Spring Blizzard Outbreak Kills Twenty One Across States
A severe midwestern storm system leaves extensive damage and casualties across the region. Reports list Poplar Bluffs Missouri with seven dead and 190 injured, Hoxie Arkansas four dead and fifty injured, Walnut Ridge Arkansas one dead ten injured, and additional fatalities and injuries in Indiana Ohio Michigan Mississippi and Tennessee towns. Crop and property losses exceed 2.5 million dollars as the storm toll rises.
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Poplar Bluffs
Hoxie
Ark
Walnut Ridge
Saline
Frankfort
Ind
Lafayette
Columbus
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Tiffin
Coldwater
Miss
Senatoria
Alamo
Tenn
Uniontown
Spring City
New Haven
Saline Wiped Out by Cyclone Killing Five in Saline
SHREVEPORT La March 21 Saline a town of 200 inhabitants fifty miles away was wiped out by a cyclone last night Five persons were killed and thirty injured Sixty buildings were demolished Relief trains were rushed from here to Saline today.
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Shreveport
Saline
Severe storm and blizzard storms hit broad area with heavy casualties
Twenty one dead, 500 plus injured, and about 2.5 million dollars in damage reported as a vast storm and blizzard swept from Montana to Illinois. Deaths include Saline Louisiana Hoxie Arkansas Poplar Bluff Missouri Walnut Ridge Arkansas Ohio Indiana. Damages and communication disruptions loom as weather forecasters warn of a cold wave and rising crop losses.
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Chicago
Rockies
Pennsylvania
Saline
Hoxie
Ark
Poplar Bluff
Walnut Ridge
Ohio
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
Colorado
Northwest
West &Nd
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Vicinity
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures. A low pressure area brings snow and rain in parts of the region with a drop in temperatures and a cold northerly flow extending from the northwest to Texas.
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la Crosse
Vicin
Texas
Wait P Valley
Central States
Plains States
Pacific
Mey
Rocky Platte
E Mountain District
Chicago schools chief bars nude art from youths under fourteen
Mrs Ella Flagg Young superintendent of Chicago schools testified in the Septembers Morn case that no child should view nude art before age fourteen. She joined artists and police censors in arguing the painting by Paul Chabas should be restricted while jurors later ruled it not immoral and suitable for display.
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Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Art Institute
Walk-Out of the Bottlers Settled
Emil Putsch resigns as assistant superintendent sparking a bottling department walkout by about 100 Gund brewery workers. After a meeting at Centennial hall representatives from the brewery and strikers reached an agreement to return pending arbitration, though Putsch’s departure ends that need.
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Emil Putsch
Gund
Putsch
Centennial Hall
Mystery Man Found in Snowdrift Near Union Pacific
An elderly man’s body was found yesterday beside the Union Pacific right of way in a snowdrift near North Platte Nebraska. A notebook on the victim reads unusual lines including “My name is 'Guess Who'?” and “My home is-Nowhere,” with instructions to notify “The floating population” in case of death or serious accident. Section men reported feet protruding from the drift while securing the area.
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North Plate
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Brother's death prompts sister to claim body in transfer
In Janesville Wisconsin on March 21 Miss Anna Smith prepared to travel to San Leandro California to claim the body of her brother Ann Smith a salesman for Walden Jewelry Company of Chicago who died by his own hand cutting his throat with a razor on Thursday.
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Janesville
Wis
Anna Smith
San Leandro
Cal
Ann Smith
Walden Jewelry Company of
Chicago
Fight at Kenosha between welters Kell y and Walters
Chicago March 21 Rival welters Spike Kelly and Sailor Bill Walters will meet for ten rounds without a decision in Kenosha on April 8. They will weigh in at 145 pounds the afternoon of the bout.
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Chicago
Spike Kelly
Bill Walters
Welters
Kenosha
Wilson to Push Steel Trust Suit Announcement
President Wilson plans to prosecute to the fullest extent the steel trust suit. He met with former Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson, the government special counsel, for nearly an hour as he reviews the case against the trust.
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Washington
Wilson
Steel Trust
Jacob M. Dickinson
Naturalist Arctic Flower Quest Ends in Disaster
Nome Alaska March 21 News of severe hardships faced by crew with naturalist George Koren on an Arctic bloom expedition. Ships Moras and Kittiwak wrecked by icebergs near the Siberian coast last fall. Four crewmen survived three months in a stone hut after their whaleboat was crushed. Captain Witting and two crew members unidentified.
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Nome
Alaska
George Koren
Far North
Sam Gottschalk
Moras
Gottschalk
Bering Strait
Kittiwak
Koren
Siberian
Witting
Albert Gunderson
Gus Schroeder
Woman Drowns After Pocketbook Mistake in Blizzard
In Racine Wisconsin during a fierce blizzard a domestic named Ethel Craze walked along the lake bank near Racine College and leaped into the cold waters. She had mistaken a stranger's pocketbook for her own and, unable to correct the error overnight, wrote to her brother that her character was ruined before taking her own life.
