Wheat pits defend practices before House Rules panel
Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago wheat pits brass defend legitimacy before the House Rules committee amid Manahan resolution calls for a broader grain and cotton futures inquiry. C H Canby of the Chicago Board of Trade says pits are a market place not a monopoly and cites sharp competition among Chicago elevators while noting a 1905 pool collapse and Sherman act laxity.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
House Rules Committee
Manahan
Henry
Henry S. Robbins
Chicago Board of Trade
Robbins
Democratic Party
Hadley
Yale University
Chicago Board
Trade
C. H. Canby
George Ross Shows Notable Improvement
Toronto reports Sir George Ross improved during the night and condition variations continued today as doctors described his state.
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Toronto
George Ross
Bank of England Warns Chancellor Over Ireland Crisis
A cable from London dated March 6 1914 reports the Bank of England directors warned Lloyd George that a civil upheaval in Ireland would seriously hurt British finance. The unprecedented step followed a mid week directors meeting and governor to chancellor communication.
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London
Bank of England
Ireland
Lloyd- George
Mikado Chosen For Amateur Operatic Society Show
The Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society selected the Mikado as its next production at a recent meeting, with Las Clothes de Cornville and The Gondoliers as other options. The society faces a small deficit but plans to cover it internally. The next meeting on March 19 will also elect officers and feature a Pirates of Penzance dance.
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de Wolf Hopper
Medicine Hat
Amateur Operatic Society
City’ Hall
Blanchard
Laymen's Missionary Movement Formed in Medicine Hat
H. Caskey of Toronto spoke to a small gathering at Fifth Avenue Methodist as locals formed a city Laymen's Missionary Movement Committee. The group aims to promote the Every Member Canvass, unite churches, and boost church life and membership. A composed list of local church representatives was named to lead the effort with Alderman Morrow named convenor.
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Medicine Hat
H. ‘K. Caskey
Toronto
National
Fifth ‘Avenue
Mayor Brown
Caskey
H. Colliers
Salvation Army
Oake
Austin
New York Fight Ends in Police and Gangster Shootout
In Brooklyn early today three gunmen raided a drug store. Policeman Thomas Wynn was mortally wounded while stopping the raid. Gangsters George Stevens and Bill McHenry were shot in the back by Wynn and are expected to die. James Martin alias Woodenleg Jimmy was captured after a fierce pursuit.
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New York
Mar
Thomas Wynn
Brooklyn
Bill McHenry
Wynn
McHenry
George Stevens
Stevens
Martin
Man Believed Parr Arrested Near Winnipeg Post Office
In Winnipeg on March 6 a man believed to be Abraham Parr wanted in Calgary for forgery was arrested outside the post office and is in custody.
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Winnipeg
Abraham Parr
Calgary
Poindexter Seeks Wilson Explanation on Panama tolls repeal
Senator Poindexter of the Progressive party introduced a resolution urging President Wilson to explain the delicate matters he cited in his congressional address about the repeal of the Panama tolls exemption. P E B Hagel and John Westlake face trial Monday.
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Washington
Poindexter
Wilson
Congress
Panama
Abduction case leads to arrests in Ontario and Saskatoon
Pansy Hartley, a girl under sixteen, is in the Salvation Army home in Toronto while her husband George Dixon is in provincial police custody on charges of abducting her from Kamsack Sask, against her parents' will. The incident followed a February attempt and involved the R N W M L P and Regina authorities tracing the couple. Provincial Police Chief Rogers located them in a Muskoka lumber camp and officials wired Regina to arrange the arrest.
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Toronto
Pansy Hartley
Salvation Army
George Dixon
Kamsack
Sask
R.n.w.m.lp
McGibbon
Regina
Rogers
Muskoka
Mounted Police
Millers demand state ships in Canada surges
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce calls the Canadian millers demand for a state owned steamship line to curb freight rises absurd. It notes the public would invoke similar policy if trading interests fear impact and suggests millers should run the ships themselves if profits are so high.
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Liverpool Journal London
Doroinion
Liverpool Journal of Commerce
Trouser Skirt On Hat Streets Stirs Public
The first trouser skirt was seen this afternoon on the streets carried by a woman who walked with casual ease as onlookers stared. No police appeared, and the skirt remained unmolested. Uncertain if this signals a fashion trend or a one off.
House Committee Passes Panama Tolls Repeal
The Sims bill to repeal the Panama tolls exemption was reported by the House of Commerce committee by 170 to 4. Representatives Doromus of Michigan and O Shaughnessy of Democratic, Knowland of California Republican, and Lafferty of Washington Progressive voted against it.
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Washington
Panama
House of Commerce Committee
Doromus
Michigan
O'Shaughnessy
Knowland
California
Lafferty
Hagel Case Aims Freedom Request Over Prejudice Claims
Winnipeg March 6. R A Bonnar counsel for Percy E Hagel will seek Justice Curran tomorrow to release Hagel and John Westlake due to prejudicial publicity hindering an unbiased jury. If denied, Bonnar proposes trial before five judges of a deal.
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Winnipeg
R. A. Bonnar
K. C
Percy E. Hagel
Justice Curran
John Westlake
Bonnar
Nurse brings smallpox back to Winnipeg hospital
Four cases of smallpox are reported at the Children's hospital in Winnipeg leading to a quarantine. A theory suggests a nurse exposed by a chickenpox patient in Kil donan may have transmitted the disease.
