Ottawa Navy Bill Deadlock Over 55 Million Grant
Ottawa reports a three day parliamentary deadlock over a 55 million dollar grant to Britain for battleships. Liberal opposition seeks to replace the clause with funds to build a Canadian naval service in co operation with the imperial navy. Leaders expect the stalemate to last until Sunday and beyond.
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Baltimore Explosion Kills About Fifty as 340 Tons Dynamite Detonates
A massive blast in Baltimore harbor killed around 50 and wounded many more as 340 tons of an Ananite exploded while transferring from a barge to the British steamer Alum Chine. The shock was felt 100 miles away in Feading and Atlantic City. Tug at the Broadway wharf carried dead and injured while families waited at hospitals and Sparrow's Point. Casualty figures were not final by mid afternoon.
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Sparrow’s Point
Shankland bill killed in house committee
Des Moines action reports the Shankland bill was killed in committee of the house by an eight to four vote. James Black and F. M. Wilson, returnees from Des Moines, argued against the measure.
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Darrow Jury Deliberates in Bribery Case
In Los Angeles on March 7 the jury weighing Clarence Darrow’s alleged jury bribery charge held morning deliberations with no verdict. He faced a similar charge in a prior trial and was acquitted quickly. Court reconvened at 10 set for decision as speculation grew about a possible disagreement after over an hour of talks.
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Los Angeles
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McNamara Brothers
Nominations Made for Post Office Department
Washington March 7 Daniel Roper of South Carolina was nominated by President Wilson to be first assistant postmaster general. Dr Charles P Neill is to be renominated as commissioner of labor statistics after failing to be confirmed previously. John R Blakeslee of Pennsylvania was chosen for third assistant postmaster general.
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Daniel (. Roper
South Carolina
Wilson
Chas. P. Neill
John R. Blakeslee
Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee
Roosevelt opposes bipartisan deal on Lorimer senator seat
Chicago March 7 Theodore Roosevelt declares firm opposition to any bipartisan deal involving Lorimer ism for a United States Senate seat. He says no alliance would win his support for a Progressive senator and stresses his independence from party bargains.
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Mutinous Arab Troops Shot at Gallipoli
In Constantinople on March 15, fifty mutinous Arab soldiers from Turkish regiments guarding Gallipoli and the Dardanelles were executed as an example to others. The NCOs report the men, drawn from Asia Minor, mutinied due to the extreme cold and claimed they are too dumb to fight.
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Gallipoli
Dardanelles Straits
Asia Minor
University professor charged in Darling murder
St. Paul records detail the death of Clyde N Darling at the Olson home. Prof. Oscar M Olson of the University of Minnesota confessed to the shooting claiming unwritten law as his defense. Handwriting tests will compare a postal card found in Darling's pocket. A preliminary hearing is set for tomorrow.
Rebel Gilt Surrenders to Government in Mexico City
Rafael Tapia an officer from the rurale guards who opposed Huerta surrendered to government authorities at Guadalupe Hidalgo where the 1848 treaty was signed. His defection weakens rebel strength in the southeast according to officials. Also reports say Coahuila legislature backs rebel Carranza and Hidalgo donors contribute 256 000 pecos to the cause. Manuso Mascarenna arrives with governor bid.
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Manuso Mascarenna
Sonora
Cage Appointments Stir Support for Julia Lathrop
Washington March 7 Friends of Miss Julia Lathrop head of the children's bureau are sending letters to President Wilson urging her continuation in office though her appointment was made by Taft Mrs Robt Wickliffe widow of the Louisiana congressman killed by a train near Washington last spring is also urged in her behalf.
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Taft
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Re‑election of Ryan Leads Iron Workers Group
P M Ryan of Chicago, a labor leader convicted in a dynamite conspiracy trial, was re elected president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in Indianapolis. Harry Jones of New York was named secretary treasurer, succeeding Herbert S Hockin who is in Fort Leavenworth federal prison. Executives include Vaughn, Johnson, O Shea, and McKinney with Warne opposing re election.
