Rural Credits Bill Passed by Senate
The Hollis farm loan bill creating a system of twelve or more land banks and farm loan associations under a non partisan board passed the Senate 58 to 5. It provides for a government subscribed capital for each land bank, cooperative loan structures, stock requirements for borrowers, and long term amortized loans up to 36 years with a 50 percent loan limit on appraised land value.
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Washington
Hollis
Senate
Farm Loan Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Land Bank
Farmer Confesses Murder in Indiana Elevation Owner Case
Giles W. Trask a wealthy farmer and elevator owner in Frankfort Indiana confessed to police that he killed Mrs. Alice A. Evans known as Mme Rand a fortune teller. He said the woman blackmailed him and a settlement led to an altercation in her home where he struck her with an ax.
Martial Law in East Pittsburgh Braddock Suburbs Quiet
National Guard detachments patrolled East Pittsburgh and Braddock as martial law effectively prevailed Wednesday night. No disorder was reported in the Strike Zone during the patrols.
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Pittaburgh
East Pittaburgh
Braddock
Pennsylvania National Guard
David Starr Jordan Retired as Stanford Chancellor Emeritus
Stanford University announces the retirement of David Starr Jordan, famed Peace advocate, with the title of chancellor emeritus. David Barr Jordan remains linked to the university in leadership context.
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David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Cal
David Barr Jordan
Mexicans Claim Bandits dispersed as Troops Plan Withdrawal
El Paso report says General Obregon announced progress toward a tentative agreement with General Scott. No formal pact, but improved US Mexico relations and hopes for a settlement. Mexican troops expect to hunt bandits in Chihuahua and Durango for about two months before U.S. withdrawal.
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el Paso
Texas
Alvaro Obregon
Scott
Obregon
Carranza
Mexico
Hugh L. Scott
Chihuahua
Durango
International Boundary Line
Ogden Doctor Is Shot Dead in Car by Suspect
Dr. C F Osgood a 48 year old Ogden physician and resident was shot three times in his automobile on a Tuesday evening Heber Burch 34 confessed to the crime saying it followed a head operation in St Louis in 1894 Burch appears insane Relatives deny any such operation took place in his head.
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Ogden
Utah
C.F. Osgood
Heber Burch
Wilson Approves Scott Obregon Military Pact
President Wilson announced the tentative Scott Obregon agreement creates a basis for military cooperation between the United States and Mexico to prevent misunderstandings and strengthen cordial relations. A formal acceptance was telegraphed to General Scott. Carranza's approval is pending. The plan envisions Carranza troops pursuing bandits south of the expedition’s lines and a gradual U.S. withdrawal to the border.
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Washington
Wilson
General Scott
General Obregon
Mexico
el Paso
Baker
Carranza
Long Beach Fire Chief Killed In Collision
Long Beach California chief of the fire department was killed and three other firefighters were injured when his car collided with a motor chemical responding to an alarm.
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Long Beach
Cal
Shrewsbury
Carmen's Strike Settled by Pittsburgh Motormen
Three thousand two hundred Pittsburgh Railways motormen and conductors ratified a wage pact after leaders recommended the agreement, ending a strike that had disrupted service Tuesday afternoon.
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Carmen
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Germany's Reply Meets Demands From United States
Berlin sends note via wireless to Sayville New York replying to the US note on submarine warfare. Germany says it has handed Sussex evidence to naval authorities and reserves further communication until key points are clarified. It denies endorsing indiscriminate destruction and cites restraints on submarine warfare. It urges mutual cooperation and reiterates readiness for peace.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Gottlieb von Jagow
For
Gerard
United States
James W. Gerard
Germany
Great Britain
America
Amer UN Gmbassador
British to Release 38 German Austrian Detainees
The government will immediately order the release of thirty eight Germans and Austrians taken from the American steamship China. Greeks view the Greek occupation of Florina as highly significant because the town lies eighteen miles south of Monastir.
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London
China
Florina
Athens
Monastir
Mob Plunders Butter Shops in Charlottenburg
A mob gathered in Charlottenburg Friday night and swept through the streets plundering two butter shops and smashing signs and windows of other butter shops and milk shops.
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Berlin
Charlottenburg
President Supports Brandeis for Supreme Court Seat
President Wilson backs early Senate confirmation of Laula D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court, sending the nomination to a committee after months of delay.
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Brandeis
Washington
Wilson
Laula D. Brandeis
Justice of the Supreme Court
Senate
Rebels condemned to death in Dublin executions
Four rebel leaders, Joseph Phankett Edward Daly Michael O Tannahin and Willian Vearse, were executed by firing squad after their death sentences were confirmed by the commander in chief. Fifteen other prisoners were commuted to ten years penal servitude.
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Dublin
Joseph Phankett
Edward Daly
Michael O'Tannahin
Willian Vearse
Fall to Vote as They Talk Saratoga Springs
John G. Wooley former prohibition candidate for president criticizes church members at a Methodist Episcopal conference meeting in Saratoga Springs New York. He urges support for measures proposed by the Anthsaloun league aiming at political and social reforms.
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Saratoga Springs
John G. Wooley
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Negro Lynched in Hempstead Texas Mob
Tom Dickson a 22 year old Black man was killed by a mob on a public road near Hempstead after being accused of attacking a 14 year old girl at the school.
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Hempstead
Texas
Tom Dickson
Bethlehem Steel to Acquire Pennsylvania Steel for 932 Million
The stockholders of Pennsylvania Steel Company of New Jersey approve sale to Bethlehem Steel for 932 million dollars. The Camden plant will transfer ownership to Bethlehem Steel following the vote.
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Camden
N. J
Pennsylvania Steel Company of
New Jersey
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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