Fortify San Pedro Harbor to Guard Pacific Coast
President Roosevelt sent a general staff report to Congress proposing fortifications at San Pedro harbor California with cost estimates of 3 655 269 for big guns mines land and accessories. The plan argues San Pedro could serve as a naval base and deter Oriental powers from threatening the Pacific coast and Panama Canal.
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California
Japan
Panama Canal
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
General Staff
Army
San Pedro Harbor
War Department
United States
Los Angeles County
Orient
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Pacific
California Senators Warn Against Japanese Population Figures
Senator Flint and other Californians told the president they doubt government figures showing a decreasing Japanese population. They claim the Japanese are taking over whole towns and urged a fair trial of promises to decrease numbers. The president said he would support hostile legislation if the figures do not show a decline.
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Washington
Flint
Panama Canal Bond Issue Debated by Senate Committee
Washington January 22 Senator Hopkins plans to move a bill authorizing the issuance of 500 million dollars in bonds for completing the Panama Canal. His return to Washington hinges on his race in Illinois for his Senate seat.
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Washington
Jan
Hopkins
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama Canal
Illionis
Salt Aids Cleaning of Brass and Copper Alloys
Salt is described as useful for melting brass and other copper alloys by reducing oxide formation and cleaning the metal, improving fusion and finish.
Out of Works Meet Opens in St Louis
Today begins a three day convention of the unemployed in St Louis led by James Eads How the so called Millionaire hobo and king of the hoboes. He says many capable men in large cities seek work and the goal is to secure jobs and transport for the jobless.
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St. Louis
James Eads How
How
Free Ride for Vets to Gettysburg Battlefield Ceremony
Secretary Cortelyou proposed a $10,000 appropriation to cover transportation costs for Gettysburg campaign survivors. The funds would bring veterans from their homes to the battlefield and back to help in the spring dedication of monuments and markers honoring the army's work.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Congress
Gettysburg
Waters-Pierce to pay large judgment in silver dollars
Austin reports a Waters-Pierce attorney says the state will receive 1,623,000 dollars plus interest in silver dollars at the treasury. The total near two million dollars would weigh 101,425 pounds, about three carloads, and an expert would take forty days to count it.
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Austin, Tex
Waters-Pierce
Mercury Kills Chemist in New York Lab
Charles Goodking fifty one employed as a chemist in the Schieffelin & Co. laboratory absorbed mercury during experiments and died fifteen minutes after being taken to a hospital local to New York on January 22.
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New York
Schieffelin & Co
Charles Goodking
Health Squad backs sulphured fruit as healthy
Dr. A J Atkins Health Squad tested California sulphured fruit on nine men for a month in San Francisco. All but one gained weight. the sleeper loss blamed for the exception. Results will go to Washington to aid California in repealing the anti sulphuring clause of the pure food law. Luther Burbanks observed the test.
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San Francisco
A. J. Atkin
California
Wiley
Washington
Luther Burbanks
Meyer Addresses National Board on Postal Savings Banks
Postmaster General George von L. Meyer spoke in favor of postal savings banks before the National Board of Trade in Washington. At the banquet Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon discussed tariff questions and urged careful revision of revenue laws.
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Meyer
National Board of Trade
Washington
George von L. Meyer
Fairbanks
Cannon
Tariff League backs permanent tariff commission stance
The American Protective Tariff League adopted a resolution stating satisfaction with the existing permanent tariff commission in Congress. It doubts delegating powers to an appointive body and expresses confidence in the Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.
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Congress
New York
American Protective Tariff League
Permanent Tariff Commission
Congress of the United States
Ways and
House of Representatives
Senate Finance Committee
Unprecedented and Unwarranted Flagellation of the Cause
Labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison denounce Judge Wright in the Bucks Store and Range case arguing a judge may be disobeyed to preserve liberties. They insist they will not seek clemency and condemn judicial abuse while defending free speech and press amid contempt sentencing.
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Federation
Mitchell
Morrison
Washington
Gompers
American Federationist
Justice Wright
Bucks Store
Samuel Gompers
Wright
Messrs
Mitchell and
Fire in infirmary at Mahoning County Infirmary
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the men's building of the Mahoning County Infirmary in Canfield Ohio. Fifteen aged inmates were burned, some seriously, as a wind shift drove flames down on them near a stairway. They escaped to safety and were taken to the infirmary hospital. Loss is estimated at 30000 dollars. women's and office buildings remained safe.
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Canfield
Mahoning County Infirmary
Mrs Read Found Sane and Fit for Trial
Denver reports one alienist says Mrs Allen F Read who attempted to kill Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps with dynamite is sane and has never been insane. The physician adds she is not drug addicted and should be tried at once.
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Denver
Allen F. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Yuma Pioneer Rosa Silvas Dies at 106
Rosa Silvas, a longtime Yuma settler and builder of the city’s first house, died at age 106. She arrived in Yuma as a pioneer and left a lasting mark on the town’s early development.
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Arizona
Yuma
Ariz
Rosa Silvas
Equal Suffrage Amendment Passes Senate in South Dakota
Pierre January 22 The equal suffrage amendment passed the senate without debate and with only two dissenting votes.
