World Events From Across the Globe in Brief
A summary of diverse items includes Wilson administration cap on alcohol at events, Neill reappointed as labor commissioner, Tumulty's Washington drive, cabinet nominations and senate confirmations, good roads congress in session, Baltimore Alum Chine disaster suspect arrested, wage increases for rail telegraph workers, Gettysburg monuments damaged, a San Francisco robbery of $87, arson case in South Bend, Texas ouster suit against Standard Oil, and the New York Women’s Industrial Exposition opened by Mrs. Harriman.
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New York
Jurist Bateman Sought in Multiple Cities by Warrants
Miami warrants target Judge J. M. Bateman from Atlanta accused as mastermind of the J. C. Mabray gang tied to scams in Omaha Kansas City and other towns. Frank Rothleuter of Kilgore Nebraska says he lost $9000 to Bateman and his operatives via fake horse races.
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Miami
Fla
J. M. Bateman
Atlanta
J. C. Mabray
Omaha
Kansas City
Frank Rothleuter
Kilgore
Neb
Bateman
Religious Education association holds decennial convention in Cleveland
President Harry Pratt Judson presides as the Religious Education association opens its tenth convention in Cleveland. Congratulatory telegrams and gifts arrive for Mr and Mrs Jay Gould after news of a new Miss Gould joining their family, making four children. Ambassador Bryce plans a final official visit to Ottawa as guest of the Duke of Connaught to discuss Canada Britain differences. Levi P Morton, 88, longtime ex vice president, is critically ill in Fifth Avenue apartments in New York City.
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The
Religious Education Association
Harry Pratt Judson
Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
Jay Gould
Miss Gould
Eleanor
Bryce
Ottawa
Ont
Washington
Duke of Connaught
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Levi P. Morton
New York City
Mr. Morton
Balkan War and Allied Dispatches Across The Theatre
Greek authorities report 78450 Turkish prisoners including Janina surrender while 20000 more are bottled up in various spots. Turkish Hamidieh sinks Greek transports carrying Servians near Hagien Ores. Janina fortress with 32000 troops capitulates after a brutal two day bombardment. Germany marks a centennial jubilee with large Berlin maneuvers.
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Janina
Hamidieh
Scutari
Hagien Ores
Aegean Sea
Epirus
Suffragists Target King and Arson Strikes Marked London
Five suffragists attempt to approach King George and Queen Mary as they travel to Westminster, sparking a harsh police response amid hostile crowds. Militants set fire to Saunderton and Croxley Green stations while Britain opens a new parliamentary session with heightened security including a renewed vaults search of the Houses of Parliament.
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London
George
Queen Mary
Westminster
Whitehall
Marlborough House
Saunderton
Great Western Railway
Croxley Green
London & Northwestern
House of Commons
House of Llords
Guy Fawkes
Firebug Confesses Tying Arson Ring Across States
Ben Fink admitted to torching an estate of arson plots spanning Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. He disclosed names and details to officials in South Bend and Chicago enabling prosecutions of up to 75 suspects tied to fires causing about 1 million dollars in damages.
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Benjamin Kahn
South Bend
Ind
Kahn
Kansas City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ben Fink
Arson Trust
Illinois
Minnesota
Remington
Frank Johnston, Jr
C. R. Montgomery
Miller Guy
C. B. Pattee
Explosion Devastates Irvine Scots Town
A spectacular dynamite blast at Nobel's explosive works near Arder Ayrshire wrecks Irvine Twenty miles from Glasgow. The blast levelled homes churches schools and public buildings. Six bodies recovered seven fatally hurt and hundreds injured with many missing feared dead as the town lies in ruins.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Irvine
Ayrshire
Nobel
Arder
Jim Hall Former Pugilist Found Dying in Wis Hovel
Neenah Wisconsin March 12 Jim Hall a former well known pugilist was found dying of tuberculosis in a hovel Monday He is penniless and his once great physique has wasted away until he is hardly recognizable.
