President Wilson pleads repeal of Panama tolls clause
President Wilson urged congress to repeal the Panama tolls exemption for American coastal shipping, arguing it violates the Hay-Paunceforte treaty and fits administration foreign policy. Opposition expected in Senate and House. key action by the Interoceanic Canals Committee to draft bills. Senator Chilton proposed authorizing the president to abolish tolls by proclamation, shifting the decision to the executive. Some rhetoric drew comment in congressional circles as signaling broader foreign relations sensitivities.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
Senate
House
Interstate and Foreign Affairs Commission
Tt War
Chilton
Inter-oceanic Canals Committee
Panama
Ex Senator Massey Dies on Business Trip in Nevada
Former U S Senator W A Massey of Reno died Thursday en route to Susanville California from heart trouble. Massey served Nevada as senator from 1912 to January 29 1913 and earlier as Nevada Supreme Court justice. He was a Republican candidate in 1912 who was defeated by eighty six votes. He led the Nevada bar and resigned from the bench in 1902 to practice law.
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Reno
Nev
United States
W. A. Massey
Susanville
Cal
Nevada
Oddie
George 8. Nixon
Republican Party
Supreme Court of Nevada
Attorney trio faces murder appeal in defunct bank case
Little Vailey WoWurriek and Cub Vine represent Mra Cyathie Bar fom, convicted of murdering her husband to avoid the loan payout next month. Charges against ex banker Chiadebe Wo Worthington, head of the defunct Maorivan Banking Association, arise amid irregularities, with another status update reported Thursday.
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WoWurriek
Cub Vine
Mra Cyathie Bar Fom
Hac Med & Bation of
Chiadebe
Worthington
Sbis Bus Bow
Colorado Court Denies Writ to Mother Jones
Trinidad Colo A district court renders a verbal decision denying the habeas corpus writ for Mary Jones the strike leader known as Mother Jones. Judge A W McHendrie remands her to custody under military guard with General John Chase overseeing. The ruling upholds military arrest powers under Governor Ammons who labeled her dangerous and likely to incite riot. Attorney F W Clark granted 60 days to prepare a bill of exception for the supreme court.
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Colo
Mother” Jones
District Court
A. W. McHendrie
Mary Jones
San Rafael Hospital
John Chase
F. W. Clark
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Goveror Ammons
Chase
Works and Sluman clash over Democratic rule in Senate
Washington report details a partisan Senate debate on Democratic rule and the woman suffrage amendment. Senator Works assailed the administration, calling the era a dark page in history, while Senator Sluman defended the party’s record and fiscal policy. Works warned intervention in Mexico should aim to aid Mexican stability, not conquest, as the chamber weighed foreign policy and reform.
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Senate
Works
Slumans
Mexico
Republc
Food Prices Rise to Twenty-Four Year High in U S
News brief notes higher food costs in the United States with November 15 as a peak point. The Labor Department reports price trends for staple items, while consumer impact and regional differences are implied across major cities.
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Wienmaton
Department of Labor
Guverny Muchte
Toet Lim
Cumry
Moore Quits the Tate Department
Washington John Bassett Moore counselor of the state department and a leading figure in Wilson's administration resigns after months of discussion His departure comes as international affairs dominate public focus Moore had agreed to a provisional tenure of one year with plans to return to teaching at Columbia University The resignation effective Wednesday was announced publicly in Wednesday night correspondence
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Washington
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Interna
Wilson
Moore
Aryan
Department of International Law
Calumbin University
John Bassett Moore Resignation Reported
John Bassett Moore is reported to have submitted his resignation from his post, with officials noting the move amid ongoing administrative changes. Details on effective date and successor are not provided in available text.
Clubbed Wits to Death in Montana Prospecting Row
A violence filled incident in Gileenville ends with a throat cut. Joe Giennon, a Lime prospector known in Maby and Mintana, was killed by an unidentified assailant. Washington reports George W. Vander Of, noted philanthropist and sportsman, died Friday after heart failure during an operation.
