Tornado Toll Rising Across Kansas and Texas Storm
Reports from Wise county Texas describe a massive electric storm that burned four people to death near Slidell and wrecked most farms and 50 houses stores. Bolivar and surrounding areas suffered many damaged homes and two deaths as wires dropped. A separate Kansas railroad section reported a tornado blew nine freight cars off the rails near Edson with no fatalities. A severe Rocky Mountain storm disrupted Denver telegraph lines and Breister Kansas was said struck by a tornado.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Wise County
Here
Slidell
A. D. Price
Bolivar
Topeka
Kan
Edson
Sherman County
Rock Island Road
Breister
Chicago
Ill
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Reward Offered in Kidnapping Whitla Case
Governor Stuart issued a proclamation offering a 15000 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of Willie Whitla kidnappers from Sharon Pennsylvania. A District of Columbia bill would define kidnapping and set punishment including death or at least five years in prison. Other states consider life imprisonment or capital offense for kidnapping.
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Harrisburg
Stuart
Willie Whitla
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Rodenburg
Illinois
Sharon
Ex-President Castro Said to Face Arrest on Return Voyage
Venezuelan consul in Bordeaux reports to European commissioner that Castro would be arrested if landing in Venezuela. Castro planned a Trinidad stop awaiting mail developments. Cologne notes him traveling to Paris with about 75009 in Europe and rumors of large sums being sent from Venezuela are denied.
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Bordeaux
Jose de Jesus Jaul
Europe
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Trinidad
Cologne
South America
Paris
Escape as four Negro prisoners flee jail convoy
Marion Iowa reports four negro inmates fled while being moved from jail to work at the stone pile. One, named Hili, was wounded in the hip by a guard, and all but one were captured promptly.
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Marion
Hili
Captured fugitive ends life after Harrisburg arrest
Frederic H. Richardson sought in Elmira and New York for allegedly obtaining 300000 by false pretenses killed himself when police cornered him in Harrisburg. Bond forfeiture was ordered in Chicago as Richardson, principal of Richardson Shoe Co., faced Elmira charges after being arrested there.
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Elmira
N. Y
Harrisburg
Frederic H. Richardson
New York
Chicago
Richardson
Ill
Kersten
Frederick H. Richardson
Richardson Shoe Co
Whipple Bill Advances as House Passes Education Board Plan
Des Moines March 24 The House passes the Whipple bill creating a state board to govern three educational institutions. The Senate plans to reconsider yesterday’s vote on a 100000 appropriation for the state fair grand stand. The Senate defeats a corporate annual report bill and discusses health and advertising measures.
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Ora Williams
Des Moines
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Public Health
Moon
Board of
Senate Approves 100000 for State Fair Grandstand
The senate voted to appropriate 100000 for beginning work on the steel and stone grandstand at the state fair grounds. All members supported the measure amid broad constituent backing for the state’s summer school and exposition. Plans are drawn and construction will start promptly to avoid delay.
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Senate
State Fair Ground
Debates Swirl Over Whipple Bill for State Education Board
The senate debated utilities bills and noted a powerful corporate lobby pushing to shift control of public service corporations away from local authorities. Opposition to the Whipple bill grows as critics claim vague duties and rigid restrictions hinder passage. Major Bouton, 69, named capitol custodian, praised as a capable administrator with a background in contracting and electric plants.
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Whipple
Board of Education
Senator Whipple
Senate
Major Bouton
Hampton
Capitol
Vermont
Balkan Crisis Deepens as War Seems Near
Berlin reports an extremely pessimistic Vienna view on the Servian Austrian standoff. An unnamed official warns mediation failed and war could come within days unless Servia offers a clear guarantee of peaceful aims by month end. Similar fears echo in a dispatch to the Tageblatt.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Vienna
Balkan
Servia
Tageblatt
Miners in Anthracite Resolve Against Strike at Scranton
In a tri district convention in Scranton on March 24 the anthracite miners’ leaders voice opposition to a strike. Delegates praise peaceful resolutions while resolutions call for union recognition and check off. committee to decide policy on concessions and future actions.
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Scranton
Associated Press
Austria Rejects Offer on Servian Note
Baron von Aehrenthal informs Paris London and St Petersburg that Austria-Hungary cannot accept Sir Edward Greys Servian note as drafted. Austria insists Serbia renounce any policy involving Bosnia.
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Paris
Imperial Yacht Sinks Norwegian Steamer in Fog
In dense fog near Norderney Nord Sea the imperial yacht Hohenzollern collided with the Norwegian steamer Por. Por sank immediately but crew were rescued. Hohenzollern sustained only minor damage and the emperor was not aboard.
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Royal Yacht
Hamburg
Imperial Yacht
Hohenzollern
Norderney
North Sea
Por
Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition Falls 111 Miles From Pole
Lieutenant E H Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition reach latitude 88.23 162 east 111 miles from the south pole after 266 days of sled travel covering 1708 miles. The party leaves a British flag at southern and magnetic poles and reports eight mountain ranges and signs of former glaciation. No lives were lost and Mount Erebus was climbed with notable geological finds.
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London
E. H. Shackleton
Invercargill
New Zeland
South Pole
Pole
England
Mount
Erebus
Antarctic
Shackleton
Teacher Anna Mangano Shot by Father in New York
Anna A Mangano a New York public school teacher was shot and killed in front of pupils on an upper east side street by her father Philip Mangano an interpreter in the minor court He attempted suicide but was restrained by Adolph Schwartz The family says the killing stemmed from alleged cruel treatment and separation by the daughter Frank Lacatra a brother in law provided the motive
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New York
N. Y
Upper East Side
Anna A. Mangano
Philip Mangano
Mangano
Adolph Schwartz
Frank Lacatra
Roosevelt party at sea clears on Hamburg voyage
The Roosevelt party sails aboard the Hamburg at sea on March 24 with little sea sickness reported. Weather is fair and seas smooth. All party members are well. President Roosevelt and his son Kermit are seen on the deck after breakfast.
