Canada Premier Borden Visits White House Focus on Trade
Dominion Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden, guest of honor at a White House dinner, discussed U.S. Canada tariff questions and reciprocity hopes with Secretary of State while noting rising costs of living. He praised cordial ties and stressed social visits over formal debates and noted Canada’s strong current crops and ongoing development.
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Virgin
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British Islands
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Mr. Barden
Fragmentary Names List from Official Proceedings
A garbled OCR string lists numerous individuals including Vourt and Merc White, Mrs Hughes, Senator Bun ewater, Mrs Newlands, Mrs Sutherland, Representative, counselor of the British embassy, Mrs Barclay, MEY Henry Whitt, Joba War, and Miss Mabel Buardman in a partial roster of attendees.
Government to probe food prices in Canada
Montreal dispatch reports Canada will soon form a commission to inquire into the high cost of living. The labor department has been reviewing prices and comparing them with the United States, with T W Crothers, minister of labor, deciding the commission’s naming.
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Montreal Herald
Labor Department
United State
T. W. Crothers
Labor
Lincoln bodyguard dies. Gettysburg veteran of Lincoln address
Isaac W. Bucher, one of President Lincoln's bodyguards during the Gettysburg Address, died at his Gettysburg home. A veteran of the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, he enlisted as a private and was mustered out as a captain three years later.
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Gettysburg
Isaac W. Bucher
President Lincoln
Bucher
Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry
Will Help Colombia Stirs Pan American Guests
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon stirred Latin American diplomats at a Washington luncheon by pledging to vote for aid to Colombia from the United States if a deciding vote were possible amid the Colombia Panama dispute. Ambassador da Gama of Brazil urged a silent toast and unity among Western Hemisphere nations at John Barrett’s birthday gathering.
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Washington
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Brazil
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Pan-American Union
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Dean
Senor Calva
Costa Rica
Mr. Barrett
Charles W. Currier
Matanzas
Cuba
Americas
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Embassy Plans in Germany Await Approval by Architects
Berlin reports the Reichstag debated William IIs embassy project in Washington. Emperor ordered court architect Ernst von Ihne to draft designs replacing Prof Braune Moehring’s winning plan, but government said no construction order exists until the Academy of Architects approves the plans and budget funds are secured.
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William
Ernst von Ihne
Washington
Braune Moehring
Morny Johannes Jurek
Iberaf
Tieb von Jagow
Foreign Office
Pus
Academy of Architects
Stefansson Boat Wrecked Off Arctic Coast
The power seaplane Mary Sachs from Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic expedition wrecked in Arctic ice off Alaska. Captain Peter Barnard reported the craft was crushed into small pieces, all provisions and scientific instruments aboard lost. No injuries reported, crew believed safe reaching shore via ice and shelter from natives. No news on Karhik or Alaska further details.
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Mary Sachia
Alinne Drefanssons
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Jess
Mary Sachs
Ata
Peter Barnard
Lee
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Senators Press Currency Reform Amid Bank Reform Debate
A long stream of remarks covers currency reform, with opposition to tying Treasury officials to banking, and debate over redemption in lawful money versus gold. Southern senators push to locate a regional reserve bank in Atlanta, wary of New Orleans as a center.
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Bacon
Georgia
Atlanta
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Kis State
John Sharp Williams
Colorado
United States Treasury
Mazdasnan Priest Convicted for Objectionable Book Delivery
Federal jury in Chicago finds Mazdasnan high priest Manish guilty of sending objectionable literature across state lines by express. He faces up to five years in prison or a $5,000 fine or both. The verdict labels the cult text unfit for circulation, reading to the jury with little other evidence presented.
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Nuv
Oteman Zar Adusht Manish
Mazdasnan
Sui Worshipere
Texsthook
Sultan Loses $10,000 Suit Over Rug Dealer Estate
In New York the Sultan of Me key failed to reclaim $10,000 from the estate of Armenian rug dealer Hovhannes Tavshanjian, murdered in 1907. The money, left to Tavshanjian’s mother who died intestate, then passed to heirs. The Appellate Division affirmed the Supreme Court ruling against the sultan.
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Supreme Court of
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Tavshanjian
Constantinople
Supreme Court
Romeo letters trap swindler near death in hospital
New York dispatch reports Frank Henry Wolfes, ill with terminal stomach cancer, trapped by detective Isabella Goodwin posing as his old sweetheart. Wolfes faces charges of swindling widow Francesca Groehnert of $10 000 by selling worthless stock. Detectives followed him for fourteen months across cities, luring him to a Bronx home before an ambulance carried him to Fordham Hospital. If he survives, wholesale fraud charges may follow.
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New York
Frank Henry Wolfes
Fordham Hospital
Isabella Goodwin
Wolf
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Hopkins Avenue
Wolff
Will leaves penny to wife and children in New York will
Richard Siegener who died November 20 bequeathed one Lincoln penny to his separated wife Lizzie Siegener and similar legacies to each of his five children to show he remembered them. His estate valued at $100 goes to his “true friend” Mrs. Mary Willer.
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Washington Post
New York
Richard Siegener
Lincoln
Lizzie Siegener
Sctgener
Mary Willer
Rare Books From London Sent To Library Of Congress
Bertram Dobell, London bookseller, has sold by cable to the Library of Congress, Washington, his collection of 1,500 privately printed books and pamphlets. The set, the result of almost four years of work, covers poetry, history, romance, genealogy, geography, and hundreds of other subjects.
