Agreement Near in Coal Situation
In Philadelphia negotiators from central competitive districts pursue a new district working agreement as United Mine Workers President White reports growing optimism. Key dispute centers on paying miners by the mine run basis versus coal after screening and purities removal. Operators warn this would double weigh coal. White says no strike risk and pacific mood prevails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
White
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
To Investigate Hanging in Mexican Case Broadens
Washington reports the Mexican situation widened as Consul Garrett in Nuevo Laredo was directed to probe the hanging of American citizen Clements Vergara by Mexican federals, following the earlier focus on William S. Benton, a British subject, execution by the constitutionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Benton
Garrett
Nuevo Laredo
Clements Vergara
Ex Assemblyman Ends Life in Orange Station
Newark N J Hayward A Harvey 45 former state assemblyman killed himself at Lackawanna railroad station in Orange by shooting through the heart. Officials say temporary insanity due to ill health prompted the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Hayward A. Harvey
Formely
Lackawanna
Orange
Girl's Body to Be Exhumed in Aurora Murder
The body of Theresa Hollander, murdered nine days ago in Aurora, Illinois, was to be exhumed for further examination ahead of the coroner's inquest. Police and the coroner remained silent on what findings were anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Theresa Hollander
Aviator Breaks Altitude Record At North Island
Theodore MacCau lay, an aviation instructor, soared to 12,139 feet to surpass Lieut. H. B. Post after Post set a 12,120 feet record at North Island. The feat follows a fatal flight that claimed Post’s life in San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
America
Lieut
H. B. Post
North Island
Theodore MacCaulay
Post
Carranza Dodging Rumor Weighs on Sonora Move
El Paso reports a rumor that Mexican General Venustiano Carranza, head of the constitutionalist army, may have disappeared from Sonora. The rumor centers on his whereabouts during the ongoing movements in northern Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
el Paso
Tex
Venustano Carranza
Sonora
Brigands Capture Two Americans in Albania
A telegram to Vienna from Elbassan Albania reports two Americans were seized by Albanian brigands and carried off. The message was forwarded to the Central News Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Elbassan
Albania
Atwood Sued by Girl in Toledo Over Promise to Marry
Miss Cecile Harries twenty, dining room checker at Secor Hotel Toledo, sues aviator Harry N. Atwood for fifty thousand dollars claiming he promised to marry her and they refused.
Wealthy Delaware colonel dies on his farm from blood poisoning
Col. Thomas Curry, 62, a prominent Greenwood resident, died at his farm after a chicken bite led to blood poisoning. The incident occurred on his Greenwood property as he attempted to catch the bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Del
Thomas Curry
Delaware
Seven Women Win II Chicago Primary
In Chicago the first aldermanic race with women candidates results show seven women elected without opposition, six by Progressive and Socialist tickets. About 60,000 women voted but 20 percent spoiled ballots due to improper markings despite instruction efforts. Downstate turnout was tepid with variable participation across Peoria Quincy Galesburg and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Julia Drake
Julia Agnew
B. Naperalski
Josephine Kaneko
Lida FE. McDermut
Seventh Ward
Gertrude B. Dubin
Twentieth Ward
Maude J. Ball
Thirty-first
Election Commission
Illinois
Peoria
Quincy
Galesburg
Springfield
Capital Township
Mystery in Hotel Death in Springfield Missouri
Coroner Lohmeyer cannot determine if L G Cutting aged 56 a Mountain View Missouri real estate promoter died by own action or asphyxiation from accidentally turning on gas in a hotel room gas heater in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lohmeyer
L. G. Cutting
Mountain View
Wilson Receives Panama Canal Government Plans
President Wilson was given a complete review of the Panama canal zone’s permanent government organization by Col. George W. Goethals. The government will be inaugurated April 1 with Goethals as first governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Col. Goethals
Peru's Ex-President In Panama Arrival
Guillermo Billinghurst former Peruvian president arrives in Panama aboard the steamer Fachiea with his son and aide. He says he plans to go to Barbados then on to Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Panama
Guillermo Billinghurst
Billinghurst
Barbados
Buenos Aires
Mann Act Upheld in Supreme Court Wilson Cases
The Supreme Court again upheld the constitutionality of the Mann act, the federal white slave law, in the Wilson cases from Chicago. The decision did not address whether the act applied only to commercial vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Wilson
Chicago
Three Die and Five Ill From Poisoned Wedding Toast
In Kenmare hall New York Carmine Colino a bookbinder married Angelina Magnonica. The wine toast proved deadly killing three guests and leaving five others seriously ill or in danger. Police investigate as poison remains suspected in the tragedy at the wedding reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carmine Colino
Angelina
Magnonica
Kenmare Hall
Paris stage Johnny sent to asylum for assault kiss
A Paris stage incident led to a man nicknamed the ugliest woman in the world being escorted to an asylum after he waylaid and kissed Mile Gee. The episode drew attention to gender and propriety in performance culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kisees
