Explosion at Dupont Powder Plant Ravages Pleasant Prairie
A massive blast at the Dupont powder mill in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin killed foreman E S Thompson and injured many more. Four states felt the shock as eight carloads of powder remained dangerous and villagers fled to Kenosha seeking aid while deputies guarded the wreckage awaiting official statements.
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Dupont
Pleasant Prairie
Kenoshea
Sherif
Dupont de Nemoaura Powder Company
Thomreon
Glaze Department
Kenosha
Wis
Wowder
Geneva Road
Lenst
Bristol
Keonosha
Northwestern Railway
Andrew Stahl
Sheriff Stahl
Busy Day for Roosevelt with Four Birmingham Speeches
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Birmingham from Atlanta and had breakfast with former Governor Comer. He spoke to Birmingham high school students, visited Corey steel works, and planned four speeches including the national child labor conference on the topic Conservat ion of Childhood before moving to Jackson.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Theodore Roosevelt
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Comer
Birmingham High School
Corey
Birminghon
Casevelt
Jackson
Dr Boynton Seeks Divorce in Menasha Case
In Menasha Wisconsin March 10 papers served by Chief of Police Schubert in a divorce action with Dr J F Boynton as plaintiff and Mrs J F Boynton as defendant. Attorney Henry Fitzgibbon retained for the defendant who is visiting her son Raymond D Boynton in Milwaukee. The case will be heard in circuit court at Oshkosh.
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Northwestern
Menasha
Wis
Schubert
J. F. Boynton
Henry Fitzgibbon
Raymond D .Boynton
Milwaukee
Shicosh
Delia Zimmerman
CIM
Afr. Reichert
Argely
Frank Schmidt
St. Mary's Church
Father Schmitz
Hugo Fisher
Hoicago
Fred Goegher
G. A. Loescher
Oshkosh
Neenah Gymnasium
Menasha High School
Anna Planner
Appleton
Longtime Milwaukee rail worker dies after toe injury
Peter Keageney age eighty four died in La Crosse after cutting his toe while paring a nail. A nine year Milwaukee resident and 53 year Milwaukee Railway employee, he never missed cashing his pay until two months ago. The gangrene caused his death.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
la Crossays
Peter Keageney
Milwaukee Railway
Jengil
Freck
Oshkosh Man Elected President of Wisconsin Engineering Society
Special to The Northwestern Mallison Wis March 1 The Engineering Society of Wisconsin elected officers today President Fred S. Muiona Milwaukee Vice President Connally Racine Trustees George Hoo Handall Oshkosh FooaA Vaughn Milwaukee WG Kirchoffer Madison Veglet to serve longer as secretary and the trustees were empowered to fill the position.
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Mallison
Wis
Engineering Society of Wisconsin
Fred SS Muiona
Milwaukee
Connally
Racine
George Hoo Handall
Oshkosh
Fooaa
Vaughn
Kirchoffer
Madison
Veglet
Troops to Stay Two Months at Fort Sam Houston
Thousands of U S troops converge on Fort Sam Houston and will remain two months or more for maneuvers as large supplies are bought. The daily meat allotment alone is planned as one carload.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Mareh M
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Capitalist Wade Found Dead In Office
James R. Wade president of the National Vacuum Steam Heating company was found dead with a bullet wound in his head in his St Louis office Officials said he apparently killed himself A brother Festus J Wade president of the Mercantile National Bank affirmed the self inflicted death preliminary notes suggest no foul play
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James I. Wade
St. Louis
Associated Press
James R. Wade
National Vacuum Steam Heating Company
Festus J. Wade
Mercantile National Bank
Resignation of City Hall Reporter Prompts New Health Chief
Milwaukee on March 10 reports Carl Sanburg has quit as secretary to Mayor Seidel to become city hall and general reporter for The Social Democratic Herald. His successor as health commissioner is Walter P. Stroesser, appointed at the start of the Socialist administration.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Carl Sanburg
Seidel
City Hall
Social Democratic Herald
Walter P. Stroesser
State Street
Sanburg
Fisher Learning Duties Before Interior Oath
Walter L. Fisher who succeeds Secretary Bal linger as head of the interior department will take the oath Monday. He spent the morning with the secretary learning the details of the new office. On Monday morning the bureau chiefs of the department will be received.
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Associated Press
Walter A Fisher
Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Oldest Clergyman Cicero Barber Dies at 101
Glens Falls March 10 Rev Cicero Barber reputedly the oldest clergyman in the nation died at his Fort Edward home aged 101 He served in the Iroy Methodist conference for seventy three years.
