Literacy test stays in Burnett immigration bill
Washington report notes the immigration committee favored keeping the literacy test in the Burnett bill and sending it to the Senate. Opponents will challenge the measure on the floor, while health inspection changes and head tax adjustments were also discussed. Page on Carpet reports a Panama Canal speech issue prompting a Senate resolution by Chamberlain seeking Page’s Monroe Doctrine definition.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Senate Immigration Committee
Italy
Ambassador Page
Panama Canal
London Chamber of Commerce
Chamberlain
Page
United States
New World
Kootenai County Votes Dry By 405 Majority
Coeur d Alene Ida March 12 Returns from all but six small precincts show that Kootenai county voted dry yesterday by 405 majority. Twenty four saloons six wholesale houses and one brewery will be forced to go out of business within ninety days.
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Coeur d’Alene
Ida
Kootenai County
Death Toll Rises to Thirty From Missouri Athletic Club Disaster
In St Louis on March 12 three more bodies or body parts were recovered from the Missouri Athletic Club ruins, bringing total recovered to fourteen with eleven identified. The club register was found and verified against the missing list, confirming the previously published count.
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St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
Miners to Vote on Strike in Michigan Copper Country
Chicago March 12 William Davidson an executive council member of the Western Federation of Miners will travel to the Michigan copper country to consult with local union leaders on the strike. An American Federation of Labor organizer will meet him. A referendum vote on calling off the strike is expected.
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Chicago
William Davidson
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
American Federation of Labor
Army officer retires from Seventeenth Infantry
Washington reports Col. John T. Van Orsdale of the Seventeenth Infantry, formerly on duty at Fort McPherson Georgia, has been placed on the retired list for reaching the army age limit of sixty two years.
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Washington
John T. van Orsdale
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
May Wheat Closes Higher in Chicago Market
Chicago May wheat finished the session at 93 percent with March 12 trading day results showing a strong close.
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Chicago
Man Found Guilty of Assault in Maysville Case
Edward Beardslee shot the county poor overseer and hid in a house for eight days before a jury found him guilty of assault after a six minute deliberation. In Washington, Hilary A. Herbert marked his eightieth birthday, living in retirement since 1897 after long service in Congress and as secretary of the navy.
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Maysville
N. Y
Edward Beardslee
Washington, D. C
Hilary A. Herbert
Secretary of the Navy
Cleveland
Congress
Alabama
Herbert
Judge Grants Injunction to Close Elk Resort
Judge Budge in chambers considers several matters including a permanent injunction closing the Elk resort where bootlegging occurred for years. F H Snyder pleads guilty to forging checks and receives a sentence of one to fourteen years. Sheriff Lowry quickly returned him from Elko Nevada. Robbery case against A R Richards and Willard Gireen is postponed to the May term. Tomassi probate continues due to illness.
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Budge
Old Elk Resort
F. H. Snyder
D. P. Armstrong
Lowry
Elko
Nevada
A. R.richards
Willard Gireen
C. Tomassi
Soda Springs
Tomassi
Westinghouse Seriously Ill in New York Hotel
George Westinghouse is seriously ill in a New York hotel with a heart complaint. A relapse has left him weak and confined to his room.
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New York
George Westinghouse
Here Inn Hotel
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Portland Dock Area
A morning blaze in Portland's East Side waterfront destroyed six blocks, gutted two schooners and caused about one million dollars in damage. Burning cargoes of sulfur and asphalt fed the flames as crews were rescued from ships. Firefighers gained control by ten o'clock.
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Portland
Ore
Federal Grand Jury Indicts in Indian Liquor Case
In federal court an Indian witness described asking for tonopah firewater during a bootleg liquor purchase. Indictments named Charles Winter J D Brown Miguel Pasquez and C P Masterson for selling liquor to Indians on several counts. The grand jury also returned six other liquor related indictments and a Short Line railroad equipment case resulted in fines of 100 dollars per count.
