Closing Struggle Over Canal Tolls To Stir Congress
Washington dispatch describes a fierce fight over repeal of the Panama canal toll exemption. In the House Speaker Clark plans an epilogue to press opponents, while President Wilson seeks a quiet victory. Senate debates loom with Lewis proposing a balancing measure and Gallinger urging a sense of congressional rights. Committee action is expected to delay final passage for weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Democratic Party
House
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Folla
Publc
Hilnels
Gallinger
Panama Canal
Clark
Champ Clark
Thansanis
Wilson
Barst
O'Gorman
Gwen
O'German
Pig's Eye Cornea Gives Sight To Blind Child
In Baltimore on March 29 physicians report a pig's cornea transplanted to nine month old David Kane of Gettysburg Pa restored sight to the left eye. Tests show the child follows a light and winks at near objects, with the eye clear and inflamation absent after the operation performed last week.
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Baltimore
David Kane
Herman Kane
Gettysbam
Welcome to Bnai Brith Convention Opening Day
Opening at Hebrew Orphan Home Washington Street with prayer led by Rabb Calishh. Welcome by Leonard Haas and Hon. J. G. Woodward mayor of Atlanta. Annual message to Grand Lodges President Lionel Woll. Luncheon at 2 pm. 5 pm business session continues. At 2 pm anniversary celebration for Hebrew Orphan Home with speeches by Simon Wolf and Mrs. Joel Aiman.
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Hebrew Orphan Home
Washington Street
Calishh Wecome
Leonard Haas
TO. B. E
J. G. Woodward
Meyor
Atlanta
Lionel Woll
Orphan Home
Children of the Orphan Home
Simon Wolf
Joel Ailiman
Jewish B'nai Brith Convention Opens in Atlanta
The fortieth district grand lodge session in Atlanta marks a joint observance with the Hebrew Orphans' Home anniversary. David P. Stern of Greensboro says the truth is on the march as he praises leader ideals. Madame Hella Pevsner urges women to engage in Jewish affairs and fight prejudice, urging unity and universal ideals. Continued on Page Two.
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Order of B’nai Brith
Atlanta
Hebrew Orphans’ Home
Pryor Street
Leo Frank
David R. Stern
Greensboro
N. Y
Stern
David Marx
Hella Pevsner
Madame Pevsner
David Stern
David P. Stern
N. C
Marx
Mr. Stern
Gulf Stream
Barefoot Boy Heralds Spring in Orchard Scenes
A playful rustic column notes a barefoot boy returning as signs of spring appear. It paints the creek warming, farm chores resuming, marbles clinking in schools, and a cautious yet eager youngster preparing for another season of adventures and nightly foot washing.
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Mit
Liquor Trade Doomed Declares Mrs Armor
Kansas City March 28 Mrs Mary Harris Armor of Macon Ga warns that the liquor trade will collapse within five years, urging rapid withdrawal of funds. Speaking at an Interstate National Women’s Christian Temperance Union rally, she touts national constitutional prohibition and cites 2 001 000 voters petitioning Washington for the measure.
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Kansas City
Mary Harris Armor
Macon
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mississippi
Congress
Washington
Wire Chief Emery Dies in Washington
Ernest William Emery chief of wire traffic in the Washington bureau of the Associated Press died suddenly in Washington on march 29 of heart failure. He was a veteran operator and long time AP employee, born in Seneca Falls New York, aged fifty five, survived by his widow a son and a daughter.
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Ernest William Emery
Associated Press
Emery
Lodge of Elks
Seneca Falls
Ernest W. Emery, Jr
L. L. Brigham
Rochester, N. By
Easier to Be President Than a Congressman
New York March 29 Champ Clark Speaker of the House spoke in Brooklyn optimistic at the Bedford branch of the Y M C A. He said a president needs a cabinet while a congressman must rely on himself and argued the Monroe doctrine remains alive. He compared civil wars and warned foreign nations against colonization.
