Slow progress slows tariff bill as caucus takes up farm items
Washington April 16 Slow progress in the Democratic house caucus on the new tariff bill worries administration leaders. Wheat was first on the agricultural schedule as opposition formed against free listing of flour and potatoes. The caucus hoped to finish by week end but expects to extend into mid next week delaying senate action toward June. Underwood resumes charge while debates over citrus duties and pineapple tariffs continued.
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Washington
Democratic House
Senate
Cordell] Hull
Tennessee
Northwestern
House
Underwood
Levy
New York
Fowler
Illinois
California
Florida
Church of California
Dingley
Baker and Kettner
Sparkman
Harrison
Clark
Postmaster General Burleson Sets Merit Based Postmaster Policy
Washington April 15 Post master General Burleson announced the administration will keep all Republican postmasters in office through their terms unless charges of inefficiency are proven. The policy covers all postmaster classes and aims for a business like department. Burleson noted removals possible only with specific charges of inefficiency after consultations with President Wilson who backs a merit system.
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Washington
Burleson
Jr. Burleson
Wilson
Workingmen's Compensation Bill Reported in House
In Des Moines Iowa on April 16 special report that the house sitting committee sent the Clarkson workingmen's compensation bill to the floor without recommendation.
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Yes Moines
House
Clarkson
Titanic Memorial Lighthouse Dedicated in New York
In New York on the Titanic anniversary a sea front ceremony at the Seamen's Church Institute dedicated a lighthouse memorial for the lost. Bishop Greer spoke as business and shipping leaders attended the event and the tower will overlook the harbor with a government charter and a daily noon time ball for ship chronometers.
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New York
Seamen’s Church Institute
Institute
David H. Greer
DAR Convention Narrowly Divided Over President General
At the Daughters of the American Revolution annual session in Washington the race for president general heated into ten hours of campaigning. Supporters of Mrs Story, Mrs Horton, and Mrs Bryan arrived early, each claiming victory for their favored candidate as officers were nominated for the evening ballot.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wm. C. Story
Chas
Miller Horton
Chas. B. Bryan
Weather fragments from Buchanan Optical Co page
Markings show temperatures with a record of yesterday and a year ago. The report notes a minimum of 42 and maximum of 67 yesterday, compared to a 46 minimum and 62 maximum a year earlier.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Former Pupil of Wilson Named Assistant Attorney General
Washington April 15 Samuel Houston Thompson formerly assistant attorney general of Colorado has been chosen as assistant attorney general for the United States before the court of claims. He led the Woodrow Wilson Rocky Mountain club and was a Princeton student and member of the Princeton eleven.
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Washington
Samuel Houston Thompson
Colorado
United States
Court of Claims
Woodrow Wilson Rocky Mountain Club
Princeton
Wilson Announces First Batch of Post Office Appointments
President Wilson prepared for the Senate with his first batch of post office appointments. Scores of minor postmasters were agreed upon by the postmaster general and the president, with many land office appointments also worn. The president consulted several senators about the appointments.
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Post Office
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Pope Gains Sunlight Aid Amid Recovery Hope
Rome April 16 pope’s condition steadies with no fever and easier cough. Marchiafava says patient’s course is normal but must follow doctors orders. sunlit hours and a window trip lift spirits. Pope jokes with doctors and dreams of Venice as nephew offers support and family keeps vigil. Licensed to wed notices conclude the item.
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Rome
Ettore Marchiafava
Ddl
Andrea Amici
Holy Father
Marchiafava
Amics
Pius
Father Parolin
Vatican
Groom vows to obey wife as ceremony mix up in New York
New Yorker Thomas Evans aged 23 and Margaret Cook 19 married after City Magistrate Levy mis phrases the oath asking Evans to love and obey. Evans agreed to obey despite the mix up and the magistrate lectured the bride on cooking to balance the moment.
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New York
Thomas Evans
Levy
Evans
Margaret Cook
Lia
Cheriah
Lvans
Belgium Strikes Spread As Workers Walk Out Across Cities
Belgian workers continue a broad strike across Charleroi La Louviere Liege Antwerp and Brussels with about 270 000 men off the job. Leaders demand protest against plural voting while guards protect electric street cars amid rising labor unrest. No violence reported.
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Brussels
Belgium
Associated Press
Antwerp
West Flanders
la Louviere
Boagts Hell Predicts Mexican Capital Take in 60 Days
From Naco Arizona April 15 General Alvaro Obregon as commander in chief of Sonora insurgent forces declares within sixty days the constitutionalists will capture Mexico City. He cites reinforcements from Sinaloa Tepic and Coahuila and predicts Carranza will become president. Federal troops near Narco are retreating toward Guaymas.
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Ariz
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Sonora
Narco
Guaymas
Sinaloa State
Tepic
Martinez Pinozo
Zapata
Coahuila
Carranza
Federals Evacuate Empalme as State Troops Secure City
Federal forces evacuated Empalme early today and moved by boat toward Guaymas, while state troops swept in and the town fell under constitutionalist control. Reports from Nogales indicate the withdrawal was to the south and that Guaymas received the displaced troops.
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Nogales
Ariz
Empalme
Guaymas
Fire by militants injures man at Hastings mansion
April 16 dispatches report militant suffragists firebombing the St Leonard’s on Sea residence of Arthur Philip Du Cros MP. They used jam- smeared paper to muffle entry, set explosions, injuring a fireman. A large cache of suffrage literature was found nearby.
