Cromwell branded as dangerous lobbyist in Panama plot hearing
Representative Rainey of Illinois accuses William Nelson Cromwell of engineering the Panama Canal seizure with U S state department aid. He says the 1903 revolution against Colombia was arranged in Cromwell's New York office and criticizes the United States for overpaying the French company and aiding the seizure without arbitration.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
Aaron Burr
Rainey
Illinois
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Republic of Panama
Cromwell
New York
Mr. Rainey
State Department
Roosevelt
Panama
Republic of Colombia
New French Company
Central America
Colombia
the Hague
Taft Grants Immediate Pardon for Indian Man Toy Toy
President Taft commutes the life sentence of Toy Toy, a Umatilla Indian, for the murder of Doctor Anna Edna in Portland. The act follows tribal traditions deeming the nurse a witch after failing to cure his father. The pardon ends the case and releases Toy Toy.
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Washington
Taft
Toy Toy
Anna Edna
Portland
Ora
Surgery Reclaims Man From Crime In Buffalo
Edward F. Grimmell, once a chronic criminal, is believed by surgeons to have been transformed by skull surgery. He returned home in Buffalo after serving three years of a nine year Clinton prison sentence for forgery in 1908. Austrians Excited by Italy Actions The anti Italian campaign gains momentum in Vienna after an Italian warship stops the Austrian Lloyd liner Bremenz, with mixed press and public reaction.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edward F. Grimmell
Clinton
Dannemora
Italy
Vienna
Explosion in Asia Kills Many in Saidun Powder Magazine
A powerful blast at the powder magazine in Saidun, the old city north of New Kuldia, kills many and destroys several hundred houses, per Jan 26 report from Juldia, Chinese Turkestan. The explosion causes widespread devastation in the Asia region.
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Asia
Juldia
Chinese Turkestan
Saidun
Hich
New Kuldia
How Money Was Spent at Champlain Celebration
Secretary Knox testified under subpoena about a 1909 20 000 fund used for government participation in the Champlain celebration. He detailed dinners lunches cocktails traveling expenses and a bouquet for the Canadian postmaster general wife. He admitted loose practices and urged public disclosure of vouchers.
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Knox
Sam
Champlain
Washington
Canada
Lake Champlain
House Committee
State Department
Fire Ravages West Lake Street Block in Chicago
A five story brick building housing L. C. Orrell & Co. wholesale wall paper dealers burned in a fast moving blaze that forced 30 fire companies to respond and disrupted traffic. The fire caused an estimated 200000 dollars in losses and spread to neighboring properties. An explosion at the Acme Malting plant followed, destroying storage and kilns and injuring a watchman and threatening more structures.
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Chicago
West Lake Street
L. C. Orrell & Co
Belfast Crowded With Partisans as Churchill Visit Sparks Tense Clash
London reports chronic upheaval as Winston Churchill refuses to alter plans for a February Belfast home rule meeting with John Redmond. Ulster unionists fear riots, troops may be insufficient. Belfast harbor board warns Churchill to avoid Belfast on February 9.
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London
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Admiralty
John E. Redmond
Belfast
Churchill
Ulster
Alexander W. C. O. Murray
Elibank
Midlothian
Scotland
Treasury
Ireland
Queen's Hall
Abdication Edict Expected Before Armistice End
From Shanghai reports that an imperial edict announcing the throne’s abdication is anticipated before the armistice expires on January 29 at 8 AM. A post armistice coalition government may be formed with Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shikai guiding north and south. Additional dispatches note nationalist pressure for Japan to recognize the Chinese republic and US troop movements along the Peking railroad.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shi Kai
Tokyo
Nationalist Party
China
Manila
United States
Peking
Tang Shan
Lanchow
London
Feng Tai
Tung Chow
Tien Tsin
Fane Tai
Will Leaves $250000 to Philadelphia Institutions
Anna Carver bequeaths $250000 to public institutions in Philadelphia with $50000 each to the University of Pennsylvania German Hospital and Jefferson Medical College to maintain hospital beds in medical schools.
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Philadelphia
Anna
Carver
University of Pennsylvania
German Hospital
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Explosion after man smoke damages in Triumph
Martin Boehm survived a blast in Triumph Minnesota after using a found tobacco pouch that had earlier stored dynamite cans. He lost his pipe but kept his teeth and most of his face intact. The incident recalls a dangerous mix of tobacco use and hidden explosives.
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Minn
Martin Boehm
Poison Cake Kills 10 at Slavonia Wedding
An Austrian news report states a baker in Podgorize, Slavonia, poisoned a wedding cake killing a bride, groom, and eight relatives. He confessed his act after arrest and died by suicide in his cell by ingesting the same poison.
