Foreign ships may shell Turkish city as open weather returns
Dispatches from Constantinople warned foreign warships anchored in the Bosphorus could open fire if revolt erupted. Renewed activity at Chatalya saw two minor engagements with Turkish and Bulgarian forces. Sofia claimed Turkish losses while Constantinople reported a Turkish victory. The Hamidjeh cruiser reportedly killed 119 Serbians along the Adriatic coast near Servia.
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London
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Chatalya
Sofia
Alexandria
Hamidjeh
Adriatic
Supreme Court Backs Kansas Bank Deposit Guaranty Law
The court sustains the 1909 Kansas law guaranteeing deposits, mirroring Oklahoma’s statute. 142 Kansas national banks challenged it. Judge Pollock upheld validity and allowed enforcement by the banking officials. The rule requires a 0.05 percent state deposit with a $500,000 reserve fund, excluding banks paying over 3 percent interest.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas Bank Depositors
Kansas
National Banks
Pollock
Oklahoma
Kansas Tanks
Trains Stranded by Colorado Snow Blockade Near Brush
Sixteen mixed westbound and eastbound passenger trains remain stalled on a two mile snow filled stretch between Brush and Akron Colorado after a violent storm. Up to thirty feet of snow sand and debris clog the line as two hundred workers labor to clear the tracks and officials expect the blockade to open today. About one thousand passengers are stranded aboard the trains.
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Denver
Colo
Brush
Akron
Col
Funeral of Mrs. August Buchman Postponed
Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta Buchman at the First Baptist church were postponed from 2:30 this afternoon until the same hour tomorrow because the body will not arrive from Los Angeles tonight.
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Los Angeles
Augusta Buchman
First Baptist Church
St Patrick's Dance by La Crosse Dancing Club
A St Patrick's Day dance by the La Crosse Dancing Club will be held at K. P. Hall this evening. The event features several unique elements including the distribution of day appropriate souvenirs.
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la Crosse
Kk. P. Hall
Loth Arrested on Parole Violation in Green Bay Case
Theodore Loth, who had a year ago been sentenced to the state industrial school at Green Bay and paroled, was taken into custody by police today on alleged parole violation. He may be sent back to Green Bay tomorrow.
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Theodore Loth
Green Bay
Davies to Accept War Office Post
National committeeman Joseph E. Davies from Wisconsin will accept President Wilsons offer of assistant secretary of war. He reportedly chose this post over counsellor of the state department. Davies returned from Washington and plans to confer with Wisconsin supporters on patronage matters.
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Davies
WAR Office
Wisconsin
Washington
Joseph E. Davies
Wilson
State Department
John Bassett Moore
New York
War Department
Madison
Wis
National
Joseph FE. Davies
Frank B. Schutz
Milwaukee
William Wolfe
la Crosse
Suffrage advocates appeal to President on women voting
A delegation of woman suffrage supporters urged President Wilson to include a constitutional amendment for women’s votes in his April 7 message to Congress. He listened for ten minutes, said failure to include a suffrage paragraph should not be read as opposition, and noted the special session would focus mainly on tariff legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Trades and Labor Council Against Non-Union Candidate
The La Crosse Trades and Labor Council adopts a resolution opposing a non union exploiter of labor and urging union members to vote for candidates endorsing union conditions in La Crosse. The measure calls for publishing the resolution in the press and distributing it to unions and workers. Adopted March 14, 1913.
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la Crosse
Trades and Labor Council of
Trades and Labor Council
Wilson appoints commission members to study European credit plan
President Wilson named Senators Fletcher of Florida Gore of Oklahoma Representative Moss of Indiana and others as members of a commission to cooperate with the Southern Commercial Congress committee on European agriculture and rural credit. Fletcher Gore Moss may not join due to congressional duties. The appointees are honorary delegates to the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome next May.
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Washington
Wilson
Fletcher
Florida
Gore
Oklahoma
Representative Mass
Indiana
Harvey Jordan
Georgia
John Lee Coulter
Minnesota
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Massachusetts
C. J. Owens
Maryland
Southern Commercial Congress
Cooperative Rural Credit Plan
Europe
General Assembly
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Fletcherd
Moss
Truthful man has no popularity in society
A speaker notes that a man who always tells the truth may be unpopular. He adds a quip about a girl not being considered in the shopworn class until she has been engaged multiple times.
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Alonzo
St Patrick's Day Celebrations Across Britain Pulse with Joy
Irishmen in London Dublin Cork and Belfast marked St Patrick's Day with parades and banquets amid growing hope that home rule for Ireland will be enacted within eighteen months. Key speeches by T P O Connor William Redmond Joseph Devlin and W Archer Redmond echoed across Manchester Leeds Glasgow and Liverpool while the Irish Guards wore shamrocks presented by Queen Mary and Queen Mother Alexandra at Wellington barracks.
