Today’s anniversaries March 17 spanning rulers to wrecks
From Wednesday's Daily a list of anniversaries and notable dates. Maame Roland born 1754, died 1793 by guillotine in Paris. Henry Addington became British premier in 1801. Jean Ingelow born 1820, died 1897. Halevy died 1862, born Paris 1799. German Emperor welcomed in Berlin 1871. Susan Warner died 1885, born 1819 New York. Pope acknowledged Canadian bishops in 1859. Utopia steamship collision claimed 500+ lives in 1891.
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Maame Roland
Paris
Henry Addington
Jean Ingelow
Jacques Francois = Halevy
Nice
Berlin
France
Susan Warner
Highland Falls
N. Y
New York City
Utopia
Bay of Gibraltar
United Americans Aim to Deport Foreign Influence in Texas
Houston March 17 reports from United Americans State Headquarters in Houston. Letters from Texans reject ties to the American party while the patriotic group pledges to cure governmental ills, deport those who refuse law and order, and support constitutional authorities. Dr Samuel Palmer Brooks of Baylor University emphasizes nonpartisan, service to the country, urging wide circulation to avoid confusion with partisan politics.
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Houston
United Americans
American Party
Red Cross
Samuel Palmer Brooks
Waco
Baylor University
Texas
United States
Camp in Streets Refugees Flee Across Black Sea
Fifty thousand refugees from Southern Russia crowd the streets of Novorossisk awaiting transport across the Black Sea. Many are families of Denikin officers. American Red Cross runs relief as shelters fill, hospitals overflow, typhus rises, and daily deaths mount in the city.
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Associated Press
Novorossisk
Russia
Black Sea
Army of Denikine
American Red Cross
South Russia
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised By Hotel Proprietor
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI, proprietor of the Hardwick Inn, lauds Chamberlain's Tablets as superior laxative after trying many options. His sedentary work prompted occasional use and he endorses the product as best.
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Chamberlain
George F. Daniels
Hardwick
Daniels
Hardwick Inn
New England
Today’s Birthdays March 17 historical figures
Lady Patricia Ramsay once Princess Patricia of Connaught is listed among today’s birthdays. Dr Stephen Wise a leading American Jewish rabbi and scholar is noted as born in Budapest Hungary. Charles F Brush inventor of the electric arc light is recorded as born in Euclid Ohio. Thomas M Bell congressman from Georgia born at Cleveland Georgia. Edward L Klepfer pitcher for the Cleveland baseball team born in Warren Pennsylvania.
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Lady Patricia Ramsay
Princess Patricia of
Connaught
Stephen 8. Wise
Budapest
Hungary
Charles F. Brush
Euclid
Thomas M. Bell
Congress
Georgia
Cleveland
Edward L. Klepfer
Cleveland American League
Warren
Parish Guild Auxiliary Meeting and Society Gatherings
The Parish Guild Auxiliary meets at the rectory at 3 30 PM on Wednesday. A Literary Club gathering is planned at the High School in the afternoon after school on Thursday. The Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs L A Morrow at 3 30 PM. The Christian Church convenes with Mrs Sam Mackin at noon. Circle A of the W M A meets with Mrs A F Beddoe at 3 30 PM. Circle D of the W M A meets with Mrs J M Sallee at 3 30 PM.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
L. A. Morrow
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Sam Mackin
W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
A. F. Beddoe
J. M. Sallee
Hamilton Hotel
Little
Promises of Oil Prospectus vs State Royalty Returns in Texas
Texas land office figures expose the gap between glossy oil prospectuses and reality. January leases on over four million acres yielded only 18761 in royalties, 17924 from an old field. The state blames untested lands and speculative leases, plus limited mineral rights due to court decisions. Despite low January returns, officials say future fields could enrich Texas as new wells map potential profits.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Land Office
Supreme Court
Land Office
France Moves to Boost Birthrate With New Council
Paris reports government takes charge of pro natality drive through Higher Council of Natality. Minister J L Breton leads push, backed by several cabinet members, urging families to have three or more children. Proposals include child allowances, cheap large family housing, supersalaries, and votes equal to family size.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
J. L. Breton
Hygiene
Breton
National Alliance
THE
Woman and the Child
Alliance
Mexican Petroleum to Build Large Oil Tanks at Galveston
Work on the foundations for four tanks with a total capacity of 220 000 barrels has begun in Galveston. The tanks will store crude for shipment by tanker between Galveston and the Tampico oil fields, serving cargoes entering this port.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Tampico
Pro Consuls and foundations verse from Kipling amid local notices
A mixed transcription includes Kipling verse lines and local social notes. It lists residents visiting San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston, announced church and club events, and a St Patrick Day masquerade planned by the Service Club at Fort McIntosh with a Thirty-seventh Infantry band, plus a youth bus out of Laredo.
