Middle West Blizzard Grips Nation With Fatal Toll
Chicago reports a blizzard sweeping twenty states east of Montana with four inches of Milwaukee snow and widespread damage. Dozens dead or injured as wires fail and transport halts. crop losses estimated in the millions across Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Illinois and Michigan towns suffer roof and building damage from high winds and flying debris.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Montana
Arkinsas
Louisiana
Missouri
Middle West
John Frederick
Mary Williams
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Clinois
Detroit
Charlvoix
Detroit River
Niles
Upalland
Batthe Creek
Ann Arbor
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Mount Clems
France names new Premier Jean Bathou succeeds Briand
Parla March 21 Jean Bathou has accepted the premiership of France succeeding Aristide Briand who resigned.
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France
Parla
Jean Bathou
Artistide Briand
May Day Plans By Baker Schools
Baker Ore March 21 Elaborate May day exercises are planned by Baker schools under Miss Thomas the music instructor with all teachers assisting The program will be on the high school campus featuring the winding of the May pole songs choruses by glee clubs and folk dances by young children A date is not fixed but the events may occur in the first week of May
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Baker
Ore
Miss Thomas
Gleen
Cold Wave Grips West Coast and Adjacent States
San Francisco reports a cold wave spanning California Idaho eastern Oregon and eastern Washington moving eastward. Weather Forecaster McAdoo cannot say how long it will last or whether frost blight will follow in fields and orchards.
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San Francisco
California
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
McAdoo
Burke to Assume Duties as Treasurer
Chicago dispatch reports former Governor Burke of North Dakota will depart Chicago this afternoon to assume duties as treasurer of the United States.
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Burke
Chicago
North Dakota
United States
Another Suspect in Eaton Case Emerges
Plymouth March 21 A local suspect in the Admiral Eaton poisoning case is being kept secret as police expect another arrest. A special grand jury will convene next week to review the latest developments in the case.
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Plymouth
Masa
Admiral Eaton
Government to release Tuberculosis treatment findings
Washington March 1 The government health service will publish tomorrow its conclusions on Dr Friedmann's tuberculosis treatment The first official statement by US surgeons involved in the inquiry cautions that it is unclear how long to determine the treatment's value and warns TB patients against seeking Friedmann's care beyond specially selected cases.
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Washington
Government Health Service
Friedmann
United States
Rucker
Pendleton Men Visit Walla Walla Over Round Up Protest
Pendleton Commercial Club leaders led by President J W Tallman and Secretary R W Ritner travel to Walla Walla to urge business leaders against a fall wild west show. Walla Walla papers note Pendleton officials plan protests and a meeting at the Commercial Club to discuss possible actions. The Pendleton group arrives about 9 am and returns home by afternoon amid speculation of rodeo style plans in Walla Walla. Gas bills remark wraps the report with a local humor line.
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Walla Walla
Pendleton
Commercial Club
J. W. Tallman
R. W. Ritner
Garden City
The
Roy Ritner
Fair Association
J. G. Scott
Commercial Association
Pendletoniana
Tooms
Scott
R. H. Johnson
Oath Administered to King Constantine in Athens
Athena March 21 The oath was administered today to King Constantine in the chamber of deputies in a brief ceremony. The king then departed for Saloniki and will return next Thursday with his father’s body.
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Constantine
Athena
Chamber of Deputies
Saloniki
Street Car Plunges Down Hill Killing One, Six Injured
San Francisco reports a Gerry street car broke away on a steep grade and crashed into two cars, killing Carl Schutts who was riding to a barn. Police saved many lives by warning passengers from the car ahead. Six men aboard the Ellis Street Car were injured.
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San Francisco
Gerry
Carl Schutts
Colling
Ellis Street
Knights Templar to Observe Easter in Pendleton
Knights Templar from Pendleton Baker and La Grande converge for Easter observances. About 75 from La Grande and over 60 from Baker expected, with Rev. S L Grigsby preaching at the high school auditorium. Program includes breakfast, hospital visit, car ride, lunch, church services, and banquet.
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Pendleton
Eastern Oregon Branch
Railroad strike averted after conciliation board decision
Chicago March 21 representatives of about five thousand switchmen averted an immediate strike by submitting grievances against nineteen railways to a conciliation board. The panel includes Judge Knapp of the commerce court with Labor Commissioner Neill and Commerce Commissioner Clark.
