Mutiny and Troop Movements Tangle China Crisis
Washington officials plan two battalions to protect foreign interests in Peking and Tientsin with 700 more troops available from Manila if needed. Yuan Shi Kai’s son pleads with soldiers to spare the republic, while Peking reports 500 killed and $14 million in losses. Tientsin remains quiet under foreign protection as Manchuria fighting continues.
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Washington
State
War Departments
United States
Peking
Tientsin
Calhoun
Manila
Mandant
Mantila Yuan
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
Coal Conference Sets Date for Wage Talks
Coal operators and miners from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois met at the Great Northern hotel to fix a date for a joint conference of the scale committees to study next year’s wages. The current agreement expires March 1 and without a new deal or work continuation agreement 350 000 union miners may not return to work April 1.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Great Northern
United States
Rosalia d'Ali Sinks After Collision Off Sewell's Point
The Italian bark Rosalia d'Ali with 1 800 tons of coal sank after a collision with the Princess Anne off Sewell's Point. Her 17 crew members escaped unharmed as the vessel sank within five minutes. In Jeffersonville, Sister Mary Regina Kerr, longtime asylum manager, attacked a hospital attendant after a fourteen year tenure.
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Norfolk
Manca
Trapani
Sicily
Sewell’s Point
Old Dominion Line
Princess Anne
Newport News
Jeffersonville
Ind
Mary Regina Kerr
Mercy Hospital
Farm wives work harder than city housewives say Missouri A&M
In Columbia Missouri on March 6 the Missouri school of agriculture began gathering statistics from farm women to measure how much work they perform compared with city housewives. The study aims to quantify duties and time spent on farm tasks and household chores.
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Columbia
Missouri School of Agriculture
Gaynor Apologizes to Justice Gerard in New York Meeting
Mayor Gaynor writes a formal apology to Justice Gerard over statements in a letter to Governor Dix about the Brandt burglary case. A détente followed after an informal meeting arranged by a friend. Affidavits by Howard Gans were allowed in part in habeas corpus records.
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New York
Gaynor
Gerard
Supreme Court
Dix
Foulke E. Brandt
Brandt
Uderstood
Governor Dix
Howard 8. Gans
John A. Iselin
Schiff
Gans
Iselin
Ceramics Society Holds Fourteenth Annual Meeting
The American Ceramic Society opened its fourteenth annual meeting in Chicago with many delegates in attendance. President Charles Weelans of Trenton New Jersey presided at the opening session and delivered the annual address.
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Chicago
The
American Ceramic Society
Charles Weelans
Trenton
N. J
Commerce Board Finds Rates Unreasonable for Grain Shipments
The interstate commerce commission ruled Cincinnati and Columbus to Bluefield routes as well as New York Philadelphia Baltimore via Hagerstown to Bluefield over the Norfolk & Western railroad carry unreasonable class and grain rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Columbus
Bluefield
W. Va
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Hints Campaign Coercion Probed by Senator Bristow
Washington March 5 a resolution by Senator Bristow of Kansas proposes a thorough investigation to determine if postmasters are coerced in favor of any presidential candidate. The move targets potential improper political influence in federal offices.
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Delaware
Senate
Reed
Missouri
du Pont
Washington
Bristow
Kansas
Sugar Trust Trial Begins for Sherman Act Conspiracy
New York March 5 indicates the trial of sugar magnates Parsons Thomas Donner Frazier Mayer Harned for criminal conspiracy to restrain interstate trade under the Sherman Act. Two defendants, Kis sell and Senff, are dead. Parsons had long led the trust and testified before the Hardwick committee.
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New York
United States District Court
John E. Parsons
United States
Washington B. Thomas
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Arthur Donner
George
Charles H. Senff
American Sugar Refining Company
Parsons
Trust
Havemeyer
Hardwick Committee
House of Representatives
Wilson breaks record in cabinet with 15 years service
Washington reports James Wilson secretary of agriculture has served fifteen years in the presidential cabinet. He was appointed by President McKinley in 1897, surpassing Albert Gallatin’s prior record from 1801 to 1813.
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Washington
James Wilson
Agriculture
Albert Gallatin
the Treasury
Wilson
McKinley
Fastest Train In Wreck Near Bucyrus Ohio
A 18 hour New York Chicago Pennsylvania special derailment occurred four miles west of Bucyrus Ohio when a wheel broke on the tender of the second engine. Both engines baggage car and a combination coach left the rails but no injuries reported. Pullman cars remained on track and a noon raffle delay noted. In Germany Bochum miners strike over wage deductions breaks out in three mines though not ordered by the union.
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Bucyrus,c
Here
Germany
Bochum
Miners’ Union
National Civic Federation Opens In Washington
Taft presides as the twelfth annual meeting of the National Civic Federation opens in Washington with delegates from 30 states and top officials. Speakers include Knapp Gompers and Neill. Tomorrow topics cover Workmen's Compensation and pensions. 16,000 trust questionnaire replies and anti trust act analysis close the sessions.
