North Dakota Holds First Presidential Preference Primary
Bismarck N D March 19 Voters cast ballots in the first presidential preference primary in U S history. The ballot lets each voter name ten delegates to national conventions and their preferred presidential candidate. Republican ballot lists Taft Roosevelt and La Follette with a free space. Democratic ballot names John Burke with space for another name.
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Bismarck
N. D
United States
Hhis
Taft
Roosevelt
la Follette
John Burke
Burke
Clark
Wilson
Harmon
WAR OVER JACK JOHNSON
Excitement in Louisville at the visit of Jack Johnson has led to extra police in the black belt around his quarters. Thousands of Black residents crowded Walnut Street to view Johnson over the weekend. A potential clash among café owners who planned Johnson as their headquarters adds to the tension.
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Louisville
Jack Johnson
Black Belt
Johnson
Kentucky
Walnut Street
Nation wide presidential primary bill proposed by Senator Cummins
Senator Cummins of Iowa urges a nationwide presidential primary to abolish local and state conventions. The plan sets a national primary every July and a national primary election on the second Monday of July every four years, certifying the party winner for November.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Judge Pitney Takes Oath as Supreme Court Justice
Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey has taken the oath and assumed duties as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court succeeding Justice Harlan. It marks the first full bench since Justice Harlan’s illness and death last October. Mrs. Pitney and other relatives attended the ceremony.
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Washington
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Harlan
Coal Strike Halts 800 Miners at Shamokin Plant
Eight hundred workers at the Scott Colliery near Shamokin Pennsylvania were idle after miners went on strike when the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company refused to sell pea coal to the employees.
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Shamokin
Scott Collery
Here
Mineral Railroad and Mining Company
Planning Big Warship 30000 ton Battleship Largest afloat
Washington reports plans for two new 30000 ton battleships to rival Britain’s Dreadnoughts. The design mirrors the New York with Olympia’s cruiser added, possibly 15 inch guns eight per ship and heavy waterline armor, plus deck armor to resist aerial bombs.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Department
New York
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
Landis Twice Cashed Check to Cover Deficiency
Chicago March 19 Two confidence men duped United States Judge Kenesaw M Landis twice causing a deficit of 179 75 in the Bernard J Coens bankruptcy matter Emil Schulz former interior department employee fled with funds and R I judge Landis offered to matching the loss and warned against the court being used as an easy mark He also recounted a hoosier hoax where a man from Indiana failed to cash a personal check at the bench.
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Chicago
United States
Kenesaw M. Landis
Emil Schulz
Department of the Interior
Washington
Bernard J. Coens
Landis
Indiana
Hoosier State
Marines land in Swatow as clashes claim many lives
A detachment of U S Marines from the monitor Monterey lands to secure the customs house as eight hours of fighting rages in Swatow between Hakka tribesmen and Canton troops. Forty natives are counted dead, with higher numbers feared. A Blue Jacket dies aboard a Japanese warship from stray fire. In Hot Springs a Curtiss biplane crashes during a test flight injuring Aviator Keane. In San Antonio a boiler explosion at Southern Pacific yards kills twenty five and injures many, with strikebreakers among the dead.
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Swatow
China
Monterey
Canton
Hot Springs
Ark
Keane
Aviation Field
San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Novel Surgery at Bellevue Cures Boy’s Epilepsy
At Bellevue Hospital New York a sixteen year old, Harry Osmans, received a silver foil implant against the brain after a skull V shaped removal. The operation restored memory and halted seizures within 36 hours with no recurrence yet. A silver plate will be added once healing is confirmed.
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New York
Harry Osmans
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Outlaw chase ends with no arrests in Hillsville
An eight man posse led by Detective Lee Felts returned to Hillsville, Va., after a nightlong search for the Allen Clansmen with no trace found. Felts voiced doubt over capturing the fugitives. The group dumped a 50 gallon barrel of moonshine whisky found at an Allen home.
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Hillsville
Lee Felts
Allen
Felts
Mail Service Resumes After Five Days At Melilla
Weather delays stranded mail for five days at Melilla as a troopship and mail boats finally reestablish shore contact. Moors exploit ships absence, several Spaniards in advanced positions are killed, casualties total not yet known.
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Gibraltar
Melilla
Bermudian Wins Bermuda to New York Ocean Race
New York on March 19 report says the Bermudian boat finished the Bermuda to New York race two hours before the steamship Oceana discharged passengers, marking the end of the ocean contest.
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New York
Bermuda
Oceana
Warships sail from Honolulu toward Manila
The armored cruisers California South Dakota and Colorado under Rear Admiral Southerland sailed from Honolulu for the Philippines. They aim to reach Olongapo by April 1 unless diverted. Naval officials say the voyage is to enable docking at the naval station, despite its global significance.
