Havana March 6 An attempt to assassinate General Emile Nunez ex governor of Havana province occurred as he passed San Miguel 1 St Jane Claneros a merchant with a long standing feud fired two shots neither took effect Claneros claimed he sought to kill Nunez because his daughter was to marry tonight to Edgar Ravel the son of a millionaire sugar planter
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Emile Nunez
San Miguel
Jane Claneros
Cleneros
Nunes
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