Chicago Women Vote in Primary as Suffrage Impacts Race
In Chicago the first primaries after the Illinois suffrage law saw eight women candidates for the board of aldermen. Four face opposition, four are certain to appear on April 7 ballots. The suffrage vote drew intense attention, influencing party endorsements and attracting crowded galleries as candidates courted women’s organizations amid a lively, historic campaign. Police began a cleanup after reports of sidewalk spitting as civic leaders noted the broader changes.
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Chicago
Board of Aldermen
Baslo
Cornell
Harrison
Podlice
Miss Hobbs Investigates Cove Saloon Scene in March Toward Reform
Miss Hobbs secretary to the governor arrived in Cove to inspect saloon conditions, confer with the mayor, examine ordinances, and question several persons about alleged abuses. She did not declare martial law and will report findings to Governor West. Meanwhile Pendleton hosts a Baptist revival party from Walla Walla, with a procession to the tabernacle and a sermon by Rev. Bulgin on Christian Science versus anti Christian science.
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Vernér West
Hae Hage
Miss Hobbs
G. F. Wilson
Young
Ansjoy
Sit
Govert West
Wilson
France
Thaap
Jala
Nike
Walla Walla
Absegeliet
Pendleton
Cormeate
Bulgin
Tifle
VESSELS AND ICE DELAYS REPORTED NEAR CAPE BRETON
Everett mass last Tuesday a vessel with 90 persons aboard departed for Cape Breton and later foundered in the fields. The line of icebreakers Stanley and others are delayed by ice. News notes describe port safety concerns and assessments amid wreck and storm conditions.
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Tilelix
Everett
Mass
Cape Breton
Peragns
Stanley
Emergency Gangs Repair California Rail Lines
In Los Angeles on February 24, more than ten thousand workers, including two thirds in railroad emergency gangs, repair damage from recent storms. About two million dollars will be spent by railroads to restore lines with another million needed for additional work. Transcontinental traffic should resume today on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. the Salt Lake route remains laid up.
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S. P
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
California
Southern Pacific
Industrial World Showing Wonderful Improvement
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 24 William C Redfield spoke to the Wheeling board of trade noting marked improvement in industrial and commercial regions. He linked tariff removal to lower costs for food and clothing and blamed climate for unemployment in New York City and other centers while defending the tariff act and currency law and pledging government support for legitimate business.
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Wheeling
West Va
New York City
Whilliam C. Redfield
Walla Walla Man Ends Life in San Francisco
L B Zell a former Walla Walla resident and noted local orchardist died by suicide in San Francisco yesterday after requesting Woodmen of the World lodge be notified. He reportedly left four weeks earlier saying he would go to South Africa leaving a wife three sons and two daughters at 509 North Third Street.
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Walla Walla
L. B. Zell
San Francisco
Woodmen of the World Lodge
Zell
Milton
South Africa
North Third Street
Supreme Court validates Pennsylvania coal mine safety rule
Washington February 24 The Supreme Court ruled the Pennsylvania mine safety law valid requiring coal companies to leave coal pillars to prevent cave ins.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Affinity Earle to Face Trial in Kidnapping Case
Ferdinand Pinne Earle arrives in Remcrantin from La Rochelle to await trial on abducting his son from a French school. Misa Charlotte Hermann, Earles affinity, is charged with aiding. Both ex extradited from Norway. Case to be heard shortly.
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Remcrantin
France
Ferdinand Pinne Earle
Affinity Fame
Ckendarme
la Rochelle
Misa Charlotte Hermann
Earles
Affinity
Norway
Missing Englishmen and Bauch release claim stir El Paso
El Paso reports fear that German American Gustav Bauch was shot as a spy by rebels. Villa in Chihuahua City said Bauch was released at Juarez, a claim not believed. Benton’s corpse and two other missing Englishmen, Lawrence and Curtis, remain unlocated. London confirms Britain probes Benton incident with voices in Commons.
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Lawrence
Curtis
Villa
Bauch
Juarez
EL Paso
Gustav Bauch
Chihuahua City
Benton
Inspector Wells recalls Benton after Villa’s killing
Immigration Inspector E. L. Wells of this district, based in Walla Walla, knew W. H. Benton well from the cattle trade in the southwest. Wells called Benton a Scotchman with a quick temper but good sense, doubting a murder motive and calling the drumhead court martial account slim.
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E. L. Wells
Walla Walla
W. 8
Penton
Villa
Mr. Benton
Mr. Wells
Sulzer Starts Action to Regain the Governorship
William Sulzer filed a legal action in New York Supreme Court to reclaim the governorship after his removal last October. An order requires Comptroller Sohmer to appear and justify why a writ to pay Sulzer his full salary should not issue. The Attorney General said he would oppose, treating the matter as a legal question beyond the court of impeachment’s findings.
