Wiley resigns as head of the chemical bureau
Dr Harvey Wiley chief of the United States Bureau of Chemistry handed in his resignation to Secretary Wilson on March 15 and said he would push for a national health department separate from other branches. He will remain active in lectures and editorial work and ruled out entering private business or pursuing federal health department leadership.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harvey We Wiley
United States
Humeau
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
National Health Department
Jay
Wey
Kansas
Colorado
Federal Health Department
Taft
Wiley
Whiey
Faft
Resignation of Dr Wiley Shocks Washington Officials
Dr Wiley, long time chief chemist in the agriculture department, resigns after friction with Secretary Wilson and McCabe. Taft expresses regret, noting Wiley’s 29 years of service and impact on enforcing the pure food law.
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Wiley
Wilson
Hegan
Dr. Wiley
Service
Ita
Washington
Dr. Fey
Department of Agriculture
Caiter
Ilnea
Tme
Wiley-Wilson-McCabe
H. H. Busby
New York
Wickersham
Taft
Loot of Robbers Found in Abandoned Hut
A Chicago jewelry salesman R A McKee was held up by three masked men three miles from McIntyre Hill. Police tracked by bloodhounds to an abandoned hut where they recovered $2000 worth of samples but no sign of the robbers who took $900 in cash. McKee suffered injuries resisting the highwaymen during the March 14 robbery.
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Associated Press
Chicora
W. LD. Rider
McIntyre, Hill
R. A. McKee
McKee
Alderman Koch resigns to seek mayoral bid in Menasha
Alderman Arthur J. Koch of the Second ward resigns from the city council to enter the mayoral race, triggering a spring election for two alderman seats. The council buys four fountains for the park and Main Street, awards cement contracts to Wolf Brothers, and considers a $400 volt regulator for the lighting plant. Street repairs include tarvia topped macadam on Board Street. Also noted are local incidents and events: Effie Melcher ill, George Pierce homebound, John Hammer visiting, and the high school prom set for April 19 at the armory.
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Menasha
Arthur J. Koch
Koch
Main Street
Wolf Brothers Company
Wolf Brother
H. H. Plhiammer
Kasel Construction Company
Little
Broad Street
City Hall
Board Street
Racine
Manitower
Effie Melcher
George Pierce
First Street
John Hammer
Waupaca
Armory
Court assassins secure in mountains in Hillsville case
Roanoke dispatch reports Floyd Allen and kin blamed for a courthouse massacre in Carroll County Virginia. Police, state officials, and twenty private detectives flood Hillsville as Allen and followers are tracked after the shooting that killed Judge Massie Commonwealth's Attorney Foster and Sheriff Wood.
TORREON AWAITS BATTLE AS REFUGEES FLEE
Reports from inside Mexico say rebels threaten Perregon and federal forces move to quell the uprising. Refugees, mostly women and children, travel north by train as fears of massacres against foreigners grow. Local arrivals describe a diminished threat after a federal crackdown and indicate many from interior Mexico do not reach safety.
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Associated Pre
San Antonio
Tex
Perreon
Mexico
Wadnerdas
Interior Mexico
Saltillo
Coahuila
el Paso
Arizona A New Mexico
Clifton
Ariz
Cifton
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Torrean
Monterey
State Department
Torreon
Railways Seek More Time on Wage Demand
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and 48 eastern railways held a two hour conference in New York on the wage dispute and adjourned to meet again. Erie manager J. Stuart said railways need more time to digest the matter before replying, citing 1911 figures of 108,000 fewer employees since 1910, wage increases of about 49.98 million dollars, gross earnings up by 22.6 million, and net earnings down by 40.09 million.
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Associated Press
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Eastern Railways
J. ©. Stuart
Erie
Stuart
Wases
Nebraska to back Wilson after Taft and La Follette shifts
George Woodard, a lifelong Republican from Appleton, Wisconsin, reports Nebraska voters oppose Taft and La Follette, and are likely to support Wilson in this year’s election, noting many Nebraskans may switch to the Democratic column. He has been living in Omaha.
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Northwestern
Appleton
Wis
Nebraska
Taft
la Follatte
Wilson
George Woodard
Bryan
Woodard
Governor signs Massachusetts presidential primary bill
The Massachusetts senate approved the presidential preference primary bill and sent it to Governor Fone for immediate approval. The measure establishes a presidential primary and becomes law upon his signature.
