Explosion Wrecks Little Italy Factory in Chicago March Disaster
In Chicago's Little Italy a blast at the Joseph Weil Paper Co. on 14th and Halstad killed about six and wounded a score. Police suspected bombs amid a long standing ward feud. a torpedo cap was found. The factory and nearby cottages suffered extensive damage totaling millions.
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Chicago
Little Italy
Joseph Weil Paper Co
Halstad Street
Weil
Hughes
Weil Paper Company
John Burroughs Naturalist Dies on Train in March 29
John Burroughs renowned naturalist died at 2 a.m. on a train en route from California to West Park New York. Telegrams from Buffalo via Clara Barrus said death occurred shortly before arrival. Burroughs planned to celebrate his 84th birthday with Edison Firestone and Ford on April 3.
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New York
John Burroughs
California
West Park
Walter Crampere
Buffalo
N. Y
Clara Barrus
Burroughs
Poughkeepsie
Cramp
Champ Clark
Cardinal Gibbons
Inefficient management costs railroads a billion yearly
Chicago March 29 W Jett Lauch consulting labor economist told the United States Railroad Labor Board that inefficient management is costing the nation’s railroads about a billion dollars a year. He testified for railroad employers arguing against abrogating national board management between employees and employers, citing management inadequacies and issues in national agreements.
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Chicago
W. Jett Lauch
United States Railroad Labor Board
Lauch
National Board
Lauck
Sheriff Sued for 200000 After Nemec Release
Minneapolis attorneys for Frank E. Nemec filed a 200000-dollar damages suit against Sheriff Earl Brown and his bondsmen alleging wrongful malicious and unlawful disregard of a supreme court order. Nemec, Chicago, was taken back to face embezzlement charges while Chicago detectives hurried him out of state in a car.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Earl Brown
Frank E. Nemec
Chicago
Windy City
Nemec
Brown
Supreme Court
Rotary District 15 elects governor and urges practical idealism
Al Zimmerman of Waseau Wisconsin wins unanimous election as governor of Rotary District 15 at Fargo convention. Robert H. Timmons of Whiticha Kansas defines Rotary as practical personal application of ideals by money makers. He promotes friendship farm meetings school support, boys work, and reducing crime through education and physical training. Dr Melvin A Brannon urges universal sports for boys, notes rising insanity and costs of uneducated life, and says the republic’s hope lies in 100 per cent American youths.
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Fargo
N. D
Rotary
Robert H. Timmons
Whiticha
Kansas
International Rotary Clubs
Melvin A. Brannon
Beloit College
Rotarians
United States
Dr. Brannon
Republic
Radical pamphlet being investigated in Hartford
Justice agents probe reported Soviet agent activities in Hartford Connecticut after a pamphlet circulated Monday night urging workers to seize factories and establish a Soviet. The pamphlet, signed Communist Party of America, prompted Washington to dispatch agents to Hartford.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Hartford
Conn
John A. Hoover
Hoover
Communist Party of America
Mrs Pullman to be buried in Chicago
Chicago March 29 The body of Mrs George Pullman heiress to the Pullman Car Company fortune will be brought back for burial. She died yesterday in Pasadena California aged 82 widow of Pullman founder and mother in law of Frank Lowden former Illinois governor and late presidential aspirant.
Frazier Ousts Wehe Again From Workmen Board
Governor Lynn J. Frazier again removed L. J. Wehe former Devils Lake attorney from the Workmen's Board after a hearing on alleged charges. The hearing proceeded despite a restraining order by District Judge Neussle. Wehe had been suspended in April 1920 and was charged with incompetency and using office stenographers for private work.
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Frazier
Wehe
Bismarck
N. D
Lynn J. Frazierier
L. J. Wehe
Devils Lake
Workmen’s Board
Neussle
Five Bandits Rob St Paul Bank in Broad Daylight
Five armed men robbed the City Bank of St Paul at 1 30 today escaping in a touring car with about 20000 dollars. Cashier C Kalseheuer was beaten over the head with revolvers and badly injured. His brother and sister were also beaten. Three customers were present as the bandits, who were not masked, fled.
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ST. Paul Bank
St. Paul
City Bank of
Bomb explosion toll reported in Bloody Nineteenth ward
A blast in Chicago's Bloody Nineteenth ward on the west side left several dead. Ambulances and police reserves rushed to the scene as investigators searched for clues and victims bystanders described the chaotic events.
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Chicago
Nineteenth
German police rout Communists near Luna works
Berlin reports police drive 3,000 Communists from the Luna works near Essen. Officials say several Reds were killed and about 1,000 taken prisoner. Minister Severing says the Communist army offered little resistance and the uprising is crushed.
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Berlin
Luna Works
Essen
Severing
Severin
Harding Mexican policy discussed plan forming in Washington
Washington reports indicate President Harding and Secretary Hughes are shaping a defined Mexican policy. They expect to insist on adequate protection of American life and property in Mexico as a central element of the policy.
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Washington
Chas. E. Hughes
Mexico
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Burns
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B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
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