Train Attack Sparks Deadly Strike Riots in Depew
Rioters halted a Lackawanna train carrying 800 workers near Gould Coupler Works in Depew and opened fire, wounding four men, one fatally. Deputies and militia were deployed as a riot faction clashed with guards, with Stanislaus Skolonskki among those killed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Gould Coupler Company
Depew
Samuel W. Welch
Gould Coupler
Stanislaus Skolonskki
Special Fogarty
Antonio Sparrina
Marsandi Dimero
Fred Keller
Louis Bogda
Lackawanna
White Wolf Sacks City and Slaughters in Shen-Si
Pekin dispatch reports that the Chinese brigand White Wolf and his followers captured and sacked Lung Chu-Chai in Shen-Si province. They killed 230 inhabitants and wounded and captured hundreds more.
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Pekin
White Wolf
Lung Chu-Chai
Shen-Si
Levy on postmasters sparks York York postmaster races
Revelations show York and Adams county candidates for postmasterships signed agreements to pay five percent of their salaries to Democratic State and county committees. The disclosures, made public in York March 25, prompt expectations of swift action by the Post Office Department as affidavits were filed earlier. Allen M. Seitz, former York County Democratic Committee chairman, called the payments the only way to raise funds.
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York
Adams
Post Office Department
Allen M. Seitz
York County Democratic Committee
Lenten Celebration of Holy Week at Warren First M E
The Warren First Methodist Church hosts Holy Week events April 7 9 and 10. Rev N A White presents an illustrated Passion Play lecture on April 7. April 9 features Haydns The Passion with the church choir orchestra and Warren Symphony under Alfred J Mooney. April 10 offers Dubois The Seven Last Words and Gounods Unfold Ye Portals Everlasting followed by Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.
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M. E
Warren
N. A. White
A. M
White
Warren Symphony
Alfred J. Mooney
Jos. Haydn
Cadzi
Messrs. Breitkopf and Hartel
Leipsic
Haydn
Th. Dubois
Gounod
Christ
Bold Hold up Men Rob Erie Hotelkeeper for 350
Two men posing as guests at the Colonial hotel North East Erie entered the office and robbed Frank Bowman of over 350 dollars after signing the register as Charles Johnson and Frank Allen. Bowman was locked in a room while the pair escaped, likely catching a Nickel Plate freight. Police described both suspects as 26 to 27, about five eleven, wearing gray overcoats and soft hats.
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Erie
Frank Bowman
Colonial
North East
Alexander
Rowan
Charles Johnson
Frank Allen
Bowman
Johnson
Allen
Erie Police Department
Jamestown Dynamite Explosion Shocks City
A large section of the west side was shaken last night after 8 o'clock by an explosion near the Jamestown Chautauqua and Lake Erie railway between Steele and west Third streets. Windows broke in many houses. A ground hole is found. Police pursue unknown youths believed to have obtained dynamite.
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Jamestown
West Side
Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie
Steele
West Third Streets
Soft coal mines face possible shutdown on March 31 1914
Delegates for operators and miners across Illinois Ohio Indiana and Western Pennsylvania concede a midnight March 31 1914 shutdown if no concessions are reached after weeks of talks in Philadelphia and Chicago. The union seeks district bargaining and wage gains while operators offer to renew terms two years but resist local settlements and higher pay.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Iowa
Wilson Administration Expands Federal State Power Clash
Washington March 21 The article argues that President Wilson shifts away from states rights by endorsing sweeping federal controls. It cites the presidential primary plan the federal oversight of railroad securities and a water power bill giving the War Department broad rate authority, with partial state leeway only under War Secretary approval.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Department
Public Utilities Commission
Secretary of War
Washington Administration
Roosevelt expedition loses all gear in Brazil rapids
New York cable reports Theodore Roosevelt party in central Brazil has lost all equipment in the rapids of a tributary of the Amazon. Anthony Fiala of the party wires from Santarem that they are safe and await further word on Colonel Roosevelt.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Anthony Fiala
New York Times
Santarem
Times
Amazon
Para
Tapajos River
Roosevelt
Wife seeks lunacy probe for Turner in Crawford County
Anna Turner petitions Judge Wal ling for a commission to examine John B. Turner of Girard assessing his sanity and capacity to manage about $1600 in assets. A hearing may be held April 6. The case follows Turner’s sensational but disputed murder confession to a local minister and prior historical allegations.
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John B. Turner
Girard
Anna Turner
Walling
Turner
Crawford County
Leper Escapes Quarantine in Oil City Case
Franklin Pa March 26 Aliens laborer Leprosy Syracusa escaped quarantine in Oil City last night. In state health department records he had been held since January 28. He allegedly drew a revolver on his keeper and fled when others slept.
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Franklin
Frank Syracusa
Oil City
Syracusa
State Department of Health
Girl Says She Was Made To Wed Priest At Revolver's Point
Miss Moran swore she was forcibly married to Father M M Sweeney by her brothers who abducted them and drove to Wellsburg W Va in an automobile where a marriage ceremony was forced at gunpoint. The affidavit supports the church's request for review though both parties deny the charge.
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Girl
Pittsburg
Canevin
M. M. Sweeney
Sewickley
Mary Moran
Miss Moran
Wellsburg
W. Va
Pittsburghers To Visit Warren For Trade Tour
One hundred representatives from the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce will visit Warren on May 28. It is their first Warren visit while Buffalo and Cleveland boosters have previously appeared. They vow not to solicit business and will discuss railroads canals and harbors as matters of national importance.
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Warren
Pittsburg
Anniversary of Flood Devastation Hits Ohio and Beyond
A year has passed since the great floods began sweeping across Ohio Indiana and neighboring states. Dayton suffered the most deaths and property loss among covered cities while many others in Warren and surrounding areas recall the disaster’s impact.
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Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Kentucky
Dayton
Warren
Borah Plans Pennsylvania Speakings Against Penrose
Idaho Senator Borah will campaign in Pennsylvania supporting J. B. Dimmick against Penrose. Cummins may assist in opposing Penrose. Borah argues for a scientific tariff. Ernest Acheson warns a Penrose nomination would end Republican control in the state and possibly nationwide. Brumbaugh’s election prospects hinge on opposing Penrose.
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Washington, D.C
Borah
Idaho
Cummins
Iowa
Penrose
J. B. Dimmick
Senator Borah
Pennsylvania
Pennylvania
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Ernest F. Acheson
Washington
Taft
Palmer
Dimmick
Philadelphia
Mystery Solved in Jamestown Dynamite Incident
Jamestown reports three youths Gerald Cowden Paul Kelley and a boy named Emmet were arrested by Detective Sergeant George C. Harrison after confessing to exploding dynamite that rocked the west side. All under 11 they were not jailed. the dynamite had been stolen from the Jamestown Shale Paving Brick Company yard Monday night.
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Jamestown
Gerald Cowden
Paul Kelley
Emmet
George C. Harrison
West Side
Jamestown Shale Paving Brick Company
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Mr. Wilson
T. RS
Leper
Pittsburghers
Smoky City
Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown Boys
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