Senate Passes Rivers and Harbors Bill After Overnight Session
Washington, March 3. The Senate, at 6 35 a m, passed without amendment the rivers and harbors bill, then recessed until 11 o clock. A quorum required the vice president to be aroused after 4 am as Senator Bryan did not issue warrants for absent members. Nelson, Page and Dillingham reported to restore the quorum. The body then dealt with naval bill conference, plucking board abolition, and a series of supply measures, while the House approved conference reports on appropriations and mileage for lawmakers.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Bryan
Nelson
Page
Dillingham
House
Rogers Named Director of the Census for Franklin NC
In Washington on March 3 Samuel L. Rogers of Franklin North Carolina was chosen by the president to serve as director of the census. The sundry civil appropriation bill totaling 126 million 922 thousand 750 dollars was signed into law along with a fortification bill for 6 million dollars. George Rublee will receive a recess appointment to the federal trade commission after senate rejection of his nomination last night.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel L. Rogers
Franklin
N. C
George Rublee
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Thirteen Dead From West Virginia Mine Explosion
Three more bodies were recovered from the Layland coal mines in Hinton West Virginia where an explosion killed workers yesterday raising the death toll to thirteen. One hundred eighty two men were in the mine of which ten survived.
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Hinton
W. Va
Layland
Indian official nominated for register of the treasury
Today named Indian official Houston Teehee a Cherokee of Tahlequah Oklahoma nominated to the register of the treasury succeeding Gabe Parker who recently became commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes.
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Washington, D. C
The
Om Today
Houston Teehee
Tahlequah
Okla
Register of the Treasury
Gabe Parker
Five Civilized Tribes
Receivers Named for Western Pacific Railroad
Frank G. Drum a San Francisco capitalist and Warren Olney Jr chief counsel for the Western Pacific were appointed receivers of the Western Pacific by the federal court today in San Francisco March 3.
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San Francisco
Mar
Frank G. Drum
Warren Olney, Jr
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific
Old Salts Set Sail From Gloucester for Seal Fisheries
Gloucester Mass March 3 The veteran seamen of Gloucester start a new venture sending the old John W Bradley Doctor Cook's Arctic ship to Newfoundland waters to hunt seals. They expect to meet spring ice and hope to fit out more vessels next spring if profitable.
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Gloucester
Mass
Newfoundland
John W. Bradley
Doctor Cook
Gloucester Salts Wall
Prohibition Convention Opens in Toronto With Canadian Leaders
The Dominion prohibition convention opened in Toronto with leading churchmen and prohibitionists from Canada and abroad. Speakers include Sir F X. Lamieux chief justice of Quebec Rev Dr J L Gordon of Winnipeg Rev R J Patterson of Belfast Ireland and W H Anderson superintendent of the New York State Anti Saloon League.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
F X. Lamieux
Quebec
J. L. Gordon
Winnipeg
R. J. Patterson
Belfast
Ireland
W. H. Anderson
New York State
Anti- Saloon League
Jersey Bank Trials Begin In Roseville Collapse Case
The first trials opened in Newark as prosecutors pursue conspiracies tied to the Roseville Trust collapse. Fran cis W. Holbrook, Michael T. Moynihan, and Arthur C. Fike faced charge as borrowers from the bank. More arraignments follow for conspiracies embezzlement and misdemeanors.
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Newark
N. J
Roseville Trust Company
Francis W. Holbrook
Michael T. Moynihan
Arthur C. Fike
Snook Named Fourth Term Warden and Matron Appointed
John W. Snook named warden for the fourth time at the state penitentiary after a prison board meeting. Mrs. J. W. Snook selected as matron at a salary of 50 dollars per month, with an earlier resolution for 40 dollars adjusted. Board also as parole board granted 21 of 38 applications.
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Mrs. Snook
Mattron
Penitentiary
John W. Snook
State Penitentiary
Alexander
Collister
J. W Snook
Peterson
Barker
Snook
Baltic Sails With War Supplies For Liverpool
New York March 3 The White Star liner Baltic weighing 18 000 tons set course for Liverpool with war supplies and forty semi armored trucks for the British government. Commander Rawson stated he would fly the British flag from America to hell despite German submarines. The cargo included merchandise and rodestuffs enough to fill 1500 freight cars.
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New York
Liverpool
Rawson
America
Hell
Baltic
Zapata Leader Triarate Killed in Mexico City Clash
Dispatches from Vera Cruz say garrison forces in Mexico City repulsed three Zapata and Gonzales Garza assaults. General Triarate, a Zapata commander, was killed. Food trains reached the city and water works are being fixed as Villa shifts to other fighting plans.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza Agency
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Zapata
Gonzales Garza
Triarate
Tampico
King Hill Bill Battle Reaches Court After Governor Veto Dispute
The Senate abandons further action on S B No 109, ruling the governor’s partial veto unconstitutional and that the King Hill maintenance measure becomes law with a twenty six thousand dollar appropriation for 1915 and 1916. The dispute moves to the supreme court for interpretation and possible writs.
