Recognition of the Chinese Republic Ties to Six-Power Loan Repudiation
Washington March 20. The repudiation of the six power loan project by President Wilson is cast as the key move that would hasten recognition of the Chinese republic. Proponents argue withdrawal breaks Knox policy restraint and the other powers would follow suit, while U.S. sympathy for China remains strong.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
China
Russia
Japan
Flat feet shock women in St Louis social scene
St Louis society reels as foot specialist Dr. A E Black warns that many local women suffer from fallen arches. He cites over 100 recent cases, attributing some to the new English walking shoe but most to prolonged standing in street cars, amid a city obsessed with fashion.
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St. Louis
A. E. Black
Abolition of Assistant Attorney General Office
Washington reports March 20 that Attorney General McReynolds with presidential approval has abolished the office of assistant attorney general now held by W H Lewis a colored Massachusetts Republican. Lewis resigns effective April 1 and many applications for the post have been received.
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Lewis
Washington
McReynolds
Wilson
W. H. Lewis
Massachusetts
Taft
Advertising to Barrel Money Quotes
Louisville Courier Journal quotes a quip on spending a keg in advertising to make money. The exchange features a sharp self inquiry and a punchy response about marketing spend.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man Bound to Rails by Masked Attack at Piffard NY
Peter L. Martin night operator at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Piffard New York five miles north of Mt. Morris was lashed to the southbound track by two masked men one white and one negro. An hour later a freight train engineer noticed the restrained man and stopped the train with the emergency brakes. Police and citizens searched all day Tuesday but the attackers remain at large. No money was stolen and Martin cannot explain the motive.
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Peter L. Martin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Piffard
Mt. Morris
N. Y
Martin
Barefoot Dancers in Washington Pageant Draw Laughs
Pittsburg report says suffrage marchers on the Liberty Bell float wore cotton flannel nighties to stay warm. Cornelius D. Scully, a Pittsburg man in the parade, says the display was entertaining and notes his political run last fall.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Cornelius D. Scully
Franklin receives gift of Prospect Hill athletic park
Former congressman Joseph C. Sibley and General Carlos Miller donate 14 acres of Prospect Hill stock farm to Franklin for an athletic park and public playground. The tract includes a half mile track famed in the eighties and is valued around $20,000.
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Franklin
Joseph C. Sibley
Carlos Miller
Prospect Hill
Bell Announces Each Egg
Waynesboro Pa March 20 S E Seeler has devised a method to detect when his chickens lay eggs. He uses trap nests each connected electrically so a bell rings in the kitchen when a hen enters a nest. His records show one hen laid 21 eggs in 23 consecutive days.
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Bell
Waynesboro
S. E. 3Eeler
Missouri House Likely Bans Cigarette Sales
Jefferson City Mo March 20. The Missouri house approved a bill to outlaw cigarette sales in the state after January 1 1914 by a 75 to 47 vote. Senate action remains uncertain.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Railroad Orders $1 Million
The Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg railroad placed a $1,000,000 order for 20 engines, two Pullmans, and 20 steel passenger coaches. Locomotives to be built by American Locomotive at Dunkirk New York, cars by Pullman. Deliveries: engines in July and cars in September, making 50 percent of passenger equipment steel.
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Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
American Locomotive Company
Dunkirk
N. Y
Pullman Company
Tragic Niagara Fall Slip Claims Buffalo Woman
Miss Josephine Kigitich of Buffalo slipped from Luna Island shore into the Niagara River and was carried over Niagara Falls Sunday afternoon. Two friends witnessed the fall and notified reservation secretary Charles A. Tweed.
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Josephine Kigitich
Buffalo
Niagara River
Luna Island
Charles A. Tweed
Pope's Illness Causes Unease In Rome
Rome reports the pope has suffered two days of insomnia and loss of appetite. He remains on a liquid diet and was unable to celebrate Mass on his name day. Cardinal Merry Del Val sent Greece condolences but the king's assassination news was withheld to avoid shock to the pontiff. The late Greek monarch had long been friendly with the pope.
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Rome
Merry del Val
Greece
George
Venice
Firemen's demands hearings adjourned for witness selection
In New York on March 20, cross examination of William J. Auck concluded after days on the stand at the arbitration board hearings over firemen demands on Eastern roads. A brief redirect followed before adjournment to allow railroad conference committee to choose witnesses for tomorrow.
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New York
William J. Auck
Arbitration Board
Dancer Frances Leslie Dies Aboard Oceanic, Official Rules Natural Causes
In Southampton on March 20 the analyst probing Frances Leslie's stomach contents following her sudden death on the Oceanic last Saturday found nothing suggesting foul play. He believes natural causes were the likely cause of death.
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Southampton
Frances Leslie
Pennsylvania House Passes Storage Bill
The Pennsylvania House approved the Wilson cold storage bill by 190 to 2. It sets storage time limits for beef pork sheep lamb veal dressed and undressed fowl eggs butter fish and requires certificates after inspection. Unsanitary warehouses close. biannual reports. dating on stored goods. penalties include fines and short mandatory imprisonment. Effective 90 days after governor's approval.
