Greek Crown Prince Constantine Taks Command Amid Crete Crisis
In Athens crowds welcomed Crown Prince Constantine as he prepared to command Greek forces at Larissafi. Ministers drafted a collective note to recall Greek troops from the frontier and threaten blockades on principal ports if refused. Crete faces famine with reports of extreme hardship and a need for external force per Admiral Canaviro.
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Athens
Constantine
Voli
George
London
Daily Mail
Canaviro
Lazar House
Times
Larissaffi
Constitution Square
Peary Plan to Reach the Pole With Eskimo Colony
The Adver tiser reports Lieutenant Peary has a new Arctic plan endorsed by the American Geographical Society. A small white party, with Eskimo support, would establish a base on Greenland’s northwest coast, form a colony, and push toward the North Pole using sledges and local guides. The aim is to plant the American flag near or at the pole, pending favorable ice.
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New York
Advertiser
Peary
Council of the American Geographical Society
North Pole
United States
Artia
Greenland
State Land Commissioner Lays Out Lease Violations
Olympia March 31 State Land Commissioner Bridges calls the old board derelict for leasing public lands. He says 90 percent of school lands are occupied by nonpayers depriving the school fund of 85000 to 40000 annually. Trespassers total about 2800 nationwide with 13 acres of Tacoma business center paying no revenue. Timber losses run about 40000. He will issue vacation notices and have county auditors lease lands with his approval. all trespassers to be settled by July 1.
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Olympia
Wash
Bridges
Old
Board of Land Commissioners
Spokane
Tacoma
Whitman
Garfield
Walla Walla
Lincoln
Columbia Counties
Wreck of the Willapa in snow storm off Queen Charlottes
The steamer Willapa ran aground on Hesatta reef near Queen Charlotte Islands during a blinding snow storm. Despite heavy seas and a large number of passengers, there was no loss of life. Passengers and cargo were moved to Campbell Island and Bella Bella as salvage work continued. The Boscowitz later rescued passengers and supplies, with further reports of the Dora also running aground but refloating, while repairs were planned to bring the vessels to Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Nanmo
B. C
Barbara Bascowsta
Gooss Gers
Willa
Hesatta Reef
Bella Beta
Queen Charlotte Islands
Roberts
Campbell Island
Boscowits
Bella Bella
Nanaimo
Victoria
The
Boscowitz
Dora
Green Island
Port Simpson
World Wheat Crop Questions Rise From Data
The article discusses U S and foreign wheat yields, noting cast figures for the fall of PSV8 and the unusual small on-hand stock. It cites 20.6 percent on hand versus 26.8 last year and 8,000,000 bushels in farmers’ hands. It also compares the 1894 crop and home consumption retention, with 48.3 percent kept versus 41.1 last year.
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Neh Labs
N. Vetta
PSU
United States
Psog
ATI Getions
Amendments Adopted Slow Tariff Bill Debate in Congress
Washington March 80 The house progress on the tariff bill was slow with only five more pages disposed of bringing total to four ten pages in five days under the five minute rule. Two amendments were adopted both from the ways and means committee. Debate centered on who bears taxes foreigner or consumer as Bailey leader of opposition was absent most of day Richardson and McMillin led the fight. Democrats attack the bill while Republicans seek to hasten consideration by avoiding debate.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Bailey
Richardson
McMillin
Mutilated coins law discussed in brief notice
Washington reports highlight a new statute expanding penalties for passing mutilated or defaced coins. Offenses include engraving donor initials on precious metal tokens and modifying coins for profit. Penalties range from one to five years imprisonment and fines up to $3,000.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Greek Strategy At Heart Of British Greece Turkey Plan
The Daily Graphic reports that London learned the British proposal for Greece and Turkey to withdraw armies from the frontier may have originated in Athens. Turkish forces hold mountain passes and key positions while Greek plans allegedly favored a feint followed by a rush to seize these positions after withdrawal.
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London
The
Daily Graphic
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Ready to Take Constantinople
Vienna dispatch reports czar orders 200000 troops concentrated in four South Russian governments due to anxiety over events at Constantinople. Russian volunteer fleet now available to transport troops as needed.