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Boston
Maes
Senate
Boy Shoots Brother In Accidental Milwaukee Area Incident
A Marinette dispatch reports 13 year old William Lutier shot and killed his 4 year old brother James with a revolver found near Tron Mountain. Police say only the two boys were present and the death is considered accidental. Their father James Lutier, a homesteader, is located near Tron Mountain. The tragedy occurred yesterday and the family is in mourning.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
William Lutier
James Lutier
Tron Mountain
James
Chinese Troops Mutiny Reported in Shan Si Province
A dispatch from Tien Tein reported by Associated Press states Tatung Fu troops in Shan Si mutinied today. Prince Tuan, once eyed for the throne, issued decrees that acknowledge Shen Ai and Kan Bu as rulers.
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Jy Associated Preas
London
Tatung Fu
Shan Si
Tien Tein
Tuan
Shen Ai
Kan Bu
Duluth Lumberman Dies in Los Angeles
William v. Winton, a lumber dealer from Duluth Minnesota, died in Los Angeles March 16 from pneumonia and typhoid complications. Rear Admiral John M Bowyer, retired former superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, died in Tampa March 18.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
William v. Winton
Duluth
HARNED CONTINUES STORY IN TRUST TRIAL
Associated Press reports on March 1 1920 Harned resumes as a witness in the Antitrust suit against four directors and agents of the American Sugar Refining Company. Missing papers to prove the government's case surface as Harned testifies about the loan to Adolph Segal and identifies Segal Nissel and Parsons as carrying out the transaction.
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Associated Presa
New York
Thomas Ho Harned
Har
Ned
Suemons
Flared
Harned
Parsons
Adalph Segal
Segal
Nissel
Deadlock in UK coal talks as strike looms
March 16 reports say miners and coal owners have broken off negotiations. Government plans a fixed minimum wage bill. Westphalia reports 000 miners on strike with two workers killed in Wuattenscheid. Anthracite talks in New York end with a forecast of possible April 3 work suspension. Unemployed rise to over 3,000,000 as strike payments vary.
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Associated Press
London
Con
Berlin
Westphatian
Wuattenscheid
New York
John P. White
Tmltea
Minera
Coal Strike Commission
Fiame
Trnsted Mine Worker of America
Problemat!com
Cleveland
England
United Kingdom
Asquith
Foreign Office
Hugh Bell
Snowbound Rails Strained as Western Blizzard Paralyzes Traffic
A powerful blizzard swept from Chicago westward, delaying trains from Omaha to Denver and crippling service across multiple lines. West of the Mississippi, schedules collapsed with some trains running hours late or abandoned. Kansas City and Des Moines reports cited heavy drifts, broken wires, and stalled routes.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Burlington , Quincy
Missouri
St. Joseph
Denver
Omaha
St. Paul
Ohio
Powishington
Co" Marti
Ruperintend
Ingalls
Ientral
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Malia
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Oamatia
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Jack Hills
Nebraska
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Miesiasippi Valley
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Eant Mult
Setern
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Georgia
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South Atlantic
Kansas City
Kansas
Rock Stand
Selden
Kan
Ars
Topska
Towa
Nobragks
Rock Teland
Council Bluffs
Des’ Moines
Keota
Rock Inland Road
Miners' Discontent Grow as Coal Shortage Triggers Forest Felling
A coal shortage causes military authorities to deploy troops to Woolmer forest to harvest timber for fuel at the Bordon military camp in Hampshire. The mood among miners worsens amid cuts and shortages.
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Woolmer Forest
Bordon
Hampshire
Murder Charge Taken Against Crescent City Trio
Marinette County Sheriff Ireland arrived in Crescent City to take custody of Joseph Butcard Jr and two companions Roy Day and Orrin Day of Wausaukee Wisconsin. Grand jury indicted the three for murder after a chicken stealing expedition ended with the fatal shooting of Melvin Brodrick. Roy Day remains jailed in Crescent City while Orrin Day faces additional charges.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marinette
Ireland
Crescent City
Uuastody
Joseph Butcard Jn
Wea
Grand
Roy Day
Orrin Day
Wausaukes
Wia
Cresceant City
Orrin Day dealsNest-derge
Melvin Brodrick
Brodrick
Dixon Issues Warning About Taft Delegates Split
Senator Joseph M. Dixon, chairman of the Roosevelt committee, warned Progressive papers that Taft supporters aim to split anti Taft forces in South Dakota. He noted plans for a second delegate slate at a March 20 meeting in Aberdeen and urged unity to protect the Progressive cause.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Ronske Ht
Beathlee Kota
Aberdeen
Joseph M. Dixon
National Roosevelt Committee
Taft
Gates
South Dakota
Drift Storm Paralyzes Wisconsin Rail Lines
A fierce blizzard hits Wisconsin with four feet of heavy snow crippling Oshkosh Neenah and Oshkosh Omro routes. Snow plows clear lines but four to five foot drifts halt interurban traffic while Fond du Lac and surrounding roads report severe drifting and blocked tracks.
