Minister's Wife Murders Editor in French Scandal
Paris reports Gaston Calmette editor of Figaro shot by Mme Henrietta Caillaux wife of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux. He dies after stating he had done his duty. She surrenders, saying she wanted to teach him a lesson as a justice act. The case follows a bitter newspaper campaign against Caillaux and related political tensions.
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Paris
Gaston Calmette
The
Figaro
Mme
Henrietta Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Mme. Caillaux
M. Calmette
Calmette
Paul Bourget
Mme. Calllaux
M. Caillaux
Ministry of Finance
Doumergue
M. Schneider
Marcel Prieu
Radical Party
Senate
Caillaux
Waldeck-Rousseau
Mme.Caillaux
Nobel Prize Winner Dr Gobat Dies in Berne
Dr Charles Albert Gobat, Nobel Peace Prize co recipient for 1902, died of apoplexy in Berne while presiding over a peace conference. He led the International Peace Bureau and the interparliamentary Lindow and attended the 1904 St Louis interparliamentary conference. He championed international peace efforts.
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C. A. Gobat
Berne
Switzerland
Charles Albert Gobat
Jo Commun
Doctor Gobat
International Peace Bureau
St. Louis
Gobat
United States
Noted Astronomer Edward Holden Dies at 68
Weat Point Academy reports the death of Dr Edward Holden noted astronomer and librarian of the United States Military Academy since 1902 at West Point New York He was 68 and a 1870 West Point graduate later leading UC Berkeley 1885 to 1905 and directing Lick Observatory. Mayfield jury finds not guilty in killing case. Two convicts escape from Leavenworth prison breaking cell door lock.
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E. S. Holden
Weat Point Academy
Weat Point
N. Y
Edward 8. Holden
United States Military Academy
West Point
U. S. Priaan
Leavenworth
Kaw
Lloyd Butzburger
Hert Adams
United States Express plans liquidation after 60 years
Directors of the United States Express voted to wind up the firm and go out of business Friday. Duncan Roberts, the president, offered no timeline for liquidation. The firm cites the parcel post success and an Interstate Commerce Commission order cutting express charges 16 percent as key causes. The dissolution affects 1556 stockholders and 15000 active employees with salaries totaling 6 million dollars.
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New York
United States Express Company
Duncan. Roberts
Parcel Post
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frees Louise Van Keuren in Woodlawn Murder Case
Chicago jury acquits Mrs. Louise Lear Van Keuren of murdering her husband John H. Van Keuren hardware merchant. Twelve jurors returned a not guilty verdict on one ballot after courtroom tears and years of trials.
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Chicago
Wilson exonerates Ambassador Page over Monroe Doctrine speech
President Wilson says Ambassador Walter Hines Page’s remarks before the court of St James were not offensive and that the speech was misquoted and misrepresented. The exoneration follows Page’s address on the Monroe doctrine.
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Washington
Wilson
Walter Hines Page
United States
Court of St. James
Page
Mother Jones Ousted From Coal District
Mary Jones known as Mother Jones, a prominent women strike leader and former prisoner at San Rafael hospital since January 12, was quietly put aboard a train and sent from the coal district in Trinidad Colorado. The departure followed orders from Gen John Chase and was said to be at her request.
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Coal
Trinidad
Colo
Mary Jones
San Rafael Hospital
John Chase
Militant Is Knocked Out by Scottish Prison Official
Dr James Devon Scotland prison commissioner knocked down by an irate militant suffragette armed with a dog whip in Wasgow. In Pomona California a serious brush fire in San Antonio canyon threatens lives and 500000 dollars of property as crews battle the blaze.
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Wasgow
Scotland
James Devon
Pomona
Cal
San Antonio Canyon
Japan Quake and Asama Volcano Kill Many
A deadly earthquake struck Akita prefecture with many deaths and destroyed homes. In Kawakubi and the Omono river basin, dozens of bodies were found and 320 houses were leveled. The Asama Yama volcano erupted as tremors continued, threatening nearby copper mines and unknown miners.
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Tokio
Akita
Hondo
Kawakubi
Omono
Kitamen
Japan
St. Petersburg
Kuban
Russia
Ekaterinodar
Sea of Azov
Yorsk
Strait of Kertsch
Paris
Normandy
Brittany
Bay of St. Michel
Mont St. Michel
Avrancheo Genest
Granville
Dieppe
Sele
Woman murderer dies in Chicago jail hospital
Mrs. Louisa R. Lindloff, convicted of killing her son Arthur, dies in the county jail hospital from cancer after insisting on her innocence. Medical reports cite intestinal cancer while some spiritualists claim her “control” summoned her in death.
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Louisa Lindloff
Chicago
Louisa R. Lindloff
Arthur
Suffrage Leader Corinne Brown Dies in New York
Mrs Corinne Stubbs Brown aged sixty four wife of F E Brown cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago and a longtime leader in woman suffrage died in New York of pneumonia after a career spent advocating voting rights and equality.
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New York
Corinne Stubbs Brown
F. E. Brown
First National Bank of Chicago
Brigadier General Reid Dies After Brief Illness
Brig. Gen. George S. Reid of the U. S. M. C. died at his Washington residence after a brief illness. He served long and honorably in the marine corps and was a graduate lawyer.
