Roosevelt Helped Resume Cordial Relations With Japan
A long Washington report notes President Roosevelt aided a resumption of cordial relations between the United States and Japan. It cites avoiding naval panic on the Pacific coast by moving the fleet to Atlantic routes, and discusses congressional discussions chaired by California and Oregon lawmakers over immigration and anti Japanese measures.
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Japan
Roosevelt
Pacific
United States
Atlantic
Che Huhear
California
Winte
Honse
Sarameqt
Wulent Hoosevelt
Sen
Californi
Fulter Oregon
Conah
Calferna
Climany
Itis
Leeds Devil Loose Wears Hoofs and Wings
A winged hooved creature named the Leeds Devil has been sighted in the Applejack District and neighboring towns over the last 24 hours. Reports describe it as a winged devil with a horse face and collie head, leaving temperance pledge notes in saloons and provoking widespread talk.
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Applejack
Collie
Deacon White
Washington Post
Burlington
N. J
Jersey
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New Jersey Beasts and Alien Steamship Debate Stir Local News
New Jersey residents report sightings of a mysterious creature described as half bird and half devil with hooves and wings, prompting warnings and school suspensions. In New York officials push for stricter regulation of steamship companies amid concerns over immigration and an alleged costly burden on state institutions.
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New
Seyman
Actress Miss Robson Defends Atlantic City Trip Details
New York deposition in Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould versus Howard Gould case confirms Miss Robson shared a party with Dustin Farnum and Mrs Gould. She says the group’s behavior was ladylike and proper, with no misconduct observed and no intoxication witnessed. The testimony places Farnum and others at events in Philadelphia and Atlantic City in October 1908.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
May ‘Robson
Supreme Court
Miss Robson
Goutd
Castle Gould
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Gould
Mrs Gould
Mise Sells
Milas Shackford
Dustin Farnum
Farnum
Mra Gould
Mra. Gould
Atlantic City
Marlborough-Blenhei
Mrs. Gould
de Lancey Nicoll
England's Naval Pact Talks Break Over U S Unyielding
London January 21 The international naval conference risks collapse amid disputes over contraband and continuous voyage with the United States sticking to a hard line. British delegates press for concessions as mediators fear failure. American representatives defend firm positions and secrecy.
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England
United States
London
International Naval Conference
PLAN FISHERIES TREATY DISCUSSION AT STATE DEPT
Secretary Root Ambassador Bryce and Canadian Minister Aylesworth held a long conference on Newfoundland fisheries treaty with provisional accord on questions for Hague arbitration. Canada Newfoundland awaited assent due to Newfoundland justice minister Kent’s icebound delay. conference to resume today.
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Root
Bryce
Aylesworth
State Department
Newfoundland
United States
Great Britain
Hague
Canada
Kent
Washington
Cape Breton
Death mask of Napoleon sought in New Orleans case
Information may lead to recovering the Napoleon death mask that disappeared from New Orleans city hall. The mask, cast in 1834 by Dr Antommacht after Napoleon at St Helena, is reportedly sighted by a New Orleans woman who has offered to share details.
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Napoleon
New Orleans
Antommacht
Island of
St. Helena
Bellevue tainted river water causes typhoid fears
Pan official estimate from the State Board of Health and local authorities places about 4,000 Bellevue residents in Pittsburg exposed to raw river water supplied by a water company over the previous weekend. The illness, a nauseating complaint now widespread in Bellevue, may develop into a typhoid fever epidemic.
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Pittsburg
Pan
Bellevue
A.water Company
Cooper's New Discovery Wows New York Shoppers
Reports say LE. T. Cooper, Western stomachologist, draws crowds at Broadway and Ninth Street as his medicine claims to stimulate gastric juices and regulate digestion. A New York druggist notes unprecedented demand while Cooper vows to rest in London after a two month break. Local adopter George J. Scott touts relief from rheumatism and improved health after a month. Cooper Medicine Co. Dayton Ohio offers a booklet by request.
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New York
Broadway
Ninth Street
LE. T. Cooper
Cooper
London
England
George J. Scott
No. 274
West Nineteenth Street
Thia Cooper
Cooper Medicine Cap
Dayton
Ohio
Private detectives dismissed from Brownsville shooting case
The War Department ends use of Brown and Baldwin private detectives who were paid 15.00 for tailing discharged Twenty-fifth Infantry members and obtaining a confession from Boyd Conyers. The department continues efforts to identify all gunmen but sees detectives as having done all that could be expected.
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Brown and Baldwin
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Boyd Conyers
War Department
Brownsville
Plan M Kinley Memorial Observance in Washington
The 65th anniversary of President William McKinley’s birth will be observed in Washington with a memorial service at First Congregational Church on January al. Sponsored by Grand Army posts and the Woman’s Relief Corps, the event features Rev Samuel Woodrow’s sermon, a large choir, and special musical program. Attendees include John Walker, Emma L Newton, and various staff members. The altar will display the national emblem and a portrait or painting of McKinley with red carnations.
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Willam McKinley
Washington
First Congregational Church
Northwest
Grand Army
Woman's Reef Corps
Department of the Potomac
Samuel Woodrow
Churca
William McKintey
Soldier
John 8 Walker
Cc A R_ department of the Potomac
Emma L Newton
Woman's Relief Corps
Bischoff
McKinley
Bailey Not a Candidate for Secretary of Agriculture
Prof LH Bailey of Cornell, chairman of the President's country life commission, denies being a candidate for Secretary of Agriculture in Taft's cabinet. He lauds Secretary Wilson, says Wilson will stay as adviser, and notes the commission's Saal report and recommendations while calling for a flexible future for a permanent country life commission.