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Chicago
Knapp
Commerce Court
Neill
Commerce
Clark
Crow Chiefs Farewell Visit to Interior Department
Crow delegation attends farewell at the Interior Department after Washington visit. Chief Plenty Coups presents a war bonnet to Secretary Lane for the president, Medicine Crow an embroidered tobacco pouch, and White Man Runs Him buckskin gauntlets. Lane approves a $400,000 Indian funds expenditure for Crow cattle purchases.
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Plenty Coups
Lane
Interior Department
Wilson
Washington
Medicine Crow
Indian Bureau
Abbott
Crow
Sullivan May Get Wilsons Place Des Moines Offer
Reports from Des Moles March 2 say Bryan has offered Jerry Sullivan of Des Moines the position of assistant secretary of state. No statement on Sullivan acceptance was available.
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Des Moles
Bryan
Jerry Sullivan
Des Moines
Sullivan
Zion City Riot Leaves Several Hurt at Plant Dispute
On March 21 in Zion City two elders were severely beaten and several other Zionites were slightly injured as rioting broke out between the flowers of W. G. Votva and workers at the Cook Electrical plant.
Woolmen Win Victory in Freight Rates
In Salem Oregon after a five year battle the state railroad commission secured a wool freight rate cut of over 45 percent from Oregon railroads. A formal hearing concluded and the commission will order railroads to file new tariffs effective May 1st. The reduction covers all wool shipped in carload lots from Oregon points to Portland.
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Salem, Ore
Mareh
State Railroad Commission
Orecon Woolgrowers
Commission
Oregon
Portland
Auto Goes Over Bank Girl Dead
San Francisco report: Miss Lulu Adams is dead and Deputy Public Administrator W J Hynes seriously injured when an auto returning from a beach resort toppled over an embankment. The car, traveling at twenty miles an hour, broke steering gear. James McElroy, an insurance broker driving, was arrested on a manslaughter charge.
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San Francisco
Lulu Adams
W. J. Hynes
James McElroy
Loss of Lambs Light in Pendleton Sheep Camps
Reports from Pendleton indicate lambing under way shows light losses overall despite some fatalities. J E Smith, a leading county grower, notes the losses are minimal. Pilot Rock wintered flocks have not begun lambing yet, with sheep fed due to snow. Cunningham company ranch lambing not yet started.
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Pendleton
J. E. Smith
Mr. Smith
Pilot Rock
Smith Company
Cunningham Company
Transformation of Humbled People into Rivers Parody
An odd line imagines Lagy people being turned into rivers so they could remain on their beds, a surreal reflection on rest and identity without clear factual basis.
Tacoma Teamsters Strike Demands Unite City Labor
Tacoma March 21 Tacoma Truck company workers walk out seeking higher pay and union recognition. They demand hourly rate conversion from sixteen dollars twenty five cents per week to two dollars seventy five cents per day with overtime after 6 p m. Leaders warn this will extend to all city teamsters if goals are unmet.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Truck Company
Halfway to have a $7000 high school plan approved
Baker Oregon March 21 Plans for a union high school at Halfway drawn by Architect M P White. It envisions a modern one story frame building of three rooms with two class rooms and a laboratory. Walls plastered throughout and wood finish chosen later. Estimated cost about $7000. Bids for construction soon.
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Baker
Ore
Plana
Halfway
M. P. White
Hospital near Baker reaches halfway completion
The article reports that the super structural work on the new hospital is finished. Contractor Monterastell has moved to Pendleton to work on the cathedral. Exterior work is about half done, and interior finishing will proceed as weather allows.
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Baker, Ore
Monterastell
Pendleton
Humphreys Await Execution In Oregon Death Cells
Charles and George Humphrey spend their final day in the Oregon state penitentiary death cells in Salem. They are to be executed tomorrow at eight o'clock for the murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith. Governor West has reiterated there will be no executive clemency.
