Senate approves Panama canal tolls repeal amid party split
The senate passed repeal of the Panama Canal tolls exemption 50 to 35 with 13 Republicans joining 37 Democrats. The bill now goes to the house where the Simmons Norris amendment preserving Hay Pauncefote rights is expected to be accepted. President Wilson leads the push for repeal amid party support and opposition. Senator Gorman and eleven Democrats fought the bill to the end.
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Senate
House
United States
Wilson
White House
Gorman
Death of Stevenson Former Vice President Dies in Chicago
Adal Stevenson, long identified with Grover Cleveland as vice-president from 1893 to 1897, died in a Chicago hospital after months of illness. He left a political footprint in Congress and in Democratic campaigns from 1885 through 1908, with a late bid for Illinois governor. Born October 23 in Kentucky, his family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, in childhood.
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Adal Fef. Stevenson
United States
Cleveland
Chicago
Stevenson
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Tlrmess
Charles S. Deegen
Christian County
Kentucky
Bloomington
Lil
Bilinois University
Wealthy Texan Dies In Den Detains $8000 Leg
The public administrator holds an artificial leg valued at 8000 dollars as the estate of Henry C Wise who died recently in a local hospital. Wise, said to be a wealthy man from Sherman Texas, was found unconscious in his hotel room. An after death examination of the leg revealed deposit certificates totaling 8000 dollars concealed inside.
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Henry C. Wise
Den
Wise
Sherman
Texas
Custody Awarded to Senator Tillman and Wife
South Carolina supreme court granted custody of two Tillman grandchildren to Senator and Mrs. Tillman for July and August while their father, B. B. Tillman Jr., was out of state. Lucy Dugas, their mother and former wife of B. B. Tillman Jr., resisted the petition.
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Tillman
Supreme Court of
South Carolik
Lucy Dugas
B. B. Tilman, Jr
Benator
Flood Destroys Hillaboro Town in New Mexico
A wall of water six feet high in a cloudburst wrecked Hillaboro in the northwest corner of New Mexico. The town’s 800 residents were warned. Thomas Murphy, pioneer resident and first county sheriff, is missing and feared drowned.
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Hillaboro
New Mexico
Duccess
Thomas Murphy
Sap is Hanged for Killing American Doctor
Temitaro Watanabe, a Japanese man, killed Dr. Edgar De Mort Stryker, an American surgeon, in Beon Korea on March 20. He faced trial, appealed after a life imprisonment sentence for his wife, but the high court imposed the death penalty.
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Sap
Temitaro Watanabe
Edgar de Mort Stryker
Suron
Beon
Korea
Fatumabe
Ikei
Stryker
Aid
Nat
Bienne
Cuverlor
King Christian in Film Shipwreck Scene at Hornback
Denmark's King Christian and Queen Alexandrine visited Paris and witnessed a cinema production at Hornback. A staged shipwreck involved a young woman, child, and mother, with the king briefly joining the rescue before realizing he appeared in the scene and ordering its destruction. The finale proceeded without his aid.
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Christian
Denmark
Alexandrine
Poincare
Madame Voincare
Paris
Hornback
Midshipmen Cruise Itinerary From Annapolis to Hampton Roads
The naval academy squadron sails from Annapolis June 7 for Naples arriving June 25 after a stop at Gibraltar for coal. From Naples they go to Gravesend arriving July 18, then depart July 27 and reach Hampton Roads August 11 after a 4000 mile voyage. Aft er coal, they will practice target drills off the Virginia capes and return to Annapolis on August 40.
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Naval Academy
Ansnapolix
Naples
Italy
Navy Department
Gibraltar
Gravesend
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Annapolis
Foul play suspected in creek death of four siblings
The bodies of Mixx Reynolds 18 and sisters Bertie 9 Zulahh 11 and Vina 14 were found in Rock Creek near Ya pulpa Oklahoma. Evidence pointed to foul play after Henry Sanders left home prompting a stroll with the children. One girl's body was found at a creek ford triggering the investigation revealing the others nearby.
