Plot to Bomb St Patrick's Cathedrals Exposed
Police disclose an anarchist plot to assassinate Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt John D Rockefeller and others and to unleash a reign of terror in New York. A man named Frank Absund placed two bombs at St Patrick's Cathedral before a fuse was snuffed by a hidden detective, averting mass carnage.
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Weeters
Uwulin News
Spellon
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John
Rockefeller
Tle
NAME BACK IN COMMITTEE FOR POSTMASTER SEAT
Storm over Kerberg nomination for Sioux City postmaster returns to committee. Protests surge. unlikely confirmation this session. Randolph Kern and Marshall implicated. Cummins and Kenyon refuse interference. Burleson met with Kern but details unreleased. Iowa senators expect no confirmation action.
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Kerberg
Sioux City
Washington
D. C
J. F. Kerberg
F. R. Wilson
Dtems City
Cummins
Kenyon
Marshall
John W. Kern
Indiana
Judge Wade
Confessman Steele
Kerby
Wilson
Burleson
Capitol
Kern
Iowa
Russian education reform eyed for compulsory schooling
An officer of the emperor's household writes that Russia will enforce compulsory education after an upcoming decree by M. Kasso minister of instruction and religion. The measure, discussed by the cabinet, would take effect after five years with local governments expected to support it.
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New York
Russia
M. Kasso
Bodiey
President Meets Young Corn Growers at White House
President Wilson shakes hands with 39 junior corn growers from Iowa Minnesota Illinois Pennsylvania New York and Massachusetts. Harle Weller of Cooper is praised for raising 139 bushels on one batch.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinoi
Pennsylvanian
New York
Massachusetts
Harle Weller
Cooper
No Special Session Planned Despite Union Suggestion
Robert W. Wooer of Fairfax was nominated by President Wilson as auditor for the interior department, and Georg W. Roberts was succeeded as director of the mint in Washington. The senate remains firm against an extra session after March 4.
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Wilson How
Senate
Union of Congress
Mint
Washington, D
Robert W. Wooer
Fairfax
Biterior
Tivaday
Witeau
Georg W. Roberts
Res
Dacia Transfer Sparks International Interest In Sea Row
American cotton steamer Dacia seized by a French cruiser and taken to Brest. Edward N Breitung bought the ship, gained American registry, and changed route to Rotterdam to avoid British concern over American flag masking a return to German control.
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Amerigan
Brest
Edward N. Breltung
Hamburg American Company
Bremen
Breltung
Rotterdam
Germans Advance Four Miles Near Berlin and Verdun
In the western theater the German army repulsed French attacks in Champagne and forced advances south of Malincourt and north of Verdun. They captured six officers and 250 men, dislodged French from positions on the Vosges slopes, and pushed the ally back from Verdinal to Bremeuil. Paris reports two German works taken and 200 prisoners with over a thousand German surrenders in ten days.
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Berlin
Sayville
Champagne
Malincourt
Verdun
Vosces
Verdinal
Bremeuil
Baronviller
Paris
Ferthes
Beause- Jour
280 LIVES LOST IN WRECK OR TORPEDO ATTACK NEAR ENGLAND
London reports intensified German submarine activity around the British Isles. Vessels lost include the armed cruiser Clan MacNaughton with 280 on board. Rio Parana and Noorderdyk are damaged or ashore. several ships are believed sunk in the English Channel and North Sea amid wartime raids and mine risks.
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London
Trited Isles
Teutons
Charles Beresford
Argquith
Amsterdam
Thiteh
Hanna
Germany
Holland
Clan MacNaughton
Eastbourne
England
New Haven
English Channel
Berlin
Oakby
Branksome Chine
Channel
Specia
North Sea
Noorderdyk
Poortershaven
Thaw Trial Postponed On Conspiracy Charges
The Thaw conspiracy case tied to his Matteawan escape was postponed to March 8. Also reported a fatal house fire in East St. Louis at a grocer John H. Stutzman residence with three children perishing and a teen son surviving by leaping from a second-story window. In New York, Justice Weeks denied a new trial for ex police lieutenant Charles Becker who awaits the death sentence for Herman Rosenthal murder.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
James Marshall
Allies to stop shipping to Germany and its allies
London reports Great Britain and France and allies will halt all shipping to and from Germany and its allies. Neutrals are advised of the measure to be declared this week, citing German submarine attacks but promising to protect crews and passengers in any actions.
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London
Great Uritain
France
Germany
Great Britain
Idaho Senate Passes Statewide Prohibition Bill
Boise Idaho February 27 The Idaho Senate approved a state wide prohibition bill 23 to 6 making the manufacture sale and transport for sale of intoxicating liquor unlawful after January 1 1916 The measure now goes to the governor who has announced he will sign it.
