Tariff Conference Held Averts Possible US Canada War
President Taft and Canadian Finance Minister W. S. Fielding met in Albany for several hours. No agreement reached, but discussions left the situation unchanged. Eleven days remain before Payne Aldrich maximum rates take effect against unduly discriminatory nations. Secretary Knox suggested circumstances could justify rescinding the maximum tariff.
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Albany
N. Y
Taft
Canada
W. S. Fielding
Fielding
United States
France
Knox
Victor Murdock Leads Insurgent Congressmen Opposition
Victor Murdock of Kansas emerges as a principal leader of the insurgent opposition to Speaker Cannon. The Wichita Daily Eagle former editor, Murdock is noted as one of the ablest fighters in Congress, shaping the push from the insurgent faction.
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Cannon
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Murdock
Wichita Daily Eagle
Great Northern official blamed for Cascade tunnel avalanche deaths
James H. O Neill Great Northern Railway superintendent testified at the Coroner s inquest in Seattle on March 71 that responsibility for moving two trains out of the Cascade tunnel on February 24 and into the avalanche path causing the deaths of over 98 people was assumed.
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Seattle
Cascade Tunnel
James H. O'Neill
Great Northern Railway
Newell Likely to Leave Reclamation Service Post
Washington March 22. As Pinchot Ballinger discord continues, F H Newell is likely to resign as director of the United States Reclamation Service. Ballinger has signaled a desire to remove Newell, a claim supported by A P Davis chief engineer during the congressional investigation.
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Reclamation Service Directorate
Washington
F. H. Newell
United States Reclamation Service
Ballinger
Newell
Congressional Investigation Committee
A. P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Indictments Proceed in Idaho Desert Land Fraud Cases
Judge Dietrich denied motions to quash indictments against Garrett Daniels Howle and Griffiths in Boise. Federal grand jury returns true bills alleging conspiracy to defraud the government and suborn perjury in the Mountain Home and Great Western Beet Sugar Company cases.
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Boise
Ida
Mountain Home
Great Western Beet Sugar Company
Dietrich
Messrs
Garrett
Daniels
Howle
Griffiths
Federal Grand Jury
Ancient Tablet Describes Deluge From 8700 B C
Philadelphia March 20 A fragment of a cuneiform tablet dating to about 8700 B C was presented by Professor H W Hilprecht to friends of the University of Pennsylvania. The tablet reportedly contains a Deluge account aligning with Genesis.
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Philadelphia
H. W. Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Roosevelt to Return in June From Egypt
SMELLAL Egypt March 22 Theo dore Roosevelt will sail for New York on the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria on June 16. This plan would bring him into port Friday June 11.
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Roosevelt
Smellal
Egypt
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Kaiserin
Victoria
Fridey
Murder Case Up May 2
William Gohl, alleged slayer of Hadberg and suspected in other crimes, is set for a Montesano trial May 2 after a defense-delay request. An application from the prisoner postponed the March 25 start. Gohl proclaims innocence. Reports say the Sailors' Union has raised about $5,000 for his defense.
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William Gohl
Hadberg
Aberdeen
Sailors’ Union
Charles Hadberg
Chehalis County
Montesano
Gohl
Sailors' Union
Fatal Rock Island wreck leaves dozens dead
Marshalltown Ia March 22 Forty five persons were killed and thirty five injured in a wreck of a Chicago Rock Island Pacific train four and a half miles north of Green Mountain Illinois at 8 16 am Monday. A coach smoker and Pullman car were smashed to splinters with many fatalities. The Pullman was shaved of its superstructure and jammed through the smoker and day coach. Heads were severed from bodies and limbs torn off.
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Marshalltown
Rock Island & Pacific
Green Mountain
Ila
Auto in Quicksand Near Gearhart Road Buries Occupants
In Astoria Oregon on March 22 an automobile traveling to Seaside overturned and sank into quicksand near Gearhart road. The occupants escaped largely unharmed after the vehicle was buried in the sand.
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Astoria
Ore
Seaside
Gearhart Road
Strike Averted on Western Railways
Chicago March 22 1923 all questions in dispute between twenty seven thousand firemen on Western railroads and the railroad general managers will be amicably settled an arrangement reached with the aid of United States Commissioner of Labor Neill
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Western Lines
Chicago
Western Railroads
United States Commissioner of Labor
Neill
Farming Train Demonstration Tour Starts From Portland
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company farming demonstration train departed Portland at 11 p m for a nine days tour of Eastern Washington. Connecting lines are arranging special rates and trains to bring farmers to demonstration sites. The train carries livestock experts and literature, with free seed samples and printed growing instructions for dry farmed alfalfa Minnesota corn and Canadian field peas.
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Portland, Or
Washington
Cannon Loses Power as House Declares Rules Reform
In Washington the House votes 191 to 155 to redraw the rules committee increasing its size from five to ten and declaring the Speaker ineligible for membership. Speaker Cannon, almost 74, defies rivals and challenges deposition as allies urge Champ Clark to take the chair.
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Washington, D. C
Cannon
Committee On Rules
House
Norris
Nebraska
Champ Clark
Republicans Defeat Speakership Resolution Amid House Standoff
The vote 191 to 155 rejected Burleson's move to declare the Speakership vacant and force a successor for Mr. Cannon. Regulars united with insurgents against a Democrat-Insurgent coalition as Oregon Washington and Idaho mainly backed the regulars. Congress shows little conservation action and the House has yet to advance key presidential measures. The Ballinger Pinchot prosecution nears closure with Brandeis announcing next Saturday. Newell testified corroborating, denying self‑restoration of lands unless ordered. The Supreme Court reviews 15 corporate tax cases. Forest Service vows to press crimes against unpermitted livestock in forest reserves.
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Burleson
Cannon
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Poindexter
Spokane
Ballinger- Pinchot
Brandeis
Frederick H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Newell
Ballinger
Supreme Court of the United States
The
Forest Service
Supreme Court
California
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