Banks in Doubt Over Lincoln Day Telegraphic Approval
Bankers and lawyers debated if telegraphic presidential approval of a joint resolution could create a bank holiday. Congress acted to declare Lincoln's birthday a holiday for the District and Territories and in states enacting similar laws, with effects on bank hours and navy yards nationwide.
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Washington
Hatsaburg
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Ilinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Navy
Newberry
Navy Yarda
President Declares February Twelfth a Special Legal Holiday
Theodore Roosevelt proclaims February 12, 1909, a special legal holiday by joint resolution of Congress. The proclamation sets the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth as a District of Columbia and U.S. Territories holiday, signed in Washington on February 11, 1909 with Secretary of State Robert Bacon noted.
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Tof Columbia
Senate
Itato
Abraham Lincoln
District of Columbia
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
United States of America
Washington
Secretary of State
Robert Bacon
Knox
Capitol
President Roosevelt Delivers Brief Stop Speech in Altoona
President Roosevelt, en route to Lincoln centenary events in Kentucky, greeted crowds at Harrisburg and Altoona during a cold windy layover. He spoke to several hundred in Altoona, thanked supporters, and noted he aims to have always done his best for the people as the crowd shouted You have. The Lincoln Day event proceeds in Larue county.
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Pittsburg
Larue County
Roosevelt
Wershington
Baltiman
Harrisburg
Altoona
White House
Orso
Cuban Guards Mutiny Besieges Palace In Havana
Mutiny by rural guards breaks out as they resist transfer to permanent army under Gov Magoon decree. They demand audience with President Gomez, rush courtyard, barred by police with revolvers, then retreat. Army leaders restore order and escort them to Cabanas fortress.
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Matanuzas
Santa Clara
Pino Guerra
Monteagude
Knox Disability Bill Passed by Senate Amid Debate Silence
The Senate approved a modified measure to restore Senator Knox to eligibility for the Taft administration, with little opposition and a near-unanimous executive session. Debate focused on constitutional wording and potential court challenges, while House action was anticipated for Monday.
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Pennsylvania
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Taft
Bacon
Geoorgia
Hale
Judiciary Committee
House
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Jim Watson
Watson
Champ Clark
John Sharp Williams
Swagar Sherley
Clark
Mr.Williams
Sherley
Williams
K‘nox
House Committee On the Judiciary
Caatzman Jenkins
Sylvia Green May Wed Special in The Washington Post
Engagement of Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green to Matthew Astor Wilks reported from Galt Ontario and Washington. Wilks, a grandson of William Astor, previously denied engagement in 1908. Mrs Green in Hoboken, Wilks based at Union Club, uncontacted.
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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
Crosses Alps in Balloon From Saint Moritz Flight
German aeronaut Oscar Erbsleek, winner of the 1907 St Louis balloon race, completed a remarkable Alpine crossing aboard the Berlin. The voyage faced extreme conditions with temperatures near minus 13 Fahrenheit, eight hours aloft, and a peak altitude around 13,000 feet.
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Switzerland
Oscar Erbsleek
St Louis
Alps
Berlin
Five More Dreadnoughts Ordered in Britain
London reports the government will lay down five battleships of the improved Dreadnought type in the coming year. A sixth battleship depends on Germany's construction progress. The note ends with a garbled line about rail service to Augusta via the Atlantic Coast.
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Germany
Augusta
Atlantic Coast
aVerk
CQO BRINGS AID TO SHIP OFF DIAMOND SHOALS
A wireless distress call from the barkentine Matanzas near Diamond Shoal lights prompted vessels including the Et Norte, Comus, Onondaga, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Comanche, Seminole, and Lampasas to rush to the scene. The Et Norte aided the Matanzas until daylight, unloading lumber, while several ships and a revenue cutter converged as rescue efforts continued near Fernandina and the Atlantic coast.
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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 Deadline At The Post Office
Advertisers are reminded that all advertisements for the Sunday issue of The Post must be received at the office before 7 oclock Saturday night.
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Secret Service Debate Dominates Senate Report Hearing
A Senate session focuses on the secret service and its expanding force, with Senator Hemenway disputing President Roosevelt's charges of power restriction. He cites rising operative numbers and funds across departments, urging inquiry into who directs the agency and criticizing past land fraud probes. The discussion shifts to broader questions of oversight and accountability.
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Roosevelt
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Department of Justice
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United States
Secret Service Bureau
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Inspection Service
Attorney General
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Timano
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Overman
North Carolina
Mexico's richest man ill in Chihuahua home
Special Cable from Chihuahua Mexico reports Gen Luis Terraz az, Mexico's wealthiest man with a fortune estimated over 100 million, is seriously ill at his home. He is nine years old and the father in law of Gov Enrique Creel, former Mexican ambassador to the United States.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Luis ‘Terazazz
Enrique Creel
United States
Crisis in Constantinople as Young Turk plot disrupts regime
The Ottoman government faces a deepening crisis after the sudden removals of War Minister Osman Nizami Pasha and Navy Minister Ari Pasha. Nazm Pagha and Husn Pasha were named replacements amid a struggle between reform factions. Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha acts to thwart a coup to crown Prince Yussef Izzedin, while Hassan Fehmy resigns as head of the council and further ministerial resignations loom.
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Ari Pasha
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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 near complete Ascension statue inside St Marys Church after taking payment and facing requests for minor alterations. A warrant is issued for his arrest on charges of willful and malicious destruction of property.
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Ohio
G Borglum
Cincinnati
Oscar Mundhenk
Ing
Mundhenk
St Mary's Church
Father Esman
WILL BUILD ANOTHER CITY
Superior Wisconsin plans to build a new city near Gary Indiana by United States Steel with a 14.5 million dollar plant on the St Louis River within three miles of Superior. Auxiliary Wisconsin side plants will clear 1600 acres, and the same crew from Gary will start work at spring opening.
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United States Steel Corporation
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Steel Corporation
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Taft arrives in New Orleans for canal and cabinet talks
President elect William H Taft lands in New Orleans after Panama trip and is welcomed by a grateful city. He reviews a long parade, attends a carnival event, and plans to address organizations while cabinet appointments and Panama Canal plans unfold. News of Knox constitutional questions arrives by wireless, prompting cabinet salary discussions and further talks with advisers. Col Goethals joins Taft as engineers push canal plans toward Washington review.
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Panama Canal
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Buth
Col. Goethals
North Carolina
House Committee On Appropriations
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