New Company Formed To Win Panama Canal Deal
Officials report Germany seeks to oust the United States from the central Panama Canal by backing a private syndicate to buy the Panama Canal Company when the U S option expires. The March 4 deadline looms as Colombia may delay treaty action, risking foreign control. Congressional action and Monroe Doctrine concerns are raised.
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Scripps-McRae Press-Assn
Washington
Germany
United States
Panama Canal
Europe
Panama Canal Company
Colombia
Panama
Congress
Congress of the
Coal dealers sue for damages amid fuel supply crisis
A Chicago report notes coal dealers plan lawsuits against mine owners and railroads controlling wholesale fuel. The piece cites a laborer freezing to death while seeking warmth from a steam pipe and many families pleading with police for fuel as a cold wave grips the city and wages fail to cover food and heat.
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Scripp-McRae Press Assn
Chicago
Jan
Missionary Society to Meet at 2 Tomorrow
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church will hold a meeting at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. A. C. Zehner will address the gathering.
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Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
A. C. Zehner
Dr Mason Lectured on Napoleon at Waterloo
A large audience gathered at George R. Smith College last night to hear Dr Mason speak on Napoleon at Waterloo. The lecture explored key events and figures shaping the famous battle and its aftermath.
Anthracite Strike Hearing Reports Violence Against Nonstrikers
Witnesses testifying today before the strike commission described violence by union men toward nonstrikers. Mrs. Millie Stevenson said her husband, a Brookside Colliery breaker boss, was attacked and knocked down after the couple faced stoning. Mrs. Robbinson claimed strikers surrounded her home, stoned it, and identified James Lewis, president of the Tower City Miners' Union, as ringleader.
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Scripps
McRae Press Assn
Philadelphia
Antharcite Strike Commission
Millie Stevenson
Brookside
Robert Robbinson
James Lewis
Tower City Miners’ Union
Republicans Set Kernel as Candidate for U S Senator
The Republican party leaders announced their chosen candidate for the United States Senate, naming Kernel as the party's official nominee. Party officials stated unity behind the selection and plans for a coordinated campaign.
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Kernel
United States
Grand American Handicap set for April 14 in Kansas City
Elmer Shanner, secretary of the Inter-State Shooting association, announced the grand American Handicap will be held at animate targets in Kansas City on April 14. The article also lists Senate caucus nominees and officials, and notes the Jefferson City Tribune was selected as the official Senate publication.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Kansas City
Elmer Shanner
Inter-State Shooting Association
Jefferson City Tribune
The
Senate
Jefferson City
Thomas L. Rubey
Cornelius Roach
Rubey
Farris
Kerens
Louis P. Aloe
Henry C. Grenner
Erastus Livingstone Morse
John B. Owen
Charley Smith
FE. Gideon
Hunter Jr. Acquitted in Guatemala Murder Case
A private telegram reports Godfrey Hunter Jr., son of the United States Minister, has been acquitted in Guatemala of murdering William Fitzgerald, a crime committed some time ago.
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Louisville
Godfrey Hunter, Jr
United States
Guatemala
William Fitzgerald
Bank of Commerce Safe Burglary in Louisville
Burglars broke into the Bank of Commerce in Louisville Nebraska last night and stole 4200 dollars. Police have no clue to the thieves or their whereabouts.
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Louisville
Neb
Bank of Commerce
Death penalty record in Utah shows stays and missing files
In Salt Lake City the records for King and Lynch sentenced to be shot on February 20 for murder have disappeared except for a probable cause certificate for an appeal. This stay could free them if records remain unfound, as Utah has had over seventy death verdicts since statehood yet none carried out.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Salt Lake City
Utah
King
Repudiates The Child Repudiates The Child
New York reports Dr John McLeod Martin a Boston physician has begun seeking removal of a birth entry from the Bureau of Vital Statistics arguing the baby is not his nor his wife's. He claims a conspiracy by his wife and others to pass off a bogus child. No divorce actions filed.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
New York
John McLeod Martin
Boston
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Dodson Wreck Inquest Finds Rail Company At Fault
An inquest in Kansas City determined responsibility for Tom Norton's death from a December 26 head on collision on the Missouri Pacific near Dodson. The verdict found engineer H. K. Hill of train No 79 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company responsible.
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Kansas City
Tom Norton
Missouri Pacific
Dodson
Kas
H. K. Hill
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
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