Roosevelt declares for Republican nomination in 1912 race
Theodore Roosevelt breaks months of silence and confirms he will accept the presidential nomination if tendered. A letter to eight Western governors emphasizes support for direct primaries and the rule of the people while urging Roosevelt to decide if he would accept a nomination if offered. Governors Glasscock Aldrich Bass Carey Osborn Stubbs Hadley signatories.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Outlook
William K. Glasscock
West Virginia
Chester H. Aldrich
Nebraska
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming
Chase
Osborn
Michigan
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
United States
William E. Glasscock
New York City
Roosevelt
Underwood Runs for Democratic Nomination for President
Representative Oscar Underwood of Alabama, House majority leader, formally enters the Democratic presidential race. Senator Bankhead announces Underwood headquarters in Washington and will chair the movement, asserting the candidate runs to win the nomination and the November election, based on character leadership and party principles.
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House
Senator Bankhead
Washington
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Bankhead
Underwood
Bankheed
Underwood Movement
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Man and wife celebrate 79th anniversary and birthdays
Mathias Shalek and his wife marked their seventy ninth wedding anniversary in New York. This date also coincided with Mr Shalek turning ninety nine and his wife reaching ninety six.
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New York
Mathias Shalek
Mr. Shalek
Senator Gardner Proposes Govt Purchase of Express Firms
In Washington on February 26 Senator Gardner of Maine introduced a bill to allow the government to purchase express companies for operation by the post office department as part of the free delivery mail system and the proposed parcels post service.
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Washington
Gardner
Maine
Senate
Post Office Department
Illinoisan Resigns from Navy
Washington February 26 The navy department accepted the resignation of Lieut Warren C Nixon U S N effective March 1 Nixon a naval academy graduate and Illinois native
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Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Warren C. Nixon
Nixon
Naval Academy
Two Die in River Collision Near New Orleans
Two persons were killed in a crash on the Mississippi River when the Morgan liner Chalmette collided with a ferryboat at Point a la Plage La Huche, about fifty miles below New Orleans, on February 26.
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New Orleans
Point A la Huche
Mississippi River
Cuba's new crisis fuels U.S. fears from Cuba reports
Washington reports from Cuba say the quiet since Secretary Knox's warning has ended. serious trouble is feared as tensions rise and a note of warning signs new potential conflicts.
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Cuba
Washington
State Knox
MEN FIX DEMANDS United Mine Workers and Operators Meet
United Mine Workers delegates and coal operators will meet in New York to discuss demands for higher pay shorter hours and better conditions in the anthracite fields. Labor leaders insist the demands will be granted though a strike remains a possible outcome if not.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Hotel Victoria
United Mine Workers
London
Great Britain
Sydney Buxton
America
United States
Swansea
Phipps gives $3,000,000 in real estate to sons
Henry Phipps, following Carnegie’s philanthropy, distributed 3 million dollars in Chicago real estate to his three sons John S Phipps, Henry Carnegie Phipps and Howard. The gifts mark another large charitable-like allocation from the noted industrialist.
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Henry Phipps
New York
Andrew Carnegie
John S
Henry Carnegie
Howard
Chicago
Pension mothers campaign for child raise insurance in Cincinnati
The Susan B Anthony club in Cincinnati launches a drive to insure 1500 to 1000 dollars for every mother who raises a child to age 21. Resolutions drafted will be sent to federal officials. In Los Angeles Earl Rogers Darrow case seeks writ to compel transcript of evidence from Judge Hutton.
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Cincinnati
Susan 8. Anthony
Darrow
Los Angeles
Earl Rogers
Clarence S. Darrow
District Court of Appeals
Hutton
Kaiser and Victor Emmanuel to discuss Tripoli status
Berlin reports a growing belief that Emperor William and King Victor Emmanuel will meet next month to reach an understanding on the status of Germans in Tripoli.
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Berlin
William
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Tripoli
Aged Man Disappears in Waukegan
William Strong an eighty year old retiree from Waukegan Illinois left his home and is missing. Police and local citizens have mounted search efforts but he remains unfound. He was among the best known retired farmers in the city.
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Waukegan, Ill
William Strong
Britain faces crippling coal strike and U S appeal
London reports a looming nationwide coal walkout as Pennsylvania miners press demands on New York operators. British owners suspend Swansea coal shipments. mass meetings back the strike, warning of paralyzed trade, destabilized world credit, and possible Bank rate shifts. Paris notes painter Jules Joseph Le Pervre dies.
