The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-03
SEVEN DAYS
OF NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Washington,

1StratiOn-whether the clause IN the
Panama Canal Act exempting Ameri
can vessels from paying tolls shall be
repealed-remains unsettled and it is
evident that the fight over the Presi'
dents policy advocating the repeal
has just begun.
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The 2-million dollar appropriation
for continuing the improvement OF
the Missouri river from Kansas City
to its mouth went through the house
after a vitriolic attack on the appro-
priation by Representative Galloway,
Democrat, of Texas, who has been at
lacking river improvements generally.
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President Wilson called on Senator
Stone of Missouri, chairman of the
foreign relations committee at the
senator's apartments. Chairman Stone
has been very i'll for several weeks
and now gets about only on crutches.
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The biggest fight of Woodrow VIII
sons career is scheduled to begin in
the house when the preliminary
measures seeking to repeal the clause
of the Panama Canal Act which
exempts American coastwise vessels
from paying tolls will come up for
debate.
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Ambassador Pages own complete
account of his London speech on the
Monroe Doctrine and the Panama
Canal, which caused the senate to de-
mand an explanation by the state de-
partment, has been received by Sec
rotary Bryan.
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Whether telephone companies may
cut off service to an individual be-
cause of failure to pay for past SER
vice is soon to be passed upon by the
Federal supreme court.
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The 10-Hour Woman's Labor law
of Massachusetts has been upheld as
constitutional by the United States
Supreme Court.
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The Michigan Local Option Law OF
1905 has been upheld as constitutional
by the United States Supreme Court.
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Domestic Items.
Upon reliable authority the New
York Sun says it is able to present
the tentative list of federal reserve
cities as follows: Boston, New York
Philadelphia, Washington or Rich
mond, Va; Chicago, st. Louis, San
Francisco, Kansas City, Cincinnati
Atlanta or New Orleans, Dallas OF
Houston, Tex, and Minneapolis.
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The stables connected with the
Armour packing plant at Kansas City
were partially destroyed by fire. Many
horses were burned. The loss, while
large, is covered by insurance.
To search the Arctic Ocean for the
Canadian exploration ship Karluk is
the mission of the whaler Herman,
which has just left San Francisco for
the North.
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William Petty shot and killed his
rival in love, Preston Seeley, at Dear
ing, Kan, and in the fight accidental
ly wounded his sweetheart, Isabel
Stewart, and slightly wounded An
drew Medford Miss Stewards broth
er-in-law. Miss Stewart may die.
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The Seventy-fourth New York regi'
ment was ordered out for strike duty
at II O'Clock at night after one man
had been killed and several wounded
in two serious riots at the plant oil
the Gould Coupler Company within the
last twenty-four hours at Buffalo.
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Charles Ballard, an American, was
kidnapped by Mexicans from Carrie
Springs, Tex, and escaped by driving
into the Rio Grande, according to dis
patches to Governor ColQuitt.
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Forty-one horses of the second year
class of the mounted service school at
Fort Riley were burned to death in a
fine that destroyed one of the large
school stables
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The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion has exclusive Jurisdiction over
the regulation of interstate railroad
rates, it was decided by Federal Judge
Adams at st. Louis recently. Judge
Adams dissolved temporary injunc.
ton restraining the Wabash railroad
from filing new rates for shipments
from the Illinois Glass Works at AL
ton, Ill.
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Property loss approximating $1,000,
600, about half of which is covered
by insurance, resulted from fire
which destroyed the Duke Office build
ing at Durham, N. C. For a time the
entire business section was threat
ened.
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Thirty persons were injured in q
headon collision between southbound
passenger train No, 5, known as the