Morgan for Truge Railroad Men Alarmed
J Pierpont Morgan visited President Roosevelt in Washington to urge calming public anxiety over railroad investments and administration relations. He named four railroad chiefs McCrea Newman Melon Hughitt for a White House conference, possibly joined by Hartman. Yoakum backed cooperative federal action to stabilize interstate rail operations. Seaboard Air Line warned of financial strain from adverse legislation risking bankruptcy without policy changes.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Morgan
Mr Morgan
Mr. Morgen
Messrs McCrea
Pennsylvania Newman
New York Central
Melon
New Haven
Hartford
Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern
McGrea
Newman
Mel Jen
Thim
Harriman
Harri
Loeb
Evarts
Warlte House
Ters
Yoakum
B . Yoakum
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Seaboard
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Lne
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta and
Birmingham
Road of no watered stock sparks Seaboard critique
Mr. Garrett cites three years of service issues and hostility from the public as the cause, arguing the Seaboard has not treated turtle artists as train passengers, making any improvements impossible.
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Garrett
Seaboard
St Petersburg CD Deputies Plan Quiet House Session
A St Petersburg caucus of Constitutional Democratic deputies decided to avoid pretexts for extreme measures. They will listen to Premier Stolypin’s forthcoming declaration in silence and then continue with the regular business of the Douma. The plan aims to prevent protests and maintain order as the government faces possible motions.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democratic Deputies
Stolypin Ia
Thie Wosk
Lsten
Constitutional Democrats
Douma
Social Revolutionists
Group of Tail
Stolypin
Soldiers on the Stand in Brownsville Riot Trial
San Antonio reports cross examination of Samuel Wheeler, a black ex-corporal of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, begins in the court martial of Mar Penrose tied to the Brownsville riot. Wheeler contradicts himself on minor points and cites a lack of fair opportunity in prior proceedings. Francis Oltmans, sergeant, Hospital Corps, testifies about night gunfire and women seeking hospital shelter as Brownsville endured shooting.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mar
Samuel Wheeler
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Mar. Penrose
Brownsville
Brownaville
Witaads
Francis Oltmans
Steamers Storm Tossed in Severe Atlantic Weather
Special to Tha Washington Post reports a fierce snowstorm and heavy seas affecting several transatlantic liners. Kaiser Wilhelm der Groäe resumed Bremen-bound voyage after delays, while Pretoria communicated from near the Hook congratulating a tumultuous crossing. Carmania, anchored off the bar, was damaged by a fleet of gales striking a davit on a lifeboat.
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Washington
New York
Mar
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grogne
Bremen
Pretoria
Secret Service hunts for man with large denomination money
Washington Post special reports Secret Service agents pursue a colored man who displayed a bank row including two $1,000 bills at William H Webster’s house as part of the $173,000 subtreasury theft probe. Other notes center on a clerk’s statements, rumors of Chief Wilkie’s return, and underworld links to the case.
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Secret Service
Washington Post
Chicago
William H. Webster
Porter
Wilkie
Washington
Witte
Riot disrupts Louisville street car service in 1911 strike
A Louisville street railway strike triggers violence injuring twelve and halting most service. Police clash with strikers as 3000 suburban residents endure already disrupted travel while Cincinnati recruits 300 guards to bolster nonunion cars for Louisville.
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Louisville
Paul C. Barth
Funk
Street Railway Company
Dow
Lmits
Indiana
Louisvale
Jacobs
Fourth and
Avery Streets
Guenther
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Louisvile
Protest Over Matl Signs in Louisville Strike
The American Federation of Labor affiliates protest the Louisville street railway strike alleging misuse of "U. S. Mail" signs on cars not carrying mail. Secretary Frank Morrison denied efforts to hinder mail transit and called for an investigation into the Louisville complaint under strict post office regulations. Also notes low Atlantic Coast Line fares to Florida from Jacksonville.
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Cuuaion of
Louisville
Frank Morrison
Samuel Gompers
Morrison
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
American Federation of Labor
United States
Department
U. S
Morrigan
Treaty plan halts negotiations over Japanese exclusion
The United States and Japan paused talks on an exclusion treaty after California refused to admit Japanese children to San Francisco public schools. The President asked Governor Gillett to withhold approving anti Japanese legislation while a clarifying letter was sent. Talks, aided by Secretary Root and Ambassador Aoki, faced friction as California lawmakers consider actions that could block school integration and jeopardize the treaty process.
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United States
Japan
San Francisco
Hoot
White House
Gov
Gilett
Root
California
Gillett
Bacra
J Mento
Schmitz
Board of Education
Washington
Gov. Gillett
Aoki
Roosevelt Blocks Japanese Exclusion Legislation in California
President Roosevelt telegraphed Gov Gillett to suspend further action by the California assembly on measures restricting Japanese labor and excluding Asians. The Senate had passed bills limiting children's school entry age to ten and a referendum on Asiatic exclusion, plus a resolution against Japanese naturalization. The assembly then voted to take no action this session after Grove Johnson urged restraint.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
California
Gillett
Assembly
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House
Japan questions passport limits amid US friction
Tokyo reports a dispute over the last clause of article two of the Japan United States treaty. Officials in Washington cite it to justify officials restricting passport destinations for immigrants. Japanese jurists doubt enforcement will reach a court. The matter follows San Francisco school trouble and hints at renewed pressure on Japan to drop passport limits.
