Carter to Seek Army Rank After Vindication
Former Captain Oberlin M. Carter seeks restoration of his U S Army rank after a Chicago court vindicated him on Saannah harbor graft charges. He plans to pursue reinstatement while weighing three new job offers, one worth 15000 a year. Carter, famed West Point graduate and ex military attache, now lives in Chicago with his brother.
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United States Army
Saannah Harbor
Kohlsaar
Chicago
Carter
Army
Capt
New York
Tie
West Point
Court of St. James
Dr. I. &. Carter
Chandelier Falls as Church Choir Leads Calm Response
A falling chandelier at Fourth Reformed Church in Muskegon Michigan startled about 200 worshipers during the closing hymn. The fall spilled oil lamps causing a fire that was quickly stamped out by the men while the choir continued singing led by Rev 4 N Brock.
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Fourth Reformed
Muskegon
Mich
4. N. Brock
Farm Products Value Top $1 Billion in West
A Omaha statistical bureau report from government sources shows the total value of farm products in seventeen states west of the Mississippi in 1927 at about $1.001 billion. Corn leads production value near $500 million, followed by winter wheat, rye, oats, barley and potatoes with irrigation cited for a 15 percent rise from the prior year.
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Omaha
Mississippi
Milwaukee mill manager shoots wife then attempts suicide
George Willoughby, manager of Jewett & Sherman Co coffer and spice millers in Milwaukee, fatally shoots his wife Florence Willoughby at their home. He then fires two shots at his chest as police take his confession. his condition is critical and unlikely to improve.
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George Willoughby
Jewett & Sherman Company
Coffer and Spice Millers
Milwaukee
Florence Willoughby
Willoughby
Wage Cut in New Bedford Mills Across Cotton Industry
Notices posted Monday reveal a 10 percent wage reduction to take effect April 6 in all New Bedford cotton mills. Yarn mills outside the New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers' Association are expected to follow. About 22,000 workers will be affected.
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New Bedford
Mass
New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Tragedy in Fall River: Mother and Two Children Dead
In Fall River Massachusetts Mrs Florida Terries 25 her 4 year old daughter Mary and 2 month old Joseph were found dead in the kitchen, reportedly killed by illuminating gas. Coroner states the woman committed suicide and caused the deaths of her children.
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Florida Terries
Mary
Joseph
Fall River
Mass
Joeseph Terrien
Hundreds Die As Matsu Maru Sinks After Collision
The Matsu Maru a 400 ton hoisting steamer is sunk two miles off Todohoke near Hakodate Japan after colliding with the Hideyoshi Maru a 696 ton vessel. The captain and 244 passengers plus 43 crew members perish in the disaster.
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Todohoke
Hakodate
Japan
Norton Thayer Heads Kansas City Diphtheria Fight
Norton Thayer, leading figure of Thayer-Moore Brokerage, 56, is at the forefront of a diphtheria effort in Kansas City. He was formerly with Bullene Moore Emery Dry Goods Company.
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Norton Thayer
Thayer-Moore Brokerage Company
Kansas City
Bullene, Moore & Emery Dry Goods Company
Supreme Court voids Minnesota railroad rate law penalties
The Supreme Court declares the Minnesota railroad rate law unconstitutional due to excessive penalties. The ruling challenges state regulatory penalties and implications for rail rate enforcement.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Pair Charged Robbery Suspects Break Jail in Helena
George Frankhauser and Charles Mc Donald were charged with holding up the Great Northern Oriental Limited last September and rifling mail containing about $4,000 en route to a Spokane bank. They allegedly escaped from jail in Helena, Montana.
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George Frankhauser
Charles McDonald
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Spokane
Helena
Mont
PREDICTS A FAILURE OF THE PANAMA CANAL PROJECT
John F. Stevens former chief engineer of the Panama Canal and vice president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad warns the canal will fail to benefit U S trade with South America and the Pacific. He argues the canal would be costly ineffective and irrelevant to wartime mobility and fixes finishing date as January 1915.
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John F. Stevens
New York, New Haven and Phittford Railroad
Panama Canal
Stevens
United States
South
Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific Coast and Then Get On Board Ship. Mr. Stevens
China
Siberia
Tudia
Paw Ma
Unorthodox Sermon Stirs Bayonne Church Leader
Nev. Dr William N Bocock pastor of First Reformed Bayonne NJ faults modern church doctrine as outdated from the sixteenth century and seeks church permission to preach the truth for two years. He cites Daniel in the lions den and the Red Sea as figurative examples and urges adaptation to twentieth century needs.
