Russian Shackles Fall From People Democracy Rides
London reports Russia moves toward self rule as autocracy collapses under Duma influence. Czar Nicholas and family placed under guard. Grand Duke Michael subservient. army leaders pledge loyalty. English observers note wartime efficiency rise. Petrograd quiets after past week of unrest.
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Russia
Tsarkoe Selo
Michael
Duma
Nicholas
England
Hin
Swindlehurst Ranchers Visit Lee for Business and Social
Mr and Mrs John Swindlehurst prominent ranch people of Lee arrived in town yesterday. They will stay one or two days to attend to business matters and meet friends.
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John Swindlehurst
Lee
Overland Road Club Meeting Set for Tomorrow Night
A meeting in Winnemucca will organize the Overland Road club with representatives from all towns along the Overland route, plus San Francisco and Ogden. Elko citizens will attend as the group aims to develop the route and attract trans continental travel, claiming advantages over the southern route.
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Overland Road Club
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Ogden
Elko
No Beer No Coal Slogan Spurs Miner Protests In Kansas
Topeka March 16 The bone dry law alarms miners in southeastern Kansas as they warn No beer no work. A deputation of miners plans to petition state officials to tolerate enforcement to keep coal mines open. Foreign born miners fear jail for beer at home as protests spread in Pittsburg district mining camps.
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Kans
Kansas
Pittsburg
New American Fights for Stars and Stripes in St Louis
March 16 report from St Louis details Lee Puentes, newly naturalized American, brandishing Uncle Sam pride at Union Waiters HQ. An insult from a Dutch worker at 705 Pine Street sparked a spontaneous brawl as Puentes overpowered the assailant and forced him to flee, celebrating his patriotism.
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ST. Louis
Lee Puentes
Naturalization Office
Lee
Union
No. 705
Pine Street
Poin
Holland
Sam
Should Teach Sex Life in Home Says Leader
Denver March 16 W C Pearce a Church-Parent Association organizer for the National Mothers Congress and head of the International Sunday School Association urges sex life training belong in the home not outside. He calls it the greatest crime against the race to expect right principles to come from immoral street companions or impersonal psychology texts.
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Colo. Mare
W. C. Pearce
National Mothers’ Congress
International Sunday School Association
Nevada Legislature Adopts Education and Welfare Reforms
At noon the Nevada legislature in Carson City advanced education measures including compulsory physical training in high schools and vision and hearing exams for students. It approved funds for university facilities and vocational training, created a state fish and game commission with wardens in Goldfield Tonopah and Ely, and enacted workers compensation revisions and a new primary election law.
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Western Pacific to buy part of Reno to Plumas line
The Western Pacific plans to buy a portion of the Nevada California Oregon line, breaking the Southern Pacific freight monopoly from Reno. The deal, about a hundred miles of track, allows access from Reno to Plumas Junction. Purchase price not disclosed. Assistant District Attorney Cantwell returned from Carson City after a legal visit.
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Southern Pacific
Reno
Western Pacific
Nevada California
Oregon
Plumas Junction
Cantwell
Carson City
New Water Law Effective and Drainage Law Pass
A new water law took effect and the drainage and irrigation law was passed. The state investment board is authorized to invest in farm loans. The bill abolishing deputy superintendents of public instruction passed, eliminating those posts. The anti gambling bill failed 16 to 19 after a contentious vote.
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State Investment Board
Colombian Treaty Senate Postponed Indefinitely
The Colombian treaty action was indefinitely postponed by the Senate after administration leaders saw it doomed if forced. It was sent back to the foreign relations committee before the chamber adjourned until April 16 to meet with the president.
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Washington
Senate
British Forces Advance in Mesopotamia and Loss at Sea
British troops push toward Bagdad region advancing to Dakuba after capturing Bagdad as Turks retreat. A British destroyer struck a mine in the English Channel and sank with twenty nine crew. German reports claim French gains on the Macedonian front near Misopole.
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London
Bagdad
Dakuba
Maude
English Channel
Admiralty
Berlin
German War Office
Misopole
Puzzle Challenge: Place Gas Water and Electric Behind Houses
Readers are invited to solve a classic wiring puzzle where three houses in a row must receive gas water and electricity from distant plants without lines crossing or passing through any house. A dollar prize awaits the first correct diagram.
Two Die In Bomb Explosion At Suffolk County Courthouse
A blast in the wash room outside the supreme court room at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston killed two men and caused partial destruction. Court departments were in session when the explosion occurred.
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Boston
Mass
Supreme Court Room
Suffolk County Court House
Seson
Soldiers rushed to Panama Canal defense
A battalion of infantry stationed at Porto Rico will be rushed to the Panama Canal to reinforce the guard there. They will leave the island this afternoon and be hurried to the canal zone with all possible speed. No explanation of the reason was given by administration officials. J. A. Yewell, deputy sheriff and mining man of Jarbidge, visits the county seat today to handle business matters and reports deep snow on the grades between the mining camp and the railroad.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
J. A. Yewell
Jarbidge
President to push factions in railroad strike compromise
Washington reports say March 16 that Admin officials concede little can be achieved by demanding postponement of the strike order. Railroads start embargoes as both sides blame the other and the president contemplates drastic action. A cabinet meeting is summoned as the nation faces crisis while sympathy wanes.
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Administration
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