Chicago stores consider voluntary wage hike for women
Reports from Springfield dated March 12 describe pressure from the Senate probe into white slavery and starvation wages. Merchants in Chicago indicate a voluntary wage increase for women and girls, with the State Retailers' association seeking a conference with state investigators to set a satisfactory wage scale.
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Ill- Hols Committee
Senate
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Valuable Jewelry Identified In Police Recovery
San Francisco report states identification split of fifty thousand dollars in jewelry recovered from a room at a San Francisco hotel occupied by Owen D. Connas as part of a larger theft. Mrs Anna Partridge wife of a wealthy orange grower identified a portion. Conn obtained twenty five thousand dollars worth from Partridge home. Over three hundred pieces recovered. search for the woman confederate continues.
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San Francisco
Owen D. Connas
Anna Partridge
Conn
Partridge
Short story writer weds Oregon man in Walla Walla
Elsie M. Cawthorne author of A Year With out a Chaperone and other short stories, and subject of a government departure dispute, married today to John A. McNeil of Sherman county Oregon in Walla Walla on March 12.
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Walla Walla
Elsie M. Cawthorne
John A. McNeil
Sherman County
Oregon
Chief No Shirt Goes to Washington for Claims Talk
Chief No Shirt of the Umatillas travels to Washington to meet President Wilson about tribal claims against the government. He sends a telegram to Major Moorhouse to inform the president of his visit and purpose, citing delays in Uncle Sam's delayed payments.
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No Shirt
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Lee Moorhouse
Sam
Subscription Proposed to Back Open River Transport Co
Pendleton plans a $1000 stock subscription to the Open River Transportation Company as the first act of the new Commercial association board. The move follows a meeting noting Columbia River freight service benefits to the city and aims to support a ten year lease with an option to buy. Portland businessmen have subsidized current deficits to keep rates down for the inland empire.
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New
Open River Transportation Company
Board of Managers
Columbia River
Portland
Inland Empire
Pipeline Law Declared Invalid by Federal Court
Washington March 12 The federal court of commerce ruled Congress had no power to take pipelines of common carriers and found the interstate commerce law to that end invalid The Standard Oil of New Jersey and others were involved The court issued a preliminary injunction restraining commerce commission orders regulating pipelines
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Federal Court of Commerce
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Standard Oil of
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Mayor Gaynor accused of libeling Pulitzer in speech
Ralph Pulitzer, publisher, claims Mayor Gaynor libeled his father, the late Joseph Pulitzer, in a South Brooklyn Board of Trade address and seeks a warrant for criminal libel. Magistrate Kernochan has not issued a warrant, saying libel charges are uncertain and slander might be more applicable.
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New York
Gaynor
Joseph Pulitzer
South Brooklyn Board of Trade
Ralph Pulitzer
the World
Kernochan
Ralph
Clark admitted to practice before supreme court
Washington March 12 Speaker Clark was admitted today to practice law before the supreme court He had neglected to obtain admission before this session of the court This action marks his eligibility to argue before the bench in future cases
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Washington
Clark
Supreme Court
Special Cabinet Session Sets Agenda On Wilson Administration
Washington March 12 Administration business dominated a cabinet meeting as Speaker Cannon bade farewell to President Wilson Then the president and Mrs Wilson prepared to form a formal corps in Washington Later Democratic leaders said tariff reform reports would not be ready before April first and a proposal for an extra pension was under consideration
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Washington
Cabinet
Joe" Cannon
Wilson
Iis Corpe
Adrianople Near Surrender Over Food Shortage
Constantinople March 12 frantic appeals for aid reached army officials in cipher wireless dispatches from Shukeri Pasha the Turkish commander at Adrianople. He says the garrison can hold out only a week more as food and ammunition are exhausted and disease weakens the defenders.
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Constantinople
Shukeri Pasha
Adrianople
Shukerl
Progressives to Join Republicans Meet For New Party Plan
New York March 12 Frank Munsey friend of Col Roosevelt calls for progressives and Republicans to unite on neutral ground to form a new party He cites Republican wealth and newspaper reach while rejecting fund raising by subscription He suggests 40 percent of Republicans and progressives pledge delegates to a national conference aiming for victory A marriage contract is as much of a gamble as buying futures on margin.