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America
England
Bank of England
Paris
Jules Joseph le Pervre
The
Institute
U S Stands Firm to Shield Lives Across Border
Washington reports the United States will block firing from Mexico across the international line and prevent battles at Juarez or opposite Douglas Arizona. Reinforcements with artillery arrive as General Orozco's revolutionary army threatens Chihuahua. Taft gains unanimous Senate support to protect life and property, backing a firm border defense.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
International Line
Juarez
Rio Grande
Douglas, Ariz
Orozco
Chihuahua
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Taft
Senate
Douglas
Minister yields $35 daily from tunnel mushroom bed
Dr A T Osborn, a Kansas City minister, says his theory of personal effort works. He started a mushroom bed in an abandoned streetcar tunnel six years ago. The 50,000 square foot bed now yields about 35 dollars a day.
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Kansas City
A. T. Osborn
Turned Carnegie Down in Pittsburgh Society History
Pittsburgh Feb 26. Thirty five years ago Mrs Zeke Passavant Emerson refused to marry Andrew Carnegie. The anecdote surfaced as friends of Mrs Emersons daughter Miss Zeke Emerson now of Jackson Mich with a $10000 annual income recalled hearing of the event.
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Pittsburgh
Zeke Passavant Emerson
Andrew Carnegie
Poin dexter pushes to abolish commerce court in Senate
Washington February 26 Senator Poin dexter opened his campaign to end the commerce court before the senate interstate commerce committee proposing a bill to abolish it. Senator Townsend questioned the opposition to the court. Boise votes for commission government by 200 majority in Idaho election.
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Washington
Poindexter
Commerce Court
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Townsend
Boise
Idaho
Minnesota Senator to aid Brandt case in New York
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota travels to New York to aid Folke Brandt, the former Schiff valet, in a case alleging conspiracy to imprison him for thirty years. Nelson will meet with District Attorney Whitman and may testify before a grand jury. Indictments against several prominent figures are expected. Brandt seeks bail and protection from powerful enemies.
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New York
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Folke Kb. Brandt
Schiff
Nelson
Whitman
Brandt
Dannemora
Howard Gans
Mortimer L. Schiff
Wat
Gold bullion thieves linked to Humboldt robbery uncovered
Information given to Governor West by an honored prisoner led to the identification of the men who robbed the Alaska steamer Humboldt of $57,000 in gold bullion in September 1910. Government secret agents recovered $7,000 of the bullion and found the rest buried four feet underground near Salem, Oregon.
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Salem
Ore
West
Alaska
Humboldt
Paterson Faces Industrial Crisis as Weavers Strike
Paterson New Jersey February 26. If talks fail the silk weavers strike may force factory closures across the industry putting more than eighteen thousand operatives out of work as manufacturers threaten to shut down all silk mills.
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Paterson
N. J
Broad
New President Named in Santo Domingo Election
National congress here ratified Senator Eladio Victoria as president of the republic for a six year term. Peaceful conditions prevail in the capital as the new administration takes office.
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San Domingo
Santo Domingo
National Congress
Eladio Victoria
Fever Heat Anti Christian Feeling After Beirut Shelling
Anti Christian sentiment surges as Italian shelling of Beirut kills about sixty and sinks ships. Reports say Turks claim the town was shelled to end the Tripolitan conflict and expel Italians. Two Italian ships sunk, several vessels damaged, and casualties among locals and Europeans noted amid tensions in Tripoli Beirut Syria. Malta dispatch notes Bertu Beirut sailing orders for relief ships.
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Beirut
Syria
Italy
Turkey
Dardanelles
Volturne
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Provi
Aynillah
Aynitlah
Noted Doctors Discuss Licensing Examinations Topic
Chicago February 26 physicians and surgeons from London New York and other cities addressed the American Medical Association eighth annual conference on medical licensing at the Congress hotel. Three hundred representatives of state boards medical colleges and educational bodies attended as the leading topic was better examinations by state licensing boards.
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Chicago
London
New York
American Medical Association
Congress Hotel
Feee
Unl
Frederick
Royal College of Civns
Royal College of Surgeons of England
George Dock
Washingston University
St. Louis
Walter F. Bowers
Machusetts State Board of Registration
George H. Matson
Ohio State Deal Board
Richard C. Cabot
Harvard Metical School
Ton. Ss
Fire at St. Joseph’s Hospital Endangers 184 Patients
A blaze swept the basement of St. Joseph’s hospital at 740 Garfield Avenue Chicago on February 26. Nurses and internees kept patients in bed as firefighters battled the flames, averting a disastrous panic and saving lives.
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Chicago
St. Joseph's Hospital
Garfield Avenue
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