Washington Debates on Bonus Bill and Armament Cutbacks
The Ways and Means Committee ordered the bonus bill reporting 19 to 6 as Republicans resist compromise. Army cuts to 135000 enlisted and 11000 officers accompany a 270 million dollar appropriation. Other items include postal deposits rising, a safe theft at Union Pacific, and protests over wage and labor actions.
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Ways and Means Committees
Washington
House
House Ways and Means Committee
Dulus Bill
House Appropriations Committee
Deaths of Ludwig Stollwerck and notables across the U S
Ludwig Stollwerck longtime head of the Cologne chocolate firm dies at sixty five. In Chicago word comes of the death of William T McIntyre famed minstrel partner of Rice at his Kenosha home Wisconsin. Mary Stewart Daggett author dies at Pasadena California after brief illness born Morristown New Jersey in 1856.
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Cologne
Ludwig Stollwerck
Verdinng
Chicago
William T. McIntyre
McIntyre and Rice
Kenosha
Wis
Nea
Mary Stewart Daggett
Pasadena
Cal
Morristown
Foreign Baron Manton killed fox hunting near Stratford
Foreign Baron Manton of Compton Verney was thrown from his horse and killed while fox hunting near Stratford-on-Avon. Lord Manton formerly Joseph Watson head of a large soup firm.
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Baron Manton
Compton Verney
Stratford-on- Avon
Lord Manton
Joseph Watson
Fire devastates downtown area wiping out 120 firms
A historic blaze in Chicago on March 17 destroyed multiple fireproof buildings including the Springer estate and the Burlington building. One death, scores injured, and about 20,000 workers left jobless as 120 firms' stocks and records were wiped out. Authorities suspect incendiary origins with murder indictments possible.
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Chicago
Shirley T. High
George Cane
Fire Insurance Patrol No. 1
Cane
Austin
Near West Side
Burlington Railroad
Mercantile Bank
Springer
Burlington
Jackson Boulevard
Canal and
Clinton Streets
Metropolitan H
Canal Street
Elevated
Coal Strike Tension Faces Presidential View in Illinois
Springfield March 17 President Frank Farrington of the United Mine Workers telegraphs Secretary Davis of the Labor Department opposing a government commission to settle the looming coal strike. He supports Davis efforts but favors direct negotiations with Illinois operators over a government set wage scale.
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Springfield
Davis
Department of Labor
Frank Farrington
Imoig Mine Workers’ Organization
Farrington
Illinois
De Valera Opens Push for Irish Republic Recognition
Dublin reports Éamon de Valera launching a manifesto to form a new Irish group aimed at gaining international recognition for the Irish Republic and rejecting the ongoing peace talks with Great Britain.
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DE Valera
Irish Republic
Dublin
Amon de Valera
Great Britain
Robs From Moving Street Car In Cleveland Scene
On March 17 in Cleveland Mrs. Pauline Watson reported a motorcyclist on a moving street car snatched a fur neckpiece from her shoulders through an open window and fled. The incident highlights a new form of street crime disturbing local transit riders.
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Cleveland
Pauline Watson
Passing It On
A quip filled anecdote set unfolds with Willie announcing a visitor to “the boss of the house” and a mother’s playful command to tell Bridget. A traffic stop yields a pun on “Little learning is a dangerous thing,” as a driver escapes a citation. The piece closes with a wry reflection on love and its uncertainties.
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Willie
Dad
Mother
Bridget
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Hamilton Mills
Lovell
Mass
Cement Trust
Hannibal
St. Leo
Mexico
Kinderhook
Dubuque
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Jaames Foley
Princeton
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Canal
van Buren and
Choton Streets
Burlington Railway
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
Houas A. Delaney
Prohibition
Joseph H. Ray
Milwaukee
John
Edward Hall
Niagara River
Niagara Balls
N.Y
B. M. Jewell
Joseph McPonald
Clifford Steinhagen
Marshalltown
Tashan
Roscoe C
Fatty”) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
San Francisco
Harry Greb
Pittsburgh
Yom Gibbons
St. Paul
Madison Square Garden
New York
Fifth United States Infantry
Antwerp
The
United States
Cantigny
Ellis Lewis Garretson
Order of the Mystic Shrine of North
Lisbon
Portugal
Hhe
Punjab
Delhi
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Queen
Denmark
Exe
Nice
France
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Russia
League of Nations
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London
Mexico City
Tripoli
Rome
Manila
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Los Angeles
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Paris
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Troo
Stirlington General
U. S
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Toolay
Alabastine CO Company
Grandville Ave
Calumet
U.S
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