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Racine
Wis
Racine College
Ethel Craze
Strike Crisis Shakes East Liverpool Pottery Industry
In East Liverpool and Wellsville Ohio a 1000 girl pottery workers strike led to 5000 men out of work as nearly all potteries close. The girls formed an independent union and reject outside labor organizers, with a mass meeting planned for later today to push the dispute.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Wellsville
Chester
Newell
Royal Party Leaves Ottawa for Halifax England Voyage
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with Princess Patricia and companions depart Ottawa for Halifax and sail Saturday for England. Colonel Lowther and Captain Long stay behind.
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Ottawa
Ont
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Miss Kelly
Miss Adam
Rivers-Bulkeley
Buller
Boscawen
Major Worthington
Halifax
England
Colonel Lowther
Captain Long
Sterling Machinery Moves to Larger Plant on Second Street
The Sterling Machinery company relocates its concrete machinery factory from 417 South Third Street to a larger facility at 123-125 South Second Street. They increased production capacity and employ more workers at the new site.
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Sterling Machinery Company
South Third Street
South Second Street
Pierre Wibaux Dies at St Luke’s Hospital
Pierre Wibaux a wealthy Miles Montana ranchman and close Roosevelt friend died at St Luke's hospital after two months’ treatment for a complication of diseases following his return from a villa in France.
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Chicabo
Pierre Wibaux
Miles
Mont
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wibaux
France
City Hall Fire Threatens Milwaukee Nine Floor Fire
Fire on the ninth floor of Milwaukee city hall caused smoke to fill corridors and forced officials to flee to fire escapes. The blaze was brought under control with nominal loss.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mystery and Secrecy Surrounds Alleged Poisoning Officer
A courtroom tale unfolds as an admiral’s husband faces homicide allegations denied by defense. The case hints at potential new arrest and ongoing secrecy surrounding the poisoning claim and trial developments.
Mrs Eaton Denies Murder Charge in Admiral Eaton Death
Mrs Eaton denies the charge of murdering her husband Rear Admiral Joseph Miles Eaton retired U S N. She says the accusation is ridiculous and claims her income depended on his living. She notes widow’s pension may be only 30 to 50 dollars a month.
Plymouth Seeks Indictment in Mysterious Sailor Murder
Plymouth authorities push for a special grand jury session to indict Mrs. Eaton in the death of Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton. A second arrest looms as detectives probe arsenic sources while Mrs. Eaton remains jailed.
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Admiral
Eaton
Assinippi
George Harrison
Dorothy Ainsworth
June Keyes
Admiral Eaton
Keyes
Dorothy
Ironworkers Strike in Pittsburg Amid Food Aid Plan
More than 700 ironworkers quit two plants in Pittsburg today while 3000 Oliver strikers, out for a week, plan provision stations to distribute food to strikers.
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Pittsburg
Oliver
Elliott Denies Report of New Haven Presidency
Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, flatly denied a yesterday circulated report that he was appointed president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Woman claims thwarted marriage ends in divorce suit
Mrs May Griffith wife of traveling salesman Andrew F Griffith files for divorce in Omaha alleging she learned six years earlier of his engagement to P A Westover’s daughter. She says he told the Westover girl he had a wife in an insane asylum and that an ad she placed in a Denver paper led to contact with the Westover family and prevented the marriage.
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Omaha, Neb
May Griffith
Andrew F. Griffith
P. A. Westover
Denver
Bovee Funeral Today For Miss Vivian Bovee
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home of Miss Vivian Bovee 1524 Farnam Street. The body will be sent to Alma Center Wisconsin tomorrow morning for burial.
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Vivian Bovee
Farnam Street
Alma Center
Wis
Public Health Service Delays Verdict on Friedmann Tuberculosis Cure
The Public Health Service prepares a preliminary statement for tomorrow detailing the Friedmann tuberculosis treatment. Officials say it will take time to assess the cure's value and warn sufferers against traveling for treatment. The bulletin will limit cases to those selected by public health surgeons and Dr. Friedmann and urge caution until experiments are complete.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Friedmann
Dr. Rucker
Dope Fiend Tries Death by Own Action
Lincoln prison guards intervene as Roy Maynard, a life term inmate and opium user, attempts suicide by hanging in his cell. Warden Fenton discovers him mid‑strangle with a sheet rope. Maynard, despondent after drug smuggling was halted, is expected to recover.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fenton
State Penitentiary
Roy Maynard
Maynard
Mayor Misses Probers In Pittsburg Conference
Lieut Gov Barrett O Hara and the Illinois senate white slave probes rode to Pittsburg to meet Mayor Magee at 6 30 A M but were routed from their berths before sunrise and the mayor did not appear. The officials proceeded to Harrisburg disappointed after the missed appointment.
