Labor Leaders Offered Assurances On New Labor Law
Washington reports Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks told a delegation led by Samuel Gompers that Congress will pass an employers' labor bill. The labor memorial urged immediate action to shield workers from Supreme Court rulings, calling for limits on court jurisdiction over labor rights and protections for union members.
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Cannon
Fairbanks
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Farmers
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the
United States
War Talk in Mexico Urges War Over California Peninsula
El Tiempo, the Catholic church organ in Mexico, reprints a New York article urging the United States to purchase Lower California. The editorial comment calls for Mexico to prepare for war if the sale is pursued without its consent, citing Magdalena Bay harbor as a contested point.
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Mexico
Mexico City
el Tiempo
Catholic Church
Republic of Mexico
New York
United States
California
Magdalena Bay
Germans Rout Hottentots in Desolate Desert Fight
Berlin reports a clash in the Kalahari where German expeditionary forces pursued the Hottentots led by Simon Koppers. Heavy German losses follow, with Capt. Erckert and Lt. Ebinger dead and others wounded. The engagement ends with the Hottentots driven from their camps, and a second clash between German and native troops near the Cameroons results in Capt. Launing’s death.
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Berlin
South Africa
Kalahari
Simon Koppers
Koppers
von Erekert
Ebinger
Cochas
Erckert
Cameroons
G. Launing
Secretary backs up Hobson in naval probe
Washington March 7 Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and Admiral Capps testified before a House committee probing charges against Electric Boat. They said they did not believe the company earned excessive profits on contracts awarded or likely on future work. Edward L. Clarkson testified that Lawrence Y. Spear claimed influence with Speaker Cannon to aid Captain Hobson for naval affairs committee bids, contingent on Hobson’s stance on submarine boats.
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Washington
Metcalf
Admiral Capps
Bureau of Construction
Navy Department
Special Committee of the House
Wat
Electric Boat Company
Representative Lilley
Connecticut
Edward L. Clarkson
Hobson
Lawrence Y. Spear
Speaker Cannon
Naval Affairs Committee
Lemp Divorce Suit Alleges Cruelty And Bird Feeds
Mrs Lillian Handlun Lemp files for divorce from William J Lemp Jr president of Lemp Brewing. She seeks custody of seven year old William J Lemp III and alimony. She accuses him of denying religious upbringing and exposing the boy to profane influence. She recalls a visit where live birds were fed to monkeys in the family stable.
Flood Devastates Pittsburg Region As Rivers Rise
In Pittsburg and surrounding areas the Ohio river rises rapidly while the lower Allegheny and Monongahela climb, flooding thousands of cellars and first floors, halting railroads, and leaving up to 25,000 workers unable to work. Landslides, washouts, and disrupted schedules sweep the Pittsburg district as relief crews aid trapped families.
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Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Dirst
Flood Patrol
Police Department
Homeseekers in a wreck near Pearsall to Las Paltenas
Two men were killed and seven injured when an excursion train carrying homeseekers from Kansas and Oklahoma derailed at Pearsall, fifty-two miles south of San Antonio, due to a broken rail. The dead were W. H. Myers and M. F. McElroy. Injured include W. H. Hooper, Mrs. S. P. Norman, W. J. Patterson, L. D. Russell, Dr. Casper, S. P. Robuck, and others.
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San Antonio
Tex
International and Great Northern Railroad
Kansas
Oklahoma
Las Paltenas
Mexico
Pearsall
W. H. Myers
M. F. McElroy
Nneman
W. H. Hooper
S. P. Norman
W. J., Patterson
L. D. Russell
Pittsburg
Ark
Dr. Casper
S. P. Robuck
Gould denies engagement with Prince de Sagan after arrival
Anna Gould, ex-wife of Count Boni de Castellane, arrived aboard the Adriatic and dismissed gossip of engagement to Prince Helle de Sagan. She stated she is not engaged to anyone and has had enough of married life. Meanwhile, St Louis reports Brewery Workers urged to return to work and be reinstated under prior contracts after a strike that shut twenty four breweries.
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Count Boni
Prince Helle
New York
Madame Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Prince Helle de Sagan
de Sagan
Madame Gould
St. Louis
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Hackenschmidt Showa Speed in Philadelphia Bouts
March 20 event features George Hackenschmidt the Russian wrestler in successive bouts. He throws Emil Stegemueller the German wrestler Carl Darschu of Camden New Jersey and Henry Paulson of Minneapolis. Hackenschmidt demonstrates remarkable speed in the matches.
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Hackenschmidt
Philadelphia
George Hackenschmidt
Emil Stegemueller
Carl Darschu
Camden
N. J
Henry Paulson
Minneapolis
Roaring Well Echoes Beloit Farm Rumors
Beloit Wis March 20 a well on the Charles Luthers farm northeast of Beloit roars with rumbling noises and a strong wind from its depths. It allegedly began roaring weeks before the San Francisco earthquake and ceased exactly at the quake hour. Robbers Raid Oklahoma Bank in Muskogee two men believed linked to a Tyro Kan gang robbed the Davis bank at Hoffman Oklahoma thirty miles southwest of here, pistol whipped officials and made off with 500 dollars before riding away on horses outside.
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Beloit
Wis
Charles Luthers
San Francisco
Oklahoma Bank
Muskogee
Okla
Tyro
Kan
Davis Bank
Hoffman
Here
Banker Tisdell Indicted in Chicago Insolvent Bank Case
Five indictments against A. C. Tisdell, private banker, allege bank deposits after insolvency and embezzlement. The bank was declared insolvent several months ago and the cases were returned here on March 20.
