Contemptible charge marks Panama tolls repeal debate
Washington March 31 The House hours of debate over the Panama tolls exemption repeal centered on treaty rights and sovereignty. Congressman Humphrey denounced Democratic policy as contemptible while Republican Leader Mann argued the issue hinges on treaty and economic policy with a vote expected late this afternoon or tonight.
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Washington
D. C
House
Panama
Humphrey
Mann
Ile
United States
Underwood
Clark
Democratic Party
Domon
Wilson
Japan
England
Dumphrey
White House
Administration
Norfolk Spring Meeting Opens at Jamestown Club
Norfolk Virginia reports the Jamestown club begins its spring racing season tomorrow. Several hundred horses, many seen at Charleston and Juarez, are stabled at the track as officials anticipate the most successful meeting yet with liberal purses offered by the club.
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Norfolk
Jamestown Club
Charleston
Juarez
Hermie to Act Chief for Idaho Governor Haines
Lieutenant Governor Herman H. Taylor will preside as acting governor the week of April 5 while Governor Haines attends the irrigation conference in Denver. Taylor will come to Boise from Sandpoint to take the duties, marking a second acting-governor tenure after a two week period earlier. The governor plans to attend the Panama-Pacific exposition dedication in San Francisco and may lead a large party of state officials and prominent citizens. Delegates from women’s clubs are named to attend, with plans pending final arrangements.
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Idaho
Herman H. Taylor
Boise
Sandpoint
Haines
Denver
Franklin K. Lane
Taylor
California
San Francisco
Fred Pittenger
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
M. J. Sweeley
Twin Falls
Second District Federation
H. C. Shaver
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho Panama Commission
Capital News
Debate Opens on Home Rule for Ireland Bill
London March 31 The house of commons began the second reading debate on the Home Rule for Ireland bill. The session is expected to last at least three days. Absence of Asquith leads Unionists to complain bitterly. Viscount Morley, lord president, abandons plan to resign from the cabinet.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Viscount Morley
Pacific Coast League Opens Season With 212 Game Schedule
The Pacific Coast League began its season with Portland at Sacramento and Oakland at Los Angeles and Venice hosting San Francisco. Arthur Devlin replaces Carl Mitze as Oakland manager, the league keeps its 212 game schedule and October 25 closing date.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Portland
Sacramento
Oakland
Los Angeles
Venice
Arthur Devlin
Giant
Boston Nationals
Carl Mitze
Millionaire Hobo Plans May 1 Washington Demonstration
J Eads How founder of the Brotherhood Welfare association reports arranging with followers for a national demonstration in Washington on May 1 in connection with Coxey’s army. The New York dispatch cites How as coordinating with Alexander Law, secretary of the association.
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Hobo Army
Ooxey's Gang
New York
Matron 40 Leaves Home for Youthful Salesman in Tragic End
Mrs Nina M Lindrot, wife of a Los Angeles railroad contractor, drank potassium to end her life in the Roehamton hotel in San Francisco. She had lived with Curt A Larnoe for three years, planning her death after a faltering romance. The husband arranged for her remains to be sent to Memphis.
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Nina M. Lindrot
Los Angeles
Roehamton Hotel
San Francisco
Curt A. Larnoe
Memphis
Tenn
Murderers Get Short Shrift In Southern States
Accounts from Oklahoma and New Mexico report lynchings and mob violence. A Black woman named Marie Scott was hanged from a telephone pole after abducting from Wagoner county jail. a sheriff released the body an hour later. In another case a man was slain by masked assailants in front of a jail, throat cut.
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Muskogee
Okla
Marie Scott
Lemuel Peace
Wagoners County
Peace
Lumber King Frederic Weyerhauser in Critical Condition
In Los Angeles on March 31 Frederic Weyerhauser, the lumber magnate, is reported in critical condition from pneumonia. His sons are present while his daughters hurry in from the east, amid fears he may not recover.
