Sugar Beet Fight Tests House Gag Rule
Representative Wachter denounces Speaker Henderson as fifty-two Republicans plot to block Cuban reciprocity debate. The insurgents push for extensive debate and amendments while the Ways and Means panel fights for a gag rule to shield beet sugar interests. The revolt centers on parliamentary procedure and house discipline, not Cuba alone.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress
Henderson
Wachter
Maryland
House
New York
Committee On Rules
Grosvenor
Payne
Dalzell
Miner
Littlefield
Cuba
Ways and Means
Daugherty Returns from Washington Refuses Comment
Special despatch notes buoyant mood but no statement on reports of reconciliation with Senator Hanna. Daugherty cites harmony with Hanna and others while hints at Hanna backing Republicanizing the Twelfth District. The visit with Cyrue Huling prompts talk of Ohio political alignments and possible effects on the gubernatorial race.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hanna
Daugherty
Cyrue Huling
Columbus
Ohio
Fayette County
Charles Dick
Fiancee of Tarkington May Wed Soon
Indianapolis report says Booth Tarkington has won the Marion County Representative nomination and is expected to marry Louisa Fletcher, an Indianapolis girl, within months if the Republican ticket prevails in the fall election.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Marion County
Promotion in Store for Evans in Pension Bureau
Washington March 17 There is no longer doubt Pension Commissioner Evans will soon sever his Pension Bureau ties to accept a substantial promotion from the President. The President has full confidence in Evans and retirement will wait until a satisfactory new post is found. No decision on a successor has been reached.
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Evans
Pension Bureau
Evatis
General Tracy Recovering in New York
GeneralBenjamin F Tracy is said to be much improved in New York after a serious illness last Saturday.
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Tracy
New York
Benjamin F. Tracy
Prince Henry's Exhaustion After United States Trip
Prince Henry explains he slept nearly forty eight hours after boarding the Deutschland in New York. He notes he never worked harder in his life and changed uniforms many times during the US visit. He praises the orderly crowds and says no unpleasant incidents occurred, with plans for his future and a naval review in England next June.
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Cherbqurg
Wilt
Cuxhaven
Plymouth
Prince Henry
William
New York
United States
Henry
Germany
Berlin
Kiel
England
Edward
Roby Named Chief Conspirator in Post Office Robberies
Everett Roby, about 20, said to lead a string of post office robberies in Ohio, is jailed in Columbus after Detective Foster traced him from Moultrie. The case ties him to several towns including Darbyville, Ashville, Canal Winchester, Grove City, and Westerville, with police seeking Burglar Jim Anderson as a possible associate.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Everett Roby
Roby
Moultrie
Alliance
Thomas Foster
Darbyville Township
Ashville
Pickaway County
Canal Winchester
Grove City
Commercial Point
Postoffice
Pherson
Westerville
Mansfield Reformatory
Wettinger
Big Darby
Foster
Allance
Jim’ Anderson
Cincinnati
Anderson
Ohio Penitentiary
E. O. Grandstaff
Arlington
Texas
Bond
Darbyville
Robinson
Lockbourne
Ogle
Jim
Three-Cent Car Fare Is Law In Cleveland
Cleveland March 17 The three cent street car fare ordinance passed finally by City Council with two dissenting votes. Mayor Johnson said construction on new lines will begin within a month after property owners gave consent.
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Cleveland
Johnson
Conference Reverses Move to Remain in Tien Tsin
Peking reports a joint ministers conference agreed on restoring the Chinese government at Tien Tsin, reversing the earlier military command decision. No transfer date has been set.
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Peking
Tien Tsin
Cecil Rhodes Shows Slight Improvement Amid Health Battle
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes slept much of the afternoon and is in a more cheerful mood. Doctors describe no major change in his condition, with only slight improvement noted.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Charges Against Postmaster Coyne Spark Civil Service Complaint
Washington March 17 Charges filed with the Civil Service Commission accuse Chicago Postmaster E K Coyne of politically motivated changes at the Chicago Post Office. The complainant T W Wittler alleges demotions and dismissals for party reasons aimed to aid a senator’s reelection bid. Coyne counters the moves stem from lack of harmony at Wittler’s station.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
E. KE. Coyne
Chicago
T. W. Wittler
Wittler
Coyne
Postmaster Coyne
Ship subsidy bill passes Senate with party split vote
The Senate approved the ship subsidy bill by 42 to 31 after a long debate. Senators Allison Mira Dolliver Spooner Quarles and Proctor Dillingham opposed final passage. McLaurin voted for. Amendments largely favored by supporters, some limited to July 1 1920 terms and $8,000,000 yearly cap.
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Washington
Senate
Allison
Mira Dolliver
Iowa
Spooner and Quarles
Wisconsin
Proctor and Dillingham
Vermont
McLaurin
South Carolina
Friends of
Frye
Commerce Committee
Mr. West
Missouri
Patterson
Colorado
Pettus
Alabama
Spooner
Congress
Hanna
Ohio
J. Pierpont Morgan
Leyland Line
Seven life savers die as barge wreck tragedy off Monomoy Point
At Chatham Massachusetts on March 17 seven Monomoy life savers perished at their post while trying to rescue five men from the stranded barge Wadena. Captain Eldredge and Captain Mayo led daring efforts as the sea turned deadly with a gale.
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Chatham
Mass
Monomoy Station
Cape Cod
Wadena
Lemuel Ellis
Elmer Mayo
Joe C. Fitzpatrick
William H. Mack
Cleveland, O
Boutelle Towing and Transportation Company
City
Marshall N. Eldredge
Harwich
Wm. H Mack
Cleveland
Christian Olsen
Boston
Robert Melanux
Peter Smith
Walter A. Zevd
Cottage City
Manuel Enos
John C. Fitzpatrick
Monomoy Point
Vineyard Haven
Peter C. Smith
Mr. Mack
Smith
Hyannis
Eldredge
Mayo
Ellis
Sagasta to Lead New Cabinet with Weyler as War Minister
Madrid reports the new Spanish cabinet is nearly set with Sagasta as Premier and General Weyler as Minister of War. Moret to Interior, the Duke of Almodovar foreign affairs, and Canalejas in charge of Public Works. The Queen Regent commissioned Sagasta to form the cabinet after the prior government resigned March 13.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
General Weyler
Senor Moret
Duke of Almodovar
Senor Canalejas
Associated Press
Ahmed Deposed in Wadai Revolution Proclaims New Sultan
Tripoli March 17 report that the Wadai uprising led to the deposition of Sultan Ahmed. Mmed Dudu, son of former Sultan Josef, has been proclaimed Sultan in Ahmeds place after fierce fighting.
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Tripoli
Wadai
Ahmed
Mmed Dudu
Josef
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