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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1913

Page

7

Tariff Revision Debate Shapes Single Bill or Schedule

Congress gears up for tariff revision this week ahead of the extra session opening April 7. Leaders seek a general bill or separate schedule votes while President Wilson’s stance and farm product duties may sway Progressive support. income tax plans aim to raise about 100 million as rates and exemptions evolve..

Simmong Senate Finance Committee Underwood House Ways and Means Committee Wilson Senate House Committee Hull Tennessee Ito Treasury

St Ivans Arrives With Actress Frances Leslie Body Aboard

The steamer St Ivans reached New York amid high seas and westerly gales with the body of actress Frances Leslie, who died aboard the Oceanic just before its Southampton arrival.

Fort Oceanic New York St Ivans Southampton Cherbourg Frances Leslie

Dedham Woman Thrown From Auto In Middleboro Accident

Mrs Joshua Urame wife of a tennis and polo player was thrown headlong through a windshield in an auto accident near Middleboro yesterday. She remains at home with severe nervous strain though injuries not as serious as initially reported.

Dedham Mass Joshua Urame Middleboro

Firemen Hurt When Boiler Tube Explodes Aboard La Lorraine

Havre, March 30. A boiler tube on the French liner La Lorraine exploded shortly after departure, seriously scalding two firemen. They were landed ashore while the steamer resumed her voyage at 2:30 this morning.

Havre Mar

Navy Aims to Diversify Cruising and Recreation for Sailors

Secretary of the Navy Mr Daniels backs changes to sailing schedules to boost contentment and efficiency. Council of Aids and Surgeon General Charles J Stokes endorse proposals including longer overhauls, extended leave, and expanded recreation at Guantanamo. Plans call for Mediterranean divisions, visits to foreign ports, and cruising beyond home bases to improve fleet health and morale.

Council of Aids Mr. Daniels Navy Surgeon General of the Navy Charles J. Stokes Narragansett Bay Mediterranean South American West Indian Guantanamo Daniels Surgeon General

89 Killed in Battle Near Lampazos and Rebels March

Uprising reports detail a sixteen hour clash near Lampazos, with 89 killed and many wounded among federals and 800 Carranza loyalists. Rebels used dynamite, townsfolk driven out, Alamo ranch reporting harsh conditions and 300 horses seized. Rumors of Orozco Jr execution and broader frontier tensions noted as Mexico protests U.S. war shipments to rebels.

Lampazos Rivas Senor Obregon Alamo Ranch Resere Durango Mexico San Gabriel Here Mexico City Mar United States Pascual Orozco, Sr Cuernavaca Pascual Orozco, Jr Zapata

Desire for Cheap Amusements Drives Women to Vice

The Bureau of Labor study on vice in the United States examines how low-cost amusements influence immoral behavior among women. It analyzes 100 women in Boston and 30 New York red light district offenders, noting poverty, poor training, and early exposure to vice as key factors, with wages often insufficient and amusement options unsafe or corrupting.

United States Bureau of Labor Bureau Boston Want Iow Red Light New York

Rumors Shadow Huerta Diaz Tensions Amid Mexican Strife

Capital unrest grows amid chatter of friction between President Huerta and Gen Felix Diaz. Officials deny plots and say Huerta and Diaz remain in harmony. Treviño arrives in capital for undisclosed reason while Carranza loyalists face limited engagement losses near Monterey. U S warns against arms shipments across the border as filibusters are blocked.

Huerta Felix Diaz Diaz Geronimo Trevina Nuevo Leon Huera

Reform of Police Powers Urges Public Welfare Board

New York report from March 30 proposes radical police reform. It favors keeping liquor Sunday sales local, removing gambling and social evil law enforcement from police to a seven member Department of Public Welfare appointed by the mayor. The board would appoint its own commissioner, supervise enforcement, and curb graft through centralized authority.

New York New York City Legislative Committee Albany Department of Public Welfare Police

Diamond in Herring case linked to Walkman theft

Detective Sergeant Mullen traced a pawned diamond ring to an imitation stone. Fred C Walkman, 3, was indicted for grand larceny after he allegedly persuaded a woman to pawn her ring for money from home, while the real diamond had been replaced by paste. The suspect says he did nothing wrong.