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Los Angeles
Frederic Weyerhauser
New Cabinet Forming in Tokyo Leader Accepts Task
Viscount Keigo Kiyoura formerly minister of justice and education has accepted the duty of forming the new cabinet in Tokyo. The development marks a shift in political leadership as March 31 reports the assignment.
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Tokio
Keigo Kiyoura
Justice and Education
Dave Day Arrested on Bootleg Charge in Downey
Downey resident Dave Day was arrested and is facing a pending charge for bootlegging after Deputy Sheriff Lish found two cases of liquor at Day's home in Downey. Hearing to follow. other bootleg cases and hearings were noted, with several bond-bound defendants. In Washington, D C the Interstate Commerce Commission moved to hear final testimony on the advance rate case as railroads push to expedite due to financial strain. Tariffs suspensions were issued affecting four thousand rates, excluding some steel and iron firms, with industrial railways guidance and ongoing legal review.
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Dave Day
Downey
Colorado
Dave
Pocatello
Lish
Pappas Boys
Ogden
Knowles
Washington, D. C
Harlan
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Companies
Iron and Steel
Mona Lisa theft trial opens in Florence
Florence March 31 The Perugia case reaches trial for stealing Leonardo Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Louvre on August 21 1911. Perugia allegedly confessed and says his motive was revenge against France for Napoleonic depredations on Italian galleries.
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Florence
Perugia
Leonardo Vinci
Louvre
Paris
Italy
Inventor of All-in-One Baby Chair Goes to Chicago
George V. Rundle of Spokane Washington has created a novel high chair that combines a couch nursery chair reclining wheelchair runabout walker jumper and high chair. He and his brother plan to form a Chicago company to manufacture and market the device.
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Spokane
Wash
George V. Rundle
Liberty Street
Chicago
President nominates Edward for Anaconda postmaster
Washington March 31 The president has nominated Edward to be postmaster at Anaconda Ontario.
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Anaconda
Washington, D. C
Edward
Ont
Confidence Maintains Torreon Stands in Mexican Front
Washington reports from March 31 state the Mexican Foreign Office confirms Torreon has not fallen and the government remains confident it will not fall, based on the latest front reports received.
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Washington
Ofce
Mexico City
Torreon
Erie Railroad Implements Retrenchment Plan
The Erie railroad unveils a retrenchment policy with clerical cuts and shorter hours to offset declining revenues. About six thousand workers have been laid off since December.
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New York
Erie Railroad
Trains Cut Back as Pennsylvania Lines Announce Reductions
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg will take ten passenger trains off next Sunday in a retrenchment policy. Shop forces will also be reduced.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Koetters Convicted in Hammer Murder of Emma Kraft
Chicago jurors find John B. Koetters guilty of murdering Emma Kraft with a hammer. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after the jury determined he brought Kraft from Cincinnati and killed her.
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Chicago
John B. Koetters
Emma Kraft
Koetters
Cincinnati
Six Thousand Miners Strike in Martins Ferry Area
Martins Ferry Ohio March 31 six thousand miners quit work today after coal operators refused to sign new scale based on run of mine law set to take effect May 20.
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Martins Ferry
Oil More Costly Than Coal for Adirondack Rail Fire Rules
Albany March 31 evidence at a public service commission hearing shows the New York Central asks to switch locomotives from oil to coal in the Adirondack forest area. The railroad argues oil safety rules add over $100,000 in annual costs and coal could be used with similar fire precautions without raising risk.
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Albany
N. Y
Public Service Commission
New York Central Road
Adirondack Forest Reserve
Spokane Teacher Kate Grant Reaches 22 Years of Service
Spokane, March 31 Kate Grant a Bryant school fifth grade teacher completes twenty-two years of continuous service. She has never been absent or tardy in a 22 year span. The Spokane school system has grown from 2036 students in 100 schools to 17,868 pupils across 36 schools.
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Spokane
Wash
Kate Grant
Bryant
Weather and market notes from Aweema st Washington and Chicago
Aweemast Washington March 31 showers west night with Wednesday outlook fair east. May wheat in Chicago closed at 01 percent, reflecting trading activity and regional conditions.
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Aweemast
Washington, D
Chicago
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