Government employes regulation sparks heated House vote
Washington Feb 18 The legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill totaling 82 436 573 was approved after days of debate The fight centered on a provision allowing department heads to remove or reduce incapacitated workers The measure, challenged by a point of order, faced amendments and debate as the Senate closed its doors for hours and rows of talk turned to the ocean mail subsidy and currency questions The scene included talks on Sherman antitrust reform and a Hughes amendment before the judiciary committee.
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House
Washington
Tawney
Buiporan
Hughes
Miners Trapped After Dam Break at Midvalley Drift
Twenty eight miners are entombed at the Midvalley colliery near Mount Carmel after a dam of water burst, mud flooding the No 4 drift. Rescue efforts are underway from three fronts as air and hope return with digging sounds and a reinforcing shot from inside. Seven men are listed as Americans among the trapped with others identified as foreigners.
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Pottsville
Midvalley
Mount Carmel
Minera
Amati
Peter
Robert
Miner
Mount Carnal
George Smith
Wiliam Fartey
Loader
Connersville
James McGovern
Atarier
Albert Ford
Charles Hecker
Bernard Shannon
East Side
Aquitt
Rescue at Sea as Fire Devours S S St Cuthbert
Survivors of the freight Heainer S S Cuthbert recount a ferocious fire off Cape Sable while en route from Antigua to Philadelphia with matches oil and chemicals. Steamer Cymric and Leyland line steamers aided in a perilous rescue, with lifeboats swamped and crew heroic actions saving many aboard the burning vessel.
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White Star
Cymric
St. Cuthbert
Nova Scotia
Boston
Alhuitie
Cuthbert
Hiehout
White Star Herald
St Cuthbert
Antwiip
Philladelphia
Oth Eer Hobbs
Quartermaster Matthews
Matthews
Quartermaster Rewland
Aid Khewis
White
Woseamen
Tuohy
James
Pinch
Algaus
Able
Cambriga
Leyland Line
Stivey
Win
Cape Tain
Ollers
St. Cuthheor
Dainy
Enon
St. Cuibert
Hobbs
Capitin
St.nmubert
Hobba
Tri State News In Brief
A compact roundup from Feb. 18 notes incidents across states. Minor injuries from a rail on an icy Cleveland sidewalk, a bridgeport millwright killed in an iron works accident, and a bloodhound bill proposed in Columbus. Other items include billiards results in Philadelphia, a Pittsburgh painter killed near Rowlesburg, and various local crimes, accidents, and a police effort against the Black Hand in Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Central Armory
Steubenville
George Etchison
Bridgeport
Labelle “Iron Works
Free to Rheumatism Offerers In Need of Cure
A skeptical appeal offers a free trial of the Smith Proscription Urio-O for rheumatism, promising cure with no faith required. Readers are told to mail name and address to The Smith Drug Co. Syracuse NY for a free 760 bottle sample, with endorsements claimed from J H Houk and Indiana Pharmacy.
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Mae Wee
Smith Drug Co
Syracuse
N.Y
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Cincinnati
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Linn
N. A. Dunlap
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Thomas
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Gratton
W. Va
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Cushman
J. H. Houk
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Riverside Horse & Male Company
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Foy
Crawford
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