Old Mexican Intervention Treaty Revealed
Publication of a 1860 United States Mexico treaty draft shows a proposed right of US intervention to protect citizens and treaty rights, with Article V outlining when force could be used and withdrawn, and warnings by McLane that non ratification could spark Mexican anarchy and broader conflicts. The document, sealed since 1860, was printed for Senate members to review.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Ument
Government Printing Office
Vera Cruz
Robert M. McLane
M. Ocampo
Buchanan
Republic of Mexico
McLane
Lewis Cass
Wharf to be built by Tuscaloosa citizens
Tuscaloosa officials and locals formed an engineer committee to study a river wharf project. Estimates for construction range from 7 000 to 60 000 dollars, aiming to improve unloading and transport of cargo to the river hill via barge lines. Bonds may be issued to cover the cost.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Board of Trade
Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company
Man Murders Cuban Factory Owner on Lon-Pk Avenue
Associated Press reports Mrs. Mabel Garcia a well to do Cuban cigar factory owner was shot and killed on Lon-Pk avenue yesterday. The incident marks a violent personal crisis and ongoing investigation by authorities.
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Associated Press
New York
Mabel Garcia
Lon - Pk Avenue
Kipling In Wretched Health
A brief notice reports the health decline of a noted writer associated with Kipling marked by illness and public concern. The item notes concerns over his wellbeing and curiosity about recovery, referencing health struggles without graphic detail.
Kipling Exiled Again From England for Nervous Illness
Rudyard Kipling, famed novelist and poet, is practically exiled from England by his doctors. After returning from Switzerland, he was sent to Vernets les Bains in the Eastern Pyrennes for a nervous disorder. He had a similar cure three years ago at the same spa.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
England
Switzerland
Vernets-les-Bains
Pyrennes
Boy Dies After Falling Into Tub of Scalding Water
Six year old John Van Kirk Camp Jr fell into a tub of hot water at the family home in Mobile on Friday afternoon. He died Saturday morning after hours of suffering despite medical aid. The family is well known locally and neighbors offered sympathy.
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John van Kirk Camp, Jr
van Kirk Camp
North
Lafayette Street
Mobile
John
Fair Will Teach Pork Production At Very Low Cost
The Central Committee of One Hundred urges readers to learn pork production in the Mobile trade territory. Pork can be produced in Mississippi and Alabama at three cents per pound with corn at 70 cents per bushel. Pigs can winter on outdoor forage, unlike Northern farms that rely on summer corn. If land near Mobile all produced pork, meat would be shipped out rather than imported, boosting Mobile packing and employment.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile
Central Committee of Committee of One Hundred
Daily Fair
Copper Country Probers Near End of Investigation
Members of the house committee investigating the strike of Northern Michigan copper miners plan to end hearings in Houghton today. After a return to Washington they will hold a one day session in Chicago to hear from Michigan national guard members who served during the strike last summer.
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Associated Presse
Houghton, Mich
Merch
House Committee
Northérp
Michigan
Washington
Chicago
Michigan National Guard
Roosevelt Beneficiary Welcomes New Grandchild
New York on March 7 reports the birth of a child to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his wife, with the newborn described as a grandson of the former president. The ceremony and details highlight the Roosevelt family’s continued prominence in public life.
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Teddy
Associated Press
New York
Mama Dnbeseeetts, Samaritien of
Was It
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal Toll Exemption Repeal Gaining Ground
President Wilson sees a favorable path for repealing the canal tolls exemption as Sims bill clears the House and a broad majority signals support. House Rules Committee may fast track the measure with GOP and Democrat backing. Senate to consider repeal or a compromise. Wilson expresses renewed confidence in congressional action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sims
House
Senate
Administration
Congress
Wilson
Rules Committee
Henry
Texas
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Committee On
Chilton
West Virginia
Eighteen of Charlemagne Crew Adrift After Vessel Sinks
Seventeen crew members remain adrift in an open boat after the steamer Charlemagne Tower Jr sank near Seaside Park New Jersey. The vessel foundered in fifty feet of water three quarters of a mile from shore between Cedar Creek and Forked River life saving stations six miles south of here. First mate H B Thompson of Brooklyn and three other crewmen were brought ashore as the revenue cutter Itasca set out to rescue the remaining eighteen men.
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Associated Press
Seaside Park
N. J
Charlemagne ‘Tower, Jr
Ocean
Cedar Creek
Here
H. B. Thompson
Brooklyn
Itasca
Engineer Baskin Released on Bond by Shubuta Court
Special to The Item. In Shubuta Mississippi Marshall Baskin a Mobile and Ohio engineer shot and killed M E Cole after a freight train altercation. Baskin was bound over to the grand jury on a $2000 bond and posted it. Cole’s body to be shipped to North Carolina for burial.
