Suffragette Bomb Attacks Prompt London Rail Warnings
Militants led by Emmeline Pankhurst began reprisals after her sentence, blowing up a train at Oxted Surrey and wrecking a London station. An alarm clock bomb and a loaded pistol were found, with no injuries reported. other rail lines issued warnings and guards were increased.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Lloyrd George
Oxted
Surrey
Manchester
America
Great Western
Midland Railways
Dream Vision Fatalizes Newsboy Tony Vicchioli
Tony Vicchioli a 19 year old Chicago newsboy died after a gunshot wound to the chest in a dream induced incident. His cousin woke to a pistol shot and said he believed a black hander was attacking them. The incident occurred after Tony returned home at 2 AM and kept a pistol in fear of the Black Hand.
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Chicago
Tony Vicchioli
Tony
German Officers Questioned After Zeppelin Landing at Lunéville
German army officers who landed yesterday at Lunéville in the Zeppelin dirigible 7-4 were closely questioned today by General Hurscaeur and his staff, who traveled to Lunéville to supervise the inquiry into the incident.
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Paris
Luneville
Hursccauer
Department of Military Aeronautics
McGovern Vetoes Bill On Non-Resident Hunting Licenses
Madison Wis April 4 Governor McGovern used his veto for the first time to strike down a Pfenning bill governing hunting licenses for non residents. He ruled the aliens as non residents clause unconstitutional.
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Madison
Wis
McGovern
Weathercast for La Crosse and Midwest Regions
Weather summary shows La Crosse: high 44, low 3 with .20 inch precipitation. Forecast fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. northwest Wisconsin fair, east portions cloudy. Minnesota fair with rising temps. Iowa fair west, cloudy east. Storm moving into the ice region with rain along the upper Mississippi and upper lakes. high Plains pressure yields cool clear conditions in the West.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lakes
Plains States
Texas
No Trace Of Lost Immigrant Girls
Federal officials and Illinois senate vice committee probe the March 18 disappearance of twenty immigrant girls from a Baltimore and Ohio train near Newcastle Pennsylvania. They seek assistance from Charles DeWoody and Stanley Finch as searches continue for Tata Mesalis and Lena Anderson amid port arrival rumors.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Illinois Senate
Baltimore & Ohio
Newcastle
Finch
Charles F. DeWoody
Department of Justice
Pittsburg
Stanley W. Finch
Baltimore
National Commission For
de Woody
Tata Mesalis
Lena Anderson
Juul
Illinois Vice Commission
New York
Langdon Fire Destroys Buildings in Alberta Town
A Langdon Alberta blaze consumed a livery stable and hotel and spread to several frame buildings as a strong wind pushed flames across the street. Calgary fire department sent a motor truck after a cigarette started the fire.
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Calgary
Alta
Langdon
Here
Calgary Fire Department
Huerta to resign to pick Lascurain
El Paso dispatch reports General Huerta will resign to name Pedro Lascurain provisional president to serve the remainder of Madero’s term. Lascurain, former foreign minister, is next in line after the deaths of Madero and Vice President Suárez. Cabinet may stay on as part of a compromise amid Zapata uprising.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Huerta
Pedro Lascurain
Lascurain
Madero
Francisco I. Madero Jr
Suarz
Michigan House votes against sugar tariff cut
The Michigan House of Representatives adopted J. N. McBride's resolution opposing reducing the sugar tariff. Lawmakers argued a lower rate could ruin the state's beet sugar industry.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan House of Representatives
J. N. McBride
Congress
Lehnen Seeks Recount in La Crosse Supervisor Race
Peter Lehnen of La Crosse’s Third Ward asks for a recount after losing to Joseph Verdota by one vote. He alleges some counted ballots were from unqualified voters.
