Defendants Named In Big Suit Over Union Damages
In Denver on March 20 officials of the United Mine Workers faced actions by Colorado coal companies seeking 1,000,000 dollars in damages and asking for body judgments against union leaders including president John White. The move, called another attempt to harass the union, may lead to similar suits. Also, in Washington representative Taylor’s bill to establish ten mining experiment stations received favorable committee action and heads to the House. John Mitchell is expected to testify on the Michigan copper strike Monday.
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Denver
Colo
Mine Workers of America
Aittle
Colorado
John Lawson
Colorado Fuel and Imo Company
Los Animos County
United Mine Workers
John White
Danbury Hatters
Washington, D. C
Taylor
Michigan
John Mitchell
Grocer wounds three relatives in pistol duel
Washington March 20 Hermann Kubansky, a grocer, shot his wife, mother in law and brother in law and was wounded after a pistol duel with a policeman. His wife may die. Domestic troubles, Oak Park Ga March 20 J E Eubents a farmer killed his wife and two daughters and fatally shot himself in a farmyard spree.
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Washington, D. C
Herman Kubansky
Oak Park
J. E. Eubents
Prison labor contracts tied to Hughes bill testimony
Washington March 20 Attorney Edward Boyle of Chicago testified before the senate lobby committee that prison labor contractors did not raise funds specifically for deferring the Hughes bill to regulate shipment of prison products but he said contractors opposed to the measure contributed under agreement. Also reported a safe robbery in South Gallatin Tennessee where robbers escaped with $18,000 from the First National Bank estate.
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Washington, D. C
Edward Boyle
Chicago
Senate Lobby Committee
Hughes
Congressional Coums & Representative of
South Gallatin
Tenn
First National Tack
Koetters Trial Opens for Murder of Emma Kraft
Chicago March 20. The trial of Handsome Jack Koetters for the murder of Mrs. Emma Kraft of Cincinnati began today. He pleaded not guilty. The state seeks the death penalty.
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Chicago
Jack
Koetters
Emma Kraft
Cincinmati
Mexican Bandit Still Living Held at Fort Bliss
A recent photo shows Mexican bandit Maximo Castillo held by U S authorities at Fort Bliss Texas after the Cumbre tunnel disaster. Villa seeks Castillo but U S refuses to hand him over to rebels or others in Mexico.
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Maximo Castillo
Cumbre Tunnel
U. S
Fort Bliss
Tex
Villa
Castillo
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Senate Rejects Woman Suffrage Vote in 35 to 34 Defeat
Washington March 20 The Senate defeated a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment enfranchising women 35 to 34. Mississippi’s Vardaman amendment to repeal the 15th failed 48 to 19 and a Williams white-woman clause lost 44 to 21. Shafroth proposed 5 percent petition submission.
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Senate
Vardaman
Mississippi
Willams
Shafroth
Colorado
Ashurst
Brady
Bristow
Burton
Chamberlain
Clapp
Clark
Wyo
Gallinger
Grenna
Hollis
Hughes
Jones
Kenyon
la Follette
Lane
Lea
Tenn
Myers
Nelson
Newlands
Norris
Owen
Perkins
Poindexter
Ransdell
Sheppard
Sherman
Smoot
Stephenson
Sterling
Sutherland
Thomas
Thompson
Townsend
Thornton
Tillman
Weeks
Williams
West
Lewis
Illinois
National Association For Woman Suffrage
Congressional Committee
Antoinette Funk
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Ollie James
Kentucky
First Legal Blow Deals In Ball War 1914
Grand Rapids March 20. The Federal league filed for an injunction to restrain William J Killifer Jr formerly of Philadelphia Nationals from playing with any club other than the Chicago Federals. The suit questions the reserve clause as part of baseball law and seeks a temporary order ahead of a hearing April 3. Killifer had signed a three year contract with Chicago for 17500 dollars.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Federal League
United States District Court For
Western District of Michigan
William J. Killifer, Jr
Philadelphia Nationals
Chicago Federals
Judge Sessions
Killifer
Philadelphia
Michigan
Paw Paw
Chicago Federal League Baseball ‘Club
Bill Killifer
Weeghman
Charles Weeghman
Chicago Federal League Baseball Club
Fatal Fall for Star Reporter in Chicago
Chicago March 20 John L Lawrence star reporter for the Chicago Tribune died after noon when he fell down an elevator shaft in the Chicago Press club building His body was found at the shaft bottom the accident likely occurred as he mistook the freight shaft door for a lavatory door Lawrence 36 unmarried lived with his mother on the South Side born Prince Edward Island Canada had a 15 year newspaper career on Chicago papers The city news bureau halted activity as editors and reporters mourned the loss of a leading correspondent.
