Probe recalls old scandal in Panama canal bribery probe
The House Foreign Affairs Committee examined William Nelson Cromwell’s role in financing and steering the 1909 Panama route decision. Henry N. Hall of the New York World alleged Cromwell influenced actions to favor the Panama route, including altering the Republican platform and aiding Hanna's minority report.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
United States
Panama Canal
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
Henry N. Hall
New York World
Cromwell
Congress
Nicarguaran
New Panama Canal Co
Gaid Hall
Walker Commission
Panama
Hanna
Hall
Republican National Platform
Republican National Committee
New
Panama Canal Company
Banna
Senate
Kittredge
Gallinger
Cullom
Friends worry for John Hays Hammond in Mexican irrigation project
In New York on February 12 friends fear for John Hays Hammond as he travels to Morales to oversee an irrigation project. He has not been heard from in several days while his work lies in a volatile revolutionary district.
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New York
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Morales
Truce in Tong War Stems From Chinese New Year
In San Francisco Hop Sing tongs and allied Sein Suey tongs Hip Sings reached a tacit truce to last through the Chinese New Year, ending active hostilities in the local tong war.
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San Francisco
Hop Sing Tongs
Sein Suey Tongs
Hip Sings
Taft Endorsed by Colorado GOP Central Committee
At the Colorado Republican state central committee meeting held in Denver on February 12 adherents overwhelmingly backed Taft for renomination by 303 to 10. A proposal to endorse Roosevelt was defeated by the same margin.
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Teddy Denver
Taft
Republican State Central Committee
Roosevelt
Wilson opens Democratic bid with Lincoln lunch address
Governor Woodrow Wilson declares the country’s business has nothing to fear from progressive politics. He denounces the Republican party as lost and proclaims America a business country needing equal rights for all. He spoke at the Iroquois club Lincoln's birthday luncheon.
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Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Iroquois Club
America
Germany bans mixed marriages in Samoa colonies
Berlin reports Dr Solf, new secretary of state for the colonies, issued an order prohibiting future marriages between whites and natives in the German Samoan Islands. Existing unions will keep white birth status, while other unions will be classified as colored.
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Berlin
Dr. Solf
Germany
Cudahy Packing Faces Huge Fine Over Oleomargarine Sales
Atlanta February indictment charges Cudahy Packing Co. with selling oleomargarine at four to five dollars daily and risks a fine of 132,500 in federal court. Government says petty trafficking could have earned packers at most about one thousand dollars in total.
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Atlanta
Cudahy Packing Co
United States
Paper Bag Meals Proving Popular in Yakima
In North Yakima paper bag cookery gains popularity as stores begin selling the bags to meet rising demand. Yakima Hotel manager Schroeder says bag cooking banquets since last September attract many parties, some with up to fifteen guests, and merchants now stock the bags.
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Yakima
Schroeder
Fifty Four To Be Arrested In Indianapolis
Report says 54 individuals will be arrested tomorrow in connection with indictments on the dynamite conspiracy. No new suspects west of Salt Lake are involved or named in connection with the case.
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Indianapolis
Salt Lake
Land Owners Given Payment Options on Tieton Lands
The Interior Secretary announces water for the 1912 irrigation season for lands in the Tieton unit of the Yakima project. Preference rights must file within 30 days with water right applications, with 160 acres maximum. No water paid until all charges are settled. two delinquent installments may cancel entries. A build and maintenance schedule of 27.90 per acre first installment applies. private lands must also settle prior year charges. Tieton Water Users seek option to pay building charges in four installments starting at 2.80 per acre, then 9.30 and 15.80 per acre in later payments.
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Tieton
Yakima
Fisher
Tieton Water Users
Tieton Water Users Association
Secretary of the Interior
Herald
Fine Tool Chests for Skill by Boys at State Fair
Two fine tool chests will be awarded as prizes at the state fair this fall by Cascade Lumber and Valley Hardware for high school manual training departments. The awards follow talks among the fair management donors and Prof. Les Veconte. The effort aims to strengthen the juvenile exhibit and shows strong industry support for schooling.
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Cascade Lumber Company
Valley Hardware Company
State Fair Management
Les Veconte
Kloeber
Averill
Dewey
Busch
Sterling
Death of Aged Pioneer Virinda Longmire Remembers Early Trail
Virinda Longmire 82, widow of James Longmire, dies in North Yakima at her daughter’s home. A founder of Washington pioneer families, she traveled with the 1853 wagon train through Wenas to Longmire Springs, leaving a legacy of over 160 descendants across Washington and Oregon. Her funeral will be in Yelm beside her husband.
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Virinda Longmire
James Longmire
North Yakima
Talatha Randle
South Seventh Street
Wenas
Naches
Longmire Springs
Thurston County
Longmire
David Longmire
Indiana
Washington Historical Society
George Longmire
Washington
Oregon
Yakima
Hleaine Longmire
David
Missing mining experts vanish off Lower California coast
Z Wirt of Milford Illinois who created a shorthand system and H G Patterson a Rothschild mining representative from London are missing after sailing from San Diego on the Fortuna with Captain Oakley Hall to inspect properties near Santa Rogalia. The launch was last seen disabled near San Quentin ten days ago amid rough weather, with the crew presumed swept to sea.
