Striking Coal Miners Stampede Britain Into Crisis
London reports the Settlement strike drags on with miners demanding five shillings for adults and two for boys, while mine owners hesitate to meet the demand and government faces a cabinet split over inserting wage figures. Distress grows as coal furnaces close from Teeside to the Midlands. thousands face unemployment and soup kitcheneered relief.
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London
Asquith
Grey
Lord Morley
Lloyd George
Midlands
Tees
Alberta Cattle Industry Nearing Collapse Says Witness
Ottawa reports a Senate inquiry heard that Alberta cattle numbers fell from 900,000 to 660,000 in five years. Witness Lane cited costly England shipments, a British embargo, and limited U S access as harms while noting Canada’s hard wheat demand remains. He contrasted Alberta cattle quality with U S market needs.
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Hope
United States
Canada
MacKenzie
Senator Bell
Mr. MacKenzie
Lane
Alberta
England
Republic
Premier Tang Faces Confidence Crisis Over Chinese Loan
Peking dispatch reports British American French and German ministers presented a memorandum to President Yuan Shi Kai criticizing Tang Shao Yi for not notifying foreign representatives about loan negotiations. The move is seen as a formal lack of confidence in Tang as premier. A separate Kulja dispatch notes a battle near Saik Ho with 150 government dead, 80 captured, and three guns lost.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Tang
St. Petersburg
Kulja
Chinese Turkistan
Urumpstsi
Revolutionary Parties
Saik Ho
Brain transplant operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore reports Dr. Harvey Cushing performed a brain replacement on William Buckner, a 35 year old Cincinnati real estate dealer. The procedure used tissue from a stillborn infant and Buckner remains alive after months of prior illness and drowsiness.
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Baltimore
M.D
Ami
John Hopkins Hopital
Harvey Cushing
Wm. Buckner
Cincinnati Ohio
Man Pleads Guilty to Bombing Hale Home in Vancouver
In North Vancouver Claude Hale narrowly escaped injury when a blast under his Fourth Street house destroyed the structure. Phillip Whitefield, a colored man, admitted guilt in police court this morning to the attempted murder charge tied to the explosion. An Electrical Board of Examiners meeting is scheduled at the city electrician’s office tonight at p.m. sharp.
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North Vancouver
B.C
Claude Hale
Phillip Whitefield
Fourth Street
Hale
Vancouver Hospital
Electrical Board of Examiners
Electrician
Prince Albert Man Burned In Western Agency Inquiry
A Prince Albert man died in a house fire at the Thistle Cafe on Sishoctreet. An investigation by the Public Service Commissioner examines harbor and western agency operations as part of a broader inquiry into Dominion land and marine agencies in western Canada and the Pacific Coast.
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Montreal Harbor
Harbor Commission
Qmutdas
Montreal
Canadia
Dominion Land Agencies
Prairie
Pacific
Mass mills shut as labor clash halts Lowell industry
About 26000 workers in Lowell cotton weaving plants face idleness after orders from Boston to close all mills affiliated with the Lowell Manufacturers Association until further notice, pending settlement of a dispute between agents and employees.
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CW. AP. Dispatch
Lowell
Miass
Boston
Lowell Manufacturers Association
Mexican General Salas Commits Suicide During Campaign Reversal
Mexico City reports General Jose Goy Salas Salas, seeking control of the Orozco campaign, shot himself as his army retreated after a setback at Corralitos. General Victoriano Huerta is named to succeed him as federal forces prepare to clash with the rebels at Jaminez. Salas faced hostile press scrutiny while serving as War Minister and left the cabinet to lead the army.
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Seales Salas
War Ministry
Orozco
Surene
Bermejillo
Torreon
Corralitos
Jamyinez
Victoriano Poerly
Morelos
Salas
Grain Distribution Aide Seeks Seed Grain Support
I O Connor Dominion Lands Home stead Inspector of Medicine Hat left for Salvador Sask to aid government seed grain distribution. Berlin reports Grand Admiral Prince Henry to resume command of the German high seas fleet in autumn with a new third active battle squadron.
