Police Debate Over Suffrage Parade Brace of DC Hearing
Washington March 8 audience packed as Senate Sea committee heard patrolmen and sergeants testify on suffrage demonstration protection. Richard Sylvester said police did their best to maintain order on Pennsylvania Avenue amid interruptions by women protesters and insults directed at officers during the parade. Witnesses described crowding, indiscipline, and opposition to police methods, while Reverend Nelms praised crowd control as well handled and peaceful.
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Special Sea Committee
Richard Sylvester
Police Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate Committee
Jones
Dillingham
Merene
Wds
Jorge Canfield
Spokane
Shr
Commodore W. 8. Moore
Dge
Henry D. Pierce
J. H. Nelms
Pretty Hiker Phoebe Hawn in Washington suffrage parade
Miss Phoebe Hawn a Brooklyn girl led the Hikers division in the Washington suffrage parade as crowds cried No that isn't true. Chairman Jones warned for order while former Secretary Stimson and Major General Wood attended the hearing and Chief Sylvester appeared with counsel.
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Phoebe Hawn
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
Miss Hawn
Jones
Stimson
Wood
Sylvester
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured in Patient Letters
Letters from women in Louisville Kentucky and Texas describe relief from weakness, nerves, and displacement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonials praise improved daily functioning and renewed energy, with hints of seeking medical advice.
Wall Street Wage Earners Mobilize in Tax Fight
In New York on March 8 a coalition of waiters elevator men telephone operators bank messengers telegraphers and clerks in the financial district organize to oppose Governor Sulzer bills affecting the stock exchange and the proposed tax rise from two to four dollars on transfers of 100 shares of stock. Exchange members fear reduced trading and 20 000 local workers worry about job losses while activists pressure lawmakers Albany with petitions and letters. An exchange telephone operator says 20 000 signatures on one petition are feasible.
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New York
Financial District
Wall Street
Sulzer
Stock Exchange
The
Albany
Army of Wall Street
Freeman Offered Command of Castro Expedition
Ha vana dispatch reports Col. Edmund J. Frederick former chief of artillery under Gen. Gomez was offered command of a Castro expedition to Venezuela by General Castro. He neither confirms nor denies. He previously declined a command under Madero in Mexico and is tied to President-elect Menocal. He served as a filibusterer aboard the Dauntless during the Cuban rebellion and later became a war leader.
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Fla
Havana
Cuba
Edmund J. Frederick
Maximo Gomez
Castro
Venezuela
Madero
Mexico
Veterans’ Association
Menocal
Johnny O'Brien
Dauntless
Spain
Hirsh to Lecture on Why Has God Permitted Evil
R. H. Hirsh editor lecturer and writer of New York will give a Sunday 3 PM address at Modern Woodman hall 117 North Flores Street on Why Has God Permitted Evil for Six Thousand Years An invitation to all with no admission fee He argues current world conditions reflect a misunderstanding of scriptural injunctions and that economists have failed to diagnose the trouble unless humanity aligns with the Divine plan suffering will rise.
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R. H. Hirsh
New York
Modern Woodman Hall
North Flores Street
Hirsh
Peace Congress In May Sets U S Visit to St Louis
Washington dispatch reports eleven South American and Central American diplomats accepted invitations to attend the fourth annual National American Peace Congress to be held in St Louis on May 1 to 3. Valparaiso Chile plans harbor improvements costing about 14 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Eo Valparaiso
Chile
Made in San Antonio exhibit rolls out dinner
President Tuttle of the Chamber of Commerce led a dinner for about 200 retail merchants and 2000 admission tickets were issued to promote the Made-in-San Antonio exhibit opening Monday at 117 Main Avenue. The event showcased local products and touted cooperation between retailers and manufacturers to boost home goods.
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San Antonio
Albert Kronkosky
W. B. Tuttle
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Tuttle
America
J. F. Carter
Retail Merchants’ Association
Nic Peters
W. J. Edgecombe
State Retail Merchants’ Association
John B., Carrington
Ben M. Hammond
T. M. Dechman
W. M. Morgan
R. T. Pruitt
R. H. Wester
E. G. Lesturgeon
Charles Graebner
M. B. Pletz
Rear Admiral Willetts Retired After 40 Years of Service
Rear Admiral Talbert B. Willetts, U. S. N., placed on the retired list yesterday due to age. Born in Pennsylvania in 1851, he entered the Naval Academy from that state in 1872 and has served more than four decades, including seventeen years at sea.
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Washington, D. C
Talbert B. Willetts
Navy
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
Former French Minister Dead at 69
Paris report states Alfred Maurice Picard former minister of Marine and member of the Academy of Science died today at the age of 69.
