Woman robbed of forty one thousand dollar roll
Mrs Mabel Mills of San Antonio Texas reported losing or having stolen forty one thousand dollars in one thousand dollar bills after drawing the sum from a Chicago bank. She was found unconscious with a wound to the head on a doorstep in Evanston and two purses were later recovered. investigators questioned a man who drove her and police nationwide sought the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invivanston
Chicago
Hatter
Tvanstohy
Billy
Mra. Mills
Mee
Milla Wade
Ant
Cr Pruet Company
Tayqueton
Stevens
Wilk Kiel
Teimer Hy
Ucket
Contnel Street
Mills
Tim
Texas
Thread Trust Sued In Federal Courts In New Jersey
The Taleral government seeks dissolution of monopolistic alliances amid alleged restraints on interstate and foreign trade in the thread industry. Defendants include American Thread company and related New Jersey firms, Clark Thread, Sport Cotton, and J and P Coates Ltd of Great Britain. The petition, led by AG Wickersham and James A. Fowler, was filed by U.S. Attorney Vreeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iton
N. J
Thread Trust
Taleral
Coates Intercst
Britain
United
American Thread Company
New Jersey
The
Thread Agency
Sport Cotton
United States
Vreelad
Explosion Blasts Excursion Train Carrying Massachusetts Guard
A locomotive pulling a special train carrying the Massachusetts National Guard to Washington for the inauguration exploded at East Rahway New Jersey on March 3. The engineer and fireman were badly injured while three passengers suffered injuries. Four tracks were blocked during the incident.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts Nations Guard
New England
Washington
East Rahway
X. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Huerta Ready to Use Military Rule in Mexico
Mexico City reports indicate Provisional President Huerta plans a firm new government this week after eight days of talks with rebel chiefs. He vows no compromise with those delaying recognition while Zapata loyalists raid trains and the north faces dispersed rebel factions. Rail traffic and mail between the capital and north remain disrupted.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Zapata
Cuernavaca
Federal District
Moreloz
Stuerta
Orozco
Interior
United States
Vera Cruz
Fisher rejects San Francisco bid for Hetch Hetchy reservoir
Washington reports Secretary of the Interior refuses to grant SF an permit to use Hetch Hetchy valley as a reservoir. He cites public policy and the need for express congressional authority. advisory board recommendations and preservation concerns are noted while allowing continued consideration if Congress acts. Proceeding requires congressional action.
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Washington
Fisher
San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Hetch | Hetchy Valley
Congress
Advisory Board of Army Engineers
Bia
Secretary of the Interior
Heteh Hetehy
Auch
Iportant
Hetch Metchy
Clt
Plans Made to Blow Up Simpson Tunnel
Geneva March 4 the government joins continental powers in military preparations to defend the frontier. Trusian garrisons and engineers build forts guarding passes from the mouth of the Simplon tunnel toward the east. Mines chambers excavated at the Italian entrance with secret electrical connections could blast the tunnel by button press from 26 miles away. A massive steel door at the center of the tunnel can be operated from both sides to block trains or troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Bimpton Tunnel
Real Simplom
Simpson Tunnel
Contralto Miss Hubbard Dies After Singing Incident
Greenwich March 4 Miss Tul Hubbard a contralto scholar burst an artery while singing at Stamford Methodist Church during a Wixh note. She died today after the vocal incident as observers recalled her concert performance.
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Greenwich
Conte
Tul, Hubbard
Stamford Methodist Church
Hubbard
Madero Family To Reside In New York
Havana reports all members of the Madero family now in Cuba will proceed to New York tomorrow and have applied for renunciation of four state names aboard the Wardding steamer Mexico. Ernesto Madero arrived from Vera Cruz on the Ypiranga, the same ship that carried Porfirio Diaz into exile.
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Havana
Madero
Cuba
New York
Mexico
Raoul
Emilio Madero
San Antonio
Harvester Monopoly Dominates Industry
Washington March 4 The power of the International Harvester company tied to the so called harvester trust is cited as monopolistic. Reported by Lutter Conant Jr to President Taft, the firm’s monopolies, capital control, and use of competitive methods are outlined alongside ties to J P Morgan Co and John D Rockefeller. Denial by Cyrus McCormick claims the report misrepresents the bureau’s evidence and asserts charges are mostly untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Harvester Company
Harvester Truat
Iieg
J. P. Morgan & Co
John D. Rockefeller
Lutter Conant, Jr
Taft
Internatonal Harvester Company
Conant
Harvester
Senate
Thut
McOrmick
Chicago
Cyrun H. McCormick
Commissioner of Corporations
Bureau of Corporatioa
Taft Grants Commutation In Heike Case
President Taft commuted the sentence of Charles J. Heike, secretary and treasurer of the American Sugar Refining Company, reducing eight months in New York county jail and a $6000 fine. Heike, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States over sugar entry costs, had shown severe heart and kidney illness.
