Presidents Query Are His Policies Cause
A Louisville and Nashville announcement claims President seeks to access facts via the Interstate Commission regarding policy impacts. It notes anticipated adverse legislation and a push for action. The report warns of possible future controversy and suggests other railroads may follow the example.
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Nashville
Als Potteres
Roosevelt
Taft
Talen
Erdman
le Interstate Commercee Commission
Commissioner of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelts Call for Peaceful Resolution in Wage Dispute
President Roosevelt urges conciliation and arbitration amid rail wage tensions. He authorizes the Commerce Commission to gather data on Louisville and Nashville and other lines, warning against blaming new laws or past misdeeds. The letter emphasizes public peace, warns of political impact, and notes the Evans era conciliation framework.
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Roosevelt
Tosa
Muumais Coennoy
United States
BMC US
Lavor
Board of Conciliation
Puble
Louisville
Nashville
West Virginia appoints debt commission amid Virginia dispute
West Virginia Legislature held an executive session to discuss the debt issue with Virginia. A debt protection commission of citizens and property holders was appointed to advise the public works board on safeguarding state interests in the evolving legally tense situation. The panel includes J W Mason, W G Bennett, P M Reynolds, J J Cornwell, W A Metterkle, S Nixon, B M Gilkerson, G W Cartin, W Campbell, I T Minn, N Gor, Benatar Johnson, J WK Whampoon, and others. The East Virginia State Federation of Labor pressed for an extra session to pass metals mining buys. Huntington, W V.
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Virginia
Washington
Leston
W. Va
Jonn W. Mason
William G. Bennett
P.M. Reynolds
Joan J. Cornwell
W. A. Metterkle
Samuel Lixon
B. M. Gilkerson
George W. Cartin
Learch Cister
W. Campbell
Isaac ‘T. Minn
Firth Patriet
Nathan Gor
Benatar Johnson
Naden
John WK. Whampoo
Bandits Shot In Fight Near Welch West Virginia
In Pluefield on February 12 two miners Alexander Hairston and William Thompson were robbed and attacked with blunt instruments. They resisted arrest and shots were fired at officers. Hairston was dying from wounds in Welch jail. no officers were injured.
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Washington
Hairston
Weloh
Choir Master Out Rector Tells Of Trouble At Pro Cathedral
Ernest F. Leigh resigns as organist and choirmaster of the Pro Cathedral Church of the Ascension after a Tuesday night clash with Rector Rev. Hen. J. Henning Nelms. Vestry votes to accept the resignation while some members seek Leigh’s side. Leigh accuses Nelms of unparliamentary language and defends his record as a conductor and musician.
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Nelms
Satterlee
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Vestry
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Leffa
Leish
Teigh
Leigh
Mr" Leigh
Aston
Op Potter
Rishon Potter
New York
Constance Satterlee
Bishop Sattridge
Netms
Pro-Cathedral
Mayor Absentees Spark Albany Firemen Favor Memo
A chaotic report from Washington West New York dated February 19 notes President Patrick F. McGowan of the board of aldermen traveling to Albany to argue for promotions for firemen who earned honor medals. The city may be headless for the first time in antiquarian memory as Mayor McGowan fights microbes in Princeton and Madrid. An unrelated Feb 1 item from Datmiel describes masked men entering a town hall and killing several councilors before fleeing, amid unspecified motive and amid a larger municipal turmoil.
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New York
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Albany
Assembly
Eity
McCellanx
Princeton
Madrid
Tin
Washington Post
Thunderer sale unsettled claims in London Times
Moberly Bell of the Times denies an American syndicate is negotiating to buy the newspaper. Solicitors for a faction seeking to wind up the Times partnership report opposition to all proposals. They push for a public sale with the judge to weigh schemes and decide. Until then no one is authorized to state disposition plans.
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London
Moberly Bell
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Times Partnership
Print paper merger in view in Appleton Wisconsin
A meeting of about a dozen print paper manufacturers in Appleton Wisconsin yesterday drew Henry B Dean of Providence and John G Hanrahan of New York who is believed to be engineering a merger that would include all the paper mills of Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. Mr Dean won in Appleton several weeks ago when appraisers valued the plants and he returned last night to join Mr Hanrahan who has been in the area for a week.
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T Jin
Appleton
Wis
Henry B. Dean
Providence
R. 1
Dean & Hispley
John G. Hanrahan
New York
Minnecote
Wisconsin
Michigan
Dean
Diplomats debate Philippines sale to Germany and Roosevelts role
Paris reports outline a possible deal where Germany would buy the Philippines from the United States for indemnity plus past costs, with the fleet sent as a precaution. England would oppose a southward foothold for Japan, while Roosevelt could push the sale through Congress with public support. The notion prompts warnings that Filipinos would suffer if Germany gained control.