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Associated Press
Glens Falls
Cicero Barber
Fort Edward
Iroy
Japan denies secret talks on Pacific base or railway deal
Baron Uchida, Japan's ambassador in Washington, emphatically denied any overtures with Mexico to secure naval bases or a Tehuantepec railway deal. He rejected claims of Mexican revolutionary agents seeking Japanese support and any secret agreements with the Mexican government. German officials likewise stated no relations with Washington over Mexico and no planned actions.
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Uchida
Kaplaina
Cgermany
Br Associates Press
Washington, D. C
Japan
Mexico
Java
Magdalen
Bay
All Saint's Bay
Baron Yehida
Washington
Presidentia
Pacific
Tying
Rose
Tehuantence
Gulf
Pacific Ocean
Tehida
Ghurmany
Benin
Baron von Kiderlen Wyechter
Foreign Affaire
Germany
Taft Speaks at Southern Commercial Congress Atlanta
President Taft arrived in Atlanta after a train delay near Gainesville and was greeted by a large crowd. He planned to address the Southern Commercial congress on a Greater Nation Through a Greater South and discussed border tensions and troop movements on the Mexican frontier.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Taft
Gainesville
Southern Commercial Congress
Kent
Mexico
South
Officials Leave Capital for Short Vacation
Washington dispatch reports administration officials bolting the capital for a brief respite. Acting Secretary of State Hunting Wilson plans a South Carolina vacation tonight, joining other absent leaders including President and Secretaries Knox Dickinson Wilson Meyer on personal or temporary departures.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Knox
Dickinson
Wilson
Navy
Meyer
Hunting Wilson
South Carolina
Milwaukee Mayor Seidel Calls Meeting on Unemployed Relief
Milwaukee mayor Seidel issues a proclamation inviting public spirited citizens to a Saturday evening conference in the common council chamber to discuss unemployment relief and seek suggestions for aid.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Seidel
Common Council Chamber
Bitter clash in parliament ends in bedlam
London March 1 The house of commons endured a continuous nineteen hour session marked by a riotous, bitter debate over land and budget clauses. Taunts and insults flew as Captain James Craig Unionist threatened to expel the Nationalists, drawing furious shouts and a potential riot before order was restored.
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London
House of Commons
James Craig
Down
Bedlam
Churchill
Asquith
Sultachund
Giizabeth
Lloyd-George
Home Secretary
Real estate men barred from city health board reform plan
Milwaukee dispatch reports that real estate agents and large property holders in Superior may be barred from the proposed city health board under a new system placing control in citizen hands rather than public officials. Alder men push reform aligned with the public welfare association, with the plan likely to take effect.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Superior
Treal
Board of Health
Citiizens
Aldermen
Linstrumental
Public
Welfare Association
Paraguay under martial law for five months
A dispatch from Asuncion reports Paraguay is under martial law for five months. The government of Col. Alberto Jara faces a revolt by supporters of Manuel Condra, with reports of deposed president Condra’s faction gaining strength amid instability.
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Aty Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Paraguay
Col
Alberto Jara
Manuel Condra
Bancroft in a Huff Gets Roast in Senate
In Madison Wisconsin March 10 last night a blast at Pleasant Prairie sparks legislative action. The explosion shattered windows in Senator Bishop’s home and in other areas. Attorney General Bancroft faces a sharp Senate rebuke over treatment of hearings and official duties. Blaine accuses him of neglecting his office and calls for diligence. The legislature also debates Lorimer and boundary issues with a joint resolution and a substitute condemning Lorimer’s exclusion from the U.S. Senate. Milwaukee delegates press welfare bills on labor hours with limited opposition.
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Madison
Wic
Pleasant Prafero
Senator Bishop
Samora
Assemblymiv Noley
Kenosha
Bancroft
Senate
Blane
Cnlies
Renera'l
Farasel Sackesan
Genral T4
Seephert
Blaine
Iis
Schwen
Tilaine
Offici Ani Sdn
Wisconsin
Lorimer
United States Senate
Fitnois
Harting
Leween
Assembly
Committee On Welfare of Women and Children
Stern
Metcalf
Legislature Delays Pay Cut Bills and Poll Tax Measure
The Senate education and public welfare committee indefinitely postponed retirement at half pay bills for state penal and charitable employees after twenty years of service. A linked poll tax proposal would charge nonvoters $3 yearly, aiming at rural participation, with a possible further hearing for supporter Mahoney. Railroad representatives and industry workers urged positions on wage, safety, and labor measures affecting car shops, uniforms, and printer work conditions.
