London Times Warns Britons Toll Exemption Faces Senate Fight
The London Times Washington correspondent cautions readers that free tolls for ships are not secured, faces weeks of stormy debate in the Senate, and warns against assuming public opinion aligns with British supporters. It notes pressure from Hearst papers, Irish-Americans, rail interests, and others to influence the vote. President Wilson receives praise. Champ Clark draws criticism for opposing tolls repeal.
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London
London Times
Washington
Senate Committee
Senate
the Times
Wilson
Clark
The
London Standard
Bryan's Brother May Run for Governor in Nebraska
Nebraska headlines contemplate Charles W. Bryan as a gubernatorial candidate. He declines to speak, demands a progressive Democrat be named, and signals personal entry to secure a progressive nominee while discouraging other hopefuls.
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Bryan
May
Blond Eskimo Sends For a Typewriter
J Cornwall Fraser a blond Eskimo trapper from the Mackenzie River mouth is sending for a typewriter with attachments to his hut 2200 miles north of Edmonton. Educated in an English mission school at Point Barrow he has never left the Arctic circle. He is regarded as well posted by northern trading company officers and he speaks English fluently.
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Edmonton
Alta
J. Cornwall Fraser
Mackenzie River
Fraser
Point Barrow
Sixty Fifth Parallel
Arctic Circle
Far North
Grand Old Man of Harvard Turns 96
Harvard's grand old man Dr James L Wellington of Swansea the oldest living alumnus has just celebrated his ninety six birthday. A classmate of James Russell Lowell and William Wetmore Story he retired after sixty two years practice and joked he could still dance the tango if he chose to include it in his health rules.
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Boston
Harvard
James L. Wellington
Swansea
Wellington
James Russell Lowell
William Wetmore Story
Woman poker player says she never loses in court
In East Boston District Court Louis D. Martell facing support charges testified about Annie Martell a poker player who claimed she always wins and never leaves the table a loser. Judge Barnes fined Martell $100 amid the dispute over her gambling and their marriage chances.
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Boston
Louis D. Martell
East Boston
Annie
Martell
Barnes
Ex Slave Seeks Inheritance Right Before Supreme Court
From a 7 acre Shelby County farm once owned by an ex slave John Jones comes a case to the Supreme Court about whether former slaves may inherit from their siblings. The Tennessee Supreme Court previously ruled ex slaves had no inheritable blood.
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Washington
John Jones
Shelby County
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Senator Shields
Veteran Runs Tiger In Soldiers Home
Leavenworth April 11 reports numerous requests by veterans at the National Soldiers Home to transfer to Company M. Captain Charles Knox investigated and found James Brister had a moonshine still in the basement using drugs and powders to produce squirrel whisky.
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Leavenworth
National Soldiers
Charles Knox
James Brister
New Code Keeps Co-Eds After Dark
The Woman's League at the University of Illinois issues an unofficial code for co eds. It urges avoiding strolling on the south campus and unfrequented places after dark and discourages going on the street alone after dark whenever possible.
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Champaign
Ill
Woman's League of the
University of Illinois
Wilson, Daniels Clash Over Navy Liquor Ban
President Wilson says he was not consulted by Secretary Daniels before the ban on wine in the navy and the prohibition of all alcohol at naval stations. Daniels asserts the order will take effect July 1 and aims to curb officer drinking, with Tillman endorsing the measure.
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Daniels
President
Washington
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Offi
Garrison
Senator Tillman
Army
Heiress to Millions Will Become Nurse
MILWAUKEE April 11 Helen Cudahy youngest daughter of Patrick Cudahy millionaire packing house owner has announced her intention of becoming a trained nurse. She believes every girl should have a vocation and her family approves the decision. Iss Cudahy is the youngest of three daughters and will be accompanied East by Doris Lindsay daughter of a wealthy implement manufacturer.
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Milwaukee
Helen Cudahy
Patrick Cudahy
Iss Cudahy
Doris Lindsay
Spends His Nights at Y. M. C. A. Wife Sues Norton
Mrs Flora D Norton was granted a divorce from George P Norton a prominent lawyer real estate man and church worker by Judge Peterfield who noted Norton's outside Y M C A and Boy Scout duties kept him away from home most evenings since their 1900 marriage Wife said his zeal for church work caused the separations.