Mullen Richmond Washington Fred C. Walkman Walkman

Dr Valdez May Quit Post Rumor Circulates

Panama March 30 A rumor says Dr Raymon Valdez Panaman Minister to the United States will not return to Washington. Secretary J Lefevre says health reasons may keep him from resuming duties, not any other cause. He is en route home with his family via Kingston Jamaica and Panama to break a long sea voyage.

Panama Raymon Valdez United States Washington Dr. Valdez Kingston Jamaica J. Lefevre Legation Lefevre Habana New York

Sermon on New Play Calls Silence Conspiracy

The Rev. Earle Wilfay of Vermont Avenue Christian Church urged breaking the conspiracy of silence on personal hygiene. He promoted open discussion, education in homes and schools, and a health certificate for marriage seekers tied to the Brieux drama Damaged Goods to be presented in Washington next Sunday.

Vermont Avenue Earle Wilfay Vermont Avenue Christian Church N Street Northwest Brieux Wilfey Wilffey Army Navy Washington Eugene Brieux

Two Killed by Wreck Near Cumberland Maryland Train Crash

Special to The Washington Post reports two dead and four injured after a midnight collision at Bidwell 67 miles north of Cumberland between a Western Maryland passenger train and a westbound freight. Engineer James R Shepherd 45 of Cumberland died in hospital from scald injuries. fireman J J Hotchkiss of Ridgeley W Va died from scalds. Injuries include a Frostburg passenger and a Baltimore Pullman steward with head wounds and a severely cut tongue respectively. Freight crew suffered minor injuries as the two trains fouled the main track and the freight section lingered on the main line despite warnings with fuse and lantern signals.

Cumberland Connellsville Hospital H. Wilson Frostburg S. R. Eaton North Stricker Street Baltimore EB. C. Campbell M. Mower

Summer Capital at Cornish New Hampshire

President Wilson has chosen Winston Churchill’s estate in Cornish New Hampshire as his summer capital. The two story brick house sits on a hill with views of the Connecticut River valley and Green Mountains, set among 8 to 700 acres of land and pine groves. The estate includes two seven room cottages for offices and attendants and a tennis court nearby. Plans are not complete and White House comment is unavailable, but the President is understood to plan some portion of the summer there, depending on Congress.

Wilson House Teuse Senate Wson Cansrese 1 Cornish N H Mar Woodrow Wilson Winston Churchill Churchill Santa Barbara Cal E. F. Roberts Harlakendensen House Windsor Connecticut River Valley Green Mountains Maxfield Parrish Kenyon Cox Augustus St. Gaudens White House Green Mountain Foothills Congress Washington

Senator Burleigh to Undergo Surgery at Johns Hopkins

United States Senator Edwin Chick Burleigh of Maine is a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and will undergo an operation. He arrived in Baltimore March 1 en route to Washington for the inauguration and, after taking the oath, returned to Baltimore for treatment. Dr. R. H. Stubbs of Augusta attended him. Mrs. Burleigh stays at the Hotel Emerson while the senator is hospitalized.

Burleigh Maine John Hopkins Washington Post Baltimore United States Edwin Chick Burleigh Jenna Hopkins Hospital Washington R. H. Stubba Augusta Dr. Stubbs Johna Hopkins Hospital

Wife of Eight Leaves Home After Threat Notes River Search

Mrs Ellen Wood, 40, mother of eight, vanished Saturday after leaving her Till street southeast home. A coat and hat were found near Fifteenth and L streets, and Harbor precinct police dragged the river for her body though her husband questions the note she left, believing she may be alive and had left the city before.

James B. Wood Till Street Harbor Wood Ellen

Rev S H Woodrow resigns pastorate in Washington

Dr Samuel H Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church, notifies parishioners of his resignation to take effect June 9. After six years in Washington, he will become pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church in St Louis and has led national mission efforts, raising $12,000 and admitting 458 new members to bring the total to 1,145.

Samuel H. Woodrow First Congregational Church Washington Pilgrim Congregational Church of Woodrow Home Missionary Society The Congregational Church

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