Party's Problem Situation in the Senate
Democrats poised to gain advantage in an extra session over reciprocity with Canada. The article outlines how Democratic leaders plan to push the measure, attack Republicans over the President, and consider tariff revision options. It notes Taft's stance, potential House actions, and the likelihood of continued Senate delay or revision steps.
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Fred Starek
United States
Senate
Soe Democrats
Committee On Finance
Taft
House
Congress
Democrata
Champ Clark
Bailey
Lfe
Woebergone
Representative Underwood
Way and
Noes
Messrs
Clark, Underwood
Democratic tariff visions speeded by extra session plan
The article discusses how lawmakers plan a careful study of tariff schedules during the recess to craft a well considered bill for Congress next winter. Representative Harrison of New York pushes for an extra session to revise the tariff, arguing for spring action to gain a favorable ballot before the 1912 election. It notes parties often lose support after rushing tariff legislation, citing the McKinley Law as an example.
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Congress
Harrison
New York
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Britain Urged to Defend Reciprocity Pact in Canada
Ottawa reports A M Grenfell, English banker, says Canada gains from the reciprocity agreement with the United States. He cites cheaper capital, markets for Western farms, and benefits to Canadian manufacturing and agriculture. Laurier likely to address parliament to quell fears of annexation and uphold British ties.
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United States
Ottawa
Oontario
Canada
Dominion
A. M. Grenfell
Hart Grey
London
Ont
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Great Britain
Wilfrin Willl
Moe
Lberal
Speaker Adkins Opposes Taft Canada Reciprocity Endorsement
Illinois Speaker Charles D. Adkins opposes a House or Senate endorsement of President Taft's Canadian reciprocity plan. He will refer any resolution on the subject to the agriculture committee, whose farmer members may influence its fate. Adkins, a farm operator from Bement, will ensure a fair floor showing for the measure.
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Adkins
Illinois
Springfield
Charles D. Adkins
Taft
Senate
House
Committee On Agriculture
Adking
Toronto business leaders oppose reciprocity trade pact
Eighteen Toronto men from finance commerce and manufacturing sign a statement opposing the proposed reciprocity agreement. Among the signatories are prominent Liberal figures Sir Samuel Walker of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and Sir William Mortimer Clark former lieutenant governor of Ontario. The statement argues the repeal and questions Parliament's authority to negotiate the treaty.
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Toronto
Ontario
Liberal Party
s#amund Walker
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Wiliam Mortimer Clark
Pinchot Speaks on Progress and Liberty at New Rochelle Forum
Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester and head of the National Conservation Association, tells New Rochelle's People's Forum that Payne Aldrich tariff fueled distrust of old line politicians. He warns Congress nears its end with lobbyists pressuring for aims like water power access and Indian land fees, urging defense of free institutions and equal opportunity.
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Congress
New Rochelle
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Association
Washington
Gravis
Alaska
Train Wreck After Switch Thrown in Charleston Yards
Special to the Washington Post Charleston W Va Feb 19 A coal and coke railroad early morning train leaving Kanawha and Michigan yards derailed crashing the rear coach onto another track. Dozens injured including Delegate H D Wells of Roanoke with rib fractures and possible lung injury. Wells was traveling to Creek to visit a niece post appendectomy with his sister in law Mrs Edwards.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Michigan
Bailrosa
H. D. Wells
Raanike
Hess
Wells
Creek
Edwards
Forsyth Brothers to Build Free Dental Infirmary for Children
John H. Forsyth and Thomas A. Forsyth of Boston announce immediate construction of The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children in Fenway to treat poor children’s teeth free of charge. They will fund land land building and a maintenance fund of 1,000,000 dollars, completing a plan tied to a late James H. Forsyth will.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
John H. Forsyth
Thomas A. Forsyth
Fenway
Forsyth Dental Infirmary
James Bennett
George Hamilton Forsyth
Forsyths
James H. Forsyth
DIES BY FIRE IN BUGGY AT HIDERA IOWA
Robert Pinske a 46 year old German farmer living near Hidera Iowa was burned to death last evening while returning home in a buggy a bottle of alcohol ignited setting his clothing ablaze Neighbors found him in flames and roasted alive
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Hidera
Iowa
Robert Pinske
New Hydroplane Flight by Curtiss Impresses Crowds
In San Diego on February 19 Glenn Curtiss tested a hydro aeroplane on the bay drawing many motorboats and spectators. Lieut T G Ellyson dived into the water to avoid the propeller but was saved. Curtiss then completed a longer water flight and a second flight near the Santa Rosa as a crowd watched from the rail. About a thousand people later toured North Island to see the water and land flights of Curtiss and H A Robinson.
