McKinley Taft Aid to Open Presidential Headquarters Here
Hilles and Moore aid Secretary begins campaign to win solid Southern delegations. Conference at the White House on Alabama situation. President tells caller he is sure of re election. Businessmen back nationwide propaganda to start at once. May name Nagel today.
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Filles
Taft
McKinley
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Tate Washington
Republian
Iia
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Virginia
West Virgina Tendera
Ala
Hilee
Taft Campaign Opens as Open Headquarters Planned
The piece reports an open Taft campaign strategy with no intrigue attacks, detailing preparations to centralize leadership from the White House through Taft allies. It notes plans to open central headquarters in Washington, with McKinley and Moore coordinating and southern Republicans being urged to unite.
Coeds at Prize Fight Stir Minnesota Campus Scene
Special to The Washington Post from St Paul Minnesota reports University of Minnesota students including many leaders attended a prize fight staged by the University Newsboys Club last night. An investigation by the board of regents is threatened with suspensions likely. About two hundred college boys, aided by the fair coeds, cheered the young pugilists through ten rounds amid the post exam revelry.
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Washington Post
St Paul
Minneba
University of Minnesota
WCA
University Newsboys Club
Board of Regents
Suapensiona
Rfot
Dr Aked’s Trousers Stolen in Burglary
A burglar looted the home of Dr Char les Aked in San Francisco last night taking ten pairs of his trousers and other garments. The valued booty totaled about 1600 dollars. The famous preacher, once at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York, could not leave his house until a messenger delivered a replacement pair.
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Washington
San Francisco
Charles
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Ohio convention backs initiative and referendum plank
Governor Harman spoke against rushing direct-legislation experiments while endorsing broader state control. A divided convention tabled a censure push over Bigelow’s pledges and advanced a women’s suffrage clause, with 13 of 21 committee members endorsing the proposal to extend the electoral franchise to women.
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Bigelow
Columbus
Ohio
Gov Harmon
Missouri
Halfhi
Allen County
Halfhill
Gov Harman
Kipatrick
Jail for silent woman in Chicago case
Miss Hazel Hogan refused to testify in the robbery trial of Dr Irvine Sisinger, James Hogan and Curtin R Young for taking 175 dollars from her at a physician’s office months earlier. The jury found the three guilty, while Jerry Mack was acquitted. Hogan received a six month county jail sentence plus a 1700 dollar fine or labor in the house of correction.
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Chicago
Hazel Hogan
Irvine Sisinger
James Hogan
Curtin R Young
Judge Honores Court
Jerry Mack
Miss Hogan
House of Correction
Ammonia Drive 300 From Jefferson Medical Lecture
Ammonia fumes from a refrigerating plant break at Jefferson Medical College sent over 300 students fleeing as Dr Edward Spitzka prepared to lecture. Dr Spitzka and about half a dozen others were seriously affected. The accident occurred just as the talk was about to begin.
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Washungon
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Edward Anitzka
Spitzka
La Follette Gets Nebraska Delegation in Bid
The La Follette league in Nebraska overrides Roosevelt support, arranging that all convention delegates be La Follette men. If La Follette cannot be nominated at the national convention, the delegation would switch to Roosevelt. Lincoln dispatch from The Washington Post reports the compact and its implications.
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Epechel
Washington Post
Lincoln
Nebr
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Roosevelt
Nebraska
la Follette
la Folette
Morse Returns Home After Tumultuous New York Welcome
Charles W Morse former ice king and financier, released from Southern federal prison, arrives in New York amid a furious press rush and cameras. He plans to sail for Europe within a fortnight with Dr A L Holer and wife at his side, as his health flags and doctors caution against renewed business stress.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles W Morse
Atlanta
Morse
Washington
Walt
Mr Morse
Facea bin Ordeal Gomly
Pig Ate Monkey Shocks Ohio Village Woman
Gregory Lincomn of Marysville is grief stricken after her pet pig Pigawig ate her beloved monkey Jocko in the night. Jocko enjoyed poems and affection, while Pigawig admits jealousy and lacks refinement. Mrs Lincomn orders Pigawig killed for the diabolical deed.
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Marysville
Ohio
Gregory Lincomn
Jocko
Pleawls
Pigawig
Lincoln
MAY REOPEN VALET CASE IN NEW YORK
A District Attorney Whitman conference discussed reopening Foulkes Brandt's burglary case from 1907. Brandt, former valet to Mortimer S chiff, served 20 years after conviction. Governor Dix refused to commute. Judge Rosalsky and two attorneys explored rearrest or habeas corpus to contest the commitment.
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Whitman
Foulkes Brandt
Mortimer Schiff
Schit
Gov Dix
Brandt
Jagge Rosaisky
Rosalsky
Thade
Voss Wins Divorce Over Nine Cats In Home
Philadelphia February 8 Frederick Voss foreman in charge of a tollway shop sought and obtained a divorce claiming cruelty by his wife who kept nine cats in the house. He testified Christmas Day 191? he was attacked with an ax by his wife and her mother but said the cats caused him more distress as they slept in his bed and occupied his favorite chair. The judge questioned why he did not remove the cats explaining his wife was a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and he feared arrest.
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Ouujamun W Morse
Balmora
Jennie Morse
Tran
Baltmore
Morse
New York
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Moran
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Burns
J & Sheridan
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Canavan
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Pr J P Jupp
Toronto
Ont
Turkish Towels Hats New Spring Styles Cheaper
The National Association of Retail Milliners in Chicago set spring hat trends to smaller sizes and lower prices. Designers showcased Turkish red color themes with umbrellas, turbans, and plain red novelties, aiming for simpler, affordable headwear for fashionable women.
