Ship subsidy bill passes Senate by eleven vote margin
Senate final passage on the ship subsidies bill ends 2 to 1 after a day of amendments. Republicans Allison Dolliver Spooner Quarles Proctor and Dillingham opposed. McLaurin of South Carolina supported. Amendments limited contract life to July 1 1920 and subsidies capped at 5 million annually. several other changes were approved but not seen as altering the bill materially.
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Washington
Senate
Allison and Dolliver
Lowa
Spooner and Quarles
Wisconsin
Proctor and Dillingham
Vermont
McLaurin
South Carolina
Friends
Allison
Frye
Commercce Committee
Mr. West
Missouri
Patterson
Colorado
Pettus
Alabama
Spooner
Congress
Hanna
Ohio
J. Merpont Morgan
Leyland Line
United States
Atlantic
Mexican Gulf
Pacific
Ufe
Postoffice Department
North America
Secretary of the Treasury
Ship subsidy and canal debates dominate Senate actions
The Senate debated ship-subsidy provisions funding American seamen and vessel compensation, with terms linking U S naval use and domestic employment. Discussion on interoceanic canal plans continued as bills passed on railroad bridge, land acknowledgments, and historical manuscript funding. Senate members criticized costs and global trade shifts while planning regulations for the act.
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Washington
Senate
Darien
Interoceanic Canals Commission
Pittsburg & Mansfield Railroad Company
Monongahela River
Central Arizona Railway Company
San Francisco Mountain Forest Reserve
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
District of Columbia
United States
Francis B. Heitman
Historical Register
United States Army
Hale
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Southern
Mississippi River
Frye
England
Great Britain
Hannah
Evans to retire as Pension Commissioner in coming months
Washington March 17 There is clear expectancy that Pension Commissioner Evans will sever his connection with the Pension Bureau within months to accept a substantial promotion from the President. No successor is chosen and no action will be taken until a man of Evans high character is found and the new post is satisfactory to all.
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Washington
Evans
Pension Bureau
Disputed recount vote ends with tied result at election board
The election board debated recounts amid charges and legal disagreement. Dr Brayton urged court remedy while others warned against unfocused accusations. Chairman Hawkins cast the deciding vote against a recount as eight for and eight against. The panel later corrected vote tallies and noted a precedent.
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Hawkins
Hugg
Dr. Brayton
Albert Middleton
Eighth Ward
Brayton
Pearson Mendenhall
Ridpath
George Lancaster
Mr. Ketcham
James FE. Twiname
Ketcham
Elliott
Henry W. Bennett
John L. Ketcham
James T. Layman
W. 8. Johnson
Byron Dawson
James
Mr. Moore
William F. Davis
Davis
Hare
Willis R. Miner
Benjamin A. Richardson
Monomoy Station Lifesavers Die in Cape Cod Storm
Seven life savers from Monomoy station lose their lives off Cape Cod while attempting to rescue five marooned men from the barge Wadena. Among the dead are Marshall N. Eldredge and William H. Mack. five from the Wadena perished as the wreckers battled brutal tide rips and a gale.
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Chatham
Mass
Monomoy Station
Cape Cod
Wadena
Lemuel Ellis
Elmer Mayo
John C. Fitzpatrick
William H. Mack
Cleveland
Boutelle Towing and Transportation Company
Marshall N. Eldredge
Harwich
South Chatham
Edgar Small
Elijah Kendrick
Osborne Chase
Arthur Rogers
North Harwich
Isaac Thomas Foye
Valentine Nickerson
Christian Olsen
Boston
Robert Molanux
Peter ©. Smith
Walter A. Zevend
Cottage City
Manuel Enos
Monomoy Point
Nantucket Sound
John ©. Fitzpatrick
Vineyard Haven
Peter C. Smith
Mr. Mack
Smith
Hyannis
Eldredge
Witness says anonymous note may expose killer in Fife murder trial
In Savannah Missouri March 17 attorney James W. Boyd reports an anonymous letter naming a key witness who could reveal who killed Frank Richardson. The note hints the case hinges on that testimony, while the trial of Stewart Fife resumes with defense witnesses and testimony about Fife’s address secrecy and credibility of state witness A. Morris. Mrs Richardson faces cross examination amid courtroom disruptions.
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Savannah
James W. Boyd
Stewart Fife
Frank Richardson
Boyd
Richardson
Fife
Washington
A. Morris
Boehrer
Plattsburg
Toledo Metal Wheel Plant Collapse near Lake Shore tracks
A Toledo Metal Wheel Company facility housing about eight hundred workers collapsed as a west bound passenger train passed by, narrowly missing the rear coach. Officials say ongoing train traffic may have contributed to the failure, with potential for many lives lost if timing differed.
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Toledo
Toledo Metal Wheel Company
Lake Shore
Survivor Rescued After Treacherous Sea Rescue Scene
Three of the thirteen men perished before a lifeboat rescue. Ellis clung to a rope thrown by Captain Mayo and was hauled aboard. Mayo, a skilled surfman, guided the craft to safety and landed the sole survivor.
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Ellis
Captain Mayo
Halifax Dispatch Confirms Virginian Steamer Not Huronian
A St John dispatch reported a steamer entering Halifax port thought to be Huronian. The vessel proved to be the Virginian, leaving Halifax without confirming the Huronian’s fate.
