Meddlers Foil Whitla Plans In Abduction Case
J P Whitla followed kidnapper orders and left 16000 in Flatiron Park Ashtabula. police guarded the money and no one appeared. Letters to Whitla and the family spread prayerful support as Cleveland and Sharon detectives continue to press for the missing Willie Whitla.
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Cleveland, C
J. P. Whitla
Willie Whitla
Flatiron Park
Ashtabula
Whitla
Sharon
C. A. White
Smith Hotel
Park
McCabe
Albert Temple
Temple
A. D. Cook
J. W. Laskey
Ashtabula Central Station
Laskey
Cleveland
Roilinaeipnia
Race meet planned at Lawton Oklahoma in April
Official notice announces a race meet from April 17 to 27 in Lawton Oklahoma with 400 top western horses and leading national jockeys expected. Promoters have leased Comanche county fair grounds and plan short sessions in Lawton and cities across the state and Parsons Kansas after the big event.
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Lawton
Okla
Western Topf
Comanche County Fair
Chickasaw
Enid
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Claremore
Bartlesville
Pawsuka
Parsons
Kas
Michigan offers winter Marine Engineering and Navigation courses
Three months of winter courses in marine engineering and lake navigation are planned at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to aid Great Lakes vessel employers. Professor M. E. Cooley notes that student interest from boat crews would finalize the program.
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Michigan University
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
M. E. Cooley
Miners Head to Europe as Anthracite Strikes Loom
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania in late March foreign coal miners depart daily for Europe hoping to avoid a likely April strike or suspension in the anthracite fields. The exodus mirrors 1902 when over 2,500 workers left this region for their homeland.
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Mahanoy City
Europe
Tariff Fight Seen as Payne Pushes Duty Provisions
Washington dispatch reports a heated test of the Payne tariff bill with Chairman Payne and Rep. Dalzell leading Republican forces plus Rep. Broussard among the Democrats. They plan a council of war to strike down protectionist duties if the bill fails to yield revenue. Olive oil used for manufacturing would face free entry only if rendered unfit for food. A 40 cent per gallon duty is imposed on still wines including sake.
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Washington
Payne
John Dalzell
House
Ways and Means Committee
Broussard
Chap Clark
Paris Strike Ends as 5000 Post Office Workers Return
Paris March 22 five thousand post office employees end a week long stoppage that blanked Paris and severed France from outside communications. Strike leaders pressed for Simyan’s resignation and job protections while seeking direct access to the minister of public works. The minister signaled no resignations would be discussed without parliament but offered concessions on other demands.
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Paris
Post Office Department
France
M. Barthou
M. Simyan
M. Barthot
Strike Committee Plans Resumption After Talks
The representatives of the associations agreed to meet grievances with officials. After several interviews, the strike committee decided to resume work today, ending the labor standstill after negotiations.
Hazers Victim Dies After Ankles Hanged Incident
In White county Indiana Charles Stintson died from hazing by peers who dangled him by the ankles from a sapling. Authorities expect arrests as teachers faced disruption and a new, stricter instructor whipped several students. The case centers on punitive actions by fellow pupils to humiliate Stintson.
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Indianapolis
White County
Charles Stintson
Stintson
Taft Receives Warm Greeting On Sabbath Visit
President Taft spent the Sabbath at All Souls Unitarian church where hundreds waited outside to glimpse him. He walked to and from services, doffing his hat in acknowledgment, then rode with Captain Archie Butt through Georgetown suburbs in a touring car.
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Washington
Taft
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Archie Butt
Georgetown
20 Per Cent As Pin Money
Judge Harry Kyle fixes pin money at 20 percent of income for wife in nonsupport case. Kansas City man earning $60 monthly ordered to pay his wife $3 weekly after housing costs.