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Senate Committee On Education and Public Welfare
Boshard
Charles W.W. Mahaney
la Crosse
Unepolis
Beniter Rosshard
Me. Mahoney
McKenna
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Raad
Burston Hanson
Chicago, Milwaukee & SL Pant Road
Dan Hien
Willan CG. Wheeler
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
General Sollcher Sheehan
Chicago
St. Paul
Dinneapolis
Omaha
Bis
Assembly Transportation
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mysterious explosion rocks Wisconsin village near Kenosha
In Pleasant Prairie near Kenosha a powder explosion caused loud rumbling and house shakes felt up to 1000 miles away. Residents reported thunder-like sounds, bright moonlight, and nearby Lake Winnebago ice crack noises as witnesses debated possible causes.
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Kenosha
Dougie
Lake
Winnebago
Chenge
Pleasant Prairie
Benosha
Oshkush
William ‘Thohaben
Junur Avenue
Jimsey
Fire charge stems from alleged arson at 285 Washington
Miss Mary Roberts examination not completed as the case accuses a man of unlawfully and feloniously burning and attempting to defraud by setting a dwelling house on February 3. State fire investigators testified of odors of oil and suspicious objects. sworn witnesses include fire chief, deputies, and police officers.
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Mary Roberts
Washington Street
Mail BP
Finch
McDonald
Onry A. Henkel
West
Nevitt & Tutte Lnsurance Canary
Ted
Tie
Roberts
Willi
Finnegan
Daly
Charles Cameron
Jose Jose
C. Gorsner
Secout
Main Street
Ail
August Tage i
Dowling
Hland
Tlenvy Tiller
Unclear Strike Impact Report From Cincinnati Rail Line
Associated Press dispatch from Cincinnati reports difficulty gauging the effect of yesterday’s strike order on white firemen of a regional railroad. Officials claimed general observance while company offices indicated no interruptions to service or operations.
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Associated Pres
Cincinnati
Ub Vnion One
Cinginuati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Brotherhood
T. C. Powell
Gathering in Texas Leaders Await Army Movement
Washington reports march movement of units to Texas posts as Maj. Gen. Carter and Maj. Gen. Wood prepare for assignments. Navy ships sail toward Cuba while the Washington cruiser awaits repairs and redeploys for duty. Mexican minister Yves un Mantour praises Taft's frontier policy as 20,000 troops move toward the border.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Texas
William H. Carter
San Antonio
Texas Post
War Department
J. A. Russell
Wreming
Leonard Wood
NAVY
Atlantic
Marcel
Mexico
New York
Jose Yves UN Mantour
Disz
Taft
Westerda
Langtry Arrives as Milwaukee Bowler Holds Wisconsin Meet
A Ta Langtry of Milwaukee, secretary of the American Bowling Congress, arrives in the city to oversee the Wisconsin tournament. He notes the field includes only proven players and mentions plans for awards for the best averages. Milwaukee entrants are discussed, with remarks about the Lan wiry Me...
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A. Ta. Langtry
Milwaukee
American Bowling
Suniay
Xelwigee
Fargiry
Gam
Testimony in Bribery Probe Reveals Corruption Clues
Springfield records indicate witness Joseph Clark recalls amnesia while describing past events linked to a legislative bribery inquiry. Burke reportedly pressed Clark about future influence on the commission as Nel Browne allegedly approached him with a cryptic remark.
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Associated Press
Speingfield
Til
Jozeph Clark
Hetoy
Connertia
Aobbey Burke
Nel Browne
Clark
Body Found in River Near Sheboygan
A 28 year old man named William Charisse, who left Milwaukee three months ago to seek work, was found dead in the Sheboygan River this morning by fisherman Ben Gill. The cause of death is not yet known.
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Millwauke
Wis
Sheboygan
William Clarisse
Shebaysa
Ben Gill
Yoon Charisse
Fire In Juneau Destroys Douglas Tow
A March 10 fire in Juneau Alaska destroyed property valued at 160000 dollars threatening the town of Douglas. The blaze was extinguished by nightfall with the danger to the tow ended.
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Juneau
Alaska
Associated Press
Douglas
Chile to Fortify Itself Fortifying Northern Ports
The government plans fortification measures at northern Chilean ports starting at Arica in Tacna province. Weather notes indicate rising sun and warmer temperatures with a forecast for early week.
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Chile
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