Closer Ties Urged With Latin Republics For World Peace
President declares union of nations of the Western Hemisphere as a model for peace. Secretary Knox states the United States supports better steamship facilities and an international bank. Latin American representatives express hope the canal will boost welfare of both continents as trade negotiations proceed with Mexico.
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Union of Nations
Western Hemisphere
Knox
United States
Mexico
World Reciproc ity Stirs Talks at Pan American Conference
President Taft and Speaker Clark voice strong support for reciprocity with all nations while Secretary of State Knox and other officials push CA, MX, and South American trade links. Over 600 delegates discuss canal impacts and broader world commerce amid calls for closer ties to deter war.
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Clark
Mr. Clark
President Taft
Canada
North
South America
Craft
Champ Clark
State Department
United States
Knox
Senor Calvo
Contarian
Senor Calderon
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Senor Casa
House of Representatives
Taft
KILLED IN COUNTY SEAT WAR IN OKLAHOMA
Wyatt Staples a farm hand was killed today while trying to stop the arrest of county officials over the removal of the county seat from Mountain Park to Snyder. Commissioners J T Armstrong and G B Bristow were later arrested and jailed at Mountain Park as farmers gathered there. Governor Cruce ordered Kiowa county Sheriff Daniels to Mountain Park to prevent further trouble.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wyatt Staples
Mountain Park
Snyder
Staples
C. EB. Bull
Bull
J. T. Armstrong
G. B. Bristow
Reading Woman Buries Husband Then He Returns
Reading Pa Feb 13 Mrs A H Kennard identified a man’s body in the Schuylkill River two weeks ago as her husband and collected his life insurance before burying him in her lot. Today Kennard returned saying he had been working in Easton, creating a sensational twist to the case.
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Reading
A. H.kennard
Schuykill River
Canal Scene Draws Congress in Historic Honors
Col George W Goethals addressed Congress in the House chamber with Cabinet members and Supreme Court justices present. Wives and daughters filled seats as stereopticon and motion pictures illustrated Isthmian Canal progress, drawing repeated applause and lines for admission cards.
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U. S
House of Representatives
George W. Goethals
Corps of Engineers
United Stat Atary
Congress
Panramaa
Goethals
Mann
Knots
Housean
Eves Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Louis Kossuth
England
Supreme Court of the United States
Col. Goethals
Irving P. Wanger
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt and Taft Policies Stir New York Banquet
Former President Roosevelt at a Republican Club dinner praised reciprocity with Canada and canal fortifications while criticizing efforts to tie the plan to a progressive label. He reaffirmed support for fortifying the Panama Canal and for popular election of senators, while praising Taft’s policies on reciprocity and canal protection.
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Canada
Roosevelt
United States
New York
Republican Club
Col
Oytest
Meyer
Roosavelt
Panama Canal
Europe
Pacific Fleet Spread Aims to Base All Ships on Pacific Coast
Secretary of the Navy Meyer calls for developing Pearl Harbor San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound to house the entire fleet after the Panama Canal. He warns Republicans to unite to avert Democratic victory in 1932. He opposes an eight hour shipyard limit, citing cost and efficiency. Also notes fortification of the Panama Canal and a California Senate move on water rights.
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San Francisco Bay
Puget Sound
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Meyer
Pacific
Navy Yard
Congress
Senate
California
Fraud Charges in Chicago Poll Lists Raise Alarms
Chicago reports allege wholesale fraud in voter registration as primaries near February 28. Dr A S Gregg of Cleveland, head of the International Reform Association, cites a hotel with 63 women registered under initials to enable repeat voting. investigators warn of widespread corrupt practices on State and Clark streets and West Madison and North Clark streets.
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State and
Clark Streets
West
Madison Street
North Clark Street
A. S. Gregg
Cleveland
International Reform Association
Injunction Granted Over Socks and Domestic Roles
Mrs Myra A Brown told a Georgia superior court judge she would rather work than darn socks and stay home. Her husband Gilbert Brown a steamship officer earning a fair income protested as she left home to run a business. The judge granted an injunction blocking his claim on her services, signaling shared domestic freedom in Georgia.
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Washington Post
Savannah
Myra A. Brown
Gilbert Brown
New York
Brown
Georgia
Gaithersburg Hotel Fire Arrest Reveals Motive
Charles W. Saffel of Gaithersburg confessed to starting the Summit Heights Hotel blaze in Gaithersburg Maryland on January 28. State Fire Marshal Thomas J Ewell and Detective Kratz led a two hour probe. Saffel told officers he wanted to watch the fire and people run, and he waited nearby to observe. He was jailed without bail on $5,000 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Washington
Rockville
Summit Heights
Gaithernburg
Charles W. Saffel
Gaithersburg
Saffel
Thomas J. Ewell
Kratz
Baltimore
No Tax on Envoy Cars In Maryland
Gov Crothers after talks with the attorney general agrees with Knox that international courtesy exempts foreign ambassadors and diplomats from motor vehicle license fees on Maryland roads. The license bureau will change its stance, making Maryland roads free for President Taft, Vice President Sherman, cabinet members, ambassadors and other foreign officials.
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Baltimore
Crothers
Knox
Maryland
United States
Marsland Roads
Taft
Sherman
Sailor Fights Off 8 Foot Snake Aboard British Steamer Amelia
Hans Brenner of the Amelia, a British steamer delayed in Baltimore, battled a large eight foot tropical snake in the hold while cleaners prepared the Jamaica cargo. Shipmates killed the snake with shovels as Brenner avoided a bite. The vessel’s missing cat Nellie was found dead, crushed, after cargo removal in New York.