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Washington
Taft
Charles J. Heike
American Sanu Refining Company
New York County
Heske
United States
Jesse
Wickersham
Helke
Heike
Sugar Refining Company
Hrookyn
Kugar
Parcel Post Collect on Delivery Implemented July First
Washington plans a collect on delivery feature for parcel post starting July 1, per Postmaster General Hitchcock. A parcel may be sent with stamps covering the due amount, up to 100 dollars, with a one cent fee paid by the sender. The service applies to parcels not exceeding fifty dollars in value.
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Washington
Parcel Post Department
Postal Service of
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Friedmann Cure Delayed Tests Set By Medical Society
New York March 4. Dr Friedmann a young German physician postpones opening offices and will test his tuberculosis serum before the New York County Medical Society. Society officers urged the test to qualify for a license to practice. A meeting of the society’s board of censors was to set arrangements for the serum test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marsh
Friedmann
New York Country Medical Society
Board of Censors
Arbitration board selects William N. Chambers third arbitrator
Washington March William N Chambers of Washington DC former chief justice of the international court of Bamoa and former member of the Spanish treaty claims commission today was chosen as the third arbitrator in the wage dispute between the locomotive firemen union and the railroad companies led by W Allehby president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Albert Philips president of the organization.
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Washington
March d
William N. Chambers
Washington, D. C
International Court of Bamoa
Spanish Treaty Claims Con Mission
Wace
Axtien Railioufly
W. Allehby
Ty Pennsylviate Railroad
Albert Philps
Tira’ Organization
Alleged glucose trust suit starts in New York
A federal civil anti trust suit seeks the dissolution of the Corn Products Refining Company and related firms amid claims they control 66 percent of U S glucose starch production and 50 percent of interstate mixed syrups trade. The government alleges price fixing and covert contracts to suppress competition, with injunctions and extensive naming of defendants.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Corn Products Refining Company
New Jersey
National Starch Company
St. Louis Syrup & Preserving Company
Missouri
Novelty Candy Company
Penick & Ford, Limited
Louisiana
Edward T. Redford
William J. Matheson
Frederick T. Redford
Sourdman
Frederick T. Fisher
Kelsey
Geo
Manhana
George M. Moffett
William FP. Nichols
A. A. Smith
James Speyer
B. Beverly Walton
M. Warener
Ros
Burns
A. M. Watking
Thomas P. Kingsford
Oswego
CH. Lorenz
Louis
St. Lois
FA. Lohmeyer
G. W. Lohmeyer
Edward ‘T. Bedford
Jersey
Cli
N. Y
Benjamin Schneewind
Chicago
Wiltiin
Penick, Jr
James 2. Ford
New Chiesex
The
Will
United States
Henry A. Wise
Wickersham
James A. Fowler
Jesse C. Adkins
Willeam
H. Miller
Tt4
Com~bination
Yeura
Royal Baking Powder Company
American Maize Produce Company
Grab
Nation Candy Company
Clinton Sugar Refining Company
Corn Products Manufacturing Company
Bill
T Hut
Soatte
National Candy Company
Miners Rescued After Four Months in North Lylell Mine
At Tasmany on March 3, 18 miners were brought to the surface after a four month search. Forty five bodies have now been recovered with further search abandoned due to a fierce fire from the October 12 explosion making the mine unsafe for explorers.
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Tasmany
North Lylell
Pickpocket Uses Mail to Steal Wallet in Nashville
Nashville March 1 a Br Louis pickpocket used mail theft to obtain a packet containing a $2,165 check and $1% in cash. The check was drawn to DL Mason of Jackson Tennessee. A second theft occurred in St Louis where a purse and payment were reportedly lost. Authorities report rapid flight after the crime.
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Nashvill
Br Louis
Mertia
DL Mason
Wealth Diven
Jiskson
Tenn
Garment workers win their strike in New York
March settlement affects 300 000 workers as 60000 garment workers return to shops though initially not all did. The accord bans discrimination in re employment and sets terms for wages hours and subcontracting with a $1 weekly raise for some and a commission to fix hours.
