Morgan for Truge Railroad Men Alarmed
J Pierpont Morgan pressed President Roosevelt in Washington urging action to ease public anxiety over railroad investments. Four leading railroad presidents McCrea Newman Melon Hughitt to confer with the White House on railroads relations with the government. Hartman may join. Seaboard chief Garrett warns of financial danger from adverse legislation and possible receiverships. Yoakum backs cooperation to stabilize rates and markets.
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Mr. Morgen
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Pennsylvania Newman
New York Central
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New Haven
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Hughitt
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Newman
Mel Jen
Thim
Harriman
Harri
Loeb
Evarts
Warlte House
Ters
Yoakum
B . Yoakum
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
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W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Lne
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta and
Birmingham
Seaboard Passenger Service Faces Headwinds Says Garrett
In a three year review Garrett blamed local antagonism for bad service and argued watered stock was not a factor. He asserted the railroad had not treated passenger trains as watered stock and that improvements would be impossible under current conditions.
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Garrett
Seaboard
St Petersburg CD Deputies Plan Quiet Response to Stolypin Policy
A Constitutional Democratic caucus in St Petersburg debated how to handle the cabinet’s policy declaration by Premier Stolypin. They resolved to refrain from demonstrations, listen in silence, and then return to routine House business, avoiding pretexts for extreme action.
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Stolypin Ia
Thie Wosk
Lsten
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Social Revolutionists
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Soldiers on the Stand in Brownsville Riot Court Martial
Samuel Wheeler a negro ex-corporal of the Twenty-fifth Infantry testified in the Mar Penrose court martial over the Brownsville riot. He contradicted himself on minor points and said he did not have a fair chance in the prior investigation. Francis Oltmans sergeant first class Hospital Corps described hearing a .45 revolver and later smaller pistol fire with up to 100 shots. Two black women told hospital staff Brownsville residents were being shot up.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mar
Samuel Wheeler
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Mar. Penrose
Brownsville
Brownaville
Witaads
Francis Oltmans
Steamers Storm-Tossed By Soggy Atlantic Voyage
Special to The Washington Times reports a thick snowstorm disrupted several steamships. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grohne sailed for Bremen Tuesday after bad weather delayed it. On Sunday the Pretoria near the Hook relayed greetings via wireless as the Carmania, near the bar, was struck by a group of comber waves, damaging a davit on a lifeboat.
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Washington
New York
Mar
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grogne
Bremen
Pretoria
Secret Service seeks man with large denomination bank bills
Washington Post Special to Chicago reports Secret Service agents hunt a colored man who flashed two $1,000 bills at William H. Webster’s house amid a subtreasury robbery probe. Clerks’ chatter about finding big notes spurs fears of underworld involvement and Chief Wilkie’s return is disputed. Portsmouth streetcar strike ends with rehire pledge and arbitration option. Also ads urge Florida excursion and trust office information.
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Washington Post
Chicago
William H. Webster
Porter
Wilkie
Washington
Witte
Riot in Louisville interrupting streetcar service
Twelve injured as employees strike ties up all trolley lines in Louisville. Police clash with strikers and strikebreakers while 3000 suburban residents face displacement. Cincinnati volunteers mobilize to support Louisville security as service plans resume.
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Lmits
Indiana
Louisville
Louisvale
Jacobs
Fourth and
Avery Streets
Guenther
Protest Over Mail Signs In Louisville Street Strike
The American Federation of Labor affiliated union protests Louisville street railway tactics using U S Mail signs on cars not carrying mail. Secretary Frank Morrison denies interference with mail delivery and orders an investigation into the complaint, amid strict postal regulations and penalties for improper display. Also notes low round trips to Florida via Atlantic Coast Line, with travel dates and return policies.
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Morrigan
Treaty Plan Halts President Wires Governor
Negotiations with Japan on an exclusion treaty are blocked by San Francisco school board inaction on admitting Japanese children. The President asks California Governor Gillett to withhold approval of anti Japanese bills until a clarifying letter reaches him.
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Hoot
White House
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J Mento
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Washington
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Aoki
Roosevelt telegram halts California Japanese measures
President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Gov Gillett halting California legislature action on Japanese exclusion bills. The assembly, urged by Gov Gillett, voted to delay further action while the President and governor decide the course. The measures involved age limits for children of all races and a referendum on Asiatic exclusion. Grove L Johnson supported leaving the issue to leaders.
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Roosevelt
California
Gillett
Assembly
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House
Tokyo seeks clarity on passport limits amid US stance
Tokyo questions the last clause of article two of the treaty with the United States. The clause is cited by Washington as authority for restricting immigrant destinations via passports. Japanese jurists doubt enforcement would reach court. Since the San Francisco school incident, the clause has become prominent.
