White House conference on legislative program ends without statement
Washington March 28 a White House meeting brought Senator Aldrich and Representatives Payne Dalzell and Hepburn to discuss measures including employers liability, injunction power, the Aldrich bill, Heyburn anti trust amendments, and a tariff inquiry. The conclusions were withheld. Wade and Smith viewed as involved in inland waterways and church lands matters.
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Washington
White House
Aldrich
Payne. Dalzell
Hep Burn
Aldrich Financial
Heybuurn
Festus
Wade
J. E. Smith
Philippine Islands
Smith
Inland Waterways Project
Waterways Commission
Charges Waste of Money In Fortifications Debate
In the House on Saturday the Ohio representative Mr. Keifer argued that large sums were wasted trying to build coastal defenses while supporting a strong Pearl Harbor naval base. He contended fortifying Pearl Harbor could reduce the number of battleships planned. Missouri's Mr. De Armond praised fortifying Cavite in the Philippines and criticized prior Philippine spending as misused in molasses terms.
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Washington
Mar
House
Keifer
Ohio
Committee On Appropriations
Atlantic
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
de Armond
Missouri
Philippines
Cavite
President Denies Commute in Paolucci Murder Case
Washington reports the president refused a commutation for Joseph Paolucci, condemned to death in the District of Columbia for killing his sweetheart. The Italian ambassador had appealed, citing juror prejudice and claiming Paolucci did not receive a fair trial.
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Washington
Mar
Joseph Paolucci
District of Columbia
Paolucci
Alia Denied New Trial in Catholic Church Murder
Giuseppe Alia’s bid for a new trial was denied by Judge Greely W. Whitney in the district court. He remains convicted of fatally shooting Father Leo Heinrichs at St. Hirnabeth's Church in this city on February 43 and is slated for execution by hanging in the week starting July 12.
Indorse Cannon for President by Illinois Delegation
Resolutions adopted by the eighteenth congressional district of Illinois in Danville endorse Republican principles and President Roosevelt and nominate Speaker Joseph G Cannon for the presidency. The action occurred during a district meeting on March 23.
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Indorse Cannon
Danville
Ill
Roosevelt
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Hotel Fire Threatens Guests in Waterbury
Fire swept through a United States hotel on Grand Street early Saturday in Waterbury Connecticut. Two policemen awakened guests allowing escape from suffocation. Two firemen were later found unconscious in the rear from gas inhalation.
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Waterbury
Conn
Mar
United States
Grand Street
Ven
Revivalists Capture City in Philadelphia Campaign
The Chapman and Alexander revival movement grips Philadelphia with nightly meetings in 21 churches and frequent services in factories and saloons. Up to 15 evangelists and gospel singers support Dr. Wilbur Chapman and Charles M. Alexander among 300 cooperating churches, 5,000 personal workers, 5,000 singers, 2,000 ushers, and 1,000 doorbell ringers. In one week over 1,600 converts recorded. last Sunday 5,000 attended Bethany church. attendance daily estimated at 25,000. Renowned author Ralph Connors (Charles W. Gordon) arrives to aid the crusade.
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Philadelphia
Chapman. Alexander
Wilbur Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
Chapman
Alexander
Mr. Alexander
Paul Gilbert
Robert Harkness
Bethany Church
John Wanamaker
Charles W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Winnipeg
Fin
Senator Lamb Reports Prisoner Hanged by Wrists in Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus reporters describe Senator Lamb of Toledo recounting his visit to the Ohio penitentiary with Toledo women when he witnessed a prisoner hanging by his wrists, head down, feet barely touching the floor. He says the man claimed he has been “hanging here since Thursday” and was only given bread and water. Lamb will report the case to the penitentiary probing committee. Alleged train robbers George Frankhauser and Charles McDonald broke jail in Helena, escaping after suspects were seen near the city, with posses and efforts in pursuit toward the mountains.
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Senator Lamb
Toledo
Ohio Penitentiary
Lamb
Mr. Lamb
Penitentiary Probing Committee
Helena
Mont
George Frankhauser
Charles McDonald
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Spokane
Liberty
Night Riders Kill Farmer Near Carlisle Ky
In Carlisle Kentucky on March 23 a band of night riders shot and killed Harlan Hedges a prominent independent tobacco raiser seven miles northwest of town. Shouts woke him before two in the morning he fired from the door as a masked mob responded with a volley killing him as his wife reached him. The riders rode off without burning the house or barn.