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Chicago
John L. Lawrence
Star
Chicago Tribune
Middlewest
Chicago Press Club
Lawson
City News Bureau
Prince Edward Island
B. C
Frisco debt of 3 million settled under court terms
In St Louis on March 20 a nearly four million dollar debt owed by the Frisco railway to Albert T Perkins as syndicate trustee is cancelled by an agreement filed with Federal Judge Sanborn who will rule on it later. Two Frisco subsidiaries revert to the syndicate. Attorney Johnson for the Frisco receiver says the settlement reduces the Frisco indebtedness by more than three million and avoids long litigation.
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St. Louis
Frisco Railroad
Albert T. Perkins
Sanborn
Frisco
Johnson
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Forecast shows increasing cloudiness tonight with unsettled conditions Saturday a colder day. Low around 25 tonight, winds light to moderate. temp at 7 am 21. Precip none, humidity 89 at 7 am, 67 at 7 pm. wind 4 mph. Evening stars Mars Venus Saturn. morning stars Jupiter Mercury. The Preludes seen favorably to the west mid way of the heavens at 9 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moling
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Carson's Return Brings Military to Belfast
Belfast March 20. Before landing Sir Edward Carson re turned here on the Sir George Richardson the retired lieutenant general of the British army, commander in chief of the Ulster unionist forces, was met by a guard of honor at unionist headquarters. The crowd cheered and fired revolvers as revolvers. Unionist chiefs and government were expected to act soon as 600 infantry arrived from the Curragh and Mullingar with 200 more from London Derry, plus two warships in Dublin bay. Carson urged calm among his followers. Other items report a fatal shooting in Decatur Illinois after a quarrel over a woman, Washington team beating Virginia 5 to 4 in a rain-shortened game, and Peter E B Narey, 70, former deputy revenue collector of northern Iowa, dead in Spirit Lake.
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Belfast
Ireland
Edward Carson
George Richardson
Newry
Curragh
Mullingar
Londonderry
Dublin Bay
Carson
Peter E. Narey
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Peter EB. Narey
Northern
Monis Explains Rochette Delay Amid Paris Funeral Tensions
Paris Premier Monis told the chamber committee he did not pressure Prosecutor Fabre to defer the Rochette trial. Police secured Calmette funeral routes as crowds gathered for editor’s burial near his assassin’s residence with Loubet Briand and notable figures present.
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Paris
France
Premier Monis
Chamber of Deputies
Henri Rochette
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Caillaux
Loubet
Labori
Mama de Caillaux
Sarah Bernhardt
Barthou
Briand
Earth Swallows Miners and Shanty in the East
Earth opened on a mountainside in Pottsville Pennsylvania swallowing two miners and a shanty. No trace of the men or the structure remains. fate may require weeks to learn. Additional brief game notes: Boston National League beat Newark 5 to 2 with Maranville and Evers starring. Evers and Zimmerman homered for Newark. Waycross saw Philadelphia team win 9 to 0 with McKinnis hitting a homer.
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Pottsville
Boston
Evers
Macon
Newark
N. J
Maranville
E. Zimmerman
Tooley
American in Escape From Mexico Rope Fired At But Unhurt
American Charles Ballard was kidnapped near Carrizo Springs by five Mexicans and tied with a rope. He escaped by diving into the Rio Grande, swam the river, and reached the American side despite being fired upon. Indications point to federal Mexican soldiers.
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Austin
Texas
Charles Ballard
Carrizo Springs
Rio Grande
Sheiff
Dimmitt County
Villa
Iz Juarez
Mexico
Torreon
Eagle Pass
General Villa
Marci
Aguirre Benavides
Aragza
Rosario Hernandez
Manuel Chao
Maximo Gacia
Car in Wild Run Leaves One Dead in Gasport Crash
A Rochester bound trolley derailed a two mile wild run after stopping for orders at Gasport station. Glenn Bridgemann was killed and twenty injured as two cars collided head on near Wickwire. The incident left no passenger uninjured. Milk Demands Dropped. Chicago milk price conflict easing as Milk Producers' association signals halting further demands. Expulsion attempt fails in Congress over Mulhall charges. Altitude record set at 12,303 feet by Thelen German with three passengers in Johannesthal.
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Gasport
N. Y
Glenn Bridgemann
Gasport Station
Wickwire
Chicago
Ill
The
Milk Producers’ Association
Johannesthal
Thelen German
Chicago to Stop Jail Labor Sale In Illegal Practice
Chicago authorities move to end the tract labor system in the city jail. The corporation counsel declared the practice illegal and ordered an end to private contract labor by prisoners, with effects anticipated by May 1.
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Chicago
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