House Repeals Free Toll Clause in Canal Bill Vote 247 to 161
Washington reports the House chamber erupted after a dramatic vote to repeal the Panama Canal toll exemption for American vessels. The tally 247 to 161 followed a partisan clash led by Speaker Champ Clark and Majority Leader Underwood, with President Wilson seeking the toll repeal as central to foreign policy. The measure heads to the Senate for renewed fight.
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Washington
House Representatives
Wilson
Congress
Prade
Champ Clark
Underwood
Senate
Clark
Great Britain
House
Lfe
Committee On
Speaker Clark
Grey advocates federal system for British Isles
London reports Sir Edward Grey proposes a federated UK as a solution to home rule. He warns the current parliament risks paralysis if the issue remains unsolved. Grey hints the government could seek a general election if bills on plural voting, Ireland home rule, and Welsh church disestablishment are not enacted.
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London
British Isles
Commons
Edward Grey
YP Petleve
Ireland
Indiana miners to continue work pending wage talks
Terre Haute Indiana reports that 18 006 miners will remain at work after a coal operators meeting Tuesday night. Negotiations for a new wage scale are to follow.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Federals Lost in San Luis Potosi Engagement
It was learned Tuesday that 400 federals killed or wounded north of San Luis Potosi on Saturday last comprised nearly the entire force commanded by Enrique Perey.
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Mexico City
San Luis Potosi
Enrique Perey
Carranza Entered Juarez With Air of Conqueror
Venustiano Carranza entered Juarez on Sunday amid cheers from Americans and locals as a Mexican flag and later the Stars and Stripes were carried through the streets. He rode on foot with troops behind, having traveled hundreds of miles by horseback in recent weeks, looking vigorous and healthy despite rumors of weakness.
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Juarez
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Juarez Monument
Clark rails at Congress in Brooklyn address
New York Champ Clark told a Brooklyn audience at the Young Men’s Christian Association that a president needs a cabinet while a congressman must think for himself. He spoke Sunday night, urging independence in Congress.
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New York
iIt
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Young Men's Christian Association
Brooklyn
Boni Discovers Vestal Corn Preserve Near Rome
Professor Giacomo Boni, who uncovered the munus or center of ancient Rome last January, now locates the site where vestals kept the finest ears of corn for marriage celebrations. The ceremony symbolized the improvement of the race.
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Rome
Giacomo Boni
Speaker Clark Denounces Canal Tolls Exemption Bill
Clark delivers a stirring House address opposing the canal tolls exemption repeal bill and attacking the president's policy.
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Clark
House
Marker project for Oregon Trail in Kansas completed
Ottawa Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution finished arrangements at the state convention to place markers along the Oregon Trail through Kansas.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas
New York Central Lays Off 25,000 Workers
A. T. Hardin, vice-president of the New York Central, says the dismissal of 25,000 men since December 1 is only a barometer of the company's business.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
A. T. Hardin
Villa hurling rebel forces against Torreon
Juarez Mexico heavy fighting reported by General Villa with rebels striking Torreon from Huatuche canyon near Cerro de la Cruz. Federal reinforcements under General Mans at Satillo move to bolster defenses as rebels press in the southern rail exits.
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Senor Preceda
Joaquin Mans
Satillo
Torreon
Velasco
Huarache
Lumber industry seeks pooling to boost foreign markets
A Portland delegation representing most Pacific coast lumber producers pressed Secretary Redfield to oppose federal restraint of trade laws. They argued that only a coordinated pooling of interests across the industry could enable entry into European and other world markets, and that individual operators cannot compete alone.
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Portland
Northwest
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Congress
Repeal Bill Reaches Senate After House Passage
The administration measure to repeal the Panama Canal toll exemption for American ships passed the House amid dramatic scenes and was sent to the Senate's Interoceanic Canals Committee without debate.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House
Senate
Committee On Interoceaning Canals
Girl Claims She Was Kidnapped Near Ridgefield Home
Sixteen year old Jessie Wood Patence returns home to Ridgefield on Wednesday night saying she was kidnapped by two men and escaped. Police say the report is being investigated and details are being checked.
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New York
Jessie Wood
Ridgefield
Tsm
Secretary Bryan to Campaign for James O Bryne in Passaic
Secretary of State Bryan will visit Passaic County to deliver two campaign speeches in support of James O Bryne the Democratic nominee for Congress.
