Hill Testimony on Hill Lease Ties to United States Steel
James J. Hill, chairman of Great Northern, testifies before the House steel trust committee about the Hill ore lease to United States Steel. He says he carried on press negotiations but the lease was arranged by trustees, detailing land, ore, and transportation dealings on the Mesaba range and related properties.
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Steel Trust
Washington
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
House Steel Trust
Hill
Lake Superior
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporaion
Mesaba Range
Te North Biar Company
Steel Corporation
Rockefeller Company
Chicago
Weyerhauser’s Lumber Company
William J. Bryan
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Money Trust
Trust
Ice autoist may be lost near Lake Superior crossing
Duluth reports that D Bourea who left Port Arthur Ont to cross Lake Superior by car on the ice 196 miles away has not arrived. A newspaper correspondent accompanied him and inquiries up the lake failed to locate him. The trip faces heavy snow and many airholes.
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Duluth
Minn
D. Bourea
Port Arthur
Ont
Lake Superior
LIVESTOCK MEN MEET AT Bloomington SESSION
Bloomington Alabama Feb 13 Mayor Moore welcomed Illinois Live Stock Breeders association members at the Coliseum. President Joseph R Fulkerson of Jerseyville spoke after a welcome by C C Pervier of Sheffield. Prof H W Mumford of the state university presented a cattle feeding paper. Dr Gunsaulus of Chicago to speak tonight as stock judging contests are set for Thursday.
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Bloomington
Moore
Illinois Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Coliseum
C. C. Pervier
Sheffield
Joseph R. Fulkerson
Jerseyville
H. W. Mumford
The
State University
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Baroness de Meyer Vows Homeward After U S Fencing Loss
The Baroness de Meyer, defeated by American swordswomen, announced she will sail to Germany on February 23. She criticized American fencing rules and said she would not meet another American without foreign judges, claiming ignorance of U S regulations contributed to her loss. Mrs. W. H. Dewar in Philadelphia disputed these claims, stating the baroness was fully informed and fairly defeated.
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New York
Baroness de Meyer
Germany
Adelaide Fabien
Chicago
Fabien
America
Philadelphia
W. H. Dewar
United States
Irishman Breaks Window at British Embassy in Washington
A man named Frank Fitzpatrick from New York hurled a large concrete piece through a front window of the British embassy in Washington. He calmly waited across the street for police and was arrested when two officers arrived after an embassy attache telephoned for help.
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Washington
Frank Fitzpatrick
New York
May Again Move Leper In Tacoma Controversy
John Early the homeless leper who fenced himself on an acre in Tacoma may be forced to relocate after an indignation meeting with about 100 attendees. Resolutions urged the United States government to take charge and remove him from the community.
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Tacoma
Wash
John Early
United States
Early
Sandah wins European fancy skating title at Stockholm event
Stockholm February 13. Goes ta Sandah of Sweden wins European championship for fancy skating. Oscar Mathieson of Norway wins European championship for skating races at different distances and sets a new world record of 2 minutes 20 seconds for 1500 meters.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Maine Remnant to be Buried at Sea after Salvage
Floating in a vast cofferdam the salvaged Maine lies ready for orders from Washington to be towed to sea for a final burial. The ship was destroyed in Havana harbor and the plan follows a historic burial at sea procedure.
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Maine
Havana
Washington
Knox Confers With Island Minister Over New Cuba Treaty
Washington reports negotiations for a new reciprocity treaty with Cuba have begun under President Yatt. Secretary of State Knox met with Cuban Minister Senor Rivera to discuss duties on sugar and potential readjustment of preferential rates. An informal understanding may exist between the United States and Cuba regarding possible congressional action.
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Washington
Cuba
Yatt
Knox
Senor Rivera
United States
Congress
Retail Grocers In Meet In Traverse City Michigan
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants' association of Michigan opened in Traverse City with President M. L. DeBats of Bay City presiding. Delegates from local associations attend as members plan to discuss retailer concerns over three days.
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Traverse City
Mich
Loan shark bill passes setting 12 percent DC rate
The house approved an anti loan shark measure establishing twelve percent as the legal maximum interest rate for loan agencies in the District of Columbia.
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House
District of Columbia
Washington
Fear Outbreak of Moors
Gibraltar reports two battalions of Spanish troops rushed from Algeciras to Melilla amid claims Moors are taking an aggressive stance. Ottawa plans state ownership of Great Lakes terminal elevators with an initial modest appropriation forthcoming.
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Spain
Melilla
Frontier
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Great Lakes
Lawrence Strikers Resume Work Amid Picket Line
Lawrence Massachusetts February 12. Despite a picket chain of about 1000 strikers many return to work in the mills here.
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Lawrence
Mass
Cayuga Lake Freezes Over After 27 Years in Ithaca
Ithaca New York February 13 Cayuga lake becomes completely frozen for the first time since 1885 with temperatures registering 13 below zero. The rare winter scene covers the lake from shore to shore and draws observers to the shoreline.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cayuga Lake
Broker Seligman Dies by Own Hand in New York Hotel
Washington N. Seligman a prominent New York broker shot himself in a room at the Hotel Girard. The tragedy occurred on February 13 as officials investigated the death.
