Senators Scramble Over Appropriation Bills and Canal Treaty
Washington March 2 Senate pursues final work before adjournment with deficienc y bill and Aldrich financial bill under review while pushing for canal treaty ratification. House filibusters on DC appropriation and Alaska homestead bills as speakers tackle five remaining appropriation measures.
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Sunday Congress Session Breaks Precedent in Expiring Term
Washington reports Sunday sessions as both houses met amid crowds at the capitol. With the March 4 deadline nearing, the House endured a five hour session to clear urgent business despite Democratic opposition, while the Senate also met briefly.
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Treasury Official Milton Ailes Likely to Resign for Bank Post
Assistant Secretary Milton Ei Ailes, long time private secretary to Secretary Gage, will probably retire from the government to become vice president of Riggs National Bank. The New York bank Vanderlip leads recently bought a quarter stake in Riggs, making Ailes a potential representative for Vanderlip’s institution.
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Senate House Clash Over Ship Size in Naval Bill
Washington reports conferees spent three hours in session but did not decide on battle ship size. Senate bill favors 12,000 ton types while the house bill calls for 16,000 ton ships. The dispute remains unresolved.
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Senate
House
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Mrs Roosevelt Returns From Groton Visit
Mrs Roosevelt leaves Groton Massachusetts school where she stayed with sons Theodore Jr and Kerr mit and is en route to Washington. She is accompanied by her daughter Ethel and a maid.
Judge Day Arrives in Washington to Join Supreme Court
Judge William R Day has arrived in Washington to succeed Justice Shiras on the Supreme Court bench. The appointment and arrival mark a key development in the federal judiciary.
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Washington
William R. Day
Justice Shiras
Supreme Court
Desperate Deed by Nebraska Farmer's Wife
Mary Anderson, wife of a wealthy farmer near Columbus Nebraska, allegedly forced her 10 year old daughter to drink poison and drank carbolic acid herself after injuring her husband with the same drug. The husband escaped, was burned, and Mrs Anderson was found dead along with the convulsing child.
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Columbus, Neb
Mary Anderson
Anderson
FIND ALUMINUM IN ILLINOIS DISCOVERY NEAR BARRINGTON
In Barrington area Illinois a clay deposit near Randall's Lake on H H Miller's farm is reported to contain aluminum. Samples are being tested in Chicago to gauge value. Miller reportedly received a large land offer for his thirty nine acres. If tests confirm rich clay, land prices and prospecting for aluminum beds may boom.
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Waukegan
Ill
H. H. Miller
Randall’s Lake
Chicago
Miller
Train Robber Pleads Guilty in Butte Sentence
George Cole pleaded guilty for holding up a Burlington train near Butte Montana. Judge McClernand sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment.
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Mont
George Cole
Burlington
McClernand
Murderer Alfred Knapp Seized After Blame Turns on Mother
The self confessed slayer of five women and children is captured in Indianapolis after his mother reveals to her son in law the details of the crimes. The police in Cincinnati and Hamilton pursue warrants and a potential trial with Knapp confessing to choking Hannah Goddard and later strangling four others. Family disputes over his arrest and alleged insanity add to a tense case as investigators seek the missing letter from Knapp to his mother.
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Alfred A. Knapp
Emma Littleman
Mark Eckert
Jennie Conners
Hamilton
BE. F. King
Knapp
Indianapolis
Sadie Wenzel
King
Eugene Rankin
Cincinnato
Goddard
Lenehan
Hannah Goddard
Alfred
Cyrus
Wenzel
BIG STRIKE IS ON AT MUNCIE
In Muncie Indiana the Building Trades council orders a citywide strike of carpenters plasterers tinters lathers electricians painters stone cutters and building laborers after contractors refuse to raise carpenters wages from 30 to 35 cents per hour.
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Ind
Building Trades’ Council
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