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Carlisle
Mar
Harlan Hedges
Bluegrass
Kentucky
Hedges
Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self Near Railroad Station
Sorenta I I Mar 23 L Evans fatally shot his wife at the Clover Leaf railroad station then wounded himself. Arrested immediately, jail guarded after covert lynching threats. The couple had separated four months earlier and Evans returned unexpectedly.
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Sorenta
Mar
L. Evans
Clover Leaf
Dvans
Hope for Curtis Guild Recovery Predicted
Boston March 2. Dr Frederick Winslow said Gov Curtis Guild Jr has not lost the slight recovery noted and expects ultimate recovery. The governor remains ill with a complication of diseases that threaten his life.
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Curtis Guild
Boston
Mass
Curtis Guild, Jr
Frederick BR. Winslow
Mgr. Guild
Ship Saratoga Runs Aground Near Valdez Alaska
A blinding snowstorm drove the steamship Saratoga onto rocks near Busby Island outside Valdez. Passengers were evacuated by lifeboats and the Elsie stood by to assist if the ship breaks up. The vessel, insured and built in 1878, carried Arctic explorer Capt. Mikkelsen among its passengers.
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Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Valdez
Busby Island
Saratoga
Alaska Steamship Company
Elsie
Northwestern Ship Company
Seward
Mikkelsen
Carnegie Gift Sends Dinosaur Cast to German Emperor
A gift from Andrew Carnegie to the German emperor begins its voyage aboard Graf Waldersee. The mammoth plaster cast shows a historic dinosaur, mounted and sent to Berlin museums, from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, the only known specimen.
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Kaiser
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Graf Waldersee
Carnegie
Berlin
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Fire destroys Eagle hotel after gas blast in McKee's Rocks
Pittsburg March 23 two men were probably fatally burned and four others seriously burned when a gas explosion sparked a blaze that consumed half of the new Eagle hotel in McKee's Rocks suburb. Injured include Andrew Nortard C W Hiburn Chris Dornbecker Nicholas Dornbecker Edward Cercero and Albert Cercero.
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Pittsburg
Eagle
McKee’s Rocks
Andrew Nortard
C. W. Hiburn
Chris Dornbecker
Nicholas Dornbecker
Edward Cercero
Albert Cercero
Stolen 500-pound bust of Pope Clement VIII at Frascati
Thieves broke into the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati and stole a valuable 500 pound Corinthian bronze bust of Pope Clement VIII from the central hall. Access was gained by breaking a window.
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Rome
Mar
Aldobrandini
Frascati
Clement VIII
Fire at Sioux City Hotel sparks panic. guests escape
Fire in the Chicago house basement caused a hotel panic in Sioux City on March 23. Guests escaped as firefighters contained the blaze. several were treated for smoke or minor injuries. The fire started in the basement and was quickly brought under control by the crew.
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Sioux City
Siouxity
Chicago
United States Marshal Shot in North Carolina Raid
Richmond report says Deputy United States Marshal H A Rarse was shot by blockaders during an illicit distillery raid in Chatham County North Carolina and probably fatally injured.
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United States
Richmond
H A. Rarse
Chatham County
N. C
Duke of Abruzzi Sails for Europe Amid Engagement Rumors
The Duke of Abruzzi, linked by reports to Miss Katherine Elkins, sailed on the Lusitania under the alias Luigi Sarto. He declined to confirm engagements, saying reporters should visit him at eight, then depart for Liverpool en route to Rome.
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New York
Abruzzi
Italy
Katherine Elkins
Europe
Lusitania
Luigi Sarto
Legation
Washington
Secret Service
Liverpool
Rome
Apology sought as reporters clash with German Reichstag
Berlin reports say Chancellor von Buelow seeks settlement over a clash between newspaper reporters and parliament. Center party leader Groeber called reporters swine after jeers at a member. Journalists boycott Reichstag debates until satisfaction and broad media support for the reporters. Smallpox resurges in central Illinois with five cases in Lincoln and cases in Chenoa Eureka and other towns. Sailors quit dynamite ship Kiora at Thompson's Point claiming it is a floating mine and dangerous to sail with such cargo.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Center Party
Herr Groeber
Men “Swine
Germany
Havas
Fournier
Austria
Italy
London
St. Petersburg
Bloomington
Ill
Mar
Illinois
Lincoln
Chenoa
Eureka
Fairbury
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Thompson's Point
N. J
Panama Canal
Senator Penrose Improves After Illness
Philadelphia March 23 United States Senator Penrose who is ill at his home in this city is reported as better In addition to a severe attack of facial erysipelas the senator is suffering from bronchitis.