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Kansas City
Flora D. Norton
George P. Norton
Peterfield
Norton
Catholics to Honor Carolina Prelate
Wilmington April 11 The twenty fifth anniversary of the episcopal consecration of Bishop Leo Haid of Belmont See of North Carolina will be celebrated at St Marys Pro Cathedral on Sunday April 19 Cardinal Gibbons is expected to attend The event was postponed from November 9 due to Bishop Haids Rome trip ahead of his apostolic visit His work in North Carolina has brought large church growth.
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Haid
Bishop Haid
Rome
North Carolina
Wealthy Tax Dodger Pays Up After Death
Illinois a champion tax dodger, Alfred W. Barber, died in Crystal Lake 1912. Assessed at 20000, probate revealed bonds in many firms totaling 2000000. William Desmond of McHenry County Board of Review estimated unpaid taxes at 201000, county settled for 82000.
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Bloomington
Illinois
Alfred W. Barber
Crystal Lake
William Desmond
Board of Review
McHenry County
Studies Psychology in Dreams of Blind
BLOOMINGTON Indiana April 11 Fred McCartney though blind has begun his fifth year of work at Indiana University He earned his masters last year with a thesis on the psychology of dreams He is revising for publication in The American Journal of Psychology and has a philosophy department research fellowship to pursue new psychology problems.
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Bloomington
Ind
Fred McCartney
Indiana University
American Journal of Psychology
McCartney
Police Girls Guard Woman Prisoner In Davenport
In Davenport on April 11 two young women were sworn in as deputies to guard overnight Mrs Anna Guldburg a dressmaker accused of large scale shoplifting from the three biggest local stores could not post bonds and asked to return home to care for her two children Chief Hans Schramm approved a plan appointing the two police girls to watch over her through the night, providing a workaround to the bond issue.
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Davenport
Anna Guldburg
Militant paper barred from U S mails over its content
The Woman Rebel, a monthly militant publication advocating radical rights, was informed by Postmaster Morgan that its first issue is too torrid for passage through the United States mails. The Rebel Women defend rights to laziness, single motherhood, destruction, creation, love, and living.
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Morgan
United States
All in Village Dig Grave for Sexton
In McFall Missouri on April 11 the village helped bury John Burton who had dug many graves for free, assisting in the cemetery tasks and refusing payment for his work.
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Sexton
Fall, MO
McFall
John Burton
Convict Allowed to Attend Father’s Funeral
A Cleveland burglar, Al Fellows, serving a three year term, was permitted by Ohio penitentiary Warden P E Thomas to attend his father’s funeral in Galt on Tuesday. He returned to prison after the funeral.
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Columbus
Ohio
al Fellows
Cleveland
P. E. Thomas
Galt
Divorce Plot Brunen When Wife Rewed
A court case reveals a divorce plot involving Brunen after his wife remarried. The proceedings address legal compliance and adherence to law in the remarriage context.
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Brunen
Reunion Plans for Southern Beauties at Confederate Veterans
Philadelphia April 11 This feature highlights leading Southern belles arranged for the Confederate Veterans Reunion with Miss Anna Warren Clark of Moultrie as maid of honor for Georgia and other dignitaries from Florida Missouri South Carolina and North Carolina. A separate society note recounts Mrs Giles Bishop Jr securing a marriage nullification and rerouting to a new match with Dr James F Donnelly amid a complex sequence of divorces and re marriages.
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Anna Warren Clark
Moultrie
Georgia
Anna Louise Scarlett
Tampa
Florida
Ellen Hilsman
Missouri
Lina Dobey
Aiken
South Carolina
Irwin Magee
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Giles Bishop, Jr
James F. Donnelly
Charles A. Donnelly
Philadelphia Democracy
Jacksonville Converts Park Into Tent City for Veterans
Jacksonville Confederate veterans plan a reunion with extensive arrangements to comfort old soldiers. The report mentions a captain linked to divorce cases and Bishop society stir in New York and Philadelphia, noting his service in Nicaragua, leadership under fire at Leon, and West Point background.
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Jacksonville
Park
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Nicaragua
Leon
West Point
Maude Wooden
Porto Rico
Bishop
First Half Tariff Record Shows Falling Revenues and Trade
Washington reports the Payne Aldrich tariff era yielded a stark drop in customs receipts by over 25 million dollars versus the prior year. Imports, exports, and raw material shipments all fell, with five months’ totals showing weaker wholesale imports and manufacturing exports. Beef, potatoes, and corn imports remain modest under the new law.
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Washington
Friends of the Law
United States
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