Scott Near Pole He Sends Back His Ship
Expedition reports say Scott plans to winter again in Antarctica aboard Terra Nova. Return of Terra Nova to New Zealand confirms Amundsen first to reach the South Pole. London readers feel disappointment as Scott’s party remains at base while Amundsen’s voyage succeeds.
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South Pole
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Wow Soupson
Ek Peditee
AMC Ultes
Dispatch
Tagiga Transport Notes
Shili
Niles
Senator Taylor Dead in Tennessee After Gallstone Operation
Robert Love Taylor known as Fiddling Bob dies at Providence Hospital aged 61 after gallstone surgery. Senator from Tennessee since 1907, he spent life in Nashville, advocated good roads and the gulf deep waterway, survived by wife and three daughters, with funeral plans and political succession in flux.
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Providence Hospital
Nashville
Robert Love Taylor
United States
Tennessee
South
Taylor
Taslor
Harrison Crook
Washington
Stoneleigh Court
Memphis Limited
Union Station
Congress
Senate
Sherman
House
Clark
Bob’ Taylor
Ate
Happy Valley
Dui
Indian Affairs
Confederate Senate
Knoxvill
Taylor Ferse
Senate Chamber
Explorers Claim Palmyra for America Amid Mystery
Rear Admiral Southerland’s report on Palmyra Island details two islets under U S sovereignty with no recognized foreign claims. The voyage finds no flag surface markers and notes Japanese habitations only in the area, with vast ammunition crates aboard the West Virginia and barren, unexplored shores filled with cocoanut trees and peculiar signs.
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Southerland
Palmyra Island
Great Britaan
United States
Navy Department
West Virginia
Honolulu
Great Britain
Tlonolulu
Fanning Island
Hawaii
State Department
Scott Antarctic Expedition Sails From New Zealand
In 1910 the Scott party sails from Port Chalmers New Zealand aiming for the south pole. Captain Scott relies on prior Arctic trips and Shackleton’s later success, planning ponies motor sledges and dogs. They reach McMurdo Bay in January 1911 and learn Amundsen started south to beat them to the pole.
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McMurdo Bay
Fuent Pennell
New Zealand
Amundsen
Srott
Bullet Precedes Stork Woman Makes Mother After Suicide Attempt
Special to The Washington Fest York Pa March 31 A 27 year old Adams county woman Mrs Edward Anthony attempted to end her life by firing a bullet into her heart but the bullet passed above the heart and she may recover Dr T C Miler of Abbottstown was in the house when the shot was fired finding Mrs Anthony on the floor with a bullet wound in her breast
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York
Edward Anthony
Adams County
T. C. Miler
Abbottstown
Ife
Explorers Find Warlike Traces in Pacific Land Survey
A report details wartime relics and discovery in Pacific lands. Evidence includes ammunition chests possibly linked to Japanese forces, mysterious land marks, burned pits, tree markings, bottles, and human habitation artifacts.
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Pacific
Strange Island Finds On Islet 61 And Nearby Dunes
Explorers report eight inch bamboo piece and empty bottles, a carved iron M on a tree branch, huts on Islet 61 with thatched and corrugated roofs, stamped Trade Mark Redcliffe, and interior items including a stove, shelves, and ammunition labeled cases May 7.
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Southerland
Redcliffe
Coal Miners Warned Not to Seek Disorder During Shutdown
Reports from the anthracite and bituminous coal regions indicate no resumption of mine operations as negotiations for a new working agreement proceed. Local United Mine Workers locals order miners to stay away from colleries, with guards reported at some sites. A nationwide vacation of about 400,000 miners will begin, costing the industry millions daily, while wage talks continue in Philadelphia and Cleveland.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
Cers
John Mitchell
Wilkes- Barre
Lackawanna
Trulies
Delaware and Hudson
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland
New York
National Miners
John P. White
Evry
Giant Transformer to Deliver Coal Power to Boston
An experimental 1,000,000 volt alternating current transformer being designed at Harvard aims to convert coal into electricity near the Pennsylvania fields and transmit power to Boston within five years. Prof. C. A. Adams notes coal costs drive business expenses, so transforming coal to electricity could ease shortages and rely on cheaper regional coal.
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Boston
Washington Post
Mass
Harvard Laboratory
Pennsylvania
C. A. Adams
Engineering Department
Prof. Adams
Miss Sears Stops Runaway Polo Pony in Hillsboro
Miss Eleonora Sears, fresh from a cross country walk of 114 miles, sprang from a parked car and grabbed a frightened polo pony to prevent a stampede during a polo match near Mrs Frances Carolan's motor car. She said she felt as fresh as if she had only walked a mile.
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Hillsboro
Cal
Eleanora Sears
Boston
Miss Sears
Left $100000 to pet horse in will from Fall River
Miss Susan L. Munroe of Fall River died recently leaving 100000 dollars on trust for her mare Daisy owned twenty years. If Daisy survives, the funds and all belongings go to niece Annie B W Munroe. After Daisy’s death the trust clears and the income is shared by the children and brothers Josiah and John H Munroe or their descendants by representation.
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Washington Post
Fall River
Mass
Susan L. Munroe
Daisy
Annie B. W. Munroe
Josiah
John H
Dalay
Two Artists Found Dead in New York Studios
New York reports two artists died from gas asphyxiation. Robert Layton Newman an octogenarian colorist, found by his son amid paintings and a desert scene he hoped as a final effort. Louise Schofield, 38, a landscape painter, was discovered in her West Side studio after a gas incident while preparing breakfast.
