War era commerce missions and global notes amid 1916 lines
Spain sent a commercial mission to Sweden to study conditions and place orders for goods once imported from Germany Britain and France. The report notes Swedish firms eyeing Russia and a Petrograd venture, plus rail, labor and technology items from around the world including violin making in Mittenwald and new devices in communications.
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Spain
Sweden
Germany
England
France
Hkoumanin
Rueasia
Rommania
Russia
Prairie fires rage across western Kansas counties
Prairie fires burned in a dozen western Kansas counties with many houses lost and fields reduced to black stubble. Dodge City kept a fire guard overnight while volunteers plowed furrows and carried water to halt the flames. Utica and Modoc towns were reported destroyed as telephone lines went down.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Dodge City
A. Parton
Neat City
Utica
Scott Citys
Modoc
Borah Warns Republicans Against Past Delegation Schemes
Senator Borah warns former Republican bosses that any attempt to control the coming convention through southern delegates or patronage will destroy public confidence and may end the party's usefulness. He cites 1912 tactics and calls for rejecting such practices to preserve reform.
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Washington
Jerah
Republican Party
Taft
Boah
Herman Lee
Reublican
Atlanta
Lee
Republican Organization
Borah
Roosevelt League Formed in Montana for Roosevelt
A Montana meeting unites Republicans and progressives to back Theodore Roosevelt for president. A resolution urges voters to write Roosevelt on the ballot in the April 21 preferential primary. J. T. Stanford of Great Falls is named president with F. D. Phelan of Helena as secretary. An executive committee covers major Montana towns.
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Helena
Mont
Roosevelt
Montana
Theodore Rooevelt
J. T. Stanford
Great Falls
F. D. Phelan
Bride's Cake Fatal to Hens in Kansas Case
In Fittsburg Kansas a Chicopee wife blamed poison after a cake caused chickens to die. State inspector Harry Bell found the baking powder blameless and concluded the cake used salt instead of sugar, leading to the birds’ deaths from thirst.
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Fittsburg
Kan
Chicopee
Harry Bell
Leavenworth
Rockefeller ticket wins in Tarrytown village election
In North Tarrytown, the Public Welfare league backed by the Rockefeller family defeated opponents and elected its candidate for village president by about 100 votes.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
Public Welfare League
Rockefeller
North Tarrytown
Quarantine for Immigrant Ship Over Pediculosia Plague
Ninety immigrants aboard the Patris docked yesterday from Fireas Greece are quarantined on Hoffman Island after a plague called pediculosia was found aboard. Most patients are Albanian. Treatment involves antiseptic baths and fumigation.
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New York
Albania
Hoffman Island
Patris
Fireas
Greece
Original Buffalo Bill Dies at Wichita Home
William Mathewson aged 86 died at his Wichita home after pioneering days as a hunter guide. He led buffalo hunts that fed settlers and helped establish the area now known as Wichita. Early Kansans say he inspired the name Buffalo Bill later adopted by William F Cody.
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Buffalo Bill
Wichita
Mathewson
Homere
Kansas
William F. Cody
Kentucky Ships Under Sealed Orders From Galveston
The United States battleship Kentucky, arriving in Galveston, sailed again under sealed orders late yesterday. Rumors said Tampico was the destination, but there is no confirmation. Coal and supplies were reportedly ordered there.
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Galveston
Tex
Kentucky
Tampico
Wilson denies Germany seeking peace mediation reports
President Wilson and the State Department rejected claims that Germany was preparing to act as mediator in peace talks. Officials said no such intention or formal invitation had been noted, and ambassador Gerard’s movements were not tied to any mediation effort. Belligerents remain ready for separate peace terms, with no definite moves reported.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Gerard
Germany
Tumulty
Berlin
State Department
United States
W Foundation
Wison
Armor Plate Act Passes in Senate 58 to 28
The Tillman bill to fund a government armor plate factory at up to 11 million dollars cleared the Senate 58 to 28. Nine progressive Republicans joined Democrats. administration backing grows as House Navy Committee prepares to report. Bethlehem Steel opposed the move, warning private plants would be harmed.