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Peter Lehnen
County Board of Supervisors
la Crosse
Lehnen
Joseph Verdota
Tragedy After Dissenting Marriage Leads to Deaths at Home
In Bachelor Louisiana a 16 year old girl died after a fatal incident connected to her wish to marry a man of a different faith. George Brown, 45, also died in the related event. Neighbors found both bodies after a door was forced. The fiancé was distressed but expected to recover.
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Bachelor
George Brown
Panama Moon Is Alsy for Cupid
In Chicago April 4 officials of the C G Warren company report tropical moonlight at the Panama canal region stirs romance among U S stenographers sent for canal work. From one year period three married supervising engineers four married foremen and one eloped with a native. The firm now requires stenographers to pledge to remain single when sent to the isthmus.
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Chicago
Panama Canal
United States
C. G. Warren Company
Dengler appeals for aid to flood victims in Ohio valley
Mayor John Dengler urged rapid contributions to the La Crosse relief fund as flood disaster reports from Ohio Indiana and Illinois grow. The fund aims for 2000 with notices closing Monday. early donations were strong but have since fallen short of the goal. The mayor emphasized urgent needs for money food clothing and sanitary measures amid ongoing flood dangers and pestilence threats. He urged churches to mobilize and every congregation to contribute.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
John Dengler
la Crosse
Ohio Valley
United States
Scioto
Miami
Cairo
Aylward Named U S District Attorney for Wisconsin
John A. Aylward of Madison is slated to become United States district attorney for the western district of Wisconsin, succeeding George Gordon of La Crosse next month. William F. Wolfe of La Crosse was offered Berlin consulship and possibly other posts but declined positions taking him from home. Skaar is favored for La Crosse postmaster as petitions back his appointment.
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John A. Aylward
United States
la Crosse
Wolfe
Berlin
Germany
Chicago
Aylward
United States District Attorney
Aviward
Wilson
Taft
Frank Kellogg
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Skaar
Madison
O R
Memorial Day Dedication for Old Soldiers Monument
Judge Edward Cronon was elected to lead Memorial Day exercises by Wilson-Colwell Post No. 38 G A R at the post meeting. The main event is the dedication of the granite shaft monument in Oak Grove cemetery, a gift of the post, expected to draw thousands.
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Edward Cronon
Wilson-Colwell
Court House
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wilson-Cotnell Post
Grain Shipment Rates Challenged by Omaha Exchange
The Omaha Grain Exchange filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unreasonable and discriminatory grain shipment rates from Omaha South Omaha and Council Bluffs Iowa to destinations in Oklahoma and Arkansas by the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad company.
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Washington
Omaha
South Omaha
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Omaha Grain Exchange
Chicago, Rockland& Pacific Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Too Green to Burn Ends in Ill-Fated Trial
Infuriated by being made from a pound of butter at the market, Michael Lehiner a wealthy farmer in Bad Axe Michigan saturated his clothes with oil and set himself on fire. The oil burned out but he survived though with poor prospects for recovery.
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Mich
Michael Lehiner
Peru Feels Strain as Flood Recovery Sees Food Shortages
Peru Indiana reports no serious disease after the flood but faces deep hunger and distress. The bread line serves about 1,000 families as food and money remain badly needed for relief.
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Peru
Ind
Mrs Sizer to Speak at City Mission Tonight
Mrs Josephine Sizer state organizer of the W C T U will speak at the City Mission tonight. She is wife of the pastor of the Methodist church at Sturgeon May Wis and will address attendees on reform work.
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Josephine Sizer
Sizer
Sturgeon May
Wis
Washington Congresswoman Hope Asks For Female Seat
Representative-elect Johnson of Washington predicts women may sit in Congress soon. He tells a suffrage mass meeting he hopes the first Congresswoman will come from Washington and notes both men and newspapers largely favor the innovation. He cites Spokane-area redistricting as virgin territory for a woman candidate.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Spokane
Eddie McGoorty Nears Lippe Manager Deal
Chicago April 4 Eddie McGoorty nears a management pact with Al Lippe the former Abe Attell and recent Billy Papke tour handler Lippe is said to drop Papke due to the latter’s troubles in New York and Paris.
