Banks in doubt as to holiday approval by telegraph
Bankers and lawyers debate the legality of telegraphic Presidental approval for a Lincoln birthday holiday. Congress sanctioned a joint resolution. the timing of signature and state observances sparks confusion among banks, navy yards, and officials.
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Senate
Itato
Stat Department
State Department
Secretary of State
Aaarp
Philander Chase Knox
President Declares February Twelfth 1909 a Special Holiday
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims February 12, 1909, a special legal holiday across the District of Columbia and U S Territories. The proclamation, signed in Washington on February 11, 1909, cites a joint congressional resolution and bears the seal of the United States, with Robert Bacon as Secretary of State.
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Congress
Abraham Lincoln
District of Columbia
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
United States of America
Washington
Roosevelt Chelled by Crowds During Pittsburg Stop
President Roosevelt visited Pittsburg on the way to Lincoln centenary events in Kentucky. Crowds cheered vigorously at Harrisburg and Altoona where he spoke briefly. He thanked supporters, noted his aim to do the best for the people, and reacted to the crowd chant You have as he departed for Columbia Theater later.
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Pittsburg
Larue County
Roosevelt
Wershington
Baltiman
Harrisburg
Altoona
White House
Orso
Cuban Guards Mutiny at Havana Palace Over Transfers
A rural guard company mutinied at the Havana palace as they faced transfer to the permanent army by decree of Gov. Magoon. They demanded audience with President Gomez, were blocked by armed police, and finally persuaded to obey before being escorted to Cabanas fortress. The incident disrupted inaugural ceremonies and underscored tensions over reorganization.
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Cabanas
Havana
Matanuzas
Santa Clara
Pino Guerra
Monteagude
Open Way for Knox Not a Dissenting Voice
Senate action on a modified Hale bill to restore Knox’s eligibility for the Taft administration was passed without dissent after executive session. The House is expected to act similarly, with concerns over constitutional validity and potential court challenges if the measure is not unanimous.
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Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Taft
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Geoorgia
Hale
Judiciary Committee
House
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Kittredge
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Congress
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Minnesota
Depew
New York
Foraker
Ohio
Dillingham
Vermont
Fulton
Oregon
Georgia
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Texas
Clarke
Arkansas
Rayner
Maryland
Nox
Overman
Cannon
Jim Watson
Watson
Champ Clark
John Sharp Williams
Swagar Sherley
Mr.Williams
Sherley
Williams
K‘nox
Pennsylvania
House Committee On the Judiciary
Caatzman Jenkins
Sylvia Green May Wed Special in The Washington Post
Report from Galt Ontario states engagement of Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green to Matthew Astor Wilks of New York City. Wilks is a grandson of William Astor. February 1908 rumors denied previously. current notice says K L Wilks of Galt sent formal announcement. Mrs Green resides in Hoboken. Wilks headquartered at Union Club but unavailable for comment.
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Washington Post
New York
Galt
Ont
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
Matthew Astor Wilks
Wilks
William B Astot
Miss Green
K. L. Wilks
German Aeronaut Flies Across Alps In Berlin Balloon
Os car Erbsleek, the German aeronaut who won the 1907 International balloon race at St Louis, completed a remarkable Alps crossing on the Berlin. He endured severe conditions with temperatures around 13 below zero Fahrenheit and remained aloft eight hours reaching about 13,000 feet.
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Saint Moritz
Switzerland
Oscar Erbsleek
St Louis
Alps
Berlin
Five More Dreadnoughts Planned by British Navy
London February 12 reports the government will lay down five improved Dreadnought battleships in the coming year. A sixth vessel hinges on Germany's new construction progress.
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London
Germany
CQO BRINGS AID TO SHIP OFF DIAMOND SHOALS
A wireless distress call from the barkentine Matanzas about 12 miles southeast of Diamond Shoal lightship drew aid from six ocean steamers and a revenue cutter. Et Norte, Comus, Onondaga, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Comanche, Seminole, and Lampasas converged to assist the Philadelphia bound vessel as crew unloaded lumber and shifting weather hindered rescue. The Matanzas sighting prompted rapid response amid a tense offshore scene and theater matinee afterward.