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House Naval Committee
Tillman
Senate
Bethlehem Steel Company
Senate Committee
Grace
Washington, D. C
House
Borah
Clapp
Cummins
Grenna
Kenyon
Norris
Poindexter
Sterling and Works
Daniela
Bethlehem
Midvale
Penrose, Oliver, Lippitt and
Lodge
Kansas Republicans name big four at large delegates
The Kansas Republican state convention elected four delegates at large and four alternates to the national convention. C. F. Scott of Iola, W. Morgan of Hutchinson, Alf Williams of Columbus, and T. Davenport Smith of Hiawatha were chosen as delegates with E. B. Jewett, Vern Tipton, J. B. Sansom, and Mrs. Sidney Bresse as alternates. The group urged national prohibition and woman suffrage, a strong but efficient army and navy, and suggested preparedness without excessive military burden. They condemned the Wilson administration and criticized U.S. policy toward Mexico and Europe.
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Topeka
Kan
Wilson
C. F. Scott
Iola
W. ¥. Morgan
Hutchinson
Alf Williams
Columbus
T. Davenport Smith
Hiawatha
United States
Congress
Mexico
Europe
Hoan Leads Milwaukee Mayoral Primary Over Bading
Socialist Daniel C. Hoan leads Mayor Gerhard A. Bading after yesterday's Milwaukee primary with 6,467 votes in a nearly complete tally. Both advance to face off in the general election.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel C. Hoan
Social Democratic
Gerhard A. Bading
Cole Younger Dies At 72 In Missouri Home
Cole Younger, famed outlaw of border days, died at his Lees Summit home after a lingering illness. He was 72 and unmarried, one of the last of the Younger brothers once linked to Quantrell’s guerrillas and noted bank raids. He later became a model prisoner, then a showman and lecturer, and in 1913 a religious convert active in church work.
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Cole Younger
Cole
Missouri
Younger
Ghet
Col
Harry W. You
Kentucky
Kansas City
Colonel Younger
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Quantrell
Lawrence
Kan
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Liberty, Mo
Russellville
Gallatin
Lexington
Savannah
Kansas City Fair Association
Corydon
Minnesota
James
Northfield
Minn
Haywood
Youngers
Shieldsville
Stillwater
Bob
James Younger
Dutch Government Drops Tubantia Inquiry
The Dutch foreign office says no representations were made to Germany over the Tubantia sinking. The Dutch minister in Berlin had been instructed to seek a German inquiry but the instructions were cancelled after a German declaration at The Hague.
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Holland
Germany
Reuters
Hague
Berlin
Interned Warship to Be Moved from Guam
The United States cruiser Brooklyn, after leaving Manila last Thursday, is believed to reach Guam and then San Francisco to convey the German cruiser Cormorant, which sought refuge there during pursuit by Japan. The Cormorant crew destroyed deck floors for fuel and overheated iron, causing several crew to show signs of insanity.
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Brooklyn
Manila
Auege
Guam
Samoan Islands
San Francisco
Cormorant
Echoes Reach Year Across Tables in Florida and Mexico
Stacy notes two events echoing through years, one set over Florida and the other over Mexico, reflecting parallel table echoes and a shared focus on timing and place.
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Tuk
Stacy
Florida
Mexico
Russians Claim Czernowitz Fall and Asian Minor Evacuations
A wireless Rome dispatch reports Czernowitz in Bukowina abandoned by Austrians. Berlin via London cites Turkish evacuation of Erzinjan, a fortress 120 miles west of Erzerum, with moves confirmed by Amsterdam central news.
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Czernowita
Bukowina
Rome
Renton
Bucharest
Amaterdam
Ntral
Erzinjan
Asia Minor
Erzerum
Ten Men Arrested for Counterfeiting in Bon Francisco
United States secret service agents say ten men are in custody over a counterfeiting ring that produced and circulated emt 65 federal reserve notes. Authorities raided the gang’s headquarters last Sunday seizing a plant including etching equipment a printing press and finished imitations of the five dollar note. Henry Davis believed to be the head was arrested in the raid along with others. one detainee held counterfeit notes.
