Japan and Roosevelts efforts on Pacific relations
Roosevelt urged calm on anti Japanese legislation in California and backed diplomacy with Japan. White House discussions with Senator Flint and others highlighted the need to prevent hostile laws, while officials weighed immigration and fortification plans for the Pacific coast.
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White House
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Senie Flint
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Nator Flint
Giilere
Leeds Devil sightings grip New Jersey towns
A winged hoofed creature with a horse face and burning tail has terrified residents from Leeds Corners to Pemberton. Deacon White reports a huge two winged birdlike monster. others describe hoofed tracks, a long neck, and a demon glare. Witnesses in Riverside and Salem recount dog deaths and terrified runs as reports spread by reporters and locals.
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Leeds Corners
Cumberland County
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Philadelphia
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Gloucester
Salem
Clayton
Williamstown
Cumberland
John Purcel
Pemberton
Deacon Wane
East Burlington
Mount Holly
Henry Ricketts
Regents seek tighter rules on steamship immigration
New York officials urge stricter regulation of steamship companies for bringing alien insane to the United States. Dr. Ferris and Dr. Wilgus spoke at the White House and later met Secretary Straus after visiting President Taft. They cited costs to New York from indiscriminate immigrant bookings, noting 45 percent of 20,000 insane patients are aliens, with 26 insane aliens costing the state about $40,000 each over nine years.
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PLAN FISHERIES TREATY CONFERENCE PROGRESSES
Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce met with Canadian Minister Aylesworth at the State Department to discuss the Newfoundland fisheries treaty. Provisional agreement exists on questions to be sent to The Hague for arbitration pending Canada and Newfoundland assent and resumption of talks today due to Kent’s absence caused by ice.
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Actress Robson Testimony Details Gould Trip To Atlantic City
New York January deposition in the Katherine Clemmons Gould suit recounts May Robson visiting Castle Gould and joining a party that included Dustin Farnum. Robson testifies there was nothing improper or intoxicated, describing the group as friendly and ladylike in every detail during a Philadelphia supper and Atlantic City motor trip.
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New York
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Howard Gould
May ‘Robson
Supreme Court
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Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
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Naval pact hitches. Britain and US at odds in conference
London reports a stalled international naval conference as Britain pushes concessions while the United States remains unyielding. Delegates fault US rigidity, noting Britain shows more willingness to negotiate. Disputes linger over contraband and continuous voyage. plenary session canceled with committees continuing work.
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United States
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Great Britain
America
Cooper Waking Up New York Drug Sensation At Broadway
A Western aromachologist named Ed. T. Cooper draws crowds at Broadway and Ninth, selling Cooper’s New Discovery. Local druggists report unprecedented demand as health claims spread, while Cooper plans a London tour after a two month rest and a nationwide booklet offer. George J. Beatt of West Nineteenth Street praises relief from rheumatism after trying the medicine. Cooper’s New Discovery is widely available through leading druggists with a nationwide booklet offered by The Cooper Medicine Co.
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England
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West Nineteenth Street
Mostll Health
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
War Department ends use of private detectives in Brownsville case
The War Department dispenses with Brown and Baldwin after paying 15000 to pursue members of the discharged Twenty fifth infantry and obtain a confession from Boyd Conyers. The department continues to seek evidence on who fired in Brownsville but believes private detectives have done all they can.
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Twenty-fieth Infantry
Boyd Conyers
War Department
Brownsville
Plan MKinley Memorial 65th Birth Anniversary Service
Washington observes the sixty-fifth birth anniversary of President William McKinley with a memorial service at First Congregational Church. The event, sponsored by Grand Army posts and the Woman’s Relief Corps, features a sermon by Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, a full choir, and decorations including a photograph of McKinley and red carnations. Col. John B. Walker and Emma L. Newton will preside with staff, and attendees include several organizations in a ceremonial gathering.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Department of the Potomac
Samuel H. Woodrow
Grand Amy Posts
William McKintey
Citigen
John 8. Walker
C. A. R. Department of the Potomac
Nis
Emma L. Newton
Bischoff
McKinley
Chinese New Year in Washington Chinatown Brings Debts Paid and Rice Wine
The Chinatown observance unfolds with incense, gongs, and banquets as residents greet the new year Suan Tung 4900. Debts are paid, shops close, and residents visit with limp paper cards while rice wine and roast duck symbolize offerings to ancestral gods.
