Chief Denies Story in Submarine Probe
Washington March 20. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and Admiral Capps testified before the submarine boat investigating committee regarding alleged wrongful methods used by the Electric Boat Company to influence legislation. An affidavit by Clement E Adams tied Archibald to war correspondent claims and a Lake submarine boat criticism, with Roosevelt denying Archibald’s employment or appointment. The president noted Archibald’s role as inv estigator and sent a letter confirming no official commission.
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Washington
Mar
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Admiral Capps
Representative Lilley
Connecticut
Electric Boat Company
Congress
Representative Hobson
Hobson
Edgar Clarkson
Navy Department
Lilley
Clement E. Adams
Bridgeport
Conn
Adams
J. F.C. Archibald
Colliers’ Weekly
United States
Pacific Coast
Archibald
Boards of Trade
Pacific
Lawrence Y. Spear
Seal
Rooseveltt
White House
Mr. Lilley
Puget Sound
Theodore Roosevelt
George L. Lilley
House of Representatives
Arrest of Harry Reik on Black Hand Charge in Wheeling
Wheeling West Virginia March 20 Harry Reik twenty son of a farmer living nearby was arrested after authorities say he was caught in the act of taking money left at a secluded spot in response to a Black Hand demand.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry Reik
Here
British Ambassador Dead in Constantinople
British ambassador to Turkey Sir Nicholas O’Connor died in Constantinople on Thursday afternoon after a period of illness. He had served in the post for some time.
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Constantinople
Mar
Micholas O’connor
Turkey
Hummel to Go to Europe After Prison Work Release
Abraham Hummel, the lawyer tied to the Dodge-Morse divorce case, was released from prison after a sentence cut for good behavior. He left the island on a workhouse boat then by automobile with his nephew and is said to plan a voyage to Europe to improve his health.
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New York
Abraham H. Huwmet
Dodge-Morse
Hummel
Abraham H. Kaffenburg
Europe
Misuse of Funds Confirmed by Home Protector Fraternity
Port Huron Michigan reports Supreme Secretary W L Wilson confessed misusing 75000 dollars of the United Home Protector fraternity funds. Banking Commissioner Zimmermann has taken charge and will issue a statement. Attorneys say officers grew suspicious days ago and began an investigation about a week ago.
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Port Huron
Mich
United Home Protector Fraternity
Supreme
W. L. Wilson
Zimmerman
Walcott
Port-au-Prince reports tranquil port as ships arrive
In Port-au-Prince on Thursday the scene stayed calm as the American cruiser Des Moines, gunboat Paducah, and English cruiser Cressy reached harbor. In Litchfield the Twenty first district Republican convention chose William Barry Ridgely and Frank R Milner as delegates to Chicago, pledging support for Joseph G Cannon for president and praising Roosevelt, Cullom, Hopking, and Gov Deneen.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Des Moines
Paducah
Cressy
Cannon
Litchfield
Twenty-first
William Barry Ridgely
Sangamon County
Frank R. Milner
Montgomery County
Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon
Roosevelt
Shelby M. Cullom
Albert J. Hopking
Deneen
Strike Out Setting Provision in Percy-Gray Law Bill
Albany March 20 with five members absent the senate judiciary committee unanimously reported without amendment the bill amending the Percy-Gray law by striking out a provision that effectively legalizes betting at race tracks and allows recovery of wagered amounts in civil suits.
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Albany
Mar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Governor Guild in Critical Condition Amid Illness
Boston March 20 Governor Guild’s illness remained critical with little hope for recovery. No apparent change reported at midnight.
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Guild
Boston
Mme Gould Arrives in New York From Cherbourg
Mme Gould formerly the Countess de Castellane landed in New York aboard the Adriatic on Thursday. She traveled with her three sons Boni Jay and George a maid a chauffeur and a valet in attendance as she entered the city.
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Mme
Gould
New York
Countess de Castellane
Cherbourg
Boni
Jay
George
Noted Musician S. Decatur Smith Dies in Philadelphia
S Decatur Smith a member of a prominent Philadelphia family and a noted musician and composer died in a hospital from shock after being run down by a carriage on February 19.
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Philadelphia
S. Decatur Smith
Pittsburg Flood Dredge Goes Over Dam May Be Five Dead
Pittsburg Pa March 20 a sand dredge from Pittsburg Plate Glass broke moorings at Tarentum and drifted down the Allegheny river going over the government dam at Springdale. Five crewmen are missing and presumed dead as floods intensify with landslides and tracks buried. Railroads crippled, water rising toward 33 feet, streets and basements flooded, residents stranded.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Tarentum
Allegheny River
Government Dam
Springdale
Virginia & Charleston
California
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg & Western Division
United States Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Railroad
Larimer
East Pittsburg
Penn Division
Landslide Ravages Ben Avon Gas Plant and Riot Hurts Many
Pittsburg dispatch reports a large landslide demolishing the Manufacturers' Light and Heat gas regulator house at Ben Avon causing a sudden gas surge and eight fires or explosions with many injured or at risk. In Cleveland a riot near the American Steel and Wire plant leaves one dead and several seriously hurt as crowds gather for work. Kansas City crime ends in tragedy when James Swanson fatally stabs Irene Everett and her mother before killing himself by carbolic acid after an attempted assault.
