Rate increase asked for roads
Chicago March 4 The Western railroads push for a freight rate hike before the Interstate Commerce Commission to equalize rates on about 98 000 miles of track. C C Wright leads for 41 railroads while Iowa official Clifford Thorne represents opposing state commissions and several shippers. Hearing set for March 30.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. M. Daniels
C. C. Wright
Chicago Northwestern Railway Company
Clifford Thorne
Irman
Iowa State Railway Commission
Wright
Germany to produce its own nitric acid for explosives
London march 4 a Swiss authority says the stoppage of Chilean nitrate imports will not hurt Germany. Professor Ostwald’s process to oxidize ammonia will supply nitric acid. Factories have expanded since the war and within a month Germany will be independent of world supplies.
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London
Germany
Ostwald
Goethals Nominated for Major General Rank
Washington D C March 4 Colonel George W Goethals was nominated to be major general in recognition of his work on the Panama Canal project. Four other Goethals associates were confirmed Brigadier General Gorgas to major general in the medical department Colonel Hodges to lieutenant colonel Colonel Sibert to brigadier general and Commander Rousseau to rear admiral with Congress thanking the admiral.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Goethals
Perama Canal
Goethals
Gorgas
Hodges
Sibert
Rousseau
Congress
Neutral nations asked to help stop Belgian devastation
In London March 4 Sir Edward Grey denounced neutral bodies for interference and urged neutrals to assist in preventing further German devastation in Belgium. Prime Minister Asquith offered no new details, saying the government's measures would be clear once orders are published.
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London
Belgium
Edward Gray
House of Commons
Gray
England
Asquith
Britain
Austro German Assaults Against Russian Lines Fail
London reports renewed Austro-German attacks to relieve Przemysl and push Russians from Galicia after days of heavy losses. Since last Sunday they have massed and pressed Russian entrenchments on the Galician side of the Carpathians, but high casualties and repeated assaults have yielded no breakthrough.
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London
Przemysl
Galicia
Galician
Carpathian Mountains
Turks Remain Unafraid Amid Dardanelles Bombardment
Berlin report states Turkish embassy officials express calm as allied fleets bombards the Dardanelles. Enver Pasha says outer forts damage is less than reported and that their fortifications are impregnable though among the oldest. he notes a real defense line has not yet been reached.
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Berlin
Dardanelles
Enver Pasha
Frankfurter Zeitung
Allies Bombard Inner Dardanelles Forts Resume
Allied fleet resumes bombardment of the Dardanelles inner forts with ten warships attacking. A British officer says only two Turkish forts remain intact while landing parties find charred bodies of Turkish soldiers burned before evacuation.
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London
Dardanelles
Reuter
Athens
Emperor uses imperial gardens to grow cabbages for people
A Vienna report cited by the Vossische Zeitung says an order by Emperor Franz Joseph directs the imperial gardens and surrounding spaces in Vienna to be turned into cabbage fields to feed the population.
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Amsterdam
A_ Vossische Zeitung
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Imperial Gardens
Imperial Palaces
Bodies recovered from Hinton mine explosion toll climbs
Hinton West Virginia March 4 thirty five bodies have been recovered from the Layland mine where the explosion occurred Tuesday. The company announced that 177 men were in the mine when damaged and it is generally thought twenty escaped.
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Hinton
W. Va
Layland
Rebellion Proclaimed in Cyrenaica as Siege Begins
Rome reports a state of siege in the Cyrenaica district with Tripoli under Italian control as authorities move to suppress a local rebellion. The dispatch notes the Cyrenaica region facing military action and increased security measures.
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Rome
Seige
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
German National Bank Fails in Pittsburgh
The German National Bank of Pittsburgh did not open and was closed by the comptroller of the currency. Deposits exceed 5 million dollars. Comptroller Williams cites bad management and states capital and surplus were wiped out, noting the failure reflects disregard for sound banking rather than a run.
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Pittsburg
German National Bank
Pittsburg Brewing Company
West Virginia
Ohio
Williams
German National Bank of
Bootleg haul seized near Grace by deputy sheriffs
Ninety six pints of four year hootch were seized by Deputy Sheriff Merriman of Grace during a late night arrest. Two men named Mitchell and Snyder were taken into custody and will be charged with violating the local option law.
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Merriman of
Grace
Mitchell
Snyder
Daylight Propaganda Pioneer William Willett Dies
William Willett, the proposer of advancing clocks to create more daylight, died in London today. His plan to legislate longer daylight hours drew worldwide attention over the years.
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London
William Willett
Robbery at Monarch barber shop building on West Center
Workers found tools moved and a grip missing after a break in at the Monarch barber shop site being converted to a cafe. Investigators recovered the grip in the basement while a long brush, shears, and paste were reported missing, suggesting a prank by youths.
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Monarch
West Center
Iear
Weather Summary for Pacific Northwest and Intermountain States
Washington sees rain in the west with rain or snow elsewhere. Idaho reports rain or snow across the north with likely rain or snow south. Montana notes partly cloudy skies with light snow flurries and warmer conditions in the northeast.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Idaho Falls rejects commission form in local vote
Voters in Idaho Falls turn against the commission form by a large margin with 651 to 281 ballots opposing the change. Reporters say residents see the Black law as badly suited for Sunnyland and doubt the measure would improve governance. Similar motives are noted in Pocatello's upcoming vote.
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Idaho Falls
Sunnyland
Br Ithermore
Boise
Galt Lake
Pocatello
Ship Bill Dead as Congress Adjourns for Session
Congress adjourned with the ship and Philippine bills failing after a revised senate action and a house refusal to concur. Total session appropriations reached about 1.12 billion dollars. President signed neutrality measures and praised lawmakers while tributes filled the final hour for Speaker Clark and Leaders Underwood and Mann.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Capitol
Posts
Colombia
Nicaragua
White House
Clark
Underwood
Mann
End of Democrats' Sixty third Congress marks exit
The first fully Democratic Congress since 1895 ends at noon after 637 days since the 1913 extra session. Major enactments include Underwood-Simmons tariff with income tax, the Federal Reserve Act, Sherman antitrust add-ons, Panama canal toll repeal, Alaska railroad, and war tax. Failures include government ships purchase, immigration reform, Philippine independence expansion, and rail security regulation. International efforts featured renewed arbitration pacts, 26 peace treaties, and stalled canal route plans with Nicaragua and Colombia.
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Congress
Alaska
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Representatives
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Canal
Colombia
Panama Canal Strip
Foreign Relations Committee
Coast Guard
Life Saving and Revenue Cutter Services
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
House Naval and Military Committees
Federal Reserve Boards
Root
New York
Burton
Ohio
Perkins California
Thornton
Louisiana
Bristow
Kansas
Stephenson
Wis
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