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William N. Bocock
First Reformed Church
Bayonne
N. J
Daniel
Red Sea
Breakfast Brotherhood Club feeds Pittsburg poor Sundays
At Second Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg a Breakfast Brotherhood Club formed to serve breakfast to the hungry. About 200 people gathered as Pastor S Edward Young learned of the plan and helped organize weekly meals in the church basement.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Breakfast Brotherhood Club
S. Edward Young
Ile
Railways Guilty of Safety Appliance Violations in Chicago
Six railway companies including the Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Grand Trunk Western were found guilty in U S District Court Chicago for safety appliance law violations. Two cases suspended pending new trial motions. others fined 100 to 300 dollars. Also notes rail orders and expanding interstate rail links.
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Grand Trunk Western
Belt Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago and Northwestern
Michigan Central
United States District Court
Chicago
Wire
Illinois Central
Central of Georgia
Harriman
Ocean
Corinth
Miss
Haleyville
Ala
Birmingham
Alabama
Frisco
Id Industria
Fire hazards threaten towns nationwide says engineer
Richard L. Umphrey of the U S government warns Collinwood like fires are common in many U S towns. He calls for strict municipal laws to require fireproof construction in schools theaters hospitals and other places where women and children gather to prevent future catastrophes.
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New York City
Collinwood
Ohio
Richard L. Umphrey
United States
Tle
Boyertown
Fife
Lower Wages Inevitable Says Henry Clews at Pittsburg Talk
Henry Clews, New York banker, told the Pittsburg chapter of the American Banking Institute that broad wage cuts in railways and other industries are now necessary after a long period of prosperity. He urged unions to reduce wage scales and defended stock speculation as not gambling. Clews condemned attacks on Wall Street by Roosevelt and Bryan.
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Henry Clews
New York
Pittsburgo
American Tanking Institute
Clews
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Bryan
Morgan Bank Plans First Security Company Trust
The First National Bank of New York plans to organize the First Security Company funded by bank surplus and run by its current directors. The move separates banking from syndicating and speculation, with capital boosted by a 100 percent dividend on the bank’s $10,000,000 capital.
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Morgan’s Bank
First National Bank of New York
J. P. Morgan’s Financial Power Station
First Security Company
One Million Men Jobless in U S Is Reported
A country wide canvass estimates more than a million unemployed men. New York leads with 250 000 out of work and Chicago around 90 000. Reports show 600 000 unemployed in cities and nearly 600 000 in the states outside cities. Union leaders note little destitution among workers despite unemployment.
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Wotal
Donnelly
General Arbitration Board of the
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San Francisco
Ste
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Bridgepot
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Congress Debates Currency Pension and War Measures
Senate and House conduct long sessions on the pending currency bill, pension appropriations, ship subsidies, fortifications and war materiel. Leaders clash over presidential power and patronage as respect is shown for Senators Whyte and Bryan. The bodies adjourn in memory of Whyte and Bryan.
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Whyte
Maryland
House
Mouser
Ohio
Taft
Hull
Tennessey
William J. Bryan
Senator Whyte
Boston School Tragedy Claims Two Teachers
Miss Weed and Miss Hardee, longtime friends and cofounders of Laurens School for Girls, died in the Boston incident. Weed had escaped a sanitarium where she was treated for overwork, then killed her friend and herself after fearing removal.
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Laurens School For
Boston
Miss Weed
Miss Hardee
Wellesley College
Laurens School
Southern railway axes seven hundred shop workers
Sparks from the wires report the Southern railway has laid off nearly 700 shopmen across Southern States. In St Petersburg an unofficial indication says the Czar commuted the death sentence of Gen. Btocarel.
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Southern Railway
St. Petersburg
Btocarel
President Roosevelt declines invitation to speak at Lincoln Douglas event
National Capitol notes report Roosevelt will not speak at Galesburg Illinois for the fiftieth anniversary of the Lincoln Douglass debate. He plans no speeches next fall. A Senate panel orders favorable action on a bill easing coastwise shipping limits for Philippine trade. Agriculture Secretary authorized to create Calaveras Big Tree National Forest in California.
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Roosevelt
Galesburg
Senate
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Calaveras Big ‘Tre National Forest
California
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