Philippines tariff debate opens Friday in Senate panel
Senator Hale questions Secretary Taft on Philippines policy and costs of naval bases at Olongapo and Cavite. Taft argues for a base at Olongapo, cites health of troops and potential independence timing. Committee members split on report prospects with Dick and Nixon seen as pivotal votes amid party lines.
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Hale
Mualine
Taft
Philippines
Tate
Commissioner of Pensions
Maine
Patt
Chairmartt Lodge
Serge
Bland
Obie
Mr. Nixon
Nevada
Lodge
Heveridge
Long
McCreary
Carmich
Ronuss
Brandegee
Culberson
Dubow
Stone
Bick
Terda
Posston
Nixon
Wilton
Senate
Ray d
Boch Mes
Dilek
Jon
Stewart
Roosevelt
Dr. Hale
Pubes
Sam
Propa
Olongapo
Cavite
Dewey
Olopgapo
Islands
Haile
Fransco
Noma
Semen Hale
Trial of Dr Haugh Opens in Dayton Murder Case
Eneal to Tie Was soon Post Dayton February 25 the trial of Dr C Haugh indicted for murdering his mother father and brother by poison and burning the home then cremating the bodies. Judge Brown presiding. Prosecutor Negin opened with circumstantial evidence. Notable: two days before the tragedy he procured glycene tablets and coal oil. Neighbor Homer Cook testified a flame ran along the floor from bedroom to kitchen and Mrs Haugh’s hair burned like a torchlight.
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Eneal
Dayton
Ohio
Qiver C. Haugh
Brown
Common Pleas Court
F.C. Hauish
Negin
Cleveland
Mra Haugl
Dynamiter loses nerve in St. Mars Reservoir plot case
In Wapakoneta Ohio Wright testifies that he and Riley Colton planned to blow bulkheads at St. Mars Reservoir but Wright threw the dynamite into the lock unlit. He explains his nerves failed during the operation while Isaac Sheeley faces charges linked to the murder of Amos Riley. The court rules Wright's testimony usable. Jewelry stock auction planned at 125 F SuomW to dispose of remaining goods.
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Wapakoneta
Ohio
Park Wright
Riley Colton
St. Mars Reservoir
Jie
Isaac Sheeley
Wight
Amos Riley
Cela
Wright
Power of Speaker Defends the Insurgents in New York
Wisconsin Representative Henry C. Adams spoke at the Wisconsin Society dinner in New York denouncing Speaker Cannon's power and praising insurgents who opposed the Philippine and Statehood bills. He argued that the House abuses must not persist in a free government and defended Roosevelt while marking the insurgents as friends to the President.
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Wisconsin
New York
House
Henry C. Adams
Wisconsin Society
Hotel Astor
National
House of Representatives
Adams
Congress
Cannon
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Insurgenta
Henry ©. Adams
Fims
Theodore Roosevelt
South
New England
Aittsburg
New York City
Missouri
la Follette
House of Repreventatives
Republican Committee
South Carolina
Senate
C Party
Americas
Gom
House of
Gillette resigns army to run Philadelphia filtration
Maj Cassius B Gillette resigns his army commission after opposition in War Department and Congress to indefinite leave. He accepts Mayor Weaver s appointment as chief engineer of Philadelphia s bureau of filtration at 17000 yearly, with work to complete a 200000000 gallon daily plant costing about 20000000 and an estimated 5 million more and three years to finish.
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War Department
Congress
Philadelphia
Cassius B. Gillette
United States Army
Weaver
Hiram
United States
Gillette
John W. Him
Root
James Gn} Gordon
William Barclay Parsong
J. Donald McLennan
Maj
Nnt
Pennsylvania
Con
God Weaver
Bureau of Filtration
Department of Public Works
Bureau
Cluese
Select. Com
Wenneman
Taft
Cassius E. Gillette
Bureau of Fliration
Maj. Gillette
Buration
Roose
Military Affairs Committee
Emma Goldman Shines in Chicago Social Acknowledgments
Emma Goldman the anarchist visited Chicago social circles under the alias Miss Schmidt translating remarks for Paul Orleneff’s Russian actors. She attended luncheons hosted by Baron Schuppentrach the Russian consul and social events at Hull House and fashionable residences. The guests enjoyed her company unaware of her true identity until after the Orleneff troupe left.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Enza Goldman
Paul Orleneff
Emmi Goldman
Rlsie
Intates
Hull House
Emma Goldman
Miss Schmidt
Orlene
Flay
Death-Advocacy Ban Aims to Block Euthanasia Talk
Albany Feb. A bill was introduced in the New York assembly to prohibit advocacy of putting to death due to incurable illness or disability. The measure, by Assemblyman De Groot, would make it a felony to publish or spread writings urging death as a solution for the afflicted.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
de Groot
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Stabbing in Sugar Run Near Littleton Involving Two Women
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Arthur Higgins wife of ex Mayor Higgins of Littleton West Virginia was stabbed twice in the breast by her mother in law Mrs. James Higgins at Sugar Run near Littleton. She is in dying condition and warrants have been issued for Mrs. Higgins. The dispute arose over treatment of the child after the Littleton fire.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Arthur Higgins
Higgins
Littleton
W. Va
James Higgins
Sugar Run
Jewelry stock sale at 1225 St. Aw location ends when emptied
A local notice states H Luengene will dispose of the entire Karr jewelry stock daily at 1225 St. Aw until all items are sold. The banking department of Union Trust Co offers 2 percent interest on all accounts.