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Mixx Reynolds
Bertie
Zulahh
Vina Sanders
Rock Creek
Yapulpa
Okla
Henry Sanders
Miss Reynolds
Alabama Governor Announces 1 Million Dollar Loan
Governor Dmmett ONeal announces the state borrows about 1 million dollars or more at a 4.85 percent rate, the lowest short term borrowing cost. The loan is arranged through a Montgomery bank with a New York bank handling the full amount.
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Alabama
Dmmett O'Neal
Montgomery
New York
Seven Prisoners Escape from Landen Jail in Alabama
Seven inmates escaped from Landen Alabama jail after doors were found open. Walter Ledge a suspected murderer and Pearty Tenderson charged with burglary were among those who fled. Three were recaptured including Ledge and Tenderson. Authorities say Henderson forged a skeleton key to unlock the jail doors.
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Landen
Ala
Walter
Pearty Tenderson
Henderson
Multiple Events Reported In General News Notes
Across reports a UP train killed three at a Nebraska crossing with one more dying later. Lightning caused two deaths and a fire destroying twenty houses in Moundsville West Virginia. Wilson nominates Sharp to France, Dolan dies in Philadelphia. Greek Turks, Chihuahua executions, and Fed board ties noted. Montmagny reaches North Sydney. Kermit Roosevelt wedding in Madrid. Canal freight totals and France cold wave crops. Bullitt seeks Kentucky Senate, Yaqui conflicts in Sonora. West Point graduation and Kid Williams vs Pete Herman planned in New Orleans.
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Union Pacific
Millard
Neb
Moundsville Camping Grounds
Wheeling
W. Va
William G. Sharp
Elyria
Ohio
Wilson
France
Myron T. Herrick
Chihuahua City
el Vaso
Villa
Paredon
Thomas B. Jones
Chicago
Princeton University
Federal Reserve Board
Montmagny
North Sydney
Marine Department
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Belle Wyatt Willard
Ambassador Willard
Madrid
Charolies
Burgundy
William Marshall Bullitt
United States
Taft
Kentucky
Cumaripa
Sonora
Douglas
Ariz
Diamonds Stolen From Albert E. Samuels Jewelry Firm
About $30,000 in diamonds and $200 in cash were stolen from the Albert E. Samuels Jewelry Co. in San Francisco. A clerk is missing and a warrant is out for his arrest as police investigate the burglary.
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Albert 8. Samuels Jewelry Company
San Francisco
Wade
Coombs Nominated for State Senator at Progressive Meeting
John W. Coombs a Philadelphia American League pitcher was nominated for state senator at the York county Progressive convention in Kennebunk Maine Coombs home is at Kennebunk Maine
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Iron N" Coombs
John W. Coombs
York County
Kennebunk
Coombs
Portrait Destroyed by Cuffragette in Birmingham Gallery
A cuffragette armed with a bute destroyed George Romney's Portrait of a King in a Birmingham art gallery. She gave the name Mins Ryland when arrested.
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Koy
George Romney
Birmingham
England
Mins Ryland
Lightning Strike Kills Alabama Woman and Child
A bolt from a clear sky struck a tree at a Trey Alabama home killing Mrs Tena Brown and her one year old daughter Andrey. Mrs Brown’s husband and two other children were injured. condition of Mrs Brown is reported as serious.
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Vatal
Mra
Tena Brown
Andrey
Brown
Trey
Ala
Mra. Brown
Mediation Protocol Sealed as US Huerta Delegates Sign
Delegates from the United States and the Huerta government in Niagara Falls signed the first protocol of a mediation series with Argentina Brazil and Chile mediators present. The document outlines the transfer of executive power to a provisional government to be later recognized by the United States and stresses the complicating issue of Huerta naming a foreign affairs minister. A constitutional president is to be inaugurated later, with focus now on naming the provisional leader and possibly a four member cabinet.
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United States
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Tineria
General Huerta
Associated Press
Windecker Triplets Mark 70th Birthday in Wisconsin
Fond du Lac native Sidney Windecker Sylvester of Byron and Sedute Pier of Wausau celebrate their seventieth birthday. The trio, the oldest in the United States, faced health concerns two years ago but remain hale and likely to reach four score.