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Southern Pacific Steamship Company
Onondaga
Matanzas
Philadelphia
Fernandine
Dilamond Shoal
Comus
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Hemburg- American Line
Jamaica
New York
Comanche
Clyde Line
Jacksonville
Seminole
Turks Jnland
Lampasas
Mallory
Tampa
Sunday Advertisements Notice Cutoff
Advertisers are informed that all Sunday issue advertisements must be received at the office before 7 o'clock Saturday night.
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Secret Service Inquiry Deepens Senate Clash Over Funds
The Senate debated the secret service report by Senator Hemenway noting growth from 240 operatives in McKinley era to over 3,000 now, with advocates denying Roosevelt's charges of power restrictions. He urged a full probe to find who directs the force while defending ample funding and criticizing agency methods in land fraud and peonage cases.
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Senate
Knox
Turkey
Taft
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Kentucky
Candy Trust
Desthof Jet
Albaugh
California
Levi P. Morton
Kellogg
Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Sporting News
Wilkie
Roosevelt
New York City
Ali—Weekly Review of
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Appropriations
Secret Service
Post
McKinley
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Treasury
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
West
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
House
Caneress
Interior Department
United States
Secret Service Bureau
Bke
Inspection Service
Attorney General
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Timano
Pennsylvania Avenue
Foraker
Overman
North Carolina
Mexico's Richest Man III Stricken at Home
Gen Luis Terazaz, Mexico's wealthiest man with wealth over 100 million, lies seriously ill at his Chihuahua home. The 9-year-old is noted as father-in-law to Gov Enrique Creel, former Mexican ambassador to the United States.
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Washington
Chihuahua
Mexico
Luis ‘Terazazz
Enrique Creel
United States
Crisis in Constantinople as Young Turk plot surfaced
The line of government faced a serious crisis after Osman Nizami Pasha and Ari Pasha were suddenly replaced by Nazm Pagha and Husn Pasha. Kiamil Pasha moved to block a coup by the union and progress committee aiming to install Prince Yussef Izzedin. The crisis deepened with the resignation of Hassan Fehmy and looming resignations in justice interior and finance.
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Sis
Osman Nizami Pasha
Ari Pasha
Marine
Nazm Pagha
Husn Pasha
Kiamil Pasha
Committee of Union and Progress
Yussef Izzedin
Kamil Pasha
Young Turkey
Hassan Fehmy
Justin
Interior
Finance
Sculptor Destroys Work in Marietta Church
Oscar Mundhenk a Cincinnati sculptor allegedly destroyed a nearly finished Ascension statue inside St Mary's Church. Reports say alterations were requested and a warrant for willful and malicious destruction of property was issued.
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Marietta
Ohio
G Borglum
Cincinnati
Oscar Mundhenk
Ing
Mundhenk
St Mary's Church
Father Esman
Will Build Another City in Superior Wisconsin
Superior Wisconsin reports a plan by United States Steel Corporation to build a new city around a 14.5 million plant near the St Louis River within three miles of Superior. The Minnesota side lands are purchased and auxiliary plants will occupy 1,600 acres on the Wisconsin side. Construction crews from Gary are to begin in spring once plans are finalized.
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Superior
Wis
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
St Louis
Steel Corporation
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Taft Arrives in New Orleans for Canal Conference
President elect William H Taft lands in New Orleans amid a warm reception and outlines plans to keep cabinet talks quiet while awaiting Senate position on Knox and pending salary-law adjustments. Engineers approve Panama Canal plans including Gatun dam and lock features. Col Goethals heads to Washington to discuss next fiscal year estimates.
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Wiliam H Taft
Panama
Taft
Oberon
MCA
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Fromm
Washington
Knox
Priesa
Senator Knox
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Tait
Eno Ig
United
Dad
Frank H Hitchcock
J ( Shaffer
Caicago Evening Post
Chicago
JM Dickinson
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Tlinas Central Railway
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Elvic
Panama Canal
Gatun
Buth
Col. Goethals
North Carolina
House Committee On Appropriations
Tatt
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