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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
3
Democratic caucus to consider repealing the Panama Canal toll exemption favored by President Wilson. Administration senators say party harmony and foreign policy justify action despite Baltimore convention endorsement. Outcome hinges on whether toll policy should be reversed regardless of the platform.
Governor Ammons reports a note from Secretary Lane proposing a meeting of western governors and reclamation supporters to detail irrigation and arid land reclamation. Lane suggests aligning with the Western Governors Conference in Denver, likely in April. In Port au Prince Gen Orestes Zamor formed his cabinet after Michel Oreste fled amid the revolution.
Preston Hussey, Terre Haute dean of local bankers and reputed oldest banker in the United States, died at his home on Monday. He began his banking career in 1852.
A large gathering of representative London business men voiced an unqualified and unanimous endorsement of the British policy to maintain a supreme navy during a Monday mass meeting.
The senate has passed the fortification appropriation bill totaling 6,805,200 dollars. It also materially increases the house’s appropriations for artillery and ammunition.
Chicago lawyer Frank Comerford, a Democrat and former Illinois legislator, runs for the United States Senate seat from Illinois. He has long been active in state politics and is among several Democratic candidates.
Jonathan Phillip Primley aged 62 who built a fortune from chewing gum manufacturing died Monday in Pasadena California word reached his home in Chicago. The source reports his death and business success in the gum industry.
Japanese police forbid a mass park meeting near the diet building as popular agitation against the government grows due to inflammatory speeches. Police cite safety concerns while authorities warn organizers and attendees.
President Perkins warned the Red Cross to brace for flood havoc similar to last year, noting lack of funds halts on the national drainage congress. He cited nearly a thousand lives and $200 million in damage, and blamed Congress for failing to act while other crises attract attention.
A broad Provo Reservoir Company suit filed in district court targets the entire Provo river water rights framework. It names the cities of Provo and Heber and towns Way and Charleston along with about fifty canal companies and roughly a thousand individuals. The case centers on beneficial use of water and governing rights for all claimants along the river and its tributaries.
Logan Utah reports the most successful Agricul ture college roundup closing February 7 with 1200 to 1400 attendees. The event offered lectures on farming and home economics and drew many who attended every session, with extensive note taking by experienced farmers aiming to apply lessons at home.
Versailles dispatch reports seventeen Mexican army officers who studied aviation there received orders Sunday to return to Mexico on the first steamer and rejoin their regiments.
Brigadier General Pershing reports that the Moro would quickly overthrow local Filipino government in Mindanao while he serves as governor. Secretary Garrison received the message on Saturday.
Rep Adamson of Georgia says the Panama Canal tolls exemption was added to the Democratic platform without most resolutions committee knowledge at the Baltimore convention. He calls the provision heretical and signals a congressional debate leading toward repealing the treaty claim and recognizing free passage for American ships.
Mrs Ethel C Mackenzie of San Francisco appeals to the United States Supreme Court after a state supreme court denied her the right to vote because she is the wife of an alien singer Gordon Mackenzie The case tests whether a federal statute assigning nationality by marriage is valid for American women married to non citizens
Jacob Joanson and Jacob Johnson born in Denmark in 1847 arrived in the United States in 1854. He held numerous public judicial posts in Utah and was a Republican congressman at large.
United States files suit in federal court at Salt Lake City to force Southern Pacific to relinquish control of the Central Pacific railroad under a ninety nine year lease alleging Sherman Anti Trust Act and Pacific Railways Act violations. The government seeks dissolution, contending the combination restrains trade and favors Sunset routes. If successful, Southern Pacific would lose control from Ogden to San Francisco and Union Pacific may acquire Central Pacific lines.
In Los Angeles a small skeleton, reported as a pygmy under three feet, is extracted from asphalt near La Brea. If confirmed, it would mark the first antediluvian human remains found on the North American continent and reshape anthropology.
Washington treasury officials after weeks of study released a ninety page booklet called Regulations No 35. They sent it to internal revenue collectors hoping to clear up widespread misunderstandings of the income tax law across the country.
The American naval tug Potomac attempting to rescue two herring fishing craft trapped in ice at Bay of Islands is itself stuck fast in an ice floe, with escape before spring seen as unlikely.
In Boise Ed Warner of Preston was knocked out by Marty Rowan of Salt Lake in the early part of the seventh round of their ten round bout. The punch delivered a smashing left hook to the jaw ending the contest.
In El Paso Texas Alberto Terrazas of a famously wealthy Mexican family is driven to seek work after three years of revolution wreckage. The upheaval has left the Terrazas fortune tied up and his livelihood endangered.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania two sixteen year old girls unknown to each other become central to a fatal tragedy. John McFadden killed Anna Lutz and then took his own life as they sat in a car near Ligonier Pennsylvania. The case centers on a personal crisis and the intertwined motives behind the killings.
New York Tammany leader Charles F Murphy said on Wednesday he would not oppose Governor Glynn and President Wilson’s push to reorganize the Democratic party in New York state though he did not admit the party needed it.
New York report says Eleanor Earle Wilmerding longtime house keeper for General Daniel Sickles died Wednesday at her sisters home after about three months of illness.
United States Judge Dooling sentences Jean La Bonta alias Clyde Kaufman to twenty five years in San Quentin for train robbery and forgery. Justice marked by the lengthy term for the confessed criminal.
Dated January 27 1914 Wm T Scully administrator of the estate of James H Febes deceased Pease and Stephenson attorneys for the estate.
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