Wilson urged to repeal Panama tolls exemption bill
Democratic leaders prepare to reintroduce a bill to repeal the Panama Canal act exemption for coastwise tolls. President Wilson and Mr Bryan are believed to support repeal, with Sims signaling early action in Congress. Senate resistance and O Gorman’s stance complicate passage as Republicans back repeal in a shared effort. The move could derail pending U S Great Britain negotiations on canal tolls.
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Frouse
Wilson
Bryan
Congress
Representative Sims
House Committee
Great
House
O'Gorman
O’gorman
Senate
O Gorman
Baltimore
Underwood
Adamson
Sims
United States
Great Britain
Cabinet Officer in Fight Between Italian Admirals
Rome reports a street brawl between Admiral Pasquale Cattolica and Admiral Gozo. Gozo boxed Cattolica, who returned blows until bystanders separated them and Gozo was arrested. Gozo’s removal to the reeal list was noted. Cattolica entered the deputies to discuss the naval budget to a warm ovation.
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Rome
Pasquale Cattolica
Gozo
Catthiica
Gozo’i
Cattolica
Chamber of Deputies
Wright Patents Upheld by French Court of Appeals
Paris March 13 The court of appeals fourth division upheld two Wright aeroplane patents confirming a prior third division judgment after a technical commission report. The Wright brothers sued several French aeroplane manufacturers for patent infringement centered on the warping wing principle.
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Paris
Court of Appeals
Wright, Brothers
Jury awards Samuel L. Boxwell $1500 in cold storage case
A Circuit Court jury awarded Samuel L. Boxwell $1500 in his suit against the Arcade Company and its president Frank L. Averdi. Boxwell, a former Arcade tenant, claimed he was locked in a cold storage room for over three minutes on June 11, suffering permanent injury. The Arcade defense said it briefly detained him in a corridor due to conflict with the plaintiff.
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Samuel L. Boxwell
Arcade Company
Frank l L. Averdi
Boxwell
Cure for Eczema Promoted by Cuticura Soap Ad
A 1912 testimonial from Natalie M. Bailey describes severe head boils and an abscess treated with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The ad extols Cuticura soap’s cleansing, purifying qualities and emollient oils, claiming it clears skin and hair conditions. Prices cited: soap 25c, ointment 50c, with free samples and a postal address for the company.
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Westfield
Natalie M. Bailey
Cuticura
Dept
T. Baston
SONS PLAY Black Hand JOKE ON CABINET OFFICER
Secretary of the Navy Daniels found a black hand epistle on his desk after a cabinet meeting demanding 16 000 dollars. He traced it to two of his four sons who had visited the secretary’s desk, prompting his light hearted exclamation about the youngsters.
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Daniels
Hencs
Denk
End of graft in Navy adopts a business system
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger reorganizes naval provi sioning after graft revelations. Commissioned officers will certify exact deliveries, bumboat buying is barred except subs and destroyers may buy fruit and vegetables, and all shipboard sales shift to the ship store. Officers must sign advance orders, inspect provisions on delivery, and file records for comparison with dealer bills. The commissary steward loses custody of delivery records. competition is required with bids from at least three regular dealers.
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Charles J. Badger
Atlantic
Divorce granted to Mrs Lucy Drexel Dahlgren in New York
Justice Bijur granted an interim absolute divorce to Mrs Lucy Drexel Dahlgren from Eric B Dahlgren with a final decree due in 90 days unless an appeal is filed. Testimony described a March 13 incident with a woman and later interactions near Madison Avenue and Central Park. Dahlgren denied wrongdoing and planned to appeal if the final decree favored the wife. Mrs Dahlgren is the daughter of the late Joseph Drexel. her husband is the son of Rear Admiral Dahlgren.
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New York
Justice Bijur
Supreme Court
Lucy Drexel Dahlgren
Eric B. Dahlgren
Dahlgren
William Klein
Hit
Bradley
Eric
Dahleren
Central Park
Plaza Hotel
New Capital Christened at Cranbera Ceremony
The foundation stone for Cranbera the future Australian capital was laid by Baron Denman governor general with Lady Denman christening the city. Crowds from Melbourne and Sydney attended as ministers participated in the inauguration of a model capital. The site currently holds only scattered farmer dwellings.
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Cranbera
Lzrd
Sydney
Australia
Baron Denman
Denman
Melbourne
Lipton Faces Declined Cup Challenge By New York Club
The New York Yacht Club rejected Sir Thomas Lipton’s bid for a race series for the America’s Cup arguing the size of the defender must follow the deed of gift. London sources say Lipton unlikely to alter length and may not race a 90 footer. Designer Nicholson advised a 71 foot yacht as optimal, noting progress since the 1900s.