Paris
Johnny
Mile
Gee
Daucs Woman to Admit Poisoning Denies Statement Truth
In Little Valley New York Cynthia Buffum testifies that detectives posed as friends to induce statements about her alleged confession. She describes being lured to Buffalo by “Miss Stone” and Frank Morris later identified as a detective, then intoxicated at a cafe before the alleged statements were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O'Grady
Mr. Morris
Statement to Mislead Prompts Confession in Poison Plot
A woman recounts being urged by associates to falsely claim she spilled poison at her husband’s table and to frame District Attorney Cole. They labeled four names and monitored her return to Little Valley, keeping her overnight in Buffalo while pressuring a false statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Little Valley
Buffalo
Woman Leaps to Death in Vision at Jail
Langfield Wolff of Santa Rosa California in San Remo jail cried out of a supposed vision of his mother leaping from a window. It was learned that his mother had ended her life in the same manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Langfield Wolff
Santa Rosa
Cal
San Remo
Aerial Passenger Killed in Wittering Plane Crash
An army bi plane wrecked at Wittering England killing F T Haynes who was a passenger. The pilot Ronald C Kemp a civilian attached to the royal flying corps sustained serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
England
Wittering
F. T. Haynes
Haynes
Ronald C. Kemp
Royal Flying Corps
Spanish Prince Kills Self in Barcelona
Prince Pig natelli of Spain dies by self-inflicted gunshot on the Ponanova promenade in Barcelona during military duty with the tenth artillery. Motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Prince Pignatelli
Ponanova Promenade
Tenth Artillery
Fire destroys Bow Island business district in blizzard
A severe Alberta blizzard feigned fire fighters’ access as flames swept Bow Island business streets, causing estimated damage over $100,000. No injuries reported. Local crews battled the blaze amid blowing snow and dangerous conditions. Municipal authorities assess property loss and pursue investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Island
Alberta
Green Bay Commission Government Election
A special election in Green Bay Wisconsin will decide acceptance or rejection of the commission plan of municipal government. The question was previously voted on two years ago but failed to carry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Green, Bay, Wis
Earle Arrives in France Under Guard After Kidnap Charge
Ferdinand Pinney Earle the American painter charged with kidnapping his son from a French school has arrived in La Rochelle under guard aboard the Tolosa from Norway.
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Earle
France
la Rochelle
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Norway
Greek Church Offices Blown Up in Hungary Killing Five
In Debreczin Hungary a Protes tants dynamited offices of the Greek Catholic bishopric of Tiklossy. Five per Bovis were killed and the bishop’s secretary also died in the blast.
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Debreczin
Hungary
Tiklossy
Bidhon Absepa
American Marines Replace Consulate Guard in Mexico
German cruiser Dresden shipped two machine guns and 40,000 rounds of ammo to the German legation in Mexico City. A squad of bluejackets in civilian dress at the American consulate was withdrawn and replaced by picked marines under a sergeant after General Gustave Maas authorized the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Dresden
City
Gustave Maas
Villa's Story May Be Accepted Report
Washington held brief talks between President Wilson and Secretary Bryan on the Mexican situation. A report on the Juarez execution of William S. Benton is awaited. Villa’s claim that Benton tried to kill him could shape Britain and U S policy, officials think.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Juarez
William S. Benton
Benton
Great Britain
United States
Missing Men Villa Recruits in Mexico
El Paso reports a telegram to the American consulate from Gen. Villa saying 15 Americans who wished to join his forces were deemed undesirable. He says the missing Americans may be included in a batch of recruits he has rejected and will send back to Juarez by the first troop train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Thomas D. Edwards
Mexico
Senator Ransdell seeks $500000 malaria and typhoid fight
Washington report notes Senator Ransdell introduces a bill to appropriate $500000 to battle malaria and typhoid, arguing federal spending is proper for eradicating these diseases as for investigating cattle tick hog cholera or horse diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ransdell
Banker's Widow Hangs Self in Arcola Residence
Arcola Illinois Mrs Jennie E Snyder widow of a local banker and one of the town's oldest residents died by hanging herself at her home using a linen skirt tied to a bed post. The suicide occurred after the husband had died a few months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Ill
Jennie E. Snyder
Dome Collapse Hits Panama-Pacific Palace in Frisco
A portion of the dome on San Francisco's Panama-Pacific exposition palace of manufactures collapsed and fell 165 feet amid rain, causing about 20000 dollars in damage with no workers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Fair Palace Falls
San Francisco
Cal
Palace of Manufactures
Joseph Fels Dies At 61 In Philadelphia Home
