Clubhouse Fire Kills Forty In St Louis Building Collapse
Fire at the Missouri Athletic Club seven story building on Fourth Street and Washington Ave in St Louis leaves up to forty dead and 26 missing. Fourteen bodies recovered as firemen search by searchlights. property damage estimated at $600000. Firefighters report people leaped from upper floors and many residents used improvised escapes as flames cut access.
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St. Louis
The
Missouri Athletic Club
E. W. Bornmueller
Footmen's Bank
Fourth Street
Washington Avenue
Boremueller
Bentzen Commission Company
Lucas Avenue
John Martin Rickey
Chicago
Ford Manufacturing Company
Edwin C. Kessler
Ludow Saylor Wire Company
James LD. Reilly
Ware & Reilly
William EF
Mast
Allen R. Hancock
Underwood Hypewriter Company
Lilian Ramsey
Burt Crouch
Western Electric Company
A. J. Odegaard
William J. Kinser
Kinser Construction Company
B. T
L. R. Ruff
Simmons Hardware Company
Marshall Bier
J.E. Chasnoff
Sedalia
St. Louie Republic
Thomas B. Shyne
Underwood Typewriter Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Allen Dow
3. Nugent & Brother Dry Goods Company
Michael Thuma
Berwyn, II
Alschuler
Dreyer & Greek Clothing Company
Charles Schimel
W. J. M’ginnis
B. Nugent & Brother Dry Goods Company
Frank W. Albright
Rice
Marx Tlammniar
Neusteter Cloak and Suit Company
William K. Becker
Hecker
More Paint Company
Dpie. Fitzgerald
Pierce OU Compenration
Taguity
Springfield
Thomas J. Wright
Lemp Brewing Company
George Gocher
Ifolstein Commission Company
John
Red Dior
Militant Arrests and Legal Rulings in March News
Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested after a riot at suffrage events. A temporary injunction to restrain sugar rate collections was denied by the state supreme court. Actress Julia Marlowe underwent appendectomy for appendicitis in Baltimore, with condition described as serious.
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Washington Marehoth
State of Gow
Faigee Hale
McAdoo
Jess
Julia Marlowe
Baltiniere
House approves repeal of Panama Canal tolls clause
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Committee voted 14 to 3 to report favorably a bill repealing the Panama Canal Act provision that grants free tolls to American coastwise shipping. President Wilson urged action, with senators and representatives reacting divided on tolls and policy.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Congress
Chilton
West Virginia
House
Floyd
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Doremus of
Michiigan
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Senate
William Alden Smith
Frederick Townsend Martin Dies in New York at 80
Frederick Townsend Martin, wealthy New Yorker, author, and social figure, died at the Berkeley Hotel in London after a nervous breakdown. Born in Albany in 1849, he was widely known for his views on wealth and poverty and his prominent place in New York and European society, related to Bradley Martin and English nobility.
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London
New York
Frederick London
Frederick Townsend Martin
Berkeley
Albany
Bradley Martin
Faogland
Martin
Europe
Funeral services for George W. Vanderbilt conducted locally
Remains of the late millionaire were handled in a simple service attended by close friends and relatives. His body was shipped to New York for burial at the old Vanderbilt home on Staten Island. Honorary pallbearers included Serfor Riano and notable figures such as C D Pendle, Gifford Pinchot, Leonard Wood, and Charles D Walcott.
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New York
Washington
George W. Vanderbilt
Staten Island
N.Y
Vanderbilt
Serfor Riano
Spain
C.D. Pendle
Arthur Willet
Gifford Pinchot
Overton Prices
Henry White
Herbert Putnam
Charles D. Walcott
Smythsonian Institution
Leonard Wood
Star of the Arm
Noted Feud Leader Dead in Louisville
A violent clash left a noted feud leader dead in Louisville after a decade of criminal notoriety. The de facto head of a rival faction, General Sawders, reportedly survived an earlier assassination attempt and had recently been living as a model citizen.
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Louisville
Marenti
General Sawders
Fem
Pharmonia
Ble Kitted Thomen
Fifteen for Governor of Oregon Nomination Rally
Portland attorney Charles A. Johna announces candidacy for governor as the fifteenth aspirant in the Oregon Republican nomination race. The march 12 event highlights the crowded field and party dynamics in Portland.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Charles A. Johna
Grave raid stirs action on Vergara body case
United States officials seek details on how Clemente Vergara's body, found on Texas soil after being reported killed near Hidalgo, Mexico, was recovered without entering Mexico. Governor Colquitt orders Texas Ranger captain to inspect the body as Torreon faces a Villa rebel attack.
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Colquitt
Vergara
Mexico
Torrean
Washington
United States
Clemente Vergara
Hidalgo
Mex
Rio Grande
State
War Departments
Texas
State Department
Garretti
Neuvo Laredo
Laredo
Austin
Tex
Adjt
Henry Hutchings
Hutchings
J. J. Sanders
Texas Rangers
Torreon
Hernos
Two Auto Bandits Taken In Davenport Robbery
In broad daylight two bandits identified as James McKeely of Chicago and Louis Dewees robbed grocer John Olsen, then fled toward the Mississippi bridge. Gates closed across the bridge, police arrived in time to halt the pair, who were jailed.
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Iowa
Davenport
James McKeely
Gladys Avenue
Louis Dewees
Lexington Street
Chicago
John Olsen
Mississippi River
Car kills aged couple near Libertyville
Libertyville Illinois March 10 George Sage seventy a retired farmer and his wife both seventy were instantly killed by a Chicago and Milwaukee electric car at St Marys crossing one and a half miles east of Libertyville as they tried to cross the track to board the streetcar after visiting Mrs Hoff man a slater of Mrs Sage.
