Deadlock on Japan Exclusion Talks in Washington
President Roosevelt and San Francisco Mayor Schmitz fail to reach accord on Japanese exclusion during a two hour White House conference with the school board. California demands a definite assurance of exclusion before yielding on the school issue. Secretary Root present. next consultations set for Thursday or Friday.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Root
Roosevelt
White House
Japan
San Franciscans
California
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Nn Francisco
Washington
Fire at Waverly House Hotel in Charlestown kills one
Fire in the Waverly House family hotel in City Square Charlestown traps 160 guests. One man, John Harrigan, falls from the fourth story to the sidewalk. Two others are injured, Margaret Harrigan and Josephine Munroe. Loss listed at 25000 dollars. Fire started in the basement and spread via elevator shaft. Firemen used ladders to rescue many from windows and rear escapes.
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Boston
Waverly House
City Square
Charlestown
John Harrigan
Margaret Harrigan
Josephine Munroe
No Graft in Tax Stamps Amid Carelessness Claim
New York February 11. William C Wilson former state comptroller says destruction of five and a half million dollars in stock transfer stamps was handled by printers Quayle and Son of Albany under contract and supervision by the comptroller. He notes stamps were to be delivered to the Bank of Manhattan with proceeds going to the comptroller. Destruction was to prevent reuse after stamps issued 1906. He mentions possible political overtones involving former Comptroller Kelsey and Gov Hughes while denying any graft or theft in handling.
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New York
William C. Wilson
Glynn
Bank of Manhattan
Quayle & Son
Watkins
Gov. Hughes
Kelsey
Comptroller
Wilson
Five Tramps Suspected in Gordonsville Intrusions
Reports from Gordonsville Virginia in February describe a wave of intrusions at the Woodlawn Seminary and nearby homes on January 30. Authorities suspect five vagrant men, possibly white, used chloroform to terrify residents but did not steal valuables. Families affected include the Scotts Davenport and Blakey households, with two Misses Towers' father asserting a crime occurred.
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Washington Post
Gordonsville
Misses Towers
R. G. Watkins
Sergeant Watkins
Chatham
Gordonaville
Woodlawn Seminary
Musical Institute
Episcopal Church
W. W. Scott
W. O. Blakey
Scott
Blakey
Edward Davenport
F. A. Meade
Annie
Lottie Davenport
Snon
James ‘Ty Bailey
Miss Davenport
W. L. Davenport
Dr. Scott
Haiti and Hermann & Co in Public Works Funds Dispute
Haiti and Herman n Co. face a long standing dispute over public improvement funds. The case involves a syndicate of Haitans and Germans accused of receiving more than entitled, with Haiti seeking restitution and fines while offering to accept part in cash and the rest in government bonds. Leger, Haitian minister to the U S, says the matter has been before courts twice with Haiti upheld.
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Germany
Hermann &Co
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Leger
United States
House of Hermann & Co
Finance
Evermay Ms
Hermanns
United States and Mexico Seek Arbitration to Avert War
A State Department meeting with Secretary Root Assistant Secretary Bacon and Senor Creel led to identical notes from the United States and Mexico urging Honduras and Nicaragua to refrain from hostilities and to renew arbitration. The move, supported by Guatemala Costa Rica and El Salvador, aims to prevent war in Central America by restoring the arbitration tribunal in Salvador and outlining proposed rules.
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Honduras
Nicaragua
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Salvador
State Department
Root
Bacon
Senor Creel
Central America
Don Luis I. Ceres
Bonilla
Corinto
Washington
Senor Corea
MN Bekimian, & Co
Invasions Expected as Central American Tensions Rise
Dispatches from Presidents Zelaya of Nicaragua and Bonilla of Honduras warn of imminent invasion. Zelaya accuses Honduras of provoking aggression and Nicaragua preparing to act. Bonilla reports Nicaragua concentrating forces on the frontier and preparing to repel an invasion. A Central American merchant suggests Zelaya seeks to test U S intervention.
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Honduras
Nicaragua
New York
Zelaya
Associated Press
Santos Zelaya
Panalla
Bonilla
Tegucigalpa
Manuel Bonilla
Central America
United States
Missing New Britain Banker Feared Dead in New York
William F. Walker, treasurer of New Britain Savings Bank, disappears after staying at the Hotel Cumberland in New York. A telegram claimed he was killed by a train, prompting family, friends, and police to search. No body found, no death report, detectives suspect a hoax or misdirection.