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C of
Luenzene
Karr
Cc. H. Luengene
I. Luengene
St. Aw. Uni
Banking Dept of
Union ‘Trust Cc
C. H. Luengene
Lwi‘r
Soeral
Washington Post
Havana
Nicholas i Longworth
Morgi
Santiago
Mariano
Morgan
United States
Tampa
H. Luengene
St. Uw
Debs Calls for Action Amid Idaho Governor Case
A Toledo Reuters text reports Eugene Debs replying to questions on the arrest of William D. Haywood and Charles Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners for complicity in Gov. Steunenberg’s assassination. Debs urges mass meetings, calls for action, and warns of a revolutionary struggle against plutocratic power.
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Moyer
Haywood
Steunenberg
Walla
Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
William Mail
Toledo Socialist
Western Federation of Miners
Gov
Idaho
Eugene Debs
Chicago
Gama
Bastile
France
Werkers
Plutocracy
Governor Jelks to probe Piper mine disaster
Governor W D Jelks arrived in Birmingham to personally investigate the Piper Alabama mine disaster. Reports state six men were killed outright, two died in the night, and twelve were injured with two more feared dead. The explosion traced to a windy shot timed as miners discharged to knock coal down. About 150 workers were present, with officials calling the loss of life unexpectedly small.
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Jelks
Piper
Birmingham
Ala
W. D. Jelks
Drunken rioters kill two at Mount Carmel station
At Mount Carmel Illinois February 28 a drunken riot led to two men shot dead and two jailed at the depot. Victims were strangers. one man believed from Youngstown Ohio. Suspects C E B Dodd and J W Murphy in custody amid high public anger.
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Mount Carmel
C. EB Dodd
J. W. Murphy
Youngstown
Ohio
Dodd
Murphy
Howell
Ind
Move to Make Rogers Tell
Formal application to Justice Gildersleeve in New York seeks an order compelling Henry H. Rogers to answer questions he has refused in the Missouri Inquiry. Henry Wollman, for Missouri, asks for a certified copy of a related Missouri decision at next session. The inquiry adjourned after a brief daily session, with adjournment until tomorrow.
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Gildersleeve
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Missouri Standard Gill
Eupenue
Henry Wollman
Missouri
Missouri State Inquiry
American Postmaster Held in Isle of Pines Tax Dispute
In Havana on February 28 American postmaster A W Moerke of Columbia Isle of Pines is jailed after refusing to pay local taxes. He argues Isle of Pines is not under Cuban jurisdiction.
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Havana
A. W. Moerke
Columbia
Isle of Fines
Loto
Pines
Cuba
Empress Dowager Reported Dead Amid Nanchang Riots
Warmer ports and foreign gunboats tighten the radius around Nanchang as reports surface that the Empress Dowager is dead and a Catholic priest named La Cruche is linked to the stabbing of a Chinese official. The unrest sparked by the incident prompts authorities to punish rioters while foreign ships move toward the disrupt region.
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Pekin
Specia
Washington Post
Hongkong
Nanychang
la Cruche
Nanchang
London
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Quiros
H. C. Kingham
the Tribune
Y. E Morning Post
Aiea
Kiangsi
Springfield Riots Prompt State Troops to Guard Negro District
In Springfield Ohio on February 23 eight companies of State troops guarded the city after a mob burned six Negro homes and attacked the district. Militia, under Col. C. S. Ammel, replaced Capt. Horace Kelter, and additional rioting threats led Mayor Todd to appeal for public calm. The mob targeted homes, several were destroyed, and a stand remained at the city hall where shelters were sought.
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Springfield
Ohio
Cta
Harrison and
York Streets
Itia
City 7
Solliery
Col. C. 8
Ammel
Horace Kelter
George Miller
York
Harrison Streets
Miller
Miller's House
John Logan
Nash Ingram
York Street
Central Avenue
Ninth Battalion
Company
Fodé
Todd
Tha Cty
Oho
M. Todd
Martin Davis
Kunkle
Common Pleas Court
Torday
Almone
Laybourne
Von
John L. Coleman
William Nurley
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Hue
Sprat
C.F
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Dynamiter
H.C. Adams
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Solon
Debs
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Rogers Tell
Isle OF Pines
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