Agitation in Santo Domingo as Morales confronts foreign demands
The Santo Domingo crisis deepens as President Morales warns of imminent internal revolt and possible U S pressure over a Belgium port- revenue dispute. Foreign powers, including Belgium and the United States, are pressed to postpone port seizures while Dominican ports remain under foreign control. Military and naval actions loom as prosecutors fear collapse of sovereignty.
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Republic of Santo Domingo
United States
Senate
Santo Domingo
Morales
Belgium
Associated Press
Dominican
Kingston
Castine
Chattanooga
Samana Bay
Detroit
Puerto Plata
Dixie
Monte Chrisad
Singsbee
Santanamo
Baker
Sumner
Jamaica
Israelites Awaiting the Coming of Christ in Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor Mich March 22 The Living Roll of Life a religious sect announces that Mary and Benjamin writers of the Star of Bethlehem who left for Australia last November to speak of Israel’s great hope will arrive in New York today and reach Benton Harbor two days later Many Israelites nationwide await their return and the promised ingathering to Israel with a hoped for 144000 sealed at the end of time
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Mich
Mary
Ben-jamin
Star of Bethlehem
Australia
Israel
New York
Benton Arbor
America
Melbourne
Benjamin
Guards Withdraw From Zelgier Mine After Long Stand
For the first time since September there are no United States deputy marshals or state troops guarding Jon Leiter's mine at Zelgier. State troops left last month and on Tuesday U S Marshal Vitek ordered the fifty deputies stationed since November to withdraw. They had been under General James H. Barkley. The injunction against strikers interfering with the mine's operation remains in force.
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Springfield
Pfor
United States
Jon Leiter
Zelgier
Vitek
James H. Barkley
Humphrey
Stumble Onto Tons of Silver Near Silver Lake
Akron resident George Locege and his brothers uncovered twenty six silver billets weighing about 300 pounds each, totaling over a ton. Local lore ties the find to a Tippecanoe era encampment of 600 Indians who reportedly hid treasure in the lake area.
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Akron
Ohio
Silver Lake
George Locege
Henry Wetmore
Tippecanoe
New Island Emerges Near Iwo in Sea of Japan
Tokyo correspondent for the Daily Telegraph reports a volcanic eruption in late December formed a new island three miles south of Iwo. Named Nushimna, it is about 2.75 miles in circumference and rises 480 feet above sea level.
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London
Tokyo
Daily Telegraph
Sea of Japan
Iwo
Nushimna
Jewish writer Perez arrested in Berlin revolution plot
In Berlin on March 22, the noted Jewish writer Perez was arrested on suspicion of fomenting a revolutionary conspiracy. He had summoned a gathering of Jewish authors at his home to discuss the Jewish press’s position.
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Berlin
Perez
Curiosity Causes Death In Wisconsin Teen
Kenosha Wisconsin March 28 Marl New the 16 year old son of Mrs Russell Newall of Pleasant Prairie died from strychnine poisoning. He testified that his death resulted from curiosity about the poison and its effects.
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Kenosha
Wis
Marl New
Russell Newall
Pleasant Prairie
Speed in Ocean Steamers Proposal Aims High Speed Service
Berlin March 22 The Hamburg American line proposes all Atlantic combination companies sell their slow steamships to maintain high speed and modern service on all lines.
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Berlin
Hamburg- American Line
Schaefer to Go to France billiard champ to tour
West Baden Indiana March 22 Jacob Schaefer a billiard champion with Willie Hoppe will travel to France to play championship matches against French professionals in an international tour.
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Schaefer
France
West Baden
Ind
Jacob Schaefer
Whlie Hoppe
Alleged Robber Taken in San Francisco Hold-up
San Francisco on March 22 reports the capture of one of the robbers who held up John T. Daly and Frank K. Roche, custodians of $10,000 funds for Standard 671 employees at Richmond. The suspect was seized at San Pablo.
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San Francisco
John TE. Daly
Frank K. Roche
Richmond
San Pablo
Morrison Succeeds Bethea as U S district attorney
In Washington on March 22 President Roosevelt named Charles B Morrison to replace Sol Bethea as United States district attorney at Chicago.
Grip Victim John Taffney Shoots Self in Crown Point
Hammond Ind March 22 John Taffney 48, afflicted by the grip, shot and killed himself at Crown Point. He left no note and the tragedy followed a period of ill health. Local authorities are investigating the case as a suicide.
