Crisis in Ulster Army Wakes March 24
General Gough resigns after curtailing orders as Ulster leaders face 200 arrest warrants. Troop movements continue in Curragh and Belfast amid mutinous rumors. London and Dublin report mass resignations and a royal push for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Cagot
Currah
Gough
Third Cavalry Brigade
Ulster
Ireland
Marquis of Londonderry
King George
Scone
Mr. Asquith
Seely
Lord Roberts
Curragh
Dublin
Third Cavalry
Fourteenth Infantry
Rolt
Dorsetshire Regiment
Belfast
Old Town
Provisional Government
Roosevelt Near to Death in Amazon Expedition
Telegram from Santarem Brazil reports Roosevelt expedition member Anthony Fiala presumed dead after raft collision in central Amazon wilderness. The Roosevelt party, missing for about nine days, caused alarm in New York as officials caution against assuming injuries.
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New York
Santarem
Brasil
Roosevelt
Amazon
Talaphone
Anthony Fiala
Anthony Miala
Brooklyn
Braaf
Manuas
Fiala
Villa forces rout federal lines near Torreon in Mexican campaign
Francisco Villa’s rebel contingent moved south from Yerbmo and struck the federal advance at multiple points around Torreon driving retreating troops. Washington pursues no policy change awaiting the Torreon battle as Lind meets Portillo y Rojas in Vera Cruz but no shifts are planned until the clash ends.
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Bermejillo
Durango
Mex
Francisco Villa
Torreon
Mapimi
Tlahualilo
Sacramento
Noe
Brittingham Junction
Huerta
Zigeng
Chihuahua
Villa
Gomez Palacio
Thihuahua
Yermo
Washington
Vera Cruz
John Lind
Senor Portillo Y Rojas
Mexico
Suffrage Bill Hits Setback in Senate Vote
The U S senate failed to adopt a federal woman suffrage amendment. The measure fell 35 to 34 after Mississippi Senator Vardaman’s proposed repeal of the fifteenth amendment was defeated 48 to 1. Williams of Mississippi offered a white-women only clause which failed 44 to 21. Senator Shafroth proposed a petition-based submission plan for five percent of state voters. Senator James cited a local school election with ten black women voting for every white woman.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Vardaman
Mississippi
Williama
Shafroth
Colorado
National Association For Woman Suffrage
Ollie James
Kentucky
Fire Claims Three Lives at Windsor Hotel and Union
Fire in Milwaukee destroys Windsor Hotel and Western Newspaper Union building and damages nearby structures. In Detroit three men on the fifth floor are believed dead after a five story Houghton Detroit Elevator building fire. Missing workers are Walter Libby John Law and Frank Todd. Fire origin undetermined.
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Detroit
Miah
Houghton-Detroit Elevator Company
Woodbridge Street
Hoe
Ruina
Walter Libby
John Law
Frank Todd
Milwaukee
Win
Windsor Hotel
Western Newspaper Union
Milwaukee Hlvering Wisconsin
Milwaukee Printers’ Roller Company
Smpire
Standard Blank Book Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee Novelty Dye Works
T. A. Chapman Dry Goods Company
Sidney
Ohio
Snowstorm Costs City and Other March Events
Estimates put New York snow removal costs at 2.4 million dollars with another 100 thousand planned. In Shasta County 120 unemployed men fed after a freight train seizure near Redding. A Toledo fire destroys a department store, 24 autos, and furniture worth 50 thousand. Senator Clark narrowly avoids injury in a derrick accident at Equitable Life. Miss Margaret Oliver wed lecturer H. Burton Holmes at St Stephen's Church.