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Kansas City
Harry Kyle
J. W. Jollis
Authorities detain Cuban uprising participants for trial
Havana reports Sergeant Cortes, his son, and Corporal Richardo tied to the late uprising in Santa Clara province have been jailed at Fort San Severino in Matanzas awaiting a special court martial. The rest of the band, civilians, are held for civil court proceedings.
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Havana
Cortes
Richardo
Santa Clara
Fort San Severino
Matanzas
Balloon Still Missing Over Desert After Flight
Pasadena reports no word on the airship America and its six passengers after a Saturday takeoff from Tournament Park. The craft, with Captain Mueller at the controls, was seen heading north and is believed to have landed in the Mojave desert.
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Pasadena
Cal
America
Tournament Park
Mueller
Mojave Desert
Forecast: Fair Weather Across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa
The official forecast calls for fair conditions today and tomorrow for Illinois and Indiana, with lower Michigan also fair today and tomorrow. Wisconsin and Iowa are expected to have fair weather as well through the next two days.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indictments Ordered After Municipal Corruption Probe
Court orders indictments against D C Byers millionaire manufacturer F A Gribb cashier of Columbia National Bank John F Klein M H Webber Chas Stewart H A Balger hotel proprietor following grand jury probe in Pittsburg March 22 Special to The Evening Journal
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Pittsburg
The
Evening Journal
Immigrants Arrive in Record Numbers at New York Port
Seven ocean liners reach New York bringing a large flood of migrants, estimated near ten thousand, marking the day as the port’s largest arrivals in history with officials predicting a record year ahead.
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New York
America
Markets Opening Hogs and cattle rise in Chicago estimates
Chicago March 22 1909 hog market shows receipts 42 000 with strong to 5 higher prices light hogs 6 40 to 6 80 mixed packers 6 50 to 6 90 shipping grades 6 95 to 6 95 cattle and sheep receipts and bids listed with 10 to 15 higher in cattle and sheep segments. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Chicago.
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Texas
Indiana seeks statewide saloon option in Marion county
State Superintendent Shumaker of the Anti Saloon League announces a campaign to bring an option election to Marion county Indianapolis and Marion county contain over 700 saloons with three breweries and London-held stock. Fifty four of Indiana's ninety two counties have voted dry and 497 saloons closed. Wayne is the only wet county.
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Shumaker
Marion
Indiana
Wayne
Indianapolis
Slowmaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Marion County
London
Montgomery
Benton
Grees
Ohio County
Bartholomew
Jennings
Vermilion
Tippecanoe County
Knox County
Lafayette
Vincennes
Thousands to wave adieu to Roosevelt in dock sendoff
Theodore Roosevelt, eager to depart on a African hunting trip, oversees final baggage shipping for the Hamburg American line Hansa Burg. He is surprised by an expected crowd of civic and political delegations and thousands at Oyster Bay dock, with no speeches planned aboard the ship. He may travel by tube to Hoboken early tomorrow.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Haneburg
Roosevelt
Hoboken
New York
New Job For Roosevelt in Congress at Big Salaries
Congressmen propose bills giving ex presidents seats in the house at 7500 dollars yearly and in the senate at 25000 dollars yearly. Mr Bennett of New York introduces the house version while Mr Coudrey of Missouri backs the senate seat claiming Roosevelt is needed there.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Bennett
New York
Roosevelt
House
Coudrey
Missouri
Mrs Lameyer Dies After Asthmatic Spasm During Quarantine
Toledo March 22. Mrs Harry Lameyer choked to death after an asthma attack while she tried to attract help by throwing dishes from a window. Her two young children, ages five and two, are ill with scarlet fever and she had been released from quarantine to attend her husband’s funeral.
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Toledo
Harry Lameyer
Lameyer
Law Hits Church Raffle Ban Passed by Iowa Senate
A bill passed by the Iowa Senate forbids church raffles and whist club prizes and bans dice shaking by hotel cigar counter girls. The measure makes such games indictable offenses.
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Iowa Senate
Des Moines
Lowa Senate
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Harmon
Jack
Donahey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Icago
John A. Babcock
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