FARM PLACES REJECTED BY JOBLESS MEN
Fonda New York March 18 Of seventy workers sent to farms only twenty accepted wages offered by farmers at twenty to twenty five dollars a month with twenty five dollars in advance a tailor who had never seen a cow would take fifty dollars but was not employed. Grafters In the Ranks New York March 18 Unemployed leaders accused of misusing funds flee amid graft charges. Rioting at Canton Canton Ohio March 18 Strikers confront strike-breakers as uniforms depart by auto. police fail to quell unrest.
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Fonda
N. Y
Glynn
New York City
New York
Industrial Workers of the World
Canton
Ohio
Novelty Iron Company
Barnett House
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Philadelphia
W. L. Schamick
St. Louis
John P. White
Villa's Army Defeated by Federals in Mexico Fight
Washington reports no Torreon battle reference while dispatches claim Villa faced a Federal counterattack north of Torreon Escalon and Rosario. Federals march from Torreon to Escalon as Villa scrambled to form a defensive rear guard amid heavy fighting near Juarez and Rosaria.
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Washington, D. C
Torreon
State Department
Andrew Hamilton
Byrd
Goldschmidt
Mexico City
Manclova
Paso
Texas
Mexico
Juarez
Villa
Escalon
Rosario
Vilila
Jiminez
Chihuahua
Huerta
Urbina
Constitutionalists
Rosaria
Jimfnez
Explosion at Cleveland Brewery Claims Two Dead
An explosion at the Cleveland Brewing Company plant in Cleveland Ohio killed chief engineer James Bowman and fatally injured fireman George Kilburn with two others seriously hurt. A compressor head tore from an engine in the ammonia room and Bowman suffocated from ammonia Gas. the building was partially wrecked.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Bowman
George Kilburn
Cleveland Brewing Company
Bowman
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with colder Thursday. Low tonight around 25 degrees. Temperatures: 7 am 20, high yesterday 46, low last night 19. Winds brisk to moderate. No precipitation. River at 7 am 3.4 feet, up 0.1. Evening stars Mars Venus Saturn. morning stars Jupiter Mercury. Sirius, first magnitude in Canis Major, passes the meridian at 7 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moling
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Canis Major
Helvens
Greek Demon George Nicholson Dies In Fresno Motorcycle Crash
George Nicholson known as the Greek Demon and welterweight wrestling champion, died after a tandem motorcycle crash near Fresno California. His companion also perished. Nicholson lived four hours after arrival at the hospital. Nicholson, born March 25 1888 in Tripolis Greece, trained in Burlington Iowa and became a noted star across the three cities and California.
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Pete Clements
George Nicholson
Fresno
Cal
Nicholson
Burlington
Iowa
Rock Island
Middle West
California
Tripolis
Greece
Peter, Nicholson
Decree Granted to Mrs. Goelet in Uncontested Divorce
Mrs. Rob ert Goelet, a New York society figure, was granted a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. Judge Barrow noted insulting language and abuse as factors impairing her health. Custody details assign Ogden Goelet to both parents for the older child, with Peter to remain with the mother until age six. The piece also notes Elsie Whalen’s Newport debut and Panama hiring a police instructor from George Helfert.
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Newpork
R. L
Robert Goelet
New York
Barrow
Goelet
Elsie Whalen
Henry Whalen
Philadelphia
Ogden Goelet
Wayne, Pa
Alice Roosevelt
Craig Biddle
Mr. Goelet
May
Duke of Roxburgh
Jones Charges Toll Exemption Tied to Mexico Policy
Washington lawmakers debate whether repealing the Panama tolls exemption was demanded as “the price of non interference” in Mexico after Wilson’s conference with British envoy Sir Lionel Carden. Senate wrangle delays action as Bowles testifies to a lobby tied to the Panama act.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Panama
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Great Britain
Senate
Jones
Washington
Hoke Smith
Bristow
Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Senate 1
de Knight
Westinghouse Widow Probate Leaves 35 Million
Pittsburgh March 18 The will of George W Westinghouse was filed for probate today. The estate is about 35.069 million dollars. The widow, son and brother are named principal beneficiaries. Certain office and retired employees receive a year’s pay.
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Pittsburgh
George W
Chicago voter roll tops six ninety three thousand six hundred twenty four
Chicago March 8 Yesterday's registration raised the city total to 693 624 about 20 000 more than New York with more than 6 000 women registered for the local option election next month anti saloon leaders say Springfield will be dry after April Four years ago wets won by 1 400 votes Women workers helped register voters at polling places Danville Peoria Rockford and Rock Island report heavy female registration with mixed outcomes in others East St Louis saw women register despite rain Negro women led in registering in large numbers Ed 8 S Harlan exonerated at Atlantic Iowa Abbie Sweet dies in Fon du Lac Wis at 58 after stroke Senator Owen visits Boston stock exchange
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Chicago
New York
Springfield
Danville
Rockford
Birth of Grandson Spurs Berlin Birth Holiday
Royal salute marks birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick. The German emperor orders a general school holiday in Berlin to celebrate his sixth grandson, the duchess being the emperor's only granddaughter from his son.
