Fire kills five at Missouri Athletic Club in St Louis blaze
A night fire in the eight story Missouri Athletic Club and Boatmen's Bank building in St Louis claimed five lives with several others believed burned. Ninety men were inside when the flames began in the third floor dining room around 1 50 am as guests evacuated through smoke filled halls.
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St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
United States
Boatmen’s Bank
John Rickey
Ford Manufacturing Company
Ager
Luciow-Saylor Wire Co
Mordecai Brown
St.ouis Federals
No U. S. Intervention Says the British Ambassador
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Sir Lionel Carden arrive in Washington to confer with President Wilson on the Mexican situation. Sir Calderon sails to London to report to Sir Edward Grey. Grey says Huerta has credibility and urges the United States not to intervene in Mexico.
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Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
The
United
States
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Calder
London
Olympic
Sir Edward Grey
Minster
Grey
Huerta
United States
U S Troops To Guard Embassy In Mexico Bryant Order
A postseason series will be played between pennant winners and an All-Star team formed from other league clubs. The series mirrors the world series format and offers extra pay to players of the pennant winner for outstanding play.
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U. S
Mexico
Bryant
New Company Seeks Charter in Cumberland District
A certificate of incorporation has been filed in the Circuit Court for a new company named Buley Patterson etc. It will engage in merchandise brokerage including farm products stock grain real estate and other wares with principal office in Cumberland. Capital stock is 100 shares of 50 each. Mexico City dispatches report war department guard for American Embassy and a Torreon outpost defeat. Texas Rangers recover the body of Clemente Vergara and return it to Laredo with investigations ongoing in Washington.
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Buley-Patterson
J Hin Patterson
Buley
Cal
Cesena
Cumberland
Mexico City
War Department
Huerta Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua
Torreon
Laredo
Texas
Texas Rangers
Clemente Vergara
Vergara
Pat.o
Colquitt
State Department
Rio Grande
Captain Saunders
Saunders
Executive Department
Hidalgo
Vergara Ranch
Washington State Department
Consul Garrett
Piedras Negras
Washington
Sture
State Bryan
Gibson
Bliss
Clementa ‘ Gara
United States
Neuva Laredo
American militant arrested in Strand demonstration
London marchers led by Sylvia Pankhurst and Zelle Emerson clash with police in the Strand. Pankhurst, hiding from authorities, is seized as militants throw missiles and attempt to reach Downing Street. Several demonstrators are injured and many arrested.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Zelle Emerson
Strand
Miss Pankhurst
Miss Emerson
Downing Street
Exams for Responsible Jobs in Federal Service
The federal civil service board will today hold competitive exams for three jobs paying over $1,200 yearly. Openings include a pulp and paper engineer at Madison Wisconsin with $3,500, an aesthetist at Freedman’s Hospital in Washington with $1,200, and a technical assistant in malarial investigation with $1,200 to $2,200.
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Washington
Federal Civil Service Board
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Freedman's Hospital
Have Your Printing Done by the Evening Press
A brief urging readers to place printing orders with the Evening Press for timely production and delivery. The notice emphasizes prompt service and reliability for all printing needs.
Italian Cabinet Resigns After Libya Budget Vote
Rome March 9 Premier Gioliti notified King Victor Emmanuel of his cabinet’s resignation following a crisis over the Libya appropriation bill. The Libyan budget passed March 4 by 361 to 83 as radicals shifted to the opposition, leaving the government in minority.
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Rome
Giioliti
Victor Emmanuel
Crsis
Libya
North Africa
Gioliti
Des Rea
Chamber of Deputies
Opposiion
Prohibition election under way in Muncie Indiana
In Muncie Indiana on March 9 voters face a prohibition election with a wet campaign alleging stealth and a dry camp fighting openly to ban legalized saloons. Seaborn Wright former Georgia governor supports the prohibitionists in this contest.
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Muncie
Ind
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Cumberland Press expands with new business manager
The Cumberland Press adds B. Frank Shaffer as business manager effective March 16 to free editor C. W. L. McDermott for editorial work. Shaffer remains president of Tri-State Business College, splitting time between the school and newspaper duties as circulation nears 21,000 readers daily and promises greater news service and advertising value.
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Cumberland Press
Maryland
C. W. L. McDermott
B. Frank Shaffer
Tri-State Business College
Shaffer
Baltimore City
Georges Creek League to award pennant not cash prize
The Georges Creek and Cumberland Baseball League adopts rules giving the season winner a pennant up to twenty dollars instead of cash bonuses. Previously teams deposited fifty dollars each with a stakeholder, a practice blamed for corrupting sportsmanship and inciting money-driven play.
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Georges
Cumberland and Georges Creek
Richard Guy
Pittsburg
Francis C. Baker Faces Supreme Court Sentence
New York on March 9 attorney Francis C. Baker once a Congregational minister awaits Supreme Court ruling for grand larceny in the second degree. He is linked as associate of Harney in a large realty swindle.
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New York
Francis C. Baker
Supreme Court
Harney
John Boyd dies at 52 former railroad commissioner
Harrisburg, March 9. John Boyd a pioneer member of the Pennsylvania railroad commission died at his home today at age 52. He was known for wealth and wide involvement in major enterprises.
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Harrisburg
John Boyd
Railroad Commission
Fire gutts Lowe building as Clarksburg suffers fatal blaze
A fast spreading fire in the Lowe building and the ten story Union National Bank building in downtown Clarksburg WV killed and seriously burned several occupants. Frank Hugh and Marsh Cannon died after a life saving rope descent from the bank’s sixth floor. Firefighters battled icy conditions and high winds to rescue residents trapped on upper floors.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lowe
Union National Bank
West Main Street
Sullivan
Frank Hugh
Marsh Cannon
Philadelphia Company
West Virginia
Bank
Cannon
Rivers Flood Vast Lands After Melting Snow
Dispatches from Muntot report heavy rains causing snow melt floodwaters across hundreds of square miles in Southern Barbaria. Livestock perished and agriculture severely hampered as rivers run high and towns face inundation.
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Berlin
Barbaria
Muntot
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