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Washington
California
South Dakota
Colorado
Southerland
Honolulu
Philippines
Olongapo
China
England
Naval Station
Rhode Island Mills Boost Wages For Thousands
Providence Rhode Island March 49 large cotton manufacturers announce a wage increase. The mills employ about 20 000 operatives across the state.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
Baer Favors Conference to Avert Miners Strike
George F Baer president of the Philadelphia and Reading and the Central New Jersey railroads said he would meet with miners for another conference to try to avert a coal strike in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading
Central New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Railway Engineers Meet in Chicago Convening President Cushing Presides
The Railway Engineers association opened its annual convention in Chicago with President W. C. Cushing of Pennsylvania presiding. Reports on technical matters await discussion, including a major report on conserving natural resources in the United States and Canada.
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Chicago
Railway Engineers’ Association
W. C. Cushing
Pennsylvania
United States
Canada
Italian air raid kills Arabs near Benghazi camp
An Italian expeditionary force airman and officer dropped hazardous devices from an aircraft on a Turkish and Arab encampment near Benghazi. Ten Arabs were fatally harmed as the airplane attacked from altitude with several dangerous devices.
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Benghazi
Tripoli
Seven Passengers Drowned in Ocean Collision
Seven passengers and three crew members died after the Oceana collided with the German bark Pisagua in the English Channel. The disaster occurred Saturday during the rescue operation.
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London
Oceana
Diet and Health Hints On Fleshless Diet Endurance
A Kansas City walking contest under Harvard’s Prof Sargent shows Warren Buffum gaining from a vegetable diet while his meat eating brother Jesse trails. Across trials in Germany England and America non-fresh eaters show greater endurance. Doctors agree excess meat is unnecessary as industrial life demands less flesh food. many sanitariums omit it from meals.
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Warren Buffum
Jesse
Kansas City
Prof
Sargent
Harvard University
Germany
England
America
Turks Prepare for Action Near Mitylene Naval Threat
Constantinople reports a Turkish fleet readying for possible engagement as Italian forces reportedly approach the Island of Mytilene near the Dardanelles. Most Turkish warships lie in the straits, though many are older vessels.
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Isle of Mitylene
Constantinople
Mitylene
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Arizona Legislature Opens With Party Rift Expected
Phoenix, March 19. The first Arizona state legislature convened with Democrats holding a large majority in both houses. It is believed progressives and conservatives within the party will clash on numerous issues.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Yokel Heads to St Paul for Miller Bout
St Paul report March 19 indicates Mike Yokel of Cleveland en route from Salt Lake City to face Walter Miller in a Thursday evening wrestling match.
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St. Paul, Minn
Mike Yokel
Cleveland
Walter Miller
Salt Lake City
William C Seipp Dies by His Own Hand in Chicago
William C Seipp, retired president of the Conrad Seipp Brewing Co and a millionaire, shot himself at his home 1547 Dearborn Avenue. Despondent over illness and insomnia, he had suffered Bright's disease for twenty years and relinquished the brewing company presidency in 1892.
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Chicago
William C. Seipp
Conrad Seipp Brewing Company
Dearborn Avenue
Bright
Kilbane refuses 15000 offer for Cleveland bout
Johnny Kilbane Cleveland's first boxing champion declines a 15000 bid to fight in Cleveland against Charley White or another speedier featherweight. He cites a pledge to promoter Tom McCarey in Los Angeles to stage his next title fight before the coast crowd on Labor Day likely against Abe Attell.
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Cleveland, O
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Charle White
Chicago
Johnny
Tom McCarey
Los Angeles
Abe Attell
Aus tin Signs with St Louis Club After Hold-Out
St Louis reports third baseman Jimmy Austin, long a hold-out, has signed a contract with the American League team in the city.
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St. Louis
Jimmy Austin
Sugar Convention Renewed by International Conference
The sugar convention was renewed for five years by the international sugar conference in Brussels. The renewal takes effect September 1, 1913.
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Brussels
Underwood Defends Tax Principle as Supreme Court Tax Ruling Sparks Debate
Democratic Leader Underwood denounces the Supreme Court for ruling income tax unconstitutional and urges Congress to restore the principle that wealth should bear a fair share of taxation. He argues the court's decision sparked unrest and Socialism cries, urging passage of a 1 percent excise tax on incomes over 5000. He predicts broad reach to wealthy incomes including Rockefeller and Morgan figures.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Unederwood
House
Underwood
Congress
Carnegie
Morgan
Rockefeller
Morgan's
Foeht
Pennsylvania
Greene
Iowa
Atarma
Representative seeks $100000 for Pacific coast target range
Washington March 19 Representative Kahn introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 to purchase a suitable site on the Pacific coast to be used as a range for small arms target practice by the United States Navy.
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U. S
Washington
Kahn
Pacific Coast
United States Navy
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Rosewater
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