Taft For More Trade To Speak At Conference
President Taft backs reciprocity with Latin American republics and urges swift completion of broad trade pacts. The Pan American Union conference opens in Washington with talks by Taft, Knox, Latin American ambassadors, and U.S. and Latin American officials. Discussions focus on trade expansion and Panama Canal utilization.
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United States
Panama Canal
Pan-American Union
North and
South America
Bureau of American Republics
John J Barrett
Taft
Congress
Knox
Almisters
Paris Awaits New Skirt In Fashion Debate
Paris discusses the jupe culotte or harem skirt as the new mode to replace the hobble. At a Gymnase dress rehearsal the leading lady wore three outfits with no closed below the knee look. Opinions split among social lights and designers, with Auteuil races awaited for public display.
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Paris
Gymnase
Couturier
Mme Paquin
Filipinos Expect Freedom From U S Promise Of Independence
Resident Commissioner Quezon testified before the House Insular Affairs Committee on the Philippines land issue. He stated Filipinos expect independence and oppose outside ownership of large tracts, arguing that concentrations beyond 1,024 acres hinder future self rule and reflect neglect by the American public toward its 9,000,000 brown brothers.
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United States
House
Quezon
The
Philippines
Brown Brothers
Barred from citizenship ruling blocks alcohol sellers
Memphis Tennessee February 11 Federal Judge John F McCall declared ineligible for U S citizenship those who sell intoxicants in Tennessee He stated no man can uphold both constitutions and laws under oath while engaging in the unlawful vocation of selling liquor where prohibited
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
John F McCall
Scouts See Taft as Honorary Head in Washington Meeting
Advisory Council of the Boy Scouts of America convenes at the New Willard Hotel in Washington Tuesday and Wednesday under the honorary presidency of President Taft. A reception at the White House will precede council sessions, with discussions on administration, leadership, and adapting the Scout oath and ranks to American conditions.
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Advisory Council
New Willard
White House
James G. West
The
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
National Capital
Taft
New Willard Hotel
Preston G. Orwig
Boy Scout Movement
Scout Movement
Taft Eulogizes Lincoln at Memorial Banquet in Springfield
Taft spoke at the Lincoln Memorial Association dinner tracing Lincolns journey from farmer boy to President. He praised his intellectual honesty and humanity, noting Lincoln would have made a great Chief Justice and describing his self critique and fair, simple rhetoric. He described his last act as president signing a bill to create a Lincoln memorial commission with a $2,000,000 appropriation.
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Springfield
Taft
Lincoln Memorial Association
Lincoln
Washington
House
Senate
Cullom
National Art Commission
Maj Henry G Hight Buried In Somerville Home
Frank S Hight returns from his father Maj Henry G Hight’s funeral in Winthrop Mass. A Civil War veteran, Hight served as captain and major for Fort Blakeslie at Mobile and received a Lincoln era commission. Native of Saco Maine he married Lucy Mason and lived in Somerville before moving to Winthrop. He left a Washington manager, two brothers, a sister Mrs Edwin Perry, and his mother.
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Frank S Hight
New Willard
Henry G Hight
Winthrop
Mass
Maj Fight
Grand Army of the Republic
Loyal Legion
Senate
Willam McKinley
Maj. Hight
Maj McKinley
Maj Hight
Appomatto
Lee
Grant May Hight
Forty-fourth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Lincoln
Fort Blakeslie
Mobile
Blakeslie
Hight
Saco
Lucy Mason
Somerville
Winthrop Manager Hight
Washington
Edwin Perry
Surviva
General Davis to be retired by law tomorrow
General George B Davis will be placed on the retired list tomorrow because of age after ten years as judge advocate general. He will be advanced to major general on the retired list for honorable Civil War service and Col. Enoch H Crowder will become judge advocate general. Crowder is senior in the army law department and Davis authored works on international law and participated as a U S delegate at The Hague.
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Col. Crowder
Army
Bug
George B Davis
Ws. Guuige Wis Cate Feneral
Enoch H Crowder
Army Law Department
Davis
United States
Hague
Baron Rothschild Dead and Mourning in Vienna
Vienna reports Baron Albert Rothschild, 67, dies in grief after his son Oskar’s 1909 suicide over a Chicago girl, Olga Menn. The elder baron, once robust, wasted away, leaving four sons and a daughter. The piece also notes Andrew C. Fields’s death in Atlantic City and Mrs. Margaret March’s passing at Lafayette College.