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Constantinople
London
Times
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Russia
Correspondent Captured in Malaxa Fight in Crete
A London dispatch from March 380 reports a correspondent at Malaxa who was captured by Cretans and held as a spy. An American journalist and insurgent leader Manos a former Oxford man intervened, saving him from execution. Manos led a band of Creteans and urged sparing forty three Turkish prisoners after Turks evacuated the blockhouse. The bombardment by international fleets on Friday caused serious havoc among Christians amid food shortages risk of a Muslim uprising on the island.
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London
Canea
Malaxa
Manos
Armenian Outbreak Fear Prompted Guards at Missionaries
In Constantinople on March 20, United States Minister Terrill urged the porte to reassign military guards to American missionaries as fears of further disturbances in Sivas villages grow. Rumors that Armenians tied to the attack on the Imperial band have returned to the city sustain unease and authorities have intensified precautions.
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Constantinople
Sivas
United States
Terrill
Porte
Italian Warships Fire On Christians at Fort Isziden
At Canea on March 30 Italian warships near Suda Bay fired on Christians during an assault on Fort Isziden near Apokevan in support of the Turkish garrison.
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Canea
Fort Isziden
Apokevan
Suda Bey
Gurkhas Employed by British Army in India
The British Government still uses foreign mercenaries in its forces. Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers, are employed in British India.
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Nepal
India
Helena Flood Brings City to Critical Day and Frontline Labor
Helena Arkansas reports a record flood as the Arkansas River rises to 50.6 feet. The mayor issued a proclamation calling stores to close and urging all able-bodied men to join the defense of the levee. Hundreds answer with shovels, aiding the exhausted workers through the night.
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Helena
Ark
Explosion at Dupont works blows three men to atoms
A massive blast at the Dupont chemical works in Gibbetown New Jersey along the Delaware river killed or vaporized three workers James Henderson Carl Wright and Thomas Stiles. The dynamite and Atlas powder factory building and four adjacent structures were blown to splinters in the March 29 incident.
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Philadelphia
Dupont Chemical Works
Delaware River
Gibbetown
N. J
James Henderson
Carl Wright
Thomas Stiles
Beef Cannery Plan in Mexico Under Dingley Bill
A syndicate led by Solon Humphreys, with interest from J Pierpont Morgan, aims to build a beef cannery in Mexico if the Dingley bill passes, exploiting profits from Mexican cattle crossing the border for fattening for the Northern market and pledging a million dollar Mexican concession and cannery investment to challenge Chicago and Kansas City firms.
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Mexico
Washington
Solon Humphreys
J. Pierpont Morgan
Humphreys
Chicago
Kansas City
Governor fills grain post and militia pullback
Olympia March 29 The governor selected George P Wright of Columbia county as chief grain inspector with P W Lawrence of Tacoma as his deputy Milton Evans of Walla Walla will replace KR McCroskey Garfield on the state grain commission These appointments are forthcoming Several militia companies sent remonstrances to Governor Rogers resisting muster out and will bear their own expenses for the next two years The governor plans to grant this and will determine which ten units go out Three Seattle companies will be consolidated into two
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Olympia
Wash
George P. Wright
Columbia County
P. W. Lawrence
Tacoma
Milton Evans
Walla Walls
KR. C. McCroskey
Garfield
Rogers
Seattle
Laurada Arrives After Cuban Expedition Landing
The Laurada filibustering steamer reached the Delaware last night after landing the smallest expedition yet sent from the United States toward Cuba. The vessel is anchored in the river below Wilmington, with hope for its effects remaining among Cuban juntas connected groups.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Cubs
Wilmington
Juntas
Wichita Lands Opened To Kiowa Apache Territory
Washington reports the Wichita country owned by Kiowa and Apache peoples will be opened by May 1. The survey and border details mark a major expansion, with plans drawing attention to the region as a significant frontier opening.
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Wichita
Perry
Washington
Catane
Lundreda
Las de
Senate Bill Reflected on House First Reading
The L111 Milled Springfield report notes the senate anti department store bill came up in the house on first reading and was ordered laid on the table, effectively stalling the measure.
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Springfield
Senate
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