Paul Joseph Fels head of the Fels Naptha Soap company and noted single tax advocate died at his Philadelphia residence after pneumonia following neuritis. He was 61 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
Paul Joseph Fels
Fels Naptha Soap Company
Mels
Boy Bandits Shot by Resident in Detroit Robberies
In Detroit two young brothers used a stolen car to rob two stores and attempt a third. A bystander, Myer Ravenport, fired a single shot with a revolver, killing the elder brother and stopping the crime spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Myer Ravenport
Three Quakes In Maine Rattle Maine Towns
Three distinct earth tremors were felt in Hostis Maine area. The first shock was light, five minutes later a stronger shake rattled houses, and fifteen minutes after the second the third tremor was light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hostis
Germer Elected President of United Mine Workers
Elected by a Miners union in Illinois, Germer of Moynt has been selected as president of the United Mine Workers. The announcement came as returns from the election were tallied, confirming the leadership change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germer
Springfield
Moynt
Qlive
Tiinois
Ing
Irene
Shoe Workers Strike Seeks Higher Wages at Illinois Plant
Twenty-one workers at the American Shoe Stock company strike after a discharge linked to union activity. They demand higher pay, seeking $1.50 per day for boys and $1 for girls. The plant, opened by St. Louis capitalists, is led by H. R. Abbott. John Walker of the Illinois State Federation of Labor forwarded the union petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
American Shoe Stock Company
John Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
St. Louis
H. R. Abbott
Delegates Convene in Springfield for Auditor Association
Springfield hosts a state convention of the Illinois County Auditors association with eight delegates representing eight counties. Members include Frank Troeckler Madison Frederick Moeser St. Clair Alvin Keys Sangamon Frank Saunders Kane Alex Heiberg La Salle J. H B Pillsburg Peoria Charles Noble Will and C E E Lewis Vermilion counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilinois County
J. HB. Pillsburg
Peoria County
Charles A. Noble
Will County
C. EE. Lewis
Vermilion County
Y M C A Meets In Decatur
One hundred fifty delegates from sixty two associations attend the forty first annual Illinois Y M C A convention in Decatur. Officers named include President F D Gower of Kankakee Vice president George F Roarick of Danville Secretary W C Taylor of Naperville and Charles E B Lauder of Monmouth R C Augustine of Decatur. The meeting is described as the most successful ever held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Illinois
Phone Men Favor Federal Regulation In Illinois
Springfield report says the Illinois Independent Telephone association adopted resolutions opposing government ownership of public utilities and favoring federal regulation. The group elected officers with J. W. Barrett of Pekin as president, F. M. Ashe of Kewanee as vice president, and B. F. Baker of Le Roy as secretary and treasurer. It also opposed absorption of interstate telephone business by American Telephone & Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Independent Telephone Association
J. W. Barrett
Pekin
F. M. Ashe
Kewanee
B. F. Baker
le Roy
American Telegraph & Telephone Company
Widow of 1871 72 Representative Roessler Dead in Shelbyville
Mrs Anna Roessler widow of late Edward Roessler state representative 1871 72 died after five years invalidism at eighty three. She is survived by ten children including David Solomon Charles John Henry Roessler and daughters Mrs George Wendling Mrs Edward Waggoner Mrs Adolph Reiss Mrs William Yollinger and Mrs John Bence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Anna Roessler
Edward Roessler
David
Solomon
Charles
John
Henry Roessler
George Wendling
Edward Waggoner
Adolph Reiss
William Yollinger
John Bence
Arcola Woman Jennie Snyder Dies by Suicide in Home
Arcola's longtime resident Mrs. Jennie E. Snyder killed herself at her home by strangling with a linen skirt tied to a bed post. Her husband, a former local banker, died months earlier. Temporary derangement followed illness and two of her sons had died by suicide years before.
Two Must Serve for Burning Hotel in Peoria Case
Samuel F. Carr of Quincy and Harvey A. Six of Springfield must serve three years each for burning the Aldine hotel at Peoria. They were convicted in Peoria. The supreme court sustained the appellate court, which affirmed the Peoria court's conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Samuel F. Carr
Quincy
Harvey A
Peoria
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Peora Court
Row Over a School Pupil
Waukegan. Mrs Frank Horan of Lake Bluff pleaded not guilty to a charge brought by Mrs William Watrouse a school teacher who says she was attacked after keeping the Horans boy after school and slapping him The case goes to a jury in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Frank. Horan
Lake’ Bluff
William Watrouse
Horan
Former Iowa Legislator Cres. Hinsdale dies in Manchester
M. F. Leroy, longtime Iowa legislator, banker and attorney from Manchester, died here aged sixty four. He served as commander of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias of Iowa and leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cres. Hinsdale
M. F. Leroy
Manchester
Leroy
Knights of Pythias of
Fie
Life Sentence in Slaying of Stepson at Court
Benton County judge Green gave Taylor of Cave township a life term in the state penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his stepson. The defendant admitted shooting his son with disputed provocation.
