Railroads Fight to Repeal Panama Canal Toll Exemption
Joseph E. Ransdell urges opposition to repealing the Panama Canal Act provision that exempts American coastwise vessels from tolls. The memo argues tolls threaten U.S. control and national defense, cites Hay Pauncefote views, railways’ interests, and potential monopolies, and calls for public letters to Congress to preserve the exemption.
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Vergara’s Body Recovered After Dread Man Incident
The body of Vergara was recovered as investigators identify remains of nine persons and cross Obed in the distress case.
Rangers Involved in Retrieval of Vergara Body From Mexico
State officials disclose Vergara was not recovered by Rangers as first reported. Nine men secretly crossed from Hidalgo, Mexico to bring the body to the U S side, identified by his son and friends. He had been tortured and shot, then buried, with the body transported near the Vergara ranch to the U S border.
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Associated Press
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Texas
Laredo
Rio Grand
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Vergara Ranch
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Menxicom
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Imade
Verguira
Clemente Vergara
Joint commission opens hearings on Great Lakes sanitation
The International Joint Commission met in Detroit to begin a series of hearings on lake sanitary issues. Officials aim to unite the United States and Canada to find a practical, cost effective remedy to sewage pollution amid growing city populations.
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Mich
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Mexican border claim of Vergara’s disappearance in Hidalgo
Texas rancher Vergara crossed into Mexico on a dispute over eleven horses. He was assaulted and carried off by soldiers, later found beaten in Hidalgo jail, and disappeared after dawn. President Wilson seeks full report, with Texas Ranger Captain Sanders claiming Vergara’s body is on American soil.
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Mexico
Apolonio Rodriguez
Hidalgo
Rio Grande
Washington
Wilson
Cattle Raisers Association Convention Opens in Fort Worth
The thirty eighth annual Cattle Raisers Association of Texas convention begins in Fort Worth for a three day session. Thousands of cattle industry figures from the Southwest attend. Governor Colquitt and other notable speakers headline discussions on current and future industry trends and tariff effects. Entertainment includes barbecue aviation flights automobile rides receptions and theater parties.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Southwest
Colquitt
Walker Bros Grocery Co ends wagon solicitations
Walker Bros Grocery Co announces it will discontinue soliciting wagons except where customers lack phones. The change aims to cut expenses, offer closer prices, and improve service. Orders by phone receive prompt attention. The firm stresses high quality goods and the motto that the best is none too good for customers.
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Walker Bros. Grocery CO
Advertising literacy for smart shoppers in local markets
A consumer note urges readers to demand advertised goods of right quality and fair prices. It emphasizes checking current offers, knowing market prices, and using newspaper advertising as a daily service to stay informed and avoid overpaying.
Be Lynched Shreveport Wrought Up Over Assault Attempt
Public tension flares in Shreveport as residents react to an alleged attempt to assault a young woman. Local officials urge calm while investigators review evidence and seek information from witnesses. Public safety meetings are planned to discuss keamanan and community response.
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Shreveport
Harrowing assault threat stalks Nora McCandless in Shreveport
Miss Nora McCandless, 17, narrowly escapes a sexual assault near Jordan street and Piesre avenue in Shreveport while seeking her cousins after a family death. Police and deputies chase a 26-year-old Black man described as 5'8" to 5'9" in greasy overalls and blue serge, feared to have fled the scene as the search continues.
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Robert McCandless
Laurel Street
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Jordan Street
Piesre Avenue
Sheriff's Office
E. D. Windes Dead Popular Monroe Citizen
Eugene D Windes a well known Monroe resident died after a weeklong illness at his Oak street home. He was 40 and formerly ran an cotton brokerage and represented H. & B. Beer of New Orleans. Survived by wife two sons a daughter his mother and a brother he belonged to First Presbyterian church and Stonewall Lodge No 48 Knights of Pythias. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with Pythian honors at city cemetery.
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H. & BH. Beer
New Orleans
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Francis
John V. Windes
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Knights of Pythias
Presbyterian Church
Newman
Baptist Sunday School Leaders to Hear Dr. Wiley
Baptist church in Monroe hosts Dr. P. W. Wiley of Muskogee Oklahoma secretary of the Sunday School department of the Southern Baptist convention for two talks tonight. He arrives from Clarks where he led a teacher training school and will address Junior and Intermediate Pupil sessions at 4:45 this afternoon and tonight.
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Wiley
Muscogee
Oklahoma
Southern Baptist Convention
Monroe Br
J. B. Moseley
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Clarks
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Dr. Wiley
Missing in Louisiana Allowed to Pile Fire Apples
A partially readable item notes Louisiana authorities permit a pile fire involving apples. No further context or dates are clear in the fragment.
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Louisiana
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Dynamiting Convictions
The U S Supreme Court declines to review convictions in the dynamiting cases. Frank Ryan and twenty three iron workers face prison terms despite appeals. A Missouri fire at the Missouri Athletic Club and Boatman’s Bank claimed six known dead and many missing, with boiler explosions hindering rescue efforts.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
Boatman's Bank
Fourth and
Washington Avenue
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Frank Ryan
Supreme Court grants Louisiana injunction against McAdoo sugar tariff
Washington March The Supreme Court today granted Louisiana permission to file an injunction against Attorney General McAdoo enforcing reduced sugar tariff rates. Canton Mississippi March The State Bank of Mississippi remained closed with a notice stating depositors would be paid in full. Capital $100,000. Directors cite the new banking law guarantee of deposits as the closure cause.
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Supreme Court
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Mississippi
Machinists Hold First National Policy Conference
St Louis hosts a gathering of general officers organizers and business agents from the United States and Canada of the International Association of Machinists. The meeting aims to discuss general policy and systematic plans to improve local branches and member conditions, not regular convention business.
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Ala
Women Suffrage Movement
National Equal Suffrage Association
South
Jane Addams
Medill McCormick
St. Louis
International Association of Machinists
United States
Canada
America
Americans outraged by Mexico killings stir Senate action
Washington reports claim that more than one hundred Americans and foreigners were killed during the three year Mexican revolution. Senator Fall urged armed intervention to protect non combatants and attacked the administration's policy. He cited dates and places from private sources. Secretary Bryan said the administration would let senators hear the defense.
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Washington
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