Extra Session If Necessary After White House Discussion
President Taft intends to call a special session of Congress if the Senate does not vote on the Canadian reciprocity agreement. Representative Samuel W. McCall released the statement, warning opponents and outlining the pledge to use utmost efforts to pass the bill and uphold protective principles.
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Washington
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Taft
Congress
Senate
White House
McCall
Republican Party
House
Senate Finance Committee
Workers Given Chance In New Theater Ticket Plan
Julius Hoppe who supervised ticket distribution to workers and families for performances at the New Theater announced a movement to provide theater access at prices from 15 cents to half a dollar. The announcement outlines efforts to widen audience participation and affordable admission options for working people in New York.
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New York
Julius Hoppe
Mrs John A Dix Invited to Albany Suffrage Reception
Mrs John A Dix has been invited to attend a Woman's Suffrage Reception in Albany New York. The event aims to promote women's voting rights with notable attendees from regional reform groups and civic organizations.
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Albany, N. Y
Cornell seeks extra housing for mumps patients
Ithaca officials seek additional accommodations as cases of mumps surge among Cornell students. A new contagious ward opened last fall and the infirmary is at capacity with more than thirty cases this winter. Physicians describe the outbreak as extraordinary for the city.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Universi
Naval officer Matthews missing at Mare Island search under way
Captain Arthur J. Matthews of the U S Marine Corps disappears from Mare Island after two weeks with three theories offered including murder by a convict, drunken downfall, or voluntary desertion to join Mexican revolutionists. He was nearing promotion to major and had a clean record. born in New York, appointed from Rhode Island in 1899, served eight years in the trenches and transferred to Mare Island in 190?. Rear Admiral Osterhaus ordered a police search and a new warden named as the yard prison head. Maj. Roosevelt seen with Matthews two days after leave expired.
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San Francisco
Arthur J. Matthews
United States Marine Corps
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Osterhaus
Mare Island
Capt Matthews
Shang
Frisco
Mexican Revolutiontets
Capt
Matthews
Admiral Otterhaus
Capt. Matthews
Navy Department
Yard
R. L. Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Maj. Roosevelt
Palace Hotel
Roosevelt
New York
Rhode Island
Tronies
Wee
Maretaland
Wreck Reading Train Engineer Crushed to Death
Tamaqua Pa February 20 An attempted train wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading line killed engineer Samuel Giltner aged fifty after a switch obstruction caused the local locomotive to derail He was crushed beneath the engine while the fireman and passengers were uninjured The tender remained on the track and only one car left the rails
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Tamaqua
Lofty Station
Philadelphia and
Reading Road
Samuel Giltner
Army's New Ration Seen As Time Saver For Homes And Army
The new army ration is a cake under three ounces made of chocolate egg sugar nucleo casein malted milk and cocoa butter. General Grant used one ration daily for three days. The article argues ready made rations save time and effort at home and praises cafeteria style dining as a public advance.
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Grant
OFFICERS KILL NEGRO IN SPLIT-SECOND MINING ROWS
Birmingham dispatch reports a white man killing a negro in self defense at mine 16 in Jefferson county. In Republic a trespass incident led to a firefight with officers fatally wounding a negro from Colorado. At Trussville a riot left one negro dead and another fatally shot. deputies with hounds pursued further trouble. A Louisville and Nashville train near Calera fatally struck a negro, and two other fistfights left a man fatally wounded.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Republic
Colorado
Trussville
Furnace
Quarters
Deuty
Newman McDuff
Hartsfield
Wlonisville
Nashville
Pasque
Calera
Jilted girl sues Bourlier for breach of promise
Ona M. Otten a seventeen year old of Sedalia Missouri sues James A. Bourlier thirty for 10000 damages charging breach of promise to marry. Attorneys say she is the youngest plaintiff ever in such a suit in this county.
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Sedalia
Ona M. Otten
James A. Bourlier
Bandits Rob Express Train Near White Sulphur Springs
Masked five man gang stops Georgia Central train two miles from White Sulphur Springs in Hall county. They dynamite the express car safe and flee with an estimated $1000 to $10000 while the agent is wounded and passengers are intimidated. Locals pursue the robbers into nearby woods as posses organize.