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San Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
Glenn H. Curtiss
T. G. Ellyson
Hig
Curtisa
Santa Rosa
North Island
H. A. Robinson
Curtiss
Prince Sigismund Builds An Aero In German Workshop
Berlin Feb 19 Prince Sigismund of Prussia a 19 year old cousin of Emperor William engages in building an aeroplane in a workshop at Alt Glienicke near Potsdam He plans to test the machine this spring Military circles anticipate extensive experiments with flying machines during the 1911 Kaiser maneuvers on the Baltic coast.
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Berlin
Sigismund
Prussia
William
Hohenzollern
Henry
Alt Glienicke
Potsdam
Baltic Sea
Secrets of England's Mint Exposed to Public View
The mint will not flood the country with new George the Sixth coins soon. Demand drives issuing as Edwardian coins fade, with ten tons of pennies needing absorption before new issues. The piece explains coin lifespans, mint profits from silver coinage, and the private weighing rooms where coins are sorted, with visitor access overseen by the deputy master.
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George
Bank of England
Crack Safe On West Thirty Fourth Near Broadway
Early today a safe cracking at the Savoy Theater on West Thirty Fourth Street near Broadway yielded about 780 dollars. The thieves forced the old safe, while adjacent Childs restaurant and the Herald Square Hotel reported no disturbance. The Savoy serves moving pictures and vaudeville.
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Washington Post
New York
West Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
Savoy Theater
Childs
Herald Square
Savoy
No Plague in London Declared After Inquiries
London officials declare no plague in the city after exhaustive inquiries. The investigation follows Dr. Kirchner's statement in the Prussian diet claiming three plague cases in London over the past three weeks. Authorities emphasize thorough checks and confirm urban safety.
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London
Kirchner
Navy menaces Lisbon as civil war feared over minister removal
Lisbon reports escalate as navy demands reinstatement of Capt Jose Cerejo aboard the battleship Almirante Reis while the government resists, warning extremists could trigger civil war. Talks of a loan to indemnify foreign religious orders proceed amid property seizures and expulsion of former monarchist officials Jose Azevedo and Coutinho Chagas.
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Matine
Capt
Cerejo
Lisbon
Almirante Reis
Jose Cerejo
Nist
Franc
Marine
Gerejo
Amaro Azevedo Gomes
Antonio Almeida
Hogfever
Jose Azevedo
Jose Azevedo, Former Minister of Forelign Affairs
Coutinho Chagas
Cahbinet
Portugal
Srazed Man Shoots On Ship
Dennis Lynch, a second cabin passenger aboard the Laurentic, opened fire with a revolver injuring two passengers as he ran amuck on the stateroom deck. Officers tackled him, he was disarmed and handed to immigration authorities after fleeing his cabin.
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New York
Dennis Lynch
Laurentic
Liverpool
Natal di Tempore
Lynch
Laurentio
Port Coridor
Matthews Missing Captured by Three Theories of Disappearance
Captain Arthur I. Matthews of the United States Marine Corps and warden at Mare Island prison has been missing for two weeks. Theories include murder by a naval convict, shanghaing on the Frisco waterfront, or voluntary desertion to join Mexican rebels. Matthews, 38, was born in New York and appointed in 1899, with a recent death in his family noted as a likely influence. Admiral Osterhaus notified the Navy Department and a new warden was appointed.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Arthur I. Matthews
United States Marine Corps
Mare Island Navy Yard
Frisco
Matthews
Admiral Matthews
Concord
Mayn
Osterhaus
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Maj
R. L. Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Capt. Matthews
Palace Hotel
Mare Island
Capt
New York
Moring Corps
Rhode Island
Tropics
Maresland
Ill health drove commander to take own life at naval college
Newport R I Feb 19 A Navy inquiry closes without further action into the death of Commander Frank Marble U S N YN during a period between last Monday night and Tuesday morning at the Naval War College The former executive officer on the battleship Vermont suffered injuries while with the Atlantic fleet that impaired his health and feared he could not meet the required physical walking test leading to a despondent state and his suicide abandonment of his naval career
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Marble
Washington Post
Newport
R. I
Frank Marble
Naval War College
Navy Department
Vermont
Russia to Get Shuttlecock Rosenthal Ordered Deportation
Benjamin Rosenthal, dubbed the human shuttlecock, has been ordered deported to Russia on the first available steamer after a two month back and forth between New York and Panama. He faced charges of trafficking in women for immoral purposes. Panama previously declined him, prompting U S immigration to decide that bearing the fare is preferable to ongoing trouble. If Russia refuses, he becomes stateless and the ship line bears the burden of disposition.