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Windecker
Fond du Lac
Wis
United States
Sidney
Found du Lac
Sylvester
Byron
Sedute Pier
Wausau
Sylvester Windecker
Ovation for Mrs Stevens at Confederate veterans reunion
Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens of Mississippi led the North Carolina division of Confederate veterans in Raleigh. She received a tremendous ovation as she spoke, during which the first session rejected General Julian B Carr as division commander.
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Mra. Stevens
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Mississippi
United Punchters of the Confederacy
The
Confederate Veterans
Raleigh
N.C
Julian 8
Carrax
Prohibition Resolutions Adopted at Waco Society Convention
National Prohibition resolutions were adopted at the Baraca and Pillathea societies final session in Waco Texas. The eighteenth annual world wide convention closed with an open air banquet where tables were set for 2 000 people.
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Waco
Texas
White House chauffeur fined for speeding in country court
A White House chauffeur appeared in a local country court and pleaded guilty to speeding with a White House party. He was fined $10 and paid the fee. The pastor had directed the chauffeur to observe all local speed laws.
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Wilson
White House
Orr will leaves bulk of $5,000,000 estate to wife
The will of Alexander K. Orr, merchant banker and NY Life figure who died June 8, leaves the bulk of his $5,000,000 estate to his wife. Probate proceedings begin as heirs and associates are named.
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Alexander K. Orr
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Pan American Union Promotes Friendly Ties Across Latin Republics
The Pan American Union aims to foster commerce, friendship and peace among 21 American republics including the United States and Mexico. John Barrett serves as director general with Francisco J. Yunes as assistant, overseeing a body governed by the U.S. secretary of state and foreign diplomats. The organization traces its roots to 1900 and promotes cross-continental commercial contact.
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Pan-American Union
Colon
United States
Mexico
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Venezuela
Panama
Nicaragua
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Latin America
Washington
John Barrett
Was United Stetes
Philipines
Todia
Pan American Hinton
Wincelt
Aschetint
Francisco J. Yunes
Shell
Foreign Service
Flo
Union
Buenos Aires
Pan American Onion
International Bureau of American Trepublics
TRAM
Blaine
Tio de Janeiro
Buenos Astres
Pilho Kopet
Anton
Trade group links American nations for growth
A description of a group that collaborates with government officials, commercial bodies, manufacturers, merchants, exporters and importers to boost trade among the American nations. It maintains contact with public figures, editors, college leaders, professors, students, scientists and travelers to share information that broadens knowledge of the twenty one American nations.
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America
First Lady of France Mme Poincare Faces Social Attacks
The article discusses social and political pressure on Madame Raymond Poincare wife of French President Raymond Poincare. It notes her Italian actress origins Henrietta Bennucci and a divorce deemed unfavorably by critics while France’s nobility snubs her at court.
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Mme
Poincare
France
Raymond Poincare
Fme
Henrietta Bennucci
Returned 1000 Fold for Five Decade Old Loan
Mrs. Joseph Kampe of Newburgh New York is to receive fifty thousand dollars for a fifty dollar loan made forty years ago to Joseph Patton. Patton promised to repay a thousand dollars for each dollar lent, and after four decades he sent the vang amount. Kampe, widow of a Newburgh tailor, learned Patton was the son of the Pacific Hotel proprietor in New York City.
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Joseph Kampe
Newburgh
N. Y
Joseph Patton
Kampe
Patten
Pacific el
Greenwich Street
New York City
Bomb at Westminster: suffragettes explode at Abbey during McKenna speech
Militant suffragettes set off a bomb at Westminster Abbey near the coronation chair as Home Secretary Reginald McKenna spoke in the House of Commons. The blast caused little damage but sent MPs rushing to the streets.
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Westminster Abbey
Reginald McKenna
Home Affairs
House of Commons
Kawa the Confessor
Poker Losses Reported by Referee in Bankruptcy Case
Joseph Strytyyk of Shenandoah Pa testified he lost 12000 dollars in poker from 1908 to 1914 in a bankruptcy case. He had liabilities totaling 50000 and an asset deficit of 55000 while referee to the proceedings.
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Refore & DD. Smith
Joseph Strytyyk
Shenandoah
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