President and Senate debate on treaty negotiation rights
The piece argues whether a President should negotiate sweeping treaties without Senate input, noting the Senate's constitutional check on foreign alliances. It discusses arbitration treaties with Britain and France, The Hague tribunal, and the risk of entangling alliances without Senate ratification. It underscores the Senate's role in checks and balances and the danger of bypassing it.
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Senate
Taft
New York
Hague Tribunal
Great Britain
France
End of the Turko Balkan crisis and looming diplomacy
The article outlines the imminent end of the Turko Balkan dispute with potential European intervention, noting irreconcilable demands over Adrianople and Aegean islands, debts of conquered provinces, and a stalled ambassadorial conference. It cites Dr Danoff on Turkish appeals to powers and observes Ottoman diplomacy unsettling the Caucasus in the Balkan crisis.
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London
Adrianople
Aegean
Danoff
Taft Analysis of Defeat Sparks Insistent Tone in Speech
The article discusses President Taft's frank appraisal of insurgency within the party after a recent defeat. It contrasts his conciliatory rhetoric with the harsher, hammering approach seen earlier, noting the tension between reform aims and party unity. It also covers state actions regarding highway harassment cases and calls for accountability for prosecutors.
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Taft
Boucicault
Ivery
Ines
The Fake Titanic Chair Message Examined
The piece debunks a claimed note scratched on a chair aboard the Titanic attributed to Col. John Jacob Astor. It argues the supposed message is a modern invention, noting Astor’s final thoughts were likely directed to his wife as the ship sank and there was no room for such a message.
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Frederick Remington
Frank Norris
Mr. Norris
Col
John Jacob Astor
Finder
Teneriffe
Col. Astor
Maryland Governor to Act on Auto Chasers
Governor Goldsborough considers Maryland roadside policing amid widespread protests. Testimony before him documents numerous arrests and arraignments of motorists crossing the District line into Montgomery and Prince George counties by officers described as an organized “auto chasers.” Evidence supports the protests against discriminatory exaction by the police.
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Maryland
Gov
Goldsborough
Maryland Constabulary
Montgomery
Prince George
American business abroad and modern invention ideas
A column praising inventors as business figures, noting U S exports such as motion picture film automobiles telephones and aeroplanes totaling millions. It argues auto prices fall with wages and highlights European demand in British markets while touching on political and social quips and famous figures.
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United States
Ike
Europe
Department of Commerce and Labor
Holy Land
America
England
Wagers on Sir Henry Vavasour’s Life End in Extinction
Wagers on the longevity of Sir Henry Vavasour, the oldest baronet, end as he dies at nearly 100. The Spaldington line passes to his daughter, with the baronetcy becoming extinct. The article traces Vavasour lineage from Hazelwood to Spaldington and notes bankruptcies, name changes, and historic ties toYork Cathedral.
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Spaldington
Sir Henry Vavasour
Yorkshire
London
Lloyds
Alfred Hobert Hampden
Cottred
Herts
Hart
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John Vavasour
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Henry Nooth
Anne Yates
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Lord Fisher
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Randall Morgan
Philadelphia
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
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Vavaasseur
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Lady Fisher
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William Ormsby Gore
Harlach
Beatrice Cecil
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Henry VI
Cherlas I
Col. Owen
Porkington
Gonway Castle
Charles 1
Gore
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Owen Ormsby
Parkington
Shropshire
Hwfa Ap Cyndelw
NEW USE FOR PETROLEUM IN 1918 OIL PRODUCTION SURGES
In 1918 total U S petroleum output reached 290 200 000 forty two gallon barrels valued at about 15 000 000 000 despite a smaller yield from 81 788 300 barrels on January 1 to 62 000 000 by year end. Rising internal combustion engine demand and higher prices spurred drilling in the Appalachian fields and a notable drop in Russian production aided U S oil markets.
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United States
David T. Day
United States Geological Survey
New York
Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Russia
Canadian Warships Bill Sparks Canadian Debate
A Washington letter notes a 35 million dollar Canadian House proposal for three new battleships for King George. It argues Canada cannot raise the money, and that railroad interests may back the plan by offering warships to pressure Britain over canal tolls.
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Hostor Post
Panama
King George
Canada
Georges
A. F. Leech
Washington
Atlantic fleet ships sail from Hampton Roads for Guantanamo drills
The Atlantic battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger sets sail from Hampton Roads for Guantanamo for a winter program of drills and exercises from February 24 to March. The group will include destroyers submarines and hydroplanes and will visit home yards via Cristobal for Panama Canal visits. No collision report has reached the Navy Department about the Fife and South Carolina incident.
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Charles J. Badger
Hampton Roads
Guantanamo
Cristobal
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Fife
South Carolina
Senator Jeff Davis Buried in Little Rock Funeral
Several thousand attended the funeral of United States Senator Jeff Davis in Little Rock Arkansas. A U S troop battalion and two State militia companies escorted the body from the Davis home to First Baptist Church where Rev Benjamin Cox and Dr R J Bowers led services. Judge Jeptha Evans delivered the brief eulogy at the grave in a local cemetery.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jeff Davis
Davis
First Baptist Church
Benjamin Cox
R. J. Bowers
Ouchita College
Cox
Jeptha Evans
Booneville
Notable US Engineer Eben Smith Wheeler Dies at 74
Eben Smith Wheeler chief United States engineer in Detroit and head of the Nicaragua canal commission died at his home in Detroit at age 74. Born in Wayne County, Pa., he studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan and served in government projects from the Soo Canal to Great Lakes surveys. In 1897 he conducted surveys for a proposed Nicaragua waterway, later set aside for the Panama route.
