Remarkable political turmoil in Los Angeles recalls
Los Angeles faced a historic crisis as Mayor A Harper resigned and the city council postponed choosing a successor. Acting Mayor Niles Pease lacks full powers as recall election plans unfold with a March 26 vote and looming resignations across the city administration. Projections name George Alexander as recall candidate, while Chief Broadhead and others may resign amid alleged malfeasance. A Rooseveltar era special investigator, James Reynolds, arrives in New York to aid anti-Tammany forces.
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Los Angeles
A. Harper
Niles Pease
Celts Council
Lick
Harper
Denthl
Thomas H. Broadhead
Police Commission
Edward Kern
Board of Public Works
Dotalig
Red Hecht
George Alexander
Alexander
Indiecreet
Eadwin T. Earl
Uicket
Earl
The
Express
James Bronson Reynolds
Roosevelt
New York
Fifth Avenue
Seven Die In Mexican House Fire At Resurrection
In Puebla Mexico on March 12 seven people perished when the home of Augustin Serrano burned in Resurrection. Police theorize murder for robbery or chloroform use before the blaze, with Serrano his wife and their infant among the victims found in the ashes. The Serranos were reputed wealthy.
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Puebla
Mexico
Resurrection
Augustin Serrano
Serrano Himelf
Promoters Propose High Pay for New York Mayor
A New York independent movement proposes paying the mayor 126000 dollars per year for four years plus a 500000 bonus to raise changes in the city charter. Backers seek younger industrial leaders and urge no reelection or partisan politics during the term, funded by anonymous subscriptions.
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New York
Sewage Problem Demands Immediate Solution
New York March 12 Shard fisheries decline threaten future supply as sewage pollutes rivers harbors and lakes. Charles H. Robinson director of the New York aquarium warns health and fisheries face menace. cites Worcester cloth industry collapse and typhoid epidemics in Lowell and Pittsburgh. notes seven hundred miles of the Ohio area polluted by open sewage. Government action urged to protect health and property from this danger.
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New York
Charles H. Robinson
New York Aquarium
American Museum of Natural History
Worcester
Lowell
Pittsburg
Ohio
Sewate
Woman Run Down Beneath Ambulance Wheels
Chicago March 12 a woman killed while crossing in front of an ambulance rushed to a hospital after a false suicide report led police to respond. The unidentified victim was trampled as she moved and the ambulance sped to take charge of the incident.
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Chicago
Two Civil War Veterans End Twenty Year Card Contest
In Traverse City Michigan two veterans John W Wallace and D W Lazelle completed a sun Sunday excluded twenty year card contest in their village Mandelons The agreement awarded the village championship to the first to win ten consecutive games Wallace won his tenth game Wednesday night and Lazelle challenged but Wallace declined saying another long contest would not finish in time.
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Traverse City
Mich
John W. Wallace
D. W. Lazelle
Mancelons
Wallace
Lazelle
Chicago Physicians Form a Union
Chicago March 12 Chicago physicians have formed a union amalgamated organization like the plumbers union Dr Henry F Lewis of the Chicago Medical society says many doctors publicly decry fee division yet privately accept it He cites a $5000 fee from a millionaire patient who spent $10000 on luxury excess informs a Physicians club communication
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Chicago
Union
Plumbers’ Union
Henry F. Lewis
Chicago Medical Society
Physicians’ Club
Medical’ Fraternity
Ethical duties in medical billing compared to other professions
The speaker argues it would be proper for a physician and the attending surgeon to issue a single bill and then divide the amount after an internal accounting, likening medical ethics to lawyers and other professionals.
Man Dies In Peculiar Room Gas Incident
Seattle March 12 Charles W Humphrey died in his room in a strange gas accident. He went to bed with a heating radiator on in a hall bathroom where a slot machine meter caused gas to backflow into his room. The landlady added another quarter to the meter prompting the fatal asphyxiation.
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Seattle
Woeek
Charles W. Humphrey
Humphreys
Tragedy in Rushville Woman Kills Son Then Self
Mrs. Lew Crist of Chicago shot and killed her fourteen year old son before turning the gun on herself in a Rushville home where she was visiting a friend. The double tragedy occurred on March 12.
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Rushville
Ind
Lew Crist
Chicago
Senate Finance Committee to Study New Tariff Bill
Washington March 12 Republican senators of the committee on finance will begin a systematic study of the new tariff bill as soon as copies are obtained. Chairman Aldrich aims to report the bill after House passage. The senate seeks protective measures favoring western wool hides fruits lead ore and copper and will resist discrimination. The outcome hinges on House text and finance committee decisions.
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Washington
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Des Moines Woman Ruth McPherson Dies at 102
Des Moines news notes Ruth McPherson aged 102, the oldest person in Iowa, died yesterday. The city honors a noted local character in this historic obituary.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ruth McPherson
Martine Tororlo Despondent Over Death of Pet Dog
Oakland March 12 Martine Tororlo a retired chef grieving his dog attempted suicide by biting himself in the city jail. Attendants found him near severing arteries after he had stored a small dog for companionship in retirement.
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Martine Tororlo
Oakland
Cal
Torotto
Toronto
Pinchot argues tariff on lumber harms forests and consumers
Washington reports Gifford Pinchot chief forester objects to removing the lumber tariff. He says forest conservation requires keeping forests at work, with Canada’s supply limited. He urges free pulp wood and restricted export duties to protect logging and future timber production. He warns growers face new legislation if logging gaps persist.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Berano E. Payne
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pinchot
Canada
United States
Boy Enlistment Erased to Save Mother's Life
Cincinnati March 12 A 17 year old Leo Fetterstrand who enlisted March 4 at the James recruiting office is returned to his parents Ionian Kentucky after Lt Wortmann erased the enlistment record to spare his ailing mother. The boy was proclaimed a deserter and arrested but released to save the mother’s life.