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Tisdell
Chicago
A. C. Tisdell
Insanity Plea In Horne Murder Trial
The trial of General Richard C. Horne, former vice president of the Post Publishing company, resumed in Kansas City criminal court. The defense contends he was insane at the time of the murder of H. J. Groves, the paper's managing editor.
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Horne
Kansas City
Richard C. Horne
The
Post Publishing Company
H. J. Groves
Murdered by Reactionaries in Yekaterinoslav
In Yekaterinoslav the doctor Kara yaleff, leader of the Group of Toll in the second duma, was shot at his home by two men. He had received threatening letters from a reactionary organization claiming his death sentence had been signed.
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St. Petersburg
Dr. Karayaleff
Toll
Duma
Yekaterinoslav
Miss Elkins to Become Royal by Marriage
Rome reports Miss Elkins will marry the duke of the Abruzzi and be created a royal highness in her own right. Her sons will have the right of succession to the throne.
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Miss Elkins
Rome
the Corriere Della Seta
Bankers in Iowa jail as grand jury weighs case
In Marshalltown President Stuart B. MacDiarmid and cashier Donald A. Jonson of Green Mountain Savings Bank faced district court arraignment on wrecking charges. MacDiarmid remains jailed for 5000 dollars bond, while Jonson posted 3000 dollars bail. Additional counts include fraudulent banking, conspiracy, perjury, and embezzlement. Webster City arson case sees George Mackown mounting alibi defense as state cites revenge and embezzlement risks.
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Marshalltown
Stuart B. MacDiarmid
Donald A. Jonson
Green Mountain Savings Bank
Grand
MacDiarmid
Johnson
Mackown
Webster City
George Mackown
Union Pacific Denied Writ On State Board Record
Lincoln March 20 The Nebraska Supreme Court denied Union Pacific a mandamus to force the state board of assessment to reconvene and record objections and findings of fact. It ruled the board acts in a quasi judicial capacity and cannot be compelled to record or find facts not required by law. Hamblin's Life Is Saved Lincoln March 20 John G Hamblin of Grand Island, sentenced to hang for murder, will not be executed. The court commuted the sentence to life at hard labor and urged confinement.
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State Board
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Union Pacific Railroad
State Board of Assessment
Union Pacific
Hamblin
John G. Hamblin
Grand Island
Rachel Engle
Infant Burned to Death in Alliance House Fire
Three month old baby of J. H. Lilly perished when a western Alliance home burned quickly after Mrs. Lilly left for town. An older sibling, age five, suspected to be playing with the fire, left no chance to save the infant as flames swept through the house. Physicians in Session at Lincoln
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Alliance
Neb
J. H. Lilly
German Farmer Kills Self Near Adams Nebraska
Beatrice Nebraska March 20 prominent German farmer John Kreitner living near Adams killed himself with a shotgun. Neighbors say he had been brooding and believed locals did not like him.
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Self
Beatrice
Neb
John Kreitner
Adams
Mr. Kreitner
American Car Stranded in Nevada in Race to Paris
Ogden reports the American car in the New York to Paris race stranded nine miles west of Ely Nevada. The car leads its pursuer by 700 miles as the Italian car fights snow near Bridger Wyoming. The French car remains in Nebraska while the German car trails sixty miles behind.
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Nevada
Ogden
New York
Paris
Ely
Ney
Bridger
Wyo
Nebraska
Fire destroys lumber yard and ballpark in Washington
Washington March 20 Hisenger Brothers lumber yard the grandstand of the Washington American League baseball club and about a score of residences near Seventh and Up Street northwest were destroyed by a fire that started near midnight. The loss is 500000 dollars.
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Washington
Hisenger Brothers
Washington American League Baseball Club
Seventh and
Up Street
Northwest
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two in New Mexico
In Los Tanos on the El Paso and Southwestern railroad two men died instantly and three others were badly hurt when seven sticks of dynamite being thawed in a stove exploded. Victims named are Telesforo Qhaven and Eduardo M. Flarde.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Los Tanos
el Paso and Southwestern
Telesforo Qhaven
Eduardo M. Flarde
La Follette Resumes Talk Blames Financiers For Panic
Senator LaFollette renewed his attack on financial interests behind the panic, reading a Washington Life Insurance letter urging premiums be sent to New York. He argued that insurers and allied banks manipulated the crisis while President Roosevelt faced the situation. Senator Gore challenged the praise and condemned the actions, while LaFollette pressed his plan to value railway property and the fate of the railway bonds in the currency bill debate.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
H. R. Vermills
Washington Life Insurance Company
New York
LaFollette
Gore
Okla
Incone
Laloliette
Treasury Department
Bailey
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Rockefeller
Mr. Morgan
Committee On Interstate Commerce
House Passes Pension Bill With Record 150 Million
Washington March 20 The House passed the pension appropriation bill carrying 150 869 000 the largest sum ever authorized by the measure After hours of debate the chamber approved 86 to 139 to maintain one general agency while abolishing seventeen of eighteen pension agencies The debate also saw Fitz Gerald accuse the president of using patronage to aid Taft and critics charge executive overreach on Panama canal zone laws by executive order
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Washington
United States
House
Committee On Appropriations
Fitzgerald
N. Y
Taft
Harrison
Williams
Miss
Panama Canal Zone
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Hatters
Equity
Clarkson
Pittsboro
Texas
Anna Gould
Medical Society of the
Missouri Valley
C. H. Hughes
W. L. Bierring
Iowa City
C. B. Hardin
Pathological Club of
LA Follett
PANIG
Life Insurance Company
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