Mitchell Declines to Pledge Compliance with Court Decrees
John Mitchell vice-president of the American Federation of Labor refuses to state he will hereafter adhere to judicial decrees. He says any such pledge would imply prior failure to comply and prefers conviction for contempt over acquittal by other means than the presented evidence. His letter to Judge Wright emphasizes truthfulness and faith in the court.
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Wright
Washington
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
District Supreme Court
Judicial Tribunals of
Mitchell
Gompers
Morrison
Conquist
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific on Lynch Trial
The Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad must face a jury over liability as a conspirator in the 1907 lynching of Robert T. Rogers at Tallulah Louisiana. The US Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered a new trial, Rogers’s widow claims the lynchers were ferried to the scene on a special train.
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New Orleans
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
Robert T. Rogers
Tallulah
United States Court of Appeals
Robert
Kilbane Opens Door for Attell Title Return
Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champion, offers Abe Attell a chance to regain the title with Labor Day as a suggested date. Kilbane plans rest and a theatrical tour soon, with a reception planned in Cleveland by friends.
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San Francisco
Johnny Kilbane
Abe Attell
Labor Day
Kilbane
Cleveland
Italy deploys dirigible balloons for first time in scouting
In Tripoli on March 7 the Italian army used dirigible balloons as scouts for the first time, with the airship departing camp amid troops cheering and warships in the harbor saluting as it sailed overhead.
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Tripoli
Sneed Senior Slain in Georgetown Feud After Elopement
In Georgetown Texas on March 7 John T Sneed was shot and killed by tenant R Q Hillard who then killed himself. Hillard left a note claiming mistreatment and intent to feign insanity. The incident ties into the Sneed Boyce feud sparked by Captain Boyces sons elopement.
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Georgetown
Tex
John T. Sneed
R. Q. Hillard
John Beal Sneed
A. G. Boyce
Captain Boyce
Sneed
Sneed-Boyce
Hillard
Boyce
al Boyce
John B. Sneed
Metropolitan Hotel
Fort Worth
Arrests in Nicaragua over anti American sentiment
In Managua 60 or more ringleaders are detained amid a public anti American outburst on Secretary Knox's Central American trip. Editorial staffs of Diario de Nicaragua and Diario Moderno were arrested for letters urging dynamite. Censorship tightens on dispatches. Diaz hosts gala events and a grand ball after ceremonies and a special session of congress.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Knox
Congress
Senor Suarez
Diario de Nicaragua
Diario Moderno
Assembly
Supreme Court
Diaz
New German Naval Bills Propose Battleships and Cruisers
Berlin reports drafted naval and military bills to the reichstag. The naval plan calls for three more battleships and two small cruisers in six years, plus five reserve battleships to form eight active units. Navy costs rise by 3.55 million dollars in year one and 10 million by year five.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Federal Council
Ecuador General Slain in Quito Assassination
Guayaquil March 7 Gen. Julio Andrade the military commander at Guayaquil was assassinated in Quito by soldiers. He led the suppression of the recent revolution led by Montero after President Estrada's death.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Julio Andrade
Quito
Andrade
Montero
Estrada
Asquith Fails in Effort to End Miners Strike
Premier Asquith urged miners to halt the coal strike and leave disputes to the government but they demand owners surrender. Four hundred Oxford undergraduates offered to help ease strike conditions. Distress from the strike rises as liner schedules falter and Folkestone Boulogne service drops to one boat daily. No ores in the bar racks at Aldershot.
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London
Asquith
Oxford
Folkestone-Boulogne
O Res
Aldershot
U. S. Fleet Heads Home From Cuban Patrol
After nearly three months under a tropical sun off Cuba, the Atlantic fleet will steam for home in two weeks and arrive near the Chesapeake capes about March 24. The ships will begin spring target practice at once in the waste water triangle about 40 miles off Chesapeake Bay.
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Washington
Cuba
Chesapeake Capes
Chesapeake Bay
Congressman Charles Matthews Ill After Surgery
Congressman Charles Matthews of New Castle in the Fourth Pennsylvania district remains in serious condition in a Pittsburgh hospital three weeks after an operation. He had been reported very ill and under care since his illness began.
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Pittsburg
Charles Matthews
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Depew Placed on Retired List in New York Guard
Col Chauncey M Depew formerly judge advocate of the Fifth division National Guard Albany has been placed on the retired list by Adjutant General Verbeck in the revision of supernumerary officers of the state.
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Col
C. M. Depew
Albany
WN. Y
Chauncey M. Depew
National Guard
Verbeck
Rumor Says Scott Reached South Pole Goal Nearer Footnote
London reports a circulating rumor that Captain Robert F. Scott has reached the south pole. Mrs. Scott says no word has come, while the Terra Nova expedition carried stores for three years and 60 men, 20 Siberian ponies, 30 dogs and two motor sledges. Other nations pursue the record with Amundsen and Shackleton also active.
