Mass explosion at Curtis Bay leaves dozens dead and injured
A dynamite loading accident at Curtis Bay Baltimore killed at least thirty nine and injured many more while wrecking the tug Atlantic and shaking Havre de Grace and Annapolis. The British steamer Alamahine and the dynamite boat crew were among the missing and casualties. The blast was felt as far as Philadelphia.
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Curtis Bay
Panama
Plumbing
Atlantic
Dean
Havre de Grace
Annapolis
Goldsborough
Staton
Richardson
Jason
Powder Land project extension refused by land board
Salem March 7 The state desert land board refused to grant Powder Land and Improvement company an extension for financing the Powell valley irrigation project in Baker county. The contract expires March 20. The board said the cost per acre is too high.
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Salem
State Desert Land Board
Powder Land and Improvement Company
Powell Valley
Baker County
Box Labels for Apples Planned in Walla Walla Area
Walla Walla Washington March 7. The Commercial club and other organizations plan to advocate lithographed box labels for apples this year. The large orders are inexpensive and improve visibility of contents. Northwest districts using the labels include La Crande White Salmon Yakima Valley Wenatchee Hood River Spokane Rogue River Cove Lewiston and Boise. L M Brown secretary calls the packaging a key selling factor, stating the labels will significantly aid marketing.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Commercial Club
Walla Walla Galley
Northwest
White Salmon
Yakima Valley
Wenatchee
Hood River
Spokane
Rogue River
Cove
Ore
Lewiston
Bolee
Yakima
Copper Trust Leader Guggenheim Seeks Health Rest in San Francisco
Isaac Guggenheim a top copper trust leader arrives with Dr Robert Kunitzer of New York. He says he is in California for his health and plans no further investments, attempting to keep his illness private.
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San Francisco
Isaac Guggenheim
Copper Trust
Here
Robert Kunitzer
New York
Guggenheim
California
Lake Labarge strike runs $6 gold to pan
From AtlinBC comes word that prospectors mushing 606 miles from Circle City reached a new creek near those reported by Skookum Jim above Lake Labarge. Dirt shows about $6 to the pan in January blizzards, a high pay dirt similar to Klondike, prompting partners to come in as soon as possible.
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Juneau
Alaska
Atlin
B.C
Cirrcle City
Lake Labarge
Klondike
Rubber strikers in desperate way amid Akron strike
Akron Ohio March 7 Desperate conditions confront the rubber workers as strike leaders admit. Outside aid is their sole hope to continue the strike. Manufacturers claim 4000 strikers have returned to work and hundreds more seek their old jobs as a legislative probe resumes today.
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Akron
Ohto
Mack as ambassador to Austrian rumored in Buffalo
Washington reports Norman Mack of Buffalo, former DNC chair, is being discussed as ambassador to Austria. Tumulty’s office opens early. at eight o clock staff prepare for President Wilson. Congress member Fitzgerald meets Wilson on a special session and the Democratic program. Charles Murphy and Tammany aides visit the President.
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Washington
Norman Mack
Buffalo
Democratic National Committee
Mack
Bryan
Wilson
Fitzgerald
Charles Murphy
Tammany Hall
Newlyweds Face Law Against Charivari Pranks
Harrisburg March 7 A bill in Pennsylvania would criminalize serenades and pranks aimed at newly married couples. It would outlaw disturbing or molesting a wedding ceremony its participants or guests. Violators could be fined twenty five dollars or jailed up to thirty days.
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Harrisburg
Jurors Chosen for Alaska Coal Lands Conspiracy Case
Chicago March 7 seven tentative jurors were accepted in Judge Landis court to try Albert C Frost Chicago Frank Watson Spokane and four others on charges of conspiring to defraud the government of ten million dollars worth of Alaska coal lands. Hundreds of witnesses are here to testify.
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Chicago
Harriman Arrest Over Plumpness Complaint
Los Angeles on March 7 J A Harriman a normal life practitioner is under arrest after Miss Martha Holliday filed a complaint alleging she became a patient at Harriman's sanitarium to be made plump by electrical treatments. She says she was forced to subsist on an electrical diet and grew thinner.