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Libertyville
George Sage
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
St. Mary's Crossing
George Hoffman
Sage
Four Die In Saxon Hotel Fire In Wisconsin
Aboard house and saloon owned by Pat Augers in Saxon near Ashland Wisconsin burned in an incendiary blaze on March 9. Miss Misa Ttlle Aupers age twenty four and three unidentified men perished. Miss Annie Augers daughter of the proprietor was probably fatally burned. This marks the sixth arson fire in Saxon within a year.
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Ashland
Wis
Misa Ttlle Aupers
Pat Augers
Saxon
Here
Annie Augers
Oakley on trial for embezzling state funds in Alabama
James G Oakley former president of the Alabama convict board faces trial charged with embezzling 32000 dollars of state funds in Montgomery March 11. This is one of several cases against him.
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Montgomery
Ala
James G Oakley
Alabama Convict Board
Ofuheed
Hit
Five Hurt In Fire At Union National Bank
Five men were seriously injured when a fire gutted the Union National bank and adjacent Iowa buildings in Clarkaville Virginia early this morning. Estimated losses run around $100,000.
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Clarkaville
Union National Bank
Iowa
Taft Named for U S Supreme Court by Wilson Report
Washington reports that ex president Taft will be appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Wilson. Holmes resignation creates the vacancy Taft would fill, with timing depending on appellate cases, but Taft is said to be eager to join the bench after leaving Yale.
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Washington
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
Mr. Taft
Holmes
Yale
Supreme Court
Day Marked By Many Fires In Several States
A day of destructive blazes left five people injured in Clarksburg West Virginia as the Lowe building burned and the Union National Bank suffered damage amounting to about 150000 dollars. In Kiefer Oklahoma thirty two structures and roughly 50 000 barrels of oil burning in Texas company property produced an estimated 200000 dollar loss. In Waco Texas the Exporters and Traders Warehouse and Compress Company plant was destroyed, property valued at 500000 dollars. Terre Haute Indiana saw the wholesale drugists Mindley building fire and damage to two adjoining structures, totaling over 200000 dollars in losses.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lowe
Union National Bank of
Kiefer
Oklo
Texas Company
Waco
Tex
Mast Waco
Terre Haute
Ind
E. H. Mindley & Co
Ulster Counties Could Refuse to Obey Dublin Plan
March 11 report from Tsendon notes the British government briefed parliament on Ulster conciliation in the Irish home rule bill. Premier Asquith proposes a poll of Ulster counties to exclude them from home rule for six years after the new Irish parliament meets. Expected outcome would lift Antrim Armagh Londonderry and Down from rule. Carson rejects the offer as unjust for his constituents. Jail Editor back on the job. Berlin reports a three month sentence for Ernest Meyer jailed for treason libeling Crown Prince William.
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Ulster
Dublin
Tsendon
House of Commons
Antrim
Armagh
Londonderry
Down
Edward Carson
Berlin
Ernest Meyer
al Socialist
Crown Prince Frederick Williain
Blood Treatment Kills Seven At County Hospital
In Los Angeles on March 10 seven patients died and another died after undergoing a blood treatment for a blood ailment at the county hospital. The events baffled physicians handling the procedure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson Seeks End to Panama Toll Exemption Policy
President Wilson delivered a formal message to Congress urging repeal of the Panama canal act toll exemption for coastwise U S vessels. He argues the provision violates treaty obligations with Great Britain and undermines national credit and policy. The message frames the repeal as essential to uphold treaty language and U S responsibility.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Capitol
Representative Underwood
Underwood
Wison
United States
Great Britain
Model School at Harvard plans announced in Cambridge
Harvard University will start a model school for children next fall with a kindergarten in the first year and more classes added later. Both boys and girls will be educated. The teaching staff will be carefully selected, and the board of management will include university heads and the department of education, with Prof Paul K Hagus in direct charge. Old Dobbin Has One Advantage. Farmer Wurr-How do you like your motor car Ezra? Farmer Root-Wal, I can't go to sleep on my way home from town, and wake up in the barnyard, like I could with old Dobbin.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
University
Department of Education
Paul K .Hagus
Hunger strike claim echoes in small town tale
A fragment from the Kunsaw City Star quotes a boy named Johnny Jumpup claiming a hunger strike as an unheard of crime. The line suggests blame shifting onto boys for various misdeeds and notes the rarity of such protest among youths.
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Johnny Jumpup
Kunsaw City Star
Good Roads Relocation Cuts Hauling Costs
The office of roads in the department of agriculture urges relocating old roads and careful planning of new ones to reduce wear on horses and vehicles and lower hauling costs. Long routes around grades often save soil and machine strain, though landowners worry about dividing farms. Experiments show rerouting around hills can match or barely extend total length while lowering grade-induced drag and improving efficiency.
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Office of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Future Good Roads Zigzag Plan Aims to Save Rides
A federal official of good roads promotes a zigzag road design to avoid hills and steep grades. Experts say longer routes can be more economical and reduce wear on horses and automobiles while cutting hauling costs. The trend favors safer, gentler grades over straight, steep intersections.
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Federal Officer of Good Roads
Road Drag Encouraged For Farm To Town Access
There is a push to improve the road from a farm to town with neighborly effort. Even if neighbors won’t join, a few days spent upgrading the route will pay when bad weather arrives. It’s better to fix roads now than endure marketing losses from poor access.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Atdres
J. J. Brown
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Newport
Colorado State Senate
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Daniel Thew Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wade H. Cooper
Justice Holmes
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Eastern University
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