Women and Children in Dajo Battle Killings Reported
Cablegram from President Roosevelt praises General Wood for the Mount Dajo operation. Brisk fighting left about 900 killed or wounded. reports say Moro families and fighters mingled in the crater village. Outcry targets Governor Hugh Scott for allowing fortifications near Jolo.
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Manila
Bliss
Mount Dajo
Wood
Luzon
Associated Press
Seamboanga
Scott
Jolo
Hugh Scott
Agriculture Department Estimates Grain on Hand
The Department of Agriculture reports on March 1 grain holdings: wheat 158,403,000 bushels, corn 1,108,000,000 bushels, oats 379,895,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Evangelist Sunday Aims to Break City Conversion Record
Evangelist W A Sunday plans to cap five weeks of revival in Princeton Illinois with a Sunday night close. He has converted 1,800 people in the 5-week campaign in the city of about 5,600 residents.
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Princeton
Ill
W. A
Governor Wilfred B. Hoggatt Named Alaska Governor
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Wilfred B. Hoggatt as governor of Alaska. Hoggatt, a Juneau resident, replaces the earlier offered post to Captain David H. Jarvis, who declined.
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Wilfred B. Hoggatt
Alaska
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Hoggatt
Juneau
David H. Jarvis
Mass Meeting Called Over Idaho Governor Murder Case
A mass meeting is planned for March 15 at the Grand Central Palace to protest prosecutions of men linked to the assassination of Idaho Governor Steunenberg. The unsigned notice was circulated in New York.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Steunenberg
Idaho
Financier Edwin Bindley Dies in Pittsburg
Edwin Bindley a prominent multi millionaire and president of the Duquesne National Bank died today in Pittsburg Pa. March 10. His death marks a loss to the city and to the financial community where he held leadership roles.
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Edwin Bindley
Pittsburg
Duquesne National Bank
Girl Receives Fortune After Venice Will Reading
Miss Lampont of the Isle of Spice chorus learns from a Venice cablegram that her grandfather has died and left an estate estimated between 300000 and 500000 dollars. The news comes as she rehearses in Boone and she plans to keep performing with the company.
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Des Moines
Boone
Miss Lamponz
Isle of Spice” Company
Trade on Increase in Manchuria Opens to World
A state department cable from a trusted agent in Manchuria reports commerce and trade nearing normal. The Chinese governor aims to assume civil administration soon to remove Japanese troops, opening the country to the world within days.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Manchuria
Actor Edward J. Morgan Found Dead in New York Hotel
Edward J. Morgan, a well known actor, was found dead in bed in his Belle Claire Hotel room in New York. Heart disease was listed as the cause of death.
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Edward J. Morgan
New York Hotel
New York
Belle Claire Hotel
Earthquake Hit Bashahr Causes Fatalities in Rampur Area
An alarming quake struck Bashahr in the Simla hill state of Punjab. Rampur and Kakoola suffered considerable damage. Eight people were killed and 26 injured in the tremor reported from Lahore on March 10.
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Lahore
India
Bashahr
Simla
Punjab
Rampur
Kakoola
Snow Grips Oklahoma and Kansas Cities
Three inches of snow fell in northern Oklahoma today as a winter storm blankets the region. In Wichita, Kansas, the heaviest snow storm of the winter continues to prevail across the area.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wichita
Iowa City Congregationalists to Install New Pastor
Iowa City Congregationalists will formally install Rev. Horace L. Strain their new pastor formerly of Chicago. The event Monday evening March 12 will be assisted by prominent Congregational ministers including Prof. Graham Taylor Rev B C Preston Rev Dr George L Cady Rev C F Fisher Rev D M Vitum Rev Dr C A Moore and others.