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Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
New York
New York Yacht Club
Wich
Sir Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Royal Yacht Club
London
Lkelihood
eCharles E. Nicholson
Gosport
Thomas Lipton
Nicholson
Atlantic
Democrats Plan Primaries In Alexandria Report
Washington Post dispatch from Alexandria notes city Democratic chairman Charles Bendheim will call for a meeting soon to discuss plans for a municipal and state primary. A May or June date is anticipated, with nominees likely unopposed and effectively elected.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Charles Bendheim
City Democratic Committee
Clerk of the Corporation Court
The Ripoutnot Stockings That Won Her Anger
A wife purchases a dollar silk stocking guaranteed not to drop stitches. After a faulty purchase and a rude exchange, she confronts the store over the red ticket rule. In the end she realizes the feud was a waste of energy and chooses not to sue.
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Mabel Herbhaturner
Helen
Snk
Warner's
Tve
Ripontnot
Warren
Fred
Kitten
Diet and Health Hints by Dr T J Allen
Dr Allen argues monodiet best supports digestion and health. He cites Pavlov and King on digestion times and food mixing, advising older people to limit meals to two items and healthy individuals to three or four compatible foods per meal based on long study of diet therapy.
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T. J. Allen
Joseph B. Bowles
R. &. Ingergoll
Pavlov
King
Socialist Predicts Female Suffrage and Socialist Rule
Capt W K French addressed the Anthony Weague meeting at Portner apartments predicting that women will gain suffrage in most states before general election and that socialism will rise to power within eight years. He proposed municipal ownership of services, 2 cent streetcar fares, and broader reforms including District suffrage and working hours laws.
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United States Army
Fortunate Astrological Day Warns and Wonders
The sun favors Neptune and the moon wards Venus and Uranus making travel signing contracts and socializing with women auspicious. Scientists engineers electricians actors musicians and sailors may see luck in work and examinations. Birthdates promise a successful year with travel changes and gains balanced by caution against wasteful pleasure.
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Neptune
Venus
Uranus
Fersona
McClure
Bellevue Opens For Friedmann Tuberculosis Clinic Test
Physicians at People's Hospital report remarkable improvement in a treated patient. Bellevue Hospital will host federal tests to decide if Friedmann’s tuberculosis treatment is a cure. Dr. Anderson and Dr. Stimson oversee demonstrations and vaccine methods while authorities await results.
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York
The
People's Hospital
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
Board of Health
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
United States
John F. Anderson
Arthur M. Stimson
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Anderson
New York
J F. Anderson
Hygienic
Public Health Service
F. F. Friedmann
Berlin
Canada
A. M. Stimpson
Friedmann
Congress
Million dollar burglar wounded as police close in
San Francisco reports Owen Conn the $100000 burglar lies gravely wounded after a Saturday apartment raid. A letter found from Mrs Mabel Clarkson of Chicago suggests she is in Milwaukee under the name Mabel Ott and destitute. Rev Nestor K Clarkson in Chicago says his wife is now in Omaha and he would welcome her home.
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San Francisco
Owen Conn
Mom 2
Conn
Mabel Clarkson
Chicago
Milwauke
Mabel Ott
California
Mar
Nestor K. Clarkson
Omaha
Four HAZERS Face Jury for Manslaughter Trial in Hazing Death
Hillsboro, S.C. March 13. Twelve jurors selected as testimony begins in the manslaughter trial of four University of North Carolina sophomores for the hazing death of Isaac William Rand. Defendants Ralph W. Oldham Aubrey Hatch William L. Merriman and Arthur H. Stryon faced witnesses recounting Rand's forced singing and dancing on a barrel leading to a fatal neck injury from a broken bottle edge.
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Hillsboro
S.C
University of North Carolina
Isaac William Rand
Ralph W. Oldham
Raleigh
Aubrey C. Hatch
Mount Olive
William L. Merriman
Arthur H. Stryon
Wilmington
State
Rand
S. Gattis
Young Rand
Robert Wellens
Avalanche kills sixteen in Gudbrands valley farms
In Christiania on March 13 officials reported sixteen people died when an avalanche buried three farms in the Gudbrands valley southern Norway. The disaster disrupted the area as rescue crews searched the wreckage and authorities began inquiries into the event.
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Gudbrainds Valley
Norway
Christiania
Gudbrands
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