Cannon Elected Speaker for Fourth Time as Insurgents Win
Washington D C March 15 Regulars lose bid to block rule change as insurgents aided by Democrats push to apply Sixtieth congress rules to the present session. Vote tight, Cannon declares victory for the insurgents, then Clark offers a new rule plan and the previous question is rejected.
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House
Washington, D. C
House Representatives
Dalzell
Eenia
Clark
Sixtieth Congress
Extra Session Opens as Cannon Elected Speaker
Congress convened in extraordinary session with packed galleries and a Taft appearance. In the House Cannon won 204 to 166 for speaker, with Clark praising him as the second four term speaker. Rules fights erupted as Dalzell and Clark clashed over desk access and a 15 member committee to amend rules was proposed.
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House
Taft
Senate
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Wisconsin
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Deneen Halts Pekin Boxing Bout
Peoria Ill March 15 It is reported Governor Deneen has written Sheriff Norris Tazewell not to allow the fight between Danny Goodman and Kid Farmer scheduled at Pekin tonight.
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Ill
Deneen
Norris Tazewell
Danny Goodman
Kid” Farmer
Pekin
Taft plans brief tariff message to Congress
President Taft has not written his tariff message yet and is likely to deliver a short, general statement rather than a detailed tariff outline. The Supreme Court did not issue a ruling on the commodities clause of the Hepburn rate law today.
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Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Persian Frontier Scene of Carnage on Persian Russia Border
A dispatch from Julfa reports 1000 Persian government horsemen and 500 infantry marching on Jaffa devastate villages and shoot fleeing peasants. Ten villages, including Russian subjects, are pillaged and burned. women and children are slain while attempting to cross the Araxes. Three hundred homeless families seek refuge on a river island. Also noted is a series of earthquake shocks with probable epicenter near the Philippines and Formosa.
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Julfa
Persia
Russia
Jaffa
Philippines
Formosa
Tragedy in Flora: Rural Mail Carrier Causes Triple Murder
Word reached Danville of a rural mail carrier Robert Strawser who killed his three children with strychnine then killed himself. The four bodies were found by Strawser's wife in Flora.
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Robert Strawser
Flora
Strawser
Minority Caucus Chooses Clark for House Rules Fight
The Democratic caucus of the House on rules and speakership selected Champ Clark of Missouri as speaker candidate with 162 of 172 present. Clayton of Alabama reelected chair, and members pledged to back Clark and push a 15 member rules committee. A Senate Republican committee to pick standing panels was announced with Aldrich chair and members Kean McCaber Crane Flint Sutherland Curtis Borah and Dixon.
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Three Men Scalded as Steam Pipe Bursts in Laundry
Des Moines Iowa evening dispatch reports three men L. S. Smith H. A. Hawk and Glenn Bourdon were severely scalded when a steam pipe burst in the Capital Laundry this morning. The blast blew out doors and windows injuring the workers and prompting investigations into the incident.
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Des Moines
L. S. Smith
H. A. Hawk
Glenn Bourdon
Johnson County Man Drowned in Seattle
James Murphy of Johnson county is reported drowned in Seattle Washington. A message to his father Michael Murphy announces the death with no details. He was forty one years old and unmarried. the body will be brought to Iowa City.
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Iowa City
James Murphy
Johnson County
Seattle
Wash
Michael Murphy
Cooper Case Goes to the Jury in Sharp Murder Trial
Nashville March 15. Attorney General MecCain completed closing arguments in the Cooper Sharp murder trial. An adjournment was taken until 2 p.m. to allow Judge Hart to prepare his charge to the jury.
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Nashville
Tenn
MecCain
Cooper- Sharp
Hart
Governors allies seek to quash Muskogee plot indictment
Attorneys for Governor Haskell and other Oklahoma figures charged in a conspiracy tied to Muskogee town site scheduling filed a motion to quash the federal indictment in Winita Oklahoma. The judge took the motion under advisement.
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Winita
Okla
Haskell
Muskogee
Warlike Acts Reported Amid Ottumwa Tension
Governor Carroll shows firm intent to shield John Junkin from mob violence as Adjutant General Logan orders Fairfield troops to hold in readiness for Ottumwa within three hours. Oskaloosa and Washington units likely to be called. Col. Bishop says no direct orders yet. Martial law rumored in Bogota with unrest and protests spreading.
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Noe Guilty 15 Worlds Plea
In New York on March 15 the Press Publishing Company publishers of the New York World pleaded not guilty before Judge Holt to criminal libel in the West Point and New York post offices Panama Canal case. Caleb Van Hamm editor also pleaded not guilty.
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the Press Publishing Company
New York World
Delancey Nichol
Holt
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New York Post
Panama Canal
Caleb van Hamm
the World
Federal Judge Resigns from U S Circuit Court
Philadelphia March 15 Judge George M Dulles of the United States circuit court for the third judicial district has submitted his resignation to President Taft.
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Philadelphia
George M. Dulles
United States Circuit Court of the Third Judicial District
Taft
Telegraphers Riot at Paris Post Office Shuts Down Shifts
Rioting broke out in Paris as new telegraph shift workers arrived at noon. Windows were smashed and instruments demolished while police made numerous arrests.
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Paris
Post Office Department
Bondsmen Liable for 2 Million Losses After Bank Failure
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds bondsmen responsible for state funds deposited in the Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh which failed. The case cites a $2,000,000 loss borne by the state.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Allegheny National Bank of
Pittsburg
Graft disclosures to follow ruling in Pittsburgh case
Pittsburg Pa March 15 Judge Davis authorized the use of the March grand jury called in extra session for dragnet purposes in the municipal corruption scandal. This opens the way for important graft developments.
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Pittsburg
Davis
March Grand Jury
Colored champion Jack Johnson arrives in Chicago
Chic ago March 15 Jack Johnson the colored world champion prize fighter arrived at the station to a large welcoming crowd of supporters. He had no new remarks about the pending bout with Jeffries.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Standard Oil Fined Twenty Thousand in New Trial Denial
Buffalo March 15 Federal Judge Hazell denied Standard Oil Co. a new trial and imposed a 20000 fine for accepting concessions from railroads on oil shipments from Olean to points in Vermont. The case centered on concessions granted to railroads governing shipping terms.
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N. Y
Hazell
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Olean
Vermont
Anti saloon bills pass Iowa Senate in Des Moines
The Iowa Senate approved three anti saloon bills. Wanlaw bill extends library proximity ban and prohibits lunch service near libraries. Moon bill caps saloons at one per 1000 residents and bans permits for those with prior liquor sales bans. Bennet bill bars retail liquor sales by non qualified electors and forbids brewery or distillery ownership in saloons.
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Des Moines
Senate
Weather Forecast Fragments From Illinois and Tonight
Partly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight. Illinois forecasts show partly cloudy Tuesday with gradually rising temperatures. Sunrise at 6 01, sunset 5 57, moonrise at 1 3.
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