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Janan
Washington
Paris
Pacific
Europe
Germany
Philippines
United States
Spain
Manila
Japan
England
America
Australia
Washington Administration
Congress
Denies Treth to Duke's Son in Special Telegraph
The Washington Post reports Miss Viola Tree daughter of H Beerbohm Tree and the young Maraula of Granby were allegedly engaged. Mrs. Tree denies the rumor calling it utterly unfounded and without foundation. The Plaza is noted as the location of her 10 day statement. A separate ad mentions a U S Government coal premium offer urging purchase of selected coal to save money.
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Washington Post
New York
Viola Tree
H. Beerbohm Tree
Maraula of
Granby
Senator Latimer Worsens After Hospital Surgery
Senator Latimer of South Carolina, formerly at Providence Hospital after an operation, grew worse early this morning. He suffered a sinking spell and a fever, with his family prepared for a potential crisis.
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Senator Latimer
South Carolina
Providence Hospital
Taft Leads New Jersey in Republican Nomination Fight
New Jersey weighs five candidates for the Republican presidential nomination Taft Cannon Knox Hughes and La Follette. Taft leads with machine support Catholic and insurance backing. Reformers led by Colby and Record push La Follette while some may shift to Hughes if he strengthens. Fort and Gov. Browne back Taft and Fort seeks unity amid party divisions as La Follette and Hughes vie for influence. The state holds 24 convention votes and watchers note possible shifts before the Fifth Page.
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Hughes
New York
John Callan O’laughlin
Washington Post
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N. J
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Joseph G. Cannon
Philander €. Knox
Robert M. la Folletta
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Cannon
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George W. Record
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Fort
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McKinley
Hobart
Edward ©. Stokes
Jersey
Reublican Party
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Bryden
Projential Life Insurance Company
United States
Dryden
Ohioan
Roosevelt
Mystery of the Sound Woman Found Floating in Water
A well dressed woman about thirty is found floating opposite Mattituck after likely leaping or being thrown from a Long Island Sound steamer. She wore a black silk skirt and white waist, hair gone, teeth gold-filled, blue eyes. Coroner suspects the body was in water a week. Striking detail is light summer clothing.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Eugene Bailey
Mattituck
English Premier Very Ill Sends for King's Physician
London reports Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman remains seriously ill as his own doctor and Sir Thomas Barlow, the king's physician, confer. Bulletins avoid alarm yet friends fear the condition grows worse and a cabinet member notes the PM is very ill.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Thomas Barlow
Henty
Henry
Ten Deaths in Storm Paralyze Midwest Rail Traffic
Special to The Washington Post reports a major Midwest snowstorm causing ten deaths in Chicago and vicinity, widespread injuries, and statewide rail disruption. Detroit Milwaukee Indianapolis Des Moines and St Louis record delays as trains run hours behind. Michigan reports 13 trains stalled and drifting, with roadblocks and abandoned stock trains. Nebraska and Iowa towns report trains lost, drifted tracks. The storm swells across Wisconsin Minnesota and beyond, with drifts reaching up to 75 miles on some routes and widespread travel paralysis.
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Oca
Weather Bureau
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St. Louis
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Michigan
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Comstock
Auburn
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Crete
Lincoln
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Prairis Home
Saratoga
Seven Times a Stowaway
Benjamin Gakrud a fifteen year old stowaway from Russia has been jailed on Ellis Island after seven trips to the United States. His uncle Hy man Trost a tailor seeks his return home while immigration officials press for a resolution. The boy previously went to Pittsburg with another uncle and returned to New York. If the Pittsburg uncle does not meet him, deportation is expected. Seaboard Air Line advertises Florida and Carolina routes with daily trains and Pullman service.
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New York
Benjamin Gakrud
Russia
Ellis Island
Authnr Iea
Hyman Trost
Trost
Frost
Children's Society
Pittsburg
Jacob Hoellman
Kidnappers Doom Victim Thanks the Jurors
Special to The Working on Port Chicago February 19. William and Alaina Birmingham, kidnap suspects in the Lillian Wolfe case, were found guilty in a Chicago court. The man received a long prison term while the woman drew twenty five years. The verdict alleges the couple forced a child into trafficking, with the girl recounting threats and abuse during captivity. The trial marks a hard blow to the kidnapping racket, as jurors faced a challenging verdict after days of testimony.
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Birmingham
William
Alaina Birmingham
Ailion Wulffe
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Tshe
Bridge of Sighs
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Nersten
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Momence
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Jones
Sera
Cheaga
Jorey
Salvation Army
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Ela Cates
Dubuque
Tows
Autos Fight Snowdrifts Reach Kendalville in Snowbound Run
American and one French car battle through five to six feet snowdrifts to Kendalville Indiana after leaving Toledo at 9:15 a m with a pilot car breaking the way The other cars trudge on toward points including Websters Corner Ashtabula and Waterloo while a German car incurs a wheel failure near Ashtabula The New York Paris race continues with arrivals and next legs noted The Royal Limited train advertises service from Washington to New York with all parlor buffet and dining cars and no extra fare
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