British Naval Race prompts 21 dreadnoughts in six years
London reports Churchill in the House of Commons arguing Britain must keep a 60 percent superiority in dreadnoughts over Germany. He proposes building twenty one new battleships and battle cruisers in six years, with pace tied to German plans and possible adjustments if Germany changes its program.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Standard
Admiralty
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
England
Great Britain
Daily Telegraph
the Times
Lord George Hamilton
Winston Spencer Churchill
United States
Aap
Sear Brown's Bronchial Troches Advertised
Continued on Page 8. Sear Brown's Bronchial Troches relieving soothe and hoarseness. Adv.
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Sear Brown
Bank bans married women employees at Continental and Commercial
Chicago March 18 special to The New York Times reports the Continental and Commercial Bank, a major Chicago lender, enforces a rule requiring all female staff to resign upon marriage. Vice President Schroeder says the bank employs about 100 women and bars married women, arguing love and business do not mix and that married women should stay home.
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New York Times
Chicago
Continental and Commercial Bank
W. A. Schroeder
Elmhurst woman uses jiu jitsu to repulse man
Miss Irene Hawkins of Elmhurst New York described her self defense on Sunday evening. The 5 foot 1 inch woman faced a six foot man who approached her on Fifth Avenue. She grabbed his coat lapels tripped him with her foot and knocked him into the gutter. He fled after a second push and another flip.
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Irene Hawkins
Elmhurst
L. I
Miss Hawkins
Boy Recovers From Incurable Disease Through Lourdes Prayers
Nine year old Fenelon Doscher of Rockaway Centre L I is reported to have fully recovered from tuberculosis after a decade old automobile injury and a nine novena prayers at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Brooklyn. His mother credits persistent prayer with the miracle.
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Broadway
Aberdeen Street
Brooklyn
Eugene Porcile
Fenelon Doscher
Rockaway Centre
L. I
J. J. McCullough
Twenty-third Regiment
Governor Wilson Lost On Muddy Jersey Drive
Gov. Woodrow Wilson became lost in New Jersey after leaving a dinner in Montclair. Accompanied by Mayor Ernest C. Hinck and John L. Cox, he rode to Princeton Inn in a Montclair limousine. The car bogged down in a boggy stretch near Plainfield, forcing the party to wade through mud until the chauffeur freed the vehicle and realigned the route to New Brunswick. He reached home around 5 AM.
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New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Hotel Montclair
Princeton Inn
Princeton
Ernest C. Hinck
John L. Cox
Kiely
Plainfield
Gov. Wilson
Milk Malady Baffles Baltimore Doctors In Fever Spread
Leading physicians in Baltimore investigate a throat illness now near epidemic levels with several hundred cases and a high fatality rate. Dr. Hugh H. Young warns the disease mirrors outbreaks in Chicago and Boston, where milk supply is suspected as the causal source.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Hugh H. Young
Chicago
Boston
Gaynor Faults Courts as Recall Talk Echoes at Dinner
Mayor Gaynor at the American Society for Promoting Efficiency dinner denounced the judiciary as the worst department and urged recall of Court of Appeals decisions. The event gathered 850 officials and experts to promote national efficiency with Taft and Dix letters read and speeches urging better public and private systems.
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Gaynor
New American Society For Promoting Efficiency
Aldine Association
Court of Appeals
Engineering Societies
West Thirty-ninth Street
Taft
Gov. Dix
Secret von L. Meyer
Navy
Herbert Eno Smith
U. S
Corporations
Frederick A. Cleveland
Efficiency Commission
Dean Johnson
American Society For
SRS Oceey
Col. Roosevelt
America
Dooley Comments on Finding the Pole
One of the most amusing articles F. Peter Dunne has ever written deals with sentiments great feat. Read it in next Sundays Times.
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Dooley
F. Peter Dunne
32 Strikebreakers Die in San Antonio Explosion at Roundhouse
An explosion at the Southern Pacific roundhouse in San Antonio, Texas, kills 32 strikebreakers and injures many others. Army investigators flag high explosive as the cause, while railroad officials cite possible careless handling. The blast wrecks buildings, injures a woman, and causes extensive damage valued around 200000 dollars.
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New York Times
San Antonio
Texas
Southern Pacific
Harriman
State Railroad Commission
FUGITIVE CONVICTS KILLED BY POSSE IN GUNFIGHT
Omaha dispatch reports Shorty Gray and John Dowd killed during a pursuit after escaping Lincoln prison. Charles Morley surrendered after a gun battle near Gretna. Innocent farmer Harry Blunt died as he was forced to drive the fugitives, with posse members also killed or wounded.
