Bryan Birthday Speech Attacks Corporate Domination
William J. Bryan spoke to about 1,000 people at the Seventh Regiment Armory in Chicago on March 19, arguing that the greatest current evil is the control of politics by corporations. He urged that the Democratic Party alone can secure reforms and deliver honest government, contrasting it with the Republicans' uncertainty and reformist splits. Carter Harrison Jr. presided over the event.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Seventh Regiment
Sixteenth Street
Bryan
Carter H. Harrison
Mr. Bryan
Republican Party
Miners Hear Scale Report At United Mine Workers Convention
The United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis discussed and adopted the scale committee report with no changes. President Mitchell and other officers defended it as districts plan to present wages and differences. counties and operators plan joint conferences March 24.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
The
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Lewis
Wilson
Walker
Illinois
International Executive Board
Indiana
Duncan McDonald
National Executive Board
Iinois
Long Wall
International Board
Novels Ruin Small Boys in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana John Wattem eleven and Louis Wattem ten sons of engineer Joseph Wattem confessed to police that they had committed a dozen burglaries in the city last month. They implicated another boy aged ten and said cheap novels and the play Raffles inspired their crimes. Using jimmies they robbed homes at night and by day taking valuables including a dozen rings from Mark Gross former Evansville board of safety member.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Ind
John Wattem
Louis Wattem
Joseph Wattem
Mark Gross
Evansville Board of Safety
Williams T. Lewis Dies at Indianapolis Drug Store
William T. Lewis, station master at the traction terminal, died suddenly this afternoon at a drug store in Indianapolis. The death was reported as unexpected and prompted medical examination. Local authorities and colleagues were notified.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
William T. Lewis
Traction Terminal
Vna ‘Drug
Explains the Contracts Private Secretary Testified Against Boat Firm
Washington March 19 Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and Admiral Capps testified before the house committee that they found no excessive profits for Electric Boat on existing or future contracts. They described a conditional Lake Boat contract and noted low construction costs. Clarkson testified Spear alleged influence with Speaker Cannon to aid Hobson, while Alabama's delegation backed Hobson for naval affairs.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Admiral Capps
Bureau of Construction
Navy Department
Special Committee of the House
Electric Boat Company
Representative Lilley
Connecticut
Lake Boat Company
Navy
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
Edward L. Clarkson
Hobson
Lawrence Y. Spear
Speaker Cannon
Naval Affairs Committee
Clayton
Alabama
Congress
L. W. Busby
Cannon
Williams
House
Lilley
L. W. Busbey
John Sharp Williams
Flood danger passes as crest eases in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Weather Bureau officials announced that floods would not be as severe as feared. The crest was expected around daylight, projected to be about thirty feet, bringing relief to the city and surrounding areas.
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Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Denness
Foster Is Nominee for Congress in First District
Princeton Indiana March 19. Republicans name Representative Foster of Evansville as their congress candidate for the First District with acclamation after James B Gamble presented his name. The resolutions committee endorsed Roosevelt Hanly Bevoridge Hemenway and Bauman for state superintendent. It pledged support for Hemenway and Foster’s record in congress.
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Associated Press
Princeton
Ind
Foster
Evansville
Congress
James B. Gamble
Resolutions Committee
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Hanly
Beveridge
Hemenway
Edward G. Bauman
Two Men Killed Eight Injured In Train Wreck
An excursion train carrying homeseekers from Kansas and Oklahoma to Las Palenas Mexico derailed near Pearsall Texas due to a broken rail. One man died at Pearsall and several others, including W H Meyers San Antonio baggage man and M E McElroy San Antonio line man, were seriously hurt. Additional injuries included W H Hooper Dow Okla S P Norman Ida Okla W J Patterson Oklahoma L D Russell Pittsburg Ark Dr Casper and S P Robuck with internal injuries. The train had a baggage car ten day coaches and a Pullman.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
International and Great Northern Railroad
Kansas
Oklahoma
Las Paltenas
Mexico
Pearsall
W. H. Meyers
M. E. McElroy
Western Union
Telegraph Company
W. H. Hooper
Dow
Okla
S. P. Norman
W. J. Patterson
L. D. Russell
Pittsburg
Ark
Dr. Casper
Ida
S. P. Robuck
Players are Signing
Magnates returning from Central League meetings at Zanesville Ohio report players holding out for higher salaries are signing. The latest contracts name Tommy Rowan Terre Haute out fielder Joe Dunn Evansville catcher B B Kelley Thompson Evans infielder Evans South Bend pitcher Miller Wheeling catcher Yingling Dayton and Noblett Grand Rapids second baseman.
