Roosevelt on Stand Says He Approved Tennessee Iron Merger
Former president Theodore Roosevelt testified in a congressional inquiry about U S Steel’s absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co during the 1907 panic. He detailed a morning conference with E H Gary HM Frick and others and said his action to permit the transfer was necessary to prevent a broader disaster and was for the public good.
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New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Aldermanic Chamber
Stanley
Tennessee Coal
Root
White House
Bonaparte
Stock Exchange
Mr. Roosevelt
Messrs
Gary and Frick
General Trust
United States
Germany
New York Flyer Wreck Near Indiana Harbor
The 18 hour New York bound Pennsyl vania special derailed one mile east of Indiana Harbor at seventy mph. The engine tender and baggage car left the tracks causing the wreck. Sixty wealthy passengers in Pullman and observation cars were badly injured and the engineer and fireman were among the injured. The cause remains unexplained.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana Harbor
Head of Weavers' Union Dies in New Bedford
Matthew J. Hart longtime head of the National Federation of Weavers and secretary of the New Bedford Cotton Weavers Protective Association died after an intestinal illness attack in New Bedford Massachusetts.
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Weavers’ Union
New Bedford
Mass
Matthew J. Hart
National Federation of Weavers
New Bedford ‘Cotton Weavers’ Protective Association
Japanese Admiral Togo Arrives in New York Harbor
Admiral Count Togo of Japan, hero of the Russo Japanese War, arrives aboard the Lusitania at quarantine in New York. He is escorted by U S officials and delegates, greeted by Gov Dix’s representative, then travels to his hotel amid a White House dinner and a large reception with American society and officials.
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New York
United States
Heihashiro Togo
Lusitania
State
War
Navy
John A. Dix
Seneca
Twenty-third Street
Hudson River
Togo
Chandler Hale
T. M. Potts
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
Adjt
William Verbeck
National Guard of
Washington
Hale
Taft
Templin M. Potts
Gaynor
Battle in Port au Prince Kills Twenty in Clash
In Port au Prince fighting between revolutionist factions left 20 dead in street clashes. General Firmin's troops fought General Leconte's soldiers as anarchy spread and foreign warships began landing marines. The Dutch steamer Prinz der Niederlander carried ex-President Simon and his wife to Kingston as the fleet saluted.
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Port-au-Prince
Firmin
Leconte
Prinz der Nederlander
Simon
Kingston
Jamaica
International War Fleet
Heat Wave Claims Thousands Across Germany
Berlin reports up to 1,000 deaths from sun stroke and 500 from gastritis and typhus over ten days. Many succumb to heart failure while bathing as decaying fish spark epidemics along the Moselle. Water supplies reach danger levels and public departments suspend work due to illness.
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Berlin
Germany
Moselle
Harlem Tornado Wreaks Havoc Near Smith Center Kansas
A tornado 15 miles south of Smith Center Kansas razed Harlem leaving hundreds homeless and many injured. a cloudburst swelled streams and flooded fields. Damages include about $100,000 to crops and widespread infrastructure loss with 30 Rock Island railroad bridges and culverts destroyed over 43 miles west of the city.
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Smith Center
Kan
Harlem
Here
Rock Island Railroad
Taft Receives New Riding Horse From West Virginia
President Taft was given a new riding horse from West Virginia shortly after the Canadian reciprocity dispute ended. He viewed the animal and named him Reci procity, calling him such on the spot.
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Taft
Washington
West Virginia
Nations for Peace Compacts Signed by United States and Allies
Three great powers moved toward universal peace as arbitration treaties with the United States Great Britain and France were signed in Washington and Paris. Secretary Knox signed for the U S and J J Jusserand for France with Bryce representing Britain. The pacts call for Hague arbitration or a two nation commission of inquiry and may delay findings for a year to seek diplomacy stemming from Tafts December speech.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
White House
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paris
State Knox
James Bryce
Senate
J. J. Jusserand
Taft
Hague
Commission of Inquiry
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of
American painter Edwin A. Abbey dies in London
Edwin A. Abbey, the American painter, died in London after a serious illness. He had undergone a liver operation about a month ago, seemed to recover, then relapsed and slowly declined in recent days.
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London
England
Edwin A. Abbey
Abbey
Tied to Track and Killed Near Elgin Texas
An unidentified Mexican boy was found tied behind the rail near Elgin Texas and killed. Walter E. Sims suffered severe injuries when his arm was drawn under a pilot while attempting to lift the boy from the track.
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Austin
Tex
Elgin
Walter E. Sims
War Cloud Breaks Berlin Peace Near in Moroccan Crisis
Germany and France have reached a settlement to ease a three power Moroccan dispute that threatened regional war. Jules Cambon and Maj. von Kiderlin-Waechter have found common ground with Russia mediating. Emperor William delayed visit to Wilhelmshohe due to Empress Auguste Victoria illness described as a heart attack before developing feverish tonsillitis.
