Contempt for stenographer sparks Lorimer hearing turmoil
Washington February hearing on Senator Lorimer election shocks with Milton Blumenberg held in contempt after claiming Burns notes were fake. He insisted Sheridan’s dictograph notes misstate a Toronto hotel conversation, prompting arrests and a disorderly session as senators pressed for truth.
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Washington
Milton W. Blumenberg
Lorimer
Charles McGowan
Blumenberg
E. L. Cornelius
Senate
Cornelius
McGowan
Arthur C. Bailey
Burns
Harry E. Kerr
Detroit
King Edward Hotel
Toronto
James E. Sheridan
William J. Burns
Sheridan
William J. Hynes
Edward Hines
Jones
Lea
Kenyon
Mr. Hines
Senator Jones
Dillingham
Senator Kenyon
Emperor William Illness Causes Engagement Cancellation
The aged emperor William is ill but not seriously and canceled a scheduled engagement. Earlier bulletins cited a blood effusion from the right knee due to overexertion while riding. William, 53, has ruled since June 15, 1888. The Royal Arcanum Supreme Council in Boston reports a $5,902,100 reserve fund returned by order of Supreme Court Judge Braley.
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Berlin
William
Boston
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Supreme Court
Braley
Revenue Cutter Sent to Search Upper Chesapeake Bay
The revenue cutter Apache has orders to proceed to the Upper Chesapeake Bay to search for the bodies of 15 men believed drowned in the gale that raged there.
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Revenue Cutter
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Rebellion Battles Near Nanking and Mukden Amid Turmoil
Reports from Sutsien and Nanking detail republican and imperialist clashes with heavy casualties. Reinforcements of 3,000 move to the front as Premier Yuan Shi Kai negotiates abdication terms. A railway bridge near Mukden is blown and a train wreck follows. A Franco American syndicate offers to buy sacred palace treasures in Mukden for 650000.
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Sutsien
China
Nanking
Peking
Republican Senate
London
Mukden
Manchuria
Yuan Shi Kai
St. Petersburg
Taft to Send Hook and Carpenter to Senate for Judicial Posts
President Taft plans to nominate William Cather Hook of Kansas for associate justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Harlan and George Albert Carpenter of Illinois to fill a circuit court vacancy caused by Peter Stenger Grosscup. Eight vacancies await action with several more expected this session.
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Washington
William Cather Hook
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Harlan
George Albert Carpenter
Ilinois
Circuit Court of Appeals
Peter Stenger Grosscup
Senate
Taft
Hook
Carpenter
Congress
United States
Deneen Nominated by Republicans in Chicago Convention
Governor Deneen received renomination at a Chicago Republican convention in the Second Regiment armory and signaled his candidacy for re election. The meeting backed primary slates for county sanitary district and municipal offices and endorsed the national administration while opposing Cook County rule of Bartzen. A direct presidential preference primary was set for April 9. efforts for Roosevelt endorsement failed.
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Chicago
Deneen
Cook County
Bartzen
Ilinois
Roosevelt
John R. Thompson
Sixth Ward
Tragedy at Niagara Bridge Breaks Free and Floors Party
At Niagara Falls New York on February 6 a winter ice bridge spanning the gorge broke from moorings and carried three people into the river. Burrell Hecock of Cleveland died trying to aid a man and his wife from Toronto while Ignatus Roth also of Cleveland survived a time as the bridge broke apart.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Burrell Hecock
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Cleveland
Eldridge Stanton
Huron Street
Toronto
Ont
Lecock
Ignatus Roth
Hecock
FireClaimed Lives Of Three Children In NJ Home
In Phillipsburg on February 5 a blaze at the home of Charles Ciccarelli a moving picture show owner in Alpha New Jersey killed three children two boys and a seven year old girl. Five Alpha residents were injured while attempting rescue.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Charles Ciccarelli
Alpha
King and Queen Return Amid Storm Salutes
London reports the king and queen return from India after being crowned emperor and empress. The royal yacht Medina sailed through a severe Bay of Biscay storm, fourteen hours ahead of schedule, with Spithead salutes expected to resound and large powder charges to be exploded.
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London
India
Medina
Bay of Biscay
Royal Flotilla
Spithead
May End Candidacy Due to Nervous Breakdown
Senator La Follette progressive presidential candidate suffers a nervous breakdown. He will remain in seclusion for two weeks to rest and recover. Friends say he plans to resume health after a brief rest, following reports of disordered nerves after a Philadelphia banquet incident.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Philadelphia
England Rocked By Severe Snowstorm This Winter
London reports eight inches of snow with England Scotland and Wales enduring a long snow siege. The storm marks the severest weather of the season and disrupts travel and daily life across the islands.
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London
British Isles
England
Scotland
Wales
Diet and Health Hints by Dr Beverly Robinson
Dr Beverly Robinson argues that improving living conditions, housing, nutrition, air quality, and mental health is essential to preventing consumption. He cites Dr Walsh on prevention over cure and calls for public education to address hereditary risk and environmental factors.
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Beverly Robinson
Walsh
Technical World
Labor leaders convene in Lawrence for New England labor war plans
Lawrence Massachusetts February 5 under John Powers and James B Reave a prominent group of labor chiefs gathers in secret to map a labor war aimed at every industrial center in New England. In Washington February 5 President Taft prepares a pension plan message for government clerks to be sent to Congress.