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Ind
P. M. Ryan
Chicago
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Harry Jones
New York
Herbert S. Hockin
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Wilson Holds Talks With Leaders as Extra Session Looms
President Wilson, in Washington, met with House leaders to push tariff action at an upcoming extra session. He planned regular cabinet meetings, anticipated possible sundry civil and Indian appropriation bills, and cited minimal travel for 1913.
Hungarian Women Win in Violence and Suffrage
Budapest reports say the lower house of the Hungarian parliament adopted a government reform bill enfranchising many women amid crowds and threats of general strike. Riot scenes plagued sessions with police expelling opposition leaders and tensions amid universal suffrage debate.
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Count Apponyi
Count Zichy
Apponyi
Francis Kossuth
Washington Police Accused of Disrupting Suffrage Parade
Testimony before a Senate committee alleges Washington police failed to aid suffrage marchers on Monday. Officers allegedly jeered protesters, one tore a coat from Patricia Street, and an ambulance nearly struck marchers until Senator Poindexter intervened.
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Senate
Leavo Avenue
Patricia Street
Australia
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Poindexter
Speaker Clark Reflects on Birthday and Historic Day
Washington March 7 Speaker Clark is 63 today and says he feels 30. He spent the day quietly in his office receiving callers and congratulations. He recalls being born on the same day Daniel Webster delivered his famous speech on the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Washington
Clark
Daniel Webster
Friedmann Prospects Seen as Tuberculosis Cure Demonstration
Dr. Friedrich Friedmann treated three American patients in New York in a public demonstration claiming his tuberculosis serum is curative. The sessions involved two men with lung TB and a woman with knee TB, each receiving injections in muscle and vein and facing seven days for first reaction and three weeks for follow up. The People's Hospital medical board will monitor the three patients under constant observation and issue results when available.
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People’s Hospital
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Hite
Tariff Work Begins in New Congress Washington
The House Ways and Means Committee prepares to organize its tariff program for the sixty third Congress. With three new Democratic members the panel is expected to adopt the tariff measures from the last session and report them before the extra session on April 1. Aims include minimal reorganization of committees and possible currency legislation. Opposition from lobbyists and persistent calls for bank and currency action loom as the process starts.
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Death of Mrs. Susan Flim Reeder Blim in Waterloo
Susan Flim died Thursday after a long illness at 120 Jefferson Street in Waterloo. Born in Germany in 1861 she moved to Brighton Wisconsin as a girl, married J. B. Reeder in 1885, then to Waterloo in 1887. She left nine children and later married Adam Blim. funeral Monday at St Marys Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
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Waterloo
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Surprise Vote Elevates Clarke as Senate Pro Tempore
Washington on March 7 Democrats selected Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas for president pro tempore with Senator Augustus C. Bacon of Georgia losing 27 to 14. The caucus choice effectively acts as the senate election.
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Democrats
Senate
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
Augustus C. Bacon
Georgia
Bacon
Day speakers back from meet temperance conference
Waterloo delegates to the temperance conference with the house committee in Des Moines James Black A A MacHachron and J M Wilson returned after a satisfactory meeting Cities represented included Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Waterloo Ottumwa and Des Moines The assembly moved from a committee room to the main room due to large turnout Discussion centered on the Shankland bill with Ottumwa in favor Des Moines divided and Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown against most
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Des Moines
James Black
A. A. MacHachron
J. M. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Assistant named to aid Judge McPherson in Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa March 7 Hon Arba S Van Valkenburg United States judge Western District of Missouri appointed by Senior Circuit Judge Walter H San to assist Judge McPherson in the Southern District of Iowa. Commission reads to serve in place of or in aid of Hon Smith McPherson. Increased business in the southern district necessitated help.
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Arba S. van Valkenburg
United States
Western District of
Missouri
Walter H. Sanborn
McPherson
Iowa
van Valkenburgh
Smith McPherson
Life sized bust honors retiring agriculture secretary
In Washington D C in March a life sized bronze bust of James Wilson will memorialize his sixteen years as secretary of agriculture. The replica was presented to the department by its employers at the National Museum last night as he plans to return home.
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Hone
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