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Hans Brenner
Amelia
New York
Jamaica
Brenner
Nellie
Cuban Journalist Pedro Bertrana Found Dead in Cuba
A conservative journalist from Ya guajay in Santa Clara province was found dead on a lonely road. Authorities label the death a possible political murder. In Havana the senate ratified Antonio Martin Rivero’s appointment as Minister to Washington.
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Washington Post
Havana
Senor
Pedro Bertrana
Yaguajay
Santa Clara
Senate
Senor Antonio Martin Rivero
Washington
Ambassador's Son to Wed in March Wedding
Miss Helen Miles Rogers of Racine announces engagement to Ogden Mills Reid of New York City son of Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid. Rogers a Barnard graduate and former secretary to Mrs Reid, Reid Yale graduate and Tribune director, lawyer, and member of prominent clubs. The wedding is planned for mid March.
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Benjamin Talbot Rogers
Helen Miles Rogers
Ogden Mills Reid
New York City
Whitelaw Reid
Miss Rogers
Wisconsin
Barnard College
Reid
New York
London
Tribune Association
New York Tribune
Yale College
Yale Law School
New York Bar
Chamber of Commerce
Union League Club
Union Club
Royal Princes Face Measles Epidemic In Dartmouth
Edward Prince of Wales and his brother Prince Albert contract measles at the naval college in Dartmouth where an epidemic is reported. The illness causes no anxiety and is described as mild.
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Albert
London
Edward Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Naval College
Dartmouth
Aked Contemplates Resigning Amid Cosmopolitan Church Plans
New York reports Rev Charles F. Aked weighing resignation from Fifth Avenue Church after failed building scheme. He cites metropolitan cosmopolitan goals collide with neighborhood limits and Central Park location. Rockefeller Jr. questioned the wisest path as trustees struggle to agree.
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Liverpool
Central Park
New York City
Fifty-ninth Street
Trustees
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Dying, He Shaves Man
In Oakland City Indiana on February 13 Forest Butler, a barber, fatally decoys his razor while trying to shave John Monahan. Butler had just proposed to Kate Ward, who rejected him, and had taken strychnine two minutes earlier. Monahan survived the tense moment as Butler collapsed dead in the chair.
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Washington Post
Oakland City
Ind
John Monahan
Forest Butler
Monahan
Butler
Kate Ward
Monchan
May jail Madero: American warrant for Mexican rebel leader
El Paso reports United States officers issued a warrant for Francisco I. Madero on neutrality violations after seized papers in El Paso allegedly signed by him. Casillas held on $1,000 bail. duel reports from Marfa cover Mulata battles and executions of elderly civilians, while State Department warns against border disorder and potential U.S. troop action with Mexican consent.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Ei Paso
United States
George B. Oliver
Martin Casillas
Madero
Juarez
Insurrecto
Marfa
Insurrectos
Mulata
Ojinaga
Luque
Taft at Pan American Conference headline
Today’s issue highlights Taft at the Pan American Conference and other major notes including Dr Abed’s disappointment in New York and speculation United States may arrest Madero amid canal pictures. Navy potential Pacific stationing and the automobile show opening are also featured along with editorial comment and society items.
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Abed
New York
United States
Madero
Congress
Navy
Pacific
Griscom
Miss Arnold
Ohio Society
House
Grangers
Lincoln
Bailey
Lorimer
J-Society
Maj. Sylvester
News of Alexandria
Dr Mauryo Fluegel Dies Noted Historian in Baltimore
Special to The Washington Pits Baltimore reports the death of Dr Mauryo Fluegel a rabbi and eminent author and historian known for multilingual works on historical and political topics. He died at his Baltimore home after a lung illness last Thursday aged 71 and had lived in the United States since 1864.
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Baltimore
Washington
Mauryo Fluegel
United States
Pair of Cumberland deaths sparks dual theories of poisoning
Cumberland Maryland February reports reveal two chemists testing the blood of Charles B. Twigg and Grace Blosser, who died December 31 on the eve of their wedding. Some insist cyanide of potassium killed them, while state authorities accept carbon monoxide from a gas stove as the cause. Public debate continues though investigators push toward closure.
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Washington Post
Cumperland
Charles EB. Twigg
Mies
Grace Elosser
Elosser
Lobb
Brosser
Robb
Cumberland
Charles Glasser
Baltimore
R. L. Lynch
Health Department
District of Columbia
Lynch
George L. Barker
Francis E. Harrington
Robis
Blosser
Twigg
Keyser
Blogser
Twigt
John R. Littlefield
Washington
Arthur H. Hawkins
Miss Blosser
Barker
Harrington
Thomas W. Koon
George L. Broadrup
W. R Fcard
Pical
Seaboard
N.Y
Texas to face shelling as afloat ship target test
Norfolk Va Feb 13 The battleship Texas will be used as a target for the battle fleet with all equipment intact and engines and guns in place. Mannequins may be placed aboard to measure pressure from shell contact to gauge fighting conditions for the crew in actual war. A board led by Capt Knnient and Comdr Kaiser examined the vessel, which is slated to depart for tests about March 15.
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Norfolk
Texas
Austin M. Knnient
Louis A. Kaiser
Richard H. Robinson
Marty A. Baldridge
Auto Show Opens with Lights and Displayed Decorations
The auditorium hosts an auto show opening with a blaze of lights and decorations transforming the space into a bower of beauty. W. C. Long, chairman of the committee, presses the ceremonial button marking the opening as a rush of visitors exhausts the first ticket supply. Finest cats in market arranged in attractive display.
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W. C. Long
Auto Show Opens with 3000 Attendance and Evening Hours
Attendance on opening night reached 3000 as doors opened at 10 am and stayed open until 11 pm each night. The car display features a 30 piece band performing twice daily. It claims the largest automobile exhibition in Washington with Society day on Thursday followed by a closing banquet.
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Convention Hall
W. C. Long
America
Buffalo
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