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New York
Frank Munsey
Col
Roosevelt
Munsey
Policemen Called Before Committee In Suffragette Parade Incident
Washington and San Francisco dispatches report patrolmen and officers from the Washington police were summoned to explain why they did not shield marchers in the suffragette parade. The suffragettes accuse negligence and will identify officers before the Jones investigating committee. Major Sylvester warned he may prosecute some patrolmen before the police board.
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Washington Police Department
Jones Investigating Committee
Sylvester
Rebels Rally Mexican Forces Headed for Huerta
Los Angeles March 12 California Mexicans around 120 well armed men move east toward Sonora to join the constitutionalists. Five hundred volunteers pledge to oppose Huerta. Douglas Ariz reports General Ojeda evacuates Agua Prieta with 500 troops marching west toward Nogales after defeats at Nacozari and El Tigre.
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Sonora
California
Douglas Ariz
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Agua Prieta
Nacozari
el Tigre
Defense argues war killings not murder in Jones trial
Paint Creek Junction West Virginia March 12 The defense at the military court trying Mother Jones and 49 miners on conspiracy to murder contends killings in a war are not murder. Three proclamations by Governor Glasscock calling the Paint Creek industrial struggle a war and martial law were offered as evidence.
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West Virginia
Jones
Glasscock
Paint Creek
Dr Friedmann Treats Tuberculosis Patients in Ottawa
Dr Friedmann arrived in Ottawa Ontario as guest of the Canadian anti tuberculosis association and treated several advanced tuberculosis cases at Water Street Hospital. He will return to New York Friday and come back in three weeks to assess progression of inoculations given.
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Ottawa
Ont
Friedmann
Canada
Water Street
New York
Bertillon System Is Navy Success
Officials of the navy department reveal a Bertillon system with finger print records for 130000 enlisted men. Since adoption in 1907 more than 1700 repeat offenders have been caught, making reenlistment difficult for deserters or those dishonorably discharged.
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Washington
Navy Department
Department
Women Lose Money in Alaska Granite Mine Scheme
Rumors say gullible residents of Umatilla County invested in a touted Alaska treasure mine pitched by a traveling promoter. A prominent local woman reportedly sank $10,000 despite warnings, with others contributing smaller sums, leaving many as part of a growing Suckers' Club.
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Alaska
Umatilla County
Burns Sues Sumpter Valley Railroad for 5000 Damages
James F. Burns, a brakeman, sues the Sumpter Valley Railroad in Baker Oregon alleging a July accident on a logging train caused the engine and cars to run ahead, the rear train gaining momentum and throwing him from the car about 16 feet, injuring him and crippling his ability to work. He seeks $5000 in damages.
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James F. Burns
Baker
Ore
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Burns
Spring Snow Flurry Follows Cold Frost Across County
Jack Frost wakes early to bite with a cold blast as snow flurries drift down and hail peppered streets. Helix and Weston report ground whitening again while overcoats resurface and coal stocks fill, much to fuel dealers’ gleeful satisfaction.
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Robbins
Helix
Weston
Death of Christ Observed Closes Saloons Citywide
In San Francisco on March 12 two hundred fifty saloons will close from noon to three o clock on Good Friday in honor of the death of Christ. Many moving picture theatres will follow suit in observance.
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San Francisco
Moving Picture Theatres
Grand Duchess Tatiana Ill With Typhoid At Tsarskoe Selo
St Petersburg March 12 The second daughter of Emperor Nicholas Grand Duchess Tatiana is ill with typhoid fever at Tsarskoe Selo Her condition is not causing alarm Grand DuchessTatiana was born in 1897
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Gar's
St Petersburg
Nicholas
Tatiana
Tsarkoe Selo
Chicago arson ring leader admits fires across city
Chicago on March 12, John Daniel confessed to burning at least twenty stores in the city as agent for an arson ring. He claimed the fires would total three million in losses and implicated numerous businessmen and insurance adjusters locally and elsewhere. indictments against forty prominent persons were anticipated.