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Paris
Alfred Maurice Picard
Marine
Academy of Science
Barrett Not Worried Over Job Security at Pan American Union
John Barrett, director general of the Pan American Union, is not worried about his tenure. The position is set by the votes of 21 republics, including the United States, giving Barrett protection from administration changes. He can afford to ignore critics who envy his post.
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Washington, D. C
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Barrett
United States
Post D to Elect New Officers at Menger Hotel
Travelers' Protective Association Post D will elect new officers at a Sunday 9 o'clock meeting at the Menger Hotel. President Harry Holt calls all members to attend. A minstrel show rehearsal follows the business session, with chorus rehearsals held last night and another planned tonight in Beethoven hall upstairs room.
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Post D
Travelers’ Protective Association
Menger Hotel
Harry Holt
Beethoven Hall
Fourth Ward Improvement Club Meeting Postponed
Muddy street conditions forced the postponement of the Fourth Ward Improvement Club meeting planned for Scholz Hall at Romana and North Flores streets. The group will reschedule for next week and discuss widening North Flores street.
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Fourth Ward Improvement Club
Scholz Hall
Romana
North Flores Streets
North Flores Street
Cuba Opposes Annexation of Isle of Pines
Cuban press condemns agitation for annexation to the United States of the Isle of Pines. Public opinion in Cuba stands against annexation, with support for retaining the isle as part of the republic as under Spanish rule.
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Cuba
Havana
United States
Isle of Pines
Washington
Isle
Republic
Syrup of Figs As Gentle Laxative for Children
Old fashioned physic is rejected in favor of Syrup of Figs for children and adults. The label promises gentle cleansing of the bowels without griping, and warns to ask for the genuine full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California
Breach in the Senate Feared by Democrats
Washington March 8 The break in Senate Democratic ranks over Clarke versus Bacon for pro tem intensified party faction tensions as caucus resumes. A secretary and minor appointments were to be chosen. A special committee had yet to complete committee assignments while leadership aimed to reorganize. Hoke Smiths threatened resignation from the steering committee was still discussed indicating possible further breaches.
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Georgia
Hoke Smith
Bacon
Senate
Washington, D. C
Clarke
One Day Cold Cure by Bromo Quinine DAX
Ad claims a single dose of Bromo Quinine DAX gives complete cure for a cold in one day and grip in two days. It highlights E. W. Grove signature and an price of 26 cents. The ad presents a direct medicinal claim and dosage emphasis.
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E. W. Grove
Islands Added To Zone Panama Pearl Islands Study
An official survey reports Tortola and Tortolita islands lie within the Panama Canal Zone three mile limit. The islands hold pearl fisheries and the US begins a large wireless plant at the canal entrance. February set records with 108 ships and 6236 visitors, boosting small coins shortage.
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Pacific
Tortola
Tortolita
Panama Canal Zone
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Canal
Aransas Pass appropriation gains official approval and harbor plans
A telegram from John Garner confirms the River and Harbor bill carries full appropriations for Aransas with 500,000 dollars for the Port of Aransas and 80,000 dollars for the Corpus Christi Channel. Burton and Danforth led the push, promising Harbor City improvements benefiting the nearby region. A stock pitch for Harbor City Terminal Corp promotes lots in Harbor City and Ingleside at 100 dollars per share with monthly payments.
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John Garner
Aransas Pass
Engineers
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Aransas
Corpus Christi Channel
Harbor City
Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Texas
John M. Garner
French exhibitors demand protection at Panama-Pacific
Paris March 8 Some doubt exists on French participation in the Panama Pacific exposition President Poincare met Senator Emile Dupont and others He quotes Dupont saying French firms wish to exhibit but require protection for trade marks designs and models from copying American law offers no guarantee The French government shows no intent to modify law Dupont cannot organize France's exhibit without such guarantees Poincare hopes for a satisfactory arrangement but backs Dupont's position
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Paris
Poincare
Emile Dupont
San Francisco
Dupont
France
Foreign Exposition Association
Plan campaign for YWCA membership drive in San Antonio
Miss Mabel Kk Stafford, state secretary of the YWCA, arrived in San Antonio to discuss a large membership campaign with the board of directors. The Business Woman's Club meeting heard talks by Harvey L Page and Miss Cornelia Notz as ten new members were reported, bringing total to 130.
