Railroad Advance Under Gov t Control
Washington March 29 McAdoo took possession of most U S railroads as director general and within ninety days reformed operations. He linked rail transport with the shipping program to create an international system, oversaw a vast stock-take, and halted labor disputes via a wage commission. He also issued order six limiting spending to influence legislation and public elections.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
United States
McAdoo
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Uncle Sam
Mr. McAdoo
Railroad Wage Commission
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Draft treaties with Britain and Canada near completion
Washington reports that the draft treaties with Great Britain and Canada, sent to the senate and withdrawn for revision, are nearly ready. Secretary Lansing conferred with the foreign relations committee to review changes since withdrawal. Provisions include exempting unnaturalized Irish from the draft and clarifying dual nationality. Ratification is anticipated with no major delays.
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Great Britain
Canada
Washington
Senate
Presiont Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
State Department
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Death of Seaman Hawthorne Off Automa
Washington March 28 the navy department announced the death by drowning of John Parker Haw Thorne seaman U S N R F of Jersey City New Jersey. Haw Thorne fell overboard from the U S S Automa a scout patrol vessel on March 20 and his body was not recovered.
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Washington
John Parker Hawthorne
Jersey City
N. J
Navy Department
Hawthorne
U. S. S. Automa
Foley Cathartic Tablets praised by Mrs Miner
Mrs Jennie Miner of Davidson Indiana writes that Foley Cathartic Tablets are the best she has used. She says they are mild in action and make her feel renovated, helping indigestion biliousness gas on stomach and headaches from clogged bowels. Sold everywhere.
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Jennie Miner
Davidson
Ind
Kansas City Strikes Tie Up City Utilities and Transit
About 15,000 labor union card holders joined a city wide sympathy strike in Kansas City causing no streetcars to run in multiple districts. Jitneys ferry crowds while many saloons close. The governor authorizes a home guard to assist policing if needed. One 15,000 kilowatt generator remains allowed to operate for mail cars and factories handling government orders.
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Kansas City
Laundry Owners Association
Rosedale
Independence
Kan
Home Guard
Light Company
Tabor
U S Casualty List Sees Killed, Wounded in Action
Washington March 29 yesterday s casualty list for American expeditionary forces reports seven dead in action or from disease plus many wounded. Names include Private Patrick Rogers Corporal William F Ewood Second Lieutenant Gerald L Ebner and Sergeant Mack Trent among others in action missing or severely and slightly wounded.
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Washington
Patrick Rogers
Arthur Davenport
William F. Ewood
Toufik J. Mantook
John T. Kibier
James V. Ware
Benjamin H. Gardner
John M. Neumés
Frank P. Paris
Elmer E. Eldredge
James B. Laffin
Walter R. Ramsey
John C. Breight
Willie Braname
Walter B. Brant
Alexanders R. Carson
Daniel Cullinore
Leo J. Dorey
Carl Collier
Roscoe M
Asgorn Holm
Theron Park
Lorton W. Register
Four Die in New York Fire at Theater Boarding House
Four people including chorus girl Catherine Harrington died as a blaze gutted two upper floors of a West Thirty-eighth Street boarding house. Twenty-one boarders escaped with heroic rescues, one sailor freed a trapped woman using a tower ladder, and fireman Lawler saved another from a windowsill before a second ladder arrived.
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New York
West Thirty-eighth Street
Catherine Harrington
Luther Estes
Lawler
Police Clash as Deserters Arrests Intervene Mob
Quebec city police and dominion police confronted a resisting crowd while arresting deserters evading the military service act. The forces linked to escort prisoners to the station amid continuous clashes, preventing escape and maintaining control.
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Quebec
Dominion Police
Fire destroys Armstrong & Graham leather plant in Detroit
United States authorities investigate a late night blaze that wiped out the Armstrong & Graham leather goods plant, a saddle maker for the army, with losses exceeding 500000 dollars. Among the debris are 64000 sets of finished army harness and saddlery.
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Detroit
United States
Armstrong & Graham
Army Saddlers
United States Army
Soldier Visits Durham Couple On Good Friday
Lieutenant P. M. Leary of the 303a Infantry at Camp Devens spent Good Friday with Mr and Mrs C E Linsley of Durham Avenue.
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P. M. Leary
303A Infantry
Camp Devens
C. E. Linsley
Durham Avenue
Durgists' Experience With Kidney Remedy Swamp Root
A 1916 letter from pharmacist William N Woods of Ashburnham Massachusetts attests decades of use of Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. He notes kidney bladder catarrh relief and praises the remedy as an A No 1 treatment. The notice invites readers to request a sample for ten cents and mentions availability in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Middletown Evening Press
Happenings in this vicinity 25 years ago 1893
The Penny Press will be issued on Good Friday along with the Sentinel and Witness. Howard H. Warner is at his Cromwell home with a schoolmate for Easter vacation. Cromwell Freestone Quarry Company begins the season. Measles reported in Clinton. Structural steel cheaper than wood. Legislature makes it punishable to open ferry gates or release the chain. Rev. William Worthington preached in Portland. Downey vaccinating Portland children. Johnson Lane Fish and Game Association hosted an oyster supper. Shailer Hall Quarry shipped 14 cars of brownstone to Philadelphia. L Oscar Brown caught 11 gray rats in one trap. T Howard Thompson closing five cent store on Main. Bishop Williams preached at Christ Church. Watering cart operating well. Wesleyan closed for Easter vacation. Henry W Congdon building a house in Westfield for Mrs Dreher. Fred Cooley resigns after 11 years as Almshouse manager.
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Sentinel
Witness
Howard H. Warner
Cromwell
Cromwell Freestone
Clinton
William Worthington
Holy Trinity Church
Portland
Sr. Downey
Board of Health
Johnson Lane Fish and Game Association
Shailer & Hall Quarry Company
Philadelphia
L. Oscar Brown
T. Howard Thompson
Main Street
Bishop Williams
Christ
Our Boys in France and Home Protection
A wartime booster piece touts American youth at the front and urges water and Anurie as a kidney and rheumatism remedy. It quotes testimonials from East Holden Maine, Sacket Harbor New York, and Eveleigh House, urging readers to buy Anurie triple weekly.
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Kr. Pierce
Surgical Institute
Suffalo
N. x
Anurie
Pierce
Lithia
East Holden
Maine
O. M. Harerson
Sacket Harbor
N. Y
Anuric
Miss Tseaksa Shortt
c/o
Eveleigh House
Local labor moves and assignments in Maromas area
A. C. Ware will succeed him. Forty Italians arrived here yesterday to work for the Columbia Granite Company in Maromas. Paul Fladd is in New York setting up search lights for the Schuyler Electric Company.
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A. C. Ware
Columbia Granite Company
Maromas
Paul Fladd
New York
Schuyler Electric Company
Forest fires in New Jersey reported controlled at dawn
Fires raged through the mountains near Plainfield during the night nearly consuming valuable timber lands. Home defense companies were called out to assist in fighting the flames and were reported under control today.
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New Jersey
Plainfield
N. J
State calls for fasting and prayer Friday
Governor Holcomb urges Indiana residents to observe a statewide day of fasting and prayer on Friday, asking people to keep faith and stand together in reflection and action.
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Holcomb
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