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Albany
William Sulzer
Alden Chesler
Supreme Court
Sohmer
Mandamas
Sulzer
Carmody
Chester
Drastic Ohio tax law declared valid by supreme court
The Ohio excise tax law, described as one of the most drastic in the country, was declared valid by the Supreme Court. It imposes a four percent tax on the gross interstate earnings of railroads and includes special taxes for other corporations doing business in the state.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Barratt Gives Clocks to All Staff to Spur Punctuality
G W Barratt a director of Barratt & Co confectioners Wood Green England has presented an alarm clock to each of the 2000 employees to encourage punctuality.
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G. W. Barratt
Barratt & Co., Ltd
Wood Green
England
World powers to guard Mexican interests without US forces
Washington reports that every world power except the United States will station diplomats guards in Mexico City. England Germany France and Japan already have legation guards and others are expected to follow. Americans will not land unless violence makes it necessary. President Wilson seeks a soft approach. Senate leaders threaten a policy debate, with a planned executive session to keep discussions private.
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United States
Mexico
France
Japan
Washington Administration
England
Germany
Washington
Mexico City
Wilson
Fall
Tors
Shively
Bryan
Edwards
Castillo Mexican outlaw charged with firing Cumbre tunnel
Maximo Castillo, a Mexican bandit, is charged with setting fire to the Cumbre tunnel and causing fifty one deaths, including ten Americans. He is held at Fort Bliss as the government faces a diplomatic bind over surrender and prosecution.
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Maximo Castillo
Cumbre Tunnel
Castillo
Tacoma Bride of Week Shot Dead by Old Admi rier
In San Francisco on February 24 Abraham Pepper a lace salesman shot and killed Mrs Dorothy Johnson of Tacoma the bride of a week who was here honeymooning with her husband Pepper then shot himself in the head and is expected to recover Pepper had previously been a suitor of Mrs Johnson.
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Tacoma
San Francisco
Abraham Pepper
Mis
Dorothy Johnson
Pepper
Johnson
Aged and Popular Clubman Faces a Serious Charge
Cincinnati, February 24. Colonel Brent Arnold a 60 year old general freight agent for the Louisville and Nashville railroad and noted society figure is served with a juvenile court warrant for contributing to the delinquency of Mildred Crane 16 a former manicure parlor employee Warrants also issued for three other prominent men including a millionaire manufacturer at the request of Miss Crane's mother The girl recounted many automobile rides and late suppers and had known Arnold and the others since November.
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Cincinnati
Brent Arnold
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mildred Crane
Misa Crane
Arnold
Ministers Vote Down 5 Percent Assessment Plan
In northeast Ohio the Methodist Episcopal church conference rejected a recommendation to require all pastors to pay 5 percent of their salary and house rent to support superannuated ministers. The vote reflected opposition to broad salary assessments within the clergy.
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Northeast Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Storm Repair Crews Multiply in Southern California
Over ten thousand workers repair storm damage across southern California. Fears mount for Gustav Bauch believed executed by Villa. Global powers plan to land marines in Mexico City to safeguard interests as U S safety concerns rise.
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California
Gustav Bauch
Villa
United States
Mexico City
Collier Lingal
Hobbs
Cove
Becker
Sir Carden
London
Rotary plows keep main line open as blizzard stalls trains
Springfield railroad crews clear a mountainous snow drift, keeping the Alton line passable while a dozen trains lie stalled nearby. Blizzard conditions sweep southeast, with traffic not expected to return to normal for days. Nearby Bingh nton reports Central New York at 21 below zero.
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Springfield
Alton Railroad
Judge Phelps Paroles Two Violators Of The Law
Circuit Judge G W Phelps granted parole to two guilty defendants from the penitentiary Charles Edwards a seventeen year old youth and W B Barker a middle aged man. Edwards pleaded guilty to larceny by bailee and is to live with his Vancouver parents under bonds abstain from alcohol and report regularly. Barker pleaded guilty to stealing auto tires and is paroled to employer Enoch Pearson after recovering from blood poisoning, with conditions to lead a sober peaceful life.
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G. W. Phelps
Charles Edwards
W. B. Barker
Edwards
Maloney
Oregon Ciy
Vancouver
Wash
Phelps
Barker
W H. Jones
Enoch Pearson
Septic Tank Nears Completion at Eastern Oregon State Hospital
Work on a new septic tank for the Eastern Oregon State Hospital proceeds despite groundwater issues. Superintendent McNary ordered a pump to keep water out. if unsuccessful, construction may be postponed until spring. The concrete lined tank measures 30 by 40 by 15 feet and costs about 1500 dollars, situated 1500 feet from the institution on the river sewer line.
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Eastern
Oregon State Hospital
McNary
Forrest denied new trial in fatal elk case
Circuit Judge Phelps denied George Forrest a new trial after conviction for killing a fat elk. The defense claimed new evidence and misleading testimony, but the judge ruled the evidence cumulative and would not alter the verdict. If no appeal is filed, Forrest must pay a 300 dollar fine.
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Phelps
George Forrest
Fad
Elk
Watts
Peterson
Phe
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