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Statesman
Joint Committee On Irrigation and
King Hill
Supreme Court
Board of Examiners
Attorney General's Office
Indictments Filed Against Italians
New York report says anarchists Frank Abarno and Charles Carbone were indicted for plotting a dynamite war against churches and wealthy men. They were accused of placing lighted bombs in public places after police foiled an attack on St Patrick's Cathedral. Detective Emilio Poligani, alias Frank Baldo, testified.
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New York
Frank Abarno
Charles Carbone
St. Patricks Cathedral
Emilio Poligani
Frank Baldo
Smuggled Copper Hidden Under Cabbages Found
Milan on March 3 reports that copper, classified as contraband, was sent to Berlin hidden in cabbage loaded trucks. Officials tightened checks to curb the re export trade despite strict precautions.
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Milan
Mar
Italy
Berlin
Tammany Leader Registers a Kick
Representative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, a Tammany Hall spokesman in the house, protests Wilson’s nominations of Melville J. France as U S attorney and James M. Power as U S marshal in the southern district of New York. He says the picks differ from Kings County Democratic leadership and will injure the party.
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Washigton
Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Tammany Hall
House
Wilson
Melville J. France
United States
James M. Power
New York
Kings County
South Dakota House OKs Prohibition Amendment for 1916 Vote
The South Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition to the people. The measure would be on the November 1916 election ballot.
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Pierre
South Dakota
House of Representatives
Cargo Placed in Prize Court for Wilhelmina Steamer
Attorneys for shippers report a writ has been issued and served placing the cargo of the American steamer Wilhelmina detained at Falmouth, England, in the prize court as of March 3.
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New York
Falmouth
England
Scott Will Pow Wow With Reds
Brigadier General Scott chief of staff departs Washington for Utah to seek a peaceful settlement with the Piute Indians who resist peace.
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Scott
Reds
Washington, D. C
Army
Utah
Turkish Route Has Been Broken in Caucasus
The Russian army in the Caucasus has pushed Turkish forces to the Khopachas estuary by Tehoruk in Armenia. This advance blocks Turkish reinforcements and supplies from Constantinople to the Caucasian frontier and isolates a large area of Turkish territory.
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Tiflis
Petrograd
Mar
Caucasus
Khopachas
Tehoruk
Armenia
Constantinople
Caucasian
Briton French Fleet Prospects At Dardanelles Questioned
Berlin reports a Tageblatt critic calls the Allied fleet action at the Dardanelles "rather weak" citing mine clearance and Turkish defense. He argues insufficient land forces and heavy Turkish resistance will blunt prospects for success. Meanwhile Western Front fighting and Russian front movements are noted with prisoner captures and trench gains.
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Berlin
Mar
Dardanelles
Major Moraht
Berliner Tageblatee
Morahi
England
France
Ypres
Peronne
Champagne
Lille Sur Tourbe
Celles
Russian Poland
Augustowo
Kysziniec
Sam Palin Dies After Derailment Near Kemmerer
Sam Palin, foreman of the Short Line switching crew, was killed near Kemmerer when a derailed box car slid off the rails. He tumbled from the lead car while escaping and was cut in two as a second car passed over him. Palin, a long-time local employee, was a Kemmerer native.
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Sam Palin
Kemmerer
Short Line
Conroy
Palin
Horn to be rearrested after Maine bridge plot
Three indictments charging illegal transportation of dynamite were returned against Werner Horn for attempting to destroy the international railway bridge at Vanceboro Maine. He will be rearrested Saturday when released from jail where he is serving a sentence for damaging Vanceboro property.
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Boston
Mass
Werner Horn
International Railway
Vanceboro
Maine
Horn
May Wheat in Chicago Closes at 1 44
Chicago May wheat futures closed at 1 44 per bushel as trading ended. The market showed modest gains on a day of light volume and steady demand for grains.
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Chicago
First German POW train arrives in Geneva for exchange
The first train load of maimed German prisoners of war arriving from Lyons to Geneva for exchange was greeted by Red Cross nurses who distributed care. Swiss doctors found none of the 340 wounded requiring further treatment and the Germans praised French hospital care as the train proceeds toward Schaafhausen where it will meet a French wounded train on the journey home.
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Geneva
Mar
Lyons
Red Cross
Schaafhausen
Switzerland
Bombing of Warsaw Lightly Hits Residential Areas
Warsaw reports a German air raid on March 3 with bombs falling mainly on residential districts. Many windows were shattered but there were no casualties.
