Tariff Talks Begin As House Readies Bill
Washington April 29 and Wilson schedule highlight a busy tariff season. Democrats press a rapid passage plan with five minute remarks as Underwood forecasts House approval this week. Senator Newlands seeks hearings on schedules including free wool and free sugar affecting intermountain states.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Representative Underwood
Alabama
Congress
Wilson
Washington
Newlands
Senate Finance Committee
Amundsen Seeks Panama Canal Passage for Fram
Roald Amundsen informs Secretary Garrison of his plan to use the Panama Canal this fall with the Fram for his Arctic expedition. He notes the vessel is at Buenos Aires and that passage depends on slide conditions but prefers canal transit to circumventing South America.
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Washington
Roald Amundsen
Garrison
Panama Canal
Hram
Fram
Buenos Ayres
Panama
Amundsen
South America
United States
Smith to Meet Willard in Coast Fight Weekend
Promoter Coffroth plans Gunboat Smith versus Jess Willard for May 16 or May 17 on the coast. Smith will travel soon. Willard has begun light training at Harbin Springs.
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Smith
Willard
San Francisco
Coffroth
Smith-Jess Willard
Harbin Springs
Extrty Extrty Man Marries His Wife In Court
Vas liy Radic of Wabash Indiana married his wife twice in one day. After filing a complaint with police over alleged kissing by rivals, he obtained a new license at the courthouse and remarried Mrs Hadic an hour later in a second ceremony.
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Wabash
Ind
Vasliy Radic
Radic
Buccaneers Spurn Capt Kidd Methods for Villa Loot
In El Paso on April 29 reports say Francisco Villa’s insurgents are carrying nearly $100,000 in silver and gold bullion—about 180,000 pesos—from a Mexico Northern railroad train seized near the Guerra mining district. Guarded by ten Villa followers the treasure moves along mountain trails toward Chihuahua City amid wary mule teams.
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Kidd
el Paso
Tex
Capt. Kidd
Francisco Villa
Madera
Villa
Mexico Northern
Chihuahua City
Guerra
Fine Gunmen Caught After Street Murder
New York April 29 Suspected informant Jerry Maida known as Jerry the lunchman was shot on Forty first street near Broadway by gangsters. Five bullets ended his life as five gunmen were arrested by police nearby. Authorities say Maida had ties to the gang and was believed to be revealing secrets to District Attorney Whitman.
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New York
Jerry Maida
Jerry
Forty-first Street
Broadway
Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Whitman
Britain presses Guatemala over long standing debt claims
Washington reports Great Britain renews demand for payment of Guatemala indebtedness. The issue could gauge U S policy toward South American republics as Britain seeks to secure a $20 to $30 million loan to fund debt relief and currency reform. London denies an ultimatum was sent, saying only a renewed presentation of the debt demand occurred.
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Washington
Great Britain
Guatemala
State Department
United States
London
Foreign Office
Mrs. Harrison Peck Died at Cedar Falls Night
Cedar Falls Iowa April 29 Mrs Harrison Peck died last night at 2 30 at 215 Tremont Street of paralysis She was a pioneer of Black Hawk county moving there in 1861 She lived on a farm near Janesville before moving to Cedar Falls six years ago Surviving children include five daughters Mrs Ella Briden Mrs Jennie Decker Mrs Ida Ford Mrs Grace Jordan and Mrs Cora Elgin and three sons William H Edward and Walter Funeral services set for 10 oclock Thursday at the residence with Rev D W Fahs officiating burial in Janesville
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Cedar Falls
Spe
Celal
Harrison Peck
Tremont, Street
Peck
Black Hawk County
Janesville
Evaline A. Becker
Staten Island
N. Y
W. H. Peck
Aged Surgeon Pleads Guilty To Forgery In Fort Madison
Dr C G Guthrie a former Boer War surgeon pleaded guilty in district court to forgery and received a fifteen year penitentiary sentence. The aged Fort Smith Arkansas native allegedly forged a St Louis bill posting company check before cashing it.
