Indiana Senator Shively Dies After Long Illness
Special Dispatch from Washington reports U S Senator Shively of Indiana dies after protracted illness from stomach cancer treated unsuccessfully by radium. Senate adjourns in his honor. President Wilson mourns loss in condolence to Mrs. Shively. Shively, born 1837, served in Senate since 1909 and was key Foreign Affairs Committeeman.
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House authorizes mobilization of mobile army units
The assembly approves a plan to recruit and fully equip a mobile army, signaling readiness to respond to ongoing unrest and secure public order amid intensified riots. The decision directs rapid expansion of forces and deployment across key districts to restore stability.
Socialist London Lone Dissenting Voice Disturbs Villa Hunters
A lone socialist dissenter in London questions the whereabouts of villa hunters. The piece outlines the singular critic's stance amid local affairs and hints at political tension surrounding property seekers.
Bandit Chief Trapped as Carranza Troops Cross Border
Reports from El Paso say Carranza forces crossed into New Mexico and occupied Hachipa forty miles east of Douglas. Two Eleventh Infantry troops hold Hachipa. In Presidio a Thirteenth Cavalry troop heads from Marfa after rioting by Carranza troops at Ojinaga and reports of General Rojas’s assassination.
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Convict Escapes Works After Placing Dummy in Bed
Police search Toledo Ohio for Charles Ziegler 35 a Lima sent convict and smallpox victim who escaped by making a dummy man for his bed Monday night officials say the ruse failed when the dummy did not awaken Tuesday revealing the escape from the workhouse
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Halifax Pier Fire Destroys Red Cross Cargo
A blaze at Pier No 2 of the Canadian Pacific terminal in Halifax destroyed the pier and its upper building floors stacked with Red Cross supplies for the British army. The loss is reported at 150000 dollars. A Red Cross female supervisor is missing and feared dead as wooden chutes and chains on locomotives tried to halt the spread.
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Mrs Lastrappo Seeks Funds to Take Piano Lessons
Delaware, March 14 Mrs Jennie Lastrappo seeks funds to pay for piano lessons while held as a witness against her husband who is bound over to a Federal grand jury in a white slave case.
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Equal Suffrage Referendum Passes Assembly In Albany
The equal suffrage referendum resolution passed the Assembly 105 to 30. It will be reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee later today.
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New Artificial Limbs Demonstrated At Academy of Sciences
On March 14 at the Academy of Sciences two new artificial arms were shown. One model has lobster claw like fingers for heavy work. The other features articulated fingers closely mimicking natural movement. Experiments were performed before academy members by two arm amputees. one cut a wood bean and the other played a violin.
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Ford tests peace ideas on his workers in Chicago
Henry Ford, who aimed to bring peace in Europe, applies rules at his plant forcing quarrelsome workers and their wives to raise the white flag or divorce or quit with five dollar wages. Henry Carter, a Ford porter, obtained a divorce on desertion charges and was cited by Walter G. Mays, former sociological head, who testified Ford wanted to reconcile but failed.
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Judge Landis rules association of billposters a trust
In Chicago on March 14 Judge Landis delivered an opinion that the association of billposters of the United States and Canada is a combination in violation of the antitrust laws.
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Counterfeit $5 Lincoln-Head Note Surfaces on Pacific Coast
Washington reports the appearance of a new Federal type counterfeit five dollar bill bearing the Lincoln head. Secret Service agents have arrested five individuals in San Francisco for passing the notes: George Bush Richard Henry Perry Welsh John Smith and Fred Smith.
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Two More Nations on Verge of War
London report notes army bills for 4,000,002 men and daily munitions cost of 15 million dollars. Greece resists Entente control of Northern Greece railways and troops in Florina and Kavala. Entente radio stations opposed. War preparations claimed in Sweden, per Copenhagen reports. Continued on page 2.
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Portugal to Furnish 100000 Men and Artillery to Allies
Portguals Minister to Switzerland reports Portugal will send 100000 troops and several artillery batteries to aid the allies against Germany. Copenhagen dispatch notes that entente powers increased pressure on Greece, with new demands rejected.
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Protest Over Brandeis Nomination by Taft and Leaders
Former President Taft Elihu Root Simeon Baldwin and other prominent figures protest Brandeis's confirmation as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. A signed petition to the Senate subcommittee argued Brandeis is not a fit person for the court, listing reputational and career concerns. The document includes Savannah lawyers Joseph H. Choate Francis Rawle Moorefield Storey and Peter Meldrim among signers.
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Silius Mine Sinking Suspected by State Department
State Department officials in Washington indicate the Norwegian bark Silius with seven Americans aboard likely sank due to a mine off Havre, France. No submarine sighted by survivors, Havre Roads mined, and Germany open to amends if a German sub was proven involved.
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Weather Outlook Across States Amid Snow and Cold
The bulletin covers Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Illinois with snow or rain in various zones. Cold air extends east of the Rockies with subnormal temps and frost possible in the south Thursday morning. Storm warnings attend the Atlantic coast while interior regions trend fair by Thursday.
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Austria Accuses Allied Subs of Unwarned Torpedoes
Austria submits reports to the United States alleging two incidents where Austrian merchant ships were torpedoed without warning by allied submarines, presumed to be British, in the wartime sea war context.
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Zealandia in distress off coast after losing steering gear
The steam ship Zealandia, sailing between New York and Malta with ammunition for Britain, is in distress at sea after losing both steam and hand steering gear. News reached port today via wireless from the tanker Richmond.
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Green dye shortage myth debunked by city chemist
Cleveland March 14 City Chemist White says the European war has not caused a shortage of green dye for St Patrick's Day decorations. He explains the green is a blue and yellow mix and Carnations dyed green use arsenic in the dye.
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Submarine Bluffed by Spare Gun Dummies on Ship
C A Rivers of Santa Fe recounts that four dummy guns made from spare spars were mounted on the Harrison Line steamship to fool a pursuing submarine 200 miles from the Irish coast on January 25. The tactic caused the U boat to drop speed and abandon the chase after observing the apparent armament.
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Atrocious cruelties of Villa depicted by widow of victim
Chicago March 14. Passengers arriving on the Rock Island Golden State Limited relate brutal details of the Columbus mas sacre. Mrs J J Moore, wounded in both legs, describes Villa and his bandits entering her ranch home and killing her husband, bayoneting him after firing four shots, and pulling off her rings before fleeing.
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Ky Woman Suffered Half Hour's Anguish
Mrs James P Castleman wife of the day officer in last week's Columbus raid recounts the firefight in Columbus New Mexico as Francisco Villa bandits entered unseen. She describes hearing a shot at 430 and sheltering her children under a bed while bullets pelted the house.
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Congress authorizes mobilization to 120000 army troops
The House approved a joint resolution to recruit the mobile regular army to full strength, adding about 20000 soldiers to infantry cavalry and field artillery, raising total to 120000. Senate expected to concur, border operations reinforced, with a publicity push in Mexico.
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Slayer Dies in Chair in Boston Murder Case
Anton Retkovitz was electrocuted at Charlestown for the two year old murder of Mrs. Douka Perembida protestng his innocence.
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Half a million cartridges seized near Douglas Arizona
U S soldiers seized five hundred thousand cartridges consigned to General Calles in Sonora. Two hundred thousand arrived by freight and three hundred thousand by express. A heavy guard was set, and sources traced the shipment’s origin amid border tensions and Villa pursuit reports.
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