English Miners and Owners Break Deadlock in Conference
British coal war talks at the Foreign Office under Premier Asquith end a long deadlock as English owners accept a fixed minimum wage concept while Welsh operators resist. New York committee on United Mine Workers rejects all nine demands, threatening a potential April 1 strike. Jerseyville farm sales total 48,720 and Miss Jeanne D Mansfield, long a modern languages teacher, dies after an operation in Sycamore.
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London
Mar
Foreign Office
Asquith
Edward Grey
Sidney Buxton
George Askwith
New York
United Mine Workers of America
John P. White
Sycamore
Jeanne D. Mansfield
Sycamore City Hospital
Mansfield
Waterman
Wabash Flyer Wreck Kills Five. Fifty-One Injured Near Danville
Five killed and 51 injured when seven coaches of the Wabash Continental limited derailed and plunged 30 feet into Redwood Creek two miles west of West Lebanon Indiana. Train from New York to St. Louis ran 50 mph. day coach carried most deaths. Five clerks escaped with minor bruises. many passengers injured, including several St. Louisans. Engineer Dukes and conductor Grant in charge. wreck prompted late arrival.
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Danville
Wabash Continental Limited
Redwood Creek
West Lebanon
Ind
St. Louis
Henry Green
Ollie Copeman
Kingsland
John Sheridan
Dublin
Ireland
H. G. Good
Fort Wayne
R. S. Grant
Adrian
Mich
Kansas City
Pullman Porter
Rant
Newton M. Dukes
Peru
England Resents New Name at Pole
London reports strong public sentiment following Captain Amundsen s successful reach of the south pole while Captain Scott s fate remains uncertain. British observers credit Amundsen s expedition and note the pole s naming after King Haakon, with Shackleton s earlier rival claims and weather conditions shaping the northern reach of the discovery. Captain Amundsen, long regarded as a bold explorer, is praised for his feat in the Antarctic.
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London
King George
King Haakon
Amundsen
South Pole
Antarctic
England
Capt
Scott
Pole
Haakon
Edward
Shackleton
Heir Sues Over Dishes in Caldwell Estate
Milford Illinois March 11 An heir to a share of Mrs Jennie E Caldwell estate seeks to break the will in Benton county circuit court noting a set of blue china dishes as insufficient in value and claims the will inadequately reflects his rightful portion.
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Milford
Howard C. Summer
Jennie E. Caldwell
Benton County
Yeggs Blow Safe In Buda Post Office Heist
Kewanee Illinois March 11 Robbers blew open the post office safe at Buda fourteen miles east of here and escaped with 300 in cash and stamps.
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Yeggs
Buda
Kewanee
Ill
Rescuer Kicked 30 Feet From Bridge During Rescue
James Duncan, an Illinois Traction conductor, was kicked from a thirty foot bridge near Ridgely Junction when a horse wedged between ties halted his car. The rescue crew arrived and Duncan, struck by the horse’s heels, fell into the gap and suffered severe injuries in a peculiar accident.
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Springfield
James Duncan
Illinois Traction System
Ridgely Junction
Duncan
Woman Mysteriously Slain at La Grange Plantation
Mystery cloaks the death of Miss Mary Ewell a wealthy spinster found dead on her large plantation near La Grange Tennessee She had lived alone since the Civil War and few knew of a prior romance with a dashing Southerner whose Lincoln loyalty parted their paths.
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la Grange
Tenn
Mary Ewell
Here
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt Excluded from Jury in Mineola Case
In Mineola New York on March 13 Col Roosevelt was drawn as a prospective juror but quickly excused after attorney John J. Graham waived one of his five peremptory challenges. Roosevelt wondered why he should be required to attend court for two weeks if not needed.
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Mineola
L. I
Col. Roosevelt
Ransom
John J. Graham
House Demands Lyons Charges
The House passed a resolution directing Attorney General Wickersham to submit copies of charges against United States District Attorney Lyons of the Western District of Missouri for consideration by the judiciary committee.
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House
Lyons
Washington
Mar
Wickersham
United States
Western District of
Missouri
Judiciary Committee
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Continental Limited
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