Tolls hearings begin in Senate on canal act repeal
Washington April 8 formal consideration of the administration bill to repeal the tolls exemption provision of the Panama canal act will start in the Senate. Hearings before the interoceanic canals committee will run 15 days with senators who introduced substitute measures heard first.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Interoceanic Canals Committee
Senator Works
California
United States
House of Congress
Ers
Panama Canal
Owen
Norris
Chilton
Lewis
Reed
Fall
Weeks
Thomas
Newlands
Root
Canals Committee
Knox
Estes Park Invitation Promises Ideal Vacation
An Estes Park vacation is promoted with attractions like mountain climbs golf tennis riding fishing and scenic drives. Advertisers offer a detailed folder with maps and hotel ranch options at moderate costs and invite inquiries to arrange travel and accommodations.
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Estes Park
Longs Peak
Park
Alex Stocks
New England
Washington St
Boston
Manchester Woman Attempts Death by Own Action
Miss Lizzie Garneau a 29 year old house keeper in Manchester New Hampshire swallowed two bi chloride of mercury tablets in a bid to kill herself. She was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where doctors expect her to recover.
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Manchester
N. H
Lizzie Garneau
Sacred Heart Hospital
Elopement Marriage Ends in Tragedy as Mrs Rollins Dies
Mrs Catherine Rollins 17 died at Lynn Hospital after ingesting bichloride of mercury tablets in a personal crisis. Eloped with Harry Rollins two years earlier at Kittery Maine, they separated four months ago due to alleged intoxication and she returned to her parents at 11 Varnum Street in Lynn.
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Catherine Rollins
Lynn Hospital
Harry Rollins
Kittery
Salem author testifies in $10,000 libel suit trial
Mary H. Northend, Salem author and photographer, described sleepless nights and harm to her work from a programme allegedly libelous about her. She sues the publishing firm Newcomb Gauss in Essex Superior Court seeking damages.
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Salem
Mary H. Northend
Newcomb & Gauss
Essex Superior Court
Northend Sues Gauss and Newcomb Over Libel in Primer
Miss Northend a colonial homes writer sues former Senator Gauss and George Newcomb for 10000 in a libel case tied to a 1911 Primer program entry calling her Miss Hastead official purveyor of cigars to the Sultan. Testimony covers gifts to ex Mayor Howard and disputed word meanings as trial proceeds before Judge Hardy.
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Miss Northend
William B. Northend
Essex County Bar Association
John D. H. Gauss
George F. Newcomb
Newcomb & Gauss
Lawrence
W. D. Chapple
Howard
Mr. Howard
Mr. Newcomb
Mr. Gauss
Boston
Ye Board
Robert W. Hill
Meyer Howard
Colonel Sweeney
Lynn man in probate case and death linked spurring jail time
Rollins faced non support charges in Lynn court and ordered to pay weekly support. He vanished in 1818 then reappeared, learning he had a 10 month old son. After probation violations and a pointed marital dispute, Mrs. Rollins died by poison as Rollins served a two month sentence in the House of Correction.
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Rollins
Lynn
New York
House of Correction
Freezing Cold Wave Heads Toward States
An ice chilled wave from Alaska bears down on the southern and eastern States bringing a likely record drop in temperatures. Weather bureau experts expect furs and overcoats to be popular in Easter parades. The cold air moves north from the southern Atlantic States and will reach the eastern States by tomorrow.
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Washington
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Ranch Foreman Shot Dead in Arizona Revenge Killing
Phoenix multiple line report says T. KE. P. Booth a ranch foreman from Texas was shot and killed by Dr. L. E. Wiggins of Shelby County Texas. Wiggins said Booth wrecked his home and the doctor hunted him for a week before shooting him today.
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Phoenix
Ariz
T. KE. P. Booth
L. E. Wiggins
Shelby County
Texas
Toledo Police Chief Robbed at Headquarters
Toledo Police Chief George A. Murphy said at headquarters he was robbed last night of two pocketbooks, $14, theatre passes, and official documents.
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Toledo
Toledo, CO
George A. Murphy
Regrets Remarks About Colored Folks
A Boston suffrage letter from Gertrude Halladay Leonard condemns race remarks at a National Suffrage Association meeting in Tre mont Temple. She states the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association seeks ballots for all women meeting male qualifications and rejects race color creed or servitude distinctions.
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Tremont Temple
National Suffrage Association
South
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Massachusetts
Gertrude Halladay Leonard
Massachusetts Executive Board
Boston
Brooks House Association Annual Harvard Dinner Meeting
The Phillips Brooks House Association held its annual dinner at the Harvard Union last evening. Many undergraduates attended and George Wigglesworth, a Harvard Overseer, presided before a business meeting followed.
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Phillips Brooks House Association of
Harvard
Harvard Union
George Wigglesworth
Harvard Board of Overseers
Dowager Empress Haruko Stricken After Sudden Heart Seizure
report from Tokio says at 1:40 this morning the Dowager Empress Haruko, born 1850, is dying from a heart seizure. The Emperor Empress and royal family were summoned to her bedside as she had suffered angina pectoris. Digitally cataloged note follows with an advertisement for Adamson's Cough Balsam.
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Tokio
Haruko
James Duval Claims Brother Sold Lumber to McColgan
In a Superior Court trial in Chelsea, James Duval alleges his twin George sold 2000 feet of lumber to Patrick McColgan without James’s rights, saying George’s sale was unauthorized. James testified he received a $50 check from McColgan and insisted the lumber belonged to him, not his brother. The pair’s identical appearance drew laughter as the trial continues.
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James
George Duval
Chelsea
Patrick MccColgan
James Duval
McColgan
George
H. W. James
Tees
James F. Gerrish
House of Correction
Deer Island
Revere
Duval
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The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Claueir
Pump
Oxford
RITZ
Bond Street
Russia
West End
TUDOR
ASTOR
Regal Shoe Company
Tremont Street
Tremont Theatre
Summer Street
Cor
Bedford Street
Court Street
Bichloride
Hotel Somerset
Commonwealth Ave
Boston, Mass
Brooks House Associates
Japan
Adamson
Arlington Street and
St. James Avenue
Paine Furniture Company
Canal Street
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