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Los Angeles
J. A. Harriman
Martha Holliday
Harriman
Illinois Senate probes white slave wage in Chicago
Illinois Senate committee resumes hearings at the La Salle Hotel into wage practices in department stores and mail order houses. Julius Rosenwald testifies Sears Roebuck employs 4700 women at an average 9.12 weekly, with 119 paid five dollars. California Senator Grant pledges a state wide wage probe after March tenth amid Illinois findings and concerns over immorality linked to low pay.
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Chicago
Illinois Senate
la Salle Hotel
Redlight
Hinkey Dink" Kenna
John" Cough
I Wisan
Chicago Vice Commission
Rosenwald
San Francisco
California
Grant
Illinois
McLaughlin
New Congress Poised to Endorse Women's Suffrage
Senator Poindexter predicts a favorable shift in the new congress on the equal suffrage amendment noting a broad sentiment change and conversions in both houses. He said a new committee on the issue is likely to report in favor, making passage at the regular session possible.
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Washington
Congress
Ator Poindexter
Poindexter
Secretary Wilson Opens His Office
Washington March 7 The new department of labor with Secretary William B Wilson at its head operates in borrowed quarters from Secretary Redfield as no appropriation exists He uses the former immigration commission room and a white labeled door reads Secretary of Labor The department combines the old Bureau of Labor Statistics with the Bureaus of Immigration and Naturalization and the Children’s Bureau.
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Washington
Department of Labor
William B. Wilson
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Wilson
Commissioner-General of Immigration
Secretary of Labor
Bureau of Labor
Bureaus of Immigration and Naturalization
Children's Bureau
Tragedy in Patrolman Home in New York
Police officer Corell discovers his pistol missing then hears a shot in the next room. His four year old son holds the weapon while a second child, 18 months old, lies dead from a bullet wound to the eye. An accidental shooting fatality unfolded in the home.
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New York
Herman Corell
Police Failings Highlighted In Suffrage Parade
Elizabeth Kent, daughter of Congressman Kent, testified before the Jones senate subcommittee about assaults during the suffrage parade in Washington. She described men grabbing her riding habit while policemen nearby did nothing, as Major Sylvester was summoned to testify. Poindexter alleged an understanding protecting officers by higher department authorities, and the resolution to provide protection was deemed flagrantly disobeyed.
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Washington
Jones Senate
Elizabeth Kent
Kent
California
Miss Kent
Poindexter
Sylvester
Man charged with manslaughter in Weston case
Coroner's jury found John Van Slyke died from blows by 8 B Couch but cited provocation and deceased's frail health as factors. Couch's bond set at 3000 pending preliminary hearing in Weston. Post mortem possible to confirm cause. no serious consequences expected for Couch.
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John van Slyke
Weston
B. Couch
Couch
Weston Justice Court
Garfield
Paupers to be buried for one cent bidding war
Pendleton County Court accepted a one cent burial bid from John Baker of Baker furniture for paupers dying in Pendleton or the county poor farm. The contract covers a coffin, underwear, socks, and burial robe, with extra charges only if death occurs outside the city or poor farm. Savings reach about $29.99 per burial. A lively competition arose with J T Brown seeking the county business.
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Pendleton
John Baker
Baker Furniture Store
Ando
J. T. Brown
Olds
Baker
Olive Wharry Sentenced for Kew Gardens Fire
London on March 7 Olive Wharry also known as Joyce Lowe received an eighteen month prison sentence for her role in the arson attack that damaged the pavilion and restaurant at Kew Gardens.
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London
Olive Wharry
Joyce Lowe
Kew Gardens
Neemie the Taft poodle found after White House escape
Miss Helen Taft's Italian poodle Neemie, worth $5000, wandered off Tuesday. Washington police searched unsuccessfully until a maid in Mrs. Laughlin's home found the dog and brought it inside. A telegram asked Miss Taft whether to ship Neemie to Augusta or keep him until the Taft family returns north. The dog was a gift from King Victor Emmanuel to former Secretary Meyer.
