Wilson calls radical tariff revisions to fit changing economy
President Wilson addresses Congress in extraordinary session urging radical tariff changes to align duties with new economic conditions. He warns against abrupt upheaval, favors measured reforms to spur development, foreign trade, and aggressive competition while preserving enterprise.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Amercan
Royalty Without Surnames Across Europe
The royal families of Europe often lack fixed surnames, tracing male lines to medieval counts. King George V descends from the Counts of Wettin and the Este line, linking to the dukes of Brunswick and Hanover. In Lords proceedings they use princely titles, not surnames, as with Queen Victoria and George V.
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Stuart
Tudor
Georoge V
Wettin
Electors of
Saxony
Saxe Coburg
Gotha
House of Este
Azo of Este
Guelph
Bavaria
Brunswick-Lunenburg
Aftewards
Hanover
Great Britain
House of Lords
Queen Victoria
George V
Bermuda Market Shows Wide Range of Reef Finny Treasures
Bermuda Colonists notes a busy market week with many handsome fish displayed and some bought by American tourists. The haul included amberjacks and bonito, splendid game fish and chubs, blue fish, yellowtails, red and gray snappers, butterfish, gags, HAMLETS, hines, salmon, black rockfish, porgies and red rockfish. The piece also mentions a name change for a formerly despised fish to a sought after delicacy the putter fish.
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Bermuda
The Constable’s Half Century Beat in Parliament Lobbies
An inquisitive member of the British House of Commons discovered a century old guard duty. Fifty years ago a policeman was posted in the lobby to keep members from soiling their clothes and the order was never rescinded. The pension and duties remained unaltered as the constable kept his beat for fifty years.
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House of Combions
Huerta Resigns and Lascurain Named Provisional President
El Paso April 5. General Huerta agrees to designate Pedro Lascurain as provisional president to satisfy factions in the Mexican crisis. Lascurain to serve the remainder of Madero’s term. Huerta cabinet to be retained. The move aims to unite against Zapata uprising in the south, leaving Huerta forces between two fires.
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el Paso
Tex
Huerta
Pedro Lascurain
Lascurain
Madero
Suarez
Mexico
Zapata
Couple Struck and Killed by Train Near Alliance O
Alliance Ohio April 4 Mr and Mrs John Lucas both aged sixty five were struck and killed by a Lake Shore railroad train while driving a curtained buggy across the tracks near Alliance. Paris April 6 Four automobile bandits confined in La Sante prison were searched by wardens Thursday and found with poison hidden in their clothes. Minnewaukan North Dakota April 7 Sibel Kahn of St Paul was found not guilty of the murder of Abdullah Hassan a wrestler of St Paul pleaded self defense. Harrisburg April 4 Pennsylvania joined states that ratified the direct election of United States senators bringing the thirty fifth state in line. Chicago April 5 Miss Virginia Brooks married in Chicago her act cited as saving West Hammon from a political ring Charles Washburne of the Chicago Tribune was the groom.
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Sibel Kahn
St. Paul
Abdullah Hassan
Kahn
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Chicago
Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
Joan of Arc
Charlea
Washburne
Chicago Tribune
Six Riot Erupts at Rope Plant Firefight in Auburn
In Auburn on Friday 300 rioters attacked the Columbian Rope company plant. Police shot six rioters. two are fatally wounded. Mayor O Neill ordered fire department and militia to quell the disturbance.
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Auburn
Columbian Rope Company
O'Neill
Extra Session on Oath of Office Amid Seat Drawing Omission
Washington April 8 The Sixty third Congress opened with Champ Clark re elected speaker and a ritual swearing in of members. No seat drawing occurred as members may choose seats each day with only Leaders Underwood Mann and Chairman Fitzgerald allowed a fixed seat. Rules adopted largely mirror previous session procedures.
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House of Representatives
Champ Clark
James R. Mann
Ilinois
House
South Trimble
Kentucky
Robert E. Gordon
Ohio
Joseph J. Sinnott
Virginia
William M. Dunbar
Senate
Congress
Marshall
J. Prettyman
Mem‘bers
Underwood and
Mann
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Henry
Winnipeg Red Cross Society Event Noted
Man April 6 reports Winnipeg Red Cross society activity noted in local column with brief mention of ongoing charitable work and community involvement.
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Man
Winnipeg
Othe Red Cross Society
Japs File Protest Over California Land Law Plan
Japanese ambassador Baron Chinda met with Secretary of State Bryan in Washington to protest proposed California land laws. Bryan said talks remain in the conversational stage. The protest signals Japan’s view of possible new U S policy on foreign relations, with past incidents cited as context. The State Department would not confirm any contact with Governor Johnson on the alien land law.
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Washington
Baron Chinda
Bryan
California
Japan
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
Pacific Coast
State Department
Johnson
Tornado Toll Rises Near Sturgeon Missouri
A tornado near Sturgeon in Boone County Missouri killed George Mathews and severely injured his wife. Several farmhouses and barns were demolished as property losses reached thousands of dollars. The Missouri disaster occurred Thursday, while a strong windstorm near Fairbury Nebraska caused additional damage along the Nebraska Kansas line.
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Columbia
Sturgeon
Boone County
George Mathews
Omaha
Neb
Fairbury
Nebraska-Kansas Line
Montenegrins Seize Tarabesch Fort After Heavy Losses
In Cettinje on April 4 Montenegrin forces captured the great Tarabesch fort after a costly attack. About 200 hazardous device throwers died in a last desperate effort to clear the way to the town, allowing Montenegrins to take the fort that had resisted allied advances for months.
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Cettinje
Tarabesch
Scutari
Campaign of Revenge for Sentence Sparks Uproar in Congress
Washington and London clash as suffragettes seize the Capitol galleries during the opening of Congress to push for an equal suffrage constitutional amendment. Leaders pledge silence. notable attendees include many wives and relatives of lawmakers, while Paris UK scenes unfold with property destruction in Scotland including Ayr racecourse grandstand and Kelso racecourse fire attempts.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
A. B. Pitzer
Clark
William Kent
William D. Stephens
Eoris A. Hays
Julius Kahn
Edward Keating
Ayr
Scotland
Kelso Racecourse
Kelso
Blame Ambassador Wilson for Mexican leaders’ assassination
Charges filed with the state department by Luis Manuel Rojas accuse Henry Lane Wilson US ambassador to Mexico of moral responsibility for the 1913 killings of President Francisco I Madero and Vice President Jose Maria Pino Suarez. Rojas cites alleged US intervention threats amid political upheaval in Mexico City.
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Washington
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Mexico
Madero
Suarez
State Department
Luis Manuel Rojas
Mexican Congress
Grand Masonic Lodge of
Valley of Mexico
Rojas
Francisco I. Madero
Jose Maria Pino Sueraz
Mexican Republic
Wilson
Pino Suarez
Governor Hooper Threatened in Black Hand Letter
Nashville reports a scrawled black hand letter on local hotel stationery threatening to kidnap Governor Hooper’s child if $500 is not paid. The governor refuses to discuss the threats as investigation continues. A second fragment mentions a trainer in Hakerstown Maryland and a political train near Hancock, Maine.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hooper
Tennessee
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