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Tokio
Mar
Japan
United States
Washington
Jawana
San Francisco
American Ambassador Griscom to Present Credentials This Week
American Ambassador Lloyd Griscom arrived in Rome and held a cordial interview with Signor Tittoni. He will present his credentials to the King next week and has leased the Palazzo Del Draso for his first official reception.
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Washington Post
Rome
Mar
Lloyd Griscom
Signor Tittoni
Griscom
Palazzo del Draso
White
New Lead Emerges in Marvin Boy Missing Case
A fresh search team forms as Horace N. Marvin Jr remains missing from his Kenn Hammock farm. A letter from Mechanicsburg hints the boy stayed with a couple and another child before a Boston trip, shifting focus to possible marshland remains along the Delaware Bay shore. Governor Lee vows full effort and eventual punishment if kidnapping is proven. Miles Standish arrives to oversee New York search efforts amid a deepening mystery.
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Delaware Bay Shore
Gov. Lee
Washington Post
Dover. Dei
Mar
Horace N. Marvin, Jr
Dr. Marvin
Kitts Hammock
F. A. Barker
Newman Avenue
Mechanicsburg
N. Y
Barker
Little Horace
Hawkins
Delaware Bay
Marvin Farm
Delaware
Marvin Bay
Audick
Mr. Stdadish
Sands to Fight Duel In Panama Over Derogatory Remarks
In Panama on March 1, secretary of the American Legation William F Sands and M Rosenthal a leading pearl trader clash over remarks Sands finds derogatory to Secretary Root. The duel is arranged and expected tomorrow as the dispute escalates. Also noted is an auction by Bohan Co at 1107 G Street with goods including silks, linens, and cottons.
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Panama
Mar
William F Sands
M. Rosenthal
Jr. Rosenthal
Messrs. Bloan & Co
G Street
Saloons Abolished in Knoxville by Narrow Vote
Knoxville Tenn March 11 by nearly 2900 votes the city decided to prohibit saloons under a state charter rule. Five thousand women and children paraded before polling and urged men to vote temperance. Celebrations filled the night as University of Tennessee students rode a water wagon in the street.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mar
University of Tennessee
Embezzler Haviland Served with 53 Warrants in Scranton
James T. Haviland, a New York stock specialist, was arrested in Scranton on embezzlement charges and handed 53 additional warrants. Bail rose from 5000 to 38000, with Haviland kept in custody as he and constables occupy a Jermyn Hotel suite. Prosecutions began with Kauffman Brothers who forwarded 23000 for investors’ funds. Haviland sought a settlement as others joined in the case. his New York attorney left to secure funds.
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Scranton
James T. Havi Jend
New York
Jermyn
Kauffman Brothers
Haviland
Vicinity
Girl Helps Kill Wolf Near Springville
Miss Lulu Cobb, seventeen, aided in killing a gray timber wolf that had preyed on local livestock. The wolf fled toward Springville, hid in a cellar on Caleb Cobb’s farm, where she signaled her father and watched Ira Anderson shoot the animal to prevent its escape. The wolf’s body measured five feet ten inches from nose to tail. Before entering the cellar it killed three dogs in a fight.
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Washington Post
Bedford
Ind
Lulu Cobb
Springville
Perry Township
Monroe County
Caleb Cobb
Ira Anderson
Anderson
Misa Cobb
Zion City Prophesy Cause Of Zion Calamity Fears
Special to The Washington Post reports rising chaos in Zion City after the death of founder Dowie. Mrs. GL Colman, wife of C L Colman of Zurich, Sweden and California, claims an angel directed her to warn Shiloh Tabernacle crowds of looming calamity unless residents renounce worldliness. Capt A L Walker seeks to curb her outbursts as Overseer Voliva orders sanity inquiry.
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Washington Pos
Chicago
Bedlam
Zion City
Shiloh House
Downe
Mre
Colman
Shiloh Tabernacle
Death by Own Action Plunges 116 Feet From High Bridge
An unidentified man leaped 116 feet from the High Bridge span into the Harlem River in New York City. Though pulled from the water by bystanders, he died an hour later in a hospital. Hundreds witnessed the dramatic fall as workmen stood on the riverbanks.
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New York
Mar
AlMose
High Bridge
Lay
Harlem
Ami
Cannon Urges Porto Ricans to Show Capacity for Self-Government
The Hamburg American Line steamer Blucher arrived at San Juan with Speaker Cannon and a congressional party to inspect the Panama Canal project. Cannon urged Porto Ricans to prove they can govern themselves while praising agricultural progress and U S unity, but avoided citizenship questions. A later report notes delayed consul calls at St Thomas and a potential protest to the State Department over Christopher Payne.
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St. Thomas
San Juan
Porto Rico
Mar
Hamburg-American Line
Blucher
Speaker Cannon
Panama Canal
Island
St Thomas
Cannon
Congressional Party
Winthrop
Lawrence H Gra~hame
Execution Council
House of Delegates
Pathadle
Porto Rica
Blaeher
Christopher H. Payne
State Department
Payne
President Roosevelt
Booker T
Washington
Port de France
Martinique
Twenty-Two Drown In Sacramento River Disaster
In Redding California on March 11 twenty four Greek laborers from Delmar Pitt Railroad attempted a river crossing at Piths. The boat capsized and twenty two were drowned with four bodies recovered. The workers were employed by the Delmar Pitt Railroad project.
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California
Redding
Cal
Mar
Sacramento River
New Delmar-Pitt Railroad
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