Largest Engine of Warfare Slides Down the Ways
Newport News Virginia reports the launch of the largest naval engine ever built. The ship descended into the James River after a ceremony with German commander Thierichsen present. Mrs. M F Thomas spoke on peace as a question of love between nations. The German commander said war was necessary for lasting peace, then another war would follow.
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Mit
Newport News
Pennsylvania
Misa Fitzabeth Kolb
Germantown
Datiels
James River
Prins Hitel Friedrich
Thierichsen
Pennevivenin
M. F. Thomas
Beacon
N. WY
Society of Friends
Germany
Mra. Thomas
Pierce Indicted Chief Plans Quick Hearing on Charges
Sioux City police chief Ila George Pierce faces three counts of receiving bribes and one of conspiracy after a grand jury indicted him Monday. Bonds totaling 5000 were posted by W Mallory of Warfield Pratt Howell. Charges detail conspiracy with Ford and DeRoos to overlook bootleg activity and permit houses to run openly, plus three bribe amounts of 55 65 and 240 dollars from local business figures in 1914. Conviction on conspiracy carries three years. bribery carries up to six months or 500 fine.
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Sioux City
Ila
Ceorge Pierce
Po-Ice
Grand
Chief Pierce
Agg
T. W. Mallory
Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company
Peirce
George Ford
Milton DeRoos
W. Nies
Davenport
Robert Brown
Court Rules Against Thaw Return to New Hampshire
Supreme Justice Page orders Harry K Thaw not to be sent to New Hampshire by New York state. He must be returned to Matteawan asylum unless papers for detention in New York county are served upon the warden of Tombs prison. The ruling disposes of the motion to return Thaw to New England.
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Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
Matteawan Asylum
New York County
Tombs Prison
Supreme Justice
Page
New England
Balance in Favor of America Reports Record Exports Week
Washington reports exports totaling 69.84 million dollars and imports 22.67 million for the week ending March 13, leaving a record 47.23 million dollar trade surplus across thirteen principal American districts.
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America
Washington
D. C
United States
United States Protest Over British Orders in Council
President Wilson told callers the United States would lodge a strong protest against Britain and its allies for subjecting neutral commerce to the new British order in council, imposing restraints on neutral trade.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
Great Britain
Americans Seek Transit From Mexico City Amid Tense Conditions
The report notes U S officials worried about conditions in Mexico City and Manzanillo as many Americans and foreigners request help from the state department via the Brazilian minister to obtain transportation to Vera Cruz. The total seeking departure and reasons remain unclear.
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Washington
D. C
Mexico City
Manzanillo
State Department
Vera Cruz
Mrs Rockefeller Dies at 70 in Florida Home
Martha Mrs John D Rockefeller wife of the world s richest man died at Pocantico Hills near New York after a long illness. She was born Laura Celestia Spelman in 1839 in Ohio and married John D Rockefeller in Cleveland in 1864. Surviving are Alta Edith and John D Rockefeller Jr. with several relatives at her bedside.
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New York
Martha
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pocantito Fills
Burlington
Iowa
Akron
Ohio
Harvey
Spelman
Cleveland
John Rockefeller
Alta
E. Parmalee Prentice
Edith
Harold Fowler McCormick
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
U S Man Slain in Mexico City by Zapatistas
President Wilson and his cabinet were briefed Friday on the assassination of John B. McManus of Chicago by Zapatistas in Mexico City. The United States demanded punishment and indemnity, with the envoy delivering the note to General Salazar. riot and violence followed as two Mexicans were killed and many injured.
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Washington
Wilson
Zapatistas
Mexico City
John B. McManus
Chicago
United States
McManus
Bryan
Cardozo
Salazar
Zapata
Gustavio
Mexico
MeManus
Deputies Missing After Ambush Near Douglas Mesa
Eight deputies are unaccounted for after an ambush near Douglas Mesa Utah. Marshal Nebeker has dispatched search parties and plans to push against the Indians by Saturday. General Scott’s peace efforts fail to yield results. A Ute informant in Bluff reports Indians obtaining ample ammunition from Mexican sheep herders.