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South Dakota
Pierre, S. D
Senate
May Robson Deposition In Gould Separation Case
Actress May Robson testifies in New York that in Philadelphia in 1906 she attended a Gould supper and joined a party with Dustin Farnum to Atlantic City. Robson says she observed nothing improper in Mrs. Gould behavior and noted she had never seen Mrs. Gould intoxicated.
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May Robson
Dustin Farnum
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Miss Robson
Philadelphia
Collevue-Stratford
Mrs. Gould
Bill to Pay Veterans in Volunteer Civil War Set
A bill favorable reported to the House provides pay for Civil War volunteers. Officers would receive fifty dollars a month after age seventy, privates twenty five dollars. Employment by federal, state, or municipal entities bars eligibility.
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Washington
Hope to Complete Cooper Jury Today in Nashville Trial
Nashville Tenn Jan 22 Judge Hart expects today’s session in the trial of Colonel Duncan Cooper his son Robin and former sheriff Sharp Carmack for the death of Edward Ward Carmack to finish or nearly finish the jury. Six men were in the box at court opening. One prospective talesman loudly urged that the defendants be hanged. Today jurors will come from rural areas. no personal knowledge of the Coopers or Sharp. The state has used seven of eighteen peremptory challenges. the defense eleven of seventy two.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hart
Duncan Cooper
Robin
Sharp
Duncan
Cooper
Edward Ward Carmack
Carmack
Coopers
Chicago Man J S Olds Wins Midwinter Trap Shoot
J S Olds of Chicago tops the opening event of the mid winter handicap trap shooting tournament in Pinehurst North Carolina with 145 of 150. G H Newcomb of Philadelphia is second with 144 and H S Lee of New York is third with 142. Cross defeats Young Otto by knockout in New York in five rounds of a ten round bout.
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J. S. Olds
Pinehurst
N. C
Chicago
G. H. Newcomb
Philadelphia
H. S. Lee
New York
D. Upson
F. W. Moffett
A. R. Allan
Charles Nichols
E. J. Rogers
A. Lyons
P. H. Powell
J. A Sproule
R. G. Stokley
D. J. Leahy
Edwards
R. F. Willis
Cross
Young Otto
Leach Cross
Rubber Firms Plan Four Week Factory Shutdowns
About 5,000 operatives at United States Rubber and nearby firms will be idle for most of February. On January 27 the Woonsocket Rubber boot mill at Millville, Boston Rubber Shoe plants in Malden and Melrose, Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe shops, Goodyear India Rubber Glove shops in Naugatuck Conn will close for four weeks due to unsold stock.
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Boston
United States Rubber Company
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Millville
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Malden
Melrose
Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Compan
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Company
Naugatuck
Conn
Eel Sets Pace Mile on Ice With Record 2 11
Ottawa reports an ice paced mile record where The Eel shaved three seconds off the old mark to a time of 2 11 percent. In Cleveland John D Rockefeller is reappointed superintendent of Euclid Avenue Baptist Sunday school at the annual meeting. Queen Mary event notes a coach by Rippon for the Earl of Rutland, first of its kind in England.
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Ottawa
Ont
Rockefeller’s
Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Mary Jane Walter Rippon
Earl of Rutland
England
Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Futures Steady
Official receipts and shipments given for hogs cattle and sheep with varied price ranges. Markets show steady to strong signals across hogs cattle and sheep as traders gauge demand and processing needs.
John A Babcock Ghicago ILI
A brief note from John A Babcock Ghicago Illinois promises fair dealing and reliable service. The message emphasizes consistent prompt availability and a straightforward approach. It reflects a local business or personal ad style urging trust and a square deal.
Rayner Attacks Judges Pay Raise Amid Corruption Claims
In the Senate debate on federal judges' salaries Senator Rayner attacked supposed links between judges and corporations. Bailey and Tillman challenged the charge as senators argued about judges' salaries and possible corporate influence. The bill’s consideration was postponed with district judges' pay raised to 5000 and circuit judges to 9000.
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Federal
Maryland
Washington
Senate
Rayner
Bacon
Ananias Club
Bailey
Tillman
Roosevelt as "booster" in Boost club speech
Charles H. Treat hailed President Roosevelt as the greatest international booster at the Boost club annual dinner in the Hotel Astor New York. He praised Roosevelt for raising the American flag's prestige and sending sixteen ships of war painted to signify peace around the globe to show Western civilization.
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New York
Roosevelt
Charles H. Treat
Hotel Astor
Treat
Warman Labels Roosevelt a Bad Example on Wildlife
Cy Warman cites President Roosevelt as a poor model for sportsmen. He notes Roosevelt praised elk killing in Montana and now pursues the white rhinoceros in South Africa, one of the rarest animals.
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Toronto
Ont
Cy Warman
Roosevelt
Montana
Warman
South Africa
Carload of New York Orphans Distributed in New Orleans
A carload of seventy five babies was distributed in New Orleans after arriving from the New York foundling and orphan asylum. Scores of foster parents waited at the station to claim the children they've previously applied for.
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New York
New Orleans
New York Foundling and Orphan Asylum
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