Pinchot Accused of Secret Water Rights Deal with Los Angeles
Congressional debate centers on Gifford Pinchot chief of the forestry bureau accused by Smith and Mondell of arranging a covert pact to secure valuable Owens River Valley water rights for Los Angeles. The controversy spanned the agricultural appropriation bill with defenders citing political opposition.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Messrs. Smith
California
Mondell
Wyoming
Smith
Pinchot
Los Angeles
Ownes River
Mandel
West
Pollard
Nebraska
Mr. Scott
Kansas
Forest Service
Senator Foraker withdraws paper on fur seal record
Senator Foraker obtained leave to withdraw a paper printed as a public document that claimed to be the official record of loot and ruin of the Alaska fur seal herd. Copies were suppressed after publication and the document, read in full, implicated Senate and House officers, creating a major congressional row.
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Washington
Foraker
Senate
Henry W. Fluett
Lake Wood
Alaska
Eliott
Fairbanks
House
Congress
Government to test commodity clause in rate law Supreme Court case
The government will not prosecute railroads for violating the commodity clause until the Supreme Court rules. President directs DOJ to bring a test case after May 1, involving railroads that own coal mines or handle other restricted goods. Railroads promise to comply if the court rules against them.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Race car reaches Seattle after New York to Paris trip
The American car in the New York to Paris race arrived in Seattle aboard the City of Pueblo. Due to winter trail conditions between Valdez and Nome, the Alaska section of the race will be abandoned and the team will likely sail from Seattle to Vladivostok.
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Wash
New York
Paris
Pueblo
Valdez
Nome
Alaska
Vladivostok
Anarchist Selig Silverstein Linked to Group But Not Proven
Police efforts to connect Selig Silverstein with anarchists show progress but fail to prove his Saturday bombing was inspired by those associates. The advances follow the arrest of Alexander Berkman, leader of the anarchist circle and Emma Goldman’s ally.
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New York
Selig Silverstien
Union Square
Alexander Berkman
Emma Gold
Democratic Banquet in Missouri Hosts Bryan and Harmon
About 2000 Democrats from across Missouri gathered at Convention Hall Kansas City with 15000 attendees. William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon were the featured speakers to a receptive crowd including former governors T T Crttenden David R Francis W J Stone Alexander M Dockery and Governor Joseph W Folk. The event emphasized Bryan’s presidential bid and Harmon’s potential party honors.
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Missouri
Young Men's Democratic Club of
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
St. Louis
St. Joseph
T. T. Crittenden
David R. Francis
William J. Stone
Alexander M. Dockery
Joseph W. Folk
Bryan
Harmon
Fire devastates Abbeville business district
A March 31 fire in Abbeville Louisiana destroyed much of the business section causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
Lincoln bouts crown two straight falls in Wis consin
At Lincoln Nebraska Fred Beell defeated Jim Parr the English wrestler in two straight falls. Miss Geraline Farrar the American singer has been named imperial court singer by the German emperor. Physicians in Philadelphia report Senator Penrose's condition improving. Charles G Sweasy, ex Cincinnati Reds player, died in Newark New Jersey at sixty one. Premier Campbell Bannerman shows no major change though diabetes advances.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fred Beell
Wisconsin
Jim Parr
Geraline Farrar
Senator Penrose
Philadelphia
Charles G. Sweasy
Cincinnati Reds
Harry Wright
Newark
N. J
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mine Remains Closed After Explosions at Union Pacific
Hanna Wyoming March 31 An official order bars reopening of Union Pacific Coal Company Mine No 1 for several days. The death toll stands at fifty nine with rescue operations halted until Thursday while the east slope is cleared and gas removed for safe entry.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Two Boys Die In Collapse At Provincetown Church
In Provincetown Massachusetts March 31 two boys Joseph Oliver and James Holmes were killed when part of the ruined Centenary Methodist Episcopal church collapsed while they sought firewood. A man was seriously injured in the incident which occurred two weeks after the church was destroyed by fire.
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Provincetown
Mass
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Oliver
James Holmes
German Emperor backs Hill as American ambassador
Venice March 31 reports the German emperor intends a satisfactory settlement on the appointment of David Jayne Hill as American ambassador to Berlin and states he has no personal objection to Hill.
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Hill
Venice
Corfu
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Thousands Quit Labor as Miners Prepare to Strike
Indianapolis March 31 Thousands of union miners in major coal fields will halt work this week as contracts expire and no new district accords are in place. About 20,600 miners in Ohio Western Pennsylvania Missouri Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and possibly Indiana Illinois Michigan West Virginia Kentucky will stop work though wages are not the issue. The Indiana bituminous Western Pennsylvania and Illinois districts continue joint sessions at Terre Haute Pittsburg and Springfield. John Mitchell returns to plan exit from office as Congressmen Wilson reports a Central Pennsylvania agreement. President elect Lewis will name appointments as he takes office.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
West Virginia
Kentucky
W. B. Wilson
Central Pennsylvania
T. L. Lewis
Mitchell
Samuel Sexton
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Chris Evans
Lewis
Teacher and Pupil Dead in Dundas Woods Mystery
Detectives search Dundas woods for a missing revolver tied to the deaths of Carl Bernthaler a 58 year old music teacher and Lena Ziechman a 30 year old pupil and German teacher in Cleveland Heights. Both were found dead with gunshot wounds after meeting in the woods. Bernthaler leaves a widow and six children. Ziechman was connected to a local florist father and had long acquaintance with Bernthaler.