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London
Ireland
United Kingdom
Dublin
Cork
Belfast
Erin
Gaint
Asquith
Westminster
Great Britain
T. P. O'Connor
Liverpool
William H. Redmond
Manchester
Joseph Devlin
W. Archer Remond
Leeds
Glasgow
St. Patrick's
England
United Irish League
Hotel
Cecil
John F. Redmond
Wellington Barracks
Earl Roberts
Queen Mary
Alexandra
Edward
War Office
Uncle Joe Cannon Retires From Washington
Washington dispatch reports Speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon reads his own obituary in the morning papers amid retirement talk. He says thirty eight years of work have not tired him and jokes about plans to travel, declining a world trip as plans unfold.
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Washington
Joe’ Cannon
Washinton Affairs
Joe
Senate Confirms Most Wilson Nominations Except Neill
The senate confirmed all of President Wilsons civic nominations except Charles P. Neill for commissioner of labor. Southern senators opposed Neill saying his cotton mill labor report was biased. The special session ended at 2 10 PM with the upper house adjourning sine die after a brief executive confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Charles P. Neill
Neill
Powder Plant Wrecked Near Newcastle
Fire at the Burton Powder nitro glycerine plant four miles west of Newcastle caused an explosion that wrecked the building. Fifty workers escaped with warning and none were injured.
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Newcastle
Burton Powder Company
Here
Equal Minds Marry for Balance in Town Gossip
A wry quip notes many women with brains to spare marry men lacking such prowess to balance life. The remark reflects local humor about matches and social expectations.
Solons Explain Proposed Laws To Merchants In La Crosse
A large crowd of city merchants and manufacturers gathered at the La Crosse club on Saturday to hear assemblymen and Senator Otto Bosshard explain bills under consideration in the state legislature. The discussion focused on proposed amendments to the workmen's compensation act. No resolutions were adopted.
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la Crosse Club
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Otto Bosshard
C. L. Hood
E. J. Kneen
Engineer blamed for Gothenburg wreck in Nebraska
A board of inquiry led by Union Pacific General Manager Charles Ware found Engineer John Weinberg responsible for the Gothenburg Nebraska wreck. Four people were killed and fifteen injured when passenger train No. 12 ran by red signals and crashed into train No. 4.
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Omaha, Neb
Charles Ware
Union Pacific Railroad
John Weinberg
Gothenburg
Neb
Weinberg
Gamble With Bibles In Portland Saloon Gambling
Efforts are under way in Portland to curb a saloon gambling method using Bibles. Players insert a pocket knife between the leaves and count the chapter number as their score, a practice aimed at suppressing the activity.
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Portland
Orc
Change plan of dissolution for Union Pacific
Chairman Lovett announced an entirely new plan must be developed to separate Union Pacific from Southern Pacific. He noted efforts to comply with a supreme court decision and to submit plans to the attorney general and circuit judges. The Borders involve Central Pacific lease, interstate traffic, and California commission jurisdiction. The California commission’s withholding of lease approval forced a restart after the St. Louis court session.
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New York
Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Central Pacific
California
California Commission
Tehama
Commission
St. Louis
If at first some women don't succeed they secure a divorce
A witty quip notes that persistence in divorce can follow initial failure and mocks experts who make excuses to avoid large fees. The remark hints at social attitudes toward marriage and divorce.
First Methodist Church Mourns Mrs. A Lincoln Shute
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of La Crosse Wisconsin approved a formal memorial for Mrs. A Lincoln Shute of Bismarck North Dakota wife of Rev A Lincoln Shute D D noting her noble service as wife and mother and praying divine comfort for the bereaved family. The resolution lauds her Christ like service and quotes John Ruskin on noble remembrance. It was adopted by a rising vote and sent to Shute and local papers.
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First Methodist Church
A. Lincoln Shute
Bismarck
N. D
First Methodist Episcopal Church
la Crosse
Wis
D. D
John Ruskin
Brantwood
Shute
Our Church
Brother Shute
T. Stanley Cadams
A. C. Bangsberg
Pine transplants sent for Camp Douglas reforestation effort
Twenty thousand Red Pine transplants were sent to Sparta for the Camp Douglas artillery range reforestation. The shipment, from Washington official T. G. Graves of the agriculture department, supports a federal Wisconsin project. Previous plantings thrived, signaling possible expansion to thousands of acres of denuded lands in the northern state.
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Sparta
Artillery Range
Camp Douglas
John J. Esch
T. G. Graves
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Big Range
Wisconsin
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