List of Dead in Club Fire Grows to 32
Fire investigators count ten identified bodies from the Missouri Athletic Club ruin in St Louis as the blaze at the former hotel turned club claims more lives. Fire chief had warned seven months earlier that the building was unsafe.
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Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
E. P. Williams
New York
Allen Hancock
LL P_ Ruff
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louis
Sparta
Meredith Johnston
Lexington
Sundy
Marshall Bier
Smith
Bornmueller
Swingley
Board of Trade House Files Bankruptcy Petition
Chicago March 10 W A Co board of trade operators since 1898 filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition showing assets of about 420 000 and liabilities of the same order The concern also operates in Minneapolis and Milwaukee Wabash Car Shops Burn Moberly Mo March 10 the Wabash car shops burned yesterday causing nearly 200 000 in losses An explosion in a passenger coach started the fire destroying two baggage cars two mail cars and seven passenger coaches
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Chicago
W. A. & Co. Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Moberly
Coulon Battles Williams for Bantam Title June 9
Chicago dispatch reports Johnny Coulon will meet Kiag Williams for the bantam world championship in Los Angeles on June 9. The bout headlines the title fight with both boxers seeking the crown in a major midyear showdown.
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Chicago
Johnny Coulon
Kiag Williams
Los Angeles
Carranza probes deaths of Bauch and Benton in Mexico
El Paso March 10. The Fraustro led Carranza investigation commission probes the deaths of Gustave Bauch an American citizen and William Benton a British subject. Suspects include Colonel Avila at Juarez and Major Fierro as the killer in Villa's office. Hearings are secret. The commission may call witnesses from across the constitutionalist army and even Villa. Proceedings unlikely until after the Torreon battle.
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el Paso
Texas
Carranza Investigation Commission
Fraustro
Gustave Bauch
William 8
Benton
Avila
Juarez
Bauch
Fierro
Villa
Carranza Military Court
Carranza
Carranza Commission
Torreon
Guards Hired to Incite Violence in Copper Strike
Chicago report shows 45 mine guards imported in October by a New York detective agency to the strike zone. Captain White urged guards to train the strikers to violence, with Curry firing at a boarding house to provoke a crackdown. John Mitchell to have a Washington hearing. Michigan National Guard defended actions. grand jury evidence in Houghton County may be released. In Rome, workers resumed work after a city strike, with injuries and a gunfire clash near the interior ministry.
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Henry Batters
Congressional Committee
New York
White
Batters
Curry
Benson
Mohawk
John Mitchell
Washington
Mitchell
Butte
Michigan National Guard
Ragedale
United States Army
Grand Jury
Houghton County
Moyer
Taylor
Velasquez painting slashed by suffragist protest
London reports Miss Richardson, a noted suffragist, entered the National Gallery and slashed the Velazquez painting "Robe ry Venus" with a knife in protest against government actions. She was arrested and committed for trial. bail denied. The gallery notes the work has depreciated in value. Pankhurst movements and militant suffragists also enter the coverage with train movements and confrontations at railway terminals.
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London
England
Richardson
National Gallery
Velasquez
Robery Venus
Miss Richardson
Emmeline Pankhurst
Federals Start After More Men In Playoff Move
Chicago March 10 The federal league has begun a campaign to sign players under contract with the National and American leagues. Manager Stovall of the Kansas City Federals confirmed interest in players from Chicago Nationals and St Louis Americans. Reports say four Boston Americans players two pitchers a third baseman and a shortstop and pitcher Alexander of the Philadelphia Nationals have applied for terms with the Federals.
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Chicago
Ill
Federal League
Stovall
Kansas City Federals
Chicago Nationals
St. Louis Americans
Boston Americans
Alexander
Philadelphia Nationals
Federals
Old Iowa papers unite interests in consolidation
Waterloo March 10 The Daily Reporter and Evening Courier two of the oldest Iowa newspapers have merged. After today they will be issued from the Courier office.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Daily Reporter
Evening Courier
Courier
Smallpox Inquiry Begins as Illinois Health Board Acts
Reports of suspected smallpox from several Illinois communities push the state board of health into a series of investigations. Acting Secretary Amos Sawyer assigns Inspector C. B. Nelson to Lowder county, then Barwell, with reports also out of Rockport in Pike county and Windsor in Shelby county where smallpox is believed present.
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State Board of Health
Springfield
Illinois
Amos Sawyer
Nelson
Lowder
Barwell
Rockport
Pike County
Windsor
Shelby County
Girl Tries to Die in Actor's Room in New York
Edith Rockwell believed by police to come from a wealthy Chicago family took poison in actor Frank Kahl's apartment after following him from the West. There is slight chance of recovery.