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Berlin
Europe
England
Germany
France
Jules Cambon
Maj. von Kiderlin-Waechter
Russia
London
Paris
William
Auguste Victoria
Wilhelmshohe
Potsdam
von Bethmann-Holloweg
Kiderlen Wachter
MADE WIFE FOLLOW HARROW AT LIBERTY HEARING
Lafayette Choat, accused of tying his wife and forcing her to walk with mules while he harrowed fields, faced a preliminary hearing in Liberty Missouri. Mrs Cheat showed bruises and described being beaten and marched with the animals as the husband acted as his own attorney in court.
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Liberty
Lafayette Choat
Brazil
Ind
Wallace McVey
Cory
Wallace MceVey
Edna Olds
Chicago
Eel River
Express
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Taft selects Henry Bacon for Lincoln Memorial design
Washington On recommendations of the fine arts commission Taft and the Lincoln memorial commission designated Henry Bacon of New York as architect for the 2 million memorial to be erected in the city. In Peru troops win a battle near Caqueta in a clash with Colombian forces causing heavy losses for Colombia.
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Henry Bacon
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Fine Arts Commission
Taft
Lincoln Memorial Commission
New York
Peru
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Caqueta
Colombia
Taft Appeals for Peace Treaties Across Maryland Trip
President Taft traveled 400 miles by special train to Mountain Lake Park Maryland to urge ratification of arbitration and Central American treaties. He praised Roosevelt for intervention in Cuba and in ending Russia Japan tensions and urged moral support from churches and the nation to secure lasting peace.
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Mountain Lake Park
Senate
Great Britain
France
Taft
Maryland
West Virginia
Senate of
United States
Honduras
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Army probes spy case involving Private Petr
Captain Watson in Indianapolis reports affidavits accusing Private George Petr of being an Austrian secret agent. Miss Clara A. Dyer swears Petr, stationed at Fort Totten New York, is an Austrian spy seeking explosive manufacturing secrets. She claims Petr's real name is Count Windisch Graetz from Prague Bohemia and that they met aboard an ocean liner last September.
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Washington
War Department
James Watson
Indianapolis
Ind
Department
George Petr
Watson
Clara A. Dyer
Petr
Fort Tottten
N. Y
Coast Artillery Corps
United States
Dyer
Europe
Count Windisch- Graetz
Prague
Bohemia
Premier Asquith Upheld By House Vote
London. The house of commons, crowded to the doors, heard Arthur J. Balfour move a vote of censure on the government over securing the king’s pledge to create new peers to pass the veto bill. The result was a defeat for the proposal by 365 to 246, a setback for the Unionist cause.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Lords
Train Kills Four in Wagon in New York Incident
A northbound train struck a two seated wagon near Gaea NY, killing four and injuring several others. Authorities report multiple fatalities and injuries with details still emerging.
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Gaea
NY Y
Adirondack
Disappearing heir headlines Indiana towns and crimes
A Terre Haute man claiming the name G. T. Thompson vanishes after newspaper exposure as heir to a 150000 dollar Denver estate. He had dodged hotel bills, matched a Vincennes con artist profile, and fled after theft and deception rumors.
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Terre Haute
G. T. Thompson
Thompson
Vincennes
W. L. Mason
Mr. Callahan
George Pennington
Denver
Resinol Soap and Ointment Lauded as Skin remedy
An Philadelphia reader testifies two cakes of Resinol Soap and part of a jar of Resinol Ointment cured long standing sores and eruptions. The ad promotes Resinol Ointment as a non irritating, safe standard remedy sold nationwide by druggists.
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T. K. Mathieu
Philadelphia
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Mosquitoes Panick Night Nuisance and Screen Remedy
A reader recalls a summer plagued by mosquitoes killing dozens in the house. Using kerosene on woolen cloth to treat window screens, they found relief after nightly applications and note the odor fades quickly while preserving screens and repelling flies.
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Good Housekeeping Magazine
Dying by Organs replacement may extend life
An 19th or early 20th century essay notes that death from illness can be delayed by replacing diseased organs. It argues life could be maintained indefinitely if a healthy liver heart or lung could replace the failing one, based on experiments by leading medical scientists.
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Ieslle
Judge's Opinion Praises Grape-Nuts as Healthful Food
A judge with bench experience in the Sunflower State extols Grape-Nuts as a staple for five years. He claims the crisp nutty cereal replaces pastries at home, keeps his family in good health, and prevents disease, noting favorable effects on his children and overall well being.
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Sunflower State
Radica
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E. A. Abbey
Ray Finelios
Girl Against Coast Artillery
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Commons
Indiana
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State Free Employment Bureau
State House
Oswald Stalin
Winona Lake
Harriet Beecher Jones
Middleport
Mary Williamson Bradley
Carbondale
Ill
William F. Putnam
South Bend
F. N. Palmer
Winona College
Alvin Smith
Kokomo
Indiana Union Traction Company
Hines
Wabash
Meyer
Middle West
Pioneer Hat Works
New York City
Gary
Milan Pelosk
Yalevard University
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