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Warsaw
Russians Fail to Regain Carpathian Crests
Berlin dispatch says Russians have not won a complete success in reclaiming Carpathian crests, with heavy fighting along the front despite snow. Russians sacrifice men to hold mountain heights and avert encirclement of a flank.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Galicia
Carpathian
Weather report for states with scattered showers and clouds
Washington shows generally fair weather with showers in the northwest. Idaho remains generally fair. Montana is partly cloudy with a slight temperature change.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Germany Apprehensive Telegraphed Moves to Asia Minor
Telegrams indicate the Ottoman Bank and the German Bank of Constantinople are transferring effects to Konieh Asia Minor and Turkish government archives have been moved there.
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London
Mar
Constantinople
Konieth
Asia Minor
Submarines Are After Fleet in Dardanelles
Nine battleships bombarded the Dardanelles forts with six British and three French ships, and the squadron pressed within two miles of Chanak Kalesi. An Athens dispatch said allied forces destroyed batteries at Chanak Kalesi.
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Athens
Mar
Dardanelles
Chanak Kalesi
Straits
Austrian Submarine Fleet Goes to Mediterranean
An Austrian fleet of six Austro German submarines with torpedo boats left Pola for the Mediterranean bound for the Dardanelles. The group was last reported off Corfu according to Trieste sources.
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Geneva
Pola
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Trieste
Corfu
Austrian Warships Bombard Montenegrin Port Anrivari
Austrian warships bombarded the Montenegrin port of Anrivari causing heavy damage. The royal yacht was sunk and one civilian died in the attack.
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Anrivari
Montenegro
Turks Sent Inland Prisoners Count Reaches 49000
Official reports through February 13 show 49,000 Turkish prisoners, including 527 officers, moved inland through Pyatigorsk en route to interior Russia since the war with Turkey began.
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Petrograd
Mar
Pyatigorsk
Turkey
Russia
French Claim Full First Line At Perthes Beasejour Front
Paris reports official French statement claiming to hold the entire first line of German trenches from the northwest of Perthes to the north of Beasejour. Other points show progress.
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Paris
Mar. J
Perthes
Beasejour
Bombardment of Dardanelles Resumes as Allied Ships Enter Straits
A Havas Agency Athens dispatch reports the bombardment of the Dardanelles interior fortifications resumed yesterday. The Allies now have fifty-two warships in the area with five entering the straits. Four battleships bombarded Turkish positions along the Gulf of Saros.
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Paris
Mar
Havas
Athens
Dardanelles
Straits
Gulf of Saros
Turks Repel Allied Fleet at Dardanelles Engagement
Turkish report says the enemy fleet shelled the Dardanelles for three hours and retreated after Turkish batteries opened fire. Four French cruisers and destroyers bombarded Gulf of Saros without effect while Turkish aviators claimed successful bombardment of enemy ships.
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Berlin
Mar
Sayville
S. L
Dardanelles
Gulf of Saros
Two Forts Reduced in Ossoweth Demolition
Berlin reports two Russian forts at Ossoweth in Russian Poland have been demolished and the guns silenced, according to the Cologne Gazette.
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Berlin
Ossoweth
Poland
Cologne
Welsh Guards to Raise New Battalion at Wellington Barracks
London reports a new Welsh battalion will join the guards at Wellington Barracks opposite Buckingham Palace. The unit will recruit despite Welsh men typically being short. Emblems under discussion include leek or daffodil and possibly a red dragon for the Welsh unit.
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London
Wellington Barracks
Buckingham Palace
Scots Guards
Prince Kinsky Stable Horses to be Sold to Satisfy Estate
Blooded horses from Prince Kinsky of Anestria are to be sold to satisfy the estate of the late Hon. Francis Lambton. Thirteen racers including Medi ator may be sold under a license granted to Lambton’s executors. Remaining horses stay in trust until after the war due to remittance limits.
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London
Prince Kinsky
Anestria
Francis Lambton
Home Secretary
Lambton
New State Engineer Named by Moses in Idaho
Boise March 3 Governor Alexander sent to the senate the name of J H Smith of Nampa for state engineer to succeed Herbert Wing who remains acting head after the death of Frank P Kink Smith will assume department duties immediately and head the engineering division.
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Boise
Mar
Alexander
Senate
J. H. Smith
Nampa
Herbert Wing
Frank P. Kink
Smith
Abolition Drive Pushes for Life Imprisonment Bill
Albany leaders headed by Jacob Schiff urged the New York legislature to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment. The appeal came at a joint senate and assembly codes hearing, while Governor Whitman has yet to commit arms to the movement.
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Albany
N. Y
Jacob Schiff
New York
Senate
Assembly
Whitmar
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