Ex Priest Led Black Hand Gang Said to Run Banks
Bankers in Chicago report a former priest linked to the Black Hand, accused of bank fraud and counterfeiting. Detectives pursue the man, alleged to own a macaroni factory and oversee multiple banks and three disorderly resorts. A former penman and local charity groups plan Friday discussions on charitable development.
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Chick” Nini
Fae
Black Hand Society
Christopher P. ‘Davidson
Columbus, O
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Child Stomach Cleanser
An old ad touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe, gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims to purge waste from bowels, improve digestion, and restore a sick child to health, urging mothers to keep the remedy handy and to ask their druggist for the full product name.
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Senna
California
Democrats Assign Chairs to Key Senate Committees
In Washington in March, Democrats settling leadership on important Senate committees name chairs for finance and banking and currency. Finances chair Furnifold Simmons leads a mixed Democratic lineup with eight progressives. Republican members include Penrose Lodge McCumber Smoot Gallinger Clark La Follette. The banking and currency panel names Owen as chair with a set of Democrats and Republicans anticipated to outpace finance after tariff bills pass. Principal chairs cover foreign relations Bacon immigration Smith inter oceanic canals O Gorman inter state commerce Newlands and public buildings Swanson.
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March
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
House of Representatives
Furnifold McL. Simmons
North Carolina
Wiliam J. Stone
Missouri
John Sharp Willams
Mississippi
Charles F. John Son
Maine
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Charless. Thomas
Colorado
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
William Hughes
New Jersey
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Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
Reed Smoot
Utah
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Clarence D. Clark
Wyoming
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Simmons
New Banking and Currency Committee
The
Robert L. Owen
James A. O'Gorman
New York
Henry F. Hollis
James A. Reed
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
John F. Shafroth
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Joseph L. Bristow
Kansas
Theodore E. Burton
John W. Weeks
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
Bacon
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
O'Gorman
Newlands
Nevada
Swanson
Virginiia
Senator Peck Opposes New London Harbor Bill
Hartford reports capture Senator Lester Peck denounces a 1 million dollar New London harbor appropriation. He authored a counter bill calling for 2 million for Black Rock harbor development, arguing the state treasury cannot sustain the extra tax burden and that New London would gain little from the proposed terminals. He cites Boston and Providence projects to question regional cargo logic.
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Hartford
Lester
Peck
New London Harbor
Senate
McDonough
Perry
New London
Black Rock Harbor
Connecticut
New London County
Committee On
General Assembly
Harvard
Boston
Providence
Elijah
New York
Trouble Begins With Small Pimples at Cushing Street
A Stoughton man reports pimples that worsened into sores along three spots on his arm after scratching. The lesions grew and produced matter, causing discomfort and itching that kept him awake at night.
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Cushing St Stoughton, Mass
Zling
Trapped As Mine Fire Ruins President Colliery
At President Colliery near Bockoram Germany a shaft fire broke out near midnight and flames spread through the galleries. Superintendent Koester is among the trapped workers, with the total number of others still uncertain. Rescuers faced many hours of perilous toil before locating Koester's body at the shaft bottom.
House of Death adds three fatality at Wentworth
Chicago, March 19. The incendiary fire at 2359 Wentworth avenue destroyed the so called House of Death, killing Mrs. Puntella and two daughters aged 3 and 5. Frank Puntella and Joseph Cavalieri escaped with severe burns. Over a decade, a pattern of deaths and tragedies marked the place, including prior family deaths, a clerk’s daughter’s scalding, a murder, and an unidentified Italian suicide near the porch.
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Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Frank Puntella
Inlaw
Joseph Cavalieri
Jacon Warner
Warner
Fred Kunz
Kunz
Strauss
Pope Pius Joins Mass Outside Bedroom for Name Day
Rome reports Pope Pius partially recovered and attended Mass outside his bedroom with sisters and niece present. Messages praising the pontiff arrived from U S Cardinals Gibbons Farley and O Connell along with many from the American Episcopacy and others in the United States.