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Washington
George W. Vander
Abul Titi Enalee
Philanthrotat
Ded Sporteman
Titoreutiousl
Cigaret
Ekaterinosiay
Rusela
Pasing
San Francisco
Chicago
National Vocational Art @ lindustrial federation
San Francinco
PanamePac
E Xposition Kwan
Missouri Athletic Club fire claims seven dead
A devastating blaze at the Missouri Athletic Club destroyed the seven story building early Monday. Seven bodies recovered. about 135 members were inside with around 100 others unaccounted for. People fled through collapsing floors and leapt to roofs of adjacent structures to escape the flames. One survivor, Theodore Levy of Jackson Tennessee, narrowly escaped death after his hands burned while clinging to a window sill before rescue. Authorities believe the origin was the third floor dining room or possibly safe blows, with explosions heard near the Bratmen's Bank.
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Missouri Athletic Club
Sevenatory Ateneture
Soatmenk
Riina
Bratmen's Bank
Theodore Lavy
Jackson, Tenn
Levy
Hrung
Vergara Body Recovered Amid Torture Details Emerged
The mutilated body of Clemente Vergara was secretly moved from Hidalgo to the American side of the Rio Grande. He was shot twice in the head and once in the neck, with a crushed skull and charred fingers indicating torture before death. A mysterious group carried the body across at dawn, leaving no trace of identity. Other notes mention a treasury loan debate, a radium ore find, a deadly mine explosion, and regional political obituaries and events.
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Laredo
Ter
Clemente Vergara
Tan
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Hidalgo
Mex
Vergara
Kia Akull
Wickersham Praises Sherman Law's Effective Results
New York lawyer George W. Wickersham argued to the Nawan County Her nesociation that the division of Standard Oil and tobacco companies under the Sherman law has proven effective. He said dissolution remained real as courts forbade reassembly and warned against overestimating quick antitrust results.
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New York
George W. Wickerham
United States
Nawan County
Standard Oil and Tobacco Companies
Wickersham
Standard Oil and Tobacco Companion
Rescue of Charlemagne Tower Jr Crew Off Jersey Coast
The captain and sixteen crew members of the American steamer Charlemagne Tower Jr were rescued from their drifting longboat after the vessel foundered off the Jersey coast. They were picked up by the mercant Bayport and brought to Newport News, suffering extreme exposure with four near death.
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Charlemagne Tower, Jr
Jersey
Bayport
Newport News
Foor
Tower
Sebree Praises Warship Utah at Bonneville Club Dinner
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree praised the battleship Utah as among the greatest fighting ships and argued for an adequate American navy during the Bonneville club dinner at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. He noted Utah’s silver service and stressed naval strength before about 200 attendees.
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Utah
Nmvy
Slark Denounces Professor in Washington House Speech
Washington reports Speaker Clark denounces an address by Chas Zurblin of Wilchester Mass former sociology professor at the University of Chicago amid debate over votes on the Mulhall lobby report. Democrats Republicans and others cheered after the speech. Also noted are a Calgary arrest and pursuit in Denver, an Englishman driven from a Chihuahua ranch, an art dealer's death in New York, and talks between Secretary Bryan and Sir Cecil Sprin g-Rice on the peace treaty. Open air cure for prison evils mentioned in New York conference reports.
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Roetrum
Chas Zurblin
Wilchester Mass
University of Chicago
Mulhall
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spring-Rice
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Lyndan
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Wild notes from Northwest harboring plots and arrests
Multiple small items from the Northwest include George Baker driven out by a vigilance committee, and a girl from Pra Cal to Love Luck Nev arrested for immoral purposes. Nevada land figures, a guardianship sale, Salmon Day in Salt Lake, Leavenworth transfer, drowning near Seattle, and tax exemptions for a fraternal org. Montana aims for strong Panama exposition, and notable deaths and trials across Wyoming and Utah.
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Ore
Dever
Pra Cal
Balt Lake
Wyoming
Washington
Nevada
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Albert Becl
David Becl
Ogden
Ealt Lake ‘Transportation Club
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Ely
Nev
Salt Lake
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
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Clifford Schroeder
Seattle
Carl Johnson
Supreme Court of Utah
Hugh J. Kelly
Knights of Vmaccubels
Spry
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Richard Cavill
Golden Gate
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Dot A. Janet
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Copper King
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