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Senate
Boise
Idaho
Reverend Darnell Indicted in Mann Act Case
Chicago March 2 Reverend James Morrison Darnell a preacher once linked to a marriage was indicted in Milwaukee on a charge of transporting Ruth Soper from Owatonna Minnesota to Kenosha Wisconsin to present her as his wife. The indictment does not name Doris Vaughn whom he had married in Chicago.
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Chicago
James Morrison Darnell
Parson
Milwaukee
Ruth Soper
Owatonna
French War Losses Reported by Hamburg Nachricht
Berlin March 3 Hamburger Nachrichten publishes a list claiming authentic French casualties in six months of war with 250000 dead and 700000 wounded.
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Berlin
The
Hamburger Nachrichten
British Merchant Ship Torpedoed Near Saint Valery
A British merchant ship was torpedoed in the English Channel off Saint Valery sur Somme. A French torpedo boat destroyer moved out to assist the stricken vessel.
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Dieppe
France
English Channel
Saint Valery Sur Somme
Plan to Postpone Big Fight in El Paso
Official announcement by promoter Jack Curley states the Johnson Willard world heavyweight title bout will be delayed at least two weeks beyond March 6. The postponement ends a long debate as Johnson lags on his journey from Barbados to Juarez.
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Curley
Juarez
Johnson
el Paso
Tex
Jack Curley
Jack Johnson
Jens Wilard
Barbados
Juares
German Prisoners of War Count in Europe
Berlin reports 55,627 German prisoners of war interned in France Great Britain and Russia. The minister at Berne says Germany holds about 700,000 prisoners of war overall.
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Berlin
Berne
Switzerland
France
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Wade Named for Judge
President Wilson nominates Martin J. Wade a Democratic national committeeman from Jews for the United States judge post in the southern district Wade resides in Iowa City.
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Wade
Washington
Martin J. Wade
President Wilson
United States
Iona Wade
Iowa City
Loree Tells of Million Dollar Salaries in Rock Island Case
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing, L. F. Loree testified about a 97 500 dollar annual chairmanship salary plus 600 000 dollars in guarantees tied to Rock Island and Frisco appointments, and a 450 000 dollar settlement paid in Rock Island bonds amid a decades long control dispute. Reid defended big salaries while others criticized Venner’s 250 000 payment and commission rulings were blamed for financial woes.
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Washington
Chicago, Rock Ieland & Pacific Railroad
Sime
Frisco
L. F. Levee
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Rock Island
Daniel G Reid
Leeds
Rock Island Railway
Loree
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reideeds-Moore
C. H. Venner
J. W. Folk
R. A. Jackson
Robert Mather
United States Circuit Court
Springfield
Venner
Mather
Jackson
Jim Ham
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Fjnols
Reid
Western
Southwestern
Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railroad
C. A. Warren
New Jersey
Dardanelles Forts Reduced Amid Allied Bombardment
London reports say the outer Dardanelles forts were reduced after an all day Franco British bombardment. The admiralty announced ongoing operations and a possible seizure of Constantinople as Russian land forces move toward the capital. The article also notes Nebraska chiropractors bill passing the senate.
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London
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Straita
Constantinople
Midi
Russians Capture Przasnysz and Large Russian Losses
Berlin reports 10 000 Russians were taken at Przasnysz along with twenty cannons machine guns and substantial war materiel as the city fell. An additional 6 000 Russians were captured north of the Vistula. London says Russian troops reinvaded Bukowina and reoccupied Sadagora near Czernowitz.
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Przasnysz
Bukowina
Berlin
German War Office
Vistula River
London
England
Sadagora
Czernowiltz
Evening News
All 36 Plumbers Convicted of Sherman Antitrust Violations
Des Moines Iowa 36 master plumbers on trial since February 10 were convicted by a federal district court jury on Wednesday. Judge John C Pollock will determine sentence later. The defendants hail from Iowa Nebraska Missouri Illinois Michigan Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota. They are members and officials of the National Association of Master Plumbers and related state bodies.
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Des Moines
Federal District Court
John C. Pollock
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Miinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
National Association of Master Plumbers
Triple Execution of Slayers in Bing Sing Prison
Ossining N Y March 1 three slayers of women were executed in the electric chair at Bing Sing prison Friday. The defendants were Robert Kane Oscar Vogt and Vincensa Campanelli. The process took twenty five minutes and ten seconds as they walked to the chamber with heads erect and without faltering.
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Ossining
Bing Sing
Robert Kane
Oscar Vogt
Vincensa Campanelli
Assassination Attempt Hits Talat Bey in Stayboy
A failed attempt in Stayboy targeted Talat Bey interior minister. Three shots were fired by the would-be assassin who was executed. Berlin reports that Admiral von Pont is chosen to succeed Admiral von Ingenohl as head of the German battle fleet.