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Ft. Madison
C. G. Guthrie
Guthrie
Fort Smith, Ark
St. Louis
Clash Over Annet Of Young Bride In Des Moines Case
Des Moines reports a larceny by embezzlement case involving Gladys Wayne Devendorf an 18 year old newlywed held in custody after allegedly stealing a 3650 diamond ring from Marshalltown businessman Hardy A. Friend. The husband Leo Devendorf and Judge Jessa Miller push for release bonds while Marshalltown authorities seek Mrs Devendorfs arrest.
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Des Moines
Hardy A. Friend
Marshalltown
Gladys Wayne Devendorf
Leo Devendorf
Ninth Street
Jessa A. Miller
Devendorf
Friend
Kilbane Dundee Featherweight World Title Bout Set
Los Angeles April 29 Kilbane the featherweight champion and Johnny Dundee of New York meet today in a scheduled 20 round world title bout at Vernon. Each fighter under 122 pounds and in prime condition with Kilbane favored at two to one by bookmakers. A weather note and a birth late note follow in the same column.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Dundee
New York
Veronon
Ortie McManigal to Be Released from Jail
A Los Angeles report states Ortie McManigal, once a prisoner since 1911, will be freed within weeks. His wife and three children await reunion, and the couple’s estrangement over his decision to testify against the McNamara brothers is noted as a factor in their separation.
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Los Angeles
Ortie McManigal
McNamara Brothers
Indianapolis
Mercy England Loses Mrs Belmont Cash Protest
Mrs. C H P Belmont traveled through London en route to a Budapest suffrage convention and declared she would avoid spending a cent in England in protest of the government’s attitude toward woman suffrage. She noted forced passage via an English boat left her no choice but to pass through England.
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London
C. H. P. Belmont
Budapest
England
Battery C Sixth Field Artillery Leaves Fort Riley for Fort Bliss
Fort Riley Kansas April 29 Battery C Sixth Field Artillery left today for Fort Bliss Texas on telegraphic orders from Washington to take the place of the battalion ordered to Texas when the Second Army Division was mobilized there last February.
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Ft. Riley
Kan
Sixth Field Artillery
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Washington, D. C
Washington
War Department
Texas
Waterloo plans for numerous new buildings announced
A Waterloo building surge was unveiled with plans for residences apartment houses and other structures costing over 750000. Fred W Fortsch launches two 32 by 50 foot two story apartment blocks on Jefferson and Ninth, eight five room units each. Additional homes planned in Blowers Teeters and Second Home Park Additions with dozens of frame houses and a $20000 value of construction slated this summer.
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Waterloo
Jefferson and
Ninth Streets
Fred W. Fortsch
Emily C. Williams
O. F. Teeter
Lota
Blowers
Ada M. Hovenizer
Maude Poyner
Renew Thomas
Clarence Nelson
Jebn’ Kock
F. Phills
Nellie L. Fry
R. R. Holt
W. O. Blowers
JK 1
Feely
B. A. Bacon
Grace Léonard
Kepha Peek
Charles Beck
Waterloo East
Frank Reynolds
Mulberry and
Tenth Streets
Thomas H. Spencer
Mulberry Street
Emma M. Rose
Galloway
Kings Receive Fortress Keys in Montenegro Ceremony
Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro is greeted with an ovation on his arrival and hands over the fortress keys to King Nichola as the royal family parades to the cathedral. Austro-Hungarian officials express dissatisfaction with London conference outcomes and plan actions with Germany and Italy.
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Cetingo
Danilo
Montenegro
Nichola
Lcutari
Vienna
Austria
Conference of Ambassadors
London
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Maly
Church Event Advertised in Saloon Windows Stirred Chicago Clergy
In Chicago on April 29, Methodist ministers protested a missionary pageant advertised in barrooms and saloon windows for next week by united churches. The advertising committee's action was sustained as clergymen debated the propriety of church aims displayed in booze venues.
