Big Hall 13 Urged $20600 Pledged After Citizens Meeting
A city meeting chaired by Commissioner Macfarland urged a new auditorium as a key need. Subscriptions totaled $160,600 with additional pledges and talks from William F. Gude and George I T Schuatt, highlighting that Washington hosts few large conventions and seeking funds from merchants and organizations.
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Washington
William F Gude
Callen Af Tas Chamber of Commeres
New Willard Hotel
Midat
Ludd
Subcommittee drive to fund auditorium gains momentum
business men arm for organized fundraising as George Hamilton leads trustees in presenting plans. A subcommittee treasurer reported $2100 in subscriptions from 3 minutes work, with emphasis on catching small gifts as enthusiastically as large ones. Mrs Greene backs women chairing finance groups, while Mr Yerkes urges women to help ensure Washington’s auditorium shines with music and grand performances.
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George EB. Hamilton
Samston
C. C Lancaster
Northwest Citizens’ Association
Hamilton
Kate Wilson Greene
John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Washington
Yerkes
Gred¢ne
Demand for a permanent tariff commission arouses debate
Resolutions from the tariff commission convention in Indianapolis urge immediate creation of a permanent tariff commission by Congress to study tariffs, expand foreign trade, and set fair, maximum and minimum duties. The measure faces heated debate over wording and timing as delegates press for action during a special session, with officials and lawmakers weighing implications for industry and commerce.
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Tariff Commission
Indianapoli
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Dingley Law
Tanff
Representative Fowler
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Senate
Bevendge
Indiana
Cullop
Herman A. Metz
New York City
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Farmers' National Congress
Stari Commission
Cox and Sharpe
Quo
Robert H Porter
Tarie Commission
Commission
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Customs Court
Treasury Department
Girl tied in hotel found wounded and bound
Misa Ella Gingles, a 19 year old Irish lace maker, was found unconscious and bound to a bath tub in the Wellington Hotel Chicago. She said a cab carried her after being attacked by a man and a woman and that she was drugged with laudanum. Detectives traced a coerced note sent to a friend, while evidence at the hotel raised questions about timing and a former employer, Miss Agnes Barrett, who had previously had Gingles arrested on a theft charge.
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Tee Washington University
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Capt. O'Brien
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Miss Barrett
Milas Barrett
Miss Gingles
Misa Gingles
Ireland
Irleh Fellowship Club
O'Donnell
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Fleet's Couriers In Fierce Nights With Storms
Two fleet messengers Yankton and Culgoa reached Fort Monroe Va with coal and reports of the world cruise. Yankton to sail to Washington for fleet review and return to convey officials. Storms, searches near Yokohama and Galapagos marked a perilous 1907 voyage. Coaling troubled by high winds. Culgoa steadying the fleet at Hampton Roads.
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Yokoham
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Newport
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Eorgia
Richard D. Wainwright
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Staxconger
Georgia
Birmingham
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Persecution case unsettled amid police questions
A young Irish girl reports threats of bodily harm and seeks help from a lawyer and friends. Police question the tale as detectives puzzle how she was bound and why she did not raise alarms or use the hotel telephone, while noting inconsistencies about the Barrett laundry mark.
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O'Donnell
Atlantic
San Francisco Supervisor Convicted of Bribe Taking
San Francisco February 17 Former Supervisor M W Coffay found guilty of taking a $4 000 bribe to back a trolley franchise for United Railways in a graft case tried today in city court.
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M W. Coffay
United Railways
Japanese Arrivals Barely Reach Six Months Total
Seattle February 17 Chief Inspector John Sargent of the Immigration office reports 652 Japanese men women and children arrived in the last five months aboard ships between Seattle and the Orient. The total includes 169 laborers with 171 men returning from visits to their homeland. Only 48 new workers were admitted during the period.
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Wash
John Sargent
Immigration Office
Orient
United States
Vanderbilt Fined 250 Dollars for Jury Absence
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was fined 250 dollars by Justice Guy in New York after missing jury service in the supreme court while sailing for Europe. Affidavits showed he left for Europe, but the court ruled that was not acceptable justification.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Europe
Supreme Court
Guy
Vanderbilt
Setback for Mr Knox as salary clash unfolds
Dispute erupts over Secretary of State pay as budget bills clash between houses. Gen Keifer notes conflicting figures of 8000 and 12000 dollars a year and rules committee expected to craft relief to allow Knox to serve after July 1. Debate centers on whether current year overpayment can be redirected to future salary.