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Bon Francisco
United States Secret Service
Edward Frohm
Federal Reserve
Frohm
Beattie
Henry Davis
Johm
Crown Prince to Relinquish Verdun Command Soon
London dispatches report that the crown prince will give up command of the army of the Lorraine following the Verdun failure, with the move described as positively learned.
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Verdun
London
Berne
Lorraine
Verdun Front Sees No Infantry Attacks Last Night
Paris reports no infantry actions on the Verdun front last night. The war office says Germans heavily bombarded Mulancourt and there were artillery exchanges of lesser intensity east of the Meuse.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Mulancourt
Meuse
Boy Firebug Admits Starting Dozen Fires
George Gus tow a 11 year old former student at the College of the City of New York was arrested on arson charges in New York City. He admitted setting 12 fires in a residential area including a police station dormitory. He also triggered seven false alarms to rehearse the department for better response.
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New York
George Gustow
College of the City of
Citizens Would Pay for Training Others
Prominent citizens nationwide offer to cover tuition for military training at Plattsburg next summer. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood says a well known woman would pay eight deserving young men. The cost averages about $45 per man for a month of training. Applicants need roughly a high school education.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Plattsburg
N. Y
MI State
Anld Generil Wood
Plenty of money at low rate for farmers
Kansas City message reports farmers can secure loans at lower rates than before. Officials say the finance is available due to favorable conditions and bank support, helping farmers meet needs with more affordable credit options.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Four Lives Lost in Wind Storms in Indiana
Hartford City Indiana reports four lives lost and several injured as a tornado hits land near Wade North of Carey with property damage around 100 dollars. Meanwhile a separate March storm rolls through eastern Indiana and northern Illinois causing one death, extensive damage, and blizzard like conditions in Chicago.
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Ind
Gertrude
Wade
Care
Blackford
Chicago
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Hogar
Windstorm in Indiana Causes Multiple Deaths and Injuries
Windstorm across northern Indiana leaves three dead SiLaS Williams 71 Logansport man James Rector Monon Ind and a factory worker killed near Logansport Three people injured and several houses and factories unroofed as storm hits Marion Logansport Jalapa and nearby áreas with trains coaches blown over and hospitalizations reported authorities continue to assess damage
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
W. J. Ricketts
Loganars
Silas Williams
Jalapa
James Rector
Monon
Tornado Conditions Report East of Hastings Nebras ka
Lincoln reports describe tornado tendencies with very high winds from Hastings westward. Hastings recorded 64 mile per hour winds damaging windmills and unroofing buildings while Wyoming saw winds near 80 miles an hour but little reported damage.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Wyoming
Hastings
Train Blown Off Track After Cyclone Near Marion Indiana
Three Clover Leaf coaches of passenger train No 6 were blown from the track five miles east of Marion by a cyclone. Twenty aboard, all accounted for, with minor cuts and bruises but no serious injuries.
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Marion
Ind
Here
Windy night leaves Kansas City with damaged windows
A 60 mile per hour wind swept Kansas City overnight shattering plate glass in the business district and snapping street lights and telephones lines. The temperature dropped sharply with the blast.
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Kansas City
Federal custodians told to save all refuse waste paner
Washington on March 22 instructions were sent to custodians of government buildings to collect and save their waste paper and old rags. The government expects to sell them and reap a tidy sum for the treasury.
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Washington
United States
Parole Bid Planned for Murder Convict in Frankfort Case
A Frankfort man identified as Daniel BL Oullivan seeks parole for a murder conviction. A parole hearing is tentatively set for April with Henry Youtsay, also convicted of murder, noted in the report.
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Frankfort
Daniel BL Oullivan
Henry Youtsey
Senate resolution calls for volunteers for Mexico
News from the border reports Senator Sherman Nineis introducing a resolution to authorize President to call volunteers for service in Mexico. General Pershing’s forces near Casas Grandes face uncertain dispositions as aviators go missing and rail and telegraph lines suffer disruption.
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Sherman
Nineis
Mexico
Domerat
Pereure
Villa
Funston
Gorrell
Willis
Pershing
Philippines
Casas Grandes
Juarez
General Pershing
Charles DeFrene
Ge Corpa
Torreon
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