Tragedy in New Haven as Lillian Cook is Found Dead
Lillian Cook a 18 year old stenographer once employed by Virginia Mayo of Mayo Radiator Company disappeared a week ago and was found shot dead on West Rock. Mayo admitted he maintains two homes and says he did not plan the crime. police say he is not an angel. The case involves a suspected love triangle and connections to a Brooklyn home where Mrs Lois Dudley is linked to Mayo’s former stenographer. The Brookyn household details and Miss Cook’s role nursing Waterbury children are part of a complex inquiry as investigators pursue motive and alibi across New Haven Hartford and Brooklyn.
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Target Tip Perversion in Travel
J F Barnes of La Crosse told a Wisconsin legislative committee that tips waste over 15 million dollars annually nationwide and 2000 dollars daily in Wisconsin. He backed the Bosshard bill to make offering or accepting tips a misdemeanor with a 5 to 25 dollar fine.
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Washington Post
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Freckles Lead to Death During Freckle Removal
Mrs. Sophie Amberg Levy a wealthy Staten Island widow died in San Francisco during an operation to remove freckles. A morphine and atropine injection given by a doctor prior to surgery provoked a fatal heart attack. The physician was taken into custody after the incident. Levy had come to San Francisco for the exposition six weeks earlier.
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Washington Post
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Staten Island
Blizzard Grips Central States Snowbound Across Region
A blizzard traversed eastern Missouri and western Illinois today and tonight while Kansas and parts of Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas reported 4 to 17 inches of snow. Traffic nearly halted in Kansas and western Missouri as rains continued in Texas Louisiana and southern Arkansas and Oklahoma. Flood threats emerged in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma amid rising conditions.
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Leiter Buys Grand Pacific Hotel Stock in Chicago
Chicago March 4 Joseph Leiter enters hotel business by taking control of Grand Pacific Hotel Company. Leiter now holds majority stock and a new management team is in charge. Letter estate had owned the site. deal completes transfer of financial holdings from John S Jones president of operating company.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Joseph Leiter
Grand Pacific Hotel Company
Leiter Holding
Letter Estate
Mr Letter
John S. Jones
Mrs Hitt Wins 700 In Polo Auction Pool
In Los Angeles on March 4 Terry Beadleston led a polo round robin with a 6 point score. Mrs William Hitt bid in Beadleston at the auction pool for 35 dollars and won the 700 dollar pot amid widespread betting chatter, with estimates that over 12,000 dollars changed hands per game this season.
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Washington Post
Cal
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William Hitt
Weatherine Elkins
Beadleston
Federal plan eyed to run Western Pacific railroad
In San Francisco on March 4, bondholders led by Rudolph Spreckels discussed transferring Western Pacific Railroad from receivership to federal operation. Spreckels said he would contact California lawmakers to push Congress to consider the proposal and may seek a state memorial to back the plan.
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Western Pacific Railroad
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Western Pacific
Spreckels
California
Congress
Two white men lynched near Camden Arkansas
In Camden Arkansas on March 4 two white fishermen Jeff Mansel and WH Candy were lynched by hanging in the woods after being accused of stealing hogs. Sheriff Frank Milnes sent men to retrieve the bodies.
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Dividend Passed by American Steel Foundries Company
New York March 4 directors of American Steel Foundries Company passed a dividend on common stock at 4 1/2 percent quarterly citing current business conditions. Also New York March 4 Mr and Mrs George Brooke of Birdsboro Pa will spend next summer in Newport Rhode Island occupying Col Edward Morrells Ochre Point home leased today. Columbia Today 2 15 and 5 15 Hypocrites most startlingly ever seen sad.
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American Steel Foundries Company
Washington Post
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Birdsboro
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Ochre Point
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Columbia Today
Patriotic Adieu as Congress Adjourns in 63rd Session
The House and Senate closed the 63rd Congress in a solemn finish with Speaker Clark's gavel fall marking adjournment at 12 18. Mrs Leonora Sherwood led a stirring rendition of America from the Speaker's gallery as members streamed out to cheers. The Senate had adjourned fourteen minutes earlier while dignified conduct contrasted the public fervor.