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London
Robert F. Scott
South Pole
England
New Zealand
Scott
Auckland
Pole
Civilization
Beardmore Glacier
Antarctic
Ernest Shackleton
Ronald Amundsen
Mobile
Ala
Pitche Charles Fritz
Kansas City
American Association
Riot death reported in Lawrence strike
Police official testifies before the rules committee that a woman was killed in the Lawrence strike riot and a boy bayonetted, as he defends police actions and describes the size of the crowd and the removal of women and children. He claims attempts to break up mobs included moving women and children along and notes acts against storekeepers and passengers.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
John J. Sullivan
Lawrence
Masa
House Committee On Rules
Victor Berger
Stanley
Sullivan
Open rupture looming between France and Spain over Morocco
Paris reports an open rupture may follow if Spain does not adopt a more conciliatory stance in ongoing Morocco talks. The situation, described as critical, alarms French officials as Premier Poincare and Spanish ambassador J Perez Caballero held a special conference on the matter.
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Paris
France
Spain
Morocco
Poincare
J. Perez-Caballero
Racing dates changed for Pacific Coast Jockey Club meets
Salt Lake City announces new race meet schedule under Lagoon and Silver Bow associations. The revised dates list Salt Lake July 3 27 Butte August 8 September 4 Anaconda September 6 21 Salt Lake October 7—weather prevents.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Pacific Coast Jockey Club
H. L Wilson
Lagoon
Silver
War plans for adding regiments at Mexican border
Secretary of War Stimson and President Taft will decide on the number of new regiments to deploy to the Mexico border. The force may include cavalry and infantry ready to move at a moment’s notice. The Mexican ambassador sought to reassure Washington that claims Americans would be held are unfounded. In Chihuahua rebels control the state despite Villa and federal forces remaining nearby. Velardena is garrisoned by 125 rural guards and its mine and smelter continue operating.
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Washington
Stimson
Chicago
Taft
Mexico
Manuel Calero
Mex
Velardens
Pereyra
American Smelting and Refining Company
Velardena
Vanderbilt Elevates William K. Vanderbilt Jr to Vice President
New York March 7 William K Vanderbilt Jr was elected a vice president of the New York Central lines marking his deeper involvement with management. He has joined several directors across the New York Central system and has lately focused more on railroad affairs.
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William K., Jr
New York Central
New York
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
New York Central Lines
Vanderbilt
New York Central System
Women Defeat Gill In Seattle Mayoral Race
Complete returns show George F. Cotterill defeating Hiram C. Gill for Seattle mayor by 645 votes, Cotterill 31 655 to Gill 31 010. Despite early doubts over Cotterill’s single tax and municipal ownership views, the campaign echoed last year’s recall driven by newly enfranchised women.
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Seattle
Wash
George F. Cotterill
Hiram C. Gill
Cotterill
Gill
Roosevelt serves as juror earns three dollars a day
Colonel Roosevelt serves as a juror at the county court in Mineola Illinois marching to a daily stipend of three dollars.
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Mineola
L. IL
Roosevelt
Yuan Shi Kai Faces Tremendous Task in Restoring Order
Manila March 7. Six hundred men of the Fifteenth Infantry under Lieut. Col. Edwin A. Root will leave Manila tomorrow for Tientsin to protect imperiled Americans. The Church of England missionary PF Day was killed by mutinous Chinese soldiers in Fingfu as Yuan Shi Kai faces a fragile central government amid fighting and looting in Peking.
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Manila
Fifteenth Infantry
Edwin A. Root
Tientsin
China
Seward
Liscum
United States
Calhoun
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Linyankhow
Iiéuan
Shantung Province
Shaikaikean
Chil Neovince
Prent
Yungpingfu
Yuen
Nanking
Tieh Liang
Dalny
Yuan
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shi
Li Yuenheng
Wuchang
Tang She Yai
Germans May Strike Opens Arms Ban During Crisis
Berlin March 7 government bars sale of arms as German coal miners plan a walkout likely after meetings. Miners, restless and united, press for action while the crisis broadens its grip amid talks in Berlin. Route plans emerge to connect Red River Valley to Hudson Bay through a regional navigation association.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Hudson Bay
Grand Forks
N. D
Mayeors
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Hudson Bay Navigation Association
Plains of the Northwest
Merger in Diamonds Fails in South Africa
Advices from South Africa report that the bid to unite the German Palmont mines and the De Beers interests has failed. The New York dispatch dated March 7 notes the move did not succeed.
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New York
South Africa
Mors
P.mond Mines
de Beers Ests
Yankee Wins In Britain
In Oxford England March 7 W A Ziegler of Iowa a Rhodes scholar won the weight contest with a throw of 43 feet 9 inches in the Oxford annual varsity sports event noting Iowa Rhodes scholar victory in Britain.
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Britain
Oxford
England
W. A. Ziegler
Iowa
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U. S
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Miss Williams
Joseph Leiter
Salhoun
Yuan Shi Kei
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