Yellow Peril lecture warns of China's rising power
Professor John Fryer, head of Oriental languages at the state university, warned students in San Francisco that China is awakening to modern methods, with education reforms, railroads, and national unity, potentially building a strong army and navy to challenge world powers. He cited millions of Chinese under one movement and the shift toward centralized power if current trends continue.
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San Francisco
China
John Fryer
Department of
Oriental Languages and Literature
The
State University
Fryer
Oil Explosion Destroys Brooklyn Pier Shed Box Factory
Fire swept a Brooklyn shed and adjacent two story building used for boxing after cans of case oil exploded on a pier of Standard Oil Works at North 12th street. Loss estimated around 125000 dollars. Burning oil spilled through the pier floor into the river, igniting drift ice. Nearby gas tanks were saved after a strenuous firemen’s effort.
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New York
Standard of Works
North 12Th Street
Brooklyn
Automobiles start in transcontinental race from Times Square
Six automobiles began at 11 15 a m from Times Square racing to Paris via Behring Strait witnessed by a crowd. The procession followed by hundreds of cars along Broadway displayed early 1900s motoring fervor.
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New York
Times Square
Paris
Behringstrait
Broadway
Sevwal
Paris Doubtful Report on Japanese Bank Float
A Paris report that Japan seeks to float a bond via Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas could not be confirmed yesterday. The Japanese embassy had no knowledge of the move and a leading official called the claim totally inexact.
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Paris
Banque de Paris Et Des
Connecticut Weather Forecast Update
A forecast note describes fair conditions tonight in the east with possible snow or rain late. Thursday expects snow or rain and a warming trend. Night winds shift east, a storm centered in South Dakota brings cloudy weather and rain or snow to the west, with the front reaching Illinois and moving east toward the region by Thursday.
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Connecticut
Pera
South Dakota
Heya Rowe
Bold attempt to kill Americans at Santa Rosa mine
In Sonora twenty miles south of Douglas Mexican workers planted dynamite under a boarding house store and managerial homes. The boarding house and store were demolished and the foreman Thomas Fagin and his wife survived in their home. Eighteen Mexicans were arrested at the mine as rurales arrived. Authorities suspect revolutionary sympathizers being held in Los Angeles. No fatalities occurred though many were injured by blast.
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Tucson
Arizona
Santa Rosa
Sonora
Douglas
Thomas Fagin
Supe
Torres
Los Angeles
Political sun rises in Washington as Taft faces pressure
Washington February report says politics in the capital is heating up with crowds surrounding Secretary Taft as he rushes to prepare speeches. The scene mirrors McKinley and Reed days, with Taft besieged by callers and forced to work from home to handle official duties and political engagements.
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Washington
Capitol
William McKinley
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
House
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Taft
War Department
United States
Attempt to Wreck Train Discovered on B and O Road
Girard Ohio February 12 A plan to wreck the New York and Chicago express on the B and O line was foiled when a pile of rocks and a token were found on the track. The devices were removed before the train arrived and two arrests were reported in connection with the incident.
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Girard, O
New York and Chicago Express
B. and O
Taft Is Endorsed By Political Group in Dester
Dester February 12 resolutions endorsing the cause of the national campaign and favoring the nomination. The brief notice cites support for Taft from local backers and notes ongoing discussions within the party.
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Taft
Dester
Knox Lauds Roosevelt Rail Regulation Record
Senator Knox praised the Roosevelt administration for railroad legislation and regulatory reforms as essential, constitutional, and pro public welfare. He cited rate laws, safety provisions, working hours limits, and employers' liability acts as cornerstone achievements sustaining public confidence and national well being.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Knox
Roosevelt
Lincoln Club
Lincoln
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Supreme Court
Furnace Explosion at Monongahela Blast Furnace
A molten steel furnace blast at National Tube Co in McKeesport, near Pittsburg, sent tens of tons of liquid metal onto workers. Dozens burned, two fatally, including a 42 year old pipe fitter Alexander Smith. Several others burned while seven more were treated at the works hospital.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
National Tube Company
Center Street
McKeesport
South Evans Avenue
Alexander Smith
Not Dead at All Sparks Escape Man’s Wandering Fraud Spoof
Howard Mark Ogilvie once used the alias Sumner C Osborne and eloped with Miss Weir Jane Roland. He roamed university towns from Minnesota to Missouri, cashing bogus checks at each, and was later found alive in Philadelphia. The tale ends with his confession and a string of warrants. The second item reports Italian minister Luigi Lunzatti praising Roosevelt’s banking plan to curb immoral speculation and to purify the U S financial atmosphere.
