Shackleton Antarctic Pole Bid Reaches London Says
London reports that Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition may have reached the South Pole. He declined to discuss results when ashore in Invercargill, New Zealand, while dispatching a health update. the Nimrod voyage was honored by King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
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Invercargill
N. Z
London
Pall Mall
Ernest H. Shackleton
England
South Pole
Royal Geographical Society
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N. Zyles
East
Cowes
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Leutenant
War
Shackleton declines statement on Nimrod voyage return
The Nimrod arrives in Invercargill, New Zealand after Lt. E. R. Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. Shackleton declines to speak on his explorations. The ship later sails to Lyttelton. An earlier 1907 voyage carried 32 men for a two year supply, with a camp left at Mount Erebus and explorers later picked up in New Zealand. Shackleton had Arctic experience with Captain Scott in 1902 3.
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Inntreergill
Invercargill
Barkentine Nimrod
ER. H. Shackleton
Nimrod
Lyttelton
Christ Church
Fingland
Antarctic
New Zealand
Mount Erebus
England
Trial Begins for Independent Packing Chief in Chicago
Patrick Brennen, president of Independent Packing, goes on trial before Judge Foster in municipal court on charges of cruelty to animals. Prosecutor Milas Anna Wyatt of the Anti Cruelty Society alleges branding hogs with a sharp knife to carve the initials I P C and keeping branded hogs without food or water, among other neglect of domestic beasts.
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Chicago
Patrick Brennen
Independent Packing Company
Foster
Milas Anna Wyatt
Anti-Cruelty Society
Brennan
Dave
Movements Silence Black Postmasters in Mississippi Towns
In several towns including Ocean Springs Bay St Louis and Edwards citizens plan to petition Washington for white postmasters at the end of current terms. The quiet drive targets Negro postmasters seeking replacement.
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Jackson, Misa
Chicago groups unite to oppose Payne bill in Washington
Local tanners and shoe manufacturers organize a committee to travel to Washington to oppose the Payne bill as it currently exists. The National Association of Mooners and the National Shoe Manufacturers Association have sent appeals to members nationwide to join the fight.
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Chicago
Washington
National Association of Mpoonere
The
National Shoe Manufacturers' Association
Peace Festival Will Celebrate International Unity
New York Society WII hosts a musical international peace festival at Carnegie Hall. Singing societies and soloists from the city and abroad perform national tunes in costume. Wu Tingfang, Chinese minister to the U S, speaks briefly, along with Andrew Carnegie, president of the Society. Embassies and legations in Washington are represented.
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WII
New York
Carnegie Fall
Peace Society
Muale
Wu Ting Fang
United States
China
Andrew Carnegie
Society
Washington
No news from balloon America ascent near Pasadena
Report from Los Angeles dated March 24 notes nearly ninety hours since balloon America with six men in the basket rose at Pasadena. Hope fades of a gate landing or shelter as the period passes, with growing belief they perished in a mountain tragedy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
America
Pasadena
Admiral Beresford Retires After Fifty-Nine Years of Service
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford retires from the British navy after half a century in service. His exit follows friction with the admiralty and plans to align the channel squadron with the main fleet under Vice Admiral May. Friends cite pressure from allies of Sir John Fisher and ongoing naval policy disputes. Beresford, often in the public eye, has visited America frequently and counts many American friends.
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Lord Charles Beresford
Beresford
Admiralty
Channel
May
Lord Beresford
John Flaher
Admiral Beresford
America
United States
Congressman Loudenslager Aims To Change Seat Drawing
Washington March 24 After sixteen years Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey seeks to end the lottery for seats in the house He proposes drawing seats by length of service to give longer serving members priority He complains the current method keeps him in the back seat despite seniority in the chamber.
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Washington
Congress
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Aitua
Londenslager
Reiterates Her Charges In Separate Suit
In a new affidavit filed in her suit for separation from her husband, the famous baritone Mme Elsa de Gogorza declares Emilio de Gogorza is infatuated with Mme Emma Eames and that this infatuation wrecked their matrimonial happiness. Mme de Gogorza does not impute moral delinquencies to Mme Eames, but holds her responsible for De Gogorza departing from his wife due to the singer's continued devotion.
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New York
Mme
Elsa de Gogorza
Emilio de Gogorza
Emma Eames
de Gogorza
Mme. Eames
Bishop Gillespie Dead in Grand Rapids March
Bishop George D. Gillespie of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Western Michigan died after a long illness in Grand Rapids on March 20. He was a leading church figure in the region and served for many years.
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Gillespie
Grand, Rapids, Mich
George D. Gillespie
Episcopal Diocese
Western Michigan
Payne Resents Interruptions On Tariff Speech
Washington March 24 Congress adjourned with slim attendance as Mr Payne led the Ways and Means debate on tariff revisions. He faced persistent questions from colleagues, defended the overall downward trend of the bill, and opposed accusations of "revision upward" while highlighting his stance on hides and the metal schedule. He argued removal of the duty on hides benefits farmers and attacked the so-called hide trust as controlling the industry amid a crowded chamber and sharp exchanges with Mr Garner Tex.