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New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Allied Clothiers’ Annanciation
Lily Lawrence Put Out of Circulation in LeMars
In LeMars on March 3 a district court sentenced Lily Lawrence to two years in the penitentiary for keeping houses of ill fame. Her appeal bond was set at 1500 dollars after a jury found her guilty of harboring prostitutional girls aged 14. Several young men were arrested on statutory assault charges.
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Trix
Lawrence
Four Million Nickels Put Into Circulation
The article reports the U S Treasury storing four million nickels with new designs to be released into public circulation. It notes the face shows a bust and the reverse a goddess motif and that the secretary of the treasury may alter coin designs without Congress every 25 years, with some officials favoring changes citing artistic concerns.
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Ehington, Mareh
Wilean
The
Treasury
Booker T Washington Praises Wilson Views
Booker T Washington, en route to Washington state, praised President-elect Wilson for supporting black education and uplift. He said Wilson is among the best friends of Negro education to occupy the presidency and that African Americans have nothing to fear under his administration.
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Nashville
Tenn
Booker T Washington
Washington
Wilson
Spectacular Methods Gather In the Coin In London
London on March 3 featured suffragist women playing barrel organs drawing on sidewalks and singing suffrage songs. They drew crowds and raised funds as the Woman's Political Union plans a campaign next week to collect substantial donations for their cause.
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London
Saratana Poitical Union
Salvationary
Woodrow Wilson Gives New Jersey to James Pielter
In Trenton on March 1 Woodrow Hixon formally turned over the vice governorship to Senator James Pielter president of the state senate. He pledged the people will be served by conscience not expediency in an improvised farewell address.
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Trenton
N. J
Woodrow Hixon
vMce
New Jersey
James Pielter
State Senate
Wilson
Street Car Steps Lowered for Women Protest Outcome
New York faced a March L-A protest by women's clubs denouncing high street car steps. The public service commission ordered all closed street cars in New York City be equipped with steps not higher than 15 inches from the ground starting January 1, 1914, excluding open cars.
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New York
Deninst
Firel
Public Service
Versitation
New York City
Webb liquor bill passes over veto in Senate approval
The Webb liquor bill, pushed to curb interstate liquor shipments, cleared the Senate over President Taft s veto by a wide margin 63 to 2 and heads to the White House for final action. Supporters argue it enforces prohibition while opponents challenge its constitutional reach and impact on commerce.
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Hay Whent
Sal
Roosevelt
Clastort
Lesider
Webb
Senate
BEA Ua
Taft
McCumber
Congress
Castro Coming to Washington as Exiled Dictator Arrives?
Washington march 8 gen Cipriano Castro the deposed dictator of venezuela arrives in the capital amid cablestam demands for a room suite for him and his party The hotel scene is tense with diplomats from central america watching closely and debate over his reception as inauguration day nears. Also georgE Baer named to pennsylvania gettysburg 60th anniversary celebration commission with john p b green appointed by governor teher.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venezueli
Havana
Tim
Wilson
Central America
Castro
Tener
Baer
Philadelphia
George Ba
Reading Railroad
Jobn PB. Green
Vicw
Pennsylvania Raily Company
Geernor Teher
Pennsylvania Commission
Gettysbure
Desert Canyon Tragedy Claims Two Travelers
Two men, Edward Gardner of Los Angeles and Sutton of Detroit, perished in the Devil's Canyon desert trek after several days lost while attempting a Miami tour. Rescuers found Gardner dead and Sutton in grave condition as thirst and exposure took its toll.
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Ray
Mareh L—Expomm
Hunmer
Ernest Sutton
Detyer
Devil's Canyon
Edward Gardner
Los Angeles
Miami
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Alps
Gorn Products Refining Company
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Utah
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Poxcitello
Fretenatine
Eunice Simpson
Holton
Povatallo
Gina
Lily Lawrence
Booker T. Washington
Fielder
House
Senators
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Ashurst
Borah
Brady
Briatow
Brown
Bryan
Burnhany Burton
Chamberlain
Clinton
Chinn
Clarke
Arkansas
Crawford
Culherson
Cube Fom
Cumming
Curtii
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Dixon
Pull
Fletcher
Gullinger
Gamble
Gainer
Gore
Gronni
Japleson
Johnson
Johnston
Jones
Kawinaigh
Kenson
Kern
Lew
Martin
Myers
Wianda
Otver
Overman
Owen
Crane
du Pont
Foster
Guvpenhein
McLean
Martine
O'Gorman
Payriter
Ponvore
Percy
Perl Pontorene
Tietardson
Root
St Nm
Sutherland
Warren
Cosson
Weber
Mately
Gener Cosson
Haner
Webb Wil
Nanors
Indges
Webb Bt
Witside
Desert Canyon
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