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Rosenthal
United States
Panama
New York
Benjamin Rosenthal
Russia
Steamship Company
Russig
McGraw files $15,143 campaign expense in West Virginia race
Col. John T. McGraw, a Democratic senator candidate in West Virginia, reports expenses totaling $15,143.02 with $1.82 for Charleston hotel stays, $2,000 to southern counties, $50 each to Rankin Wiley and J. M. Hamilton campaigns, $1,011.60 for newspaper notices, and $3,295.03 for general costs. County committee contributions ranged from $776, with some counties totaling $1,000.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
John T. McGraw
United States
West Virginia
Charleston
Rankin Wiley
J. M. Hamilton
Women Crowd New York Theaters, Study Shows
Harvard dramatics department obtained exact door counts from five major New York houses last week to test the claim that women dominate American drama. Attendance at nightly performances ranged from 68 to 89 percent women across plays, with even a male-targeted farce showing 65 percent female attendance.
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New York
Department of Dramatics
Harvard University
Twenty-One Hurt In Wreck On Tennessee Central Rail Line
Twenty-one people were slightly injured when train No. 14 derailed at Adairville Kentucky, en route to Nashville from Hopkinsville. Two passenger coaches overturned, catching fire from gag lamps and were destroyed.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Central Railroad
Nashville
Yelock
Hopkinsville
Adairaville
Expansion of American trade abroad urged by manufacturers
Concerted action by American manufacturers to expand exports was outlined after Senator Boot’s Pan American Commercial Congress speech. An American Manufacturers Export Association was formed with members including Perkins Campbell, Du Pont, Victor Talking Machine, Eastman Kodak, and Sargent & Co. The group aims to protect trademarks, press for fair freight rates, improve service, and assist with foreign customs and claims settlements from New York to Washington.
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Senator Boot
Pan- American Commercial Congress
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
United States
New York
Washington
Congress
Executive Departments
Henry T. Wills
Association
W. B. Campbell
Perkins-Campbell Company
Cincinnati
J. K. Rodgers
du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Rally in London market amid declining prices and Berlin buoyancy
A special Washington Post cable reports London dullness last week with Russia China tensions weighing on markets, while Berlin opened with optimism before New York and Russian Chinese war rumors sparked wholesale realizations. Paris closed with firmer sentiment and modest gains in French rentes as Manchuria plague news faded.
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Washington Post
London
Russia
China
Berlin
New York
Bank of England
Paris
Manchuria
Market Cautions Rise in Prices Ahead of Key Court Decisions
The Washington Post reports Wall Street awaits little further notable market advance until the Supreme Court rulings on Standard Oil and American Tobacco and the Interstate Commerce Commission power case firm up. Despite a prior month of optimism, traders brace as February patterns and calendar myths fade before conditions improving for securities and future business.
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Standard Oil
American Tobacco Company
Washington Post
New York
Financial District
Supreme Court
Wall Street
Atlantic Monthly
Gilbert
Montague
Great Britain
Germany
England
House of Lords
Supreme Court of the
David A. Brewer
Justice Lacombe
Missouri Pacific
Economic Outlook Turns Up Worldwide and in Iron Trade
A report notes improving demand and lower living costs with rising grain stocks and good crop prospects. Winter wheat in decline regions is in strong shape. European demand is high, boosting U S exports. Iron and steel orders hold near prior records while banks ease money, and the Bank of England cuts rates again as investment markets stay robust.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Europe
Atlantic
Rail Mills
A& Accounts
Bank of England
South Africa
Steel plants busier as export demand lifts output
Speculations on large export contracts pushed steel mills to operate more capacity, with Steel Corporation at about 6 percent of furnace use. Domestic orders for rails and light material slowed, while shipments remained heavy for wire, tinplate, and related products. Prices varied, with some mills offering lower terms as the market stayed competitive.
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New York
Steel Corporation
New England
Pennsylvania
Body of Nora Springs cashier found in rail station
The body of J. G. Cutler, cashier of the bank at Nora Springs, was discovered in the waiting room of the local rail station with a visible head bruise. All money and valuables were missing, and authorities are investigating the likely homicide and robbery. Nearby ship movements from New York and European ports are listed in a dispatch.
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Iowa
Iy Railway
Charles City
J. G. Cutler
State
Benig
Nora Springs
Railaay
Guident
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