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National Association of Retail Milliners
Marie Harris
Flood Death Toll Grows as Seville Battles Torrents
Lisbon notes the floods in Portugal will claim many lives with unknown total. Seville frantically builds barricades to stem the Tagus torrent as guards’ barracks collapse and rescuers struggle amid rising floodwaters. Two trains on the Cadiz line feared lost. Manzanares overflows in Madrid. city lights cut.
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Tagua
Madrid
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Cadiz
Manzanares
Pool Playing Pastor Sparks Spokane Controversy
Frank E Whitman, pastor of Hope Congregational Church Newport Washington, faced complaints from his flock after playing pool in a public billiard hall. Businessmen threatened to withdraw aid if he stayed. An investigating committee urged continued pastoral relations and 24 new members were added to the church rolls.
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Spokane
Wash
Feb
Frank E Whitman
Hope Congregational Church
Newport
City Milk Inspector Refuses Red Cap Duty
Los Angeles Feb 8 City Milk Inspector Charles Porter of Venice refuses to wear the red cap supplied by the city. Porter says cows dislike the bright hue as much as the cows’ mates and warns he will resign unless the cap is dyed or replaced.
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Cal
Charles Porter
Venice
Porter
Bethlehem Steel chief warns chaos in steel house committee
The Bethlehem Company president asserts that chaos in the steel industry would ruin U S production. He argues cheaper foreign labor makes competition impossible, urging steady policy to protect domestic mills.
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Bethlehem Company
United States
Schwab Threatens Steel Sellout If Tariff Falls
Bethlehem Steel head Charles M. Schwab told the Senate finance committee that if tariff revisions pass he would cash in his holdings and retire, risking loss of 25,000 jobs. He asserted he never drew dividends or salary and has reinvested billions, urging protection to keep American steel competitive against foreign rivals. He warned that reduced duties would force him to sell abroad at a loss, and argued for the labor and output costs of US production.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Senate Finance Committee
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Schwab
New York
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Umea
China
San Francisco
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Germany
Atlantic
Simmons
Carnegie
ASK CHIC REFORMS Board of Trade Debates Utilities Plan
Board of Trade members urged Congress action on a public utilities commission and broader school funding. They backed District control over street railways gas and electric services, approved bridges and juvenile court plans, and pressed for new Central High and M Street High schools, plus better fire fighting gear and library pay.
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Board of Chanties
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
Board of Traffe
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E C Graham
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Sixteenth Street
George ‘Truesdell
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Myron M Parker
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Connnecticut Avenue
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Japan to Increase Navy Strength by 18 Vessels
Confidential reports in Washington claim Japan plans a naval expansion totaling 18 ships after 1813, including eight dreadnoughts, aligned with Panama Canal period planning. Observers question if the reference to fighting strength targeted the United States as the other great power.
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Japan
Panama Canal
United States
United Statea
Harmony in China Politics Draw Crowds and Protests
A packed gathering in New York features Charles W Morse and Schwab as speakers urging harmony in China amid global tensions. Churchill is jeered while calls for civic reform and antitrust measures surface, reflecting a turbulent public mood on foreign policy and domestic governance.
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Taft
Harmony
Charles W Morse
New York
Schwab
Huin
New Steel
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Civic Reforms
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Madero
Jesta
Emli
Bulkeley
Lax
Mount Vernon
Breakthrough Surgery Prolongs Life With Vacuum Aid
In a Chicago hospital a surgeon reports a new invention that kept a young woman alive for 29 hours after being pronounced dead. A vacuum cleaner with mechanical attachments circulated air and blood, maintaining heart activity and bodily function until stable support could be restored. The case highlights a dramatic, first publicized success in extending life beyond death.
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New York
Chicago
Mies
Leap to Escape Flames at Chesapeake Beach House Fire
Mr and Mrs Edward Morrisett of Chesapeake Beach Maryland escaped a deadly blaze that engulfed their home during breakfast. They leaped 20 feet from a second floor window to the yard after flames trapped them while neighbors and Dr Harry Talbert aided the injured couple. The fire also spread to the neighboring frame house, which was soon gutted but its occupants escaped unharmed. The engineer, 49, and his wife, 42, were treated at Casualty Hospital for severe burns. The blaze origin remains undetermined as trains and duties were delayed by the incident.
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Blaze
Edward Morrisett
Beth
Morrisetts
Morrivett
Harry Talbert
Morrisett
Hyattsville
Morticett
Healy
Bailey
Rou
Hanes
Edward Hines
Dillingham
Lea
Mari Die
Han Vecy
Kidnapped Girl Murdered in Vacant Grand Island Home
The body of Goldie Williams, 1¢, was found in a northeast Grand Island vacant house, covered with quicklime and debris. Police seek a suspected itinerant peddler last seen with her. a man matching his description was arrested at Aurora but released.
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Goldie Williams
Matt
Aurora
Peddisr
Lorimer Hearing Bribe Claim Sparks Verbal Clash
Miss Helen Seavers, telegraph operator at the Shoreham Hotel, testified Edward Hines offered money to see a telegram during the Lorimer committee hearing. The exchange touched on bribery, threats, and discipline as the panel pressed the reliability of her account and debated potential witnesses and future tests.
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Bailey
H E Rexe
Mr. McGowan
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Helen Seavere
Shoreham
Edward Hines
Milionaire
HE Kerr
Kerr
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Mr Hines
Hines
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