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House of the Sixty Third Congress
America
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Gen. Sherwood
Ohio
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Free Love In Pulpit Condemned By Bishop Greer
Bishop Greer condemns free love in sermons calling all marriages sacred and indissoluble. He asserts moral duty shaping family life and warns against divorce as a social ill.
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Mexico City Starves as Carranza Rule Forces Banes Down
Mexico City faces bread shortages water scarcity and food price surges after Carranza forces nullified Chihuahua money. Reports claim widespread bankruptcy closures and death as starvation drives crowds to support US troops. the situation prompts contrast with church debates on divorce in New York.
Shelling Turkish Forts and Mexico City Deaths
Page one reports German forces abandoning wounded and heavy casualties in Mexico City amid ongoing warfare. Also noted are preparations for a two year session, Mortona separation plans, and a prominent death. Includes society items and competitions.
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Sita
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Ships batter inner Dardanelles as forces break through trap
In World War I action, German troops push a 40,000 strong assault through the Dardanelles while British efforts stall American cargo transport. Reports mention charred Austrian casualties and Turkish troop losses as landing parties encounter retreating forces, with Galicia cited as heavy losses.
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Dardanelles
Galicia
Beef Laden Vessel Detained Without Apparent Reason
London reports March 4 that battleships bombard the Dardanelles forts, clearing outer straits and attacking the forts to advance into the straits. French ships bombarded the Savos Balal line, aiming to sever communications between European forts and Constantinople, as Fort No. 9’s destruction enables further movement.
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Cape Kephez
Gallipol
Constantinople
German Submarine U-8 Sunk by Dover Destroyers
Paris reports the German submarine U-8 was sunk by destroyers of the Dover flotilla. The twelve crewmen were taken prisoner. U-8, sister to U-9, linked to sinking Hogue Aboukir and Cressy. U-9 believed lost at sea.
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Mortons divorce talks end in separation pact
Mark Morton son of former Agriculture Secretary J Sterling Morton and his wife Martha will live separately at distinct country seats in Lake Forest and near Wheaton. They signed a separation contract with no court action. A friend says Morton refused to be a mere cash register and sought a quieter family life as his three children Helen Joyd and Jane pursue other interests. Joyd has left nightlife to work on a country place in Fensylvania and may marry Faith Clark of Honesdale Pennsylvania.
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Refusal to Endorse Wilson Policy Riles Iowa Senate
Des Moines Iowa March 4 The Iowa senate tabled an endorsement of President Wilsons European war policy by 23 to 3 Madison Wis March 4 The senate today rejected by 19 to 9 a joint resolution extending the legislatures sympathy and encouragement to President Wilson in handling the neutrality problem Also mentions a 2015 and 5 15 Columbia The big Sim sensation Hypocrites advertisement filler
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Iowa Senate
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U S Ships Unload German Goods At Bremen
Berlin reports that American steamers at Bremerhaven are discharging cargoes destined for the United States and will sail home in ballast due to Anglo French measures on German transit goods. The move targets especially shipments of dyestuffs, with four to five American steamers involved.
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Berlin
Germany
Bremerhaven
United States
First View of British Army in the Field Report
Frederick Palmer documents a rare access to the khaki frontline zone as English and French forces face German lines. He notes British resources, motor trucks, and thorough equipment, with supplies ferried from England and peasant life under shellfire near crossroads marked in English for soldiers.
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France
Frederick Palmer
England
US Officers Named in Canadian Parliament War Report
Ottawa reports Canadian parliament was told that U S army officers and state militiamen hold commands in Canadian forces for active service in Europe. Noted are Capt H C Eustis Cincinnati Ohio captain in Canadian mounted rifles since January 3 1915 and Maj Charles W Stewart from St John New Brunswick in charge of remounts for England. Also Capt Herbert W McBride Indiana National Guard officer in Canadian militia assigned as musketry instructor at Kingston Ontario.
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Ohio National Guard
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Europe
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Ohio
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Charles W. Stewart
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England
S St. John
New Brunswick
Herbert W McBride
Indiana National Guard
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Kingston
Ontario
10000 Boers Prisoners Reported After South Africa Rebellion
Cape Town March 4 Finance Minister Smuts announced in the union rebellion 1000 Boer rebels were taken prisoners. Casualty toll on both sides showed 1008 killed and wounded. Postal and railway notices follow with transit route details amid the disrupted lines.
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Smuts
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