Women Fight In Senate Over Federal Suffrage Amendment
In Washington on March 19 the Senate rejected a resolution to amend the federal constitution to grant women the ballot by a 35 to 84 vote. Leaders claimed a triumph in defeat, while Southern Democrats warned it would worsen the negro question. Senator James of Kentucky opposed enfranchising Kentucky women, citing local voting by black men and Kentucky’s own refusal to submit the issue.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Wilson
Shafroth
Colorado
Congress
Chamberlain
Oregon
Ashart
Ransdell
Louisiana
Sheppard
Texas
Lea
Tennessee
Ohie M. James
Kentucky
James
Republican Rep. Jenkins Probes Adjutant General Pay Deduction
Republican Rep. M. J. Jenkins of Madison County announced that before the close of the special session he had learned that employees in the Adjutant General's Department were being assessed to fund a Democratic Press Bureau. He prepared a resolution for a nonpartisan committee to investigate but fell ill before introducing it. he notes colleagues did not influence his plan.
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General Assembly
Columbus
Adjutant General's Department
House
Ninth Infantry Goes to Rio Grande Deployment from Fort Thomas
A crowd gathered as the Ninth Infantry lined up for duty, leaving home comforts behind for a border assignment. The march through Brent and Newport framed by band music and tears, while Major Bookmiller nears retirement. The regiment travels via Big Four to St. Louis then to San Antonio and Laredo, with mascot Beaty found and returned.
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Newport
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San Antonio
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Great Northern
Laredo
Beaty
Missne
Teddy
Suffrage Group Seeks May First Saturday as Woman's Independence Day
The National Woman Suffrage Association appealed to President Wilson to declare the first Saturday in May each year as Woman's Independence Day. President Anna Howard Shaw signed the appeal on behalf of the association's Executive Board and addressed the president.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
National Woman Suffrage Association
Wilson
Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Committee to Lift Convict Labor Lobby
The Senate Lobby Committee will inspect charges that an organized lobby funds the campaign against the Hughes bill regulating shipments of convict labor products. Subpoenas were issued for Howard Boyle of Chicago and C Stage Whiten, chairman of the Executive Board of the Prisons Association, both said to be in Washington.
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Commerial Tribune
Washington
Hughes
Senate Lobby Committee
Hughes Binl
Howard Boyle
Chicago
C. Stage Whiten
The
Prisons Associatio
Opposition to Wilson on tolls grows in Washington
The Democratic majority faces strain over Wilson's call to repeal the toll exemption for American ships in the Panama Canal act. Debate is set to begin in the House with a fifteen hour limit. Wilson met with Senator Jones to deny any foreign powers pressuring Mexico as a motive for tolls repeal.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Great Britain
Mexico
High Court Decision A Blow For Bribers
Judge Wanamaker's opinion allows the state to prove corrupt intent by introducing testimony of other similar offenses in bribery cases. The ruling affects the Davis case, a former Brown County commissioner charged with soliciting a $300 bribe related to road-making machinery purchases, ordering a new trial due to an erroneous jury charge.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Wanamaker
Superior Court
S. A. Davis
Brown County
H W. Townshend
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Davis
Ohio names superintendent for Madison prison farm
P C Herron, longtime associate of the Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster, was appointed superintendent of the new State prison farm in Madison County today.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
P. C. Herron
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Madison County
19 Year-Old Pleads Guilty Fear in Murder Case
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports nineteen year-old Harry Schaeffer told his parents in court he would prefer the electric chair to twenty years in prison. He and an accomplice allegedly strangled Toronto milliner William T. Martin last August to rob him at a West Side flat. The jury is to hear the case next.
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Commercal Tribune
New York
Harry Schaeffer
Supreme Court
William T. Martin
Toronto
Canada
Schaeffer
Martin
West Side
Warship Sinks Liner Near Venice Drowning Fifty
A torpedo boat sank a passenger steamer between Venice and Lido, drowning fifty people including women and children. Fifteen were saved by the torpedo boat crew as rescuers dived repeatedly but could not reach others.
