Arbitration and repeal urged on Hay-Pauncefote treaty
A discussion argues for arbitration under The Hague for treaty interpretation disputes between the United States and Britain. It urges repeal of Congress action exempting American coastwise ships from canal tolls to affirm U S commitment to open seas, free trade principles, and the wider moral aim of building a canal for human progress.
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Hague
United States
Great Britain
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague Court of Arbitration
Republic
Congress
America
Britain
Atlantic
United State
Baby fed strychnine almost fatal mistake in Minneapolis
Kent Ihson six months old living at 115 Sixth Street Northwest nearly died yesterday after being given a strychnine tablet mistaken for medicine. His mother read the bottle label and called Dr Bovee who arrived with help from Emergency Hospital and treated the child. he was placed in his mother's care and is out of danger.
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Kent “Ihson
Sixth Street
Bovee
Exmmergency Hospital
Danville Bid to End Public Service for Uncle Joe Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon, long tied to Washington power as former Speaker, returns home to Danville Indiana with private letters and documents. He plans little travel, notes remaining business interests, and says he would stay in politics as a private citizen only if he loses interest, denying any personal ambition. He may visit Harrisburg on the way home to see Rep. Marlin Olmsted.
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Joseph Gurney Cannon
Danville
Vermillion County
Uncle Joe
Washington
Patiee
China
India
Japan
Philippines
Joe
Mississippi
Arkansas
Yazoo
St. Francis
Marlin Olmsted
Harrisburg
SLAIN AT OYSTER SUPPER IN TENN FATAL FIGHT
At Fish Springs in Carter County Tennessee during the Washington Fest, taunts toward young women led to a deadly oyster supper melee. Dr James L Bowers age 2? and Lawson Smith were killed. Allen Nave was wounded with a shattered leg. Lincoln Nave and Dan Lewis fled. a search is underway.
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Washington
Bristol
CIA
Aynse
Fish Springs
Carter County
Tenn
James L. Bowers
Lawson Smith
Allen Nave
Bert Nave
Allen
Lincoln Nave
Dan Lewis
Siam
Bowers
Smith
Cali
Bullet Wounds Prisoner in West Virginia Strike Zone
In Kanawha county under martial law a militia rifle discharged while a soldier cleaned it injuring a prisoner. A Crown Hill coal operation burned, as miners plan a broad strike on April 1 with UMWA President White expected to arrive by midweek.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Southewestern Fuel Company
Crown Hill
Felix Terry
George Amos
President White
United Mine Workers of America
Heroic Maryland sister saves life by removing burning stove
In Hagerstown Maryland on March 16 Miss Fannie Wynkoop displayed quick thinking and courage by lifting a blazing coal oil stove from a sick room in Brunswick and moving it outside the house. She sustained burns while rescuing her sister Mrs. H. B. Allen who was unable to leave bed as flames spread.
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Washington Post
Hegerstown
Fannie Wynkoop
H. B. Allen
Brunswick
Hollow Horn Bear's Mantle Descends on Plenty Coups
A Black Hills council in Rapid City decides Hollow Horn Bear's mantle passes to Crow chief Plenty Coups to lead negotiations with the U S government. Robert Yellowtail may assist. A permanent Washington office is planned to press tribal rights, with a memorial favoring Thomas L. Stoan as commissioner.
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Black Hills Council
Hollow Horn Bear
Rosebud
South Dakota
Chief Plenty Coups
National Hotel
United States
Yellowtail
Plenty Coups
Robert Yellowtail
Plenty Coupes
Washington
J. J. Esties
Robert J. Hamilton
Hellow Horn Bear
Funeral of Hollow Horn Bear Draws Nationwide Notables
Hundreds of paleface and tribal leaders packed St Pauls Catholic Church for the funeral of Hollow Horn Bear, revered Sioux chief of the Rosebud agency. Attendees included Secretary of the Interior Lane, Senators and Representatives, and Catholic Indian mission officials. The ceremony featured a rose covered casket, a guarded procession, and sermons praising the chief’s efforts to civilize and unite his people. The body began its final journey to Rosebud, with pallbearers from six tribes and family expected to join later in Washington.
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St Pauls Catholic
Hollow Horn Bear
Rosebud
South Dakota
Interior
Lane
Senator Stone
Missouri
Burke
Davenport
Oklahoma
F. A. Abbott
Indian Affairs
Abbott
Gov
Johnson
W. H. Ketcham
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
William Hughes
Mgr
James Mackin
F. T. Creagh
John D. Maguire
Klug and
Walsh
Sylvester Giddings
Father Ketcham
Woltlow Horn Bear
Walher Ketcham
Charles Warren Currier
Washington
Union Station
Johnny Green
Richard Wallace
John Carl
Chippewa
Thomas L. Sloan
Omaha
P. H. Kennedy
Blackfoot
I. ON. B. Hewitt
Joseph
Craig
Umatilla
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Young Yellowtail
Cicero
Rights and remembrance thread through a defiant address
The speaker asserts rights must endure beyond death and honors the enduring human struggle. The text notes a long federal practice of placing Chief Hollow Horn Bear on nearly every $5 bill as a symbolic tribute.