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Rome
Pope Pius
United States
Cardinals Gibbons, Farley and O'Connell
Agility Saves His Life at Freight Switch Crash
Charles E. Simmonds of 1250 Main Street narrowly escaped after he was caught in a flying switch at a Great Barrington, Massachusetts freight yard Monday. He hurled himself away and survived with an amputated arm. doctors at Mercy Hospital, Pittsfield, fear blood poisoning but expect recovery if infection is avoided.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Charles E. Simmonds
Main Street
Mercy Hospital
Pittsfield
Powers demand speedier Balkan peace termination
Cologne March 19 European powers contemplate demanding from the Balkan allies a speedy termination of hostilities in European Turkey, according to an inspired despatch from Berlin to the Cologne Gazette.
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Ger
Balkan
Turkey
Berlin
Winthrop Liquor Firms Barred from Kansas Shipments
Atchison Kansas officers notified Winthrop Missouri wholesale liquor companies that they will accept no more liquor shipments consigned to Kansas points. The move follows Kansas Webb law enforcement and threatens to shut Winthrop firms out of the Kansas market, ending much of their sales.
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Atchison, Kan
Bright Wholesale Liquor Companies
Winthrop, Mo
Missouri River
Railroad and Express Companies
Kansas
Webb
Winthrop Companies
Votes for Women Bill Passes in Alaskan Senate
Juneau March 19 The Senate passed the House bill granting votes to women. It was the first bill approved by the legislature with no dissent in either house. The bill exempts women from jury duty. The Board of Apportionment and Taxation will hold its first monthly meeting tonight under rules adopted at the February meeting. Accounts will be submitted showing appropriations and disbursements to date in each department. Bookseller exchange noted in text.
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Portland
New London
New York
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A Reasonable Plea For The Stomach
Analysis shows digestion needs pepsin nitrogenous ferments and stomach acid. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets supply natural digestive elements to weak stomachs, stimulating gastric glands and restoring function. Ad features testimonials and claims of safety.
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Chemical Laboratory
London
Fenchurch St
E. C. London
F. A. Stuart Co
Clerkenwell Road
B. C
John R. Brooke
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F.C. S
Pape's Diapepsin Relieves Indigestion Fast
A classic ad claims Pape's Diapepsin quickly settles stomach distress from sour and upset meals. It promises relief in five minutes, digestion of undigested food, and ease from gases, with a large case priced at fifty cents.
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Pape
Women Day at Capitol Spurs Largest Suffrage Hearing
Wartford March 19 Independent report: a vast women’s suffrage rally filled Capitol corridors and the House chamber as the joint hearing of the Woman Suffrage and Constitutional Amendment committees heard prompts from Maude M. Hincks and speakers like Mrs. Stoddard and Miss Mayone Lewis. The crowd packed aisles and corridors, blocking view while banners in purple and green proclaimed Votes for Women. The three hour session featured urging common sense reform and the right of women to vote, contrasted with antis securing front seats.
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Capitol Hill
House
Capitol
Committee On
F. A. Johnson
Montville
Maude M. Hincks
Bridgeport
Antis
Senate
Carlos F. Stoddard
New Haven
Mayone Lewis
Greenwich
Teachers urged to keep schools out of politics
The meeting urged teachers to avoid political involvement to benefit both pupils and the schools. Speakers argued education suffers when politics intrudes and called for stricter morals shaped by law, while noting women’s suffrage supporters and various advocates spoke on the issue. A later social hour followed the meeting.
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Bridgeport Medical Society
J. A. Leverty
Ft Pharmaceutical Commission
Lowiners
Cleaneasy ad declares best ANP BOAP for skin and fabric
An Easter want ad promotes Cleaneasy as the best ANP BOAP claiming it instantly removes grease ink paint and dirt from skin and clothing. Manufactured by W. R. Wine at 711 Stratford Ave the ad invites buyers to place orders at one cent per word.
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W. R. Wine
Stratford Ave
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