TULL REPEAL BILL WINS IN-HOUSE VOTES 248
The House approved the Sims bill repealing the Panama Canal Act allowing free passage for American coastwise ships. The vote was 248 to 162 with the measure moving to the Senate. Speaker Champ Clark defended free tolls and warned the move would abandon the Monroe Doctrine.
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House
Senate
Clark
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Wilson
Baltimore
Panama
United States
Democratic Party
Asquith to Assume War Office Duties
London April 1 Premier Asquith will take the war office duties himself and resign from the House of Commons to seek reelection in East Fife. French Ewart resignations stand. Morley expected to depart. Seely's secretaryship ends. cabinet surprised as the premier shifts strategy amid home rule tensions.
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Asquith
House of Commons
War Office
Fife
Scotland
Sir John French
Imperial General Staff
John Ewart
Viscount Haldane
J. E. B. Seely
Gough
Viscount Morley
Blackburn
Parcner
Seely
Mr. Asquith
Andrew Honor Law
Treasury
Hines Wins in Mississippi Land Right Case
Edward Hines of Chicago has won a major dispute with Mississippi over amber holdings valued at about fifteen million dollars. The Supreme Court ruled that a foreign corporation is not subject to the timber holdings statute exceeding two million dollars, upholding the statute's constitutionality but limiting its applicability to domestic corporations.
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Supreme Court
Jackson
Miss
Edward Hines
Chicago
Mississippi
Cleveland Man Guilty in Delinquency Case
Joseph Crouin twenty four was sentenced to one year in the workhouse and a fine of five hundred sixty dollars for contributing to the delinquency of Edith Schubert sixteen year old social worker lured to Cleveland from Chicago by an unnamed man. Police hunt the other man who brought her to the city Miss Schubert was found in Cleveland last week.
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Cleveland, QO
Joseph Crouin
Edith Schubert
Hrookfield
Chicago
Miss Schubert
Albanian Rebels Defeated After Fierce Battle Near Vreyaeti
Reports from Athens describe a heavy clash between Albanian forces and rebels near Vreyaeti. Albanian fortifications held against rebel assaults but were decisively defeated with substantial casualties reported.
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Athens
Vreyaeti
Mob of 500 Attacks Freight Crew in Strike
A mob of five hundred or more attacked a freight train crew at Fredericktown Pennsylvania on April 1. Stones and gunfire occurred but no injuries. Police rescued the crew who were rushed to Brownsville. The incident is described as the fiercest in a series of Monongahela division disturbances tied to coal mine strikes.
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Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fredericktown
Brownsville
Jeaders
United Mine Workers of
Uniontown
Roscoe
Rice's Landing
Branwell
Peoria
Ilinois
Committee of the National Organization
Hinois
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Columbus
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Jackson County
Pomeroy
Crooksville
Zanesville
Wheeling
W. Va
Belmont
Jefferson Counties
Chihuahua
Tomas Urbina
Venustiano Carranza
Juarez
Carranza
City of Mexico
Huerta
Velasco
Torreon
Senor Por Cilo
Pianist to King Mattel Dies in London
Tito Mattel noted Italian pianist, composer and conductor died in London. Born in Campobasso Naples in 1841 he was pianist to the King of Italy and co composer of Maria di Gand and other operas. He wrote many popular ballets and songs.
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Tito Mattel
London
Lite Mattel
Aud
Campobasso
Menue
Naples
Mattel
Maria di Gand
Tie
Italy
Wickersham Suffer Minor Injuries In Bronx Car Crash
Attorney General George W. Wickersham and his four year old granddaughter Winifred Aiken escaped serious harm after their car struck a trolley pole in the Bronx. Both were cut by glass but unharmed otherwise.
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Wickersham
Auto
New York
George W. Wickersham
Taft
Winifred Aiken
Bronx
Deaths From Firearm and Stroke Strike Two Notes
Kansas City Massachusetts April reports a six year old boy Virgil Wyatt fatally shoots himself with an old revolver in the presence of his two younger brothers. In New York General Daniel Sickles lies near death after a paralysis stroke three weeks following the death of his housekeeper.
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Kansas City
Virgil Wyatt
Lucinda Wyatt
Rebels Hold Torreon Amid Ongoing Front Fighting
Reports from Torreon indicate continued combat with rebels asserting control over positions while federal forces press the attack. General Villa's reported wounding is unconfirmed amid high casualties and reinforcements moving toward Torreon as Huerta contemplates leadership changes.
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Torreon
Zaragosa
Aguirre Benavides
Benavides
Villa
Huerta
United States
Juarez
Wife Divorces Ex Governor in Washington Court
Dr Ida Noyes McIntyre obtained a divorce from Albert W McIntyre former Colorado governor on the sole ground of non support after 16 years of marriage. The couple left Everett court arm in arm but not as husband and wife. In other brief items Miss Eleanor Wilson wedding to Secretary McAdoo may occur sooner than expected. Also B P Brundrea a wealthy oil operator died at his home in Ow City Pennsylvania.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Albert W. McIntyre
Everett
Wash
White House
Washington
Seleanor Wilson
New York
OW City
B. P. Brundrea
Pennsylvania
Floods sweep East as heavy rains persist
Two men drowned when Freeman's bridge over the Mohawk River near Schenectady washed away. Statewide floods threaten towns as warm days melt snow and rain swells rivers. Hudson at Troy reaches flood proportions and Niagara region areas report widespread damage and bridge losses.
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N. Y
Freeman
Mohawk River
Here
New York
Troy
Hudson
Amsterdam
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Traction Company
Indiana
Columbus
Scioto
Muskingum
Licking
Letters for Marie and marriage musings mix in strip of dialogue
A fragmented collection shows a plea to Marie for return of letters and a longing for reconciliation. Interspersed are quips about marriage, pessimism, and humorous exchanges about vegetables and octogenarians, reflecting a humorous, period tone.
Justice Department Busy with Anti-Trust Anticipated Actions
Washington reports a busy Sherman act week with a planned complaint against the so called smelting trust a possible suit against the Metropolitan Tobacco Company of New York an end to defense by the Elgin Board of Trade in a 1912 anti trust action and a decree to be recorded in Chicago plus a final report on the United Gas Improvement Company case in Philadelphia
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Department of Justice
Metropolitan Tobacco Company of
New York
Elgin Hoard of
Chicago
United Gas Improvement Company of
Philadelphia
Sickles Near Death After Paralytic Stroke
General Daniel Sickles, veteran Civil War leader and diplomat, is reported near death at his home 28 Fifth Avenue New York after a stroke three weeks earlier following the death of his housekeeper Mrs Witmerding Doctors say he is paralyzed and memory failing he lives with only an elderly servant
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New York
Lantel EB. Sickles
Fifth Avenue
Witmerding
Mace
Teft
Human Traits Attributed To Automobiles By Maker
A manufacturer asserts cars show many human traits while critics quip about auto failures. The exchange notes that no vehicle stays reliable under pressure, with faster models seemingly prone to quicker mishaps.
A Great Career in Prospect
A conversation between a professor and a prospective student asks about training a daughter to sing, aiming for an operatic career. The professor questions the girl’s extraordinary vocal gifts, while noting ongoing management challenges.
Gossiping Exchange Reveals Tax Notice and Piano Etiquette
A dialogue shows a resident resisting further chat about their “glorious Institutions” as the postman arrives to deliver mail and taxes are due. The other speaker notes their daughter practices piano, then jokes her neighbors are annoyed by her lessons.
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Poatman
Tye
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