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Lawrence
Mass
John Powers
James B. Reave
New England
Washington
Taft
Congress
Steamer Consols Burns and Sinks at Sea
Abandoned by its crew during a fierce hold fire the British steamer Consols burned to water’s edge and sank at sea. The Castle Eden tried to tow the burning vessel toward Hampton Roads but failed. Miss Delia Torrey Taft Visits Washington for midwinter White House stay.
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Norfolk
Castle Eden
Hampton Roads
Miss Torrey
Taft
Washington
Delia Torrey
President Taft
White House
Italy to issue $50 million four percent bonds
The Milan dispatch reports Italy has authorized a $50,000,000 bond issue in four per cents, increasing total circulation to $156,000,000. Berlin notes the move is published by the Frankfurt Gazette.
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Italy
Berlin
Frankfurt Gazette
Milan
Explosion Kills Woman In Manhattan Home
Mrs Grace Walker also known as Mrs Helen Taylor aged thirty five was killed in her apartment at 103 West Seventy seventh street by an infernal machine wrapped in a cigarette box handed to her at the front door. The blast shattered windows and sent fine steel fragments through the walls.
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New York
Grace Walker
Helen Taylor
West Seventy Seventh Street
Leap year auction offers 30 bachelors in Brockton church
A leap year auction planned by First Congregational church in Brockton to help maidens find husbands. Thirty bachelors from the Sunday school class offer themselves in March as a lighthearted social scheme conceived by Rev. Alan Hudson.
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Brockton
Mass
First Congregational Church
Stvockton
Alan Hudson
Women Reject Men s Rule
Kansas City February meeting of the Equal Suffrage association rejected existing rules of order as unsuitable for suffragists. A parliamentary law drafted by Mrs. G. B. Longan was adopted to guide proceedings, replacing the former rules.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Equal Suffrage Association
G. B. Longan
Arizona to Seek Statehood as Taft Receives Territorial Returns
President Taft has a dispatch from Governor Sloan noting an official messenger is en route from Phoenix with Arizona's territorial election returns. Once canvassed, Taft will issue a proclamation admitting Arizona to statehood. Jury Disagrees in Promoters Case. The Kansas City jury could not reach a verdict against Frank Avery and Ernest Martin in a mail fraud stock scheme case and was discharged.
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Washington
Taft
Sloan
Arizona
Phoenix
Kansas City, Mo
Frank C. Avery
Ernest Martin
Vote Big Arsenal Strike Planned at Davenport Arsenal
Six hundred Rock Island Arsenal workers vote unanimously to strike if the Taylor shop system is installed. The decision was made at a secret meeting in Rock Island as local unions seek permission from national bodies to walk out.
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Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Rock Island
Yellow Fever Strikes Ecuador Leader. Epidemic Feared at Guayaquil
Feb 5 reports say Gen. Leonidas Plaza, Ecuador's government commander, contracted with yellow fever and the state department warns a violent epidemic is imminent in Guayaquil.
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Ecuador
Washington
Leonidas Plaza
State Department
Guayaquil
Military Aviator Falls 206 Feet in Versailles Crash
Captain Le Magnet, a military aviator, fell from a height of 206 feet during a flight in Versailles. He was removed from the wreckage in critical condition.
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Versailles
le Magnet
Jie
Rebel leader establishes recruiting station in mining camp
Rebel movements unfold across northern Mexico with Col Antonio Rojas deploying to Santa Alalia near Chihuahua as a recruiting base. Governor Gonzales and Gen Orozco mobilize defenses while Minister Abraham Gonzales travels to Chihuahua to manage the border crisis. In El Paso Col B Z Steever warns Mexico of possible action if Juarez violence repeats. A White Cross vehicle is fired upon in Cuernavaca killing one and wounding another.
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el Paso
Tex
B. Z. Steever
United States
Liorente
Juarez
Steever
Secretary of War
Ib. C. Liorente
Mexico
Orosco
Chihuahua
Mex
Anétonio Rojas
Santa Alalia
Gonzales
Rojas
Pascual Orozco
Luis Terrazas
Enrique Creel
Mexico City
Abraham Gonzales
White Cross
Cuernavaca
Zapatistas
Madero
White Cross Society
Darrow Plea Not Guilty to Jury Bribery Indictments
Clarence S. Darrow former chief counsel for the McNamaras pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to two indictments charging him with jury bribery. Judge Hutton overruled a demurrer and a motion to quash and set February 14 for reappearance to fix trial date.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
McNamaras
Hutton
Superior Court
Owen urges national health bureau at New York luncheon
United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma told the Republican Club in New York that two hundred thousand children die annually from preventable disease. He compared ignorance to King Herod and said leniency toward ignorance is dangerous.
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New York
Robert L. Owen
United States
Oklahoma
National Bureau of Health
Republican Club
Sehater Owen
Herod
Bethlehem
Llenorance
Rush to See Morgan Art Treasures in London
London reports a rush by the public to glimpse J Pierpont Morgans art treasures before their withdrawal from the Victoria and Albert Museum a public stir follows the planned departure. In Berlin the king of Montenegro arrives incognito for a three day visit and will proceed to St Petersburg after his stay.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Victoria Albert Museum
England
Montenegro
Berlin
St. Petersburg
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Sevelson L. Brown
Division of Information
Philip H. Patchin
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