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Vienna
Albert oRths
Cehid
Baron Oskar
Olga Menn
Chicago
Miss Menn
Baron Albert
Famil
Albert
Rothschilds
Baron Alphonse
Baron Louis
Alphonse
Louis
United States
August Helmont & Co
Namon
Easton
Margaret March
Francis A. March
Lafayette College
Moving Pictures in House Preview Panama Canal Plans
Col George W Goethals outlines to Congress that the Panama Canal will be completed by September 1 1913 at a total cost under 360000000 in a moving picture and stereopticon lecture the first ever in the Capitol He argues for government control of coal stations to prevent private monopolies and supports the Mann bill proposing tolls and rates for canal usage.
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George W. Goethals
Senate
House
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Panama Canal
Col Goethals
Capitol
Col. Goethals
Congress
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Businessmen Arrested on Bribery Charges
William J. Dugan a broker at 617 Louisiane avenue NW was arrested by Central Office Detectives Evans and Cornwall for bribery under District code Section 81. Hours later John H Walter a Colorado Building real estate operator was arrested on a similar charge and confined at the First Precinct station. Dugan posted a $2000 bail.
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Wiliam J. Dugan
Louisiane Avenue
Central Office
Evans and
Cornwall
Dugan
John H Walter
Colorado
Walter
Crowds Besiege Slain Man's Home in Cumberland
Crowds besieged the home of John Sweitzer in Cumberland as reports say he was shot by Deputy Sheriff Clay while deputies attempted to serve an eviction writ. Sweitzer died. his body to be taken to Baltimore for interment. Sheriff Hendley has recovered from the shock.
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Cumberland
John Sweitzer
Depuy
Clay
Sheriff Hendley
Sweitzer
Baltimore
Hood's Sarsaparilla Prompted Beauty Claim Ad
Miss Dora Hansen of Racine Wisconsin promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for pimples blotches and impure blood claiming it clears the skin. She notes her mother and brother benefited and urges readers to get the remedy in liquid or tablet form.
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Dora Hansen
State Street
Racine
Wis
Hood
Weather conditions forecast from Weather Bureau bulletin
Unsettled weather covers the western and southern states with general rains in the South and Pacific areas. Plains and plateau regions see snow and rain. north and east warmer than seasonal averages, notably in the upper Mississippi valley. Expect Sunday rain in the east gulf and south Atlantic states, with snow or rain in central valleys and lake region, extending into New England by Sunday night. Winds vary by coast, temperatures show warmth in the central valley and gulf states, with cooler nights across New England and midwest zones.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Pacific States
New England
Middle Plateau
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Focky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Central
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Central Valley
Gulf States
Middle Atantic Coast
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Mich~ Bam
Asquith Misquoted on Trade Pact Interpretation
London reports reveal the parliamentary record shows Premier Asquith was misquoted regarding the reciprocity treaty with the United States and Canada. He suggested the United States may interpret the pact as granting Britain the same favorable entry terms as Canadian goods, while noting the possibility of differing U.S. interpretation.
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London
United States
Canada
Asquith
Reception for Hammond at Washington club
John Hays Hammond, president of the National League of Republican Clubs, was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by the National Republican Club of Washington at their clubhouse on 1347 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Hammond delivered a brief address to attendees.
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John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
National Republican Club of Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hammond
Peruna Praised by Civil War Vet for Spanish American War
Col Arthur L Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers credits Peruna with benefits to his unit during seven months in camps Alger Meade and Bushnell noting seven deaths among 1400. He says he used Peruna in his command and personally and urges War Department records be consulted.
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Arthur L. Hamilton
Seventh Ohio Volunteers
War Department
Army Corps
Alger
Meade
Bushnell
Col. Hamilton
Peruna Laurels From a Pair of Recovered Customers
Mr Samuel McKinley of Kansas City recounts severe lung illness after cold exposure while auctioneering and credits Peruna with his recovery. Mr W J Harper of Lehigh Arkansas reports chrome catarrh relief after using ten bottles, restoring smell and health.
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Samuel McKinley
Grand Ave
Kansas City
Perma
W. J. Harper
Lehigh
Cleveland County
Arkansas
Hammond Urges GOP Unity At Club Meeting
Speaker urged Republicans to stand together to preserve the party. He warned that too many members were idle or sowing internal differences and called for concerted action for the world’s greatest political party. Introduced by Edgar C Snyder, club president.
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Grand Old Party
Republican Party
Hammond
Edagar C Snyder
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F Street
THEE
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St 'Amily
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Father Piltar
T A Costello
Rosa B Smolik Syndicate
Rosa B Smolik
Rosa B. Smolik
District of Columbia
Washington, DC
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John T Walker & Son
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White, Ut
Ramore
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National Bank
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