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Shubuta
Miss
Marshall Baskin
Mobile and Ohio
M. E. Cole
Mobile and
Ohio
Cole
North Carolina
Call for National Bank Statements Issued
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks. The notice requests banks to submit detailed financial data as of a specific date to assess overall stability and compliance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Federal Industrial Relations Commission to study U.S. conditions
The Federal Industrial Relations Commission under Frank P. Walsh plans a nationwide inquiry into the industrial situation to guide Congress. Public hearings in major centers will cover irregular employment, production via scientific management, union and employer activities, and government regulation of industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Congress
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Reserve Board Delays Report on Board Disposition
Washington March 7 Under a reserve bank decision all data affecting the definition of reserve districts must be filed by h 9 The committee has spent time on reserve city locations but will consider more data if filed before next Monday Illness of Secretary Houston slowed meetings Beginning Tuesday work resumes to finish in time for President Wilson to name the board by April 1 The law restricts not more than one member from any district and requires definitions before nominations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reserve Bank Organization
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Houston
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
German Jail Editor on Trial for Treason
Ernst Meyer editor of Vorwaerty faces treason charges for a satirical article libelling Crown Prince Frederick William about his farewell from command in Danzig. Hans Seuss of Die Welt Am Montag received six months on a similar charge. a third case proceeds next week.
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Berlin
Ernst Meyer
Vorwaerty
Frederick William
Danzig
Hans Seuss
Die Welt Am Montag
Radio-telephony to convey sound across oceans
In a New York announcement the plan outlines transoceanic sound transmission by radio and telephony. The feature highlights the potential of cross ocean communication and the role of early radio technology in linkages between nations.
Marconi predicts wireless voice across the ocean
William Marconi told Italian royalty in Rome that wireless telephony will soon project the human voice across the ocean. He claimed messages will travel faster than cable and said he plans to participate in the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco to demonstrate wireless communication with the United States and Canada.
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London
Gulielmo Marconi
Italy
Augustus
Rome
Hill
Frisco
Exhibit
William Marconi
San Francisco
States of the Union
Canada
Trouble Expected When Oakley Is Put On Trial
Special to The Item Montgomery March 7 Judge Armstead Brown may need to instruct the sheriff to preserve peace at the Oakley trial former Alabama convict board head. Rumors of courtroom trouble persist amid a widening convict department scandal and possible outbursts if Theo Lacy testifies. Authorities may add deputies to quell any disturbance, recalling a shirt sleeves trial from eighteen months ago.
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Montgomery
Ala
Armstead’ Brown
Horace Hood
James G. Oakley
Alabama Convict Board
Convict Department
Oakley
Walter Jones
Sloan Rowan
Father of New Ontario Dead Sir George Ross Passes
Sir George William Ross senator of Canada and former Ontario premier died after weeks of illness. Born in 1841 the lawyer was known as The Father of New Ontario for his work in provincial development. He supported reciprocity with the United States and helped spark the movement in 1882. He joined the Canadian Senate in 1907 and was knighted in 1910. He wrote on education temperance and contemporary history.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ont
Sir George William Ross
Dominion of Canada
Province of
Ontario
Sir George
New Ontario
Dominion
United States
Senate of Canada
King George
Trade Board reports February shifts in trade
In February the board of trade records imports at 8,682,000 and exports at 5,445,000. London cites a decrease in imports and an increase in exports for the month, reflecting a tighter trade balance.
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Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Special Service Needs Explained Across Eastern Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission seeks comprehensive details on the purpose effects and extent of special services provided by Eastern railroads for shippers. It questions which services are effectively free and which earn compensation and notes potential impact on ongoing rate increase applications.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Works Applauds Lash on Mexican Policy in Senate
Senator Works of California sharply criticized the Mexican policy of the administration in a senate speech. He warned the United States may be forced to intervene and urged action in the interests of peace and a stable government for Mexico. He condemned Huerta as a brigand and urged clearer U.S. diplomacy and accountability for Mexican violence and murders.
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Associated Press
Washington
United
Republican
California
Senate
United States
Mexico
Sea Works
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Federal Industrial Relations
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Ing Inquiry
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Boston
Paterson
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Buffalo
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Birmingham
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Houghton
Butte
Lead
Walsh
Germany
China
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Huerta
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Mexico City
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Villa
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Great Britain
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