Battleship fleet reaches Magdalena Bay for target practice
Rear Admiral Evans and the 16 vessels finish a long voyage from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay ahead of schedule. Officials report ships in excellent condition and ready for target work with shore leave planned after drills.
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San Diego
Cal
Evans
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Magdalena Bay
Hampton Roads
Callao
Admiral Evans
Washington
Bay
United States
Trans
Port Buffalo
Magdsjena
Mare Igland
Fortune
Mexican Bay
Lower California Development Company
Denis
John F. Forward
Gol. D. ©. Collier
Golden Gate City
Metcalf
Chilean nitrate strike massacre shocks Iquique crowd
Reports from a Norwegian steamer describe Chilean government troops firing on nitrate field strikers in Iquique on January 1, killing about 2,500 workers. The clash halted city business, feuds erupted, and funerals followed as strikers returned to work a week later with expected wage gains by mine owners.
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San Francisco
Chile
Iquique
Christian Bors
Ex Supervisor Feige Pleads Guilty In County Contracts
Milwaukee on March 13 Julius Feige a former county supervisor once indicted on eight counts in 1961 pleaded guilty to two charges of irregularity in coal contracts. He paid fines of 100 dollars and costs in each case or faced a year in the house of correction. The fines were settled.
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Milwaukee
Mar
Julius Feige
House of Correction
Miners Meet to Decide Action as Wage Talks Fail
Indianapolis March 13 The United Mine Workers National Convention opened to chart future action after operators and miners in the central competitive field failed to agree on a joint wage scale to replace the current one due April 1. John Mitchell to retire April 1, with T L Lewis to succeed him, as scale committee begins to shape policy.
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National Convention of
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
National
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
John Mitchell
Miners’ Organization
T. L. Lewis
Canada
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Lewis
Wilson
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw vows revelations in divorce bid
Pittsburg dispatch details Evelyn Nesbit Thaw threatening to disclose alleged Thaw escapades and possible insanity from early marriage. Reports note a second attempt to serve Thaw with divorce papers at Matteawan asylum, with guardian Dr. Robert Lamb possibly substituted as defendant in New York suit.
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Pittsburg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw
Stanford White Tower
Evelyn
New York
Harry
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Robert Lamb
Lamb
William Thaw
Gen Clendenin Dead in Moline Headquarters
General William Clendenin aged 63 inspector of the Peoria internal revenue district was found dead in the Third brigade IL N G headquarters in Moline. He suffered heart failure while alone in his rooms Wednesday evening and had served with distinction in the Civil War.
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Clendenin
Moline
Hitchcock Jury Completed In Hitchcock Trial New York Mar 18
The jury for comedian Raymond Hitchcock's criminal Supreme Court trial was completed Thursday in New York. Assistant District Attorney Garvan outlined the prosecution case, and Mrs Mary von Hagen, mother of one of the girl complainants, testified.
On Scafford Warns Young Men
Pittsburg March 18 Morris B Holmes 23 was hanged in Allegheny county jail yard for murdering his sweetheart Nancy Miller Just before execution Holmes told his former pastor to warn all young men to shun bad women and whisky
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Scafford
Pittsburg
Morris B. Holmes
Allegheny County
Nancy Miller
Holmes
Charles Miller
Death frees accused banker
John G. Jenkins, a Brooklyn banker linked to the banking probe after the recent financial disturbance, died of paralysis at Sea Cliff Long Island. Jenkins had long occupied a prominent role in New York social and civil life alongside his three sons who were indicted in the case.
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New York
John G. Jenkins
Brooklyn
Sea Cliff
L. I
Jenkins
Customs Official Indicted in Kidnaping Case
Winnipeg March 13 grand jury returns true bill against United States Custom Officer Foulks on a charge of kidnaping farmers. His trial set to begin next week.
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Winnipeg
Man
United States
Foulks
Lilley accuses Electric Boat of pressuring for submarine bill
Representative George L Lilley testified under oath that the Electric Boat Company sought to influence legislation for submarine construction. He urged witnesses from the company and demanded access to documentary evidence while objecting to the committee's procedure.
