Wilson Faces Hard Fight Over Panama Toll Plan
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson faces a tough battle in Congress to repeal free tolls for American coastwise ships passing through the Panama Canal. Officials warn the issue could split Democrats and provoke strong British interests while testing the administration amid Mexico tensions.
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Bank Robbers Steal 2 Million At Abe Ho shotsford Bank
Seven armed men robbed a bank near the international boundary at Abbotsford B C just after opening, taking gold and currency estimated at 2.0 million. A Vancouver posse pursuing the outlaws recovered about 1,000 from the fleeing robbers and surrounded them in nearby woods awaiting reinforcements.
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Post Goes Under Knife in Major Operation
Rochester Minnesota March 10 Associated Press reports C W Post Creek Michigan millionaire manufacturer rushed here from Tos Angeles California for surgery submitted to a major operation. No official condition report issued but it was considered favorable by attendants.
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South Dakota Attacks Florida Fruit Freight Rates
The South Dakota railroad commission asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to review Florida fruit rates. It says 84 cents per hundredweight for oranges lemons limes grapefruits kumquats and pineapples to South Dakota is excessive and discriminatory.
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UPHAM AT AUGUSTA
Willam J. Uphiot of Marshfield Wisconsin former governor of Wisconsin reached Augusta via rail after a long motorboat voyage from New Orleans Gulf coast stops at Tampa and Key West and could not navigate Savannah river due to high water. He stays with his daughter and son in law Phil Sawyer Federal Judge W H Seaman and family from Chicago visit. Ex Judge J E Dodge of Milwaukee remains at the Bon Air hotel. Mrs Franklin Bowen of Oshkosh heads to Washington and Col John Hicks and wife depart for Charleston and Savannah. Weather described as the coldest known in years.
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Chicago
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Oshkosh
Washington, D. C
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Charleston
Hasten anti trust bills move through Congress
Washington reports the senate interstate commerce subcommittee will finish the interstate trade commission bill in draft and a house panel revises Sherman law supplements. a vote on literacy tests in immigration remains unsettled while President Wilson’s stance suggests possible veto resistance. Cummins amendment to hold carriers liable for full property value gains tentative approval with strict notice rules before ICC action.
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Indictment for Tannenbaum Leads Unemployed Army
Frank Tannenbaum, leader of the IWW unemployed army, is indicted by the grand jury on a misdemeanor for participating in an unlawful assembly after being jailed since arraignment on a riot incitement charge. Sacramento dispatch notes county authority dispute over the march of about 2,000 unemployed men.
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California
Kept Girl Prisoner In Northwester n Church Prison Case
Verloux Charre is alleged to have kept a girl prisoner in a room used for a church solo appearance. Ruel Russell of La Crosse, a church choir member and farm man, is jailed in Williston North Dakota on suspicion of abduction. Efforts are under way to obtain bonds for his release.
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Missouri Athletic Club Fire Toll Tops Thirty One
Fire at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis wrecked the building and killed thirty one people with more bodies recovered. Investigators reported unsafe hotel conversion, missing fire escapes, and a sprinkler system removed during alterations. Authorities noted gas ignition and extensive vault losses at Boatmen's Bank on the first floors.
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President nominates John L. De Sani as envoy to Uruguay
President Wisan named John L. De Sani of Pennsylvania as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Uruguay. The announcement appears in a March 1 dispatch from Associated Press, Washington, noting the nomination amid shifting political tensions.
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Uruguay
Vergara Case Recalled in Border Killing Verdict
A Texas border murder case unfolds as officials report that Vergara was tortured before execution and his body recovered. Relatives attended. Cabinet statements and Consul Garrett notes shape the investigation, with disputes over how the body was moved and who carried out the killing.
Demurrer Sustained in 1912 Train Wreck Manslaughter Case
Bridgeport Conn March 10 The demurrer of counsel for former President Charles Mellen of the New Haven road charged with manslaughter in the October 1912 train wreck was sustained by Judge Tuttle in the superior court today.
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Vergara Body Recovered Near Rio Grande Amid Inquiry
Relatives of Clemente Vergara and Texas Rangers recovered his body on the American side after a Mexican burial. Captain Sanders and Adjutant General Hutchings lead investigations into torture claims and the burning hand while officials await federal and state conclusions and a full report by mail.
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Washington
All Juarez
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House of Commons
Renton
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Farmer Wounded by Boys in Big Rock Woods
In Big Rock near Aurora Illinois twelve miles west, three16 year old boys escaped from a boys home after a store heist and shot farmer Jeline Dean through the throat as he attempted to pursue them. A posse led by Sheriff McBriarty rode out to press the search into the timbered area.
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Big Fork
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Kane County
Geneva
Dentists Hold Eleventh Fox River Valley Meeting
About 100 members of the Fox River Valley Dental Society attend the eleventh annual meeting at the Elk's club in Taylors Falls Wisconsin today.
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Ceara in Foment as Strikers Seize Control in Capitol Region
Martial law has been proclaimed in Ceara Brazil as federal troops guard Fortaleza after a major strike. Rebels encamped about sixteen miles from Fortaleza while local authorities falter and trade stalls under the alert. In Rome, strikers in front of the interior ministry faced police fire and cavalry charges as workers resume amid tensions.
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Ministry of the Interior
Women to Cast Ballot in Illinois Municipal Primaries
Women in hundreds of Illinois towns vote for the first time in selecting nominees for local offices. Many ballots were blank with only party designations as voters arrived. In over a hundred municipalities the local option question appears on April 21 ballots, with women seen as pivotal in the wet or dry contest.
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Street Railway
Impeachment Charges Dismissed Against Judge Wright
W R Cooper a local banker saw charges against Justice K T Wright of the district supreme court for impeachment dismissed by the house judiciary committee as uncorroborated. Wright had drawn national attention for sentencing Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell to jail for contempt in a Turks state and range case.
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John Mitchell
Turks State and Range
Cooper
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Mystery Is Scented In Dora Yorko Inquest
Coroners hold an inquest into the death of Dora Yorko a 28 year old domestic who died of peritonitis in Sheboygan Wisconsin. Yorko arrived March 2 to stay with Mrs Anna Myer at Elkhart Lake and died March 8. District Attorney W B Collins and Coroner Arthur Knauf empanelled a jury and adjourned the proceedings to 2 PM for further examination.
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Arthur Knauf
Minnesota Snowbound as Worst Storm of Winter Hits State
The heaviest snow storm of the season continues across southern and western Minnesota. By midmorning depths reached seven inches in Mankato and Ortonville, with heavier snow reported at several other towns as the storm persists.
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