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Cincinnati
United States
Leo Fetterstrand
Ionian Ky
Joiéa
Norfolk
Katonia
Wortmann
Lee
Extradition Ordered in Libel Suit Involving Smith Williams
Chicago report states federal statutes require extradition of Delevan Smith and Charles R Williams to the District of Columbia to face libel suit brought by the government against them and Joseph Pulitzer.
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Chicago
Delevan Smith
Charles R. Willams
District of Columbia
Joseph Pulitzer
World markets close with mixed gains and firming tone
New York March 1 The opening stock market showed no definite tone with small dealings and mixed results. Erie and related issues firmed early while several rails and miners advanced modestly, bonds remained steady as investors watched wage talks and industrials.
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New York
Brie
Linness Central
Great Northern
Erie
Hocking Coal
Ethlelicar Steel
American
United States
Reading
Louisville & Nashville
Tennessee Copper
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Wisconsin Central
Natonal
Pacifi Mall
International Pump
Detroit United Railway
New York Stocks Mixed Across Industrials and Rail shares
Amalgamated Copper and American Sugar Refining show gains while American Smelting and United States Steel trade lower. Major rails such as Southern Pacific and Union Pacific hover near prior closes amid modest volume. Standard Oil tops the list at 662 with scattered price movement elsewhere.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Poundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
Pic
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Atchison Railway, PLC
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapids Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and
Rio Grande
Fire Railway
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore Cess
Miinels Central
New York Central
Chicago March 12 cattle and grain market brief
Cattle receipts around 2000 with a steady market and varied price ranges for beeves Texas steers western stockers cows and calves. Hoge receipts near 21000 with strong to higher expectations. Sheep receipts about 1000 with weak to lower prices. Grain futures show May wheat at 1.17 1 8 and corn May 66 to 68 1 2. Pork and lard futures mixed with hogs at 17.95 and lard around 10.37 to 10.60. Continuous barley rye and timothy notes included.
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Chicago
Texas
Western
Timothy—Muareh
livestock and wool prices from Kansas City New York and St Louis markets
Kansas City receipts 2000 cattle market strong native steers 6.25 to 6.90 native cows 2.75 to 6.25 stockers 3.75 to 5.76 bulls 3.20 to 5.00 calves 4.00 to 5.70 western cattle 4.80 to 6.50 house receipts 9000 market up 5 to 10 cents hogs mixed 6.26 to 6.60 sheep receipts 3000 mullen 4.75 to 5.80 lambs 6.60 to 7.40 range wethers 4.50 to 7.00 fed ewes 9.00 to 5.40 New York sugar firm refined notes and molasses sugar 2.03 to 3.11 cent and refined 4.55 to 4.74 coffee steady St Louis wool prices steady territory and western mediums 18 to 23 fine mediums 17 to 20 fine 11 to 17
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Kansas City
New York
Fair Refining
Rto
Santos
China Plans Grand Navy Restoration At $100 Million
Victoria March 14 Advices from Peking report efforts to restore China’s navy at a cost of $100,000,000. Admiral Sa is summoned to confer with the Prince Regent on funding. Ports docks and naval colleges to be established with foreign advisers and instructors brought in.
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Victoria
Peking
Suverte
China
Admiral Sa
Prince Regent
Husband Shot By Wife In Montana Frontier
A dispatch from Twin Bridges Montana reports Thomas Metzel a prominent stockman from the Centennial valley near Lakeview was shot and killed by his wife. The couple reportedly had troubles and she shot him about one o clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs Metzel had been ill and in a hospital. it is believed she was temporarily deranged. Metzel was the second son of the pioneer stockman Alex Metzel who once operated in Montana and also spent years in Chicago before returning home.
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Metzel
Alex. Metzel
Montana
Chicago
Meetzel
War Rumors Sweep Mexico City Over Central America
March 12 in Mexico City rumors spread that Nicaragua and El Salvador are at war and that gunboats Presidente and Momotombo clashed. No official confirmation reached. The Herald supports annexation of five Central American states by Mexico and expects U.S. action to start intervention.
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Mexico City
Nicaragua
Salvador
Presidente
Momotombo
The
Herald
Mexico
United States
Southern Negro Politician Is Of The Past
Chicago dispatch reports a shift in Taft administration policy. Southern white Republicans will get top federal posts below the Mason-Dixon line, with northern Black candidates favored for positions previously allotted to southern Black Republicans. Colonel John R Marshall's bid for district of Columbia deeds post is backed by Senator Cullom and discussed with Chicago Republican leaders.
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Chicago
Taft
the Tribune Today
Mason and Dixon Line
White House
John R. Marshall
Eighth Infantry
Uiloula National Guard
District of Columbia
Marshall
Cullom
Republican Organization
Chicago Railway Lets 10000 Steel Car Wheel Contract
March 12 Chicago Railway company awards a contract for about ten thousand steel car wheels to Carnegie Steel Company. The agreement covers production and delivery terms for use in Chicago rail operations.
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Chicago
Chicago Railway Company
Cannegie Steel Company
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Mr. Shipper
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Igerter
Smith
Williams
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