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Tokio
Mar
Japan
United States
Washington
Jawana
San Francisco
American Ambassador Griscom to Present Credentials in Rome
The American ambassador to Rome, Lloyd Griscom, arrived yesterday and held a cordial interview with Signor Tittoni. He will present his credentials to the King next week and has taken 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
Marvin Has New Clew in Kidnapping Case to Boston
A new search crew forms for Horace N. Marvin Jr. as Delaware detectives doubt the kidnapping theory and expect the missing boy’s body may be found along the Delaware Bay marshes near his father’s Kitts Hammock farm. Gov. Lee pledges full effort and a $200 appropriation if needed to bring him home. Miles Standish travels from Dover to supervise New York search efforts amid deep mystery.
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Gov. Lee
Washington Post
Dover. Dei
Mar
Horace N. Marvin, Jr
Dr. Marvin
Kitts Hammock
F. A. Barker
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Little Horace
Hawkins
Delaware Bay
Marvin Farm
Delaware
Marvin Bay
Audick
New York
Miles Standish
Horace M. Marvin
Dover
Del
Mr. Stdadish
Sands to Fight Duel Over Derogatory Remarks
Panama March 1 William F Sands secretary of the American Legation and M Rosenthal a Paris Pearl trader have a personal quarrel likely to end in a duel. The duel is arranged and may occur tomorrow. Auction notice: Useful Dry Goods at Bloan Co rooms 1107 G Street selling silk end dress goods linens cottons and blankets tomorrow.
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Panama
Mar
William F Sands
M. Rosenthal
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Rosenthal
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Knoxville Bans Saloon Vote Sparks Aerial Parades
In Knoxville Tennessee on March 11 1909 women and children paraded streets before polls opened. By a margin of nearly 2900 voters the city voted to prohibit saloons and will seek reincorporation without alcohol sales. Five thousand women aided voting and celebratory crowds filled the streets as Tennessee University students paraded a water wagon. A bystander joked that a boy could vote in seven years.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mar
University of Tennessee
Embezzler Haviland Hit With 53 Warrants In Scranton
James T. Haviland, a New York stock specialist jailed in Scranton on two embezzlement charges, faced 53 more warrants. Bail rose from 5000 to 38000, with Haviland in custody at Hotel Jermyn. Kauffman Brothers filed the first warrant over 23000 entrusted by two Scranton investors. Other prosecutors may seek settlements as Haviland’s New York attorney returns for funds.
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James T. Havi Jend
New York
Jermyn
Kauffman Brothers
Haviland
Vicinity
Girl Helps Kill Wolf in Springville Cellar Standoff
Miss Lulu Cobb, seventeen, helped trap a gray timber wolf that had preyed on local farms. The wolf fled toward Springville, hid in a vacant house cellar, and was shot by Ira Anderson after Cobb called for help. The animal measured 5 feet 10 inches long, having killed three dogs earlier.
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Washington Post
Bedford
Ind
Lulu Cobb
Springville
Perry Township
Monroe County
Caleb Cobb
Ira Anderson
Anderson
Misa Cobb
Zion City Abuzz Over Woman Prophet Warns of Calamity
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Zion City near frenzy after Mrs. GL Colman prophesies calamity if residents do not renounce worldliness. Capt. Walker ejects her from Shiloh Tabernacle as Overseer Voliva orders sanity inquiry into Colman, wife of Zurich merchant C L Colman now in Europe.
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Chicago
Bedlam
Zion City
Shiloh House
Downe
Mre
Colman
Shiloh Tabernacle
Man Leaps From High Bridge Inevitable Death
An unidentified man leaped from the highest span of High Bridge in New York City. He landed in the Harlem River and died an hour later in a nearby hospital. Hundreds witnessed the dramatic plunge as workers and onlookers watched from the riverbanks and boats retrieved the body.
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New York
Mar
AlMose
High Bridge
Lay
Harlem
Ami
Cannon Urges Porto Ricans to Show Self-Government Capacity
The Hamburg-American Line steamer Blucher, carrying Speaker Cannon and a Congressional party, arrived at San Juan after visiting St Thomas. Cannon, greeted warmly, urged Porto Rico to prove its capacity for self-government while noting U S ties and shared progress. a separate report cites a delay by American consul Christopher Payne in saluting the Speaker, with a potential State Department complaint.
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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
Tragic Sacramento River Boat Capsizing Claims 22 Lives
Twenty four Greek laborers attempting to cross the Sacramento River near Patth's after noon were overturned when their boat capsized. Twenty two men drowned before rescuers could recover four bodies. They were employed by the Delmar Pitt Railroad project.
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Redding
Cal
Mar
Sacramento River
Patth
New Delmar Pitt Railroad
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