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Washington Post
New York
New Britain
Conn
Cumberland
A. J. Sloper
The
National Bank
Cumberlang
Walker
Central Office
W. F. Walker
Bank of Rain
Newtopera
Fasa
B. RR
Morrison
Mrr. Walker
Patik
Idaho miner's murder trial opens in Wallace Idaho
The Steve Adams murder trial begins in Wallace on the murder charge of Fred Tyler, a timber claimant killed near Marble Creek in 1903. Jury selection is expected to last ten days to two weeks as the case links to Harry Orchard's confession implicating Western Federation of Miners leaders in Gov. Steunenberg's 1905 assassination.
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Wallace
Idaho
Steve Adams
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Fred Tyler
Tyler
Marble Creek
Gov
Western Federation of Miners
Adams
Jack Simpkins
Simpkins
Chicago Baptists condemn Smoot defense in Hopkins speech
Chicago Baptist ministers meeting denounces Senator Albert J. Hopkins for praising Reed Smoot in the Senate. An open letter, prepared by Rev. T. W. Powell, alleges Mormonism rests on Joseph Smith’s fraud and accuses Smoot of being an apostle of that fraud with no record of protesting polygamy.
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Chicago
Smoot
Washington Post
Albert J. Hopkins
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
T. W. Powell
Joseph Smith
America
Higgens Near Death In New York State
Ex Governor Higgins lay near death in Olean New York as of February 1. Dr Hibbard withheld final prognosis while Higgins brother in law Frank Sullivan Smith said the governor was very low but might survive the night.
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Spec'al
Washington Post
Olean
N. Y
Higgins
Hibbard
Frank Sullivan Smith
Gladden Warns Rockefeller Gift Could Influence Courts
The Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden counters the Rockefell er gift to the General Education Board as potentially intended to sway pending Standard Oil cases. He questions whether the $32,000,000 donation is benevolent or restitution and urges withholding until indictments and ICC charges are resolved. He fears public sentiment may press courts to act in favor of Rockefeller interests.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
Washington Gladden
First Congregational Church
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Gen Talbot Dead Civil War General and U S Attorney General
Gen Thomas H Talbot former colonel of the First Maine Heavy Artillery and Assistant United States Attorney General under President Johnson died at his Brookline home from apoplexy at age eighty four. In Kansas Leavenworth Mrs Clara Parquette pioneer died of apoplexy aged eighty five. she once kept Col Jennison and his anti slavery band at Shawnee during border war days for five hours aiding her husband’s escape.
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Boston
Thomas H. Talbot
Maine Heavy Artillery
United States
Johnson
Brookline
Leavenworth
Kans
Clara Parquette
Kansas
Col
Jennison
Shawmee
Viscount Aoki At Banquet Delivers Trade Broadside
Japanese Ambassador Viscount Siuzo Aoki addressed the Silk Association of America dinner in New York arguing that there is no rivalry with the United States beyond friendly commerce. Guests included Leo Vogel Swiss minister and Senator William Alden Smith. President Congrow presided as Aoki spoke on Japan’s commercial relations amid recent tense talk.
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United States
Japan
New York
Siuzo Aoki
Silk Association of America
Delmorgeo
Leo Vogel
Switzerland
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Joseph W. Congrow
Viscount Aoki
Empire of Japan
Thaw Note Hinders Testimony in Evelyn Case
In New York the thawing case of Harry Thaw centers on a note found at a cafe written by his young wife Evelyn. She identifies the note as hers and it is said to block Evelyn from testifying about alleged relations involving Thaw and another party. Thaw carried a pistol in the city during the events.
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Jerome Blocks
Harry
Evelyn
White
Thaw
New York
Thaw Trial Sees Expert Testimony On Sanity Claim
In New York Feb 11 the defense begins expert testimony to argue Thaw’s insanity at the time he killed Stanford White. Dr Charles E Wagner says Thaw did not know his act was wrong. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw identifies a note to Thaw from the Cafe Martin calling White a blackguard. The defense hopes to admit Thaw's will. Hummel meets Jerome as cross examinations loom. Thaw will not testify.
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Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
White
Charles E. Wagner
Binghamton
Martin
Harry
New York
Wagner
Evelyn Nesbtt
Fhaw
Lfe
Charles G. Wagner
State Hospital For the Insane
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Mthaw
William Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Pittsburg
Gleason
Hummel
Abe Hummel
Mr. Jerome
Nathaniel Cohen
Franklin Street
Cafe Martin
Harry Thaw
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Augustine
Laz Fa
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Floris Limited
Gordonville
Academy
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Perlor
Ruffans
Edgar Stinson
Stinson
Sam
Bark
Minee
Eilting
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Hopkins
Assails Rockefeller Gift
Dr. Gladden
Educational Board
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Gen. Talbot
United States Attorney
Union Trust Co
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