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Penrose
Philadelphia
United States
Forest Park University Fire Injures No One
A fire at Forest Park university near Forest Park in St. Louis caused a general alarm but no injuries among the female students. The building lacked fire escapes, and occupants evacuated through corridors and stairs. The institution, founded as Kirkwood Seminary in 1861, became Forest Park university in 1891 and was the first U S university chartered solely for women.
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St. Louis
Mar
Forest Park University
Forest Park
Kirkwood Seminary
Kirkwood
Anna Sneed Cairns
United States
Postmaster Declares Italian Paper Non Mailable
Washington orders La Question Sociale barred from the mails for promoting murder by dynamite and harming the public welfare. Paterson postal officials will refuse issues as immoral and dangerous to the nation. The weekly, calling itself Socialistic Anarchistic, circulates among Italians and claims 30,000 readers.
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Washington
Mar
Post Office Department
Mails
Meyer
Paterson
N. J
la Question Sociale
United States Army
Gusy Man s Corner First Births and Big Deals
A doughtop baby born to Mr and Mrs Fred Sekart of Kisheer Nurenns county HL The mother is 42. William Wills Corey closes a 50 year lease for Lord De Clifford s Dalgan park castle in County Mayo Ireland and 1000 surrounding acres via J E Reilley. N J Sheridan breaks St Louis U throwing record 66 pound weight height 15 feet 7 inches. Anoka Minnesota parole for G A R man J Gross due to homesickness. No wage reductions on western railroads while dividends stay high per secret conference in Chicago. Victoria BC teletype reports KR Balcom schooner wrecked with no recoveries. vessel valued 12000. J H Lindman invents life boat safety latch releasing by finger pressure.
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Nurenns
William Wills Corey
J. E. Reilley
Lord de Clifford
Dalgan Park
County Mayo
Ireland
N. J. Sheridan
St. Louis University
Anoka
Minn
J. Gross
Grand Army of the Republic
St. Peter
Western Railroad
Chicago
Victoria
B.C
Balcom
Montevideo
Aduth KR
Jd. H. Lindman
Train wreck near Springfield injures none on crew
The Diamond Special from Chicago to St Louis was derailed three miles southwest of Springfield Hl. A crow bar and pulled spikes indicate a wreck. The engine and its crew, engineer Homer Davis of Clinton and fireman, plunged into the embankment but survived. Baggage express and buffet cars rolled into the ditch while four rear cars including sleepers stayed on track and were sent to St Louis.
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Springfield
Ilinois Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Homer Davis
Clinton
Jap Warships in England Plan Reported
San Francisco dispatch says Captain Kenji Ide of the Imperial Japanese Navy arrived aboard the Nippon Maru and will proceed to London to supervise the construction of several warships for Japan.
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England
San Francisco
Mar
Kenji Ide
Imperial Japanese Navy
London
Hummel Sails to Europe After Dodge Morse Case
Abraham H Hummel, the lawyer freed from prison after ten months for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce matter, departed New York on the Lusitania bound for Europe.
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Hummel
Europe
New York
Abraham H Hummel
Europ
Lusitania
Indian Coal Operators Call Meeting With Miners in Terre Haute
Indian Coal operators have issued a call for a joint conference with Indiana miners in Terre Haute on Tuesday March 24 to discuss a wage scale. The meeting aims to align wage terms between operators and miners in the state.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
The Markets Grain and Commodities Chicago Mar 21
Grain and provisions report from Chicago markets showing flour prices for Spring brands and hard patent wheat as well as corn oats butter eggs poultry and potatoes. Wheat futures May and July range with mixed notes. corn and rye listed as weak to dull. butter eggs and poultry prices included. New York prices noted for several grains.
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Chicago
Mar
New York
Live Stock and Hogs Market Report
CATTLE good to prime steers 5.85 to 6.50 per cwt and cows 1.50 to 5.75. HOGS heavy packing sows 4.81 to 5.10, mixed packers and barrows up to 5.00. Omaha market notes cattle strong Native cows and heifers 3.00 to 3.50, Western steers 3.40 to 5.20, hogs market stronger with heavy 4.00 to 4.86, light 3.50 to 4.25, sheep steady with lambs 5.50 to 7.50.
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Hicago
Mar
Omaha
Neb
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