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Washington Post
Jaongen
Bertram Dobell
London
Tha Wibrary
Congress
Washington
Fear for Lord Sandhurst After Major Appendix Operation
Lord Sandhurst lord chamberlain was gravely ill after an appendicitis operation. Born in 1858 he inherited the title in 1876. A cable from London reports his condition as serious and under medical care.
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Washington Fost
London
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Lord Chamberlain
Lord Sandhurst
Canal Slides Block Narrow Channel Near Isthmus
The Cucaracha slide near Pithatia threatens to close the canal region as it shifts downward, hindering passage for tugs and launches. Col. George W. Goethals may delay reply to Dayton officials while canal work proceeds. In New York, Rep. John J. Wilagerald and committee members returned from Panama with optimistic readings on canal completion and future vessel traffic.
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Cucaracha
George W. Goethals
New York
John J. Wilagerald
House Committee On Appropriations
Cristobal
Panama Canal
Fitzgerald
British Admiral Warned Against Landing Marines at Tampico
A British cruiser arrived at Vera Cruz from Tampico as Rear Admiral Cradock attempted to direct the Tampico situation. Rear Admiral Fletcher aboard the Rhode Island and Mr. Lind, Wilson’s Mexico representative, informed Cradock the United States would not permit British marines to land at any Mexican port where U S warships are stationed. The Suffolk then proceeded to Vera Cruz.
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U.S
Washington Post
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Herald
Suffolk
Cradock
Vera Luz
Tampico
Rhode Island
Pletcher
Mr. Lind
Wilson
United States
RATHER FLIRT THAN VOTE. Allom Daughters' Suffrage Hint
Sir Charles Allom's daughters Miss Marjory and Doris arrive with their parents in New York aboard the Lusitania. They visit Plaza and Fifth Avenue, declaring they prefer flirting to suffrage and believe women should focus on flirting to obtain the vote.
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Sir Charles Allom
New York
Washington_ Post
Migses Marjory
Doris Allom
Lusitania
England
Sir Charles
Ava
Fifth Avenue
Miss Marjory
Militant suffragette chains chair during rally incident
London reports militants chained themselves to a chair at Clacton Hill shouting Votes for women. Two suffragettes charged with arson faced Leeds trials as officials faced refusals to surrender finger prints and doctors complaint. Birmingham notes release of Mrs Forbes Robertson after hunger strike during a window smashing incident tied to Asquith visit. Train fare ad and schedule follow.
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Claxton Hill
Joseph Albert Pease
Rotherham
York
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Hoth
Home Office
Birmingham
Fingland
Forbes-Robertson
Johnston Forbes-Roebertson
Perison
Asquith
Biindinghaen
Government owned Alaska railroad bill sparks national ownership debate
A Senate and House committee proposal would fund and authorize a government built line from the southern Alaska coast to the Yukon, with two branches to coal fields. Estimated cost 35.0 million bonds plus 1.0 million direct from treasury. President Wilson expected to endorse. The plan aims to unlock Alaska's vast resources and may shift national rail strategy.
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Wiliam J. Bryan
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Senate Territories Committee
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Senators Ask Early Prue 4 McAdes Deplores Restitete
Fragmented index item lists political figures and events including Senator inquiries, Wilson era issues, and suffrage mentions. Mentions Mayor Shank resignation and societal notes amid a broad today’s issue index with sports and financials.
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Court-Martial Ordered for Five Army Quartermasters
The War Office has ordered a court-martial to try five army quartermasters holding honorary officer ranks on grave charges of bribery and corruption linked to canteen concessions. The charges point to their involvement in questionable dealings surrounding canteen contracts.
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London
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Judge Thayer Resigns Over Wife Illness Amid Misconduct Claims
Washington reform era report states Rufus I Thayer resigns from the extraterritorial district court in Whina due to his wife s ill health. The House Judiciary Committee had examined charges of misconduct presented by George F Curtis of Shanghai, but officials say the resignation ends the matter. Clayton notes the charges will be pigeonholed and cites Thayer s long service since 1908 with Taft.
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Henry D. Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
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John M. Rankin
Andee Thayer
Carpenter Morogoverner of Moro Province
Carpenter Nes Philippines appointed governor of Moro Province succeeding Brigadier General Pershing. He becomes the first civilian to hold the post in Moro.
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Krunk W .Carpenter
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Carpenter
John BH. Pershing
Direct Vote Conference Shapes New York GOP Reform Push
New York Republicans plan a Waldorf conference to back a direct primary and a sweeping short ballot. The slate would elect governor and lieutenant governor with a possible state controller, abolish many appointive posts, and push a Massachusetts ballot. Barnes faces opposition though not yet on the agenda.
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William B. Barnes
New York
Waldorf
Withy Root
Massachusetts
State Board of Estimate
Elihu Basi
Bs Board of Estimate
Careyles
Assembly
Root
New York City
Rous
Board of Aldermen
Register
GIRL OF 8 SENT BY MAIL Completes 7000 Mile Tourney
An eight year old girl arrived in New Lexington Ohio after a 7000 mile postal route leg from Rae varia. She traveled alone on a rural delivery car and joined her father, with transportation via the Ohio Railway. The trip was completed as a part of a long distance postal touring program.
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Chio
New York
Coix
Ulla Kehan
Goig
John Kehan
Ole
Pos Indstey
Raevaria
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