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Iowa City
Horace L. Strain
Chicago
Graham Taylor
B. C. Preston
Muscatine
George L. Cady
Dubuque
C. F. Fisher
Clinton
D. M. Vitum
Supreme Court Orders Republic Oil to Answer Questions
Missouri Supreme Court overruled Republic Oil Co. request for rehearing and upheld Judge Fox's order. Officers must answer questions and produce books in the oil hearing before Special Commissioner Anthony. Next hearing set for March 19 in St. Louis with Republic placed on the witness stand.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Republic Oil Co
Fox
The
Republic Co
Anthony
St. Louis
Republic Company
Election to pick postmaster in Aledo
Congressman James McKinney has arranged a special election in Aledo March 24 to select the postmaster. Republicans in Aledo and surrounding rural routes will vote among three candidates, and he will back the plurality winner.
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Galesburg
Ill
Aledo
James McKinney
Eight Guilty in Riot Cases in Springfield Ohio
The Springfield jury found eight young men guilty of rioting after noon yesterday. The defendants are Harry Garber John Pierpont George Epprecht Carl Kloh rer Glen Johnson Frank Young Carl Wise and Kemp Reeder. Leniency was requested and a workhouse sentence was opposed. None is over 25 years old.
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Springfield
Harry Garber
John Pierpont
George Epprecht
Carl Kloehrer
Glen Johnson
Frank Young
Carl Wise
Kemp Reeder
LOCK DOORS ON DEPOT BEAUX
Depot masters on the Delaware and Hudson railway are told to prevent stations from being meeting places for flirtatiously inclined and to keep platforms free of mashers. Stations will be occupied only by passengers and those with business there.
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Wilkesbarre
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Gas Strike Spreads Excitement in Superior Worksite
Workmen drilling an artesian well on city property in Superior Wisconsin at the east end yesterday uncovered a sudden flowing natural gas outlet. Sand was thrown high into the air as the gas escaped and one worker narrowly escaped suffocation before being pulled clear as crowds panic and excitement spread through the area.
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Superior
Wis
Superior Wis
Harris Actor Enlists in Coast Artillery for Quiet Life
Gavin Harris, son of the late Congressman Harris and a popular Empire theater actor, joined the third company of the coast artillery at Columbus barracks today. He said he enlisted to avoid gay companions and seek a quieter life.
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Columbus
Gavin Harris
Empire Theater
Harris
The
Coast Artillery
Mrs Chadwick's pie shipments halted by order
Columbus Ohio March 10 Mrs Cassie Chadwick cannot receive pies from Cleveland. The warden ordered stopping shipments of good things. W C Rudd of Cleveland said his firm shipped hands of various kinds to Mrs Chadwick and received payment through her attorneys.
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Columbus
Cassie Chadwick
Cleveland
W. C. Rudd
Chadwick
Michigan college presidents permit players to join pro baseball
Seven Michigan college presidents met secretly in Battle Creek to allow college baseball players to participate in professional summer baseball, on condition they do not play in the major or minor leagues within the country.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Details of Bill Tells of Anti Pass Bill Fun in House
Des Moines March 10 The house killed the football bill 40 to 40 with facetious amendments adding basketball marbles and more. Dashiell author supported by Bealer Linn county. Tuesday set for Gilliland resolution on railroad lobby work against the primary bill. Senate theatre bill subcommittee to report in favor of Sunday baseball and theatres prohibition.
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Des Moines
House
Dashiell
Bealer
Linn County
Gilliland
Senate
Taft in a Denial on Brown Successor Rumor Denied
Washington March 10 Secretary Taft denies any decision on who will replace Associate Justice Brown on the Supreme Court. He says he has discussed the matter with Secretary Root Attorney General Moody and cabinet lawyers and no appointment has been made. The Post had claimed Taft would be named to the next vacancy created by Brown’s retirement.
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General Assembly
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
National Guard
Fire Department
Washington, D. C
Taft
Brown
Root
Moody
Washington Post
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. Brown
Harrison
Michigan
Three Prison Mutiny Convicts Sentenced to Hang
Condemned inmates Harry Vaughan George Rya and Ed Raymond found guilty of murdering Prison Guard John Clay during the November prison mutiny. They were sentenced this morning to hang on April 20.