Killed at Proving Ground with Shunted Cars
Robert S. Davis a 22 year old ordnance man on the government proving ground was crushed between two cars at Indian Head Maryland Saturday and died early yesterday. His body was sent to his brother a fireman at No 4 Engine Company at 615 Virginia Avenue SW Davis tried to cross the siding tracks between a car shunted onto the siding and another car that moved toward him. His left arm and side were caught and several ribs crushed.
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Robert S. Davis
Robert 8. Davis
Government Proving Ground
Indian Head
Davis
No 4 Engine Company
Virginia Avenue
Navy expands post graduate officer studies at outside schools
Navy announces and details for junior officers assigned to post graduate study at Annapolis and sent to top civil institutions. Courses cover marine and civil engineering, naval architecture, ordnance, electrical engineering, wireless telegraphy, and shop management. Four at Harvard, five at Rennselaer, MIT naval architecture, two at George Washington University. Twenty one officers to go outside next October.
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Navy Department
Naval Academy
Harvard
Annapolis
Harvard Scientific School
Rennselaer Polytechnic
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ordnance
George Washington University
Time Signal to Paris Officers Arrive in Washington
French army and navy officers arrive in Washington to test wireless longitudes with the United States. The four officers will join Captain Jayne at the Naval Observatory and work with Commander Bullard at Arlington Wireless Station to determine Washington Paris longitude and time difference.
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United States
Washington
Paria
France
Ludovic
Driencort
Charles de Vaisseau Gignon
Gustave Ferrie
Paul Levesque
Army
Union Station
Walter R. Gherardi
17. S. N
Joseph L. Jayne
U. S. MN
Naval Observatory
Army and Navy Club
Jusserand
Paris
Jayne
Arlington
Wiliam H. G. Bullard
Eiffel Tower
Wireless music from Arlington baffles Newport torpedo station
Four radio operators at the Newport R I torpedo station tuned their wireless but heard Alexander's Ragtime Band from a high power Arlington station. Investigation showed a nearby wireless phone was transmitting the music, turning a receiving radio into a wireless telephone receiver.
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Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
R. 1
Arlington
Alexander
Nox McCain Recaps French Riviera Tour At Columbia
In his fourth travel talk at the Columbia last night Nox McCain guided fellow travelers over a Paris to Riviera route. The illustrated talk highlighted Versailles Avignon Nimes Cannes Nice Monte Carlo Villefranche and Monaco with scenes of daily life along the Mediterranean. The lecture will be repeated this afternoon at 4 o clock.
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Columbia
Nox McCain
Paris
The
Riviera
Uye
France
Versailles
Ancient
Avignon
Nimes
Mecca
Cannes
Nice
Monte Carlo
Villefranche
Monaco
Mediterranean
Nox McCain Haa
Liquor stock fire destroys Hagerstown saloon
The saloon of Harry E. Newkirk near Charlton Washington county burned today with a large stock of liquors. Loss covered by insurance. Clarence Islin’s Brownsville home burned that evening. most furniture saved. House and contents insured.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Harry E. Newkirk
Charlton
Washington County
Clarence Islin
Brownsville
Islin
Panama Canal lecture delights Washington Saengerbund crowd
The Washington Saengerbund enjoyed a Panama Canal lecture with moving pictures by E. B. Thompson at 34 C Street NW. The group announced its St Patrick’s mask Tanzkranzchen tonight and issued a challenge to a duckpin team led by Dr Alfred Geist for a winter championship. Participants include Herbert Levy J Burley C Dakin P Mandell and H Hammeir with teammates Harry Beck J Reiner Harry Baker and H Danhart. A masquerade ball for children is planned for March 27 at the Arion Gesangverein by the Damen Verein the ladies auxiliary.
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Washington Saengerbund
C Street
Northwest
Panama Canal
E. B. Thompson
Saengerbund
St. Patrick's
Herbert Levy
J. Burley
C. Dakin
P. T. Mandell
H Hammeir
Alfred Geist
Harry Beck
J. Reiner
Harry Baker
H. Danhart
Arion Gesangverein
Damen-Verein
Arion
Delegation Pleads with Wilson as Suffrage March Planned
Five representatives of the woman suffrage cause prepare a quiet visit to President Wilson to seek support for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote for Congress. The effort coincides with a Michigan campaign on April 17 and a revived Senate committee focus led by Senator Charles Thomas. Police captains from several stations are set to testify on crowd control during the March 3 suffrage parade.
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Wilson
Michigan
White House
Woman Suffrage
Alice Pauli
Philadelphia
Suffrage Congressional Committee
Harvey W. Wiley
The
Housekeepers’ Alliance
Donald Hooker
Baltimore
Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ida Husted Herper
New York City
Genevieve Stone
Ilnois
Claude Stone
Paul
Gena Hitchcock
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Charles Thomas
Colorado
Senate Committee
Capis J. T. Holmnmberger
Daniel Sullivan
John &. Daley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Commercial Fire Insurance Co Growth in Washington
The Commercial Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia reports rapid growth in Washington. Policyholders rise from 1 110 to 5 574 per year and premiums from 8000 to 30000 40000 annually. The last three days surpassed all previous three day totals in the company’s history. No other city insurer shows greater local gains.
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Commercial Fire Insurance Company of
District of Columbia
Washington
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