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Taft
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Ohio
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Carmack murder trial unsettled with new testimony
In Nashville on February 17 the Cooper Sharp trial for former Senator Carmack's murder heard a frustrated exchange of accusations. Miss Mary Skeffington testified Sharp said That’s Dane Cooper shooting Senator Carmack as she asked about the meaning of three photos. Daisy Lee described a daylong conference among the Coopers and Bradford and a 2 to 4 pm meeting, with Col Cooper cursing Carmack and Mrs Burch reacting emotionally. The defense pressed witnesses amid courtroom tension as prosecutors framed a conspiracy to kill Carmack.
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Tenn
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Carmack
Mary Skeffington
John Sharp
Sharp
Dane Cooper
Senator Carmack
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Misa Lee
James Bradford
Robin Cooper
Bradford
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Col Cooper
Tully Brown
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Dane Branter
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John D. Sharp
Smith
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Patterson
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Inlane Hotel
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Geo
Garner
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Washington
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Young Cooper
Charles H. Warwick
Credit Men's Association
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State Senate
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Robin Coper
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Jones
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Senators
Angell resigns at eighty as Michigan president
Ann Arbor Michigan February 17 James Burrell Angell resigns the presidency of the University of Michigan effective at end of the academic year next June The board of regents creates the office of chancellor and offers Angell four thousand dollars yearly plus use of the president's mansion The 80 year old educator has guided the university since 1871 growing from 1111 students to 4778 attendances Possible successors are noted including Jeremiah W Jenks Beveridge and Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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Mich
James Burrell Angell
Michigan
Board of Regents
Dr. Angell
Angell
Jeremiah W Jenks
Cornell University
United States
Beveridge
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Trial Hearings Detail Carmack Shooting Witnesses
Testimony outlines Sharp's reactions after the gunfire and identifies Cooper and others at the Arcade scene. Witnesses recall threats against Carmack, Carmack's death, and Cooper remarks during the campaign, with investigations into the weapon and clothing found with the body.
Man Swept Through a Sewer to Surface
In New York on February 17 Italian laborer Rocco Torsoni fell into an open manhole and was swept 50 feet through a sewer pipe to Hast River. Dock employee Ricard F Ryan hurled an improvised rope lasso, catching the body as it emerged at the river mouth. Torsoni was unconscious but revived with artificial respiration.
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New York
Rocco Torsoni
Ricard F Ryan
Torsoni
Tralian
32 Miners Found Alive In West Stanley Shaft Explosion
Newcastle England February rescue work reached the second level of the West Stanley colliery shaft after yesterday's explosion entombing nearly 200 men. Two men were found alive this morning though most were severely injured. Flames spouted 60 feet above the pit mouth.
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Newcastle
England
West Stanley
Hains' Lawyer Indicted in Prisoner Escape Case
Three indictments returned by the New York grand jury charge lawyer Joseph Shay with abetting a prison escape plot at the Tombs. One felony and two misdemeanors. Shay, once counsel for Thornton J Hains, is free on $5,200 bail.
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Abbettingen
New York
Joseph Shay
Thornton J Hains
Patterson Improves After Delicate Neck Operation
Raymond Patterson of the Chicago Tribune, Washington correspondent, is recovering well after a neck gland enlargement operation in Baltimore. The procedure was highly delicate and successful, with daily improvement noted. Doctors anticipate his discharge in ten days to two weeks.
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Raymond Patterson
Washington
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Chicago Tribune
Indicted for Libel in Panama Case Conspiracy
Federal grand jury returns two indictments against The Press Publishing Company Joseph Pulitzer Caleb M Van Hamm Hubert H Lyman Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams for libel in the Panama Canal scandal. Bench warrants and corporate summons issued. case linked to alleged articles naming Roosevelt Taft Root Morgan Cromwell and Robinson. Attorney General Bonaparte outlines Maryland history of libel prosecutions and press protections.
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Robert H. Lyman
New York
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Charles R. Willams
Indianapolis
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Hubert H Lyman
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Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
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William Howard Taft
Ellu Root
Charles P Taft James Pierpont Morgan
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Douglas Robinson
Justice Fould
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Semuel Hawken
Unite States District Attorney
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Presa Publishing Company
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