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Uncle Sam
Short Line
Tonopah
Charles Winter
J. D. Brown
Miguel Pasquez
C. P. Masterson
O. P. Baum
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon Short Line Railroad
R. H. Soule
Stanley E. Damon
Damon
Tan Hoffman Antarad
Carranza Begins 200 Mile Ride Into Chihuahua
General Carranza, the revolutionary leader, departs Agua Prieta Sonora on a 200 mile horseback journey into Chihuahua. The trip will take about two weeks and international issues over foreigners' deaths in Mexico will be set aside until Juarez is reached.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mex
Carranza
Chihuahua
Mexico
Juarez
Art student jailed for six months for Rokeby Venus break
Miss May Richardson, militant suffragette, received a six month sentence after pleading guilty to hacking Velasquez Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery. She has been on hunger strike and said she values justice over art while praising Emmeline Pankhurst.
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London
May Richardson
Velasquez
National Gallery
Richardson
Emmiline Pankhurst
DeKnight testifies on alleged Panama Canal tolls deal
Clarence W. DeKnight charged before the senate lobby committee that he contracted with the Fore River Ship Building Co for a thousand dollars and a four thousand dollar contingent fee to secure toll exemptions for American coastwise ships in the Panama canal act. Bowles acknowledged employing DeKnight to work on section 11 of the act related to interstate commerce jurisdiction.
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Senate Canals Committee
Washington, D. C
Bear Hai Oe
ore-River Ship Building Company
Clarence W. DeKnight
Senate Lobby Committee
DeKnight
Iold DeKnight
Boston
Mass
Bowles
Fore‘River Ship Building Company
Clarence Knight
Washington
de Knight
Armory Looted for Firearms in Woodland
Woodland California March 12 burglars believed to be members of the unemployed army entered the local militia armory last night and stole twelve rifles and several hundred rounds of ammunition.
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Woodland
Cal
Dependent Mothers Receive Widow Pension Aid
In Salt Lake on March 11 more than 200 dependent mothers entitled to widow pension aid were paid their monthly sums by juvenile courts. Each mother received about $15, totaling roughly $3,000 for the group.
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Salt Lake
Wild Horses Die as Winter Ravages Hit Wyoming Range
Riders report wild bands thinning under winter hunger across Wyoming plains. Irwin’s scouting from Cumberland to Opal brings in horses to feed lots where some may not survive. a dozen carcasses found in one draw show starvation and scavenger wolves and coyotes moving in.
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Irwin
Short Line
Union Pacific
Cumberland
Opal
Kemmerer Camera
Wilson to Sign the Alaskan Bill
President Wilson signed the Alaskan bill at 3 o clock today in Washington. Members of the senate and house and Secretary Lane who helped pass the bill were invited to attend.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Lane
Daughter Will Marry Secretary in June Wedding
Reported White House engagement links Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo to Eleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest daughter of the president and Mrs. Wilson. McAdoo, aged fifty, widower with six children, and Miss Wilson, twenty four, expected to wed in June despite officials offering no comment.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Treas Adoo
Eleanor Randol Wilson
Wilson
McAdoo
Miss Wilson
Turkish aviators fall into sea near Jaffa
Two Turkish army aviators Nuri Bey and Ismael Bey fell into the sea south of Jaffa when their aeroplane broke down. They swam ashore exhausted and were taken to hospital where Nuri Bey died. Ismael Bey survived.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Nuri Bey
Ismael Bey
Here
Anonymous gift pledges half mill for Washington cathedral
Washington reports an anonymous donation of 500000 dollars toward a national Protestant cathedral at St. Albans near Washington. The completed church would be one of the world's great temples, a major religious landmark. Jerome Travers sails for England after winning the US amateur golf title, heading to practice for a potential British tournament on Sandwich links.
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Washington
St. Albans
New York
Jerome D. Travers
England
Baltic
Sandwich Links
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