World and national events in brief highlights
Secretary of State Bryan urged Governor Johnson to withhold signing anti alien land laws that could violate U S Japan treaties. Republican critics condemn a proposed tariff as delusion and snare while urging accounting. Saskatchewan premier Walter Scott presses for Taft era reciprocity revival in Washington. Wilson accepts fish commissioner Bowers resignation naming Hugh S Smith acting commissioner. James Hamilton Lewis sworn in as Illinois senator. open caucus endorsed by Republicans and Madden urges open conferences. Willis Moore is removed as Weather Bureau chief after probe into potential Agriculture Secretary post.
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Bryan
Johnson
California
United States
Japan
Ways and Means Committee
House
Walter Scott
Regina
Saskatchewan
Washington
Western Canada
Willis J. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Multiple Events Shaped by Turbulent Era Across States
A string of incidents reports tragedy and legal drama from Indiana to New York. Lillian Dean dies when a car she drove overturns, and Mrs. Commons is injured. Buffalo Chamber plans a mass tariff protest delegation to Washington. Capt J Willis reports finding Astor’s message aboard Lonscar and wires Mrs Astor. Alexis Georgian, editor, begins a ten day sentence for criminal libel after mayoral charges. Brucker’s dirigible Suchard II flight postponed due to hydrogen and weather. IWW hunger strike ends in Denver jail. Kid Carter receives life sentence for murder in Boston after confessing to more killings. Michael Sellers dies during fifth suicide attempt, jail fire injures Sheriff Wahl. Connecticut Rep Clifford Snow is expelled for offering to sell his vote.
Carlson Wins B A A Marathon in Boston
Sporting Fritz Carlson of Cook's gymnasium Minneapolis won the B A A Marathon in Boston with a time of 2 25 14 2 5. Sockalexis finished second in 2 27 12 2 5 and Harry Smith of New York was third in 2 28 4 5. Luther McCarty, claimant of the white heavyweight title, won a wide margin decision over Jim Flynn in Philadelphia after six fast rounds.
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Fritz Carlson
Cook’s Gymnasium
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Sockalexis
Harry Smith
New York
Luther McCarty
Jim Flynn
Colorado
Philadelphia
Paris Guillotines and Bomb Threats Spur War News
Reports describe the execution of foreign gang members in Paris and a found bomb in a Belgian rail tunnel. Population figures for Berlin and its suburbs are cited, with Greek troops massing near Salonika and a Turkish Balkan armistice in effect. An aerial disaster near Paris kills five in Noisy Le Grand. Mrs. Henry B Warner dies after a Seaford LA car crash.
Illinois News Briefly Told
Ninth Division of the Illinois Naval Reserve relieved from duty at Shawneetown and sent home to Alton. Fire at Swisher lumber yard in Danville and Donnelly grocery causes losses of 35000 and 5000 respectively. Arson suspect McMillen jailed in Villa Grove. confesses connected to earlier fires. Steamer Illinois returns from relief expedition to Shawneetown. Pana resident Hess killed attempting to board moving freight, leaves a family. Decatur adds school Movies program for 5000 pupils. De Kalb man Duffy drowns after fall from wagon. Bloomington merchant Stevenson dies aged 55, brother of ex- VP. Metropolis prisoners escape. one returns. Greenview man Leahy commits suicide. Metamora priest Ziegler dies after operation. Springfield jailer Scott, once U S presidential nominee, added to pay roll. Pana man Merriman dies by suicide after jumping before train. Rock Island closes two public schools due to a smallpox case.
Illinois Nuggets Chronicle Local Misfortunes And Officials Changes
Sterling Mayor Sams salary cut to five dollars after council dispute. Pontiac bonfire tragedy burns 89 year old Eleanor Wheeler at farm home. Streator another Wheeler dies at 86 from clothing fire while tending weeds. Champaign student Leopold dismissed from University of Belleville for participating in a talent play while on probation. Springfield board confirms retirement of School Superintendent J H Collins after twenty years. Chicago former State’s Attorney Wayman dies from self-inflicted gunshot after crisis and fear of surgery. Sterling jail fire and inmate death as Michael Sellers commits suicide after a history of attempts. Lee Center boy Raymond Simpson drowns at a pond. Joliet Soldier’s and Sailor’s Widows’ Home resident Granama Cox dies at 106. Springfield governors announces appointments for Southern Illinois Penitentiary boards and Lake County Public Administrator. Danville identifies beheaded man Oscar Haines of Watseka from clothing fragments after flood detours.