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Washington
George L. Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Lilley
House
Hobson
Lawrence Steer
New York
Speaker Cannon
Committee of Naval Affairs
Connecticut
Congress
Mr. Lilley
Isaac B. Rice
Elihu B. Frost
Maurice Barnett
August Treadwell
Mr. Lil Jey
Committee On Rules
Olmsted
Franklin H. Taylor
John T. Kellogg
Waterbury
Conn
Mr.Ferris
Bridgeport
Electric Company
Naval Affairs Committee
Loudenslager
Kellogg
the Electric Company
Reduction for Cotton Workers in Lowell Mills
Notices announcing a ten percent wage reduction were posted in seven large Lowell cotton factories on Thursday. About 25,000 operatives will be affected by the cut.
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Lowell
Mass
Pittsburg Judge Allows Teacher Chastise Day Pit
A Pittsburg judge rules a teacher may chastise an unruly Day pit with a barrel slave. Yachts of George Gould William B Leeds and three Van derbilts offered for sale in New York. The cruiser Yankton, seeking Fred Jeffs, returns to Acapulco after failing to locate him. An inquiry into grain dealing and boards of trade is expected after a congressional resolution. An unidentified man found alive but naked and with head severed from barbed wire fence near Imlay Nevada. Fires alarm Mennonite clergy near Lancaster Pennsylvania. Oscar E Gaustad of Colburn Wisconsin finds his apparently dead son alive after warmth revives him. Mayor Markbrelt of Cincinnati retracts remark that women should not drive autos. Women flood him with protests.
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Pittsburg
George Gould
William B. Leeds
Vanderbilts
New York
Yankton
Fred Jeffs
Acapulco
Jeffs
Department of Commerce and Labor
Boards of Trade
Congress
Imlay
Nev
Lancaster
Oscar E. Gaustad
Colburn
Wis
Falen
Markbrelt
Cincinnati
Gould Adopts Rule In Flight To New York
Paris reports Mme Anna Gould sailed on the Adriatic with her children under an assumed name Miller to avoid last minute obstacles. She switched from Kronprinz Wilhelm plans, gaining her former husband Count Boni de Castellane’s consent yet masking the exit. Count Boni believed the children sailed on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, sending greetings to them in care of that ship. Alfonso back in Madrid with a royal welcome after a two day visit to Barcelona. In Washington Stuyvesant Fish dined with the President at luncheon.
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Paris
Mme. Anna Goul
New York
Adriatic
Miller
Sie
Kronpring Wilhelm
Count Boni de Castellane
France
Count Boni
Mme. Gould
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Markets in Chicago and New York Wheat and Flour Prices
The market report lists Chicago flour prices with Spring wheat at $6.40 to $6.00 and Minneapolis hard patent at $4.90 to $5.10, with various export bag and low-grade figures. Wheat futures rose with May at 4 95, July at 3 94 1c. corn opened firm at May 64 65c. oats steady with May 63 64 40, September 37 44 37 1/2c. Butter prices for creameries and dairies appear, poultry and eggs pricing, and New York notes Winter flour at $4.40 4.60 and Minnesota bakers at $4.60 5.00, with rye at No. 2 western 87 88c. Argentina estimates buoying wheat outlook.
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Chicago
Mar i
Minneapolis
New York
Minnesota
Argentina
Live Stock Market Reports From Chicago And South Omaha
Chicago and South Omaha stock reports show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with varied price ranges. Cattle include good to prime steers around 5.25 to 6.46 at Chicago and 4.40 to 6.00 for native steers at South Omaha. Hogs range from about 4.20 to 4.70 at Chicago and 4.30 to 4.35 in South Omaha. Sheep remain steady with lambs and yearlings noted.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
Mar
Texas
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Luther B. Peterson
Wayne, Neb
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White
Mme
Gould
Alfonso
Madrid
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Barcelona
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Stuyvesant Fish
Inola Central Railroad
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