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Pittsburg
Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Company
Ben Avon
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Independence Road
Kansas City
Mar
James Swanson
Irene Bverett
Orville Avenue
Kan
William T Bverett
Plans to Prod Congress Protesting Labor Demands
Washington reports rapid progress on presenting labor's memorial to Congress for inaction on labor demands. A protest committee under President Gompers will frame the address, urge a conference with lawmakers, and cite Supreme Court injunctions and Sherman anti trust relief. The labor conference, with 117 unions and 27,000 local unions, elected Gompers as permanent chairman and Morrison as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Gompers
Labor Conference
Supreme Court
Committee On Labor
Frank Morrison
Toil Leader Is Slain In Yekaterinoslav
St Petersburg report details the slaying of Kara vailef leader of the toil group in the second duma at his Yekaterinoslav home by two men. Threatening letters warned of a death sentence signed by reactionaries. In Nezhin revolutionaries burned the house of M Voloshky, a League of Russian People leader, badly burning him while his family perished.
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St. Petersburg
Karavailef
Yekaterinoslav
Revolutionista
Nezhin
M. Voloshky
League of Russian People
Murderess Spiridionova Escapes Exile to Antipodes
Mar 20 report from St Petersburg says Mile Maria Spiridnov\u00e9, exiled to Siberia two years ago for the Tambov police chief murder, has escaped and may be in Australia or New Zealand.
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St. Petersburg
Mile
Maria Spiridn? Nove
Siberia
Tambov
Australia
New Zealand
Enemy of Nabczar Target in Red Plot Foiled
Chicago reports Ankodine Ziteso, a Russian anarchist alleged to have attempted czar assassination, arrested on Austin avenue. Russian consul Baron Schlippenbach questions him while police search for links to a global anarchist conspiracy. Ziteso denies killing the czar. interpreter aids questioning.
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Chicago
Ankodine Zitesa
Tsarkoe-Selo Palace
St. Petersburg
Cicago
Baron Schlippenbach
Ziteso
Ryan
Austin Avenue
Schuettler
Russia
Czar
Kishenev
New York
John Revere
Fitzgibbons
Indicted Officials Plead Not Guilty in Bank Report Case
Madison Wis March 20 G E Newman president of the Ladysmith National Bank and former Assemblyman and Leroy McGill vice president were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making false bank reports. They appeared before Judge A L Sanborn and entered not guilty pleas. Trial expected in Eau Claire in June. Bail set at 2000 dollars.
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Madison
Wis
G. E. Newman
Ladysmith National Bank
Leroy McGill
Federal Grand Jury
United States
A. L. Sanborn
Eau Claire
Delegates Uninstructed at New York Democratic State Convention
March 20 New York The Democratic state committee unanamously adopts a resolution urging the state convention to select delegates by April 14 at Carnegie Hall New York City for the national convention. Also reports of a jewelry theft suspect and a Nyack post office safe burglary case with a wounded assailant.
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New York State Democratic Committee
New York
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Democratic State Committee
Nyack
N. Y
David J. Smith
West Nyack
Lawyer George Edhards Dies by Own Hand in Lowell
George Edhards a well known lawyer in Lowell Massachusetts aged fifty unmarried shot himself Wednesday after months of brain injury. He had long been a prominent figure in local legal circles.
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Lowell
Mass
Mar
George Edhards
Varied 1906 Headlines From Mount Vernon to Wyoming
The report lists deaths, injuries, alleged crimes, and political actions including a man dying on the wit chair in Mount Vernon, police injuries in suffrage clashes, a divorce payment dispute in St. Louis, Roosevelt entertaining Wyoming Indians, a Baron Schiring count in New York, a Lowell woman disputing paternity, illness near Moscow, a fatal shooting in Hugo Colorado, a Brooklyn embroideries school self infliction, and a bank president resigning amid drug law violations.
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George McBride
Mount Vernon
Wilhelmina Crawford
Lowell
Mass
James Butler
St. Peterski
Roosevalt
Hugo
Col
M Helen Daenzer
Broolyn
Robert N. Harper
American National Bank
Washington
Roostvelt
Haakon Names New Norwegian Cabinet Members
Haakon approves a new cabinet with Gunnar Knudsen as premier and minister of finance, M Christophersen foreign affairs, M Selg public worship, M Thien labor, Judge Abrahamsen commerce, M Castberg justice, M Foos voe agriculture, and M Heftze national defense. Knudsen Castberg and Abrahamsen are radical storting members. Christophersen is Norway’s consul general at Antwerp. Smith may take Whyte’s seat. John Walter Smith favored to replace late Senator Whyte in Maryland.
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Christiania
Haakon
Gunnar Knudsen
M. Christophersen
M. Selg
M! Thien
Judge Abrahamsen
M. Castberg
M. Foos
Voes
M. Heftze
Mm. Knudsen
Ins
Two Children Drowned in Wisconsin Pond Accident
Amherst Junction Wisconsin March 20 Fred and William Miller aged 13 and 9 sons of Louis Miller were drowned while playing on the ice of a pond near their home.
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Amherst Junction
Wis
Fred
William Miller
Louis Miller
Market figures show mixed grains and dairy prices in Chicago
The report lists strong flour markets with spring wheat and export bag prices, notes firm wheat futures for May and July, corn weakening and oats lively, while butter and eggs hold steady. Live poultry and potatoes show modest gains in assorted grades.
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Chicago
Mar
Minneapolis
Livestock Market Report From Chicago and Omaha
Live stock prices show steers cows and calves mixed values across categories. Cattle bids rise slightly with natives and western steers in demand. hogs steady to higher with heavy packing and night-boutchers strong. sheep demand steady with muttons and lambs offering solid price ranges.
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Chicago
Maha
Neb
Texas
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Charles Luther
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Claude Brashear
Cloverport
CG. N. McGlothnin
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Nabczar
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Raisin
J. Edward Burke
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