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Seligman
New York
Washington N
Sherwood and Smoot Pension Bills Clash in Senate
Senate considers competing pension plans with Civil War and Mexican War veterans. The Sherwood bill valued at about $75 million yearly is opposed by Smoot’s substitute estimating $24 million annually. Smoot bill, 12 to 2 adopted after Sherwood defeat, sets monthly pensions from $13 to $80 based on age and service length.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Smoot
Utah
Brown
Nebraska
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Sherwood
Pension Bureau
Senator Smoot
Sherwoyl
Peptones and Liver Function in Diet and Health
Dr. T J Allen explains how albuminous foods break down into peptones, which can poison the blood if injected or if the liver fails to process them. A balanced diet should avoid overtaxing the liver’s ability to convert peptones from protein.
Cudahy Packing Indicted on False Oleomargarine Returns
Atlanta February 13 federal grand jury charged Cudahy Packing with 266 counts for false oleomargarine sales returns. The indictment alleges the Atlanta branch sold white oleomargarine to an dealer and listed restaurant purchases on reports. Agents found employees coloring the product to pass as butter. restaurants named did not use the product. Offense spans 13 months with potential fines from 10 000 to 100 000.
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Atlanta
Cudahy Packing Company
Mine Fire Claims Dozens in Prussian Silesia
A coal mining center in Prussian Silesia suffered a deadly fire in a pit. Seven bodies were recovered and authorities fear at least twenty more miners perished in the disaster.
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Antonie Shuette
Prussian Silesia
Earl Grey as a Banker and U S Buys Five Aeroplanes
Hart Grey starts as London banker with the British Bank of Northern Commerce chaired by him. Capital stands at 10 million dollars with five million subscribed. The War Department orders five trainer aircraft, four weight carrying Wright types and one Burgess Wright, to lift 450 pounds up to 2000 feet in ten minutes and fly 45 mph, plus a Wright speed plane at 65 mph.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hart Grey
London
British Bank of Northern Commerce
U. S
Washington
War Department
Wright
Burgess Wright
Inauguration Plans Tied to Arizona Statehood
Phoenix reports completion of plans for Gay-Elect George Hunt’s inauguration and Arizona’s admission to statehood. Taft’s failure to sign the proclamation dampened expectations, as Lincoln’s birthday echoing the territory’s creation is noted. Richeson Recovers From Illness follows a Boston report on his released yard liberty after pleading guilty to a murder case.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George Hunt
Arizona
Taft
Lincoln
Richeson
Boston
Avis Linnell
Charles Allee
Thrilling air trip ends safely after engine trouble
Aviator George W. Beatty and passenger Mrs William A Dunlap faced a missing engine and gasoline freezing in the carburetor at 1000 feet. Beatty calmed his hysterical passenger and guided the plane to a safe ground landing in New York City.
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New York
George W. Beatty
William A. Dunlap
Beatty
Mrs. Dunlap
Anti Third Term Amendment Proposal in Senate
Washington today reports Senator Reed of Mail introduced an anti third term constitutional amendment prohibiting reelection to the presidency after two full terms or one term plus part of another. The measure was read and then laid on the table for later consideration.
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Washington
Reed of
Mail
Detroit Auto Row Ablaze
Fire on Detroit's automobile row in the downtown district spread through the Goodyear Rubber Tire Company plant four stories high and threatened adjacent auto supply houses. Two calls for extra apparatus were dispatched.
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Detroit
Mich
Goodyear Rubber Tire Company
Duchess Faces Tax on Inherited Estate in London Case
A chancery division decision requires the estate of the duchess of Manchester to pay 300000 dollars in tax on a 2000000 dollar inheritance from her father Fernando Yanagadel. The duchess was daughter of Antonio de Valle, a noted figure in London Cuba.
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Pasuelo
Duchess of Manchester
Fernando Yanagadel
Wort of
Justce
Antonio A de Valle
Louw
Cuba
Prince's Son Here in June
Feb 13 report notes the birth of a royal heir with plans for a June arrival. Details from palace press conference confirm a boy as the newborn prince and indicate continued royal duties by the parents.
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Wider Ser
Imese i
Central Trust Bank placed in receivership amid missing founder
William A. Mason, founder of a Wilson Avenue bank in Chicago, is missing. A receiver was appointed by Judge Carpenter after a petition from creditors, with bonds set at 25000. Detectives question depositors as police search for Mason across multiple cities.
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Chicago
William A
Wilson Avenue Bank
Vania
John Tobin
Halpin
Erie
HOTS
Bagker
United
Carpenter
Wipahy
Benjamin
Oscar R. Smith
C. A. la Kk. Larson
Free Canal Toll Remission Discussed by Stimson
Secretary Stimson told the Inter–Merce Commission he believes the canal tolls may be remitted for American ships as legislation affecting the canal proceeds. He said nothing in the fate treaty bars such action and noted the Rainey resolution is under review by the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
War Stimson
Intermerce Commission
Henry N. Hall
Rainey
Vest
Canal
Yaqui Leaders Pursue Peace With Madero Government
Yaqui chiefs in Cananea Sonora met with the Madero administration to seek a peaceful settlement. They agreed to quell rebellious tribe members and accept land in exchange for services amid the late rebellion. The move is seen as stabilizing for local settlers and estate residents.
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Cananea
Sonora
Merx
Madero
Teo
Haldane RW Negotiations Reported in Berlin
Telegrams from Berlin dated February 18 report Haldane’s mission to Berlin for British naval talks. Rumors say talks faltered and a June conference could lead to renewed negotiations on Britain’s air force and defense posture amid uncertain momentum.
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Berlin
Germany
Haldane
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Taboo Sherwood Bill
T J. Allen
Federal Grand Jury
Silesia
Earl Grey
Illinois
Reed
Missouri
Detroit Auto Row
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Valle
Yunaisiang
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North Robey Street
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Thing
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Stimson
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