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Chicago
John Daniel
Arkansas Abolishes the National Guard
Little Rock March 12 The Arkansas legislature voted to dispense with the State National Guard after opponents cited the Fordyce poolroom shooting last August as troops were stationed there. Debates referenced alleged drinking and gambling in camp.
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Little Rock
Ark
State National Guard
Fordyce
Jack Johnson Suffering Pneumonia Seeks Trial Date
In Chicago March 12, Jack Johnson says he lost 16 pounds during pneumonia and was near the deadline for two days. His federal court trial on the charge of smuggling a diamond necklace to his late wife, a white woman, will be scheduled this week.
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Chicago
Ill
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Baldwin Named by Sinnott as Secretary
Washington reports Edward D. Baldwin, former secretary to Representative Ellis and now a Portland lawyer, has accepted the post as secretary to Representative Sinnott. He will arrive in Washington March 17.
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Sinnott
Washington
Edward D. Baldwin
Representative Ellis
Portland
Convicts Attempt Escape at San Quentin Prison
San Quentin, March 12. Pavlos Prantikos a murderer and Carl Reidelbach a dynamiter are on double guard after sensational escape attempts. Prantikos who faces execution Friday for the killing of two policemen in San Francisco leaped from a low gallery and climbed the tower resisting removal for nearly an hour before being bound and lowered. Reidelbach who terrorized the Los Angeles police station with an infernal machine was later found on a belt near the jute mill, his body hidden on a stretcher.
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San Quentin
Pavlos Prantikos
Carl Reidelbach
Prantikos
San Francisco
Reidelbach
Los Angeles
Bridal Pair in Auto with Rattling Cowbells
In Vancouver Camas residents Miss Lillian A Harman and Harry E Dicus wed at the parsonage of First Methodist Episcopal church. Rev J M Canse officiated. The couple rode through the city in a car with Voorhees family members providing a celebratory show. The groom is a carpenter and the bride leaves today to tend her ailing father in Oklahoma.
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Vancouver
Wash
Camas
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Lillian A. Harman
Harry E. Dicus
C. 8. Voorhees
Voorhees
Oklahoma
J. M. Canse
New Names and Numbers for Streets of Eugene
Eugene, Ore March 12 The Eugene council at the regular meeting passed an ordinance changing the homes of many streets and the numbering system. East west streets become avenues bearing numbers, while north south streets will be named streets. Block numbering changes from 50 to 100 per block and the work is already underway and nearly complete.
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Eugene
Ore
Eugene Council
Nome Harbor Petition Seeks Creation by Legislature
Juneau Alaska March 12 A joint memorial asks the territorial senate to create a harbor at Nome. It notes stormy weather drives vessels to sea small craft are beached causing losses steamers tie offshore and ship cargoes ashore in lighters. A proverb about trying is included.
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Juneau
Alaska
Nome
Territorial Senate
Letters Incriminate Men Charged With Land Fraud
Chicago March 12 incriminating letters were introduced at the trial of Albert Frost and five others charged with swindling the government out of ten million dollars in Alaska coal lands. J E Ballaine of Seattle identified the letters stating Frost wrote him in 1905 to have W G McCarthy ask Fred Watson of Spokane to stop talking for publication. Watson co defendant with Frost claimed his claim was worth thirty thousand dollars. J P Morgan may be asked to testify to link Guggenheim interests with private monopolies and individuals seeking riches on northern government lands.
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Albert Frost
Alaska
J. E. Ballaine
Seattle
Frost
Ballaine
W. G. McCarthy
Fred Watson
Spokane
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Morgan
Guggenheim
Strike plan announced by Vice-President Mines of West Virginia
A plan to strike seventy five thousand miners in West Virginia was announced today by the Vice-President Mines of the region. The proclamation signals a major labor action and could disrupt coal production and regional supply chains.
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