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Chicago
United Churches
Charles Bayard Mitchell
Prize Offered for Gleanliness at Iowa Creameries
Ames April 20 Special. Prof Mortenson of Iowa State College dairy department offers $20 to the buttermaker with the most beautiful creamery grounds judged from photographs at the Iowa State Dairymen's convention. The State Dairy association may add about $106. Emphasizes creamery civic role and model sanitation inside and out.
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Ames
Iowa
A. Mortenson
Dairy Department
Mortenson
Iowa State Dairymen
State Dairy Association
New British Ambassador to Be Introduced in Coming Week
Washington reports Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, newly appointed British ambassador, will notify the state department of arrival within a day or so. He plans a formal introduction to President Wilson next week, with staff transfers and promotions anticipated, and Panama Canal tolls to be among his early concerns.
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Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Moore
State Department
Wilson
Washinorton
Alfred Mitchell Ennex
New Treaty With Japan May End California Tensions
Washington discussions on suspending anti-Japanese laws to allow time for negotiating a new treaty with Japan. Officials consider framing a pact acceptable to Californians and Tokyo, with Wilson and officials weighing options and cabinet deliberations continuing.
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Japan
NO SIGNIFICANCE IN VISIT OF JAPANESE
Tokio April 29. An announcement of a planned May departure for the United States by Soroku Ebara a Japanese parliament member and Ichiro Hattori a member of the house of peers sparked reports of a special mission to America to study alien land ownership in California. The facts show no official character and Sacramento is not the objective. the visit aims to learn reasons for California opposition to Japanese people and to ease tensions.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Soroku Ebara
Constitution Party
Ichiro Hattori
House of Peers
Armerica
California
Sacramento
America
Strikers Break in Auburn Harvester Mills Tie-Up
More than 190 International Harvester strikers returned to work in Auburn Ohio after police lines escorted them past 750 fellow workers who urged a continued walkout. Mayor and city forces oversaw the resumption as machines began turning after six weeks of idle operation.
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Auburn
OS. Ya
International Harvester Twine Mills
Gregg
Convicted arsonist Ben Kahn sentenced in Indiana case
Ben Kahn, found guilty of burning his own store in South Bend, faced a sentence of two to twenty-one years in the state prison. He was admitted to bail pending appeal on $10,000 bonds. The trial linked an alleged arson trust across central western states, with Ben Fink confessing to being the torch for the group. Nearly 100 arrests have been made in the investigation.
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South Bend
Ind
Ben Kahn
Indiana
Kahn
Supreme Court
Ben Fink
Train Rends Car. One Dead Twelve Hurt in Chicago
A Chicago grade crossing collision injured about a dozen and killed Charles P. Kittier, a motorman, decapitated at Ninety-fourth Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. The injured include Mrs Daney William Daney Hattie Stubble Sarah Leviton Fay Leviton Evelyn Leviton Celia Crasko and others. Miners Return to Work in West Virginia districts Paint and Cabin Creeks report no major disturbances and state officials coordinate with Governor Hatfield.
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Chicago
Ninety-fourth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Charles P. Kittier
West Thirty-eighth Street
BE. Daney
Jackson Ave
Charleston
W.a
Paint
Cabin Creeks
Otheer Mines
Hatfield
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Buchanan Optical Co
Charles Brown
Carson Street
Ortie Memanigal
Mercy
Mrs. Belmont
Fort Bliss
Martin
Watson
Nose
Marghalltown
Prapk Gotety
Fadas
Tado
Ment
Uryan
Bryan
Pacific Coast
John Bassett Moore
Mexico
Mr. Bryan
Lin
NEAD
William Daney
Ingleside Ave
Tire
Hattie Stubble
Mich
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Samuel Sraith
Sir Eberald
Sarah Leviton
Bine Island Avenue
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Evelyn Leviton
Celia Crasko
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