Taft McCall vow extra session on reciprocity bill
McCall announced after a White House conference that Taft would call an extra session if the Senate blocks the Canadian reciprocity pact. The bill may be reported Thursday, with the president prepared to veto tariff legislation from a Democratic House to uphold protectionist principles.
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President Urges Swift Tariff Treaty Ratification
The President emphasizes immediate ratification of the reciprocity agreement to boost foreign trade and fulfill McKinley era aims while warning against protectionist delays. Senators from both parties meet to discuss an extra session, with broad agreement that Congress should not extend its term past March 4.
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Rebels Claim London Held Not Prisoner In Mexican War
Special to The Washington Post reports federals clash east of Juarez with 506 killed and many wounded. Rumors tie Jack London and Simon Berthold to insurgents. Mexican authorities deny London’s capture while Berthold meets U S officials near Calexico. Gen Leyva and Berthold plan to move on Ensenada, defend town if started.
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Humane Society raiders seize 60 men and 36 chickens in Pittsburg
About 60 men in evening clothes and 36 fighting chickens were captured in a midnight raid by the Humane Society. Eight patrol wagons hauled birds to the police station. Thirty-eight confessed the name John Smith. seven without bail remain jailed. Supt. Bell distributes 500 dollars of chicken breath to hospitals for the sick.
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Gates Sets Record in Rain Delays and Fast Eastward Dash
Gates sets a record race with rain twice delaying the event. The doctor racing a patient reports improving condition. A Chicago to Eastward journey beats Central's lines yet trails Vanderlip's westward run. The average speed from Yuma to New York, accounting for stoppages, runs about 37 miles per hour.
Figures Of Gates Trip Records Fast Continental Run
New York reports a 2989 mile fast train dash by Charles G Gates son of John W Gates completing the continental run in 78 hours with an average 37 miles per hour and a best Chicago to New York time of 17 hours 49 minutes. He traveled with Melville D Martin H L Jones Charles Harmon and a nurse aboard the Ranger private car.
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Record Pace on Mohawk Division Train Delays Noted
A special train between Syracuse and Albany was slowed by a local service ahead, delaying arrival to New York by about twenty minutes. The journey cost estimated at $6,000 makes a rough $2 per mile, with Chicago to New York fastest regular service around 18 hours.
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Earthquake Rocks Italy with Panic and Damages
Rome reports a morning earthquake across Emilia, the Marches, and Tuscany causing panic as worshippers fled churches. Forli and Casena saw damaged buildings, a collapsing house, falling chimneys, and injuries including a child and a man. No total destruction recorded beyond scattered harm.
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Tragedy as West Virginia Fire Claims Seven Family Members
In Sutton West Virginia seven people die when a fire at J D Hardin home engulfs the first floor. Mrs Hardin jumps from a window and dies, while the other six Hardin children Ada Green and five others are cremated. Hardin survives but is overcome by grief. Estimated damage is $10,000.
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Paris Theatre Stirs Controversy Over Harem Skirt Attire
A Paris premiere at the Comedie Francaise caused a stir as Mlle Provost wore a bifurcated dress in Bernstein's Apres Moi during a dress rehearsal. Ambassador Bacon reportedly exclaimed Gee whiz as spectators whispered and laughed. Director Jules Clarette approved then rescinded the look. Provost was asked not to wear the outfit again. Bernstein has not stated whether Clarette or others will reverse their stance.
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Cats Used to Hunt Possums in Abilene
Abilene Texas February 19 possum gunners adopt odd hunting methods using Roman candles to drive possums from persimmon trees. If fireworks fail Maltese cats are deployed to climb the tree and box the animal’s ears until it leaps to escape.
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Surplus Butter and Eggs Across United States
Herbert A. Emerson testifies before a state senate subcommittee on livestock and dairying about 60,000,000 pounds of surplus frozen butter and over 60,000 cases of eggs in cold storage. The State Senate mulls storage limits and inspection measures as the winter season ends.
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Velasquez Portrait of Philip IV Sold to Private Buyer
The Velasquez portrait of Philip IV of Spain, listed at £88,000 or about $426,800 on a Mauretania customs form, will be removed from public stores tomorrow by an art firm. Bought recently from a London firm, the painting depicts the monarch in gay attire, a departure from the court dress of other royal portraits. A New York firm member said no offer from Pierpont Sarra was received and the work has been acquired by a private purchaser.
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Blaze Drives Steamer Benito Juarez to Sailor Rescue at Mazatlan
A steamship explosion forced the Benito Juarez to dump 112 passengers into Mazatlan harbor as flames spread outside the breakwater. Crews fought the fire while the captain moved passengers to windward, and tugs and launches rescued them with only their baggage lost.
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Nine escape deaths after Nord Alexis firing in Haiti
A cable from Port au Prince reported to the New York Herald that American Henry Stark and German merchant Herr Ernest Langen schwarz protested to the military governor after a Friday morning firing. Six bullets entered Stark and Langen schwarz’s residence as five Nord Alexis officials were executed, with nine occupants narrowly escaping harm.
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Beath Galls 4 in Church Foretells Demise to Text
Montreal February 19 Rev Andrew Mowatt preached on A Vision of Christ at Erskine Presbyterian Church when he collapsed with heart failure and died at 72 after aides carried him to the vestry. He had resigned due to ill health but remained as pastor awaiting a successor.
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Littleton enters race for U S Senate in Roosevelt district
Martin W. Littleton, newly elected Democrat from Theodore Roosevelt's home district, announces his candidacy for the U S Senate to succeed Chauncey M. Depew. He plans to campaign on the stump in Brooklyn on Tuesday and Manhattan Wednesday, stating he believes Sheehan and Shepard cannot be elected and sending his letter to Lieut. Gov. Conway. Roosevelt and Murphy weigh his move. Dix and Conway comment.
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Vote or Stay Here Taft Says on Page One
Mexican Rebels Win Battle and a railroad speed record bet capture front page headlines. A fire disaster leaves seven dead while Littleton runs for Senate. Misa Arnold reportedly marries. The House sees a political geek and other items fill the page.
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Baroness Weds American Farmer After Transatlantic Arrival
New York and Warren County Ohio linked by marriage as Baroness EH de Rottenburg arrives aboard the Laurentic to wed Joseph Hutt an English born Ohio farmer. The pair plan to marry in New York and settle on the Ohio farm.
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Arnold Girl a Bride Eloped to Europe Reported
Dorothy Arnold, missing heiress from December, is said to be safe in the United States after a possible elopement to Europe with a man not Lloyd C Griscom Jr. Her father and brother are aware of the daughter's whereabouts but the mother is informed. A Spokane case links a detained Sand Point girl to Dora Falk, not Dorothy Arnold.
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Rival "King's Sons" Meet In Los Angeles
John De Guelph of Brooklyn proclaims himself a son of King Edward. He clashes with Henry Howard Colpus, who also claims royal lineage, when De Guelph arrives and refuses Colpus’s greeting, even making the rival carry his suitcase to the hotel.
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Mrs William A Clark III Taken for Immediate Appendicitis
Mrs William A Clark wife of the late Montana senator was rushed from her Fifth Avenue home to Roosevelt Hospital in serious condition for an appendectomy scheduled the next day. King Peter of Serbia departed Rome with King Victor Emmanuel and officials for Belgrade after a close visit, amid a warm farewell.
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