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Pittsburg
Barrett O'Hara
Illinois Senate
Harrisburg
Magee
Janesville Builds Wisconsin Builders and Traders Exchange
Members of the newly organized Janesville builders and traders exchange plan a Friday trip to Milwaukee for a conference with the Milwaukee chapter. The meeting will outline a statewide campaign to form similar groups. Janesville’s exchange is the fifth in Wisconsin.
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Janesville
Wis
Builders and Traders’ Exchange
Milwaukee
Janesville Exchange
Wisconsin
Small pox case on train linked to Detroit man
The unconscious man pulled from a train at Minneapolis Union Depot on Thursday has been identified as Joseph Dorich, 69, of Detroit Minnesota. He is at the isolation hospital with an advanced small pox case and all train passengers are exposed.
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Minneapolis
Union Depot
Joseph Dorich
Detroit
Minn
Barthou Accepts Premiership After Briand Resigns
Jean Barthou today definitely accepted the premiership to succeed Aristide Briand at the urgent request of President Poincaire. He had been minister of justice in Briand's cabinet and will keep Etienne as war minister and Baudin as navy minister.
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Paris
Jean Barthou
Aristide Briand
Poincaire
Barthou
Briand
M. Etienne
M. Baudin
No Action On Bleached Flour Regulation Demand
The Department of Agriculture will take no immediate action in response to Western wheat growers demand to annul the regulation prohibiting interstate shipment of bleached flour. Secretary of Agriculture Houston announced tonight.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Women seek national bureau to reform men's dress
Mrs. L. Brackett Bishop leads clubwomen calling for a national dress bureau for men in response to a Ohio bill on silk stockings and peekaboo waists. She urges men to wear flowing beards and drop cubist vests stiff shirts high collars while bald men must be covered and others avoid hats that cause baldness.
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Chicago
Penitentes in Las Animas County Rite End at Sunset
In Long's Canon and other remote Las Animas County locales Penitentes a fanatical religious sect perform annual atonement rites. Members scourge themselves with twisted soap weed until welts bleed and scars appear, a weeklong ritual ending at sundown with a crucifixion replica led by the oldest member.
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Trinidad
Col
Long
Las Animas
Penitentes
Stenographer Testifies in Frost Alaska Land Fraud Trial
Flora Capron of Winnetka Illinois testified as the government's chief witness in the Alaska land fraud case against Albert C Frost and four associates. She said she signed an Alaska land patent application at the request of C W Mirrillies traffic manager for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric railway, which Frost headed, and only recalled the matter when summoned before the federal grand jury. The government alleges Frost used his employees to sign land applications.
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Chicago
Flora Capron
Winnetka
Ill
Albert C. Frost
Miss Capron
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway
Frost
C. W. Mirrellies
Federal Grand Jury
Gypsy Band Sought After 9 Year Old Katherine Winters Kidnapping
Police in Newcastle Indiana and Dr. R A Winters pursue a gypsy band traveling by automobile around Williamsport Ohio for the alleged kidnapping of Catherine Winters age nine.
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Newcastle
Ind
R. A. Winters
Williamsport
Ohio
Catherine Winters
Senate approves Perkins bill on white slave probe
In Des Moines on March 21 the senate passed the Perkins bill authorizing the governor to appoint a three member commission to investigate white slave conditions in Iowa and report improvement bills to the next legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Today
King Constantine Takes Oath as King of the Hellenes
In Athens King Constantine was sworn in in a brief ceremony in the chamber of deputies becoming king after the assassination of King George I. He planned to depart for Salonika to collect the body and return to Athens next Thursday with the late king's body.
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Athens
Constantine
Chamber of Deputies
Hellenes
George I
Salonika
George
Beers Jury Deadlocked in Slaying Trial
Beers case jury in Pekka Kansas deliberated since 5:30 p m yesterday over the death of Rev William L Beers wife but failed to report at 11 this morning.
Joint committee opens conference on river rights
Prof Bird opens the conference with arguments from Wisconsin sportsmen urging legislators to take a broad view on river rights and usage. The event gathers lawmakers and stakeholders to discuss waterways, fishing, and state resource policy.
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Wisconsin
Conservation debate frames health and happiness above wealth
Wisconsin and Minnesota fish and game laws are debated by a joint committee during an open conference in Madison. Prof. Bird argues that hunting and fishing boost health and state appeal, urging broad, nonrestrictive conservation policies amid talks spanning La Crosse Superior and Duluth.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Joint Legislative Committee
Mississippi
St. Croix
St. Louis
George B. Skogmo
River Falls
Robert Glenn
Wyalusing
L. B. Kellogg
Ripon
John A. Chinook
Hudson
Henry Laycock
Eau Claire
E. J. Kneen
Bangor
Manly Fosseen
Minneapolis
George Carpenter
Buffalo
L. O. Cook
Lake City
Frank Minnette
Sauk Center
Thomas Kneeland
John A. Healy
Hibbing
Madison
Skogmo
Healy
la Crosse
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin League For the Propagation and Protection of Fish and Game
la Crosse County
Joint Committee
Bird
Vebie
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Dope Fiend
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Greece
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