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Hamburg
Siasconset
Mass
Roosevelt
Africa
Des Moines Plan Surplus Beats Deficit by $200000
Des Moines city treasury shows a $200000 net improvement under the new plan. The first year of the municipal commission plan ended with a $20000 surplus over expenses, reversing the prior year's $180000 deficit under the old system.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Commission
Treasury
Tragic Farmington River Drowning In Simsbury
In Simsbury Connecticut on March 24 the bodies of Mrs Amos Miller and her two children were found in the Farmington river. The children were found tied together and a note left by Mrs Miller suggests she killed them and herself while mentally distressed.
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Simsbury
Conn
Amos Miller
Farmington River
Men Accused of Graft Surrender
Boston March 24. Albert S. Miller Jr Worcester Elmer F Smith Marion Charles M Penny cuick Worcester and Frank B E White Malden surrendered to police today after being recently indicted for conspiracy to defraud the city by collusive bidding for structural contracts.
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Boston
Albert S. Miller, Jr
Worcester
Elmer F. Smith
Marion
Charles M. Pennycuick
Frank BE. White
Malden
New York Judge Dismisses 1996 Forgery Indictments
Supreme Justice Blanchard dismissed indictments from 1996 against Geo W Perkins and Charles S Fairchilds of New York Life Insurance Company charging forgery in the third degree.
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New York, N. Y
Supreme Justice
Blanchard Today
Geo. W. Perkins
Charles S. Fairchilds
New York Life Insurance Company
Iron Furnaces Cut Wages in Lehigh Valley
Bethlehem Pennsylvania March 24 workers at iron furnaces in the Lehigh Valley face a ten percent wage reduction affecting three to four thousand furnace men in the industry.
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Bethlehem, Pa
Lehigh Valley
Clark Praises Payne in Tariff Bill Debate
In the house Clark of Missouri heaped praise on Payne as the tariff discussion focused on his nine hour speech. Payne, chairman of ways and means, spoke almost five hours, maintaining endurance and humor as he argued the tariff bill would not hurt tin plate or steel file industries and that the inheritance tax is preferable to an income tax. Taft sides engage cabinet talks on a two percent dividend tax with treasury estimates around 15 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
House
Clark
Missouri
Committee On Ways and Means
Payne
Committee On
New York
United States
Taft
White House
Treasury Department
Treasury
Sensations in Whitla Case and Deadlock in Senate Ballots
Springfield reports continuing deadlock in the U S Senate selection with repeated ballots showing Hopkins leading and minor shifts among Foss Mason Shurtleff Stringer McKinley Lowden Rainey and others. On the fifty-third ballot Speaker Shurtleff cast a vote for Governor Deneen marking the first support for that candidate.
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Springfield
Ill
U. S
Hopkins
Foss
Shurtleff
Stringer
Alschuler
Mason
McKinley
Sherman
Lowden
Calhoun
Gorman
Wilson
Dewolf
J. Hamilton Lewis
William H. McSurely
MacSurley
Graham
Sexton
John P. McGoorty
Deneen
H. E. Shaw
MecSurley
Strurtleff
Rainey
McSurley
Bill targets chorus girls in red white and blue tights
The house committee on crime and punishments reported favorably Representative Sawyer's bill. It proposes a fine of 190 dollars or ninety days in jail for any chorus girl appearing in tights that are red white and blue in public.
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St. Paul
House Committee On Crime and Punishments
Sawyer
Administrator Sues to Recover On Promissory Note
John W. Flater as administrator of John Smith sues James Henrettey for 2323.50 claiming due on a promissory note to German American Savings Bank. Smith as surety paid 2000 loaned in 1904. Flater seeks reimbursement for estate after Smith’s death. Jayne and Hoffman represent the plaintiff.
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John W. Flater
John Smith
James Henrettey
German American Savings Bank
Smith
Balloon crew survives grueling Sierra trek after
Captain A F Mueller and five companions descend from the Ferris racing balloon America after a two hour flight from Pasadena ends with a perilous, mile high drift over Mt Lowe to Strawberry Peak. They endure blizzard conditions, winter cold, and a long hike to Switzer's camp before rescue teams locate them at Mt. Wilson.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. F. Mueller
America
Pasadena
Sierra Mountains
Switzer
Mt. Wilson
Mt. Lowe
Mt. Gabriel
Strawberry Peak
Little O'Tijunga Canyon
Kidnap Case Murmurs and Odd Claims In Cleveland
A man claiming to be James Boyle and a woman arrested in the Whitla kidnapping case confess to a crime cloak. Police say the woman led Willie Whitla four days in Cleveland and refuses to reveal names. Suspects signalled willingness to return to Pennsylvania without requisition papers as more developments are awaited.
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Cleveland, C
Whitla
Noehler
James Boyle
Sharon
Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Willie Whitla
Kohler
Willie
John Doe
Pennsylvania
Weather summary for Illinois and Iowa brief
Illinois faces rain tonight and Thursday with colder air. Iowa outlooks showers or snow in the east and south with colder conditions. Sunrise 5 47, sunset 6 07, moonrise 9 52 p m.
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Illinois
Iowa
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