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Commercial Tribune
Venice
Lido
Lagoon
Adriatic
Indiana Democrats Nominate State Ticket and Renominate Shively
Indiana's state convention nominates a full ticket with eight ballots for Treasurer and two for Attorney General. Benjamin F. Shively is renominated for U S Senator as the platform backs statewide primary, arbitration law, flood prevention, and good roads. President Wilson praised. Governor Ralston extols Democratic achievements and tariff revision.
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Indianapolis
Democrats of
Indiana
George A. Butler
Ft. Wayne
Richard M. Milburn
Jasper
Wilson
Bryan
United States
John W. Kern
Ralston
Benjamin F. Shively
Secret Garber Poll Shows Cox Facing Democratic Backlash
A hidden poll by Harvey C. Garber reveals strong anti Cox sentiment among Ohio Democrats. Questionnaires sent to party activists show 60 percent unlikely to vote for Cox if renominated, with key objections including the tax official selection law and efforts to bolster a political machine. Garber, denying personal motives, funded the effort and promised full results after all replies are counted.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harvey C. Garber
Fifth
Ohio
Cox
Garber
Democrats
Democratic Party
Wagers on Torreon Fate Highlight Mexican Crisis
Juarez March 19 General Villa claims he will capture Torreon by March 31 and a $1000 wager bets against him. Telegrams note Zaragoza Brigade joining other forces near Torreon while Villa is reported at Bermejillo. Congressman Hulings urges strong US action to restore order in Mexico if pacific arrangements fail.
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Toreron
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Zaragoza
Rosaliq
Hernandez
Manuel Chao
Maximo Garcia
Torreon
Yermo
Escalon
Benavides
Urbina
Bermejillo
Mexico
Pacific
United States
War with Mexico Means a War of Attention
Special Dispatch reports that war with Mexico would draw Mexican actions as soon as U S troops cross the frontier. The piece emphasizes that public attention would surge and hostilities could escalate immediately upon incursion into Mexican territory.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Mexico
Royal divorce granted for Prince William and Princess Marie
The Council of State in Stockholm on March 19 approved the Consistory Court decision granting a divorce to Prince William of Sweden and Princess Marie formerly Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia. The marriage is declared dissolved.
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Commercial Tribune
Stockholm
Council of State
William
Sweden
Marie
Marie Pavlovna
Russia
Crack Reporter Lawson Dies in Elevator Shaft Fall
Chicago Tribune reporter John L. Lawson, famed for sharp, precise copy, died after mistaking a freight shaft door for a lavatory door at the Chicago Press Club Building. A Canadian-born journalist, Lawson built a reputation as one of Chicago’s best reporters through years of frontline coverage.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
John L. Lawson
Chicago Tribune
Middle West
Chicago Press Club
Lawson
Prince Edward Island
Canada
John JL. Lawson
The
Bur nett Immigration Bill Favored by Senate Report
The Bur nett Immigration bill was reported favorably to the Senate today. It retains the literacy test and some officials believe President Wilson may veto it on that account.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Military to govern Ulster feared as crisis looms
British politics and Ulster unrest dominate reports in London. A government censure vote failed 945 to 252 as Bonar Law pressed resistance. Sir Edward Carson reportedly fled the House amid rumors of arrests, while Austen Chamberlain cited sudden developments in Ireland.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Ulster
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Arthur J. Balfour
Bonar Law
Ireland
Ect “Eee
Leper Found in Washington State Prompting Federal Action
Dr. Eugene Kelley reports finding Christ Katajisto a 56 year old Finn with a family of five in Winlock Lewis County. He cannot be sent to the Diamond Head Federal quarantine station and will remain at home while the government plans care. The case underscores limits of Federal quarantine placement for local lepers.
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Wash
Eugene Kelley
Christ Katajisto
Winlock
Lewis County
Washington
D. C
Diamond Head
Port Townsend
Katajisto
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