Congress 15 ERE Statesmen Take Up Legislation Arrangements
Congress arrives in force as Senate and House prepare to convene with noon session. The opening will be formal and brief while committees are appointed to expedite appropriations. Heflin faces possible oath objection and a party debate. Senate honors Quay and Hoar after today’s session. Adjournment expected late in the week as pension and minor measures advance.
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Movine
New York
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Senate
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Thomas Heflin
Representative Thompson
Alabama
United States
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Hoar
Senator Penrose
Senator Quay
Senator Ledge
Senator Hoar
Attack in Sleepless Night Sparks Mafia Link Claim
Peter Scalise, a Sicilian in Pittsburg, awoke to a knife attack by three men. The assailants fled after Scalise and his sister and cousin were wounded. Frank Yacca, held on an attempted murder charge, is linked to the Camp Fulda society.
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Secret Avengers
Peter Scalise
Scalise
Frank Yacca
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Yacca
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Fugitive Surrenders in Portymouth Indictment Case
William J Mendum, a Winchester Mass resident and trustee of his late father Charles Mendum's estate, surrendered to authorities in Reckfesham Mounts today to answer an indictment alleging misappropriation of funds between 1000 and 15000 from the estate. Two sisters, Mrs. William Kershea of Philadelphia and Mrs. Sarah May Locke of Rosemont Pa, were beneficiaries and had sought an accounting before his disappearance.
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Portymouth
Wiliam Kershea
Philadelphia
Sarah May Locke
Rosemont
Mendum
Tragic Pittshore Fire Claims Perry Family Lives
In Pittshore Pennsylvania a rapid blaze killed Mrs Rack Perry aged 35 and two children Charles 2 and Harver 3. Husband Hock Perry and sons Henry and Anne Perry watched from the street as police restrained them. Fire thought sparked by a coal stove, house gone in ten minutes. neighbors silent as tragedy unfolded.
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Henry
Anne Perry
Rock Perry
Harver Perry
Charles Perry
Harmer
Charles
Denison
Tex
John Ahnweiler
Iailas
Albert Harris
Bakersville
Oho
Fred Anderson
Tennessee
Panic at Gotham Theater as Bonfire Smoke Triggers Evacuation
An afternoon performance at a New York Gotham Theater was disrupted when smoke from a bonfire outside entered a window. A woman cried fire prompting a mass exodus, many women and children among the crowd. Attaches and guards worked to calm patrons but no injuries were reported.
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Gotham Theater
Fire destroys part of cotton seed oil plant in Selma
International Cotton Seed Oil Company plant in Selma Alabama suffered a major fire this afternoon. Seed hull and meat warehouses were a total loss, with 3000 to 4000 tons of seed burned. Estimated total loss is $100000, partly insured. Officials cite spontaneous combustion in the seed warehouse as the probable cause.
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Selma
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International Cotton Seed Oi Company
Hull
Bankers Arrested Over Chadwick Loans in Oberlin Case
United States officials arrest Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin president Beckwith and cashier Spear amid Chadwick loan fallout. The bank is owed about $240,000 by Cassie L. Chadwick, whose finances trigger a wide legal and bankruptcy drama. A Secret Service man watches the Holland House scene in New York as Mrs Chadwick’s fate unfolds.
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Cleveland
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Oberlin
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New York
Leroys. Chadwick
Cassie J. Chadwick
Europe
Sixteen In Hospital From Holden Mo Wreck Recovery Expected
Sixteen of more than fifty injured in the Missouri Pacific wreck near Holden Missouri remain in hospitals in Kansas City. Mrs Mary Gillett of Canton New York is in the most serious condition though her physician expects recovery. She was in the rear Pullman car that tumbled into a creek below the bridge. Rescue came after axes were used to cut holes in the top of the car. The report also notes the annual watercolor show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art featuring Washington Water Color Club paintings with free admission this week.
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Four Days of Carnage as Japanese Hold Port Arthur Attack
Special London Times cablategram reports a prolonged siege at Port Arthur where Japanese forces repeatedly attacked Red and High hills, overcoming Russian defenses after heavy shelling and hand to hand fighting. The capture solidifies Japanese control, exposing Russian ships to direct fire and prompting continued operations from both sides. The report notes massive casualties and multiple counterattacks before Japanese victory at 7 20 p m.
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Opening of Congress And Port Arthur Carnage Headlines
Across pages the issue covers the opening of Congress, arrests in Chadwick, four days of carnage at Port Arthur, Panama treaty text, Morton’s big navy demand, Elks memorials, Italian throne heir christened, Senator Stone on party future, Isthmus trip by legislators, immigration stats, Baltimore election arrests, Virginian and Maryland gift to native town, editorial and foreign capitals gossip, Washington visitors, social notices, sports gossip, reader letters, gold exports suspended.
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the Post
Ten Thousand in Parade for Diaz Inauguration in Mexico City
Tens of thousands filled Mexico City's streets for a grand procession honoring President Diaz's inauguration. About 10,000 participants, cavalry detachments, and allegorical floats moved from Charles IV statue to the grand plaza while dignitaries including Diaz and Corral reviewed the parade. Northern visitors such as Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Canadian Postmaster General William Mullock attended as flowers and banners adorned buildings and balconies. The event drew both locals and travelers, with the Star and Stripes flag visible among the crowds.
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Mexico
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Avenida Juarez
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National Palace
Joseph Wheeler
William Mullock
Canada
Interior
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Addicks Gives Up Stock in Gas Case Settlement
George Wharton Pepper as receiver of Bay State Gas Company reaches terms with J Edward Addicks and other officers. They return 1 021 200 shares valued at 75 000 000 alleged issued unlawfully. Remainder 478 750 shares to be paid 8 251 52 from stock sale. bonds posted by Addicks wife and others secure payment within sixty days.
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Bay State Gas Company
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Newall Ball
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Roosevelt Relatives Flee Fire At Fifth Avenue Home
New York reports at dawn a pantry fire at Fifth Avenue residence of W Hamien Roosevelt cousin of the President. A household bucket brigade helped fight flames until a fire engine arrived. The butler injured his ankle leaping from a second story window. Mrs Roosevelt and her daughters sheltered with a relative.
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W. Hamien Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
Husband Arrested After Found Dead in West Twenty-Eighth Street Room
New York police report Kate snerdan or Hammond found dead in a furnished West Twenty-Eighth Street room. Occupants heard groans and a quarrel last night. Joseph Hammond, likely her husband, is under arrest. Coroner orders autopsy. death believed from natural causes. Separately, John Harrison Wagner, 39, Australian author and Cambridge Law School graduate, was found dead in a hotel room with a bullet in his brain.
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New York
Kate Snerdan
Hammond
John Harrison Wagner
Mr. Wix
Wickham
Wagner
Cambridge Law School
Pact With Panama Sealed Taft Amador plan trade limits and zone access
Panama and the United States announced a pact reducing duties and tariffs between the canal zone and Panama, with free trade across the Isthmus and controlled access to U.S. canal ports. The accord ties effectiveness to Panama adopting a gold standard and outlines postage, customs, and transit terms, including highway and hospital maintenance.
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