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New York Times
Omaha
New
Shorty
Gray
John Dowd
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Delahunty
Charles Morley
Harry Blunt
Gretna
McShane
Hyers
Chase
Sarpy County
South Omaha
Briggs
John C. Trouton
Springfield
Murdock
Albright
Sheriff Hyers
Blunt
Mowinkle School
Young Blunt
Jef Briggs
Briggs An Trouton
Morley
Morley Dowd
Orley
Convict Describes Lincoln Prison Escape and Chase
Charles Morley, the convict who surrendered, recounts the escape from the penitentiary and the pursuit. He describes a volley that killed Blunt and Gray, Dowd's suicide attempt, and Morley’s own capture after a protracted fight. He details stealing revolvers, the Deputy Warden’s shooting, and the escape route toward Gretna Havelock and Prairie Home with stops along the way.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Morley
Gretna
Young Blunt
Shorty” Gray
Morley
Dowd
Gray
Lincoln
Havelock
Eeneaeie
Prairie Home
Worm in Artichoke Triggers Mass Suspension at Paris School
In Paris the Paris High School of Commerce suspends about 200 students after a pupil finds a worm in an artichoke served at lunch. The student sent the artichoke and worm with a card to director M. Bournier, who called the protest in bad taste and rusticated the student. Ensuing unrest saw corridors invaded, windows broken, and a bonfire lit as others joined in the boycott.
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Paris
Paris High School of Commerce
M. Bournier
Pinched by Subway Door In Bronx Milliner Rescue
Miss Carrie Wiman of 937 Longwood Avenue Bronx was pinned between a subway car door and the car side at Fourteenth Street station while boarding a Bronx Park Express. Passengers forced the door open. an ambulance treated her for minor bruises and shock before she returned home.
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Carrie Wiman
Longwood Avenue
Bronx
Bronx Park
Fourteenth Street
Miss Wiman
Bellevue
Dr. Heyward
Aeroplane Luncheon Flyover on Long Island
George Beatty flew to luncheon by plane from Nassau Boulevard with guest L H Deremer of Bay City Michigan. They landed near a hotel after crossing Garden City Moisant field and Jericho Turnpike before Beatty's return. Beatty teaches several pupils including Harry B Brown who holds a Henriot license for foreign flying and is learning to pilot a bi plane.
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New York Times
Nassau Boulevard
L. I
George Beatty
L.H. Deremer
Bay City
Mich
Garden City
Moisant Aviation
Harry B. Brown
Henriot
New Protective Alloy Hailed From Carnegie Steel Tests
C F W Rys chief chemist of Carnegie Steel announced a copper alloy with less than a quarter of one percent copper that resists sulphuric acid, aiming to protect tubing and sheet iron. Initial results suggest a potential industry revolution and new copper markets, with weather resistance still unproven and a year more testing needed.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
C. F. W. Rys
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
American Sheet and Tin Plate Companies
Rys
Underwood Defends Tax Bill Against Court Ruling
Democratic Leader Oscar W Underwood argues the Supreme Court 1895 ruling on the income tax spurred Socialism as he backs a new excise tax plan. The measure could raise 50 to 60 million dollars annually and would tax Carnegie Morgan and Rockefeller.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Supreme Court
United States
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Underwood
Reublican
Mann
Madden
Illinois
Longworth
Ohio
Campbell
Kansas
Littleton
New York
Cour
Judge Landis Fooled by Confidence Men
Chicago dated report says Judge Kenesaw M. Landis who fined Standard Oil 29000000 dollars regains trust by admitting he paid himself 179 dollars to cover a deficiency tied to Exail Schulze an Interior Department former employee. The judge recounts a bank note returned unpaid and a debtor’s ruse involving Indianapolis and Nice State references.
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New York Times
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Standard Oil Corporation
Law
Indianapolis
Nebsons
Nice
Schiff Speech Highlights Sulzer Dinner Controversy
At Café Boulevard a Sulzer dinner drew 600 guests as Jacob Schiff denounced a "wanton" attack on his family and newspaper ethics. Clarence J. Shearn defended Sulzer, while Hearst affiliates signaled a rebuttal as guests debated press methods and political loyalties.
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Schiff
Mr. Schiff
William Randolph Hearst
John Temple Graves
Mr. Hearst
Samuel Bell Thomas
the Waldorf
Clarence J. Shearn
Hearnt
Shearn
P Gan
Mr. Earn
Sulzer
New York
John Aennessy
New York Press
John 8. Galsin
State Water Board
Hennessy
Ur. Hennessy
Shipping News Incomplete Entry
Shipping items noted with unclear text and partial names. no clear vessels, routes, dates, or offices readable.
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Kaiser
Persia
Mr. Schroeder
Girl
Jersey
Auto
Judiciary
New Efficiency Society
New Organ
Ficiency Promotion Society
President Taft
James G. Cannon
Organization Committee of the Efficiency Society
Joseph Franch Johnson
The
School of Commerce
White House
Mr. Cannon
William H. Taft
American Society For Promoting Efficiency
New York City
Mutual Auto Accessories Co
TIMES
United States Army
Hourdan
Walter
Mansker
Breemer
William R
Brady
Raymond F
Allegheny
Hoebler
W. C
Valentine
James
Durbin
H. C
Webber
Miller, J. R., Orange, Texas. Rogers, Albert, ‘Helper. . Shaw, L. B
Cleburne
May
E. Gordon
Roundhouse
Zysko
Carl
Army Hospital Corps
B. 8. Gillis
Tho
Nebraska
Convict
Worm
Underwood and Littleton
Judge Landis
Vard
William Sulzer
House of Representatives
Café Boulevard
Second Avenue
Congressman Sulser
Jacob H. Schiff
Brandt
Committee of Honor
William Irving Sirovitch
Joseph Silverman
Mr. Schiffs
Tog
Srna
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