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Laandrica
Washington
Loens
Suan ‘Tung
Carlers
Liberty League Hails Prohibition Bill Failure in House
A District Personal Liberty League committee met yesterday afternoon expressing pleasure over the Sims prohibition bill failing to pass. M Meachim of the Chicago league was expected but not present. The local branch announced petitions with over 40000 portraits protesting prohibition in the District, noting the signatures did not include women or children. Plans for the coming year were outlined and Meachim will visit Washington to discuss Chicago league efforts to form similar groups in prohibition states.
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M. Meachim
Chicago League
League
Congo
Meachim
Washington
Chicago
Oregon elects Democrat Chamberlain to U S Senate
Oregon legislators elected Democrat George SE Chamberlain to the U S Senate to succeed Republican Franklin P. Fulton whose term ends March 2. Senator Bourne's telegram lauds the result as a vindication of the people’s will and notes cross party cooperation. Some votes were said to be entered “under protest” to test Chamberlain’s credentials and future Senate approval.
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George SE. Chamberlain
United States
Fulton
Bourne
Chamberlain
Lincoln Way memorial and DC centenary holiday debate
Senate discussion focused on Dick's resolution designating February 1 as Lincoln birth centenary holiday in DC and territories. Proposals for a Lincoln memorial in Washington and a memorial highway from the White House to Gettysburg aroused differing views, postponing regulation action pending decision. Senator Carter proposed a Lincoln Way highway fifty miles to Gettysburg.
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Senate
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White House
Gettysburg
Fifty Vallee
Death mask of Napoleon may be found in New Orleans
Information reaching New Orleans suggests the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte, missing from city hall since 1872, could be located. A woman, whose name remains private, contacts the mayor claiming she can provide its whereabouts. The mask was a gift to New Orleans in 1834 from Dr. Antonmimachi.
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Jan
Napoleon
Antonmimachi
Island
St. Helena
Bailey says he is not a candidate for Secretary of Agriculture
Prof. L. H. Bailey of Cornell, chairing the President’s country life commission, denies being a candidate for Secretary of Agriculture. He praises Secretary Wilson’s tenure and predicts Wilson may remain in Taft’s circle. Bailey plans to submit the commission’s report to the President and discuss permanent roles for such a body.
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Taft
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
President's Country Life Commission
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Washington
Hte
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America
Jesietisneas
Bellevue Illness Tied to Contaminated River Water
An official estimate from the State Board of Health and local authorities places Bellevue, a suburb of Pittsburg, at about 4,000 residents sick after drinking raw river water supplied by a water company last Friday through Sunday. The illness, a nauseating feverish ailment, may develop into a typhoid epidemic if untreated.
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Culberson Seeks Justice Letters On Sugar Trust Case
Senator Culberson introduced in the Senate a resolution directing the Attorney General to provide Senate copies of all Justice Department correspondence tied to alleged Sherman Act violations by the American Sugar Refining Company. The probe involves a loan to Segal, pledged stock in Pennsylvania Sugar Refining, and an agreement to limit Pennsylvania Refiner’s business. Consideration postponed on objection.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Segal
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Would-Be King Is Dead and Cripple Creek Pioneer Dies
Charles L. Tutt, Colorado Springs millionaire miner and head of United States Reduction and Refining, died of heart disease at Waldorf Astoria. He helped develop Cripple Creek and once bought a 10 mile square San Juan island for a planned island kingdom that vanished after an earthquake. Sultan of Turkey’s third wife died, affecting court schedules as the sultan cancels audiences. Gailinger Calls Meeting as Gallinger leads Disret committee to discuss bills and resolutions this morning.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles L. Tutt
Colorado Springs
Waldorf-Astoria
Tutt
Cripple Creek
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Milling Trust
San Juan Group
British Columbia
Licensed sailors press for larger vessel licensing rules
Captain John H. Pruett president of the American Masters Mates and Pilots Association and others urged the Senate commerce committee to back Senator Knoxs bill requiring licensed masters and mates on all sailing vessels over 300 tons. The current law only requires licensed masters above 700 tons and provides no license for mates. The association argued licenses would heighten responsibility and deter license jeopardy.
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American Masters, Mates, and Pilots’ Association
Senate Committee On Commerce
Knox
Congress
Phon Association
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