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Washington
Taft
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Navy
Meyer
Adams Pioneer Is Called By Death
Thomas Winn 72 a pioneer of the Adams area died at his home near Adams Oregon from a paralytic stroke and heart disease He came to Oregon in the early days and for thirty years farmed near the city He leaves a son J A Winn Adams and a daughter Mia Dan Morgan of Spokane plus many friends The funeral is set for 10 oclock tomorrow at the home.
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Adams
Ore
Thomas Winn
Oregon
J. A. Winn
Mia
Dan Morgan
Spokane
Office Hunters Flock to Washington in Patronage Rush
In Washington on March 7 the Democratic National Committee and state central chairmen pressed cabinet heads for patronage. President Wilson asked office seekers to confer with department heads except when invited by him, triggering a rush. Chairman McCombs urged full party organization nationwide before departing.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
McCombs
Central Committee
Wilson
National Party
She and the Mule Plan Long Walk to California
Miss Margaret Geist will depart March 15 from Washington with her mule Suffrage as motive power for a cross country trek to California. She recently led suffragettes marching from New York at the head of their band.
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Washinton
Margaret Geist
California
New York
Montana Legislature Ends Session With Pay Bill Clash
Helena March 7 Montana's legislature works through the night on the closing day. The compensation bill for workers across industries passes the house but dies in the senate. Contests threaten the appropriation bill and possible special session. The full crew act for railway trains is defeated in the house.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
House
Senate
Darrow Applies Patience as Jury Deliberates in McNamara Case
Los Angeles March 7 Darrow sits with his wife awaiting a jury verdict on bribery allegations involving juror Balin in the McNamara case. No verdict had been returned by 1:15 PM as the debate over innocence or rule continued.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
Rulk
Balin
McNamara
Baby Burted to Death in Wainlock Home Fire
Wainlock Washington March 7 a year old child of Thomas Coupe was burned to death in the home. The child was with a younger brother and sister while the parents were away and apparently played with fire, leading to the fatal blaze.
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Wainlock
Wash
Thomas Coupe
Bookworm Turns Upon Finishing The Pipe
A terse line notes how even the studious reader reacts with a change when he finishes the pipe, implying an ironic or humorous twist about appetite or habits after reading.
16 Bills to Be Framed in Tariff Revision Plan
Washington March 7 The house ways and means committee met to outline a tariff revision program. Eight tentative bills were considered and a tariff caucus date may be set before April first. Representative Palmer outlined President Wilson's tariff ideas while Chairman Underwood said no omnibus bill, but fifteen separate measures will be presented including fourteen on schedules a free list and one on administrative machinery.
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Washington
House
Wwiys
House Democrats
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Underwood
Bill McDonald Afraid of Photographers Shies at White House
Washington March 17 Captain Bill McDonald of Texas, once Wilson's bodyguard, flinched at a battery of photographers outside the White House. He avoided the cameras, sought shelter inside, and required escort by guards of newspaper men to reach the street safely.
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Washington
Texas Rangers
Cuba's President ignores U S note and signs amnesty
Havana March 7 President Gomez signs the general amnesty bill freeing all political offenders and agitators despite a U S note advising him to veto the measure.
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Havana
Gomez
United States
Oil Under Underground Fires Engulf 3000 Men at Steel Plant
Underground fires fed by oil tunnels forced 2000 workers from Standard Steel Car in Hammond Indiana. Water entry only spread flames as blazes erupted across 20 acres. Foundries and engine rooms damaged with offices collapsing. many workers sought outdoors for safety.
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Chicago
Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Ind
Vandals Damage Sixth New Jersey Monument at Gettysburg
Vandals hit the battlefield in Gettysburg on Tuesday night damaging the Sixth New Jersey regiment monument a large shaft in the valley of death with chips broken from corners and the memorial badly defaced. Eight monuments were found damaged and officials fear more may be harmed as an investigation will take days.
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Gettysburg
New Jersey
Clark named president pro tem of Senate by Democrats
Washington March 7 Senator Clark of Arkansas was named president pro tem of the senate by the Democratic caucus.
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Clark
Tile Senate
Washington
Arkansas
Senate
Democratic
Rushlight Declares Candidacy for Portland Mayor Re-Election
Portland March 7 Mayor Rushlight announces bid for another term. He vows to continue city improvements and address infrastructure.
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Portland
Rushlight Today
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