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Chicago
Eddie Mce- Goorty
al Lippe
Lippe
Abe Attell
Billy Papke
Papke
New York
Paris
Corner Argentine beef inflates market fears
Democrats in Washington expressed concern as a report said Chicago packers sent agents to Argentina to corner cattle markets. The move could affect prices on foodstuffs and the cost of living.
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Washington
Chicago
Argentina
Man Feared Drowned After Milwaukee Steamer Stop
Police seek Joseph Cochrane of Chicago who boarded a Goodrich steamer bound for Milwaukee last Wednesday night and did not disembark at Racine, prompting fears he fell overboard and drowned.
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Racine, Wis
Joseph Cochrane
Chicago
Goodrich
Milwaukee
Racine
McManigal Goes Fishing After Jail Disappearance
Ortie McManigal, once considered a little dynamiter, left the jail with Detective McLaren for a fishing trip starting at 5 a.m. Authorities initially denied knowledge of his whereabouts as rumors of release spread. He and McLaren later returned with a long string of fish from Redondo Beach.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ortie McManigal
Little Dynamiter
McLaren
McManigal
Ortie
Redondo Beach
Sandbags Hold Back The Floods
Edmund T. Perkins of the National Drainage Congress warns floods arise from violating natural laws and failing to provide proper flood reservoirs. He advocates artificial reservoirs, reforestation, stronger levees, bank revetment, deeper channels, and wider floodways to prevent flood disasters. The remarks came at a Chicago meeting of the American Reclamation federation and will be echoed at St. Louis on April 10.
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Chicago
Edmund T. Perkins
National Drainage Congress
American Reclamation Federation
la Salle Hotel
St. Louis
Drainage Congress
Congress
Perkins
Desperate flood relief as levee breaks near Memphis
Flooding from the West Hickman levee failure washes away more than 500 homes in Memphis area. Gov. Earl Brewer ships 200 Mississippi convicts to Miller’s Bend to reinforce levees as Cairo and Evansville face rising Ohio river levels and widespread evacuation. Officials brace for further crest and supply shortages.
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Memphis
Tenn
West Hickman
Earl Brewer
Mississippi
Miller’s Bend
Greenville
Miss
Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Ohio River
Paducah
Shawneetown
Louisville
Anison
Missouri
O'Brien's Landing
Governor Removes Mayor Germaine in Traverse City
Governor Ferris orders removal of Traverse City Mayor W D C Germaine after his conviction for using office for personal gain. The action follows a recent court finding and marks a major political shift for the city.
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Lansing, Mich
Ferris
W. D. C. Germaine
Traverse City
Germaine
New Pastor Arrives for St. John’s German Reformed Church
After five months without a pastor St John’s German Reformed church on Fourth and Market streets welcomes Rev E Vornholt formerly of Waukon Iowa to succeed Rev F W Lemke who left the congregation November 1 Rev G D Elliker and Rev M Kern have supplied the pulpit in the interim Introductory sermon set for Sunday morning
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St. John’s
Vornholt
Raglan 13 Stabs 7-Year-Old Over Rejected Proposal
In Joliet on April 4 Mieste Raglan aged 13 stabbed Annie Jackson aged 7 after she spurned his marriage proposal and laughed at him. Authorities report the motive as rejection and mockery.
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Oxter
Plosives
Mgovern
St. Pau
Rosse Pe Ee
Sing Ie Te
du Chien
Ugue
Darling
Olson
ST. Paul, Minn
Oscar Olson
University of Minnesota
O’brien
Mrs. Olson
Panama
Dengler
Furd
Madison Democrat
George Gordon
Congresswomen
Vaype
M’manigal
Cox Dayton
Cox
Ohio Flood Relief Committee
Zanesville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Piqua
Dayton
Hamilton
Evansville
Ingleside
German Reformed Church
E. Vornholt
F. W. Lemke
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