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Children’s Hospital
Winnipeg
Kildonan
Committee to Investigate the Elibank Charges
London reports Lord Halsbury the Earl of Loreburn the Earl of De sart Baron Charnwood and Baron Sanderson join a Lords committee to probe allegations against Lord Murray of Witbank over wireless shares. The move surprised Liberal leader the Earl of Crewe who said he would explain Loreburn and Charnwood’s presence on Monday.
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London
Lord Halsbury
Earl of Loreburn
Earl of Desart
Charnwood
Baron Sanderson
House of Lords
Lord Murray of Witbank
Earl of Crewe
Loreburn
Denver Man Embezzler Arrested in Calgary
H. C. Snyder of Denver, wanted for embezzling $8,000 and eloping with another man's wife, has been arrested in Calgary. Authorities coordinate extradition and recovery of funds.
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H. C. Snyder
Denver
Calgary
Works Objects to Dictation by Great Britain
In a Senate speech Senator Works of California criticizes Democratic policy and President Wilson in the past year. He denounces executive coercion on the tariff bill and notes the income tax and currency measures. He questions Panama tolls and warns against yielding to foreign dictation unless reasons merit repeal.
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Washington
Mar
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Works
California
Panama
Democratic Party
Great Britain
Pope Illness Rumor Proved False
Reports in Rome claimed the pope was ill and fainted after rising but were proven false. He rose at his usual hour and celebrated mass, with his condition described as normal.
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Rome
Mar
Five Fatally Burned In A Saloon Fire
Ashland Wisconsin March 6 Four persons were burned to death and one is dying at an Ashland hospital when Patrick Auger's boarding house and saloon at Saxon burned early today Victims include Tillie Auger 24 daughter of Patrick Auger and three unknown men Anna Bauer of Butternut is in a hospital in critical condition
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Ashland
Wis
Patrick’s Auger
Saxon
Tillie Auger
Patrick Auger
Anna Bauer
Butternut, Wils
Post’s Record Run Arrives In Rochester Ahead Of Schedule
C W Post won his race with death crossing the continent as his special train reached the rear Western depot in Rochester Minnesota at 9 05 PM exactly three and a half hours early, marking a famed dash to the hospital.
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C. W. Post
Plebiscite Proposed to Let Irish Counties Opt Out of Home Rule
London reports from the British cabinet indicate a shift from a Ulster home rule plan to a local option scheme. A three year plebiscite would allow any Irish county to vote itself out of the Home Rule bill, with Nationalists awaiting convention endorsement after Asquith’s House of Commons announcement. The measure would take effect after the bill passes and before Dublin Parliament begins.
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London
Asaith
Edward Grey
Ulster
Dublin
Asquith
House of Commons
Mexican warrant accuses Villa in Benton murder
A Mexico City despatch states a government warrant charges General Villa with murder and General Carranza as accessory. The warrant, signed by Huerta, claims Constitutionalist leaders were responsible for Benton’s death.
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Villa
Carranza
Huerta
Winnipeg
Mexico City
General Villa
Benton
Hardware Merchants Form Association In Medicine Hat
Sixteen members from the city’s hardware firms gathered at Birnie Bros. for the Medicine Hat Retail Hardware Merchants Association meeting. Officers were elected: President R C Black, vice president B Mitchell, secretary-treasurer C G Frood. executive committee members were G McPherson, G Elder, A Anderson, P B Bell, W Roxboro, and R C Black. The group plans semi monthly meetings, aims to improve local hardware trade, discuss systems, combat mail order houses, promote home trading, and protect credits.
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Birnie Bros
Medicine Hat Retail Hardware Merchants’ Association
Yeal
R.” ‘C. Black
B. Mitchell
Treas
G. Frood
G. McPherson
G. Elder
A. Anderson
PB. Bell
W. Roxboro
R. C. Black
Czech Deputies Cause Parliament to Suspend
Vienna March 5 The Lower House of the Austrian parliament, suspended since January 30, reassembled today but halted again by a tumult from opposition members. The Czech deputies obstructed proceedings over government policy on German and Czech differences in Bohemia, seen by Czechs as unduly favoring Germans.
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Vienna
Bohemia
Wives Seek Clemency for Nanaimo Miners
A delegation of imprisoned Nanaimo miners' wives waited on Premier McBride to plead for clemency for their husbands.
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Nanaimo
McBride
Large hollow tile order placed for roofing project
The Canada Cement Company purchased 90,000 square feet of hollow tile yesterday for roofing. Construction work is expected to resume at the cement plant in a short time.
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Canada Cement Company
Family ransom bid to save Luis Terrazas from Villa
In El Paso a plea to save Luis Terrazas from execution by General Villa is sent via American consul Marion Letcher. General Terrazas faces a five hundred thousand peso ransom as deadline looms, with the son jailed in Chihuahua and the father aging and strained by the crisis.
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el Paso
Luis
Villa
Marion Letcher
Chihuahua
Luis Terrazas
General Terrazas
Mexico
Two Fire Halls Authorized by City Council
City orders building of two fire halls at Hast Road Corner and West Road Corner with a total estimated cost of 70000 dollars. Contractors Sackrider and Turner to begin immediately under supervision of Mr. Chas Taylor, while a fire chief, mechanic, and Alderman Penland head a delegation to inspect La France engines in Eatonon.
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Sackrider , & Turner
Mesars. Bourne, & Morrison
Hast Road
Allowance
Third Avenue
West Road
Toronto Street
Chas. Taylor
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