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L. O’connor of
Medicine Hat
Salvador
Sask
O'Connor
Dominion Lands Homestead
Salvador, Sask
Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Prince Henry
Marshall-Mitchell Wins Church HVAC Contract in Town
The Marshall-Mitchell hardware firm secured the contract for heating, ventilating, plumbing, gas fitting and galvanized iron work on the new Methodist church. Figures are estimated near $10,000.
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Marshall-Mitchell Hardware
New Methodist Church
More Pay for Mill Workers Across New England
The general wage rise in New England textile mills affects over 100000 operatives in Rhode Island Massachusetts Vermont and northern states. Increases range from 4 to 10 percent as mills adopt the higher pay. By April 1 many remain to join the movement and total raises may exceed 10 million dollars over the next year.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
Wollen Mills
Texas Hardware and Implement Association Convention Opens
Dallas Tex Mar 26 The fourteenth annual convention and exhibition of the Texas Hardware and Implement Association opened here today under favorable auspices. Dealers from across the state attend as the event runs through Thursday evening with varied programs for sessions and visitor entertainment.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Hardware and Implement Association
English women reject Pamier fashion revolt in London
English women resist the Paris London trend toward Pamier and the new sinuous slenderness standard. Fashion leaders say the style would look monstrous and clash with current aims, as many women diet to meet the look.
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London
Paris
Ohio River Flood Reaches Citywide Crest Near Noon
Cincinnati residents face worsening damage as the Ohio River climbs past flood stage and into a predicted maximum height by midday. In Newport Kentucky, several blocks flood while residents evacuate by skiff and tow boat to higher ground. The river stands at 52 feet and rising.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Newport
Kentucky
Two Fine New Buildings for Medicine Hat
Plans announced for a Separate School and an Oddfellow Lodge on Toronto Street in Medicine Hat. The two storey Separate School will feature brick and stone, multiple classrooms, a large hall, flag rooms, two side entrances, a main entrance, and improved lighting with gravity heating and gas lighting. The Oddfellow Lodge room and stores to follow similar materials, with banquet hall and lodges on the upper floor, a substantial basement, and a front facade of stone and brick.
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Odd Fellows
Province
Sehool
Willia
Separate School Board
St. Louis
Oddfellow Lodge
Toronto Street
Fifth Avenue
Hewitt & Armistrongs
McPherson’s
Bills Read in Ottawa House Advances Many Measures
Ottawa March 26 The House of Commons advanced many bills today with private bills considered first and government measures following The Doherty bill to amend the criminal code drew opposition while other measures including rat erights in the railway act for British Columbia salaries for judges harbor commissions for Winnipeg and St Boniface and live stock association records were discussed The race track associations faced a reform amendment proposed to start March 1 but the bill was declared lost on division.
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Ottawa
Ont
Edwards
KR. MacKenzie
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Hope
MacKenzie
Senator Edwards
West
Senator Bell
Federal House
Senate
Hon. Doherty
B. C
St. Boniface
Doherty
Pugsley
Mixed Marriages Rise in Ontario in 1910
Toronto reports from the registrar-general show 3,586 Roman Catholic grooms with 665 marrying Protestants and 3,765 Catholic brides with 844 marrying Protestants. Overall 24,636 marriages and 6,450 infant deaths under one year marked the year.
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Toronto
Ontario
Miners Oppose Government Interference Says UMWA
CW A P Cleveland March 26 The United Mine Workers of America resist any government intervention in the dispute between operators and miners President John F White says no interference is desired There is unity among leaders though John Mitchell once planned talks with President Taft that were postponed.
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White
Taft
A. P. Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
John F. White
Walker
Illinois Workers
John Mitchell
United Mines Workers of America
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Ew. A. P. Dispatch
Prince Albert
Thistle Cafe
Public Service Commission
CW. A. P. Dispatch
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Sasi Marea
Hitawa
Eio
Commarissear Yon
Coer
Aml Welk Ds
Swortiss
Far Keon
Tin Sorel
Tacha
Switver
Adelard Tametet
Sarel
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Iistrueems
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Oronco
Mexico City
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Jamienz
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