Wilson Wins Fight on Tolls
Washington April 1 the Sims bill to repeal Panama canal tolls exemption passed the house 248 to 182. Speaker Champ Clark opposed the repeal and declared he was not a candidate for president in 1918. The measure now goes to the senate and marked a strenuous day of debate with Olney urging Democrats to support Wilson.
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Rockefeller Institute Expands to Study Animal Diseases
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York reports a new $1,000 endowment from John D. Rockefeller to create a department for studying animal diseases, and a $56,000 pledge from James J. Hill to aid cholera research. Previously the institute focused on basic biology and human disease investigations.
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James J. Hill
Chief of Police In Jail in Terre Haute April First
Terre Haute Indiana reports Police Chief Holier jailed for thirty days for contempt of court. Judge For tube enforced a suspended sentence of thirty days and a 190 dollar fine after an appeal by Holier. The action follows a witness’s charge in Mastor Reherrt’s election fraud trial that Holler tried to intimidate him.
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Cure for sour stomach prompts home remedy notes
The note from Mes Vou of T Creek Michigan describes a folk remedy for sour stomach and mentions taking Chamberlains Tens for a week. It appears in The News as an advertisement or personal tip.
R R's Fix Coal Prices in New Jersey
An investigating committee reports forty men control the anthracite coal industry in New Jersey. It accuses seven railroad firms of fixing sales and prices and says they organized coal sales companies to evade the Hepburn act. The report claims these groups own coal lands and set sizes like stove and egg coal for consumer use, with a 40 percent control assertion.
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Trenton
Noob
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Mons
Prince Henry off for Chile amid farewell from Buenos Aires
A flawed report notes Prince Henry and Princess Trenary departing Prussia en route to Chile while Argentine and German officials bid them farewell. The piece also mentions James Gordon Bennett and cable reports on James Sullivan, with uncertain condition and a death notice for an Irish patriot.
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