Japanese Treaty Held Up By Hale Stir in Senate Over Reciprocity
Coast senators settle immigration concerns as Lodge and Hale clash in executive session. Ratification now delayed to today amid calls for careful study. The treaty with Japan, aiming to renew tariff relations and permit future trade talks, faces opposition over immigration provisions and potential shifts in duties and federal versus state authority.
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California Senate Urges Taft to Retract Japanese Treaty
In a February special session the California Senate adopted a Caminetti resolution urging President Taft to recall the treaty and asking the U.S. Senate to withhold ratification. The measure cites fears for Western civilization and calls for enforcement assurances on emigration limits. Governor Johnson declined to comment on the issue.
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Aged Clubman Vanishes In New York
John Gardner, founder of the Union League Club and a prominent iron manufacturer, has been missing since 4 p m yesterday after leaving Eckford Iron Works on Market Street. His family, noting his 58 years and steady habits, fear foul play or an accident and appealed to police and newspapers for help in locating him.
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Russian Troops Massacre Villagers Near Astaragal
A Teheran dispatch to the Times reports Russian troops attacked the village of Mersman near Astaragal after a brigand clash. Brigands were absent. houses burned and residents killed. Officials list the victims as unspecified. The incident follows alleged barbarity by local military authorities. The Russian Minister expressed regret to the Persian government.
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Canada loyalty vote amid reciprocity annexation fears
Ottawa notes the Canadian parliament formally declares loyalty to Britain in response to fears that reciprocity with the United States could lead to annexation. Premier Laurier and opposition leader Borden support the move, while W F Maclean and Taft commentaries label the pact as engineered by czars.
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Legislators for Taft Gain Big Michigan Support
Lansing February 22 Michigan lawmakers favored Taft in a party split vote. Among 105 Republicans 90 backed Taft, 6 Osborn, 4 La Follette, 4 Roosevelt, 1 Beveridge. Democrats mostly backed Harmon with one for Clark, and some cited reciprocity treaty opposition. Real estate lending rates noted by TF Rawlings at 1505 Pa av.
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Canada’s Future Menaced by Reciprocity Pact
J. B. Willson of the Toronto News assailed a proposed reciprocity agreement as a fiscal compact with a foreign country. He warned it would sever the West from older Canada and imperil decades of labor and national growth, claimed to have been decided behind public demand and without broad consultation.
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DOOMED YANKEE SPY MAY BE SHOT AT SUNRISE
Har ry C. Dell, a former US sergeant, is sentenced to death by drumhead court martial in Tiajuana and may be shot at sunrise. He claims no ties to rebels after his automobile broke down near the Mexican border. State Department to investigate via Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Calexico officials. An insurgent wounded, with Yaqui Indian allegedly involved. The Mexican revolt centers on a socialist utopia in Lower California.
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No More Pressure on China Massian Note Satisfies Four Points
St. Petersburg February 22 The foreign office reports China answered four of six points in the Massian note on the 1881 treaty as wholly satisfactory. The remaining two can be adjusted easily. No further pressure or military demonstration is planned.
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Claimed Millions From U S Denied In Wisconsin Saga
Kenosha Wisconsin February 22 Mrs Caroline Durkee 88 widow of Charles Durkee third United States senator from Wisconsin and former territorial governor of Utah died at her home. She was the sole claimant to the funds sought from the United States government alleging Durkee left railway bonds with the treasury in 1865. Courts ruled the effort a mammoth swindle and she accepted the decision, having avoided involvement since 1872. The demand then exceeded 100 million. Travel ad follows.
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Richmond Heiress Case Tangles Atlantic City Telegrams
Richmond authorities pursued a Dororthy Arnold型 lookalike staying in a hospital after telegrams from Atlantic City linked to Miss Arnold. Hospital doctors refused police entry fearing excitement could prove fatal, while New York reports tie the affair to George Griscom Jr and Mrs A J Bradley posting on box 421.
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Japanese Treaty Held Up and National Loyalties Pledge
Californians see peril in the treaty while Canada pledges loyalty and Miss Arnold may be in the South. An American spy doom looms as broader canal concerns arise and Senator Lorimer stirs the Senate.
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Tear for Lorimer as he narrates life from bootblack to Washington
The statesman recounts his early days from bootblack to national figure and says friends from boyhood elected him. He denies bribery knowledge and declares a public castigation. Women in the gallery weep as the tale unfolds.
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Huge slide on canal may alter plans at Culebra Cut
A massive 300000 cubic yards of rock and earth slid into the Pioneer cut opposite Culebra, forcing engineers to rethink the Panama Canal prism. The collapse threatens Gold Hill removal and a wider cut, with doubts about long term canal safety until the hill is reduced or removed.
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Five Delaware Bribery Informations Filed in Dover
Seven informations filed in Kent county superior court accuse five Kent county Republicans of bribery in the November election. The defendants include Charles F. Moore Daniel W. Dodd George W. Spayd Thomas Davis and Thomas E Marvel with two informations against Moore and Spayd for actual payments and others for offering to pay for votes.
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Missing Man Meacham Found Dead Near Coldenham NY
Special to The Washington Post Newburgh New York February 2 Search for John K Meacham ended when his body was found near his Coldenham home He shot himself despondent over losing his job He was 42 and headed the Pittsburgh Contracting Company office over a large New York aqueduct contract. Matinee The Maestro Moasterpiece Today 215 Columbia Theater 25c to 1.
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Hinky Dink and the Chicago Democratic King of Newaboys
Lorimer recounts a boyhood encounter where a local king of the Newaboys, Michael Kenna, retrieved his stolen papers and became a hero. He credits the future Chicago Democratic figure known as Hinky Dink with shaping his early political support and recalls selling papers during the district work.
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Lorimer Speech Shapes Senate Fight Over Bribery Charge
A dramatic Senate plea by Senator William Lorimer defends his seat amid bribery allegations. He recounts his rise from bootblack to senator and pleads to be removed if guilt is proven, drawing tears in galleries as lawmakers weigh unseating him. A Rio Janeiro report says Brazil sues the government for 426,500 over a railway concession.
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39 Perish in Fire at Sea
Victoria BC Feb 22 two Chinese survivors of the French steamship Bin Thuan found on Tiger Island by the destroyer Mousquet. An explosion lit the ship set it afire burning all night and sank. 39 of 42 crew died in the blaze.
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