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San Diego
Z. Wirt
Milford
Ills
H. G. Patterson
Rothsehold
London
Lower California
Fortuna
Oakley Hall
Santa Rogalia
San Quentin
Zybisco Wins Bout Over Italian Opponent
Stanislaus Zybisco the Pole defeated Giovanni Raleevich the Italian in a wrestling match in New York. One fall decided the bout as the opponent could not continue after 54 minutes and 52 seconds.
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Zybisco
New York
Stanislaus Zybisco
Giovanni Raleevich
James J. Hill Faces Steel Inquiry Questioning
James J. Hill the railroad owner appears as a witness before the Stanley steel committee this week. Chairman A S Stanley will question him on Hill railroad relations with United States Steel and the ore land lease in the northwest. Rumors link J Pierpont Morgan to potential commissions in negotiating that lease.
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James J. Hill
Washington
Stanley
The
Steel Corporation
Hill
Northwest
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Manchu Dynasty Ends Three Century Rule in China
Pu Yi abdicates the throne ending the Manchu dynasty after nearly 300 years. Pekin prepares for possible interior disorders while the imperial army loots Su Chow Fu and disperses. The USS Cincinnati moves from Shanghai to Ten Chow Fu at a mission request amid fears of Republican upheaval.
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Pekin
China
Pu Yi
Su Chow Fu
United States
Cincinnnati
Shanghai
New Investigation Proposed for Alleged Money Trust
Washington February 12 Senators Kenyon and Lea join in framing a six member investigation committee from both houses to probe the money trust. The move comes as the House banking and currency committee advances its inquiry and the Rules Committee debates procedure for banking and currency oversight.
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Washington
Money Trust
Kenyon
Lea
House
Banking and Currency Committee
House Rules Committee
Demented man arrested with alleged dynamite in Newark
William Meyers, described as demented, was arrested after the president visited Newark tonight. He boasted the boxes contained dynamite but police found two dry cell batteries and many envelopes inside.
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Newark
William Meyers
Knox Leaves on Trip to Central and South America
Secretary Knox departed for Palm Beach and will sail next week on the cruiser Washington to begin a diplomatic tour of Central America South America and the West Indies.
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Knox
Washington
Palm Beach
Central America
South America
Taft Defends Republicans As He Attacks Progressive Critics
Taft closed Lincoln birthday observances with a Republican club address in New York denouncing progressives as political emotionists and neurotics He praised recent anti trust and interstate commerce laws while opposing Democratic plans to slash cavalry and halt two battleship projects He warned of concentrated power fueled by money in politics.
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New York
Taft
Lincoln
Republican Club
Democratic Party
Sun Yat Sen Declared Naturalized American President
Washington report states Dr Sun Yat Sen first president of the Chinese republic is officially deemed unnaturalized American. The Commerce and Labor Department ruled in 1904 that Sun, born in the Hawaiian Islands, had American citizenship under the 1900 Hawaii act making territorial citizens U.S. citizens.
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Washington
Sun Yat Sen
Department of Commerce and Labor
Dr. Sun
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
United States
Featherweights Tally John and Jimmy Reagan Fight to Six Round Draw
In Butter, February 12, Montana's Tally John faced San Francisco's Jimmy Reagan to a six-round draw. Both fighters exchanged aggressive moments and claimed the loudest moments as the verdict remained even.
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Tally John
Montana
Jimmy Reagan
San Francisco
Hartman and Reynolds Fight Ends In Draw In Cleveland
Joe Hartman of Minneapolis and Bobby Reynolds of Philadelphia fought twelve rounds in Cleveland tonight, ending in a draw with no winner. Hartman pressed the action early while Reynolds rallied in the later rounds.
Lincoln Day Celebration Brings Prairie State Residents Together
A fifth annual Lincoln Day reunion of former Illinois residents drew a large crowd at the Yakima County Young Men’s Christian Association. The event featured a cafeteria supper, extensive mingling, and a program with music and speeches. Officers for the coming year were elected, and attendees praised the turnout despite long waits for refreshments.
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Yakima County
Illinois
Congregational Church
Dave
North Yakima
C. J. Udell
Alfred Henry
IL. RB. Kelley
B. B. Moore
Maine Wreck Refloating Near Havana Harbor
The Maine wreck rests level with Havana harbor waters as refloating efforts progress. The crew reports the main deck visible above the cofferdam walls and expect completion tomorrow.
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Maine
Havana
Mavana Harbor
Hill Tells Committee of Lake Superior Deal
Hill, chairman of the Great Northern board, told the Stanley Steel Trust committee how he bought properties for over four million dollars and turned them over to the Lake Superior company as trustee for railroad stockholders. He presented stockholders with pro rata certificates reflecting the increased property value, amounting to millions. He testified about leasing ore lands to United States Steel for development, a lease the company recently decided to cancel as of January 1, 1914, with an estimated 60,000 tons of ore in place valued at 14 dollars per ton. the company worked sites on a royalty basis.
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Washington
James J. Hill
Board
Great Northern
Stanley Steel Trust
Lake Superior Company, Limited
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
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