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Clevelan
Dundas Woods
Carl Barnthaler
Lena Ziechman
Cleveland Heights
Bernthaler
Miss Ziechman
Night Firing by Warships at Magdalena Bay
Description of Atlantic fleet battleships conducting night firing at Magdalena Bay with searchlights, shell bursts, and bright gunmuzzles. Observers note the vivid illumination and accurate targeting during simulated torpedo defense, contrasted with a street name anecdote about Spanish-origin terms in California.
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Magdalena Bay
Lukeman Breaks Indoor 60 Yard Dash World Record
Ted L. Lukeman of the M. A. A. A. won the sixty-yard dash in 6% seconds at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association indoor meet, breaking the previous world record of 6% seconds.
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Montreal
Can
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
Ted L. Lukeman
Guild Holds Ground After Favorable Day
Boston March 31 Governor Guild passed another favorable day and rests comfortably as he maintains his ground.
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Boston
Des Moines Elects Mayor Under New Commission Plan
Des Moines and several Iowa cities held elections under the new commission form. A. J. Mathis won the Des Moines mayoralty amid opposition from plan supporters. John MacVicar and council members Wes ley Ash J L Hamery and Charles L Schramm were elected. Union labor backed the opposition. Other results include Cedar Rapids mayor John T Carmody and Waterloo mayor John Rector reelected.
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Des Moines
A. J. Mathis
John MacVicar
Wesley Ash
J. L. Hamery
Charles L. Schramm
Friends of the New Commission
Cedar Rapids
John T. Carmody
Waterloo
John Rector
Canton
H. W. Crockett
Thomas Maloney
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Sears
Sioux City
Wounds His Wife Then Ends His Life in Brooklyn
Edward F. Randall, a Brooklyn accountant, shot his wife in their home after a quarrel and then killed himself. Mrs. Randall, bleeding from jaw and hand wounds, fled to a neighbor and later hospital, saying her husband fired at her during the dispute begun over threats to call police.
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New York
Edward F. Randall
Brooklyn
Randall
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Evanshall Sugar Plantation
In New Orleans on March, Mrs Roosevelt and her children disembarked from the yacht Mayflower during a Mississippi voyage. They spent several hours inspecting Evanshall sugar plantation and observed sugar production from cane juice extraction to final sugar.
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New Orleans
Riley Grannan Stricken with Pneumonia in Rawhide Hospital
San Francisco report says Riley Grannan, famed racetrack follower, is ill with pneumonia at a Rawhide Nevada hospital and doctors fear for his recovery.
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Riley Grannan
Rawhide
Nev
Conquering Temptation as a Personal Trial
A quoted reflection from My Journal asserts temptation is best overcome individually. It compares conquering vice to facing death alone, insisting no external aid can substitute one’s own willpower.
Wheat market quotations from Minneapolis exchange
Minneapolis wheat prices on March 30 show May at 1.03 and July at 1.01. Prices for grades No 1 hard and No 1 Northern are posted at 1.06 and 1.04 respectively with other Northern varieties ranging from 1.02 to 1.34 per bushel.
Wheat and flax futures steady on market day
In Duluth on March 30 wheat to arrive and on track for May and July deliveries with No 1 hard at 1.054 percent, No 1 Northern at 1.03 percent, May at 1.01 percent and July at 1.02 percent. Flax to arrive on track with May at 1.16 and July at 1.18.
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Duluth
Livestock Prices Mayo St Paul Market Report
St Paul market notes show cattle prices in ranges from good to choice steers six to six seventy five, cows and heifers four to five, veals around five to five dollars. Hog prices centered at five sixty five to five seventy five. Sheep include wethers five seventy five to six twenty five and lambs seven to seven sixty.
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St. Paul
Cattle and Hog Prices Reported in Chicago Market
Chicago market prices list cattle including cows and heifers Texans and calves with bid ranges. Western cattle stockers and feeders. Hogs show light mixed heavy rough and pigs with price bands. Sheep and yearlings lambs also priced with ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Report Prices for Wheat Corn and More
Chicago notes for March 30 show Wheat May 93 1/4 cents July 88 3/4 cents Sept 86 3/4. Corn May 66 1/2 cents July 64 1/2 cents Sept 63 1/2. Oats May and July around 52 1/2 to 53 1/2 cents with old July 47 1/2 to 45 1/2. Pork May 13.75 to 13.7744, July 14.10 to 14.15, Sept 14.52. Butter Creamery 22 1/4 to 28 1/2 cents, dairies 20 to 26. Eggs 14. Poultry Turkeys 14, chickens 13 1/4, springs 13 1/4.
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Chicago
House of Commons backs Irish home rule debate ends with 315 157 vote
In London March 1 the House of Commons adopts a Redmond motion for Irish self rule with imperial supremacy reserved. Asquith, taking the chair, resists endorsing the motion without a mandate and reiterates support for local self government. Balfour criticizes ambiguity as Healy laments the tone of the debate.
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London
House of Commons
Lengtthy
Ireland
John E. Redmond
Asquith
Balfour
Mr. Asquith
Mr. Redmond
Timothy Healy
Arrests in Port au Prince conspiracy case
Port au Prince Hayti March 8 numerous arrests have been made of officers suspected of complicity in the latest conspiracy led by General Larraque chief of the cavalry. The Haytian government says prisoners will be given a hearing before civil courts and that no summary executions will occur.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Larraque
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