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Vienna
Podgorize
Slavonia
Yorktown Sails From Guayaquil Leaving Five Quarantined
Dispatches report gun boat Yorktown departed Guayaquil with five crew members under quarantine for yellow fever. Named sailors are Stephanski Simmons Norran Bowers and Kelly. Bodies of Commander Hertolette and Seaman Woods embalmed in Guayaquil will be sent to the United States.
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Washington
Navy Department
Guayaquil
Yorktown
W. P. Stephanski
R. Simmons
C. E. Norran
R. R. Bowers
R. Kelly
Hertolette
Seaman Woods
United States
German Officer Condemned for Espionage in Warsaw
Captain Werner von Stuenzer of the German general staff received a three year hard labor sentence in Warsaw for espionage. He is a former Berlin guards lieutenant and son of retired General Karl von Stuenzer, a prominent German family.
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Berlin
Werner von Stuenzer
Warsaw
Guards
Karl von Stuenzer
Tenth Army Corps
Germany
Baby dies after swallowing tack in Terre Haute
Terre Haute on January 26 reports the two year old son of Joseph Davies died after he swallowed a tack that pierced his windpipe.
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Terre Haute
Joseph Davies
Democratic Iron and Steel Tariff Revision Reported Favorable
The Democratic iron and steel tariff revision bill was reported favorably to the house by Chairman Underwood with Republicans allowed an adverse report. The committee passed the bill on party lines, proposing rates on a revenue basis to permit import competition, and urging a tariff board report before any schedule change.
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Washington
House
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Iron and Steel
Cabinet trio to tour Panama canal inspection
Secretary of the Interior Fisher and Postmaster General Hitchcock, the last Taft cabinet members yet to visit the Panama canal, were ordered by the president to undertake a mid February inspection tour. The move aims to acquaint all cabinet members with the canal region ahead of its opening and its impact on commerce.
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Secretary of Interior
Washington
Fisher
Hitchcock
Taft
Panama Canal
Judge Mack Named Again for Five More Years on Commerce Bench
Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago has been designated by the Supreme Court chief justice to serve five additional years as a member of the commerce bench. The commerce court judges hold official rank as circuit judges and fall under the chief justice's jurisdiction.
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Washington
Julian W. Mack
Chicago
Court of Commerce
Supreme Court
Commerce
Commerce Court
Hope for Richeson Gone In Boston Prison
The executive council refused to commute Silas N. Phelps' sentence by a 7 to 1 vote. He will be electrocuted in the Boston prison after midnight tonight. The decision ends any real hope for Rev. Clarence VY. Riche son.
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Boston
Executive Council
Silas N. Phelps
Phelps
Clarence VY. T. Richeson
E L Brown Resigns to Lead Denver and Rio Grande
Seattle on January 26 reports E L Brown general superintendent of the Great Northern lines west of Cutbank Montana has resigned to become vice president and general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande with headquarters at Denver.
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E. L. Brown
Seattle
Wash
Great Northern Railroad
Cutbank
Mont
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Fatal Earthquake Shocks Ionian Islands
Jan 26 earthquake in Zante Greece devastates Leukas and Cephalonia. Much property damage reported and several people feared dead as the Ionian islands are struck.
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Zante
Greece
Ionian Islands
Leukas
Cephalonia
Mars Canals Doubling Report From Lowell Observatory
Mars canals Ganges and Jamuna appear doubled at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona with westernmost lines already developed. The canals extend about 1000 and 1500 miles in different directions across the Martian desert. In New York State Senator Thomas F Grady Democratic leader in the upper chamber is in a private sanitarium suffering from diabetes in critical condition.
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Mars
Flagstaff
Ariz
Ganges
Jamuna
Lowell Observatory
Marian Desert
New York
Thomas F. Grady
Rich gold discovery at Minitonas inspires gold fever
News from Minitonas Manitoba describes a gold find along the Canadian Northern line. Nuggets weighing up to seven ounces are reported as drills strike near two feet below the surface. Thousands converge, trains run, and claim disputes prompt police presence as prospectors flock from western Canada to the pay dirt.
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Winnipeg
Man
Minitonas
Gobbi
Western Canada
Yukon Saal
Christman George Elliott
George Holroyd
Yukon
Alex. MacKenzie
Canada
Robert Rogers
Minito
Creek
Diac
Child Labor Conference Opens in Louisville Kentucky
The eighth annual conference on child labor under the National Child Labor Committee began in Louisville with three daily sessions today and tomorrow. Delegates from most states attend and many noted speakers are on the program. A Sunday mass meeting will be led by Governor Willem and will feature Ed ucation Claxton Senator Borah H S Devine and labor leader J Mitchell. Governor Brown inaugurated in Atlanta Georgia as Joseph M Brown begins a second term after Hoke resigns to become United States Senator.
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Louisville
National Child Labor Committee
Pont Row
Byermer
Willem
Education Claxton
Borah
HS. T. Devine
New York
Mitchell
Brown
Atlanta
Joseph Am. Brown
Georgia
Hoke
United & Senator
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