Severe Midwestern Blizzard Produces Wrecks and Losses
Chicago dispatches report a record storm with zero temperatures and blizzards across the north. Wrecks include a Union Pacific collision at Cogad Nebraska and rear-end crash at Herndon. trains stalled coast to coast. Tornadoes hit Columbus Georgia and severe damage floods New Orleans area. casualties and extensive property loss feared as wires fail and airports halt.
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Man hanged for killing officers at San Quentin
San Quentin March 14 P Prantikos a Greek was hanged today for the murder of Policemen Castro and Finnelly at San Francisco in November 1911. Officers attempted to arrest him on a charge of murder. Castro was about to handcuff him when the Greek drew a revolver and killed the officer. Finnelly mortally wounded Prantikos then dashed from the building with the weapon. A chauffeur knocked him down as he tried to board a street car and he was overpowered.
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Individual Rights of Indians Enlarged by Act of Congress
Letter to East Oregonian from Pendleton editor explains federal legislation expanding Indians ability to dispose of inherited trust lands and money by will. It cites acts from 1910 and 1913, notes age 24 eligibility, and signals continuation on page five.
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Poultry Prizes To Be Awarded In County Drive
The Umatilla Morrow County Poultry Association will give away 500 dollars in eggs to school children to boost poultry raising. About 150 settings of standard bred eggs will be distributed with no entrance fee. Children must promise to care for the birds and enter the next annual poultry exhibition. If good enough for open competition, entries may pay the usual fee.
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This 18 Love Note On Dead Bodies
San Francisco mystery ends in tragedy as W. J. Sosin kills his wife Julia Radlamoff and then himself in a downtown hotel. A note reads This is love, revealing a long pursuit and a past murder in Russia before their American escape.
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Democrats Take Control Of Senate And Committees
Washington reports Democrats win Senate control elect new officers and set up committee organization. Finance Committee named with Simmons as chair and eight Democratic members. Tillman wins fight to chair the appropriations committee, with Ow en to lead banking and currency and O Gorman likely to chair Interoceanic Canals.
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Officers Clean House In Walla Walla Courthouse
In Walla Walla Washington on March 14 occupants of many courthouse offices cleaned and brightened their rooms replacing dust with paint varnish and fresh cloths. The justice and school superintendent offices received notable makeovers as winter’s grime gave way to a neat new look.
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Mother Jones to be acquitted in court martial debate
Charleston W Va March 14 report says court martial will acquit Mother Jones a friend of Paint Creek miners after murder charges connected to coal field strike. Verdict expected tonight with final decision delayed for negotiations to settle the strike.
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Long Hours Drive Nurses to Drugs in California
Sacramento reports Labor Commissioner McLaughlin detailing student nurses in San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles and other cities overloaded with 16 to 20 hour shifts for four to five dollars weekly. He cites fear of blacklisting and mentions nurses turning to narcotics as stimulants fueling pernicuous habits amid push to extend the eight hour law to include nurses.
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Woman Plea for Minimum Wage in Illinois
Chicago March 14 an impassioned plea for a state minimum wage for women and girls was voiced by Miss Mary McDowell head of the University of Chicago settlement and a co worker with Jane Adams. She urged lawmakers not to yield to business interests and argued a minimum wage law would improve living standards for working girls despite possible federal action.
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Human Fly narrowly escapes in doomed rocket
New York report says Rodman Law, the "human fly," planned to be launched 3500 feet into the air by a steel rocket. A powder charge exploded, hurled him 25 feet from his seat, but padding and a helmet kept him unhurt. Law crawled into the rocket, ordered the launch, then after the blast recalled, Darn that thing. Eyewitnesses saw the rocket break apart, with a cloud of smoke and a thunderous report. Law sustained hair and eyebrow burns, was unconscious for about 10 seconds, then stood and exclaimed the plan failed. Panic spread among spectators, with several women becoming hysterical.
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Salmon Today Featured Across Coast Harbors and Rails
Salmon Day celebrates the fish as a national food, with Oregon Washington railroads steamship lines promoting menus. The campaign argues salmon costs less than meat or poultry and equals their nutritional value. The industry employs thousands and pays over six million dollars annually in labor.
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Poisoned candy nearly kills boy in Marshfield
Melvin Steen, a boy from Marshfield, faced severe convulsions after eating candy while playing on the street. He was brought home by friends, treated by doctors, and barely survived. His parents fear the candy may have been poisoned intentionally or accidentally, but the boy cannot recall where he obtained it.
