King Victor Emmanuel Escapes Assassination Attempt in Rome
In Rome a youthful anarchist, Antonio Dalba, fired three shots at King Victor Emmanuel as he rode to a service for his father Humbert. The king and Queen Helena were unharmed, Major Lang was wounded, and one horse was struck. Dalba was beaten by the crowd, saved by police, and said the act protested the government. Pope Pius IX voiced regret as crowds cheered the king.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Antonio Dalba
Helena
Humbert
Lang
Queen Helens
Pantheon
Quirinal
Dalba
Pope Pius
King Victor Emmanuel hailed in Rome after escape
A quarter million people cheered as King Victor Emmanuel, Queen Helena, and the crown prince appeared in the quirinal ballroom. The king said he heard shots while looking from the carriage but did not fear for his life. Major Lang’s helmet saved him. he is expected to recover in about two weeks. Dalba, the would be assassin, is described as weak minded after illness and has a prior theft and child maltreatment record.
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Victor
Coronado
Signor Bisoletti
Quirinal
Major Lang
Rome
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Abruzzi
Dalba
Kansas Captured by Clark Forces Joins Missouri in ISDors
Clark forces seize Kansas and ally with Missouri in a notable bid connected to the presidential candidacy of the Speaker, signaling a regional power alignment.
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Kansas
Missouri
Isdors
Wilson Considered in Kansas Clark Delegation Stance at Convention
Kansas delegates to the national convention were instructed to vote for Clark as the Democratic nominee and Wilson as second choice if two thirds doubt Clark. The Clark faction faced a tie in the resolutions committee, pushing the fight to the floor where Clark and Wilson plans were both blocked. The convention endorsed Norman Mack and re elected Kansas leaders. The gathering featured a Ozark dog song and a playful scene as Clark supporters campaigned for tariff cuts, free list expansion, income tax, reduced government expenditures, and direct electors.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Clark
Wilson
Committee On
Norman W Mack
Baltimore
William F. Sdpp
Galena
H. S. Martin
Koone
Beck
Neno County
Ozark
Congress
United States
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Officers killed as convicts escape at Nebraska State Prison
Warden, deputy, and lusher Lois die during a break at Nebraska State Prison as convicts seize control. The incident highlights a fatal escape attempt and prompts investigation and security reevaluation.
Three Prisoners Kill Warden At Nebraska Penitentiary
Three bank robbery convicts Morley Taylor and Dowd killed Warden Delahunty Deputy Warden Wagner and Usher Heilman at Lancaster Nebraska Penitentiary then escaped through the front entrance into a blizzard Militia from Lincoln and state forces pursued them. unrest and drug thefts cited as background and actions included prior stabbing of Deputy Warden Davis and narcotic incidents
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Lancaster
Here
James Delahunty
Charles Wagner
Usher A. G. Heilman
Doody
Penitentiary
Morley
Taylor
Wagner
Aged minister on trial for murder in Pittsburgh
The Rev Dr W J D McFarland pleads not guilty in criminal court as his elderly wife supports him. District Attorney Blakeley says Miss Coe accused the minister of the fatal operation. The defense challenges the mental soundness of Miss Coe on the statement.
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Pittsburg
W. JD. McFarland
Elsie JD. Coe
William A. Blakeley
Miss Coe
Greenville
Tenn
United Presbyterian
Blakeley
Homer Castle
Miss Doe
Tacoma Woman Acknowledges Killing Edge in Los Angeles
Miss Viola Carver of Tacoma Washington admitted planning and shooting J Edward Edge in a Los Angeles real estate office. The coroner jury ruled the death a gunshot wound inflicted by Carver. She was held at the county jail on a murder charge as officers described her attempts to jump from a police car and her emotional statements.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. Edward Edge
Edge
Viola Carver
Tacoma
Wash
Carver
Miss Carver
Lawrence Strikers End One-Week Textile Dispute
Lawrence Mass March 14 Strikes at six textile mills end while seven other mills and one in North Andover remain closed. The Washington Wood Ayer and Prospect mills of the American Woolen company plus Atlantic cotton and Kuhnhardt mills see a return of about 7000 workers Monday. The mass meeting votes to end the walkout at those plants but keep pressure on others lacking clear wage details.
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Lawrence
Mass
North Andover
Everett
Washington, Wood, Ayer and Prospect
American Woolen Company
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Kuhnhardt
Consul Wilder Arrives En Route to Washington
A. P. Wilder United States consul general at Shanghai arrived in San Francisco today aboard the Chip Maru en route to Washington to confer with the department of foreign affairs about disturbances in China.
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San Francisco
A. P. Wilder
United States
Shanghai
Washington
Department of Foreign Affairs
China
Massacre at Carroll County Courthouse Shocks Hillsville
In Hillsville Virginia march 4 a band of mountain outlaws rode to the Carroll county courthouse and ambushed the sitting judge the prosecutor and the sheriff as Floyd Allen faced a sentence for moonshining. The volley left Judge Massie and Prosecutor Foster dead and Sheriff Webb killed. Wounded include Clerk Goad and jurors. The Allen brothers fled with the assailants as a wagon of confusion spread through the village. Governor Mann offered a 3000 dollar reward and national guardsmen were ordered to the area.
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Halleville
Blue Ridge
Carroll County
Floyd Allen
Allen
Dexter Goad
Mann
F. W. Devant
Virginia National Guard
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Hillsville
Thornton L. Massie
William Foster
Lewis Webb
Clerk
Webb
Foster
An& Mountaineer
Sidney
Jack
Judge Massie
Massie
Sheriff Webb
Sidney Allen
Fowler
Faddis
Kane
A. T. Howlett
Bruce Marshall
Stuart Worrell
Bystendera
W. C. Foulke
Virginia Supreme Court
Swanson
Confesses He Killed Woman Near Philomath
Portland March 14. George Humphrey a woodsman and farmer confessed to the murder of Mrs Elizabeth Griffith near Philomath Oregon in June 1911 He said he attacked her tied her wrists and ankles ransacked the house and then moved the body to a pond where it was found next day He killed for assault and robbery and planned to leave the country noting his motive and actions to detectives earlier freed dentist suspect the case was solved by Humphrey after selling his farm and living in the woods near Banks Washington
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Portland
Ore
Elizabeth Griffith
Philomath
George Humphrey
Humphrey
Banks
Wash
Nebraska Blizzard Breaks Snowfall Records Across State
A severe blizzard blanketed Nebraska and nearby states, with drifts clogging roads and delaying trains. Cities including Sioux City Des Moines Lincoln and others faced heavy travel disruption as the record monthly snowfall spurred widespread impact.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
South South Dakota
Sioux City
Des Moines
Lincoln
Inkwell used in battle of lawyers in Oregon trial
In Portland on March 14, Deputy District Attorney J. J. Fitzgerald and defense counsel John F. Logan clashed in Judge Galen's chambers over an ink smeared dispute during the Bert Hicks murder trial. An inkwell was hurled, tinta splashed, and the handgun cartridge count discussed as jurors were being seated.
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Portland
Ore
J. J. Fitzgerald
John F. Logan
Bert Hicks
W. A. Wortman
Machinists’ Union
Hicks
Wortman
Fitzgerald
Worteman
Galen
Logan
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