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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
1
Administration leaders pledge to back a compromise on tolls for the canal and assure that passage of the repeal does not waive or relinquish U S sovereignty or rights under the Hay Pauncefote treaty. The solemn agreement commits to ensure the compromise is incorporated and supported nationwide.
The article describes a Senate debate over repealing the Panama Canal tolls exemption and a Norris Norris substitute amendment. It details how a compromise text was developed to preserve U S rights under the 1901 treaty with Great Britain and avoid full repeal. It notes Senator Simmons and President faced political pressure leading to a tentative agreement and mentions parliamentary traps that influenced the outcome.
Hazel Pollock, a 24 year old former Northwestern and Chicago Music College student, is ordered examined by the county psychopath after arraignment on theft charges. Detectives recovered loot including $100 worth of jewelry from her father’s Minnesota home. She confessed to stealing from employers and described a double life as student, companion, and aspiring music professor.
Special Cadlate The Washington Post reports in Madrid that Kermit Roosevelt and Miss Bella Willard plan a civil ceremony at the British embassy and a brief church wedding at the embassy chapel. After a short honeymoon in Andalusia they sail to Brazil via Lisbon, with King Alfonso and Queen Victoria hosting and a lunch to honor the couple.
Rome July 6 dispatches report the Duke of the Abruzzi may be invited to succeed Prince William of Wied as King of Albania. William is said to relinquish the throne amid rising instability in the country.
D L Barnhart son of Congressman Henry A Barnhart and publisher of the Rochester Sentinel married Miss Louise Deane daughter of Goshen postmaster Joseph A Deane. The couple planned to reside in Rochester and Deane had attended the National Park Seminary in Washington.
London dispatch reports militant suffragists vow further outrages as Ascot races near. Police deploy watchdogs and alarm devices, with guards along the Windsor park procession. The king and queen to attend all four days, with court events in Windsor and a gala at Hyde Park Hotel amid heightened security.
The House galleries witnessed Republicans berating a Democratic administration over political appointments. The clash centered on Joseph Folk’s $10,000 chief counsel berth for the Interstate Commerce Commission and Metcalfe’s canal opening role, with Republicans labeling the moves political debts and “solace.” Debate spanned standard sundry civil appropriations and touched on war and state secretary roles, while Minnesotan Rep Rainey urged caution about Argentine corn imports under the tariff law.
Habana reports that Gen Ernesto Asbert, former Habana governor, was sentenced to 12 years for the killing of Gen Armando Riva, chief of police, last July. An appeal to the supreme court is planned on grounds of alleged unconstitutionality of the laws used in the trial, with a request to stay execution during the appeal.
The engagement of Miss Elsie Appleton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis R Appleton of New York, to Clarence Leonard Hay of Washington D C is announced. Hay is the son of former Secretary of State John Hay and a Harvard graduate. The couple is expected to wed in July amid New York and Boston social circles.
Reported June blockade order from Mexico City marks Tampico as target while Huerta gunboats Zaragoza and Brava move to threaten the port. American vessels Paducah Sacraments Ozark keep watch as ammunition for the constitutionalists arrives aboard the Sunshine and is questioned by officers.
Peter Athan a 35 year old man registered from Washington D C was found dead in a fourth floor room of the Academy Hotel Baltimore the gas leaking from an open jet and rooms packed with newspapers The coroner ruled death by gas poisoning with suicidal intent The discovery followed a tip from a chambermaid to the hotel proprietor Mr Tierney Also advertisements note weekend trips to Atlantic seashore resorts via Baltimore and Ohio with dates June 12 to Sept 12.
Niagara Falls Ontario June 6 Huerta pledges to resign after political pacification, while Mexican delegates insist peace means political order not blanket disarmament. Carranza support roles and potential U S action loom as mediators seek a new provisional government with equal representation. Carranza likely to respond by Tuesday.
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