Canada resented annexation talk tightens lines
Ottawa reports mounting Canadian anger over U S annexation talk tied to reciprocity debate. Sir Wilfrid Laurier to issue a statement to quell ideas of Canada joining the United States. Banks, manufacturers, and press groups mobilize against annexation fears while Parliament weighs the reciprocity pact.
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Fear Extra Session Foes Of Pact Are Obdurate
Extra session likely as President Taft pressures for a vote on the reciprocity pact with Canada. Senate factions split over time to consider the treaty, with hearings ruled out and briefs requested. three or four determined members may block or push action before adjournment, possibly forcing a late session.
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Threats tied to power presses stir federal officials
Letters calling for revenge against Treasury head MacVeagh, Assistant Secretary Andrews, Senator Smoot, and Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director Ralph accuse them of pushing power presses. Officials dismiss threats as frivolous while defending staged gradual adoption to save 700000 dollars yearly, and pledge no job losses.
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Gates speeds to doctor for blood poisoning
Charles G Gates son of John W Gates travels via a fast special train from Port Arthur to California en route to New York for urgent medical care after a blood poisoning diagnosis. The party includes Charlene Gates and seven friends. The train margins include a fast 100 mph leg to Chicago, with details of the accident undisclosed.
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Dead in Her Lighthouse Keeper of Pass Manchac
Special to The Washington Post from New Orleans reports the death of Mrs Mary J Succow a longtime keeper of the Hight at Pass Manchac Lake Pontchartrain. Born in Liverpool she came to the United States at age six and later married a lighthouse keeper who died ten years after. She maintained the lighthouse for 37 years feeding a lonely life and earning seamen admiration for her fortitude through many storms.
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Life Term for Fowl Thief in Kentucky History
Georgetown Ky Feb 17 Caswell McCatten a man with prior prison terms was sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing a single turkey gobbler from Reuben Cffurt before Christmas. The verdict was re imprisonment under the habitual criminal act marking a historic Kentucky punishment.
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Womankind Too Talkative Says Police Chief in Mock Plea
Supt Hedmond Welsh of a local police, in a speech reported by Lowell Maza, argues women talk more than ever and jokes about reviving the ducking stool as punishment. He suggests many husbands would welcome such a method to quiet their spouses.
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Babies in an Elopement Arrests in Washington
Mrs Margherita Grace, 30, said to have left her Atlantic City husband, was arrested with Angelo Antonelli by Detective Oriana. They traveled from Atlantic City to Washington. M B Woodruff, Atlantic City chief of police, filed the complaint. Mrs Gracco and her three children were detained at the House of Detention, while Antonelli remained at the Sixth precinct. They will be returned to Atlantic City.
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Drummond's Fifth Wife Reported Off to Europe
St Louis bigamist Charles R. Drummond, heir to the wealthy to bacco family, is reportedly en route to Paris with a fifth wife. He has been sought to serve a jail term after pleading guilty to bigamy while divorce papers and a $60,000 damages suit from his third wife pursue him.
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Gould House Targeted Miss Helen in Fifth Avenue Attack
New York February 17: an unkempt tramp refused alms at Miss Helen Gould's fifth avenue home and threw a brick through a library window, striking Mrs. Edward Scholes on the head. The assailant fled. police search ongoing. Miss Gould and two children were unharmed.
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Sweethearts crisis ends in double tragedy in Rose Hill
Daniel Haines's will in Rose Hill, Kansas, forbade his daughter Katherine from inheriting if she wed before 25. Katherine, age 18, killed herself last Monday after the clause. This morning William McQuitty, thought engaged to Katherine, shot himself in despondency since her death. He will be buried beside his sweetheart.
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Twins Wed to Twins in Kokomo Wedding
Special to The Washington tv report describes Delbert and Darren Johnson twin brothers marrying Kate and Lulu Clark twin sisters at the brides parents home Mr and Mrs Tillman Clark. The ceremony fulfills a pledge made when the Johnson brothers were 8 years old. Duke and Duchess of Manchester Departing for New York aboard the Lusitania to spend three months in the United States.
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China Fears Fair Treatment In Russo Chinese Pact
Chinese foreign office refuses to respond to Russia's notes on Ili province in Chinese Turkestan amid rising resentment toward treaties granting foreign privileges. Korotovitz warns China of a seminitimatum as Russia reads for possible military moves, with talks on a new border treaty and debates over denouncing the 1881 pact.
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Russia seeks battleships four by 1915 vote 60 million
The government asks the Duma to allocate 60 million dollars for four battleships to be completed by 1915. The ships are to be named Sebastopol, Petropavlovsk, Gangut, and Poltava.
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Auto Show Closes in Ames District Clerks Work OverTime
Index to today's issue lists items from politics to society and sports. Key notes include Feared extra session of Congress and death threats to officials, Maderos victory in a battle, Fordule positions on race issues, and reports on the auto show closing.
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Watson Under Guard Four Suspects Detained at Thomson Home
Thomas Watson, Thomson Georgia, has twenty four armed men guarding his home for twenty four hours amid reports of lurkers and threats tied to his political writings. Four suspects are detained and a reward of 300 is offered for the guilty. Watson fears for his life as investigations continue and police search nearby woods and swamps.
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Bennet Disturbs England Over Canadian Annexation
London text reports the Bennet resolution on Canadian annexation has unsettled imperial preference supporters. MPs plan to interpellate in the House of Commons on February 21, asking if Premier Asquith will send any communication on the matter to the United States government.
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Rembrandt brings $70,500 at Hoe auction in New York
A Rembrandt single painting from the Robert Hoe collection sold for 70 000 to Scott and Fowles at Mendelssohn Halls. The piece titled A Young Girl Holding Out a Medal on a Chain measured 25 3 4 by 30 1 2 inches, and the six works on offer totaled 110 080 dollars. The evening’s proceeds with prior auctions push the Hoe sale total to 208 867 dollars.
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Frozen Passenger Rescued From Ice Covered Platform
In Poughkeepsie on February 17 Thomas McLaughlin was found frozen to the first coach platform of the Western express on the Central Railroad after boarding at Al pany. Water from ice formed by frozen troughs dripped over him as the train traveled, leaving him unconscious until an unscheduled stop allowed Jordat to locate him and pull him to safety.
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Florence Cary leads third escape from Good Shepherd home
Florence Cary a 16 year old inmate of the Home of the Good Shepherd in Georgetown leaped from a third story window to flee about 10 yesterday morning. She was found at 817 Eighth street northwest with both ankles sprained and bruises. Two other girls followed her escape. Edith Daly, 15, and Florence Walton, 16, are also linked to the plot. Charles H Daly seeks his child wife, while the court watches the remaining girls. Florence's ringleader role and subsequent recapture are noted as juvenile court attention increases.
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