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Hastings
England
St. Leonards-on-Sea
Arthur Philip du Cros
Bath
Great Western Railway
Fumes Intended For Cockroaches Kill Three Men In Winnipeg
In Winnipeg on April 15, during fumigation of the Gunn building on Jarvis to drive out cockroaches, deadly fumes from the acid seeped into nearby Turkish baths and caused asphyxiation of bathers Nicholas Warnock and C Derkas and attendant Geo Cobbelink. Fumigation operator Geo Hartman was arrested pending investigation.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gunn
Jarvis
Nicholas Warnock
C. Derkas
Geo. Cobbelink
Geo. Hartman
Bernbrock shade tree bill reconsidered in Senate
Des Moines April 15 The Senate reconsiders the indefinite postponement of the Bernbrock shade tree bill and refers it to the sitting committee for action.
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Des Moines
Senate
Wilson to Meet Japanese Ambassador at White House
President Wilson arranged a late afternoon meeting with the Japanese ambassador at the White House to convey his government’s latest position on changes to California alien laws since a prior visit two weeks ago.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Sconvey
California
Bank Closed Under Probe For Overloaned Condition
National Bank Examiner Ralon said Atlantic National Bank of Providence closed its doors yesterday and no criminality had been found yet. The examiner began a thorough May examination to determine solvency. Former President Metcalf resigned April 1 and left the bank in an over loaned condition.
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Washington
National Bank
Ralon
Atlantic National Bank of Providence
R. I
Murray
Metcalf
Ner
House Votes 87 500 for Dairy Extension Work
Nes Miines April 14 Special. The house passed the appropriation 87 500 for dairy extension work. Martin a great Terigat advertisemant.
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HOUSE
Martin
Heiress'sIdeal Husband Fails To Match Panels
New York report recounts Miss Lilla Gilbert, heir to 16 million, selecting a husband by strict traits. Her fiancé Howard Price, tall and red haired with failed business prospects, does not meet the desired profile, including political and financial expectations, prompting a canceled ceremony.
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New York
Lilla Gilbert
Four Hundred
Guards on Duty to Prevent Riots in Manaraneck
Armed guards and deputy sheriffs patrol southwestern Westchester today to avert a repeat of yesterday’s strike riots that left one striker dead and a deputy mortally wounded. Sheriff Boyle says the situation is under control. Strikers, largely Italians, are allied with the Laborers' International Union of America and seek higher wages and shorter hours. The spread targets road contractors, factories, the New Haven railroad, and country estates employing field workers. Fifty workers on the estate of the late Whitelaw Reid have been called out, with smaller numbers from other estates.
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Manaraneck
Westchester County
Boyle
Laborers’ International Union of America
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Whitelaw Reid
Fire destroys Columbia hotel and hardware store losses tallied
Columba, April 15. Fire in early morning destroyed the Columbia hotel and the Hlatie hardware and grocery store of Lorick & Lowraive. Adjoining structures suffered damage as flames raged at 7 oclock. total losses estimated from 150000 to 175000 dollars.
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Columbia, 8. C
Columbia
Hlatie Hardware
Armistice Arranged Between Turkey and Balkan Allies
A three days armistice has been arranged between Turkey and the Balkan allies, according to a semi official dispatch from Constantinople. A persistent report is in circulation that a ten days armistice beginning at once has been concluded between Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Paris
Turkey
Balkan
Constantinople
Armistea
Yelock
Wulgaria
Panama Canal Toll Clash Near Settlement
London reports James Bryce’s briefing suggests a favorable Britain United States settlement on Panama canal tolls. President Wilson may issue a statement delaying toll removal, aiming to avoid tariff clashes in Congress while opposing subsidies. Senate and House committees weigh Root’s bill to repeal free tolls amid ongoing talks.
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London
James Bryce
United Sates
Wilson
Manchester Guardian
Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Bryce
Great Britain
England
Balkan
Senate
O'Gorman
Inter-Oceanic Canals Committee
Root
Spreckels Drops Work To Go Fishing Amid Strike
Yonkers N Y April 15 Louis Spreckels superintendent of the Federal Sugar refinery told workers he was going fishing and did not know when he would return The strike order issued yesterday to unskilled laborers kept the whistle silent and about 1200 men were affected at the plant with employees turned away at the gates
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Yonkers
Louis Spreckels
Federal
Cosson case against district judge announced in Des Moines
Des Moines April 14 The Iowa supreme court will hear Attorney General Cosson versus District Judge C Ti Bradshaw of Toledo during the May term beginning May 6. Judge Lindshaw is cited to show cause why he did not let John Fletcher assistant AG appear before a grand jury at Marshalltown in arson cases. one defendant was acquitted yesterday. Martin reported found A London April 14 report says Joseph W Martin of Memphis missing since April 13 may have been found though no confirmation yet. A gold watch chain belonging to Martin found by a boy was recovered. Scotland Yard said progress continues with renewed vigor.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Cosson
C. Ti. Bradshaw
Toledo
Lindshaw
John Fletcher
Marshalltown
Martin
London
Joseph W. Martin
Memphis
Tenn
Fen
Scotland Yard
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