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Eben Smith Wheeler
United States
Detroit
Mich
Jan
Wayne County
Wheeler
University of Michigan
Ele
Soo Canal
Great Lakes
Nicaragua
Panama
Capel L. Weems, Former Representative, Dead at 53
CAPEL L. WEEMS DIED AT HIS HOME IN STEUBENVILLE OHIO AT 53. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIXTEENTH DISTRICT, SERVED IN THE FIFTY-EIGHTH FIFTY-NINTH AND SIXTIETH CONGRESSES. EARLIER HE WAS NOBLE COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, THEN BELMONT COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. HE WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1908.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Capel L. Weems
Weems
Noble County
General Assembly of
Belmont County
Congress
Republish Works of Taylor Editions of Constitutional History
New editions of Hannis Taylors Origin and Growth of the English Constitution and Origin and Growth of the American Constitution are issued by Houghton Mifflin. The eight edition of the English volume and the second edition of the American volume summarize constitutional history from early Britain to postwar amendments, based on over thirty years of Taylor's work.
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Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
New York
Hannis Taylors
Britain
United States
University of Dublin
Montagu Burrows
Chichele
Oxford
John Fiske
Cleveland
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Madrid
Taylor
London
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Washington
Naona
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Fuller
Harlan, Brewer, Peckham, and Day
Jurispeuaenes
Europe
Rodolphe Dareste
Institute of
France
Germany
Rudolp Schm
von L. Mittein
German Code Commission
University of Leipzig
Mistook Flynn for Flinn at New Willard
William J. Flynn the new chief of the Federal Secret Service checked into the New Willard but clerks mistook him for William Flynn of Pittsburgh a millionaire Bull Moose leader. He was placed in a luxury suite before learning the error and moving to a smaller room.
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William J. Flynn
Federal Secret Service
New Willard
William Flynn
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Flynn
Taft to Address Chamber of Commerce Delegates
The annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will be held January 21 to 23 with prominent speakers. A banquet on January 22 will feature President Taft, Speaker Clark, and Dr. Charles W. Eliot. Delegates will be welcomed by Secretary Nagel and Representatives Clayton and Glass. The Tafts will host a tea and reception on January 22.
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Taft
Clark
Charles W. Biiot
Harvard
Washington
Commerce
Labor Nagel
Clayton
Alabama
Glass
Virginia
City lowers death rate in record Philadelphia year
Philadelphia reports the largest annual death decline in an American city. Deaths fell from 26,002 in 1911 to 24,215 in 1912, a drop of 1,877 despite population growth. Heart disease becomes the leading killer with 3,118 deaths, up 273, while tuberculosis declines from 2,960 to 2,629.
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Department of Health
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Weather and tide table with broad cold wave forecast
Sun and tide times listed with high and low tides. US Weather Bureau notes a west cold wave sweeping the country with subzero readings in Havre and widespread snow and rain in many regions. Forecasts expect slow eastward movement, continued cold, and variable precipitation through Tuesday with warnings across Ohio and Mississippi valleys and Gulf states. Temperature readings and humidity listed for multiple locations. Several proverbs and weather-related quotes accompany the data.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Colorado zinc and lead tariff protest in Denver
George Washington Cook, former congressman from Denver, will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee a week from Tuesday about Colorado zinc and lead ore tariff proposals. He warns that removal or reduction of duties would ruin the industry and cites silver’s price rise and regional mining strength amid a broader British Columbia boom outlook.
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George Washington Cook
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Denver
Willard
Ways and Means Committee
House
Colorado
Col. Cook
United States
Col Cook
London
Miss Wilson Delivers The Joy Of Service Address
Jane Misa Jessie Woodrow Wilson daughter of the president elect spoke to an overflow audience in Trenton Minnesota urging service to others. She shared personal examples and a tale about a star seen at Princeton highlighting the impact of small deeds.
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Trenton
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Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Young Women’s Christian Association
Central Baptist Church
Mise Wilson
Miss Wilson
Princeton
Taft Plans Summer Cottage Stay in Canada
President Taft will spend his summer at Murray Bay Canada, where he kept a cottage during his War Secretary days. He will likely leave Washington around March 4 to start a busy two year plan including Yale duties and a law professorship, with stops in Augusta Georgia and Cincinnati en route.
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Taft
Murray Bay
Canada
Washington
Augusta
Cincinnati
Yale Corporation
New Haven
Kent
Yale University
Yale
Finder of 15 comets dead
Dr Lewis Swift, renowned astronomer, died at his Marathon home after a stroke on New Year’s Day. He discovered more than 1300 nebulae and 16 comets, and earned three Vienna Academy gold medals and the Lalande silver medal. Funeral Tuesday. Born February 29, 1832, in Clarkston, New York.
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Binghamton
Lewis Swift
Marathon
Swift
Academy of Sciences
Vienna
France
Clarkston
Monroe County
Jagow Seen as Likely German Foreign Secretary Appointment
Berlin reports indicate Ambassador von Jagow to Italy is likely to be named secretary of state for foreign affairs. The move would elevate Jagow to Germanys top diplomatic post amid ongoing discussions in Berlin.
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Jan
von Jagow
Italy
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