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Fort McIntosh
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Laredo
City Drug Company
Community groups host dances and fairs in Heights area
The Junior Auxiliary hosted a masked youth dance, with doors identifying masked attendees. Rectorp church activities featured crafts and quilting by older girls, plus a talk on Oklahoma coal mines. Heights Civic Club and Child's Welfare Circle planned playground improvements, membership drives, and a benefit ball to fund swing sets.
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C. W. Cook
Evelyn
Hunter Randolph
Kathleen Aldridge
Bess Bryant
Jamie
Nellie Ward
Elizabeth Nye
Anne McKinney
Hazen Sorrell
George
Horace
Bobby Kehl
John Robert
Joe
Teresa Fasnacht
Edward Shahady
Marjorie Fish
Mary
Ralph Cook
The
Heights
Child's Welfare League
Heights School
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN IN HISTORY AND PROGRESS
The article highlights milestones for women including阅读 literacy gaps in China, J I Kelley Memphis juvenile court judge, Mrs W E Morrow named Handi County auditor, Annie P Ladd first New England woman peace justice in 1780, a New York bill for equal party representation, A M Wallace in Brick Manufacturers Association for 30 years, English women’s fashion influence on billiards, open doors for women at the American Academy in Rome, Mary Baker first woman in a male trade union, and a Washington DC club house for collegiate women backed by the National Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
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China
J. ‘I’. Kelley
Memphis
W. E. Morrow
Handi County
New England
Annie P. Ladd
Augusta
New York
A. M. Wallace
Indianapolis
Brick Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States
England
London
American Academy
Rome
Mary Baker
Chicago
Typographical Union
Penn Cornell Grid Battle Draws National Attention
The 1920 gridiron clash between Pennsylvania and Cornell is set to attract wide interest as both schools field football coaches of national fame.
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Pennsylvania
Cornell
Ratification urged by William Jennings Bryan in D C
William Jennings Bryan urged ratification in Washington remarks urging Democrats not to join the irreconcilables in defeating the treaty. He called it a personal crisis for Democrats to deny the senate's right to declare policy. Reports note Republicans introduced a new reservation to replace Article Ten pledges and claims of gains for ratification with a clause voicing grave concern about threats to European peace.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
United States
Europe
Senate Defers Ireland Free Proclamation Question
Washington March 17 The senate tabled the proposal to declare by reservation that England should proclaim Ireland free when the Irish question came up.
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Washington
Senate
England
Ireland
Definite vote unknown in North Dakota primary
Meager returns from Tuesday's presidential preference primary in Bismarck show no final tally. Only Senator Johnson was officially entered. Lowden and Wood names appeared on some ballots, leaving a definitive vote count unlikely for a week.
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Associated Press
Bismarck
N. D
Senator Johnson
Lowden
Wood
Hawaiian serenaders roam streets to sing to tourists
Honolulu bands of Hawaiians with ukuleles and guitars may roam the streets to serenade tourists under hotel windows. The Honolulu Tourist Bureau supports strolling Hawaiian troubadors as a step toward rehabilitating Hawaiian music and customs.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
T. H
Berlin bloodshed as Spartacans clash with troops
London reports gunfire in Berlin late Tuesday with sixty nine killed at Spandau and widespread bloodshed across 24 towns. In Dresden 100 killed and 300 wounded in Spartacan battle, while Breslau Hamburg Kiel also suffer clashes. Stuttgart HQ says Ebert government will regain control. Paris notes 59 killed and over 100 wounded at Treves in the American zone.
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Berlin
Spandau
Dresden
Hamburg
Breslau
Kiel
Associated Press
London
Ebert
Stuttgart
Paris
Treves
Workingmen's council republic proclaimed in Chemnitz
Despatch from Chemnitz reports a republic of workingmen's councils proclaimed in the Saxony industrial center. A committee of action was formed, including ten communists, six independent socialists, four majority socialists, and one democrat.
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Basle
Switzerland
Chemnitz
Saxony
Committee of Action
German Socialist Agitation for Soviet Alliance Reported
A Berlin despatch says German independent socialists and communists have begun violent agitation pushing for a soviet republic and an alliance with soviet Russia, creating concern in London on March 17.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Berlin Chancellor Kapp resignation report denied
Paris report from Berlin states this morning that the claim Chancellor Kapp has resigned is false. The dispatch contradicts earlier rumors and keeps the political situation unresolved.
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Paris
Berlin
Kapp
Chancellor Kapp Announces Resignation in Berlin
Berlin reports at 1 p m Chancellor Kapp has officially decided to resign this afternoon after a brief announcement.