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Chicago
Howard Mark Ogilvie
Evanston Lake
Philadelphia
Sumner C. Osborne
Ogilive
Weir Jane Roland
L. B. Roland
Evanston
Canada
Ogilvie
University of Minnesota
Welles
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Luigi Lunzatti
America
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Luzzatti
Colonel Rogers Exonerated in Bridgeport Trial
In Bridgeport on February 12 a civil court jury vindicated Colonel N B Roy a noted manufacturer in a suit by Grace Hampton executors of Charles Heady. Heady died after a May collision involving Rogers's automobile and Heady's vehicle. The defense argued Rogers's chauffeur was not negligent under the new automobile law.
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Bridgeport
Superior Court
N. B. Royknown
Grace Hampson
Charles Heady
Heady
Taft Wins Ohio Primaries With Broad Delegates Support
Ohio voters gave William H Taft four at large delegates and twenty two district delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Taft carried the state with about four to one in most counties, while Foraker supporters failed to field opposition in many areas. The Taft campaign manager declared the state convention will be unanimously for Taft and all 1,815 delegates are pledged to him.
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Ohio
William H Taft
Chicago
Hardin County
Supreme Court
Foraker
Cuyahoga County
Taft County
Taft E
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Taft
Hardin
Congress
Arthur J. Vorys
Washington
Swarthmore May Be Converted to Women’s College
Alumni discuss a plan to accept Anna T. Jeanes bequest of over a million dollars by reshaping Swarthmore into a women’s college. Men would be excluded, removing intercollegiate athletics as a condition, and the move centers on the will’s terms. In Los Angeles the fleet committee hailed a Japanese offer to aid in entertaining Rear Admiral Evans and his sailors as magnanimous.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Swarthmore
Jeane
Los Angeles
Evans
Milford Residents Visit Waterbury and Local Figures Attend
City happenings note Charles Morsehead of Milford spent the day in Waterbury and the Rev Mr Fletcher of Morris visited town. Representative Allerton of Mille dlebury was in the city on business yesterday, while Rev T M Crowley left for a two week Florida trip. A local marriage united Felix Gregory and Miss Pau Coates with Giovanni Barone officiating. Lourdes shrine ceremonies drew large parish attendance, with benediction and chanted Marian hymns, continuing nightly through Sunday.
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Charles Morsehead
Milford
Waterbury
Fletcher
Morris
Allerton
Milledlebury
James Signoria
Anna Rocco
Gregory
New Yor
Washington
Our Lady At Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes
Grotto
Lourdes
France
Patrick Hanlon
Bridge Street
Lilley
Brown and
East Main Streets
Remarkable Record at Old Bailey Verdicted Blackmailer
Carl Ludwig von Veltheim a German born naturalized American posed as a baron and known as Frank Kurta and Carl Sneiderich Maurits was sentenced to 20 years penal servitude for attempting to blackmail Sally B Joel a London and South African financier and mine owner for 80000 pounds. Police recount a career of crime including bigamy with seven women theft and desertion from the German navy.
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London
Carl Ludwig von Veltheim
Frank Kurta
Carl Sneiderich Maurits
The
Old Bailey
Sally B. Joel
von Veltheim
Opposition to Burial at Sea Provokes National Funeral Directors
The National Funeral Directors Association protests to Congress against burial at sea calling it an inhumane practice. Undertakers nationwide sent resolutions to lawmakers, with W. F. Tomlinson of Danbury Connecticut listed on the federal legislation committee. The campaign was mocked by some recipients who call it a shame undertakers seek sea dominion beyond land.
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Washington
Feb
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Congress
W. F. Tomlinson
Danbury
Conn
High Seas
Fire at Portland Tobacco Warehouse Damages Contents
A fire at the tobacco warehouse of K. H. Hale in Portland caused smoke and water damage. About 75,000 dollars worth of tobacco, some owned by local farmers, was affected and thirty workers were laid off. The exact loss is undetermined.
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Portland
H. T. Hale
Idle railroad cars clog Pennsylvania lines
On Pennsylvania railroad lines east and west 77,000 idle cars tie up assets valued at about 77 million dollars. Some 61,000 cars sit idle on sidings and yards, while 16,000 are under or awaiting repairs in shops.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
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