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Government bills face vetoes in Washington as President Wilson blocks a broad legislative package over publication control. Senate probes reveal forged signatures in a naval hearing, while rail and sugar policy moves await action. War instructions to the Atlantic fleet are made public.
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Riovel Walter Ends Wild Chase After Postal Robbery
Riovel Walter, a former postal worker, robbed a New Orleans limited near Kankakee stealing 80 000 from mail pouches. He killed a policeman and an author, then barricaded in a Chicago apartment and died in a shootout with police. Six others were arrested but released on bonds in Pittsburgh. The report also notes crop declines, political moves, and the death of author William Dean Howells.
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Riovel Walter
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Chicago
Mexico calls congress to name provisional president
The Mexican uprising asks Congress to convene and name a provisional president, per a dispatch from El Paso. Rebel Arturo Araujo, seeking the presidency, was defeated by Gen. Juan Amaya near Arcataro, according to a San Isidro report.
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Lodge to Be Keynoter for Republican Convention
The Republican national committee chose Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to give the keynote in Chicago's national convention. The plan centers on making the treaty and league covenant a campaign issue and Americanizing the pact before ratification.
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Dark Horse
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Maryland
William J Bryan areas stance on treaty and prohibition politics
William J Bryan in Florida urges immediate ratification of the treaty with reservations as merged upon and pending League changes. He criticizes President Wilson as health weakened by cares and anxieties, asserting a need for informed leadership.
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William J. Bryan
Florida
Wilson
Secretary Daniels Reveals Wilson Instructions to Navy Leaders
Secretary of the Navy Daniels testified before the senate committee investigating Admiral Sims. He disclosed secret presidential instructions to sustain audacity at risk in European waters and read a confidential cablegram from Wilson to Sims. Daniels disputed Sims assertions and accused the admiral of ambition over duty. Also noted is the death of William Dean Howells, acclaimed dean of American letters and novelist.
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Remarkable Recovery From Change of Life Urged
Philadelphia reader Mrs. Danz testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her organic troubles and debilitating pain during the Change of Life after other medicines failed. She urges others to try the remedy and offers to provide details to interested writers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Danz
N. 25Th Street
Phila
Prayed for Cure Finds it After 10 Years
Mr. Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire credits Eatonic with ending a decade of stomach trouble after a single box relieved pain and a second box prevented relapse. He reports restored appetite and no further discomfort.
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Berlin
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Teamster's Life Saved by Peterson Ointment
William Haase of West Park Ohio credited Peterson's Ointment with curing a years long leg sore after doctors failed. He, a teamster, reported sleepless nights and a prognosis of two years to live before healing. Peterson's letters praised for eczema and skin cures. 35 cents a box and Buffalo mail orders.
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William Haase
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Ohio
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