Ten Peasants Die in Polish Labor Riot
At Lamenta in Russian Poland on March 21 a crowd from Benignona sought to induce farm workers to strike. Police and soldiers fired two volleys, killing two on site and wounding fifty. Seven men and one woman died later in hospital. eleven others remain in critical condition. Kutno lies seventy miles west of Warsaw with about 10 000 residents.
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Kutno
Russian Poland
Lamenta
Benignona
Warsaw
Russian Loan Signed for 100 Million Dollars
The interior loan of 100 million dollars was signed in St. Petersburg. Bonds issued at 86 will be redeemable in fifty years. The ministry of public instruction will develop a plan for compulsory primary education with city representatives invited to participate. General Linovitch reported no news of encounters with Japanese on March 21.
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Ministry of Public Instruction
Linovitch
Our detachment enters Changtu and presses enemy retreat
An official report from imperial army headquarters states a detachment advanced into Changtu on March 21 at 2:30 p.m. The pursuing force notes the enemy in disorder retreating northeast along the railway, with part of the enemy cavalry halted two miles north of Changtu.
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Tokio
Imperial Army
Changtu
Blockade Runners Reported Tied Up at Seaports
Dispatches from Yokohama via Portland describe about forty blockade runners from various nations in Japanese ports awaiting entry to Russian waters. Crew members are treated well and sent home. Vladivostok is reportedly targeted for an impending assault while provisions and coal fill the harbor. Meat reportedly costs twenty kopecks per pound.
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Portidon
Ore
Portland
Arabia
Yokohama
Japan
Vladivostok
Admirals Near Junction and New Japanese Battleship Launched
At the admiralty in St. Petersburg it is suggested Admiral Rojestvensky will join Admiral Nebogatoft within ten days to meet Admiral Togo. Nebogatoff’s division sails from Suda Bay toward Port Said. In Newcastle, Japan launches battleship Kashina at Elswick yard in Baron Hayashi’s presence. The Kashima and Katori, for Japan, are 16,400 tons with 19 knot speed.
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Rojestvensky
Nebogatoft
Togo
Second Pacific Squadron
Nebagotoff
Suda Bay
Island of Crete
Port Said
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Kashina
Elswick
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
Kashima
Japan
Barrow-in-Furness
Suspicious loiterer with bomb near St. New York
Police guarding the palace of Grand Duke Alexis report arrest of a suspicious loiterer found carrying a bomb. The grand duke reportedly went abroad about a fortnight ago.
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New York
Grand Duke
Alexis
Times
St. Petersborg
British Cabinet Meeting Dismisses Far East War Link
London reports the cabinet meeting on Thursday had no connection with any intervention in the Far Eastern war. The announcement clarifies government stance amid widespread speculation.
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London
Steamer Encounters Russian Warships Near Colombo Route
Port Louis Mauritus March 23 A Colombo Sri Lanka steamer reports meeting a Russian torpedo boat during the night of March 16 followed by a squadron of warships some distance behind. The number of ships could not be ascertained.
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Port Luis
Mauritus
Colombo
Ceylon
Motorman Injured in Subway Collision at 116th Street
Motorman James Daly was seriously injured and several people hurt when two trains collided at One Hundred sixteenth street during rush hour. Traffic in the subway was blocked for about thirty minutes due to signal confusion.
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New York
James Daly
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Debt Adjusted in Venezuelan Exterior Bond Settlement
The Venezuelan government and German bondholders have signed an agreement to adjust and consolidate about 28.6 million dollars of external debt. The document, signed at the office of the foreign bondholders, is en route to London for British bondholder representatives to sign.
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Government of
Venezuela
the Couny For
London
Navy desertion: Midshipman Arrowwood dismissed
President Roosevelt approves court sentence of Midshipman Arrowwood from North Carolina for desertion. The verdict bars him from continuing in the Navy and makes him ineligible for citizenship rights thereafter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arrowwood
North Carolina
Attempt on Assistant Commissioner Degtereff in Dvinsk
An assailant fired several shots at Assistant Commissioner of Police Degtereff in Dvinsk. He was wounded in the head and the attacker escaped.
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St. Petersburg
Dvinsk
Degtereff
Bank of Lawton Reopens Under Oversight After Shortage
Lawton reopening under Assistant Territorial Bank Examiner Moore reveals a shortfall of about 12000 dollars. B H McDuffie vice president and New York broker is jailed on embezzlement charges with a 2500 dollar bond. Grand jury convened to probe bank conditions as cashier J S McDuffie remains absent.
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Lawton
Territorial Bank
Moore
Bank of Lawton
B. H. McDuffie
New York
Gillett
J. S. McDuffie
Debs Warns Kansas Oil Fight Will Cost State Billions
Eugene V. Debs spoke in Oklahoma City on March 23 and warned that Kansas would lose its oil battle with Standard Oil, estimating the state would spend over 30 million dollars to outfit refineries.
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Oklahoma City
Eugene V. Debs
Modern four story hotel planned for Shawnee
The wooden annex behind the Burt hotel in Shawnee Oklahoma is being torn down to make way for a new four story hotel described as the finest building in Oklahoma. The project aims to upgrade the lodging options in Shawnee with a modern facility.
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Shawnee
Okla
Burt
Oklahoma
Texas Postmasters Appointments Spark Local Buzz
Dallas Herbert named postmaster at Commerce Texas while W. Casp takes Hu City posting Texas officials announce new assignments as part of a wider federal move to reorganize rural mail service.
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Washington
Dallas Herbert
Commerce
Tex
Rge W
Hu City
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