No Hearings Shown On Tariff Revisions
Senate finance committee will not hold hearings on the Underwood tariff bill as manufacturers press for debate. House Ways and Means already studied key proposals. Republicans plan a united attack while Democrats back Underwood. Potential votes and disputes over raw wool and sugar remain in play.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Senate Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Fnally
Ways and Means
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Underwood
House Democrats
Burleson
White House
International Naval Parade Proposal Headlines Panama Opening
Washington April 10. Representative Copley proposes an international naval parade to open the Panama canal inviting foreign nations. The plan would have the battleship Oregon head the parade commemorating its historic dash around the Horn and joining the American fleet at San Diego during the Spanish American War. The procession would start at Hampton Roads and pass through the Panama canal.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Copley
Wilson
Oregon
San Diego
Spain
Hampton Readg
Drowned cat to cut down big birth list
Grand Junction Colorado April 1 Joseph Harrison prominent rancher says all birth records were smashed yesterday when at 4 o'clock he became father of twins owner of a brand new calf six pigeons and drowned the cat before any additional kittens were added to the ranch birth list.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Joseph Harrison
Move to Join Boundaries of Sister Cities Waterloo Cedar Falls
A proposal would extend Cedar Falls west to Waterloo and Waterloo east to Cedar Falls, creating a shared three mile corridor. Advocates cite police protection highway paving a ten cent fare and reduced intercity travel, with housing growth and schools expanding. Public discussion and council action are anticipated.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Twin Cities
Yaqui Indians on Warpath Report Torture of Captives
Reports from Nogales describe Yaqui fighters aligning with neither side in the Sonora revolt and attacking near Guaymas. Eighteen Mexican men, women, and children were seized between Ortiz and Empalme and subjected to brutal acts including eye gouging and removal of tongues and ears before being forced to walk on thorn beds.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Hermosillo
Guaymas
Ortiz
Empalme
Genetus
Helen Keller Amazes At Flower Show In New York
Miss Helen Adams Keller who is deaf blind and mute astonishes observers by touching and identifying flowers at a New York flower show. Her teacher Mrs John Macy notes the display as she tours with a bouquet of roses, while Keller speaks through lecturing for the blind.
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New York
Helena Adams Keller
John Macy
Miss Keller
Set New Course on Anniversary of Titanic Horror
London April 10 next Tuesday marks the anniversary of the Titanic collision. Trans Atlantic line companies, meeting in Brussels, plan a further southerly course this year from last January. They also reserve a further lane modification if abnormal ice conditions arise.
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London
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
Brussels
Suffragist Miss Emerson in Frail Health Says Doctor
London reports Dr Mansell Moullin, famed suffragist physician, says American suffragist Miss Zeke Emerson is seriously stricken, with a shattered nervous system, insomnia, disturbing dreams, and impaired digestion. she endures great pain near the appendix.
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London
Mansell- Moullin
Zeke Emerson
Convicts to be Feasted for Flood Work in Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana a citizens committee plans a banquet for convicts at the state reformatory in gratitude for flood relief work. They seek 600 dollars for a Sunday feast featuring 1600 pounds of chicken 176 dozen oranges 800 pounds of candy and more with baked cakes by city women.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
State Reformatory
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sherlock Swan Named Baltimore Postmaster
Washington April 10 President Wilson told Representative Konig of Maryland he would appoint Sherlock Swan postmaster at Baltimore Col Collins had also been named with support from Senator John W Smith White House visitors saw the remark as recognition of the Marbury faction in Maryland senatorial politics
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Washington
Wilson
Konig
Maryland
Sherlock Swan
Baltimore
Col.s Collins
John W. Smith
White House
Marbury
Wealthy youth missionary William Borden dies in Cairo
Young Chicago millionaire William Whit ing Borden died of meningitis in Cairo at 24 while pursuing a mission to reach Mohammedans in China. Sister Mrs. Douglas Turner remained with him. burial plans to bring his body to Chicago are pending. Borden, Yale and Princeton educated, left wealth to devote life to missionary work with Moody Institute ties and a noted social prominence.
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Chicago
Egypt
William Whiting Borden
China
Cairo
Douglas Turner
India
Borden
John Borden
Lake Shore Drive
Chi
New York
London
Moody Ride Institute
James M. Gray
Gray
Mr. Borden
Pope Pius X Shows Some Improvement in Health
Rome reports its pope feeling slightly better at noon yet still weak and with a rapid pulse. Doctors note difficulty eating while special prayers are offered across churches for the pontiff and Cardinal Merry del Val arranges visits by pilgrims from Venice to the Vatican.