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Halifax
N. B
St. John
Miss Stone Sends Postcard From Salonica
A Boston report notes Ellen M. Stone the Bulgarian mission missionary writes from Salonica on Feb 28 to her mother expressing happiness at freedom. She mentions Mrs Tsilka Baby Blenchine and relief at being free and good health aside from a knee strain. The Rev F B Haskell sends a March 1 postcard confirming ransomed captives are well and adds that four British ships have arrived aiding missionary work.
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Boston
Ellen M. Stone
Bulgaria
Salonica
F. B. Haskell
Miss Stone
Bravery of the Boers and British in South Africa
Pretoria dispatch describes Boer advance spotted three miles off and praised for gallantry as British infantry steadiness holds. Methuen rides to guns encouraging troops while Boer marksmen target him. Surrender becomes only option at heavily shelled kraal. Parallel notes: Cape horse shortages and London orders Kitchener to curb horse use. March shipments of horses to New York for South Africa and use by British army. older horses sold for food due to beef scarcity.
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London
General Methuen
Pretoria
Standard
Lord Kitchener
Paris
Methuen
Celliers
Kraal
Daily Mail
South Africa
Cape
War Office
Allegan
Mich
New York
Brayton Petition Recount Refused by Canvassing Board
Brayton filed a petition asking the county canvassing board to recount votes from certain precincts but the board refused to order any recount. The action centers on disputed precincts and challenges to the original tally.
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County Canvassing Board
Canvass Clears Minor Change in County Results
Marion county primary canvass after Friday’s elections noted a small adjustment in figures submitted by the chairman. A recount request from Dr. A. W. Brayton for coroner precincts in the Sixth ward and Fifth ward was debated, with the board ultimately not granting a recount as it is not a judicial body.
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Board of
Elliott
A. W. Brayton
Brayton
Harry D. Tutewiler
Marion County
Martin Hugg
Tutewiler
John W. Bowlus
John L. Ketcham
Board of Election Commissioners
Hawkins
City Not Liable After Tetanus Deaths ruling
Circuit Judge Fisher ruled that St. Louis is not liable for damages from the tetanus deaths of thirteen children after antitoxin from the Board of Health. He held the city acted for the state, which cannot be liable for its agents, thus shielded from responsibility.
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ST. Louis
Fisher
Board of Health
Missouri
Judge Gross in critical condition after relapse
Springfield report says Judge William L. Gross, grand swordbearer of Illinois Grand Commandery, who had nasal hemorrhages for ten days, suffered a relapse today and remains in critical condition.
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Springfield
William L. Gross
Grand Commandery of
Illinois
General Funston to lead Department of the Colorado
Washington March 17 Maj Gen E S Otis retires and vacates the Lakes Chicago and Dakota St Paul commands. Maj Gen Arthur MacArthur will move from Denver to Chicago, Brig Gen Frederick Funston will take command of the Department of Colorado, Brig Gen W A Robbe to command Dakota. Funston dined with President Roosevelt. Capt Benjamin F Tilley reassigned to Mare Island yard, relieving Capt C H Rockwell.
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Washington
Otis
Department of Dakota
Funston
Roosevelt
White House
Benjamin F. Tilley
Tutuila
Samoa
Mare Island
California
C. H. Rockwell
Blackmailer Killed in Justifiable Self Defense at Tillie
Beatrice Nebraska March 17 Willard Smith twenty sought to blackmail a Tillie merchant. He was shot and killed by one of four men in an ambush when resisting capture. A coroner's jury ruled the killing justifiable. East Liverpool Ohio March 17 Colonel John N Taylor received an anonymous letter threatening death within 24 hours unless 50 percent was paid. Pittsburg detectives suspect the same author as in the Peacock children kidnapping case.
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Beatrice
Neb
Willard Smith
Tillie
East Liverpool
John N. Taylor
Pittsburg
Taylor
Peacock
Hopes of Canadians in wireless link to Britain
Ottawa reports a satisfactory agreement between the Dominion government and William Marconi for a wireless telegraph station at Cape Breton. The contract will be signed in days and Marconi will select the site tomorrow. Wire communications are expected to connect the Dominion and Great Britain by early June.
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Ottawa
William Marcon
Cape Breton
Marconi
Dominion
Great Britain
Firefight at Falcon Market Leaves Two Officers Wounded
Captain Martin Hyland and Merchant-Policeman Benjamin Bell confronted an armed burglar at the Falcon Market early today. Hyland was wounded in the right side by a grazing bullet. Bell suffered a severe scalp wound near the forehead as the thief opened fire and attempted escape, with the assailant likely aiming at Hyland as well.
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Martin Hyland
Benjamin A. Bell
Hyland
Mr. Bell
Uke
Virginia Avenue
Maryland Street
General Gordon Falls at Grand Central Hotel in Seguin
Seguin Texas March 17 General J B Gordon suffered a severe ankle sprain after a fall in front of the Grand Central Hotel. He finished the engagement and proceeded to deliver the lecture on the Last Days of the?
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MR. Evans
Bureau
Dr. Drayton
Walter Nicoles
William Nicoles
Albert Nicoles
Mr. Tutewiler
Epi
Jdbone , Beaurieun PE
W. H. Mack
MINER
W. L. Gross
Gen. Funston
Department OF the Colorado
MacArthur
Denver
Chicago
Tilley
Merchant
Bell
Nelson Street
Cap
Tain Hyland
Hitneis Street
Fulton
F. ©. Winchester
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Arthur Jordan
Lyland
Xempt Beard
Ful
Jamin A. Bell
Lucch Smith's
Captain Hyland
Gen
J. B. Gordon
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