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Wisconsin
Gimre
Neenah
Fond du Lac
Good Roads Bill Tabled by County Board
The Gutatine county board voted to table a resolution to buy a street roller road plows sprinkler and related roachery to improve the roads per the highway set. The state's $1,600 share of the good roads appropriation is in the treasury. Janet Worden arrives to take duties as visiting nurse in Appleton Wy.
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Appleton
Wy. Mureh Jr
Gutaine
Janet Worden
Pottiband-Peabody
Vision Ordered Regicide in Rome King Attack Attempt
Rome reports Dalha, an alleged individualist anarchist, claims a vision ordered him to kill the King and says he acted only when surrounded by the bodyguard. He says the first shot would have succeeded but the cartridge failed to explode. Daitba refuses nourishment, saying death is preferable to slow agony.
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Associated Press
Rome
Dalha
Jove
Daitba
Dramatic Testimony in New Orleans Morphine Murder Trial
Mrs. Robert Crawford described the mysterious death of her niece Elsie Crawford and her suspicions about Annie Crawford, on trial for Elsie’s murder by morphine poisoning. Mr. Crawford testified first, followed by Geriritte Crawford, another sister of the defendant.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Robert Crawford
Elsie Crawford
Annie Crawford
Elsie
Crawford
Geriritte Crawford
Dr M Farland Testifies In Contested Murder Trial
In Jittsburg Virginia on March 1 the trial of Reverend Jor WL McParland resumed but Miss Lillian Coe collapsed and could not testify. Mrs Lovetts Henderson, a neighbor, testified she saw an operation. the prosecution closed after four physicians took the stand and McFarland testified on his own behalf.
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Associated Press
Jittsburg
Criminal Court
Rey
Jor
McParland
Copnec
Lisse Dodds Coe
Wiseriot Attorney
Lillian Coe
Commonwealth
Grain shippers seek railway liability on bills of lading
Grain dealers from Chicago Baltimore Minneapolis and Toledo urged the senate interstate commerce committee to pass legislation making railways liable on bills of lading. Robert McDeaughal he representing himself and the Chicago board of trade cited his firm’s advance of 212600 on green bills of lading with no grain behind them to illustrate the need.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Toledo
Senate Interstate Commerce
Ordinary scores in doubles at American Bowling Congress
Chicago bowlers Fred and Henry Rogman topped four squads with a 1.87 mark in the doubles competition of the American Bowling Congress tournament. In Paris at St Cloud Frank J Govyrd's Jarratiere finished second in the Prix des Vilarmains race for 3000 francs over one mile.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Fred
Henry Rogman
Gould
Paris
Frank J. Govyrd
Jarratiere
St Cloud
Contempt Case Argued in Supreme Court of DC
Arguments in the contempt case of Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morricon American Federation of Labor officials were concluded today in the supreme court of the District of Columbia as the full bench began considering their decision.
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Associated Press
Spain Rejects French Morocco Territorial Demands
The Spanish government replies to the latest French note on Morocco with a flat rejection of any territorial compensation for France. Spain offers only a frontier clarification that yields France nothing. The Temps notes Spain’s position makes future negotiation steps unclear and hard to forecast.
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Associated Press
Parla
Morocro
France
Spain
Morocco
Madison Elks elects new exalted ruler John C Fehlandt
Madison Wisconsin March 11 Elects attorney John C Fehlandt as exalted ruler of the Madison lodge of Elks last night. Fehlandt holds the office of head Knight Templar of Madison and was chosen amid ceremonial proceedings.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Madison
Adytorney
John C. Fehlandt
Madison Lodge
Ci Elks
Madson
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