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Hammond
Ind
John Taffney
Crown Point
Doomed to Flames in Brockton Shoe Plant Disaster
A devastating boiler explosion at the R. B. Grover company shoe factory in Brockton Mass. on March 22 left a large number of dead and missing. Fire destroyed eight buildings, with the death toll estimated from sixty to eighty and hundreds injured or accounted for as survivors. Rescue efforts continued amid harrowing scenes as officials investigated the cause and searched for victims.
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Mass
Campello
R. 23. Grover Company
Charles F. Dahlberg
R. B. Grover Company
Humber
Charles O. Emerson
Po Nce
David W. Rockwell
R. I. Grover Company
O'Cock
Paine
Tadics
Balloon Fall Kills Middlekarf in Wallace Idaho
In Wallace Idaho on March 21 W A Middlekarf was killed and L M Odell injured after a balloon shed its lower section during a double ascent. Both men rode parachutes as the craft rose 200 feet. Middlekarf suffered multiple bone fractures and Odell had a broken cone while a boy nearby was burned.
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Wallace
Idaho
W. A. Middlekarf
L. M. Odell
Middleharf
Odell
Kuropatkin Named Commander of First Manchurian Army
General Kuropatkin is appointed commander of the First Manchurian Army and leaves Harbin for the front amid a patriotic send off. Linovitch agrees to serve in some capacity, reversing past leadership roles as Emperor Nicholas seeks unity. Dispatches report no major moments yesterday as the retreat proceeds.
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Harbin
Front
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
London
Daily Telegraph
Liao Yang
St. Delersburg
Manchuria
Linovitch
Stherland
Nicholas
Linoviteh
Marhin
Yuropatkin
Linevite
Venezuela urged to arbitrate by American minister Bowen
Caracas reports the American minister Bowen has demanded an answer on arbitration of pending questions and warned the United States will take necessary steps if Venezuela refuses. Holland also warns of coercive measures after failing to secure release of five Dutch sailors unjustly imprisoned in Venezuela for seven months.
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Caracas
Bowen
Veneancla
United States
Charge D'Affairs
Netherlands
Holland
Fom
Venezuela
Arbitration plea and political shifts across nations
Washington reports President Castro may reply to Mr Bowen's arbitration offer on the U S Venezuela disputes. If Castro rejects, the State Department will advise next steps, possibly employing coercive measures or further deportations. Also, Bribery Investigation clears Herbert and Sullivan, forest fires burn 200000 acres in Hawaii, and a light cartoon note closes.
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Pienvor
James M. Herbert
Colorado Southern Railroad
Daniel Sullivan
Cripple Creek
Richard Meegan
Alva Adams
Abandonment of Manchuria Feared as Sungari Front Frays
St Petersburg reports a strategic crisis as General Linevitch may be forced to retreat from Chuncehiatsu and Sungari lines, risking Manchuria and Vladivostok. Dispatches urge supplying Vladivostok for a two year siege while reinforcements reach Harbin, signaling a possible peace mood at the War Office amid Russian retreat risks.
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Sungari
Chunchiatsu
Harbin
Manchuria
Lineviteh
Gunushu
Chuncehiatsu
Vladivostok
Linevitch
Nicholas
Russia
Pacific
Japan
Nicholas Nicholas
Siungar
Darbin
Lake Baikal
Oyama
War Office
Bomb at Warsaw wounds six soldiers and two policemen
Warsaw reports a bomb thrown from a Wolsk street window at 9 p.m. wounded six soldiers and two policemen who were moved to a military hospital. The assailant escaped. In St Petersburg naval news, Admiral Rojestvensky may join Nebogatov within ten days and then meet Togo. The Russian second Pacific squadron’s Nehbogatoff division left Suda Bay for Port Said.
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Wolsk Street
Rojestvensky
Toga
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Nebogatort
Toxo
Nehbogatoff Leff
Wisconsin Senate Backs Anticigarette Bill Passed by Assembly
In Madison on March 26 a strict anticigarette measure cleared the senate after assembly approval, banning the sale, draft, or importation of cigarettes and related materials in Wisconsin. The bill faced a rousing debate with Tobacco ally Tyne opposing, framed around civic ideals and mutual respect. In Indiana, a prayer service accompanied an oil well shot by the Colored North American Oil Co. at a nearby field yielded a strong oil stream, hailed as promising.
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Wis
Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
Oll
Traftford City
Ind
Colored North American Oil Company
Indiana
Rimshalltown battles saltiers protey at supreme court
Des Moines area notes cover Rimshalltown council actions, lawsuits, and legal briefs as judges weigh constitutional questions about a statute. The column also notes a Humane Society raid on a Des Moines horse market and ongoing state finance arguments with Secretary Dobson.
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Marehid
Rimshalltown
Jones
The
Humane Society
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