Paris Debacle prompts Rochette inquiry aimed at truth
Paris March 18 The first wave of reaction to the Calmette shooting and the Rochette affair subsides as cold weather cools royalist demonstrations. Socialist M Jauree promises a thorough probe beginning Friday with witnesses including M Caillauy former finance minister and M Fabre public prosecutor. Monts expected to resign temporarily. Coillaux visits St Lazare with his wife amid political maneuvering.
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Funeral of Father Dornley Draws Led Crowd and Leaders
A large throng attended the funeral of Father Maurice J Dornley of the stockyards parish. Notables including Mayor Harrison and J Ogden Armour joined bishops, judges, and clergymen as stockyards business paused for the service. Solemn mass was led by Archbishop Quigley and Bishop Mubtoon preached.
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New Mexico Weather Forecast Update
Washington reports a cloudy colder Thursday with a shift to fair conditions by Friday.
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Senate session wraps amid suffrage vote delays and aid bill
The Senate met at noon with Senator Jones urging Panama tolls exemption. The vote on the suffrage amendment progressed without decision as amendments to remove a $500,000 Mexican refugee maintenance line were defeated. An urgency deficiency appropriation bill passed and the chamber adjourned at 9:50 am.
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Interstate Commission Hearings On Gas Pipelines debated
At a noon meeting the Interstate Commerce Committee heard arguments for giving the Interstate Commerce Commission control over inter state gas pipelines. The session adjourned shortly after.
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Export of Cotton Shows Big Increase
Washington reports February cotton exports rose by 14 million dollars from February 1913, offsetting declines in breadstuffs and meat and dairy products. Total exports of staples reached 77,636,927 dollars for February, with eight month totals up by over 83 million dollars. Cotton exports alone rose by more than 56 million dollars in the eight months.
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Mrs Wilson Falls at White House and Illness Rumors
Washington reports Mrs Woodrow Wilson is recovering after a fall on the White House floor two weeks earlier. A cancelled dinner invitation frayed rumors of serious illness despite official denial. Also President Wilson rejected a land appraisal for the Baltimore and Ohio rail line near Union Station.
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Explosion at Alton powder plant shakes three states
An explosion at the Equitable Powder Company plant in Alton, Illinois, was felt up to 160 miles away across the river in Missouri. Night watchman Henry Miller was missing and presumed dead. Earthquake shocks were reported in Decatur, Assumption, Orleans, and Centralia with doors rattling for seconds.
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Tremors Reported Near Decatur After Evening Quake
Two distinct earth tremors were felt by residents of Decatur and nearby towns around 7 PM. In Decatur windows and doors rattled as the earth shook, with reports from several localities of minor structural movement.
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Indians Lose Fight for Filled-In Land
Federal Judge Carpenter ruled against Indian claims to submerged lands along Lake Michigan in Chicago. He said tithe right to the land was never recognized and that abandoned land cannot be claimed. Indians’ counsel planned to appeal.
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Naval Officer Pollakoff Accused of Theft in Cologne
Russian naval commander Pollakoff is held for trial after witnesses before an examining judge corroborate an attempted theft charge. Police arrest occurred during carnival weeks ago in Cologne Germany. Pollakoff protests his innocence.
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Senators Urge ICC Control of Gas Pipelines
Senator lired and Representative Borland urged public commerce committees to report a bill placing gas pipelines under the Interstate Commerce Commission. The measure has already passed the Senate.
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Ten Lives Lost in Steamer Wreck at Halbou Spain
The Swedish steamer Torhild foundered today at Halbou Spain with ten lives lost. Torhild, built in 1907, registered at 18 tons.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Sued Under Sherman Act
The Lehigh Valley Railroad and multiple co defendants face a federal antitrust suit alleging monopoly over anthracite output and coal sales. The complaint accuses the line of blocking new rail access and dominating the market through the Lehigh Valley Coal Company and related entities.
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Primary Likely To Be Adopted By Indians
Indianapolis March 18 The Wilson influence pushes democrats at the state convention tonight Senators Shively and Kern urge reporting a statewide primary election law to the convention The plan seeks direct vote but leaders favor submitting the question to a primary law for selecting convention delegates The effort reflects a shift away from the existing convention system to a direct primary mechanism.
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Oleo Manufacturers Convicted of Fraud
John F Jelke president of the John F Jelke company and eight officials and former employees were found guilty in federal court of conspiracy to defraud by selling oleomargarine without tax and guiding retailers on coloring. One clerk was found not guilty. Two defendants were discharged.
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Unusual Interest in Trial of Bandit Opens
John Krafchenko stands trial in Manitoba for the Bank of Montreat robbery at Plum Coulee and the murder of M Arnold. After the December 3 crimes he fled and was captured December 10. he later escaped a Winnipeg police station before recapture. One guard pleaded guilty to complicity and received seven years.