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Berlin
Kapp
German leaders drift amid strikes and talks in March reports
Paris reports that Dr. Kapp and a military lieutenant plan retirement after talks with independent socialists who threatened to attack the new government with armed workmen. Despatches say Frankfort strike remains effective and German conditions worsen hourly.
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Paris
Kapp
Frankfort
Cat Saves Nine on Steamer Lake Eliko Disaster
In a Grangemouth storm nine crewmen of the American cargo steamer Lake Eliko were saved by the ship’s cat swimming from the stricken dinghy to the vessel amid darkness. Sailor John Shorten and mess-room boy Gilmer Stroud drowned. Eleven crew members had been ashore. cat led survivors back to the steamer as two men perished. The Lake Eliko had sailed from Norfolk, Virginia.
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Associated Press
Grangemouth
Firth of Forth
Scotland
John Shorten
Marlboro
Mass
Gilmer Stroud
North Carolina
Tabby
Eliko
Norfolk
Topeka Rooster Confined After Stocking Nuisance
In Topeka Kansas police ordered a North Topeka resident to confine Billy a game rooster after complaints that the bird attacked pedestrians on the sidewalk damaging stockings gowns and causing financial injury Ladies reported holes in stockings and alleged physical harm from the birds spur and beak actions led to the confinement order.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Billy
North Topeka
The Miracle Man at Strand Theatre Promises Striking Seascape Shots
The Paramount Artcraft feature produced by George Loane Tucker shows superb scenery shaped by rugged coastal hills and a sand bar scene where a motor boat is marooned as the sun sets and rises. The episode provides some of the most artistic and colorful screen shots to date.
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Paramount Artcraft
George Loane Tucker
Strand Theatre
Boston Celebrates Evacuation Day and St Patrick’s Day
Two events marked the day in Boston Massachusetts. Evacuation Day observances centered in South Boston at Washington’s breastworks site recalling 1776 siege actions. St Patrick’s Day celebrations featured numerous Irish organization led meetings and activities across the city.
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Boston
Mass
Washington
Breweries Push Ahead With 2.75 Percent Beer Sale
Breweries nationwide keep selling 2.75 per cent beer while West Virginia lower house adopts a resolution opposing the League of Nations.
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United States
West Virginia
League of Nations
Disloyalty Act Ruled Unconstitutional by Texas Court
The Texas disloyalty act was ruled unconstitutional by the criminal court of appeals. The court held the law prohibiting disloyal utterances during wartime impinges on federal authority and violates section 84 of the Bill of Rights. Austin observers noted the decision March 17.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Criminal Court of Appeals
United States
First Wilson Photo Taken Since Illness During Automobiling
Washington dispatch reports photographers captured the first image of President Wilson since his September illness as he enjoyed an automobile ride today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Wood Leads in Twin Cities Returns as Rural Vote Likely Favor Wood
St Paul March 17 Senator Johnson reads General Wood in the Twin Cities and returns today. Rural vote expected to boost Wood to a three to one lead. The narrative suggests Wood leads in the country while Johnson campaigns in the city.
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St. St. Paul, Minn
Johnson
General Wood
Twin Cities
Wood
Federal Judge Youmans Postpones Oil Lands Action
In Enid Oklahoma on March 17 Federal Judge Youmans postponed action on the writ of attachment and contempt warrants sought by Oklahoma claimants regarding disputed oil lands on the Texas line.
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Associated Press
Enid
Oklahoma
Youmans
Texas Line
Blizzard Toll Reaches Five Dead in North Dakota
Five persons are confirmed dead and thousands of dollars in damage after the worst North Dakota blizzard in 30 years. The storm is gradually subsiding as officials report continuing cleanup and relief efforts.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
First World Welded Ship Launched at Birkenhead
Birkenhead England March 17 an electrically welded ship billed as the first in the world has been launched. The vessel measures 150 feet in length and 500 tons.
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Associated Press
Birkenhead
Eng
Austin retires old city bonds in historic bonfire
City commissioners and the mayor of Austin burned 150 bonds with a $1,000 face value each. Issued in 1895, the bonds had been retired and were confirmed paid and destroyed by city hall records.
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Austin
Tex
Exempted From Taxation In Mexican Federal District
Galveston March 17. All small factories and young industries in the federal district of Mexico have been exempted from taxation, according to advices received by Meade Fierro Mexican consul at Galveston. The government industrial experimental laboratory will be enlarged to handle the anticipated rise in work this year.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Federal District of
Mexico
Meade Fierro
Fierro
Roasting Machine Damaged In Jitney Station
A peanut and popcorn roasting machine in the Jitney station of Jose Nieto near Jarvis Plaza leaked gasoline from a severed pipe and spread flames. Jose Nieto and an assistant suffered burns while moving the device to the street. the Rooster was damaged and the flames extinguished.
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Jose Nieto
Jarvis Plaza
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