Colombia-US Treaty Reported Deals 25 Million Indemnity
A report from the Colombian Legation says a treaty with the United States provides for a $25,000,000 indemnity to Colombia for the Panama partition. The agreement reportedly includes restoration of friendly relations, Panama canal privileges, and good offices for disputes, with the move met by opposition in Washington.
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Washington
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Man Beaten Calling Help Aids Girls Near West Maryland Tracks
H B Bennett of Ridgeley, 30, aided two women attacked by four Ridgeley youths. He was struck with rocks near the old canal locks below Central Station, suffering a lacerated lip head wounds and a split ear. Police pursue identification as suspects fled to Ridgeley.
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Ridgeley
Bennett
Kogn
Central Police Staton
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Canal
Preparations Under Way For Sing Sing Executions
Ossining N Y April 9 behind Sing Sing prison walls preparations for the execution of the Rosenthal gunmen proceed as guards restrain information. Relatives and lawyers only may view the condemned men. The electric chair is being tested and black suits are being finished before dawn Monday.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Rosenthal
Clancey
Repeal Bill Up In Senate Hearings Opened
Washington April 9 The Senate battle over the Panama Canal tolls is on Hearings were opened before the Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals with Senators explaining and defending measures to dispose of the tolls problem in a different way from the Sims repeal bill passed by the House The committee will hear for 15 days or longer while Senator Lodge prepared to open the final debate in the Senate
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Washington
Senate
Committee On
Auto Bandits Apprehended in Pittsburgh Night Raid
In Pittsburgh North Side a trio of auto bandits was arrested after a Secret Service raid. Bill Birch Earl Birch and John Gill are held. chauffeur Thomas Kane was captured bound in his car as the gang terrorized the Fast End district robbing merchants and forcing pedestrians to flee.
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Pittsburg
North Side
Secret Service
Bill Birch
Earl
John Gill
Birch
Thomas Kane
Novelty Easter Plants and Flowers
Florists report a bloom rich Easter display with specialty plants and bouquets. The German tausendschon rambler rose stands four to seven feet, and the Dorthy Perkins rambler reaches about four feet. White single hydrangea in pots with pussy willows, toy chickens decorate roofs, and Dutch Colonial corsage bouquets echo early White House styles. Rhododendron will appear with ribbon ties in matching colors.
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United States
George Washington
White House
House and Senate Probing Bank Headquarters Picks
Washington April 9 vigorous protests erupted in both houses over regional reserve bank site choices. Senator Hitchcock moved to require a full record of banking statistics and the Organization Committee’s reasoning, with the matter deferred to today. In the House Maryland representative Linthicum accused Richmond of using faulty data and attacking Baltimore as a southern issue. City tax collector Craddock qualified and will take office soon, naming John Soberhia deputy.
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Senate
Organization Committee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Banking and Currency Committee
Baltimore
Richmond
New Orleans
Atlanta
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
Organization
Woman testifies to kiss by pastor in ecclesiastical trial
Mrs William Duke Moore testified that Dr Jacob E Price kissed her on the cheek while praying with her at Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church. She said her husband was away and that the incident shattered their hopes of his Christian conversion. Price expressed sorrow and asked for prayer rather than anger.
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New York
Jacob E Price
Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church
William Duke Moore
West
Proce
Dr. Price
Maryland G A R in Annual Session Opens in Baltimore
The thirty eighth annual encampment of the Department of Maryland, Grand Army of the Republic, opened at Red Men's Hall on Paca Street with Col. Charles N. Emich presiding. Veterans from across the state attended as a silk U S flag was presented by the Woman's Relief Corps, and a gold pen gift from the Custer Woman's Relief Corps was presented to Emich who plans to write to his wife.
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Fayette
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United States
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Emich
Custer Woman’s Relief Corps
Directors Resign As AT&T-Warner Board Split
In New York on April 9 directors who sat on both the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Western Union Telegraph Company resigned from the Western Union board under the Justice Department mandate dissolving the two firms.
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New York
Department of Justice
Western Union Telegraph Company
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American Telephone and Telegraph
Western Union
Western Union Board
Body of girl washed ashore at Coney Island
New York April 9 The body of a pretty well dressed girl about 18 was found on the beach at Coney Island near the spot where heiress Miss Jessie McCann's body was discovered months ago An investigation by Sheepshead Bay police began as bruising on the forehead was noted but not deemed the cause of death
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Coney Island
Jessie McCann
Sheepshead Bay
King Gustave Under Knife in Sweden Surgery
Stockholm April 9. An operation to remove ulcers from King Gustave's stomach was performed by Professor John Wilhelm Berg at Sophia Hospital. The operation succeeded and the king is expected to recover though an extended ulcerous condition was found on the stomach lining. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus will reign during his father's illness.
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Sweden
Gustave
John Wilhelm Berg
Sophia Hospital
Berg
Gustavus Adolphus
Praise for Influence of Women at Chicago Polls
Chicago April 9 presence of women voters had an uplifting effect at the Aldermanic election, a statement by Anthony Czarnecki, member of the Board of Election Commissioners. He says women voters are an influence for good politics and worthy of congratulations.
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Chicago
Anthony Czarnecki
Board of Election Commissioners
State Knights of Pythias to Convene in Baltimore Apr 14
The forty sixth annual Grand Lodge of Maryland convention will open at 3 PM in Python Castle Baltimore on Tuesday April 14 with delegates from 99 lodges. Uniformed rank drill at City Hall Plaza and Pythian Sisters convention accompany meetings. Grand Chancellor Shaffer reports increased membership and welfare spending.
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Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge of
Maryland
Python Castle
Baltimore
City Hall Plaza
Pythian Sisters
Pythians
William Meisse
Grand Lodge
Feast of Passover Observed by Jews Tomorrow
The annual Pesach festival begins Friday evening April 10 and lasts one week with home Seder gatherings and temple services. Rabbi Barron will lead the Friday Seder and Saturday services at the local synagogue assisted by the Sabbath School pupils. the Ladies Aid Society provides refreshments.
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Barron Investments
Ladies’ Aid Society
Federal forces push to recapture Torreon Tampico afire
Fragmentary dispatches from Torreon indicate a large Federal army advances from San Pedro to retake the stronghold. Federal troops at Tampico are driven back into the city center under fierce rebel attacks. fires rage as foreign nationals seek refuge aboard battleships.
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Federal Army
Torreon
Tampico
Women in Politics Shape Turbulent Precincts and Clashes
Czarnecki describes women’s presence at political contests as calming yet marked by bitter clashes across wards. He notes women carried themselves with propriety and that, with few exceptions, male participants treated them courteously.
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Czarnecki
Empress Haruko Dies After Illness in Japan
Reports say Empress Haruko died early today in Japan near Yokohama after a illness that followed weeks of weakness. The Dowager Empress had been ill for several weeks and was summoned to meet her successor before her death.
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Tokio
Japan
Masu
Yokohama
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