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Jim Hall
Neenah
Wis
Jim” Hall
Illinois News Briefs Move Across State Lines
Illinoisan reports from Danville, Sandoval, Sycamore, Joliet, Duquoin, Springfield, Galesburg, Ottawa, Cairo, and Herrin. Indiana butter association plans form a state group after Illinois event. coal mines in Sandoval cut shifts. a Sycamore man kills himself. Joliet searches for a missing father. Odd Fellows in Duquoin prepare for April meeting. legal appeals over Chicago lakefront land. New banks approved in Chicago and Lafayette. Knox college students suspended over a leaflet. Ottawa man dies by gas in hotel room. wildcats near Moe Clare. O Hera urges interstate white slave cooperation. Bateman killed in Perrine mines.
Don't Wear A Truss Offering Trial Relief Cure
An advertiser promotes an illustrated book on rapture and cure using a special appliance, with numbers of cured patients and letters. It offers free book by sending name and address to C E Brooks in Marshal Michigan and promises testimonials and a broad catalog including drug and grocery stores and residences. The note mentions James & Co ok Denver Colorado for westward opportunities.
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C. E. Brooks
Marshal
Mich
Colorado
James & Cook
Nat'l Bank Bldg
Denver
Colg
Untitled Exchange Between Grace and Tom
Grace proposes inviting Tom's mother and father to live with them while Tom asserts he would do anything for her. Grace presses for family support as a key commitment in their conversation.
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Tom
Grace
Mother
Italy Drives Down Malaria Rates Despite Remedial Efforts
American consular officers report malaria in Italy has declined in recent years due to government actions. Quinine from Turin's state military pharmacy sells at four cents per gram in government tobacco shops and is given free to the poor. In 1911 malaria deaths were about 8,500 in a population over 33 million.
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Italy
Genoa
Leghorn
United States
Turin
James A. Smith
Frank Deedmeyer
Honesty. No man is so dishonest but what he considers
A Milwaukee Sentinel quotation notes that every person believes their neighbor is more dishonest than themselves. The brief reflects a moral perspective on self awareness and judgment.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Strength Without Overloading The Stomach
A business man in California seeks a breakfast that fuels work without heavy digestion. He credits Grape-Nuts with providing sustained energy, mental clarity, and calmer nerves, even claiming he stopped breakfast then found four teaspoonfuls with sugar and a splash of milk ideal. The ad from Postum Co. promotes The Road to Wellville and ends with the slogan There's a Reason.
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Calif
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Adv
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Long Bridge
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Mr. Tumulty
Clark
Representative Underwood
Alabama
Ways and Means
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Senate
Edgar H. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
John H. Marble
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Federal Aid Good Roads Congress
William J. Bornhardt
Baltimore Harbor
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Gettysburg
Peter Morrison
San Francisco
State of Texas
B. F. Looney
Standard Oil Company
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Darrow
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Misery Bay
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Perry
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Thirteenth Legislative Assembly
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Thomas J. Walsh
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Ariz
America, Jr
William, Jr
Montezuma Copper Company
Calvados
Marmora
Blix
Queen Alexandra
George V. OF England
Firebug
Scotch City
Marble Works
Danville
Illinois Butter Manufacturers and Improvement Association
Savoy Hotel
Muncie
Frankfort
Terre Haute
Topeka
Illinois Association
Sandoval
Marion County Coal Company
Junction City
Odin
Sycamore
Francis Stephani
Joliet
John McGowan
Illinois and Michigan Canal
McGowan
Springfield
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Illinois Supreme Court
South Park Commissioners
Aren van Vilissengen
Henry W. Lee
George A. Hyers
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Brady
Millnois
Benjamin Kulp
Joe W. 3. Flesh
A. I. Peterson
Madison and Kedzie State Bank
Fred Bernstein
Simon Keck
Carl Lundberg
United States Bank of Chicago
Thomas Hoadley
Alva M. Janes
Ed Nowlan
Frank
Galesburg
Knox College
Don Russell
Cairo
Moe Clare
Clarence Jacobs
Stanley Matthews
O’hera
Herrin
Luke Bateman
Perrine Mines
Here
Rev. Waterman
Warner Vacuum Cleaner Co
Munc
Florida Industri Re
Florida
Cos Sacksonville, Fla
Stoak
Bond House
American Securities
Jacksonville
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