Climate of Western Canada Lands in a 1913 Letter
A Swedish paper’s People’s Voice column recounts a 1913 letter from near Davidson Saskatchewan detailing weather and yields. Wheat 30–35 bushels per acre, oats 60 bushels, flax around 20. winter sun in Alberta noted, while February was generally fine yet severe globally. Local conditions show all homesteads taken, wild land purchasable at reasonable figures.
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People’s Voice
Canada
Davidson
Sask
Alberta
Meteorological Department
Edmonton
Gum Chewing Congressman Chooses Substitute Over Smoking
Representative Solomon Francis Prouty of Illinois Seventh District is noted as the only member in the House who chews gum constantly. Aged ten years since quitting smoking after a doctors’ warning, he once nearly relapsed during a hot campaign day when he encountered a corncob pipe.
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Solomon Francis Prouty
Illinois
House of Representatives
Iowa
Prouty
Washington Star
Pushing interior decorating too far ends in red ink confusion
Mrs. Gallup, an estimable house decorator, drank a glass of red ink thinking it claret. She was alarmed but unharmed. The doctor dryly notes that the urge for stylish interiors can go too far.
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Globe
George M. Bowers
Hugh 8. Smith
James Hamilton Lewis
Senate
Madden
Ilinois
Herman Coppes
St. Charles
Manny Steep
Hilgin, Tl
Steep
Greenwich
Conn
Hope Trower Allcorn
England
Faith, Hope
Charity
Faith
Hereford
Sussex County
Eigland
Massachusetts
John W Weeks
United States Senate
John J. Mitchell
Mitchell
A. Z. Blair
Adams County
Ohio Senate
Cox
John Commons
Wayne County
Indiana
Lillian Dean
Miss Dean
Commons
Chamber of Commerce of
Buffalo
N. Y
J. Willis
John Jacob Astor
Alexis E. Georgian
Wallace G. Nye
Joseph Brucker
West Indies
Canary Islands
Industrial Workers of the World
Denver
Colo
James Brandon Jennings
Kid Carter
William H. MacPherson
Michael Sellers
Sterling, IL
J. Frank Wahl
Sellers
Clifford L. Snow
Manchester
Connecticut House of Representatives
Soudy
Callemin
Monies
Paris
Hesson
Vaux
Belgium
Berlin
City
Berlkans
Salonika
Dedengatch
Turkey
Balkan
Constantinople
Noisy le Grand
France
Henry B Warner
Seaford
Illinois News
Shawnee Town
Dickson
Springfield
Illinois Naval Reserve
Shawneetown
Alton
Danville
Swisher
Donnelly Grocery
Donnelly
A. V. McMillen
Villa Grove
Tuscola
Stovall
Vermillion County
Jessie Canfield
Westville
Canfield
McMillen
George Bixler
McMillens
Castro
Frank S Dickson
Wabash River
Pana
Charles O Hess
Tower Hill
Decatur
Decatur Public
Board of Education
de Kalb
Hugh Duffy
Bloomington, Ill
John C. Stevenson
Bloomington
Stevenson
Metropolis
Liberty
Andrews Goosby
E M. Deanhan
J. R Webb
Roy Crosby
Hays Capps
Cecil Lahey
Vernon
Ind
Greenview
Metamora
Otto Ziegler
St Mary’s Church, Metamora
St. Francis Hospital
Cincinnati
William T Scott
Hayti
Scott
Dempsey Merriman
Rock Island
Sterling
Samus
Mendota
Pontiac
Eleanor Wheeler
Streator
Long Point
Eleanore Wheeler
Champaign
EB. Leopold
Belleville
University of Tinela
Leopold
J. H Collins
Chicago
John E Wayman
Constance Avenue
Whiteside County
Lee Center
Raymond Simpson
Joliet
Southern Ilinois Penitentiary
Omer S Pace
Jefferson County
Frank Orr
Brown County
C F Coleman
Fayette County
Lake County
Edward W. McDermott
Danille
Stewart
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway
Oscar Haines
Watseka
Haines
Lafayette
Western
Grandad
Post
Epicures
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