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Grant of Six Hundred Thousand for Refugee Camps
The Senate approved an urgent deficiency appropriation bill totaling over ten million dollars with half a million earmarked for refugee camps to care for Mexican soldiers and accompanying refugees in Texas and California. The measure limits use to soldiers and military refugees, while 1,500 women and children in camps remain classified with the refugees.
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Lincoln Hair Relic Bequest To Met Museum
The will of General James Grant Wilson filed for probate bequeaths a blood stained Lincoln hair lock and related relics to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A ring containing hair of Washington and Napoleon is also listed. Wilson notes no public monetary bequests, giving ten percent of his income to charity.
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Mayor vetoes Seattle rat catchers funding in plague effort
Seattle mayor vetoed a 5000 dollar city council appropriation for rat catchers in the anti bubonic plague drive. He orders the force cut to five men and opts to shift burden to property owners for rodent control. He also vows abolition of high salaried health department offices and bans cabaret show performances.
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Huerta Presses Rich Mexicans for Military Aid
Mexico City reports say President Huerta plans to resume talks with John Lind while pressing the capital’s wealthiest in a bid to shore up defense forces. He requests hacienda owners fund and equip 500,000 men and provide horses for 120 cannon en route from Japan and Europe.
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Heavy Snow Sweeps Kansas City Area
Snow blanketed Kansas City Wichita and western Missouri from two to four inches with more expected as the weather bureau forecasts continuing precipitation. Temperatures dropped about two degrees since Sunday. Fruit trees are not expected to suffer significant damage due to late development. In Kansas City two inches had fallen by evening. An anonymous gift of 50000 was given to the Methodist Episcopal Church board for retired missionaries care.
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Extreme cruelty charged by wife in Hartford divorce suit
Mrs. Rosalie Hooker-Welling, daughter of State Senator Edward W. Hooker, filed for divorce from Professor William DL. Welling of Trinity College on grounds of intolerable cruelty. She alleges he pinned her, pushed her into a gutter, threw objects, and threatened her with a revolver and carving knife, and wished to kill her father. The husband denies the accusations. married since 1911.
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Customs Guard in Opium Smuggling Trial
Max Miller a United States customs guard faces trial in San Francisco for alleged opium smuggling. Prosecutors say he telephoned to four Chinese stating he had opium and expected to secure about 200 tins more from an oriental steamer. He also faces a conspiracy indictment with sixteen other federal customs employees in a smuggling ring. In Hamburg the Batavia broke gear in a gale and docked at Ponta Delgada with 296 passengers aboard.
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Defeat Seen for Women Suffrage Vote in Senate
Washington March 18 The senate consensus is to vote on a constitutional woman suffrage amendment soon with defeat expected. Senator Ashurst in charge says action will occur this week despite suffragist pleas to delay. Alice Paul protests urging leaders to bear responsibility for failure and a House hearing on Idaho Rep French bill to grant women voting rights for Congress consideration next Tuesday.
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Dr Anna Howard Shaw Attacks Wilson on Woman Suffrage
New Haven Conn March 11 Dr Anna Howard Shaw president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association tells Yale students and Connecticut suffrage leaders that Wilson balks on suffrage and that antis spread home only roles. She says men offer weak excuses citing constitution party or gender as reasons for opposition.
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Striking Messengers Ordered to Show Cause in Detroit
Thirty one striking messenger boys employed by the Western Union Telegraph company were served notice to appear before United States Judge Arthur J. Tuthe to show cause why they should not be restrained from interfering with interstate business. They demand higher pay for deliveries outside the mile circle.
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Villa’s Men Move To Capture Torreon
El Paso reports a cautious military briefing on Torreon as the Juarez front remains optimistic. Officials discount claims of a federal win at Escalon and Rosario and question a federal move into the rebel rear at Jimines, with doubts about General Benavides’ reported death and the April fall date.
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Huerta Regime in Mexico Probed as Political Unrest Grows
Washington reports discuss potential provisional leadership if Huerta falls. John Lind tours Mexican contacts while Senor Rojas may be considered. Carranza’s commission probes Benton murder in Juarez and Villa office links. Bauch disappearance stalls in U.S. agencies.
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Inventory of Busch Estate Totals 17 Million
St Louis March 18. The late Adolphus Busch estate inventory lists personal property at 17,000,000, mostly stocks and bonds, at par value. Real estate appears in 150 items but value not estimated. death estate previously placed around 25,000,000.
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Argentina Not To Sell Dreadnought
Buenos Ayres March 18 The minister of marine denied reports the government favors selling any warships. He said while offers are important the government will not adopt any resolution altering the status of powers forces.
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Balfour Injured by Stone While Traveling in Nice
Former British premier Arthur J. Balfour was struck by a stone thrown by a boy in Nice. A deep gash opened on his nose and his cheek was bruised, yet he continued to attend the International lawn tennis tournament.
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Interstate Commerce Board Rules on Long Haul Detriment
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that a railroad may reserve to itself the long haul when it is unduly to the detriment of shippers. The principle stems from the Paducah Board of Trade versus the Illinois Central and other railroads.
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