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Reid
Washington
George S. Reid
Marine Corps
Murder at Tecate Triggers Border Martial Law
Martial law is reported along the California border near Tecate after the burning of the Tecate post office and the murder of Postmaster Frank Johnston. Three Mexicans suspected of the killings are sought as American troops guard the line and Mexican rurales assist.
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San Diego
Cal
Tecate
United States Post Office
Customs Office
Frank Johnston
California
Fort Rosecrana
Johnson
Francisco Vasques
Lower California
Department
Juarez
Oscar Allen
Pearson
Chihuahua
Thomas Edwards
Allen
Corpus Christi
Nueces County
Madera Company
Roosevelt expedition yields over a thousand specimens for museum
Colonel Roosevelt reports from central Brazil that the Roosevelt expedition has begun well and collected more than a thousand birds and mammals for the American Museum of Natural History. Kermit Roosevelt and the colonel captured jaguars, giant anteaters, peccary, and swamp deer.
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New York
Interior
Central Brazil
Troosevelt
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Osborn
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Jail Two for Mail Frauds
John J Meyers and Archie L Wisner were found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud by selling western mining stocks through A L Wiener & Co. They allegedly obtained $1,000,000. Wisner received six years in Atlanta federal penitentiary and Meyers, a reputed millionaire, the same term plus a $10,000 fine.
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New
King Christian Decorates Carnegie in Copenhagen
Copenhagen March 17 King Christian awarded the grand cross of the Dannebrog to Andrew Carnegie owner of the New York Herald. Cairo March 18 James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald seriously ill with fever aboard the yacht Lysistrata at Suez. Washington March did President’s wife operated on the illness from a fall over a rug later linked to a flight operation recovery expected.
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Christian
Carnegie
Copenhagen
Denmark
Dannebrog
Andrew Carnegie
New York Herald le Ill
Cairo
James Gordon Hennett
The
New York Herald
Lysistrata
Suez
Washington
March
Always Ready to Be Cheated
A fierce admonition against quick rich schemes. Henry Howland urges warning the gullible public and describes how crowds chase easy money, while the planner thrives on deception. The text warns that bold schemes attract eager crowds even when obviously flawed.
Candid Opinion on Diet and Social Roles
A columnist laments with sarcasm that many elderly or disabled cannot endure moral diets when others pay the bill. The piece notes that some women prefer style changes and vanish quickly while aging. It concludes that distrustful men undermine their own reputation.
Provoking Outburst From Insurgent General
Insurgent general exclaims confounded and anxious about fighting yesterday's battle again. A war correspondent asks what is wrong as the general fears likely defeat and notes the moving picture crew's films ruined by mud.
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Moving Picture
Trials of Life in a Small Town
A resident reflects on adjusting to life in a small town after city living. A neighbor notes the difficulty of feeling at home and recalls how word of a child’s whooping cough spread through their block.
No Wholly Praiseworthy Jokes and Lighter Quips
A humor panel features exchanges about patience and manners. The dialogue riffs on Job’s patience, veterinary tricks, and a Christmas flirtation misadventure.
Friendly Candor Reveals Uneasy Benefit of Advice
A quotation depicts a person wary of well meaning discourse as friends exchange sharp honesty. The dialogue suggests underlying tension between courtesy and blunt duty to uplift or unsettle the listener.
Poet in the Family Jolts Quiet Home Scene
A family moment turns vivid as a poet in the house stirs imagination with a smoky pipe and the act of drawing back curtains. The exchange hints at tension and artistic influence within domestic life.
Canada Winning Championships in Agriculture
Canadian farmers gain world titles in oat and grain contests. Meiers J C Hill & Sons of Lloydminster Saskatchewan win the oat championship at a Montana and Saskatchewan sample tie with a Colorado prize trophy. Oats yield 42 to 48 pounds per bushel and 60 to 100 bushels per acre across western Canada.
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Meiers
J. C. Hill & Sons
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
Montana
Dallas
United States
Minnesota
Colorado
Western Canada
International Boundary Line
Manitoba
Alberta
Canada
Pedestrian Sighting in Rural Roadside Dialogue
In a country drive a car breaks down and one man walks ahead to fetch repairs. Later the driver, resuming, reaches a corn patch where a solitary man described as a tramp passes by, noting no pedestrian had come that way recently. The conversation reveals a lone passerby in the field.
Clergyman's Testimony on Dodds Kidney Pills
Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigtown Pa suffered a year from dropsy with swollen limbs and heart flutter. After using 65 boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills swelling disappeared and he felt restored. He states continued faith in the remedy and invites correspondence about Dodds Kidney Pills 60c per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Also ads for household hints music recipes and Pellets promotion.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigston
Heslop
Dodde Medicine Co
Buffalo
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Peter J. Dooling
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New Yorker
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William G. M’adoo
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Mr. McAdoo le
Miss Wilson
Nona
T. RB
Ouline Henry Howland
Susan
Jane
Job
Perdy
E. Heslop
Fred
Ritits
Vierve
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