Illinois House Advances Day Regime and Temperance Bills
Springfield March 7 The Illinois House reported favorably three temperance measures urged by anti saloon groups. Brewer's law on selling to in uniform service members, Abbeys zoning power near cities, and an anti bootlegging bill all passed to the lower house. Adjournment set for next Tuesday.
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Springfield
Ill
Representative Brewer
Anti-Saloon League
House
Temperance Committee
United States
Abbey
Senate
Igoe
Danville
Dailey
Sterling
Cliffe
DeKalb
Sycamore
Elgin
Kessinger
Hewitts
Southern
Hlineis Penitentiary
Springfeld
General Assembly
Homer PL Aspingall
Freeport
Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy Praised in Alabama Letter
A Steele Alabama reader Mrs F A Gaines reports relief from hot flashes nervous trouble and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. She notes her daughter also improved after taking the remedies and recommends the product for other women seeking confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Steele
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Illinois proposes corporate tax and intercompany stock limits
The house referred a Zion City investigation to the executive committee while an administration bill by Rep Edward J Smejkal seeks a corporate tax and allows stock in another company if it does not breach anti trust laws. Gov Lowden urged an excise tax in his biennial message to cut state taxes from 70 cents.
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Mer
House
Zion City
Senate
Executive Committee
Edward J. Smejkal
Chicago
Appropriations Committee
Illinois
New Jersey
Lowden
Detroit Man Chosen For Chicago Schools
CHICAGO March 6 Charles E Chadsey superintendent of Detroit s schools has been elected superintendent of the Chicago schools by the board of education The salary increase proposal from 12000 to 18000 was withdrawn A special nine member Chicago committee recommended Chadsey s selection Peter A Mortenson acting superintendent was elected associate superintendent at 12000 a year The 18000 salary would be the highest for any city school superintendent and higher than most university presidents
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Chicago
Charles E. Chadsey
Detroit
Board of Education
Chadsey
Boston Irish Resent Slight of President
Delegates from four Irish societies in Boston voted to invite Justice Daniel P. Cohalan of New York as guest of honor at a March 17 banquet. They condemned President Wilson for not meeting a commission at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and praised Cohalan for his work with the Friends of Irish Freedom.
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Boston
Friends of Irish Freedom
Daniel P. Cohalten
New York
Eay
Wilson
Metropolitan Opera House
Philadelphia
Justice Cohalan
Burglars Drug Family and Steal $1400 in Van Buren County
Burlington march 6 after drugging an entire family with morphine burglars entered William Cup store owner at Birmingham took 1400 from under his pillow and departed without waking any family member bloodhounds tracked twice but ended at two different houses no arrests yet
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Burlington
Town
Wiliam Cup
Birmingham
British to release Irish prisoners in small batches
The Daily Mail reports that on March 6 the British government will release all Irish political prisoners. To avert a large public demonstration, the prisoners will be sent back to Ireland in small groups.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Ireland
Chamberlain Attacks Baker Over Military Justice
Washington reports Senator Chamberlain chairing the military committee issued a statement denouncing Maj. Gen. Crowder's reply as erroneous and false. He criticized Secretary Baker for aligning with reactionary army elements and warned of moves against Brig. Gen. Ansell. He urged change in court martial conditions and blamed authorities for resisting reforms.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Senate
Crowder
Baker
Representative Gould
New York
Gen
Ansell
Austrians Approve Union With Germany
The Austrian Constituent Assembly opened with general approval for union with Germany. The president urged free disposition, stating the entente cannot limit Austria’s right to decide its future.
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Germany
Vienna
Basle
National Constituent Assembly
Vermont Towns Vote For License System
Vermont towns and cities reported in a March 6 dispatch that support for a license policy in local elections more than doubled from the previous year. Twenty-five jurisdictions sent in returns showing they favored a license, compared with eleven last year.
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Montpelier
Vermont
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Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Company
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