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Mofs
Utah
Douglas Mesa
Marshal Nebeker
General Scott
Bluff
Mystery Death Falls From Seventeenth Floor
Chicago officers probe the death of F. C. White after his body was found on a downtown building’s seventeenth floor. Investigators seek clues to whether this was an accident or foul play in the March 15 report.
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Chicago
F. C. White
Quarantine Extends Across Westchester After Disease Finding
Virtually all of Westchester County is quarantined after a hoof and mouth disease outbreak in local herds. The order affects the estate of John D Rockefeller and related properties.
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Rockefeller
New York
Westchester County
John D. Rockefeller
Thaw Truths Escape Plot In Matteawan Case Denied
Harry Kendall Thaw testified before Justice Alfred Page in the New York supreme court claiming no conspiracy and admitting paid $6,000 to Richard Butler for the escape plan. He named agents including A Hoffman of Poughkeepsie who arranged cars and staged the getaway on August 17, 1913.
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New York
Matteawan
Canada
Harry Kendall Thaw
Alfred Page
Supreme Court
Thaw
Richard Butler
Butler
Richard
Roger
Thompson
Alfred Henry Lewis
New York State
Hr. A. Hoffman
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Hoffman
Stanchfield
Bernard H. Kelsey
Colebrook
N. H. Stanchfield
Kelsey
Cook
Justice Page
Beachey Dies In Aerial Stunt At Panama Exposition
Lincoln Beachey world famous aviator is killed when his new monoplane collapses during a drop at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The wreck and body sank in San Francisco Bay forty feet deep between two army transports.
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San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
Deachey
San Francisco Bay
United States Army
Oregon
Peachey
Yayton
Morence
Mich
Oakland
Thomas Baldwin
Washington Monument
White House
Washington
Niagara Falls
Berlin Claims Big Victory In Champagne Fighting
The German general staff reports three weeks of battle in Champagne ended in a victory equal in significance to the Mazurian Lakes triumph. German losses are higher than in East Prussia, while French casualties are put at over 45,000, with vast French ammunition usage noted.
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Berlin
Sayville
Champagne
Mazurian Lakes
East Prussia
British Make Gains in Flanders On March 4
London reports British forces advanced in West Flanders on March 4 as the Indian corps operating along a 4000 yard front gained three quarters of a mile and captured German trenches with seven hundred prisoners taken. A British airman destroyed the Courtral Menin railway junction.
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London
Menin
West Flanders
War Office
Courtral- Menin
United States Ship William P Frye Destroyed in Sinking
President Wilson orders a full inquiry into the sinking of the American grain vessel William P Frye by the German cruiser Prince Eitel Friedrich. The ship, carrying 193 582 bushels of wheat, was sunk after captors removed the captain and crew.
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Washington
Wilson
William P. Frye
Pring Eitel Friedrich
United States
Germany
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Newport Newa
Warsip
Bea
Veesel
Operal
Seattle
Frye
Queenstown
Falmouth
Tatoosh
Wash
Prince Estel Friedrich
South Atlantic
Klehne
Nebraska briefs from across the state in spring notices
Nebraska editors meet at Omaha April 19 to 21. Trap shooting in North Platte May 11 to 20. Table Rock votes on wet or dry. Lincoln hosts Southwest Nebraska declamatory contest March 24. Developments include Superior electric plant acquisition, Fort Fremont encampment speakers, Greenwood independent phone venture, and a major poultry farm planned near Kearney. Petrified list of local incidents, finance, and legislative actions follow.
