Thornton Supports Repeal of Panama Canal Tolls
Louisiana Senator Thornton argues against coastwise toll exemptions, stating no moral right to grant exemptions and urging repeal. He cites administration letters and policy as justification while opposing broader exemptions and warning of possible retaliation by other nations. Senate adjourns for Vera Cruz tribute as debate continues.
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Congress
Panama
U. S
Senate
Thornton
Vera Cruz
New York
Montana
Hoke Smith
Smith
Georgia
Root
Stone
United States
Tam
Henry White
Dfr
Joseph J. Choate
Repeal of Toll Exemption Cited in Senate Debate
The Michigan senator Town sent questions about free tolls for skin owners and coastwise vessels with transcontinental railroads. No record evidence proves free tolls aid competition or benefit consumers. remarks suggest the opposite. Brig. Gen. William Crozier, War Department ordnance chief, is confined to bed at his home after sudden illness, with hopes for early recovery.
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Townsent
Brig. Gar
William Crozier
War Department
Massachusetts Avenue
Gen. Crosier
Storm the Capitol Suffragists Plea for Vote at Capitol
Five thousand suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to present petitions urging the Bristow Mandell amendment for women’s suffrage. The parade included 24 foot banners, bright roses, and a chorus singing The March of the Women and America as cavalry and police maintained order.
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Antis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Senate
House
Bristow-Mandel
Capitol Plaza
America
Executive Avenue
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Lena Hitchcock
Juliet Barrett Rublee
Fifteenth Street
First Street
Delaware Avenas
Man Claims 57-Pound Weight Loss Device Inventor Named
May 9 report from Johnstown Pa asserts Hy Stetler reduced weight by 57 pounds using a tiny invisible device under 1 ounce. The method allegedly combines a desk reducer with medicines and exercises. Prof B B Burns of New York promotes the device and offers free trials to readers.
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Johnastowh
Hy -T Stetler
Wor Ag
B. B.burns
t-Thirty-eighth Street
New York
Ady
Tampico Crisis Deepens as US Prepares Reinforcements
Mexican tension escalates as Ozark moves toward Tampico and twelve transports are readied to reinforce Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz. Mediation talks begin May 18 at Niagara Falls while Huerta delegates depart for Washington amid guarded safety assurances.
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Vera Cruz
Tampico
Ozark
Fanston
Galveston
War Department
Niagara Falls
Ward
Mexico City
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
United States
Washington
Key West
Death by own hand shocks Santa Barbara note
Charles W Post a health foods founder, born 1864 in Springfield Illinois, died by firing a rifle in his Santa Barbara California home after requesting nurse Ella Benson leave the room. Inquest testimony cited his long nervous strain after an appendicitis operation in Rochester New York.
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Cal
Charles W. Posting
Battle Gross
Mich
Washington, D. C
J. Bainbridges
Post
Geome
Here
Recheater
Monn
California
Ela Benson
Pest
Ella Benson
Mr. Post
Mrs. Post
Miss Benson
Rochester
Battle Creek
Charles W. Post
Springfield
Rail
Queen Hosts UD 8 Women at Rome Palace Tea
In Rome the Queen of Italy welcomed the executive committee of the International Council of Women led by the Countess of Aberdeen. Guests included Mrs May Wright Sewall and Dr Anna Shaw. They discussed hospitals and education, tea followed, and a council meeting heard Miss Sadie America announce a peace telegram to Mexican women. Dr Shaw spoke on gains in woman suffrage.
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Rome
Italy
International Council of
Womer
Countess of Aberdeen
May Wright Sewall
Anna Shaw
Misa Sadie America
Chicago
Mexico
Shaw
English War Correspondents Seized in Mexico City
Richard Harding Davis, A J Sutton of The Washington Post and Associated Press writers Whiffen and Rorke were seized by Mexican secret police in Mexico City and jailed. Sir Lionel Carden intervened, securing release for two British nationals while American journalists faced continued detention and diplomatic pressure. The incident followed threats against U S interests and an appeal for international aid to resolve the dispute with Huerta's government.
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Mexico
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Bavaria
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Inez
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Germany
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Washington Post
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A. J. Sutton
The
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Central News of America
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Walter Whiffen
Oliver Wueffer
Daily Express
London
Sociedad
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Hueffer
Heaven
Earth
Bionel
Gorke
Fuetter
Jamd
Whiffen
Sutton
Davis
Lionel
Open Democratic Caucus Sets Stage for Key Prohib and Suffrage Debates
The House caucus will decide which bills survive the remainder of the session with a broad open field for any legislative issue. Reports on the Mendell suffrage resolution and Hobson prohibition resolution were filed. a minority report by Dupre is planned. The rules committee may set a rule to bring both measures to a vote, though Underwood opposes the prohibition measure.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Chandler
New York
Darlin
Virginia
Representative Dupre
Louisiana
House Rules Committee
Underwood
Recruiting hospital aids at Fort Washington Md seized by army
A wary recruiting drive at Fort Washington Maryland seeks medical personnel including medics students pharmacists male nurses and other men with healthcare training. The program offers a path to service with the colors and discharge after one year if war does not erupt or if the event in Mexico does not occur.
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United States Army
Mexico
Etna quake devastates Sicilian villages killing hundreds
A powerful earthquake near Mount Etna last night killed hundreds and wounded about 350 across Linera, Zaffarana, Santa Venerina, and nearby towns. Catania hospitals overflow, telegraph and rail links damaged, and locals describe scenes of collapse, entombed survivors, and a desperate race to provide aid as authorities coordinate relief for a stricken Sicilian district.
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Giarre
Linera
Pisano
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