Warden Crashes Prison Dash in Deer Lodge
Warden Frank Conley and Deputy Warden John Robinson were attacked as three life convicts led by George Rock and W H Hayes broke toward the penitentiary office in Deer Lodge Montana. Conley was wounded after a knife attack and fired on Hayes and Rock, fatally wounding Robinson. Hayes and Rock were shot. Hayes died, Rock was killed after the clash.
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Haye
Tragic North Collingwood School Fire Kills 170
A North Collingwood public school in Cleveland is engulfed by fire trapping children in hallways and doors. About 165 bodies are recovered with six missing and many injured. Victims ranged from 6 to 15 years old. The brick two story school housed 300 to 325 pupils.
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Cleveland
North Collingwood
Ohio Stork Brings Five Babies
Five babies born to Mr and Mrs George Campbell in Steubenville Ohio on March 9. Three died within an hour leaving two survivors a boy and a girl.
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Ohio
Masked gunman shoots at bank president in Idaho home
Ed ward Shainwald president of the First National Bank of Weisner Idaho barely escapes as a stranger at his door fires twice during an attempted killing. A blue handkerchief covered the intruder’s forehead and a telegram claim is reported. One bullet hit the ceiling while another struck the door and burned Shainwald’s wrist. The assailant fled.
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Weisner
Idaho
Edward Shainwald
First National Bank
Mrs Shainwald
Pinchot Warns of Looming Timber Shortage Before Engineers
Gifford Pinchot told about 1500 attendees of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that a timber famine looms if public sentiment does not shift. He noted forests protected by the government cover 165 million acres in the West, but only a fifth of national timber is safeguarded, urging urgent action to conserve resources.
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New York
Congress
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
West
Fleet Aheads Schedule On Georgia March Voyage
The United States battleship Georgia leads the fleet toward Magdalena Bay, likely arriving March 12, two days early. The ships run at ten and a half knots in fine weather and are in perfect condition ready for target practice upon arrival. Dr RR Day, Syracuse University chancellor, faces formal charges for violating Methodist Episcopal rules by attacking President Roosevelt. The case may not reach the expulsion penalty.
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Georgia
United Telegraph Company
Magdalena Bay
New York
RR. Day
Syracuse University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Day
Trust Fights Publishers Over Stifling Competition
Herman Ridder, president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, writes Attorney General Bonaparte alleging the American Paper and Pulp Association restrains competition and raises prices. He says the effect adds 69 million dollars annually to printing and publishing costs nationwide with no justification beyond market power.
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Paper Trust
Herman Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Bonaparte
American Paper and Pulp Association
Ridder
Mrs L M Clark to wed Owens Mulholland after years
After a 30 year separation and her marriage to another man, Mrs. L M Clark plans to wed Owens Mulholland of Seattle Washington. Mulholland, a gold mine owner, disappeared in the West and the couple recently reconnected.
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Owens Mulholland
Seattle
Wash
Empire Public School Closes Pending Safety Alterations
The large public school at Empire Ohio has closed until the Board of Education completes alterations to ensure child safety.
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Empire
Ohio
Board of Education
Tariff Revision and Wariness Over New Railroad Growth
National debate over tariff revision advances with Republican leaders planning an extra session after the current Congress. Pacific Coast lawmakers note limited Japanese entrants this year under new emigration rules, while a rail rate postulates profit to sustain new line construction. A Tokyo exposition funding and a 40 percent Army pay rise gain Senate approval as Roosevelt supports child labor regulation and Ozark National Forest creation is proclaimed.
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Japan
Mexico
Lumber Rate Question Dominates Valuation Hearings
In Olympia on March 9 the lumber rate issue drives valuation hearings before the Railroad Commission. The commission seeks tests to prove other commodity rates are too high, aiming to justify broader rate findings and challenge railroad revenue losses blamed on lumber rates.
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Olympia
Wash
Railroad Commission
Merce Commission
Troops Leave Goldfield as Peace Restored
United States forces departed Goldfield taking charge of the situation and handing peace to local authorities the Nevada State Police. The unit totaled 114 men and five officers with three passenger cars and two baggage cars. The early morning withdrawal was quiet. State Police already established local headquarters in Goldfield and the district is peaceful with the strike largely ended.
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United States
Nevada
Goldfield
Spokane Murder Mystery In River Found Body
The unknown man believed murdered was found in the Spokane River near the dam east of Washington Street. The corpse showed signs of a brutal attack and pockets emptied. authorities suspect robbery as the motive. The man, described as a cripple, was wrapped in a portiere and bed quilt and tied with a cord.
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Hell River
Daveren
New York Delegation Weighs Hughes Support
The New York delegation considers its stance on Hughes at the convention. It remains unclear how loyal the state will be, with observers noting potential shifts to other candidates amid internal discussions and competing interests.
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Hughes
Tienlar
Chicago
Bieth Razan
Teciaia
Mace
Lesisla
Ant
Tsade
Minnesota backs Johnson for presidential nomination
The Minnesota Democratic State committee adopted a resolution endorsing Governor Johnson for the national nomination and urging his nomination at the Denver convention next July. The Johnson resolution passed 68 to 23 after two test votes pushed by Bryan supporters were defeated.
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Democratic State Committee
Minnesota
Johnson
Denver
Bryan
Relief Works Opened to Aid Nanaimo Distress
Destitution in Nanaimo British Columbia leads the province to launch emergency relief works employing about 500 men to clear public lands near the city.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Victoria
Knickerbocker Bank to Resume Operations in March
Knickerbocker Trust Company, which suspended business last October, will reopen at noon on March 26 after approval from Justice Clark in the Supreme Court at St George.
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New York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Clark
Supreme Court
St George
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