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New York
Robert Layton Newman
Louise Schofield
Newman
Misa Schofield
West Side
Lamps Glow on Bonnets Incandescent Hats in Chicago
Special to the Washington Post from Chicago reports women show interest in incandescent hats displayed at a dressmakers convention. An electric light company designs hats with small dry batteries in the crown and wired decorations, including orange blossoms. Lights activated by a button resembling a hatpin, heavier due to the battery. New designs to mimic many flowers to be finished this week.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Man Offers Bills In St Louis Auction Sale Fails
Daniel McReynolds arrived from Princeton Indiana and tried to auction a $420 bill for $15. He then offered a $10 bill with the same demand but received no bids. Officials found the currency was not counterfeit.
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Observation Ward
Washington Post
St. Louis
Princeton
Ind
Daniel McReynolds
Local option bill killed by Maryland House
In Annapolis on March 31 the Maryland House killed the local option bill after its Senate return. Vets swung a coup on the drys as late hours saw most dry delegates asleep. An aye and no vote tabled the bill, motion to reconsider tabled, and the measure was dead and buried for this session.
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Maryland House
Senate
Annapbtus
House of Delegates
House
Suffragists Rally at Columbia Theater Defend Vote for Women
A large audience heard Mr Poindexter and leading suffragists from Texas Oregon Wyoming California and Idaho urge votes for women. They criticized Capitol and Treasury conditions and praised states with suffrage, noting improvements in public life and officials. Speakers included Miss Burleson Mrs Laura Burleson and Mrs Harriet Upton while Senators and Representatives backed their cause.
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Miss Burleson
Texas
Columbia Theater
Columbia
Ohio
Nangas
Wisconsin
Oregon
Miles Poindexter
Washington
United States Capitol
Treasury
Poindexter
Ili
Laura Burleson
Burleson
Christian Hemmick
Charles Boughton Wood
John B. Henderson
Clinton Smith
A. L. Barber
Alexander Graham Bell
Lalstest
Ockwood
United States
Alee
Susan B
A. Lockwood
Thony
Harriet Cady Stanton
America
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
A. W. Rucker
Colorado
Joseph R. Knowland
California
Burton L French
Idaho
Wach
Mondell
Brene
Edward T. Taylor
Representative Taylor
Harriet Taylor Upton
Oho Suffrage Association
Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Ed B. Colby
Age Con
Virginia
Explorer Scott Near Pole and Frontier Headlines
Page notes explorer Scott near the pole, Senator Taylor dead, U S takes 62 islands, miners warned by operators, suffragists in capital not smashers, Sidna Allen outlaw seen, Mexican rebels seek port, murder linked to boast, Eagles hold memorials, Alexandria news, burns threaten life, Taft expects delegates by May, Porto Ricans fear sugar, Arizona senators take oath, financial review, editorial page, society and sports updates, Palm Sunday services.
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Pole
Taylor
United States
Islands
Sidna Allen
News of
Alexandria
Taft
Arizona
Financial Review
Mate
Palm
War veteran Sloan dies by suicide in Ontario cemetery
March 31 at 1 am in Holland Landing Ontario, Sloan aged 45 took poison at the English Church Cemetery. Pensioner of the Spanish American War, he spent ten years in the drug department of the soldiers home in Washington. He had left Washington last week for a vacation.
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Sloan
English Church
Soldiers’ Home
Washington
Outlaw Chief Seen Dogs To Join Manhunt In Mount Airy
Desperado Sidna Allen is sighted in Mount Airy as two courthouse murderers Allen and Wesley Edwards remain at large in the mountains. Bloodhounds from the Virginia State Farm join the hunt, with Gov. Mann promising keener tracking near Buzzards Rock and a tightened cordon around the fugitives. Wildlife and terrain add to the chase as detectives rely on dogs, camp trackers, and captured prisoners to close in.
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Sidna Allen
Lafayette Ayers
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Ayers
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Gianna
Ponse Sewrcaing
Henry Clay Beattie
Midlothian
Mann
Millayille
Exerexit
Wesley Edwards
Tom Fetts
Jim
Edwards
Buzzarda
North Carolina
Wilburn Baater
Easter
Felts
Roanoke
Friel
Clause Swanson Allen
Carroll Counts
Albert Baldwin
J M Harrison
Prioners
Jall den
Claude
Allen and
Mexico
Canada
Union
Civilized World
Rebels Seek Port Alarm in Mexico City
Dispatches from the American embassy in Mexico City report the Zapata rebel movement growing in Puebla and Vera Cruz with an aim to seize Vera Cruz port for arms and munitions, while U.S. Secretary Stimson denies any intervention plans amid wartime fears.
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Vera Cruz
Puebla
Stimson Demes
Department of State
Mexico City
Verarugas
Puebla J
Mexico
Juarez
Stimson
Henry I. Stimson
United States
Art
Stimson Yeaterday
National Guard
Evera Stater
Rebels Kill 38 On Train Near Tres Manas
Mexico City March 1 rebels attacked a Mexico City to Cuernavaca train near Tres Manos six miles south of the capital. Seven passengers were killed and several wounded with two federal soldiers among the dead. Rebels halted the train and fired from both sides. Engineers and passengers, including women and a student, were slain or robbed. An American passenger was wounded and the conductor was struck on the head. The attackers then looted the train before departing.
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Tres Manas
Mies
Meaian
Mexico
F Lossing
Arma
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