Roosevelt weighs presidential nomination offer
Cal Roosevelt has received a letter from eight governors in Chicago asking him to accept the presidential nomination. He will respond within a week after careful consideration. Seth Bullock, now U S marshal of South Dakota, invited him to hunt buffalo on a new preserve. Col Collier of San Diego pressed Roosevelt to declare himself and shared survey results from thirty five states.
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Chicago
Cal Roosevelt
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Seth Bullock
South Dakon
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New Preserve
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San Diego
Collier
Taft Defends Policies At Lincoln Day Rally
President Taft outlined administration goals and attacked insurgent Republicans at the Lincoln Day celebration of the New York Republican Club. He warned that progressive extremism threatens the constitution and national law and urged voters to support his program in November.
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New York
New York Republican Club
Chemical tariff bill made public in Washington
Washington February 13 The Democrat controlled ways and means committee released the chemical tariff revision bill. It places acids sulphate of copper borax charcoal boneblack coal tar and many products on the free list and keeps or expands duties on others. The committee estimates revenue from the chemical tariff would rise to over 16 million dollars in the next fiscal year, up more than 4 million.
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Washington
Ways and Intang Committee
House
London
U.S. Denies All Foolish Stories on Intervention
The U S Department of State issued a circular to diplomats in Mexico denying all reports of U S intervention plans. It stated the United States' goodwill and sincere friendship toward Mexico to counter erroneous dispatches circulating in the region.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
States Department Today
Meta Sinclair Leaves Soul Mate and Returns Home
New York reported a rift between author Harry Kemp and Meta Sinclair. Sinclair returns to her father’s house on William St. Fuller while Kemp sails to Germany with their 10 year old son David.
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Cupid
Harry Kemp
Meta Sinclair
Kansas
Upton Sinclair
Germany
David
Madame Nordica Stricken On Boston Stage in 1909
The famed prima donna Madame Nordica collapsed from paralysis on stage in Waterloo while preparing for her grand opera role. Madame Gadski was brought from New York to replace her, with Nordica’s condition described as possibly serious. Nordica, born in Farmington Maine, rose quickly after early Boston work and a Brescia debut, later creating Elsa in Lohengrin under Wagner. Her tumultuous marriage history includes a 1897 union to Zoltan Doeme and a high profile divorce suit in New York, amid reports of substantial financial support to her husband.
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United States
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France
Paris
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Gower
Doeme
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Hill Declares Readings On Ore Values Worthless
James J. Hill told the Stanley steel trust investigating committee that Herbert Knox Smiths Bureau of Corporations report on ore values is not worth reading He says the report may have facts but its conclusions differ from his own and he has not time to study it He notes past figures and high ore lease prices since the steel corporation entered the field.
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James J. [Hitt
Stanley Steel Trust
Bureau of Comporitions
Herbert Knox Smith
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Steel Corporation
White to Appear in Court in Identity Suit
St Louis February 13 Attorneys for the insurance firm seeking to name Andrew J White formerly known as George A Kimmel in a federal trial said they will move to have White appear in court late today as ex Petaere testifies. A deposition from Robert B Lamb superintendent of Matteawan asylum was read showing White’s physical improvement and claim of Civil War veteran status. If living now Kimmel would be A years old.
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Insurance Company
Andrew J. White
George A. Kimmel
United States District Court
Amidon
Ex- Petaere
Robert B. Lamb
Matteawan
N. Y
White
Lamb
Kimmel
Prominent Alabama Official Shoots Self After Rug Misstep
Major Albert Sexton a leading Abana public figure and former deputy state insurance commissioner shot himself in his Montgomery home after his foot slipped on a rug. The accident occurred while he carried a revolver, which discharged. Investigators seek burglar suspects at the scene.
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Hye House
Albert €. Sexton
Abana
Sexton O
Nordica and George W Young Wedding Prominent in London
Opera star Nordica wed George W. Young, a New York financier, in London in 1999. The social highlight of the year, the marriage led to a temporary retirement from the grand opera stage before a two season concert run. She returned to the stage this season due to strong public demand.
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Nordica
George W. Young
New York
London
Arrests in dynamite conspiracy move expected soon
Reports from Rochester and Indianapolis indicate arrests in a major dynamite conspiracy case may proceed in coming hours. U S District Attorney Miller and deputies prepared for simultaneous actions, with officials signaling readiness but deferring firm timing due to unresolved legal questions.