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Nebraska
Omsha
North Phatte
Table Rock
Southwest Nebraska
Lincoln
Southern Nebraska Development Company
Superior Electric Light
General Falmer
Fremont
Greenwood
Central West
Kearey
Henry Christofferson
Mike Kate Boyle
Nebraska Telephone Company
Omaha
Elke Lode
St. Amos Hamm
Fairbury
Broken Beg
Crowell
United States Department of Agriculture
The
Woodmen of the World
Norfolk
Karl Stiles
South Omaha Stock Yards Company
Editorial Association
Dera Janeen
United States
Hastings
Auburn
State Historical Society
J. H. Haney
H. Bailey
Stella
Will H. Parry
Syracuse
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Starf of
Washington
C. J. Pierson
Nemaha County
University of California
Gage County
Florence
Vette
Nebraska City
Union Mutual Telephone Company of
Union
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company
Liembar
Wilton Junction
First Presbyterian Church
Danbar
Cecile Chaudoin
Mason City
A. Boyd
Mob in Blythe Junction Causes Deaths and Wounds
Telegraphic notes report a furious mob seizes Blythe Junction 130 miles from San Bernardino with several killed and many wounded. Police and white-haired officials dispatched to restore order. Other items note four Spaniards assassinated in Mexico City and a Vigo Orense train wreck killing fourteen and injuring eighteen due to a landslide.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Blythe Junction
Cer
Washington
State Department
Senor Riano
Mexico City
Madrid
Vigo-Orense
Loss of British Cruiser Bayone Reported Torpedoed
The admiralty stated the auxiliary cruiser Bayone was lost at sea after likely torpedo strike by a German submarine. Of 200 plus crew, 27 were saved and 14 officers including the commander drowned. Bayone, a 5984 ton steel twin screw steamer built in Glasgow in 1913, 410 feet long.
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London
Admiralty
Bayone
Ofcers
Glasgow
Rockefeller halts burial after last minute change
John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. delayed interment of their wife and mother, keeping the body at Pocantico Hills for several days. An earlier service drew sixty friends. A Rockefeller train collision in Milford, Virginia left the Rockefellers shaken but unharmed.
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New York
John DD. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John D. Archbold
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Milford
Rockefellers
Carranza replies to Bryan on Mexico City unrest
General Carranza answered Secretary Bryan's demand to speed up stabilization efforts in Mexico City. He denies that General Obregon incited famine outrages and says Obregon aided food imports. He adds that facilities will be provided for evacuation and urges all aliens to depart the country.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Mex
Carranza
Bryan
General Obregon
Ritchie and Welsh Fight To Ten Round Draw
Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh boxed a tame ten round draw at Madison Square Garden before a large New York crowd on Thursday night. The bout ended without a clear winner as both fighters failed to gain a decisive edge in the ten rounds.
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Willie Ritchlie
New York
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Madison Square Garden
Thaw Acquitted by Jury in Matteawan Escape Conspiracy
New York Aug 16 Harry Thaw and four co defendants were found not guilty of conspiracy linked to his Matteawan escape. Miller, athlete, is killed in New York March 16 by two holdup men at the Atlantic hotel where he worked as a clerk.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Dresden is Still Afloat After Falkland Battles
German cruiser Dresden remains afloat after engaging British warships off the Falklands. Survivors from the British bark Con way Cantle say their ship was sunk by the Dresden off Corral, a Chilean port, and the crew were taken aboard.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Dresden
Admiral von Spee
Falkland Islands
Larton
Corral
Wisconsin Banks Seek Move to Chicago Federal Reserve District
Banks in 84 Wisconsin counties filed a petition with the Federal Reserve Board asking to be detached from the Minneapolis district and joined to the Chicago district.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve District of
Minneapolis
Metrict of
Chicago
Dougherty Pardoned After Telephoned Clemency Order
Newton G Dougherty of Joliet Illinois freed after Governor Dunne in a telephone call to Warden Allen ordered his release. The pardon was forwarded following the Saturday morning arrival of N. C. Dougherty of Peoria at the penitentiary.
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Newton G Dougherty
Joliet
N. C. Dougherty
Peoria
Peniten Uary
Dunne
Allen
Fire Claims Two Boys in Philadelphia Store Blaze
In Philadelphia on March 16 a fire destroyed a store and dwelling owned by fruit dealer HH Harrison. His five and seven year old sons died in the blaze.
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Philadelphia
HH. Harrison
Harrison
Roosevelt Kin Inherit $4 Million Trust Estates
In New York on March 14 Theodore Roosevelt TH grandson of the late President and his sister Grace are named heirs to the $4,000,000 trust estates of their great great grandfather T. M. Butler.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Grace
T. M. Butler
Countess De Madre Dies in South Bend Cottage
Countess Jonne de Madre a former European court beauty and friend of Princess Eugenie who later married Napoleon II died in a humble cottage in South Bend Indiana.
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Countess de Madre
South Bend
Ind
Jonne de Madre
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