Prison riot at Joliet prompts charges against ex chaplain
In Joliet Illinois a riot at the state prison escalates with the death of inmate George Jakovanis and a fourth convicts death in a month as Warden Hill accuses Rev George Whitmeyer of fomenting discontent and acting as a jail delivery link. A legislative inquiry resumes in Springfield with National Guard on alert and a coroner's jury to continue investigations.
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Joliet
Ill
Old State
Henry C. Hill
George Whitmeyer
Herrin
George Jakovanis
Joseph Coakley
National Guard
Illinois
Springfield
Hoover Plans 10 Day Caribbean Cruise From Norfolk
President Hoover will depart Wednesday night for Norfolk and board the battleship Arizona early Thursday for a ten day voyage to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
Hoover
Norfolk
Arizona
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Snowden Undergoes Bladder Drainage Operation
Fre n shaw England March 16 Philip Snowden elder chancellor of the exchequer underwent a successful operation this evening. Surgeon Sir John Thompson-Walker issued a bulletin saying the operation was for drainage of the bladder and that the patient bore the procedure well and is resting. Snowden age 66, known as the brains of the labor party.
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Frensham
England
Phillip Snowden
John Thompson-Walker
Snowden
Labor Party
Jury selection hampered in Lingle slaying trial
Chicago details the slow jury process for Leo V. Brothers charged with killing Tribune reporter Jake Lingle. Both sides argue over pretrial press prominence as jurors are sought amid heavy public attention.
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Chicago
Jake” Lingle
Leo V. Brothers
Tribune Crime Reporter
Mystery explosions alarm residents of West Side district
Three loud blasts of unknown origin shook Big Butte's west side last night, heard over five miles away. Police and the sheriff investigated a hillside blast crater, believe several dynamite boxes were used, and suspect a group of boys behind the prank.
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West Side District
Big Butte
West Side
Sheriff Weir
Preparations Near Complete for Butte Market Festival
City merchants prepared for the first annual spring market festival opening Thursday evening after a street parade. Nearly all downtown windows were dressed for the five day show featuring extensive spring merchandise. The event aims to attract local residents and visitors for the automotive show and state bowling tournament, highlighting Butte as the shopping center of the Northwest.
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Butte
Ed Marans
Eloquent speeches at Sons of St. Patrick dinner
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner at the New Finlen hotel drew a crowded hall as Father M. M. English praised Irish contributions to liberty and fellowship. J. Bruce Kremer delivered eulogies on American civic values while W. K. Dwyer served as toastmaster, and the event highlighted St. Patrick’s Day as an international holiday.
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M. M. English
St. Ann's Church
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Sons OF ST. Patrick
Erin
W. K. Dwyer
New Finlen
J. Bruce Kremer
Republic
Treasury Sees Huge Inflows From Taxes and Bonds
Washington reports more than 3 billion dollars moved through the United States treasury in a single day. Last minute income tax payments and bond sales accounted for the surge, marking the largest overturn since the world war.
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Federal Unit
Washington
United States
The Reduction of the St Mihiel Salient Is Complete
Pershing exults in American control of the operation yet faces the cost in casualties. About 7,000 American lives are lost as Yankee divisions press into the line and overrun targets. Allies gain renewed confidence from the victory, marking a high point for U.S. combat power.
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St. Mihiel Salient
Pershing
United States
Cardinal Maffi dies at 73 ending long church career
Pietro Cardinal Maffi died at 1 39 a m in Pisa Italy after a long illness. He was 73 and had been prominent in the College of Cardinals and twice mentioned for pope. Born 1858 at Cortedona he became archbishop of Pisa in 1903 and cardinal in 1907. He wrote on cosmography including The Map of the Skies Through the Camera.
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Pope
Pisa
Italy
Pietro
Maffi
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Maffi
Cortedona
Cesaria
Mauritania
Ealing
Milan
Miss Harrington Speaks At Irish Women Dinner In Butte
Irish women of Butte held their seventh annual St Patrick's Eve dinner at the Silver Bow club. The event featured Mrs W J McMahon as toast mistress and welcome speaker, promising one of the brightest gatherings of the season amid spring blossoms flags and tapers.
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Butte
Ireland
Silver Bow Club
Representative Aswell of Louisiana Dies in Washington
Representative James B. Aswell senior member of Louisiana’s Democratic delegation died in Washington at 2 15 a m from heart disease. He was 62, an educator before Congress and had been re elected to the next session. Aswell was ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee and would have chaired it if Democrats control the next House. His death shifts the House balance to 217 215 with one Farmer Labor seat.
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Washington
James B. Aswell
Louisiana
House
Aswell
House Agriculture Committee
Representative Aswell
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Dr. Aswell
Ford argues machines cannot create unemployment
Industrialist Henry Ford, speaking in Fort Myers on March 16, asserts that increasing machine use will never cause unemployment. He says machines will perform most creative work, but human labor remains essential to build, direct, and operate them. He notes ongoing mechanization shifts effort to central production and anticipates future inventions replacing some of Ford’s 80,000 manufacturing workers while creating new jobs to build and manage machines.
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Rex Saffer
Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
Ford
Weather Outlook for Montana West Wednesday
Montana forecast calls for unsettled conditions in the western portion with possible rain or snow. Temperatures show little change across the region on Tuesday and into Wednesday.
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Montana
George Jean Nathan testifies in O'Neill plagiarism case
New York March 16 George Jean Nathan a leading dramatic critic testified in Miss George Lewy’s 2 000 000 plagiarism suit against Eugene O Neill describing himself insulted by the trial and praising O Neill as America s best while noting there are 19 other critics who also praised him Judge Woolsey commented on Nathan s habit of carrying a handkerchief to avoid cigars being crushed in his pocket
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George Jean Nathan
New York
George Lewy
Eugene O'Neill
Nathan
O'Neill
Woolsey
Mining engineers to visit Butte leaders
R. E. Tally national president and H. Foster Bain national secretary of the American Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers will arrive in Butte Wednesday morning to meet local members. They will address Montana School of Mines students, dine with Anaconda engineers, and attend a Silver Bow club dinner before the local section meets at 8 p.m. with President Murl Gidel presiding.
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American Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
R. E. Tally
H. Foster Bain
Butte
Tally
Montana School of Mines
Mr. Bain
Anaconda
Silver Bow Club
Institute
Murl Gidel
Tragic Viking Explosion Strands Sealers on Ice off Horse Island
A sealing ship Viking exploded on the ice near Horse Island Newfoundland injuring many and leaving 50 accounted for by nightfall. The captain Abram Kean Jr. survived weak and unnamed Americans Varick Frissell Henry Sargent and A E Penrod were aboard with others missing. Rescue ships from St Johns were en route as survivors drifted on floes and the disaster was described as one of the great Northern sea catastrophes.
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John T. Meaney
United Press
ST. Johns
Newfoundland
U.R
Horse Island
Viking
Varick Frissell
Yale
New York
Henry Sargent
Boston
Harvard
A. E. Penrod
Frissel
Frissell
Abram Kean Jr
Free clinic aids crippled children in Butte district
The second day of a free clinic for crippled children at St James hospital, organized by the crippled children's auxiliary and Dr Louis Allard of Billings, opens this morning. Nurses and St James staff assist in muscle training and care, with free surgical operations if needed.
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Butte
St. James Hospital
Louis Allard
Billings
Crippled Children’s Auxiliary
Allard
Louise Schrupp
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