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Rome
Stefano Inchiostro
Venice
Indhiostro
Vatican
Marchiafuva
Dr. Amici
Amici
Pius X
Cardinal Merry del Val
Merry del Val
Kane
Basilic Cap
Attempts to Burn Council Bluffs Y M C A Building
A series of arson attempts targeted the YMCA building in Council Bluffs. On April 10 the fifth attempt involved intruders flooding the attic with linseed oil and igniting rags, detected by the night watchman who stopped an explosion. Separate dispatch reports warn Mexican targets to avoid firing on American troops along the border.
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Pensacola
Fla
Moore Ice Works
Council Bluffs
M.C
Corncil Bluffs
Yous Men's Christian Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Sen
Holden Refuses Banquet Dinner With Lorimer Guest
Professor Perry G. Holden of Town declines a banquet in his honor in Monror Louisiana as former Senator Van Lorimer of Indiana sits at a table. Holden, a progressive Iowa governor candidate and agricultural lecturer, tours Louisiana promoting a 100 million bushel corn crop in 1914. About 200 attend the Chamber of Commerce hosted event. Lorimer heads a lumber company that recently began a plant here.
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Monror
Perry G. Holden
van Lorimer
Innneis
Holden Renowily
Iowa
Tanquet
I Rofin
Holden
Chamber of Commerce
Lorimer
Gag rules extend through whole Treasury Department
Secretary McAdoo expands the gag order from the assistant secretary to every bureau and division chief, barring publication of government news until his office approves. Surgeon General Blue and other services are barred from releasing test progress, distress news, or warnings, marking a radical departure from MacVeagh policy.
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Washington
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Friedmann
Blue
Public Health Service
F. F. Friedman
Revenue Cutter Services
MacVeagh
Buffalo Strike Persists As Mediation Sought
The International Railway company considers mediation by Mayor Fuhrmann to resume car service and recognize the women workers. In Buffalo 0n April 10 the 3000 National Guard members remain on duty as civil and military authorities weigh reinforced protection amid arbitration talks. A Boston compromise averts a strike by phone operators with an anniversary bonus plan replacing wage demands.
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Buffalo. N
Carmen
The
International Railway Company
FB. G. Connette
Fuhrmann
Buffalo
International Railway
National Guard
Maavor Fuhrmann
Board of Arbitration
Commprondse
Boston
Greater Regston
Temperature record notes from Buchanan Optical area
Yesterday the minimum temperature was 7 and the maximum was 9. A year ago the minimum temperature was 40 and the maximum temperature was 74.
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Buchanan Optical Ca
Ground Floor Syndicate Hock
Sints
Minianim
Strikers Prepare for Belgium General Strike Amid Troop Deployments
Troops occupy major Belgian industrial centers on April 10 as 300 000 to 400 000 workers prepare to quit. Strikers offer constables to authorities and warn violence would hurt their cause. The protest targets Belgiums plural voting system, seeking one vote per citizen.
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Brussels
Belgium
France
Holland
Germany
Brazil Recognizes New Chinese Republic in Pekin
Pekin April 10 Brazil recognizes the new Chinese republic and cables the action to the Chinese government. Flags were hoisted over government offices. Reports that Li Yuan Hung was assassinated are denied. both president and vice president remain under tight guard amid fears of plots by opponents.
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Pekin
China
United States
Li Yuan Hung
Yuan Shi Kai
Progressive declines rules committee seat in Congress
Washington April 10 Representative Chandler selected as the progressive member of the rules committee declined to serve. Representative Kelly was named for the place, Representative Woodruff for the progressive seat on accounts and Thompson for the enrolled bills post. The progressive conference will meet tomorrow to outline the legislative program including direct election of the president and vice president a simpler constitutional amendment path and various social reforms.
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Washington
Chandler
Rules Committee
Kelly
Woodruff
Thompson
Progressive Conference
Strengthen the Arvres Levée Work Around New Orleans
New Orleans April 10 Capt C O Sherrill chief of the United States engineers in charge of levee work from Vicksburg south reports large forces of men strengthening levees and raising them two to three feet above the high water stages of 1912. Brare and city engineers say there is no danger in the vicinity. Memphis Tenn April 10 the Mississippi river gage reads 46.4 feet up .6 in 24 hours.
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New Orleans
C. O. Sherrill
United States Engineers
Vicksburg
Brare
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