Inquiry into Ambassador Page remarks on Monroe Doctrine and Panama Canal
Senate adopts resolution demanding secretary of state obtain evidence for alleged statements by Walter Hines Page regarding the Monroe Doctrine and Panama Canal. Chamberlain presses for a verbatim report of Page's remarks to clarify whether the United States would resist European gains in the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Senate
Montoe
Pansma’ Canal
Chamberlain
Yago
Trinogie trial factory accident settles payments
In New York twenty three relatives of victims and injured workers were paid 78 each by the insurer company. The owner was involved in the settlement, following the Trinogie works accident. The White House wedding rumor gains momentum in Washington as Secretary McAdoo and Ellen Randolph Wilson reportedly plan June nuptials. Michigan copper mine owners refuse to recognize miners union, called un-American by Chairman Taylor and congressional committee after copper strike trip.
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New York
Trinogie Triwalet
Are and Ky Percoil
Ie Wat
White House
Washington
Wnewal
McAdoo
Billa
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Wilson
Chatr+ton Taylor
House Investigaling Committee
Regiow
Walter Page Targeted After Monroe Doctrine Panama Canal Talk
Ambassador Walter Page faces inquiry following his remarks on the Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, amid a revolution supported by the candidates.
Will and rebel actions stir Ecuador and New York news
Reports detail Ecuadorian rebels fleeing Esmeraldas under General Leonidas Pinza. In New York probate filings George W. Vanderbilt's will seeks a $20 million estate to his widow and daughter Cornelia, with no further details provided.
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Panama
Delalla
Esmeraldas
Ecuador
Leonidas Pinza
Mc- Uador
New York
George W. Vanderbilt
Cornelia
Mexico and United States exchange on Carranza reply
Washington reports indicate the United States seeks information from Mexico on matters affecting foreign nationals welfare. Secretary Bryan conveyed the note through Consul Simpich to General Carranza, who reportedly promised a reply to the United States while awaiting a formal response to a Spanish citizen protection request. Carranza’s reply to Huerta case was also noted.
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Washington
United States
Bryan
Simpich Ati Nogaies
Carranza
United Byala
Hryety
Bentoy
Huerta
Carnegie Endowment Aids Panama Toll Exemption Repeal Drive
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace backed repeal of the Panama Canal toll exemption. Dr James Brown Scott testified before the Senate lobby committee that over 330,000 dollars was spent to circulate material about Panama exempt tolls and nearly 1,000,000 pamphlets urging repeal were distributed. The endowment also mailed 760,000 copies of Senator Root's speech nationwide under his authority.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Senate Lobby’ Committee
James Brown Scott
Endowment
Panama
Scott
Root
Senate
Train hold up leads to deaths and injuries in Illinois
Reported in Peoria detailing a Chicago and Northwestern freight train ambush near Mantis Illinois. Arthur Fisher of Peking Illinois died after being shot by a bandit. a robber was killed in a posse exchange. Deputies Leslie Byers and Bert Skroglund were wounded.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Mantis
Here
Arthur Fisher
Peking
Ill
Leslie Byers
Byern
Princeton
Bert Skroglund
Prineton
Government Owned Road for Alaska Assured by President
President Wilson signed a bill authorizing 935.9 million for a government owned railway in Alaska. Attending senators and Seattle chamber of commerce members praised the action as a milestone, with Lang discussing engineers for the Panama canal project. The plan signals a shift to direct government operation rather than private bonds to spur western rail expansion.
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Wilson
Alaska
United States
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Sa ‘Hest
Congress
Lang
Goethals
Panama Canal
Lane
New Tolls Bill Favored by House Committee
House Commerce Committee backs a Panama Canal tolls repeal bill at the direction of President Wilson. The measure would free tolls for American coastwise ships and force revenue cutters to pay tonnage tax as Britain does, affecting diverse fleets and revenue.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Panama Canal
Itl
Ander
Unitey.Blazen Lutte
Revenue
Great Britain
Big Blaze In Honduras Destroys Ceiba District
A Ceiba Honduras dispatcher reported a large fire swept the salty area causing an estimated 1000 dollars in losses. The blaze destroyed twenty three city blocks and left extensive damage in the Ceiba district.
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Big Blaze
Honduras
New Orleans
Ceiba
Impeachment Case Dismissed in Washington
Charges against local banker W H Cooper and Supreme Court justice T Wright were dismissed by the House Judiciary committee. The action ends the impeachment bid and leaves the two figures in place.
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Washington
Ly W. H. Cooper
Omiinat da Hea 1
T. Wright
Hopme Judiciary Committee
Gash Secured to Build Railroad to Salt Lake
Danver, Cole Arrangement, and Newnan Erb announce funding to build a railroad from Provo to Salt Lake City. Plan includes a tunnel and rail extension with a project cost estimated at 16 million dollars. Officials expect bidding and tunnel work to start soon, pending court decisions and financing. Engineers worldwide have applied for positions with the Moffat tunnel borrowing commission.
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ColeArrangementh
Fur
Styler
Supreme Court
Moffat Tunnel
Commission
United States
Canada
Alaska
Mexico
South Annerley
Rangers Guard Texan Border Force Briefly Expanded
Interior details reveal fifteen mounted Texas rangers deployed to guard a 00 mile stretch at the Texas Mexico boundary after two men arrived in Haymondvills in response to local pleas. Governor Colquitt cites border troubles and seeks more power to deter cattle thieves and desperadoes. Nearby, Catholic priests from Brownsville recount churches burned and a cathedral desecrated as rebels operate in Tamaulipas since November.
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Austin
Texas
Texan Rangers
Texas- Meklean
Haymondvills
O. B. Colquitt
New Orleana
Tamaulipas
Rangera
Jose ‘Moreno Madina
Rayman Coucalen
Brownaville
Beth
Victoria
Mexico
Militants Disturb Meeting at Cathedral
A band of suffragettes disrupted a Sunday service chanting prayers for Madeline Pankhurst and other jailed reformers. A woman identifying as Dorothy Arnold claimed she is the missing Dorothy Arnold from New York, living under the name Lila Hana for over two years. Agricultural appropriation bill advances in the House with 14.0 million dollars requested. In Chihuahua a strange epidemic resembles a deadly illness, while in Rivera a widower is murdered and police suspect a former policeman.
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Los Angeles
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Lila Hana
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Dorothy Arnold
New York
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