Thinks Mary Surratt Innocent in Lincoln Case
Cincinnati reports Ben Pitman, official stenographer of the Lincoln assassination trial, believed Mary Surratt was innocent. He wrote that, after reviewing testimony, the trial records, and witness statements, his conviction is that she lacked prior knowledge or participation in the crimes.
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Cincinnati
Abraham Lincoln
Ben Pitman
Mary Surratt
Pitman
Surratt
Lincoln
Denver Schools to Install Free Lunch Counters
A city initiative begins to install free lunch counters in Denver schools after investigators found many pupils underfed and lacking proper nutrition. Reported studies indicate about half of the pupils are undernourished, prompting action by local authorities.
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Denver
Temperature Report For February 12
A brief temperature record notes February 12 with minimum 34 degrees and maximum 38 degrees. The markings indicate data supplied by Ruechanga Optical Co. syndicate.
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British War Secretary Viscount Muldane Visits Berlin
The visit of Viscount Muldane accompanied by his brother to Berlin stirs English interest. While stated as private the trip may lead to talks with Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Foreign Secretary von Kiderlen-Waechter on war tensions and German policy toward England.
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Dor. von lethmann-Stollweg
Herr von Kiderson-Waeenter
Germany
Lowlield
Sten Lo
Brandt Case DegiOn Held in New York Court
Justice Gerard reserved decision in Brandt’s habeas corpus case over an 80 year burglary sentence for a former valet of Mortimer L Schiff. Brandt allegedly pleaded ignorant of the indictment and received an excessive first offense sentence. Court was crowded with Mrs Vanderbilt and Mrs Seniff among spectators.
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Gerard
Supreme Court Today
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Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Vanderbilt
Mortimer Fr. Seniff
Yuan Shi Kai seeks recognition as president plenipotentiary
London reports Premier Yuan Shi Kai has asked for powers to recognize him as president plenipotentiary of the celestial republic under the Manchu government. A special dispatch from Tien Tsin notes the move amid ongoing imperial instability. A mutiny by Imperial troops at Tien Tsin led to disarmament and arrangements to send the mutineers to Pekin.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Celestial Republic
Tien Tsin
Tondon
Peking
40000 Miners Alarm Nation With Feb 25 Halt
London February 13 a conference of representatives of the about 40000 coal miners in the United Kingdom confirmed the decision from the recent ballot to halt work in the coal mines on February 25 unless mine owners accept a minimum wage for all underground workers. Derbyshire miners handed in notices to quit this morning and it is expected that all miners nationwide will follow. Some favour a peaceful resolution before drastic steps. The East Park Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society postponed a meeting at Mrs S M Lasher’s, 622 Columbia Street, for one week.
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United Kingdom
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Derbyshire
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East Park Presbyterian Church
Recall of judges sparks debate on liberty and government
Senator Lodge denounces compulsory initiative and recall as undermining representative government. Judge Pollock warns recall would force judges to bow to public mood to keep order, not apply law, weakening courts and legal safeguards.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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England
Pollock
Kansas City
John C. Pollock
United States District Court
Wyandotte County Bar
Kan
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Iowa Engineering Society Meets in Davenport and Keokuk
The Iowa Engineering Society prepares for its 24th annual meeting in Davenport February 21 to 23 with an opening address by Mayon Mueller. Papers on concrete use for pavements will be discussed, seven major plants visited, and a trip to Keokuk to view the 200000 horsepower hydro electric plant under construction.
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Iowa Engineering Society
Davenport
Mayon Mueller
United States Arsenal
Rock Island
Keokuk
Former minister Belisario Porras named presidential candidate
Enthusiastic crowds greet Belisario Porras in Panama as he is named candidate for the presidency in opposition to President Arosemena. In Washington Taft nominates George M. Bourquis as district judge in Montana and Lockwell J. Flint as U S marshal for the western district of Wisconsin.
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Belisario Porras
United States
Pablo Arosemema
Patriotic Union” Party
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Taft
Senate
Geo. M. Bourquis
Monstana
Lockwell J. Flint
Wisconsin
Telegrams Read In Court On Beef Price Fixing
Telegrams from Swift & Co. eastern office in 1920 show selling prices of dressed beef tied to cost and margin, and indicate shipments were curtailed when prices were unsatisfactory. Court today heard the messages as part of the bakery plea trial.
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Swift & Co
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