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New York
Edith Rockwell
Chicago
Frank Kahl
Start Fund For Person Defense
A campaign in Chicago aims to raise 100000 for Carl E. Person defense, charged in Clinton with murder. At a Tube mass meeting $487 was collected as stereopticon reels accused Illinois Central of suppressing union rights while Person’s case is outlined and a national defense organization proposed. The federal indictment on charges of mailing injurious material faces 35 years and 35000 dollars fine as three legal battles loom. President Wilson also nominates local postmasters Thompsonville and Keokuk.
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Chicago
Ill
Carl E. Person
Tony Musser
Clinton
Cohan’s
Grand Opera House
Illinois Central Road
Person
Frank Comerford
United States Industrial Welfare Commission
Wilson
Illinois Central Railroad
Comerford
Illinois Central
Illinois
Ilinois
Musser
Unsettled Weather Tonight Through Wednesday With Snow Likely
Unsettled conditions expected tonight and Wednesday with probable snow and a colder spell. Temperatures dipping to about 20 to 25 degrees, highest yesterday 43, wind brisk from the north, no precipitation recorded yet, humidity near 74 percent at dusk. Astronomical events note Mercury Venus Saturn Mars visible at twilight. Jupiter, Draco prominent north of northeast around 8 30 p m with Vega nearby.
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J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Draco
Dragon Low
Vega
Lad Shot In Eye May Lose Sight
Leonard Richards nine year old son of Clyde and Mrs Richards of East Moline may lose sight in his right eye after an air rifle accident. A 15 year old playmate fired the gun at close range while they played in a ditch under a culvert. The eye was badly cut and hospital treatment followed. If complications do not arise the eye may be saved.
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Leonard Richards
Clyde Richards
State Street
East Moline
Richard
Warren Marshall
L. D. Marshall
Military Flyer Killed by a Fall at Salisbury
Salisbury England March 10 Captain Cyril Downer was killed in a fall from an aeroplane while lying today at the military aerodrome.
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Salisbury
England
Cyril Downer
Wilson Seeks Changes in Antitrust Bills
Washington March 10 President Wilson moved to have three pending antitrust bills revised before the House judiciary committee. Clayton Floyd and Carlin met the president and now rewrite provisions to fit his views. The trade relations bill would curb discriminatory pricing and allow damages evidence from decrees against monopolies. The monopoly definition bill may need wording changes for four restraints of trade. Interlocking directorates face extensive changes to avoid overreach while maintaining carrier competition limits. Senate committee tentatively approved Cummins amendment defining carrier liability for freight with changes.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
House Committee On Judiciary
Clayton
Floyd
Carlin
Cummins
Senate
Women voting in local primaries across Illinois and Connecticut
Springfield and Bridgeport report women taking part in local primaries for municipal nominees. The parade of first time voters marks a landmark expansion of suffrage. Also noted is a demurrer by counsel for former President Mellen of the New Heaven railroad tied to a train wreck inquiry.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Bridgeport
Conn
Mellen
New Heaven Railroad
Manila
Washington to Take Further Steps Demanding Punishment of Assassins
Washington reports from March 10 state that the Vergara case shows his body was taken from Hidalgo cemetery by relatives and hired Mexicans, four bullet holes found in the neck, and the recovery cost $400 to a Vergara relative. Texas rangers did not cross the border. the body was delivered to Gar ringer cranes on the American side. No border clash expected. further steps to punish assassins will be pursued.
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Garrison
Bliss
Texas Border Forces
Clemente Vergara
Howard
Fourteenth Cavalry
Vergara
Hidalgo Cemetery
Saunders
Texas Rangers
San Enrique
Convery
Laredo
Hutchins
Bryan
Garrett
Garringed C-Raneers
Thenie
Texas
Stata
Captain Saunders
Rangers
Torreon
Boy desperadoes shoot farmer near Big Rock
Aurora reports three boy desperadoes fled from St Charles school for boys last night and shot Elmer Dean in the throat as he tried to arrest them. Kane County sheriff and armed deputies patrol the area while the trio hide in a clump of trees. Dean is expected to survive. Evansville sees policeman Frank Melton fatally shoot Bradley Wilson after a confrontation during an attempted arrest. Solomon Bryant is wounded.
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Aurora
Big Rock
St Charles
Elmer Dean
Kane County
Geneva
Dean
Evansville
Ind
Frank Melton
Bradley Wilson
Solomon Bryant
Justice Wright Cleared After Charges Dismissed
In DC on March 10 the house judiciary committee dismissed charges against Justice Wright of the district supreme court, finding them uncorroborated and releasing him from any wrongdoing. The decision ends the banker Cooper initiated case alleging improper conduct.
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Cooper
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
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