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Word
Tommy Rowan
Terre - Haute
Joe’ Dunn
Evansville
Thompson
Evans
South Bend
Miller
Wheeling
Yingling
Dayton
Noblett
Grand Rapids
Abolish Pension Agencies Debate Divides House
The House debated replacing seventeen pension offices with a single Washington based agency. An amendment by Mr. Taylor to restore the offices failed 86 to 139. The pensions bill passed with a total appropriation of 150,869,000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Messrs. Bowers
Mississippi
Keifer
Ohio
D. C
House of Representatives
Taylor
Gaines
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Fitzgerald
New York
Congress
Messrs. Kahn
California
Moore
Pennsylvania
Hale
Campbell
Kansas
Alexander
Sulzer
Kentucky
Messrs Cox
Indiana
Crumpacker
Holliday
Gardner
Michigan
Tawney
Minnesota
Woman Bidder Tops Daugherty Horse Sale Results
Wabash Indiana March 19 Miss Huff man of Ft Wayne was among winners at Daugherty brothers annual sale taking Honey Dew for 345 dollars. Top prices included Tobin Graham 340 dollars Hazel H 320 dollars Tony Dillon 300 dollars and Blandi 250 dollars sold to buyers in Ohio Michigan and South Dakota.
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Ind
Miss Huffman
Ft. Wayne
Daugherty Brothers
Honey Dew
Edward Holder
Tobin Graham
W. H. Sommers
Toledo
Ohio
Hazel H
L. ¥. Hill
Adrian
Mich
J. D. Watterson
Springfield
Tony Dillon
Pacer
D. M. Dillon
John. Me. Cormick
Madison
S. D
Blandi
Trotter
F.B. Ley
Kalamazoo
H. 5S
Vanaistine
Ft. “Wayne
Hottentots and German Troops In Hot Battle
Berlin reports a clash in the Kalmhari district between German expeditionary forces and Hottentots seeking the last chief Simon Kopper. The fight was severe with 58 Hottentots killed, several captured, and heavy German losses including Captain Von Eckert Lieutenant Ebinger and twelve privates killed or wounded.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Government
South Africa
Kalmhari
Simon Koppers
Koppers
von Eckert
Ebinger
Suspect in Czar Bombing Tied to Four Murders
Chicago reports an immigrant, Mitsota Zerosekow, arrested at 616 Austin Ave, linked to the St Petersburg palace bombing that killed three, while admitting he witnessed four Jewish women’s murders in Vilna. He denies complicity, claiming witness status only. Russian consul hints at deportation steps.
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Zitesa
New York
Chicago
Austin Avenue
Ziteso
Zietso
Mitsota Zerosekow
Vilna
Russia
Zerosekow
Baron Schuppenbach
Therin
America
Zernoseknow
Plate Glass Works at Alexandria Closes Down
Alexandria Ind March 19 The Penn American Plate Glass Company in Alexandria closes its factory today leaving over 500 men out of work. The plant has operated for nearly twenty years and no return date is set. The shutdown likely reflects recent price cuts by the plate glass combine affecting independent manufacturers.
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Penn-American Plate Glass Company
Labor Leaders Denounce Supreme Court in Protest Meeting
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks backing an employers liability act amid a national labor conference led by Samuel Gompers. The labor leaders urge immediate congressional action against Supreme Court rulings applying the Sherman act to workers and warn of dangers to rights and protections.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cannon
Fairbanks
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mr. Gompers
Joseph F. Valentine
W. R. Farley
United Mine Workers of North America
C. M. Barnett
American Society of Enuity
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway
P. J. McArdle
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Supreme Court
Hatters
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