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Harrisburg
House
Committee On Health and Sanitation
William H. Wilson
Dairy and Food Department
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Boy in South Bethlehem Eats Cake Feels Nail In Throat
Frank Roebuck, a South Bethlehem boy, bit into cake and felt a sharp throat pain. X rays located a horseshoe nail lodged in his throat and doctors plan removal in a few days.
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Frank Roebuck
Bethlehem
Treating With Salazar or Huerta Trying to Placate Rebel Lead
In Chihuahua the Huerta government seeks talks with General Salazar the rebel leader. Washington reports say Huerta belittles North disturbances and claims Carranza uprising is ended. Arrests in Monterey of the mayor and other prominent men widen the strain between factions.
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Huerta
Chihuahua
Washington
Mexico
Salazar
State Department
Mexico City
Carranza
Sonora
Monterey
Antis Retort to Gibbs in Pennsylvanian Suffrage Hearing
Women from across Pennsylvania gathered in Harrisburg for a senate hearing on woman suffrage. The judiciary general committee heard arguments for and against a constitutional amendment, with Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw among suffragists, and Mrs. George of New York among anti suffragists asserting that motherhood and domestic service define women’s role.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Hill
Senate
Judiciary General Committee
House
Rudolph Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Anna Howard Shaw
Norace Brock
Lebanon
Baard Beecher- Pigk
A. J. George
George
New York
Man Confesses to Plot to Drown Wife in River
Lazak Luczkwicz admitted to Woonsocket police he traveled to Passaic New Jersey to lure his wife to Woonsocket and push her from a bridge into the Blackstone river 40 feet below His stated motive was removing his wife to marry another woman in Woonsocket He wrote a Russian confession and faces arraignment for attempted murder The woman was rescued from the water.
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Providence
Lazak Luczkowicz
Woonsocket
Passaic
N. J
Blackstone River
Luczkwicz
Train wreck near Bath claims engineer and injures fireman
A mixed passenger and freight train on the Northampton and Bath railroad derailed west of Bath. Engineer Charles Hildberger was killed instantly as the engine toppled. Fireman Charles Yarnell is critically burned. Four cars left the track. passengers escaped unharmed. Wreck believed caused by spreading rails.
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Allentown
Northampton and
Virginia Sues Standard Oil Over Tax Dodging Allegations
Richmond judge issues summons to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for April 8 in Hastings court. A special grand jury investigated alleged irregularities and tax dodging by the firm.
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Virginia
Standard Oil
Richmond
Richardson
Hastings
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Greek King George Shot in Salonika City Streets
King George of Greece was shot and mortally wounded while walking with his military aide in Salonika on Tuesday afternoon. A Greek named Aleko Schoinas fired point blank into the king’s back and was arrested. Constantine proclaimed king as news cables reached Athens and Janina, while Prince Nicholas took oaths of fealty to the new ruler. The shooting appeared nonspecific in motive, described as the act of a maniac. Elsewhere in Waco Texas, Giants defeat the local leaguers 11 to 1 as McGraw’s squad toured Marlin and stoked errors and wild throws.
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King
Constantine
Greece
King George
Salonica
Aleko Schoinas
Schomas
Prince Nicholas
George
Janina
Athens
Denmark
England
Germany
Russia
Nicholas
Waco
Tex
McGraw
Marlin
Robinson
Giants
New York
Submarine Contracts Signed for Three Vessels
Contracts signed at the navy department for three submarines by the Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat company of Bridgeport Connecticut. One will be built at Bridgeport and the other two at Long Beach California at the Craig Shipbuilding plant. First naval vessel to be built in Los Angeles area.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Company
Brideport
Conn
Bridgeport
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Cal
Craig Shipbuilding Company
Harvard President Emeritus Charles Eliot to Celebrate 79th Birthday
Cambridge Mass March 20 Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard will mark his 79th birthday with no fixed plans for the day. The doctor has recovered from a recent grippe attack with relatives and faculty members set to pay respects this afternoon and evening.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Grippe
Eliot
Steel Trust Case Adjourned and Defense Delay Planned
New York March 20 The government case to dissolve United States Steel Corp ends with a stipulation allowing late ore reserve blocks to be added. The defense will seek an adjournment of six weeks to two months before presenting its case.
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Steel Trust
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Family Passes Under Knife After Child's Appendicitis
The Mandie family of Fountain Springs Pa sees the entire clan undergo appendicitis surgery within two months starting with three year old Gerald Mandie. The family shares a rare, lineage wide medical event in this small community report.
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Gerald
Matthias Mandie
Fountain Springs
Mandie
Cannon Returns to Danville After Sleep
Joseph G. Cannon emerged from his Danville residence saying it is great to be a plain American citizen again. He arrived travel worn from Washington and entered his home alone, unlike prior returns escorted by large crowds.
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Danville, Hl
Joseph G. Cannon
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Dr. Elliot
Cannon
Danville
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