Trainman Saves Passengers In Washout Disaster
La Crosse Wisconsin March 15 Engineer Charles Whiting saved scores of passengers when a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train hit a washout three miles west of Hokah. Whiting was fatally injured and fireman Knute Nelson was killed as the engine plunged through an open gap and four cars rolled into the Root river. A relief train with nurses and doctors was dispatched from La Crosse.
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St. Paul
la Crosse
Wis
Charles Whiting
Knute Nelson
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Hokah
Minn
Whiting
Root River
German Airships Don't Pay
Berlin reports that airship construction is not profitable in Germany. Two companies funded by public subscription are stopping building, and the Zeppelin passenger service shows a deficit of nearly 250000 dollars.
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Berlin
Germany
Tlageblatt
Zeppelin
Aerial Postman’s Bad Luck Delays Fifty Three Days Flight
Harry Jones completed a Boston to New York mail run after fifty three days, finally arriving at the New York post office with a находившийся bag of safety letters and numerous parcels. His plane collapsed near Rye, N Y after starting January sixteenth, with multiple earlier accidents noted. A Boston postmaster gifted a crock of Boston baked beans to a New York postmaster Morgan as Jones recounted the voyage.
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Harry Jones
Boston
New York
Lleury M. Jones
Jones
General Post Ofice
Rye
N. Y
Mansfield
Morgan
Mystery Surrounds Rear Admiral Eaton’s Sudden Death
It is thought Rear Admiral Eaton was poisoned after his sudden death. Since then his wife Mrs Joseph G. Eaton and her mother Mrs Harrison, along with Mrs Eaton, have fallen ill. The Eaton home is under strict surveillance as investigators pursue clues.
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Eaton
Poison Sale Probe in Eaton Case Aims at Drug Stores
Boston detectives widen the Eaton death inquiry into possible poison sales with drugstore searches. District Attorney Barker and Harvard professor Whitney provided leads from Admiral Joseph G. Eaton’s stomach analysis. Mrs Harrison hints at possible mental examination for Mrs Eaton as the case develops.
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Boston
Joseph G. Eaton
Assinippi
Mass
Barker
Brockton
Whitney
Harvard
Admiral Eaton
Professor Whitney
Eaton
Walsh Swoons Exposing Graft in New York Trial
Captain Thomas W. Walsh, a grafting police official, testified under duress about delivering 950 dollars in hush money to Policeman John J. Hartigan to silence Eugene Fox. He described Hartigan arriving with eight hundred dollars and his own hundred fifty, and recounted Sweeney's role and the plan to save Fox from a bribery charge. Walsh’s memory faltered under cross examination as details clashed with Donnelly’s probing questions.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Justice Seabury
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court
John J. Trartigan
Sweeney
Walsh
Criminal Courts
W. N. Upton
Whitman
Hartigan
Eugene Fox
Fox
George A. Sipplex
John
Donnelly
Johnny Hartigan
Johnny
Sam
Lightning kills horseman in severe Maryland storm
J Louis Sampson a Chicago businessman building a home in Southern Maryland was struck and killed by lightning while riding horseback as a severe storm swept through the countryside. The home under construction was also struck. The storm described as exceptionally severe, with lightning rivaling the worst summer disturbances.
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Baltimore
J. Louis Sampson
Chicago
Southern, Md
Probing Girls Wages Legislative Commission of Ili Nos
A brief report notes a legislative commission in Ili Nos examining wages for girls. An arrow points to O Hara as a referenced figure or direction within the discussion. The piece frames wage inquiry as a civic issue under consideration by the commission.
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Legislative Commission of
Ilinos
O'Hara
Special Legislative Commission of
Uiinoia
Arrow
Senate committees reshaped by Democrat steering plan
Washington March 15 A Democratic steering committee plan to overhaul Senate committees aims to diminish chairmen power and align with Progressive ideas. New chairs include Martin on appropriations, Culberson judiciary, Owen banking, and Lodge foreign relations among others with broad personnel across parties.
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Washington
Senate
Willman
Grent
Naval Affairs
Tillman
Appropriations
Martin
Committee On Appropriations
Kern
Culberson
Overman
Owen
Smith
Maryland
Chilton
Lea
Bryan
Shafroth
Warren
Perkins
Gallinger
Smoot
Oliver
Dillingham
Jones
Bason
Stone
Shively
Clarke
Arkansas
Hitchcock
O'Gorman
Williams
Reed
Hollis
Pomerone
Nelson
Bristow
Burton
Weeks
Committee On
Commerce
Hoke Smith
Education and Labor
Chamberlain
Public Lands Committee
Bear Lake Lea
Committee On Library
Pope Pius Improves and Fever Disappears, Vatican Report
In Rome on March 15 Pope Pius sat up briefly and his condition improved. Doctors said his fever has entirely disappeared and he may leave bed for daily Vatican routines, signaling positive progress in his illness.
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Alabama
Chicago
Theodore Lacy
State of
Lacy
Montgomery
Rome
Pius
Jana
Vatican
Avalanche Claims Sixteen In Gudbrumis Valley Farmhouses
An avalanche swept three farmsteads in the Gudbrumis valley in southern Norway killing sixteen people. The disaster occurred near Christiania on March 15. Rescue efforts and investigations followed as authorities assessed the extent of the loss and damage to the rural community.
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Christiania
Gudbrumis
Norway
Ship of State Meets Squalls in Democratic Drift
Washington dispatch notes early signs of friction in the new Democratic administration as party unity tests emerge over Senate organization, officers, and policies. Critics warn Democrats must learn to compromise after long minority status, while cabinet members focus on hearing diverse views and pursuing agendas.
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Boeing and
Hearing
Washington
Senate
Congress
Democratic Party
Zo Ic
Stami
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Hannah Wells
Scobey
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Mmerman
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Rockwell
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A&p Flour
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Digby
Jorkins
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