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New York
Redding
Cal
Shasta County
Toledo
Samuel Riggs
Wand
William A. Clark
Moniion
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Margaret Elise Oliver
Charles K. Oliver
BH. Burton Holmes
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Wilson Nominates Lansing and Johnson for State Department posts
President Wilson named Robert Lansing of New York as counselor of the state department to succeed John Dassett Moore and Cone Johnson of Texas as solicitor, succeeding Joseph W. Polk. Lansing has held major legal roles including U S counsel in the Bering Sea arbitration and Alaskan boundary case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
State Department
Cone Johnson Golla
J. W. Polk
Washington
Robert Lansing
New York
Wilson
John Dassett Moore
Cone Johnson
Texas
Joseph W. Polk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert Lar Iing
United States
The
Hague
Miss Millen Gates Starr Acquitted in Riot Charge
Chicago March 23 Miss Millen Gates Starr founder of Aullhouse was acquitted of inciting a riot. She was tried before a jury for aiding striking waitresses in a demonstration in front of Henriel's restaurant which police alleged was a riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Millen Gates Starr
Aullhouse
Henriel
Train Robbery Nets $14,000 Near Beaumont
A lone robber robbed express messenger on Santa Fe train No 208 at Helbig fourteen miles north of Beaumont Texas. He reportedly escaped into wooded country with about $14,000 sent by a Beaumont lumber company to Providence for payroll. Deputy sheriffs and Beaumont police pursued the bandit after the 12 15 p m departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Santa Fe
Here
Helbig
Prowndall
Highwayman Whittley dies after shootout with police
March 24 report from Gandit and Louis says highwayman Dave Whittley shot Patrolman W E Shather at City Hospital where Shather died. Whittley’s companion David O Connor confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siain
Gandit
Louis
Dave Whittley
W. BE. Shather
City Hospital
Whittley
David O'Connor
Plot to Ditch Train Sparks Mass Killing Fear
Detectives probing the wreck of the Olympian Spectral of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad found evidence that the plan was to ditch the train at the risk of killing scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Goethals Names Major Boggs for Panama Canal Office
Washington March 21 Col George W Goethals selects Maj C Boga to head the purchasing department in the new Panama canal government. The announcement names Boga as the chief official overseeing procurement operations for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethals
Major Boggs
Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
C. Boga
Mob harms Black man in Clanton incident
In Clanton Alabama on March 24 a mob dragged a Black man from a sheriff and fatally harmed him after accusing him of assaulting an elderly white woman. State troops hurried to respond as the violence occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnailant
Clanton
Ala
Charles Young
Tremore Recorded Earth Tremor Observed in Mobile Area
In Mobile on March 24 residents reported a tremor interpreted by experts as a volcanic or tectonic disturbance from Central America. The event, captured by a seismograph at Springhill College, registered 1 250 million kilometers away, indicating global seismic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth
Mobile
Ala
Central America
Setumograph
Springhill College
O'Shaughnessy May Resign Over Health Outlook
Mexico City reports American chargé d’affaires O'Shaughnesey considering resignation citing ill health. He says his decision depends on his condition and will be based on health status. Chicago banker Byron L. Smith dies at 61, president of Northern Trust and key Chicago financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
O' Shaughnesey
Chicago
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
W Day
Prairie Avenue
Longworth Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Cincinnati March 24 Former Congressman Nicholas Longworth announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the First Ohio district. Longworth was defeated for reelection in 1914.