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Mabel Kk. Stafford
Young Woman's Christian Association
San Antonio
Business Woman's Club
Association
Harvey L. Page
Cornelia Notz
Carnegie
Elizabeth Hardie
Travelers’ Aid
Page
Miss Notz
Chelsea House
New York City
Miss Stafford
Houston
Business Woman's Club of
el Paso
EB. D. Love
Eighteen States Endorse Direct Election of Senators
Washington report notes 18 states have endorsed the constitutional amendment for direct senatorial elections. States listed include Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Oregon, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Vermont. Vermont’s ratification was not promptly recorded, delaying final tally as many legislatures meet biennially. achieving the three fourths vote seems unlikely this calendar year.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Arizona
North Carolina
Oregon
Mississippi
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Texas
Montana
Illinois
Maine
Nevada
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Vermont
State Department
Secretary of State
Tenders Added to Fleet to Operate Independently
The Navy Department directed tenders be assigned to each Atlantic fleet flotilla to enable torpedo boats destroyers and submarines to operate without a land base. A command change accompanies the plan with Capt William Sims taking over from Capt Edward W Everie as he moves to shore duty.
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Washington, D. C
Mareh
Atlantic Fleet
Navy Department
Williams. Sims
Naval War College
Newport, R. L
Edward W. Everie
Boy with Two Year Neck Injury Discovered
Oliver Roberts an 18 year old from North Adams Mass learned after an X ray that he may have lived with a broken neck for two years. A physician found the sixth vertebra dislocated or fractured and the first rib drawn up on the right side causing a lump at the neck base. The case may be reviewed by a specialist.
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North Adams
Mass
Oliver Roberts
Friedmann Wins Lifelong Hospital Access In New York
The People's Hospital on the East Side grants Dr. Friedrich Friedmann of Berlin the right to treat patients for life after his first tuberculosis serum trials in the United States. He may treat up to about a hundred patients, with plans possibly expanding after a Montreal trip. The piece also touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a life guard against colds influenza and pneumonia.
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New York
Peoples’ Hospital
Frederich Friedmann
Berlin
Friedmann
Montreal
Court Allows Washington Barbers to Work on Sundays
A police court in Washington, D C, voided the 1869 blue law prohibiting Sunday barbering. The decision frees local barbers as it rules regulations of the old corporation were superseded by the current government. The case involved a barber prosecuted for Sunday shop opening.
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Washington, D. C
National Capital
Old Corporation of
Texan Injured at Princeton in High Dive Contest
Berry Brazelton of Waco 21, son of lumberman W. W. Brazelton, was dangerously hurt in Princeton New Jersey while practicing a high dive used to defeat Columbia University in an inter collegiate contest. His parents hurried to Princeton as he lay under Princeton doctors care.
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Waco
Tex
Berry Brazelton
W. W. Brazelton
N. J
Columbia University
Sons Act as Pallbearers in Hoboken Funeral
Mrs. John J. McCarty, 58, widow of a former councilman, was mourned as six of her seven sons served as pallbearers at her unusual funeral in Hoboken. Dennis McCarty read the services at the grave. she also leaves two daughters. Eva Coolidge, newly titled president of the Coolidge-McClaine Bank of Silverton Oregon, becomes a woman holding a position never before seen there.
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Hoboken
N. J
John J. McCarty
Dennis McCarty
Coolidge-McClaine Bank
Silverton, Ore
Eva Coolidge
Oregon
Wireless experiments scheduled next week
Washington March 8 four French naval officers and a Sorbonne professor arrive in Washington to coordinate a radio signal exchange with Paris between the Eiffel Tower and Arlington Va. to determine longitude differences. The plan, proposed by the U S Naval Observatory, aims to aid hydrographic and military surveys across the Atlantic Gulf Caribbean and Pacific regions. The French government accepts eagerly as leaders in shore station signal exchange methods.
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Washington
Sorbonne
Paris
Great
Eiffel Tower
Navy
Arlington
Naval Observatory
Gulf of Mexico
Carribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
British Parliament in brief prorogation amid forecasts of renewed clashes
London March 8 The British Parliament was prorogued for a short recess and will reconvene March 10 The king’s speech was the briefest on such an occasion with regret over a nominal release from labor The session was marked by daily confrontations between the two benches Unionists seek to oust the government over Irish and Welsh bills and will vote in divisions Hood’s Sarsaparilla is advertised as health aid urging readers to start now for better blood and nerves.
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London
Army Bill Boosts German Forces by 168000 Men
Berlin reporting that Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg met Reichstag leaders to discuss the army bill with socialists excluded. Socialist papers claim an 168000 man increase to 806000, excluding officers, and a single levy of 250 million dollars to fund a permanent 50 million budget rise. The funds would come mainly from a general property tax and a higher tax on large incomes.
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Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Papes Diapepsin Claims Fast Stomach Relief
A classic advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for dyspepsia and indigestion. It promises five minute action, no sour belching, and a stabilized stomach enabling enjoyment of foods, with a fifty cent large case available at drugstores.
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Pape
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