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New York
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Bedford
Young Men's Christian Association
Brooklyn
Clark
Congress
Homself
South American
Cleveland
Mexican Republic
Climbing Tree Proposal In Savannah Courtyard
Frank M. Register of 2425 Barnard Street climbed a tree in Colonial Park behind the Jar and proposed to Misa Zeta Metlock, who is detained by police. The proposal was accepted and a wedding date set. Metlock, 19, is held at the police station under no charges, but to be cared for until her return to her parents.
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Savannah
Frank M. Register
Barnard Street
Misa Zeta Metlock
Miss Metlock
Wall Found Guilty in Franklin County Case
In Carnesville Georgia March 2 Special The jury found Hugh Wall alias Hugh Hill guilty of assault with intent to murder in a case linked to related charges from the same incident. Two additional cases against him stemming from the same difficulty remain.
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Carnesville
Hugh Wall
Hugh Hill
Fortune Awaited by Missing Dalrymple Heir in Kane Va
A $265,000 fortune awaits Keith Dalrymple, 22, of Port Allegany, who vanished from home seven years ago. Relatives have launched a nationwide search after the off operator father left the sum to him before dying. No trace of Dalrymple has surfaced since his disappearance.
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Kane
Keith Dalrymple
Port Allegany
Dalrymple
Mayor to urge council on Grady hospital bonds May election
Atlanta leaders plan a May 5 vote on $750,000 in Grady Hospital improvement bonds. Mayor Woodward, Col. Lowry, and the Grady campaign committee press for an exclusive issue with broad support including expected Negro voters. Alderman Thomson suggests a $3.9 million bond package with separate votes and summer timing.
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Grady Hospital
Atlanta
General Council
Council
Grady
James G Woodward
E Hope Council
Medical Board
Summerall
South
Meyer Woodward
Hea WilLa
Ety Hall
Woodward
Grady Campaign
Thomson
Albert Thomson
Grant Park
Battle Hill
Plaza
Central Campaign Committees
Shriners
Grand Opera
Robert J. Lowry
Central Committee
Lowry
W. B. Summerall
Summerail
Carranza Parade In Juarez Endorses War Leader Image
Juarez Mexico March 29 Carranza entered the city amid cheers from Americans and locals as the flag of the United States joined the Mexican emblem. A long caravan greeted him with automobiles bicycles and riders while crowds gathered for the Juarez monument. Carranza praised the justice of his cause and condemned Huerta’s acts as illegal.
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Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Juarez Monument
Carranca
Manuel Chap
Chehuahua
Jefe Suprema
General Villa
Torreon
Rebels and Federals Battle for Torreon City Fate
Juarez March 29 official front dispatches say fighting for Torreon is fatal and daily losses grow. Rebels reportedly hold most positions except the main barrack and two smaller ones while Federals resist. Villa’s assault may have failed. Carranza's arrival brings no news of capture, keeping the outcome uncertain.
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Tomas Tobina
Villa
Torreon
Carranza
Gomez Palacio
Presa
Juarez
News Not Favorable to the Rebel Forces
News from Chihuahua Mexico dated March 29 reports unfavorable developments for the rebel forces. Wounded rebels totaled 68 on arrival by train, with hundreds more at Jiminez Parral and Santa Rosa. Reports of heavy fighting near Torreon suggest large casualties and possible Villa wounding. A German observer claimed Federals lured rebels into Gomez Palacio and unleashed devastating fire.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Jiminez
Parral
Santa Roasaha
Torreon
Francisco Vila
Villa
Gomez Palacio
Weather Prophecy Partly Cloudy Across States
Georgia and nearby areas face partly cloudy conditions with light variable winds. Virginia North Carolina expect clouds with probable rain and warmer Monday. South Carolina Florida forecast party cloudy to rain with variable winds. Tennessee Kentucky expect showers Monday and likely Tuesday.
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Virginia
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South Carolina
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Kentucky
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