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Range Grazing Allotments Open in Washington Vast Sheep Demand
Walla Walla March 14 Forester J M Schmitz reports 9000 cattle and horses and 102000 cattle and sheep applications to graze on the Venatia range. About 1000 cattle and horses slots remain but sheep allotment is fully taken. Cattle and horses space mainly in inaccessible hills and may not be fully used. Large animals may enter after April first. sheep may not graze until April 10.
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West Refuses No Commute for Humphrey Murders
Governor West declines to commute the death sentences of Charles and George Humphrey for the murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith. He grants a one day reprieve to observe Good Friday and the men are set to die on March 22.
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Pendleton City Enjoined From Foreclosing Street Lien
A temporary injunction blocks Pendleton from foreclosing or attempting to foreclose assessments on Jackson street improvement lots. Plaintiffs Will Moore Lang Co Frank Neagle August Zeuske Kate Webb Frazier and David Gordon allege illegal ordinance bids favor Warren Brothers and associates selling gravel bitulithic pavement at higher profits. They seek permanent relief and challenge district assessments including Livermore's addition blocks.
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Young Man Reports Recovery After Friedmann Turtle Bacilli Cure
A New York youth who received Dr. Friedmann's turtle bacilli injection says he has materially recovered. He describes a five hour after effect of calf pulsation, a spreading tingling through the body, a high fever that quickly abated, and now a normal state with increased appetite, night sweats gone, and rising energy.
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Robert Dollar Loses Rudder in Strait Towed by Tug
Officials of the Robert Dollar Steamship company said the steamer Robert Dollar is disabled off the Strait of San Juan Fuca. The tug Goliath has the ship in tow and will take her to a Puget Sound port.
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Federal forces pursue Ojeda after Nogales fall
On March 14 rebels pressed with seven hundred fifty troops moving from Agua Prieta aimed at Ojeda. Ojeda evacuated Agua Prieta with four hundred fifty troops and is believed to have joined with the weak federal garrison at Naco. General Obregon may reinforce Calles and Bracamonte before Naco, the northern zone post still aided by federals.
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Assistant Cashier Short in Accounts at Crocker Bank
San Francisco march 14 charged with being one hundred thousand dollars short in his accounts as assistant cashier of the Crocker National bank Charlies F Baker a self made man and pillar of an Oakland church is reported near death Whether prosecution will be started rests with a surety company according to Vice President Fagan who states the bank is fully covered by Insurance
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Dr Young investigates Lake Teslin fields amid gold rush reports
Skagway Alaska March 14 Dr Young a member of parliament travels by dog sled to the new sold fields above Lake Teslin to assess the value of the strike. Steamships bringing gold seekers crowd the port and the dominion government will receive a report on whether reports of a great strike are factual.
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Bank official sought in $14,000 embezzlement case
San Francisco March 14 Rupert T Hooper head of the trust department of the Mercantile National Bank is being sought by police for embezzling nearly two thousand dollars from bank funds. Vice president John D McKee says actual defalcation exceeds $14,000. Hooper, who ran a fashionable establishment, has a wife and six children.
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Parents Race To Bedsides Child In Last Lap Across Continent
In Los Angeles on March 14, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meeker of Chicago hurried to the bedside of their ten year old son near death at Santa Barbara. They arrived today and boarded a special train for the final leg of their cross country journey.
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Egypt and Key West Establish Record Wireless Link
Key West Fla March 14 breaking all records wireless communication is established between Key West and Cairo Egypt. The distance is 7600 miles, more than 560 miles farther than the former world record.
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Seismic event at Germantown University recorded
Washington dispatch reports a seismograph reading from Germantown University indicating an earthquake began at four o'clock this morning and continued with irregular vibrations until five twenty two. Observer Father Orendorf estimated the earthquake center about fifteen hundred miles from Washington.
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Slaughter of Albanians Amid Balkan War Dispatches
Berlin reports three hundred Albanians from Liuma slain by Servian officials without trial. Dispatches from Constantinople say Bulgarians again tried to overwhelm Adrianople fortress but failed with heavy losses. Sofia says allies formal reply seeks Adrianople and Scutari surrender and Aegean islands, plus three hundred million dollar war indemnity.
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