Taft Panama Canal and Senate Hearings Highlight Session
Washington notes report clashes over Panama canal purchase and secret service reports. Congressman Burton rebukes Rainey after his reply to Lovering. La Follette and Penrose clash over committee control. Knox confirmation in house resolved. Navy bill of 136 million dollars passes senate. Roosevelt backs lock-type canal in message with Taft engineers.
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Ohio
Rainey
Nols
Lovering
Hemenway
Secret Service
Corporations
Smith
American Tobacco Company
House
Knox
Taft
Senate
la Follette
Penrose
United States Navy
la Folette
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama
Notable world and political figures in brief notes
Former President Castro in Dresden plans to return to Venezuela as a private citizen. Sylvia Green, Hetty Green’s daughter, wed Mathew Astor Wilks, a millionaire. Elihu Root departs Hot Springs for Albany to address the legislature then Washington for the inaugural. Taft arrives in Philadelphia to consult with Hitchcock on a complete cabinet. Bulgaria’s emperor visits St Petersburg and is hosted by the czar. Taft is humorously initiated into Cincinnati’s Knocker’s club. Nichols of Scranton resigns as president of UMWA District 1 for health reasons. Roosevelt advocates global cooperation in resources. Mrs. William J. Lemp awarded divorce and $6000 yearly alimony. W W Ramsey, former head of the German National Bank of Pittsburgh, found guilty in graft exposures. Senator Smith blocks Canadian waterways treaty ratification, citing his state’s stake.
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Dresden
Venezuela
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
America
Mathew Astor Wilks
Elihu Root
Hot Springs
Albany
Washington
Taft
Philadelphia
Frank H. Hitchcock
Bulgaria
St. Petersburg
Russia
Knocker’s” Club
Cincinnati
Thomas D. Nichols
Scranton
United Mine Workers of Almerica
Roosevelt
William J. Lemp
St. Louis
W. W. Ramsey
German National Bank of
Pittsburg
Smith
Michigan
Rock Island duel and train crash dominate news reel
General news items report a street duel in Rock Island between editors Wilmerton and Looney, seven deaths in a Pennsylvania Railroad collision at Delmar, cholera toll reaching ten thousand in St Petersborg, British boxer Johnny Summers defeats Jimmy Britt in London, Napoleon’s death mask returned to New Orleans after 40 years, Japan’s ambassador to England says no war desire, and other brief items including a Mount Gilead church controversy and Milwaukee promoter Leon Wachsner’s death on a train.
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W. W. Wilmerton
I'ri- City Journal
John Looney
The
News
Rock Island
Ill
Pennsylvania
Delmar
Del
St. Petersborg
Jimmy Britt
California
Johnny Summers
England
London
Napoleon
W. G. Raoul
Atlanta
New Orleans
Raoul
Fakakira Kato
Japan
United States
Mount Gllead
Hig
Leon Wachsner
Milwaukee
Riots in South Omaha after police killing. deaths and injuries
Riotous violence across South Omaha followed the murder of a policeman by a Greek man, with buildings burned and many people injured. Diplomatic strains loom as attacks on Greeks draw U.S. concern while other national events include Washington's birthday observances and notable crimes and political notes.
Iowa House Debates Commission Form Bill and Other Measures
Des Moines lawmakers clash as 42 vote for Hackler bill to allow first and second class cities to adopt a commission form of government while 65 oppose. The session features bills on medicine peddlers licenses, wolves bounty, white slave traffic, and uniforms for public servants, with debates and rapid committee referrals.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Hackler
Marston
Miller of Bremer
Mackler
House’ of Representatives
Bo Scott
Koontz
Iowa County
Saunders
Chicago
Springfield
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Red Light
Roe
Illinois
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Florida
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Shipbuilding Company
Gamden
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Delaware
William Crist
John Teean
Crist
Jefferson, Mont
International Conference of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Ilinois Central Railroad
Amite
Mra
Charles M. Johnston
Ottumwa
Africa
Europe
Stewart Douglas Robinson
Harvard
Frances Richard
Detroit
James Allen
Willy Stewart
Cape Girardeau
Robert Burman
Burman
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Indianapolis
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Finan
Tower
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Servia
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Abe Attell
New York
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Vladimir
Oklahoma
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Iowa News
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Waukon
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Blizzard
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Arthur Edmunds
Fred P. Pavey
Iowa Central
Oskaloosa
Katharine Leopold
Webster City
Edmund Heller
Henry M. Hyde
Dubuque
Technical World Magazine
Gertrude Cross
Boone
Salix
McConlogue
Mason City
Ernest Bitbrant
Lane
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la Porte City
John Shippy
Owatona
Michael Beacher
Sisters of Mercy of
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Beadie
Mercy Hospital
Macey Hunley
Monroe County
Albin
Hunley
Buxton
Bernice Watkins
Bernie Watkins
Spirit Lake
Red Men
John Tee
Tico
Kendall
A. J. Allen
Independence
DPLP
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Dubuane
John Heisler
Parkersburg
North Grundy County
Eugene Vader
Wabash Railroad
Missouri
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Woodbury County
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State Board of Health
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Otis Haven
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Joe
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Arquette
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Hills
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Cornhusker
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John Buchanan
Newton
Georges R. Hough
Union Station
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Knights ‘Emplor
Masonic Fraternity
Conductor Hough
New York & Hartford
Wabash
H. G. Williams
Great “Western
Bloux
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Fulham II
Committee On Pharmacy
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Henry County
Whipple
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Allison
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