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Benton
Siga
Taylor
Cave Township
Green
Gulty
Anid
Mount Olive Man Elected UMW Vice President
Adolph Gers mer of Mount Olive is elected vice-president of the United Mine Workers of Illinois. Joseph Pope of Belleville is chosen president and Duncan Donald of Springfield is secretary treasurer. Results announced from state headquarters in Springfield following referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Adolph ‘Gersmer
Mount Olive
United Mine Workers of Minois
Joseph Pope
Belleville
Duncan
cDonald
State History Urbana to Publish Mississippi Valley Review
The Mississippi Valley Historical association, after years of gathering data on early Midwest days, plans a new publication titled the Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Clarence W. Alvord of the University of Illinois announced the quarterly journal, whose first issue is set for June 1, 1914, chronicling the great west and the role of pioneers in nation-building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Middle West
Mississippi Valley Historical
Presbyterian Meet at Anna in First Brotherhood Session
The first annual meeting of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of Tlli nois was held in Anna with about 100 delegates. J. T. Henderson of Chicago spoke on Men at Their Best in the Church, Rev. C. H. Badt on The World Campaign for Jesus Christ, and Rev. J. B. Clark of Nashville along with several others addressed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Anna. Anna
Presbyterian Brotherhood of Tllinois
Anna Church
J. T. Henderson
Chicago
C. BH. Badt
Board of Missions
J. BH. Clark
Nashville
Tenn
W. S. Marquis
S. HE. Combrink
Murphysboro
A. M. Eells
Cairo
James R. E. Craighead
Carbondale
Woman Aged 105 Buried in Snow Storm Funeral
Waukegan February 24 in a snow storm the funeral of Mrs. Ellen Jenkinson aged 105 was held from her residence. Six of the grandchildren were pallbearers. The funeral was largely attended with about 110 descendants present including her youngest four great grandchildren from Cassopolis Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ellen Jenkinson
Cassopolis
Mich
Honor Soldiers of Revolution Exalted at Courthouse Tablet
A tablet was unveiled in Jacksonville courthouse under Rev. James Caldwell Chapter D A R to honor 19 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Morgan County. Former Gov. Richard Yates gave the principal address and Judge E P Brockhouse delivered the acceptance remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
James Caldwell
Morgan County
Richard Yates
E. P. Brockhouse
Fire destroys First Methodist church in Charleston
Fire, likely from a furnace room, gutted the First Methodist church in Charleston. The blaze caused about 40000 dollars in losses with only 8600 dollars insured. Firemen faced instant water freezing as they battled the stubborn flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
First Methodist
Prohibition Candidate for Congress Dies in Chicago
Bloomington Feb 24 John W Nichols former Prohibition candidate for Congress and longtime local newspaper publisher died in Chicago. He lectured nationwide for temperance for 20 years. Interment will be in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Bloomington
John W. Nichols
Chicago
Prohibition
Father sues city and firm over daughter's death
Aurora February 24 J H Minor files suit after his daughter died when a large sky rocket exploded during last Fourth of July celebrations. He names the City of Aurora and Consolidated Fireworks Company of New York as defendants, the firm that supplied the pyrotechnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
J. H. Minor
City of
Consolidated, Fireworks Company
New York City
Scarlet Fever Spreads at University of Illinois Urbana
Samuel Bass of Fairbury a freshman at the University of Illinois contracted scarlet fever and was moved to the isolation hospital. Two additional cases were reported in Urbana signaling a broader outbreak on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of S. Urbana
Samuel Bass
Fairbury
University of Ilinois
University
Urbana
Emerson gifts funds for isolation hospital in Winnebago
Ralph Emerson, a retired manufacturer, donated 6000 dollars to Winnebago County to be matched by a similar county appropriation for the immediate erection of an isolation hospital. The county board is to allocate the counterpart amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ralph Emerson
Winnebago County
Brothers to Marry Sisters in Prophestown NY
Yorktown February 24 Ariel B Woodworth and William V Woodworth of Yorktown applied for licenses to wed Mabel Stath and Flora L Stath sisters of Prophesetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Ariel B. Woodworth
William V. ‘Woodworth
Mabel
Flora L. Stath
Prophetstown
Fire Damage at Illinois State Reformatory Paint Shop
Fire damaged the paint shop at the Illinois state reformatory in Pontiac. The incident caused about $1,000 in damage. No extent of damage to inmates or other parts of the facility is reported. Several trustees assisted in subduing the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Pontiac
Illinois State Reformatory
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N. Y
Patrick Collina
Cynthia Buffum
Collins
St. Louisans
Adolph Germer
United Mine ‘Workers of
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