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Passaic
N. J
Bryan
Passaic County
James O'Bryne
Congress
Rube Waddell Dies in San Antonio After Tuberculosis
The famed left handed pitcher Rube Waddell died in San Antonio Texas on Wednesday after months of illness due to tuberculosis. He had a storied major league career and was widely known in baseball circles.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rube Waddell
Irish agitator Sullivan dies at 68 in Dublin
Timothy Daniel Sullivan, 68, author of God Save Ireland, died Tuesday in Dublin. He was a leading home rule advocate during Charles Parnell's prominence.
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Dublin
Timothy Daniel, Sullivan
Ireland
Parnell
Mexican federal train rushed south with Ninth infantry
A Mexican federal military train moved quickly south of Nuevo Laredo on Saturday carrying the Ninth Infantry and other troops. Destination not announced.
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Laredo
Tex
Nuevo Larendo
Asquith to Take War Office and Seek Re election
London premier Asquith will assume the war portfolio in addition to his duties and resign from the House at a pivotal stage. He plans to seek re election in East Fife within days as home rule Bill advances. Resignations of Field Marshal Sir John French and others complicate party leadership amid Ulster opposition.
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Asquith
War Office
Fife
Scotland
John French
Imperial Staff
John Siwart
Viscount Haldane
J. B. B. Seely
Gough
Viscount Morley
Blackburn
Seely
East Fife
Asquith to preside over cabinet meetings in Parliament
The text notes Mr. Asquith will preside over cabinet meetings and direct maneuvers in the House of Commons from an unofficial seat. Reginald McKenna and Winston Churchill will understudy him as House Leader.
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House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Man stabs woman over elopement dispute on Welton Street
Luigi Comperte, 28, stabbed Mrs Eve Blanco, 26, at her Welton street millinery shop after she refused to elope with him. He struck her twice with a pair of sheets causing serious wounds and a police investigation followed.
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Denver
Eve Blanco
Luigi Comperte
Welton Street
Three Killed in Feud at Nogo Arkansas
Three men were shot and killed and a woman probably fatally wounded in a feud at Nogo Arkansas. Dispatches received here Saturday report the killings and injuries in the Arkansas incident.
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Little Rock
Ark
Nogo
Plague Under Control in Havana Reports No New Cases
Havana chief sanitary officer Dr John Guiteras announced that the two ponic infected Spaniards are out of danger and no new cases have been reported.
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Havana
John Guiteras
For Sale Plymoth Rock eggs from Ambrose
For sale full blood barred Plymoth Rock eggs at 1.25 dollars per setting. Enquire of W. E. Ambrose at 414g.
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Plymoth
W. E. Ambrose
Yaquis Kill German at Brass Ranch in Sonora
Yaqui raiders killed Otto Mueller a German citizen at the Brass ranch along the Yaqui River valley in Sonora according to a Wednesday news dispatch.
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Douglas, Ariz
Otto Mueller
Brass Ranch
Yaqui River
Sonora
Aviator's Brother Killed in Fall at Rheims Field
Emil Vedrines brother of Jules Vedrines died when his monoplane crashed during a flight over the Rheims aviation field on Wednesday.
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Rheims
France
Emil Vedrines
Jules Vedrines
Denver's Oldest Union Printer Robert R Freund Dies
Robert R. Freund aged 93 reputedly the oldest union printer in the United States died at his son's Denver home on Wednesday. Freund had moved to Denver from Chicago about a year ago.
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Denver
Colo
Robert R. Freund
United States
Freund
Chicago
Trapeze fall kills 19 year old at Madison Square Garden
Wila Hackett, a 19 year old equestrienne, died after falling fifty feet from a trapeze during practice at the Barnum Bailey circus arena in Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Wila Hackett
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Work Resumes in N and W General Shops
Roanoke Virginia reports work resumed in the Norfolk and Western general shops on Wednesday with 90 men returning to work on reduced time. The order affects shopmen throughout the system.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Fugitives Wiped Out Reported Near Monclova
Refugees who reached Piedras Negras report that General Murgia defeated several bands of federal fugitives from Torreon. The clashes occurred after the group escaped Monclova on Monday.
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Tex
Piedras Negras
Mex
Monclova
Murgia
Torreon
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