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Brunswick
Germany
Brunsch
Berlin
Auto bandits rob Chicago home in swift getaway
In Chicago on a March night a robber shot and lightly wounded Assistant Manager Sturmer while a companion guarded the getaway car. The thief stole $15 from the register as the night clerk opened the safe containing about $5,000 and fled at high speed, pursued by police.
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Chicago
Ill
Briggs
Sturmer
Register
Murder convict walks away from Joliet's pen
Matthew Stamba, 28, convicted of murder and committed here, escaped the Joliet penitentiary and is believed to have concealed himself in his birthplace's foreign quarter. Search parties and a possible deadly pursuit are reported as investigators close in.
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Joliet
Joliet, ML
Matthew Stamba
Starba
Slayer Heroine Rumors From Paris Headlines After Calmette Kill
Paris reports tense crowds amid the Calmette assassination with republican guards patrolling. Madame Caillaux is praised as a heroine amid speculation of love, politics, and sensational newspaper runoff. Nuns guard Caillaux in St Lazzare prison as public cries rise across journals.
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Paris
France
Calmette
the Figaro
Madame Caillaux
Caillaux
Delahaye
St. Lazzare
Stay Granted for Hans Schmidt Execution Appeal
New York March 18 Hans Schmidt sentenced to die in the electric chair week of March 23 has a stay of execution after filing notice of appeal. The appeal argues that Anna Aumuller died due to an alleged operation performed.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Argentina beef dominance by Chicago firms described
Washington March 18 The Farmers Bulletin reports Argentina beef shipments to the United States totaling 9,000,000 pounds monthly under the new tariff are controlled by Chicago packing companies. The Chicago firms do by far a major portion of the entire business, according to the bulletin from the agriculture department.
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Washington, D. C
Argentina
United States
Chicago Packing Companies
Farmers’ Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Gould World Tennis Champion Triumphs in Philadelphia
Jay Gould, amateur court tennis champion, defeated George Covey of England to win the professional world title in Philadelphia in a striking display, seven sets to one. Also reports postmaster nominations for Illinois by President Wilson and a long hiccough episode in Pana.
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George Covey
England
Philadelphia
Jay Gould
Fined for Calling Neighbor a Suf in Suburban Village
A woman school principal, wife of a physician, in a suburban village was fined for insulting a neighbor by calling her a suffragist term. The incident highlights local tensions over gender roles and political labels in a quiet community.
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Vera Cruz
Rojas
John Lind
Meta- Moras
Brownaville
War Office
Consulis
Madera Company Limited
Pearson
Manuel Kutierrez
Oscar Allen
J. M. Sherier
Loce
West
Friend
Mrs. Goelet
Republic of Panama
George A. Helfert
Zamboanga
Philippines
Illinois Laundrymen's Association
Victor Adland
Herman Bartel
C. H. Atwood
Geneseo
Gilbert McCoy
Westinghouse
ISE
Lao
Illinois City
Peoria
Quincy
Commission
East St. Louis
S. Harlan
Glenwood
Harlan
Atlantic
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railroad
Applegate
Abbie Sweet
Fon du Lac
Wis
Mayor Sweet
Dubuque
Boston
R. L. Owen
Oklahoma
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Stock Exchange
Wilhelm Berling
Briggs House
Tillman
South Carolina
Caruso
Enrico Caruso
Adelina Patti
Slayer
Figaro
W. C. Cross
Charles Schick
Frank Danny
Aurora
G. H. Gibson
Wheatland
Daisy Gilmore
Helen Rogers
Missouri
Fayette
Dallas Shields
Joseph Gaines
Court House
James Gordon Bennett
Port Sudan
Egypt
The
New York Herald
Sparta
Charles B. Stecker
William ,H. Jackson
Ancon
Canal Zone
District Court of the
Agricultural Department Bulletin
President Wilson
Charles E. Duval
Aledo
James L. Parks
Carbondale
John A. O'Neil
Chatsworth
Chauncey M. Gilmore
Colfax
John E. Mackin
Lockport
F. J. Schmitz
Mendota
Charles A. Brandenburg
Milan
Charles B. Taylor
Tuscina
Luther E. Robertson
Carterville
Charles M. Webber
Urbana
James J. Dougherty
Ottawa
Clement L. Butler
Sheldon
Perry F. Hathaway
Menard
Pana
Rachael Mills
Stonington
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