Currency Reform Urged by Committee Foreign Diplomats
A Washington report notes Rep Glass urged immediate currency reform as a special session of Congress nears. President Wilson aims to limit tariff talks to the April 1 session, with Alaska railroad and coal developments also under discussion and diplomatic ceremonies held at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Wilson
Congress
Representative Glass
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Helmer
Washington
Alaska
Glass
White House
Helfer
Senate
Presient Wilson
Stone
Missouri
Clark
Alexander M. Dockery
Cashington
Bryan
Cosby
Rhoades
Army
Davy
Hale
Jusserand
France
Massacre threat looms as Balkan conflicts rise
Reports from London and Constantinople warn of possible massacre of all inhabitants of Sgutart and Sentari as Ottoman and Balkan forces clash. Dispatches cite Greek gains at Joound and rising casualties in Epirus while mediation stalls over the Ottoman debt share.
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Ondon
Bouter
Manchester Guardian
Edward Grey
Rugova
Belgrade
Sentari
London
Constantinople
Enver Bey
San Stefano
Chattalda
Juuind
T He Daily Telegraph
Epirus
Oded
Diapateh
Mall
Appointment of Relative Urged On President Wilson
President Wilson sent nominations to the Senate including Daniel C. Roper for first assistant postmaster general and James J. Blakeslee for fourth assistant postmaster general. A Western clerical delegation pressed for Captain Alfred Wilson’s appointment, while Wilson decided to limit daily office hours to before 11 a.m. or after the last cabinet room session, excluding cabinet members and appointees from the rule.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Alexander M. Dockery
Missouri
James J. Blakeslee
Pennsylvania
U. S
District of
Porto Rico
Peter J. Hamilton
Alabama
Charles P. Neill
Lumbia
Alfred Wilson
Portland
Oregon
Secretary of War
Philippine Commission
Garrison
Captain Wilson
John Patterson
John H. Wilson
Hawaii
2. R. Cheney
Alaska
H. C. Todd
D. C
Federals Evacuate Agua Prieta as Constitutionalist Forces Reach Town
Five hundred federales prepare to evacuate Agua Prieta before 800 constitutionalistas surround the town amid fear of border violence. General Ojeda notes refugees from Nacosari and El Teremo arrived, claiming garrison surrender and constitutionalists marching into Agua Prieta and nearby Nogales.
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Douglas
Ariz
Agua Prieta
Ojeda
Nacosar
el Tiere
Constitutionalistas
Auga I’rieta
Constituonalistas
Agua Privia
Nokeles Bonora
Coffee and Five Cents Enough Breakfast for Working Girl
Chicago March 10. William Thorne of Montgomery Ward testifies before a vice commission that a working girl can survive on eight dollars a week with room and board at three dollars, meals priced for coffee and rolls, lunches, dinners, clothing, and incidentals. He argues the commission’s twelve dollar minimum is too high.
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Chicago
William ©. Thorne
Monntgomery Ward and Company
Vice Commission
Laundray
Lilinola
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
O'Hara
Ilinois Senate Committee
Illinois
John A. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Rockefeller
New York State
James Simpson
Marshall Piels and Company
Bimpoon Wan
Juul
Bealdes Wite
Lytton
Summera
Officials Push for Cheyenne Greeley Fort Collins Road Lift
Weld and Larimer county commissioners plan talks in Cheyenne to coordinate road improvements to the Colorado line. Local leaders press for action, with Weld County first to provide machine assistance and Larimer county awaiting decision. A Cheyenne Good Roads push backs the project as motorists urge faster action.
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Greeley
Fort Collins
Weld
Larimer
Colorado
Wyoming Line
Laramie
Colorado Line
Greater
Cheyenne Club
Gommitice
Notson
Neem
Denver
Suse
Cheyenne
Lane to Govern Conservation Policy With Common Sense
Washington reports Franklin K Lane California conservation leader takes office as interior secretary. The former Interstate Commerce Commissioner earned praise from Chief Justice White and Roosevelt for shaping rail and express regulation policies and vows no water or mineral grabs while balancing national needs and local authority.
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Common Sense
Interior
Lane
Washington
Ommon
Franklin K. Lane
California
Supreme Court of the United States
White
Wilken Cabioet
Suations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wreat Department of the Interior
Southern Pacific
Expres Companion
Hineell
Minterior
Man Pushes Wheelbarrow From Maquoketa To Pacific
Charles Niggin repeated a bet from Maquoketa Iowa promising to push a wheelbarrow to Long Beach California after wagering 450 electoral votes for Woodrow Wilson in November. He completed 2500 miles arriving near Victorville and headed toward Long Beach as of tonight.
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Los Angeles
Maquoketa
Iowa
Pacific
Charles Niggin
Long Beach
Nigg
Woodrow Wilson
Maquoket
Pacific Coast
Ten Thousand Girls Strike in New York Garment Unions
Ten thousand members of the Children and Misses' Dressmakers union strike in New York demanding a fifty hour week higher wages and end to tenement house work. Leaders predict 15 000 strikers by tomorrow with little disorder reported.
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New York
Children's and
Misses’ Dressmakers
General Garment Workers
Slander Suit Seeks Damages Over Almanac of Allegations
Agerrie Lamoreaux of Clearwater sues hotel owner Mary G. Loafman in district court claiming 38000 dollars in damages for alleged defamatory remarks. The petition cites persistent statements from December to January and names several local officials as witnesses.
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Bheridan
Wyo
Agerrie Lamoreaux
Clearmont
Mary G. Loafman
Clearmont Hotel
Germany
Gogerty and McNally
G. T. Cook
Cléarmont State Bank
D. L. McClure
Roscoe Babcock
Ita
Cea
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Sgutart
Ostantinople
Adrianople
Nureday
Turki Eh
Bulaly
Coward
Torgut
Tieb
Pennsylvania Avenue
Beall
Thorne
Maarshall Field and Company
Simpson
Tosrey
Marshall Field
George Lytton
Barrett O'Hara
O'nora
Joseph Busch
Bigel, Cooper and Company
Perone
Roosevelt
Coloniel
Theodore Roosevelt
Standard Oil
United States
United States Supreme Court
Victorville
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