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Salem
Ore
Charles
George Humphrey
State Penitentiary
Eliza Griffith
West
Fearful Women Flee Cananea Ahead of Rebel Attack
Douglas Arizona March 21 Women and children are being moved from Cananea Sonora in anticipation of a rebel assault Col Calles and Bracamonte pull back from Naco to unite with General Cabral and Colonel Dileguez at Delrio ten miles north of Cananea Preparations to attack Colonel Moreno who commands federal troops at Cananea with about three hundred men The insurgents are estimated at nine hundred men
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Douglas
Ariz
Cananea
Sonora
Calles
Bracamonte
Naco
Cabral
Dileguez
Delrio
Moreno
City Observes Good Friday in Pendleton
Pendleton townsfolk observe Good Friday with business houses closed from noon to 3 pm and schools joining the observance. A few snow flurries fell as people gathered at the Episcopal church for special services and music.
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Pendleton
Jesus Christ
Episcopal Church
Mualo
Standpatism Dies Says Bryan at Des Moines Banquet
William J. Bryan declared standpatism dead at a Des Moines banquet, praising a return to the forefathers spirit in U S institutions. He cited western states electing progressive democrats, noted a New Hampshire progressive senator, and praised progressive control of the Senate and cabinet.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William J. Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Ilinois
Ohio
Senate of the
Knocker Label After Years of So-So Effort
After years of attempting to succeed a man ends up labeled a chronic Knocker, a unlikely pivot in his public image reflecting prolonged failure to reach notable goals.
Tornado Rips Arkansas Missouri Towns Killing and Injuring Many
Memphis dispatch reports twelve killed and about two hundred injured as a tornado across Arkansas and Missouri devastates towns including Hoxie and Poplar Bluff. Walnut Ridge and Saline suffer deaths and heavy damage as relief trains rush to the affected areas.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Missouri
Hoxie
Poplar Bluff
Walnut Ridge
Poplar Bluffs
Mounted Police Bring News Of Whale Ships
Mounted police return from the arctic coast with word of whaling ships wintering along the shore. The schooner North Starts wintering at Atchison Point, Teddy Bear near Victoria Land, Rosie H. at Ballee Island, Steinmaster at Shingle Point. The Argo sank and was forced to shelter at Apayoochick after a copper prospecting voyage.
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Dawson
Arctic
North
Atchison Point
Teddy Bear
Victoria Land
Rosie H
Ballee Island
Steinmaster
Shingle Point
Leffingwell
Argo
Banks Land
Apayoochick
Heiress seeks $20,000 yearly to keep up appearances
In New York on March 21, 15 year old heiress Helen Dewitt was granted a court increase in guardianship allowance from $12,000 to $20,000 annually. Her uncle and guardian Josiah H. Dewitt testified the spring outfit would cost about $1,800, and the larger allowance would cover maintaining appearances.
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New York
Helen Dewitt
Josiah H. Dewitt
Dewitt
Big Lumber Plant Destroyed By Fire Near Latona
Fire leveled a $200,000 Pacific Lumber and Timber plant near Latona, Seattle, with investigators citing a workman torch in the yards as the probable ignition. The blaze caused extensive damage and prompted emergency response from local crews.
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Seattle
Pacific Lumber and Timber Company
Latona
Birth certificate not faked he says in California
In San Francisco March 21 a demurrer was started in Judge Dunne's court in Behalf of Dr W W Fraser of Weaver ville Cal a defendant in the Stingsby changeling cases The demurrer argues against all statutory allegations He is charged with falsifying a birth certificate to make another child appear as heir to estates in Yorkshire England held by Lieutenant Charles Henry Slingsby
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San Francisco
W. W. Fraser
Weaverville
Cal
Stingsby
Pope's Condition Believed Critical
Rome March 21 Vatican doctors say the pope faces potential heart failure unless he rallies from weakness after influenza. He has been listless and inactive since the illness.
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Rome
Vatican
Baker Druggist Fends Off Break-in Gunshot
In Baker Oregon on March 21 Pinney Currey son of Dr H E Currey owner of a drug store shot a man alleged to be John Carroll of St Maries Idaho who was attempting to break into the back room where Currey slept Currey fired through a glass door at close range injuring the intruder and destroying the man’s left eye leaving him unable to talk.
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Baker, Ore
Pinney Currey
H. E. Currey
John Carroll
St. Maries
Idaho
Currey
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