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Jefferson City
Harry Vaughan
George Rya
Raymond
John Clay
Sure to be elected
Indianapolis March 10 President James M. Lynch First Vice President John W. Hays and Secretary Treasurer J W Bramwood of the International Typographical union are practically re elected as nominations are finished with no opposition on the ticket to be voted nationwide in May
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Indianapolis
Ind
James M. Lynch
John W. Hays
J. W. Bramwood
International Typographical Union
Railroads Liable for Employee Damages Under Bill
House Judiciary committee approved a favorable report on the Bates employers liability bill in amended form. The bill holds a railroad liable for all damages to the employee or his dependents due to negligence by officers, agents, or defects in cars engines appliances track roadbed or works.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Judiciary
Bates
Sarrien Accepts Task to Form French Ministry
Paris March 10 M Sarrien accepts task of forming the ministry after obtaining Bourgeois and Pommeaire consent to take portfolios.
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M. Sarrien
Paris
Bourgeois
Pommeaire
Oklahoma Statehood Passes Senate Without Arizona New Mexico
The Senate approved the joint statehood bill to create Oklahoma from Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Arizona and New Mexico provisions were removed after a close vote, with a Foraker amendment allowing separate votes on joint statehood. Guthrie would be temporary state capital. bill funds schools and courts and limits liquor sales in Indian Territory.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Burrows
House
Foraker
Messrs. Dubois
Dubois
Cullom
United States
National
House of Representatives
National Treasury
Guthrie
Pioneer deaths in Iowa City area claim three long-time residents
Mrs. Humphrey Griffith dies at 89 after a porch fall near Iowa City, with multiple injuries and paralysis. She leaves one son and four daughters. Samuel Brown, 77, dies of paralysis Friday after 37 years in the county, survived by a wife and one son. Mrs. Janina D. Pumphrey, 73, longtime Iowa City resident, also passes away.
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Iowa City
Humphrey Griffith
Samuel Brown
Janina D. Pumphrey
Probe to Begin Inquiry Into Coal Oil Transport
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced an immediate inquiry into the relation of common carriers to coal and its transportation. Persons with knowledge in the coal oil and transportation business will be called to testify or produce records as directed by the commission. The inquiry will proceed using appropriate methods while proceedings unfold.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steamer Nelson Sinks Off Brest. Crew Rescued
A large British steamer named Nelson from Talbot, Wales, sank after striking rocks 27 miles from Brest, France. The crew were saved and passengers were believed aboard.
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London
Brest
France
Nelson
Talbot
Wales
Panic in Synagogue Forces Evacuation in New York
Three hundred worshippers at Anschei Neer synagogue in New York were driven out when smoke from a fire on an upper floor billowed into the temple. Many suffered minor injuries and clothing was torn in the panic. The blaze caused a large smoke column and disrupted services.
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New York
N. Y
Anschei Neer
Great German Dead Eugene Richter Former Leader of Reichsdag Is Dead
Berlin reports the death of Eugene Richter a long time editor and radical Reichstag leader prominent opponent of Bismarck and head of the Freisinnige Zeitung He died today after a career shaping German politics.
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Eugene Richter
Reichsdag
Berlin
Bismarck
Freisinnige Zeitung
Wilton Iowa Postmaster Appointment Confirmed
The Senate confirmed the appointment of C. Van Zandt as postmaster at Wilton Iowa, late yesterday afternoon in Washington D C. The action was reported from March 10 with special dispatches.
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C. van Zandt
Senate
Washington, D. C
Wilton
Iowa
Terrible French mine explosion reports and casualties
Paris reports a gas explosion at a Courrieres coal mine in Pas de Calais. Three chambers are on fire and 1,800 miners entered the pit that morning. rumors of 1000 or more dead circulate as crowds of women and children gather, with no miners yet recovered.
Iowa Weather Update Sparse Details From Chicago Dispatch
Chicago special dispatch reports brief Iowa weather outlook for tonight and Sunday. It notes sunrise at 6 13 and sunset at 5 51 with moonrise at 6 p m.
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Chicago
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