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Longworth
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Ohio
Penitentiary faces deficit from farm crops and coal costs
Warden Fenton cites a $1,700 monthly coal bill and no crop yields on the prison farm last year as key causes of the maintenance shortfall. The state allocated $140,000 for maintenance, with 73 percent spent. Plans call for 260 acres planted, including 40 in potatoes, and 16 work horses to drive the spring work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union None Service
E State Penitentiary
Fenton
State House
Orthopedit Hospital
Six Fairs to Host University Exhibit Tours
At least fourteen county fairs seek university farm exhibits for next fall with about four applications per each of six slots. Applications go to Henry Pickett of Wahoo Nebraska, secretary of the exhibit committee. Final fair selection will be announced by May 1 after committee discussions with Nebraska University Farm authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension Service
University Farm
Henry Pickett
Wahoo
Nobr
Fair Managers’ Association
Palr Managers' Association
Nebraska University Farm Authorities
Recount Shows Extra 1000 Signatures in Suffrage Petition
An error in petition counts from Douglas County prompted a recount by two members of the state suffrage association. They found 11 915 names in Douglas County versus 10 315 listed, making the petition sufficient to require voter submission. Secretary of State Walt will mail an official count before ballot placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
State Suffrage Association
Secretary of State
Asa
Walt
Plans evolve for Nebraska state fair better babies contest
Mia M B Vance and advisers consider limiting entries to about 200 for the next better babies contest at the Nebraska state fair. Two plans propose county drawings or a committee to prune contestants proportionally to entries. Lew Richey, paroled after a year for arson at Walthill, faced parole board controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
M. B. Vance
Lew Richey
Walthill
Ridgell
Tate
Maggs
Richey
Main Causes of Dependency and Social Evils Cited
Miss Etta Owton, state agent for dependent crime, told the Lincoln conference that drunkenness and immorality are the main causes of dependency and homelessness. She cited a study of 100 cases from a home for dependent children showing 49 cases involved drinking and 60 involved the social evil as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Owton
Lincoln
Ingenious New York Tool Cuts Circles in Glass
A New York inventor created a compact device to cut circular glass with a suction base. A square rod holds a cutter head that cannot rotate, enabling precise centered circles as the head moves to match different diameters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Milk Ivory as Substitute for Piano Keys
A British Stroud factory transforms thousands of gallons of separated milk into a hard durable material called skim-milk ivory. Marketed as a substitute for real ivory, it won’t burn and can imitate horn. The process purifies and compresses milk to remove moisture producing a strong dry product used for piano keys umbrella handles buttons and photo frames.
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Stroud
Hoist Liquids From Wells Invented by D D McCall
The Scientific American describes a hoisting apparatus by D D McCall of Houston Texas for raising liquids from wells using a compressed fluid such as air or other vapors. The device operates by creating pressure to lift liquids to the surface. It emphasizes practical application and the mechanism of action.
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Meana
Texan
Scientific American
D. D. McCall
Houston
Tex
Unclear mechanical description of hoisting and conveyance system
Fragmentary OCR text describes a member carrying a compressed fluid and a cylinder used for hoisting a quid, plus a member conveying the squid to a deaired place. It mentions means associated with these members to control the law.
Wages Across Australia Show Wide Regional Gaps
The average nominal wage for adults is 916 a week in Western Australia and 15.60 a week in Tasmania, highlighting the highest and lowest state wages in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Australia
Tasmania
Australia
Weeda for Fuel in Germany Uses Nile Reeds for Fuel
Experiments in Germany explore using papyrus and Nile reeds as fuel by drying reducing to powder and forming briquettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Innovative thin-wall concrete method for large structures
An inventive concrete wall system uses a tilted trellised frame and screw jacks to form walls almost level, saving time and lumber. After pouring and curing, the wall tilts upright to its foundation with a small engine powering synchronized jacks, creating a monolithic joint at corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
United States
Almont
Improved folding scaffold with castered square frame
An English design described by Popular Mechanics features a folding scaffold mounted on a square frame with casters at each corner for easy mobility. The trestle is quickly set up and secured to a carriage by setscrews, with a sliding section raised to the needed height. It can be used singly or in pairs with boards and rails for partitioned work.
Various Innovations and Industrial Notes from Early 20th Century
A brick house outperforms granite in durability. The largest bucket dredger is built for the Sues sound. Idaho mine output reaches a new annual high. Peat bricks prove viable for small Swedish structures. A German automaton complete weighing over two pounds can fire 100 bullets a minute. A combined motion picture developing and printing unit assists amateur filmmakers. Indian grass proves unsuitable for paper pulp despite 60 000 tons used yearly. A Michigan inventor patents a hinged wheeled foot rest for rocking chairs. Expanded natural corks improve cold storage insulation. A cement mix of two parts grated cheese, one part quicklime, and a white of egg forms a ready paste for immediate use.
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Vaitigh Goldier
Alvolt
Boone
Bealfast Lough
Pathfinder
Kingstown
Toas
Buffalo
J. W. Clement Printing
Beohange Street
Pollen
Joseph
Arendell
Joseph I. ‘Odona
Board of Police Commissioners
Crandall
oMee
el Paso
Balleves
Windsor
Moore
Lone Bandit
Largs Sum
O'Shaughnessy
PLEA
Ivory
Suesound
Idaho
Sweden
India
Michigan
England
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