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LH. Bailey
Cornell University
Country Life Commission
Taft
Baker
Land
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Tait
Agricultural College
Bailey
Washington
Saal
Prof. Bailey
America
Chinese New Year in Chinatown Featured With Dances and Debts
Washington Chinatown marked its new year with incense, gongs, and lamp paper cards as residents paid debts, hosted feasts, and offered prayers to ancestral gods. Reports note rice wine at nine cents a pint and a week of shop closures, while listings list multiple deaths in the area and nearby wards.
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Chinatown
Rica Wie
Suan Tung
Suang Tung
Births Record Names and Towns Mentioned
Birth notices list several families with newborn boys and parents names including George E and Mary L Terr James and Rose Felteer Frank and Frederick C G and Anne Borsekler George Hand Mermaint Willam F and Teresa O Beirnd Palmer bey vil James ALnd Colling Frank and Mery Valentine Joht end Lula Warren gis Lewis and Minnis Lindsay boy
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George E
Mary L. Terr
James
Rose Felteer
Liberty League Pleased By Prohibition Bill Failure
The Personal Liberty League of the District praised the failed Sims prohibition bill in the House at yesterday's legislative committee meeting. Meachim of the Chicago league planned to attend but was absent. The local branch said it had sent Congress petitions with over 40,000 signatures protesting prohibition in the District, noting signatures excluded women and children.
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Deacon Waus
East Burlington
Mnother
Mount Holly
Colle
Salem
Henry Ricketts
Personal Liberty League
M Meachim
Chicago League
Congress
Meachim
Washington
Chicago
Oregon elects Chamberlain to U S Senate amid party lines
A Republican legislature in Oregon elected Democrat Chamberlain to the U S Senate to succeed Fulon Republican. Senator Bourne praised the result as a test of legislative integrity and will of the people. Telegrams applauded the outcome as a sign of nationwide cooperation and duty.
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Oregon
George L Champerton
United State
Fulon Republiani
Marin
Capitol
Bourne
Republians
Pershaps
Chamberlain
Journal of the House
Lincoln Way memorial proposal sparks Senate debate
Senator Dick's resolution would declare February 12 a legal DC and territories holiday and urge a Lincoln memorial in Washington. Debates over memorial form emerged, and regulation consideration was postponed. Senator Carter proposed a Lincoln Way highway from the White House to Gettysburg, fifty miles away.
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Abraham
White House
Gettysburg
Senator Culberson Seeks DOJ Sugar Trust Letters
Senator Culberson introduced a Senate resolution directing the Attorney General to send to the Senate copies of all Department of Justice correspondence about alleged Sherman antitrust violations by the American Sugar Refining Company. The dispute concerns a loan pledged as security and a stock tie to the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company with a claimed agreement to restrain business. Consideration was postponed under objection.
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Culberson
Senate
Seta
Department of Justice
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Would-Be King Is Dead in Waldorf-Astoria Death
Special report notes Charles L Tutt a Colorado Springs mining magnate and U S Reduction president died of heart disease at the Waldorf Astoria. He built Cripple Creek development and planned a San Juan Island kingdom but failed to locate the island. Also mentions Sultan of Turkey third wife death and Gallinger calling a District committee meeting.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles L .Tutt
Colorado Springs
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Tutt
Cripple Creek
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Milling Truat
San Juan Group
British Columbia
Sultan
Constantinople
Turkey
Burhan Edin
Licensed Sailors Push For Broader Vessel Officer Rules
Captain John H Pruett leading the American Masters Mates and Pilots Association and others urged the Senate commerce committee to back Senator Knox's bill requiring licensed masters and mates on sailing ships over 300 tons. Current law covers masters over 700 tons but not mates. The association argued licensing would heighten responsibility and ensure crews cannot risk licenses.
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John H Pruett
American Masters, Mates, and Pilots Association
Senate Committee On Commerce
Knox
Pilow Association
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Elouse Eormit
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EAC
Atas
Robert Boo Tab
Semme Sas
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Tareas
Saff
Putin
Pedro Harey
Trou
Dapeen
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania
Charles J Bell
Leeds
Devil” Loose
New Jersey
SRE
Splitaladin
Ted Sadiaa
Oman
Albert Warren Ferris
Ree
Leedy Corners
Cumberland County
South Jersey
Mr Poe
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Gloucester
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Williamstown
Cumberland
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Edward Archer
Archer
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Purcel
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Manse
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Hitch
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Saingield
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Postal Department
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Here
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Westerndr
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Baldwin
Kinley Memorial
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Colony
Health Office Record
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Sears
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David B Rhodes
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Garfield Hospital Annex
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Hockman al
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Elia Shulman
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Benning Road
Charles Gaur
St Nw
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Quincy
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Liberty League
Sims
Paas House
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Repl
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Lincoln Way
Dick Baags
Upper House
Sugar
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Bonaparte
Gailinger
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Ayer
Ayers
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Columbia
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
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John H. Magruder
Connecticut Avenue
K St
Belmont
14Th Street
Schwartz & Palzman
7Th Street
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Larets
Medeor
St Julien
Margaux
Christian Xander
St. NW
Dennis
Atlanta City
He Dennis
Michigan Avenue
Dinine
Waller J Buzby
Panatome
Buzby
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G Street
Brussels
Wilson & Mayers, Branufacturers
Auctisngers
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