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Macon
Ark
Payne
Arkansas
Moore
House
Garrett
Tenn
Garner
United States
Hide Trust
Ways and Means
Mr. Payne
Filipinos Object to the Payne Bill
Manila reports the Philippine assembly did not act on the Payne tariff bill. The opposed faction plans to await further developments while considering resolutions to direct Filipino delegates in Washington to push for sugar and tobacco access to U.S. markets without concessions. Speaker Ormena reportedly cautioned that if the Payne bill passes as is, the Insular government may be unable to meet its obligations.
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Manila
Philippine Assembly
Philippines
Washington
Ormena
Assembly
Pablo Ocampo
Congress
Former Concrete main Wells Dead in California
Colonel F. W. Wells longtime Mississippi congressman from the Second district and former consul general at Shanghai under President Hayes died at his Santa Monica residence.
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Santa Monica
Cal
F. W. Wells
Congress
Mississippi
Shanghai
President Hayes
Kidnappers’ Skill Highlighted In Willie Whitla Case
In Cleveland the Willie Whitla kidnapping storyline shows the abductors acting with extreme care. The ransom payment at a East End candy shop ends with the money hunter at the door, while the man who accompanied the boy stops beyond a vacant lot at Payne avenue and East Thirtieth Street. Billy, dazed and drugged, recalled vague places like Hollenden hotel and Ashtabula or Akron, believing he had wandered days and believing he had traveled to Warren and Newcastle.
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Willie Whitla
East End
Payne Avenue
East Thirtieth Street
Hollenden
Ashtabuin
Akron
Kidnapped Billy Whitla Reunited With Father in Cleveland
In Cleveland a crowd escorted James P Whitla and his son Billy to the railroad station as they headed home to Sharon Pennsylvania. The $10 ransom was paid in a little candy store at East Fifty third Street and Standard Avenue to a man named Hayes who posed as the package recipient. A second man, introducing himself as With jams, delivered the ransom exchange and then Hayes claimed the package. Police question Mrs Hendrickson and the store staff as they follow the trail. The boy was later returned to the Hollenden hotel where his father awaited the kidnappers pledge to free him. Police remain skeptical of the tale and the motive behind the ransom.
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James P. Whitlh
Billy
Sharon
Hallenden Hotel
Billy Whitla
East Fifty-third Street
Standard Avenue
Hayes
Bernard Hendrickson
Margaret
Able
Innocent Agent Involved In $18,000 Kidnapping Ransom
A woman, linked to a kidnapping case, testified she acted only as an innocent agent for the payment of the $18,000 ransom, denying participation in the abduction itself.
Demonstration Welcomes Whitla Boy in Sharon
In Sharon Pennsylvania on March 24 a crowd of about 6000 gathered to greet a boy named Whitla arriving at midnight. He and his father were escorted to the Whitla home amid cheers and singing while the mother embraced her child. Relatives joined the front porch scene as detectives kept the crowd back and photographers captured the moment.
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Sharon
Wiher Whitla
Whitla
Saig
French Strikers Return to Work After Settlement
Paris reports 6009 telegraph and post office workers voted to resume duties with a large majority. About 200 opposed continuing the strike. a parade followed the decision. Strikers returned to their posts by 2 PM and military withdrawal occurred as services face disorganization, with full normal operations expected within a week.
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Paris
Trie
Wort
Minister Kills Another in Lebanon Missouri Dispute
In Russ, Laclede County, Rev. Martin D Johnson aged 40 fatally shot Rev. Solomon Odell aged 46 after a quarrel over telephone company interests. A meeting aimed at uniting rival lines preceded the street confrontation. Johnson surrendered after returning to the scene.
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Russ
Laclede County
Martin D. Johnson
Solomon Adell
Jomeons
Saptat
Odell
Johnson
Laclede
Johneon
Aged Woman Ends Life in Appleton Home
Mrs. Paulson a seventy five year old resident of Hegbert was found hanged in the wood lot at Appleton Minnesota on March 24. Her son Paw Paulson witnessed the scene and afterward suffered a mental breakdown becoming violently insane and was hospitalized at Fergus Falls.
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Appleton, Minn
Paulson
Paw Paulson
Hegbert
Fergus Falla
Parliament Building Burned in Mexico City Blaze
Mexico City on March 24 saw the chamber of deputies building burn to the ground without fatalities. The fire destroyed archives and records valued at 3 150,000 for the past twenty five years, origin of the blaze unknown.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Well Known Traffic Man Dead
Pasatena Cal March 24 W B Hemblin general freight agent of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad a well known traffic man of the country is dead here of Brights disease He came to Pasadena some weeks ago.
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Cal
W. B. Hemblin
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Rairoad
I2a_Cena
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