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Atlanta
Georgia Central Railroad
White Sulphur Springs
Hall County
Gang of Five
Pullama
Rothschild Will Leaves Ten Million to Charity
Vienna reports Baron Albert Rothschild's will filed for probate leaves 10 million dollars to charities. The baron’s third son Louis is named head of the Rothschild banking house in Vienna.
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Baron Albert Rothschild
Vienna
Albert Rothschild
Louis
Rothschilds
Taft Likes Babies on Sunday Outing
Washington February 20 President Taft enjoyed a pleasant spring day and began a Sunday outing. He headed for a relaxing walk and personal time with his companions while reporters noted his affable mood and interest in public welfare.
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Washington
Congressman Elect Announces Candidacy for Senatorship
Albany dispatch reports Martin W. Littleton, long a congressman, announcing his candidacy for the U S Senate. Supreme Court session resumes in Washington after a three week break, with Secretary Norton and guards in attendance. The president met a trio of girls and babies in Farragut to remark on a fine baby under the care of the three in charge.
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Elect
Supreme Cour
Seasion
Washington
Pel
The
Supreme Court
Stascerton
Secertary
Seven Story Measles Hospital Planned for New York
New York city will build a seven story reinforced concrete hospital this summer devoted entirely to measles treatment. The facility costs about ' T, 000 and will accommodate 825 patients with modern hospital construction features.
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New York
New York City
Ban on Tea Coloring After May First in U S
New York reports a government directive banning artificial coloring in tea imports after May 1. Low priced brands like sunpowder will appear brown to green hues. green tea remains naturally green. Importers say the trade nationwide approves the regulation eliminating artificial colorings.
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New York
Importers’ Association
Quarry Blast Kills One in Fiborn Michigan
A boiler explosion at the Fiborn stone quarry in Fiborn Mackinac county kills one man and injures seven all Finnish nationals. In Washington William H. Duckstein longtime curator of arts in the Capitol building dies at age sixty nine.
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Marquette, Mich
Fiborn
Mackinac County
Washington
William H. Duckstein
Ecapitol
Suffrage Hearing Set by Joint Committees in Albany
Members of Albany suffrage clubs prepare for a hearing before the Joint Assembly and Senate Judiciary committees on Wednesday afternoon. The week features lectures, union talks, ads, moving pictures, and a Ten Eyck reception as suffragists push bills granting women the vote. Notable figures include Sylvia Pankhurst and Mrs. Anna Shaw.
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Joint Assembly and
Senate Judiciary Committees
Ten Eyck
Albany
Joint Assembly
Sylvia Pankhurat
Bing
Hinds
Ten Buck Hotel
Charles Park
Boston
Ten Eyes
Emner
Dix
Harriet Stanton Blateh
Gilbert Jones
National League For the Civile Education of Women
Allee Hill Chilleida
New York
Doppty
Minnie Reynolds
Colorado
Vladimir Simkovitch
The
Equal Franchise Society
Pauline Goldmark
Women's Political Union
Mary Drier
Woman's Trade Union
Max Custman
Men's League For Woman Suffrage
Anna Shaw
New York State Woman's Suffrage Association
Attacked Newsboys Cause Observer Employee Death
New York reports A H Kohn felder, an employee of the Toloboken New Jersey Observer, died from a fractured skull after being stoned and snowballed by newsboys and hoodlums. The paper had just started a new distribution system with volunteers in charge of wagons. Attacks involved newsboys and sympathizers loyal to a former contractor.
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New York
A. H. Kohnfelder
Toloboken
N. J
Observer
Boston Red Sox Players Leave for West Coast Training
Fifteen members of the Boston Red Sox departed New York for Chicago to join a larger squad led by Manager Donavan before boarding John Taylor's special train to Redondo Beach, California. The trip has generated notable interest, with several newspaper correspondents accompanying the players.
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New York
Boston Red Sox
Chicago
Donovan
John Taylor
Redondo Beach
Cal
Boston
Plague Death Toll Rival Regions Reported in Manchuria
Pekin reports the viceroy of Manchuria estimates 65 000 deaths from bubonic plague while the foreign office cites 1 000 additional victims inside the great wall, indicating a severe outbreak with high casualty counts.
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Pekin
Manchuria
Foreign Office
Great Wall
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