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Interior
Constantinople
Berlin
Amsterdam
Talat Bey
Assasein
Admiral von Pont
Admiralty Staff
von Ingenohl
Opera Singer Rudolph Berffer Dies in New York
Austrian tenor Rudolph Berffer aged 36, a Metropolitan Opera House performer, died suddenly from heart paralysis at his New York city apartments on Saturday.
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New York
Rudolph Berfer
Metropolitan Opera House
Interstate tariffs suspend on freight east of Mississippi
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended from March 1 to June 29 new railroad tariffs east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. The increases raise rates on glucose and corn syrup in carloads from Chicago and other points to the eastern seaboard and interior eastern points by four cents per hundred pounds for domestic traffic and one and one-tenth cents per hundred pounds for export traffic.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio and
Potomac
Chicago
Seaboard
Grampian Escapes Submarine Run in North Atlantic
The Allan liner Grampian was warned of a German submarine near Halifax on March 2. The ship zigzagged at top speed to avoid danger after the warning, while a freight steamer was torpedoed in the same region.
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Foe
Halifax
Germany
Moulin Rouge Fire Devastates Paris Resort in High Wind
A March 2 blaze at the Moulin Rouge in Paris engulfed the famous resort along the night coast. The fire department responded in full, but strong winds fanned the flames and the building was nearly total losses.
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Famous Parla
Burne
Paris
Moulin Rouge
Nebraska Legislature Passes Sterilization Bill and Baseball Restrictions
Last week in Nebraska the legislature passed 5 F 9 by Shumway Dixon to allow sterilization of select state inmates upon board approval or spousal/kin consent to parole from institutions. The house also banned memorial Sunday baseball with a 66 to 30 vote after a compromise to allow 3 pm play on certain holidays. The senate reconsidered and retained alien land ownership limits, while a constitutional reform bill to cut both houses failed in the upper chamber.
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Nebraska
Beal
Senate
Dodge
Douglas
Boal
Shumway
Dixon
Board of Physicianere
House
State House
House Committee
Spirk
Livestock Committees Postpone Two House Bills
The livestock and grazing committees indefinitely postponed H. R. 363 by Broome, which would require compulsory dipping of scab affected livestock, and H. R. 662 regulating hay and grain charges at stock yards in the state.
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Broome
House defers Miner bill on railroad gate fences
In committee of the whole the House votes 42 to 24 to indefinitely postpone H. R. 6536 the Miner bill requiring land owners to keep gates in railroad fences closed to prevent livestock from entering the tracks.
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House In Committee
Sult Pursued Against Saloon Keeper Requires Written Notice
A proposed law would require a written warning before ruination actions against a saloon keeper for selling Aquor to a specified subject. The bill also extends county official terms to 1918 and abolishes county official elections in presidential years, under consideration by the house elections committee.
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House Elections Committee
Senator Lahners Celebrates 25 Years in Nebraska Senate
Senator Lahners of Thayer moved a Wednesday recess to pass cigars in celebration of his twenty fifth anniversary in Nebraska. He recalled his coming and his father in law objecting to his daughter leaving for the wild west and he joked he would not speak of Nebraska until after marriage. He noted he never expected to end up in the senate.
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Lahners
Thayer
Nebraska
Wild West
Senate
Nonpartisan Election Bill for County Superintendents Favored
The bill for nonpartisan county superintendent elections passed House education committees and has broad support in both chambers with likely passage. A competing measure proposes county board selection of superintendents with no residency requirement, mirroring the city system in principle.
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House Committees On
Nebraska Briefs Highlight City Projects and Notables
Hastings plans to dearmorize the brass band and a new $156,000 school sits for Nickerson. Lincoln hosts Southeastern State Teachers March 24 26 while the state jewelers name J H Riffe Hastings president. Beatrice cuts electric output 15 percent. Fremont reports 45 conversions at First Baptist. Omaha mourns botanist Dr Charles E Bessey.
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Hastings
Syracuse
North Platte
Kearney
Martin Dunham
Capital Masonic
Omaha
Elsie Youngberg
Dent
J. H. Riffe
State Jewelers’ Asociation
Dear
Nickerson
Southeastern State Teachers’ Association
Lincoln
C. W. Kirk
York
Nebraska City
Beatrice
Missouri Valley Medical Association
Mollie Richards
Fremont
Falls City
Adams County
Eli Barnes
Grand Island
Jerome Emmanuel
First Christian Church
Coyle Dougherty
Tust
Superior Cement Factory
Henry Reed
Coznd
Fairbury
Co. E. Beasey
Margaret Cuming
Nebraska
Creighton University
Gladys Sutter
Unadilla
Joseph Ray
Union Pacifico
Los Angeles Limited
Rogers
Schuyler
Weldon F. Crossland
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
John C. Fremont
John Callahan
Dougste County
James Younger
Laura McKenzie
Wilber
Margaret O'Brien
Lbraran
Seattle
G. W. Walter
Lutheran Orphans Home
Arington
Agricultural School
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