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Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Taft
National Civic Federation
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stewart
Edwards
New York
Lloyd
Samuel Gompers
Charles P. Neill
Seth Low
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Franklin McVeagh
the Treasury
Diet as prescription for the sick urged by JAMA writer
A JAMA writer urges that foods be prescribed with the same care as drugs for all illnesses. He notes dietetic treatment is increasingly recognized in conditions like diabetes and rheumatism and predicts future physicians will be better prepared to use diet in general patient care.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Darrow Indicted Over Bribery Claims Tied to Notes
Los Angeles reports that grand jurors indicted Clarence Darrow on charges of bribing McNamara jurors. Assistant DA Ford questioned Bert Franklin about a sum given to influence jurors, with notes revealing Darrow allegedly supplied the money. Franklin’s notes were sent to Darrow’s defense per court order. Earl Rogers has received them and has not decided on their sufficiency.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
George N. Lockwood
Robert F. Bain
W. J. Ford
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Franklin
Earl Rogers
Rogers
Shot fired at Leopold Rothschild in London street
A man fired three times as Leopold Rothschild entered a motor car in St Swithin's Lane London. A detective nearby was wounded in the face and chest. the assailant was arrested. Rothschild, eldest son of Baron Lionel Rothschild, is a JP and Royal Victorian Order commander with ties to London Newmarket and Acton.
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London
Leopold Rothschild
Rothschild
St. Swithin’s Lane
Baron Lionel Rothschild
Marie Perugia
Trieste
Hamilton Place
Newmarket
Acton
Richeson Nears Insanity Amid Murder Trial
Boston officials report Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, condemned for killing Avis Linnell, is rapidly nearing insanity as his mental state fluctuates from stupor to fretfulness while awaiting the electric chair set for May 10.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Amazons on War Path in London Suffragette Window Campaign
Suffragettes again operate in London armed with hammers and stones smashing windows in Knightsbridge and Brompton road districts. A mounted police detachment arrived. one officer was dragged from his horse. Damages reach 1250 dollars in a single store. Thirty women arrested as museums and residences faced attacks and closures. Ellen Pitfield faces trial at Old Bailey.
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London
Knightsbridge
Brompton Road
West End
Marquis of Crewe
British Museum
National Museums
Ellen Pitfield
General Post Office
Old Bailey Sessions
200000 Factory Men Out
London report says factory closures spread across the United Kingdom due to the national coal strike. Along with miners, over a million have stopped work and about 200000 workers in other industries are idle, with numbers rising hourly as negotiations are expected to resume.
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London
United Kingdom
Paterson Strike Ends as Weavers Return After Wage Pact
Paterson New Jersey March 65 The broad silk weavers strike ended with about 1500 workers returning to their rooms after employers signed higher wage schedules. About three fourths of the 120 manufacturers who resisted the union have now signed.
Wesleyan Names J F Brown Coach for 1911 Grid Team
Middletown Conn March 6 J F P High of Brown 1911 has been appointed coach of the Wesleyan football team for the coming season He has been coaching the Tulane university eleven.
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Wesleyan
Middletown
Conn
Brown
High
Tulane — University
Insurrectos Win Battle and Rio Grande Tensions Rise
Reports from El Paso and Juarez detail an insurrecto victory near Chihuahua and a clash at Rancho La Palmas near Columbus as U S forces investigate horse commandeering. Madero calls for arms to defend the government while Pancho Villa’s forces clash with Pascual Orozco.
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Madero
Juarez
Chihuahua
Pancho Villa
Pascual Orozco
Abraham Gonzales
Cithwabua
Villa
Juntes
Mexico City
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Woman Dies After Gas Accident in Philadelphia
Mrs. Sallie Mitchell sixty five wife of a Chicagoan died from gas aspiration at her niece Howard Draper home 5005 Hazelsans Philadelphia She turned off a gas jet and accidentally opened another flow while handling a key in her bedroom deputy McKeever to coroner Knight reported the incident occurred at night in her room
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Philadelphia
Sallie Mitchell
Howard Draper
Hazel Sans
McKeever
Knight
Reisner to Unearth Secret Message in Sphinx Head
Cambridge March 5 Professor George Andrew Reisner of Harvard plans to open the sphinx head in Egypt finding a ten foot pit inside the head. He believes the cavity may hold untold treasures and a hidden message.
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Cambridge, Mass
George Andrew Reisner
Harvard
Doctor Reisner
Egypt
Foreign Mothers in Majority in New York Births
New York City records show 11 600 births each month with 8 000 mothers born abroad. The vital statistics bureau tabulates that foreign born mothers constitute a large majority of new babies in the city.
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New York
Bureau of Vital Statistics
New York City
Widow of Wilford Woodruff Dies in Salt Lake City
Em Smith Woodruff widow of Wilfred Woodruff fourth Mormon church president died in Salt Lake City. She was a plural wife.
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Salt Lake City
Em Smith Woodruff
Wilfred Woodruff
Mormon Church
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