Navy secretary frees deserter pay for single mother
A five year old boy pleads for his mother before Secretary Daniels to help her family. The Navy orders forfeited pay restored to Willam W Blundy, a deserter, to support his wife and two children while a full pardon decision is studied. Daniels promises further inquiry and aid from Associated Charities.
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Josephus Daniels
the Navy
Willam W. Blundy
State
War and Navy
Naval
Blundy
Daniels
Department
Naval Secretary
Yeaterday
Navy
Anh
Navy Department
President Wilson
Willam Blundy
Secretars Daniels
Pew
New York
Washington
Blinty
Wilson
Papa
Secretar
Attie Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
James F. Curtis
the Treasury
Direct Election Amendment Ratified by House Goes to Senate
Providence Rhode Island report: The constitutional amendment for direct election of United States senators passes the house and now advances to the senate. The measure, approved today, prompts discussion on its national impact and procedural steps.
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Providence
R. I
Mar
United States
House
Senate
Human Fly scales Raleigh Hotel Wall in Washington
Rodman Law known as the human fly attempted to scale the Raleigh Hotel in Washington by climbing its walls to the eighth story after authorities refused his parachute jump from the Washington Monument. A crowd gathered as hotel staff halted him and pulled him inside through a window. The event followed a prior stunt in New York where he was slightly injured attempting a steel rocket launch.
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Raleigh Hotel
Rodman Law
New York
Washington
Washington Monument
Jasan
Hats Dangers to Girls and Open Schools Proposal
Mrs Gwen Kildare warned that stylish hats tempt working girls and urged rich women to dress plainly on shopping trips to set an example. At the American Pen Women group she called for using Washington school buildings after hours for adult education in literature and sciences, backed by officials including Dr William M Davidson and Miss Marguerite Beaman Neale who showcased readings and art.
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Adas
Gwen Kildare
Owen Kildare
League of American Pen Women
F Street
Europe
Dorothy Newell Schultz
Washington
Wihill
Congress
William M. Davidson
Schultz
Edith Kingman Fern
Marguerite Beaman Neale
Bertha Francs Wolf
Gertrude Grey
Anna B. Sloan
U S and Latin America Reach for Closer Ties
Secretary Bryan addressed Pan American Union leaders praising cordial U S friendship with Central and South America. He vowed high standards for American businessmen overseas and urged mutual trade growth while promoting ideals of free trade in ideals and diplomatic cooperation. Brazilian Ambassador da Gama credited with praising social justice and reciprocity as key to relations.
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U. S
da Gama
Bryan
United States
Pan-American Union
John Barrett
Wilson
Central and
South America
Pacific
Central
di Gama
President Grants 30 Day Stay of Execution
President Wilson granted a thirty day respite for John B. Goodwin of Woodruff South Carolina and M R Stewart who were condemned for the murder of a man named Kibbey on an Arizona Indian reservation. Representative J T Johnson of South Carolina delivered the petition and requested more time for family investigation. Johnson did not plead clemency and spoke of knowing little of the case. Goodwin belongs to a long established South Carolina family.
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Wilson
J. T. Johnson
South Carolina
White House
John B. Goodwin
Woodruff
S. C
M. R. Stewart
Kibbey
Arizona
Goodwin
President Wilson
Representative Johnson
Johnson
Auto Knocks Miss Carroll Down In Washington Incident
Irene Carroll of 122 East Capitol Airest was struck by an automobile driven by T Roac of 1007 Ninth street northeast at New York avenue and Ninth street northwest while crossing. She collected mud from the pavement but suffered no injuries and refused hospital care.
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Mies
Irene Carroll
East Capitol
New York Avenue
Ninth Street
Roac
Miss Carroll
Mrs Clark Turns Poetess In Votes For Women Campaign
The Federal Woman's Equality League held a meeting at the New Ebbitt Hotel featuring Mrs. Champ Clark reading a poem titled Our Friends and Senator Charles Thomas outlining the case for woman suffrage. Mrs. Helene Hill Weed denied suffragists orchestrated the March 3 police protection controversy while pledging continued advocacy and fundraising.
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New Ebbitt Hotel
Federal Equality League
Senator Thomas
Colorado
Champ Clark
Charles Thomas
Federal Woman's Equality League
Helena Emill Weed
Norwalk
Conn
Thomas
Anson Mills
Constance Mills Overton
Friends of Suffrage
Agriculture
James Wilson
Hughes
United States Supreme Court
John Hays Hammond
Denial by Senator Oliver Over Pittsburgh Iron Plant Claim
Senator George T. Oliver of Pennsylvania denies owning the Oliver Iron and Steel Works in Pittsburgh where 200 women strikers are employed. He says he disposed of all manufacturing interests in Pittsburgh over ten years ago and has no connection to the plant, besides publishing newspapers. He cites a company president stating workers earn 1.35 to 2.08 daily and calls reports of unwholesome conditions false.
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George T. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Oliver Iron and Steel Works
Pittsburgh
Iria
Man Hit by Street Car On Pennsylvania Avenue
An unidentified man was struck by a street car on Third street northwest near Pennsylvania Avenue. He suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Emergency Hospital in an ambulance. Police described him as a presumably foreign man about 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 140 pounds, with gray hair and mustache, dark brows and skin, wearing two ragged sack coats and dark trousers.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Third Street
Suffrage Bills for Congress to Be Introduced in Special Session
Women suffrage leaders announce a bill to grant women the right to vote for U S senators and representatives will be introduced in the upcoming special session convened by President Wise gon next month. They expect little chance of passage but seek publicity to pressure action and plan a Michigan campaign on a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage, while urging lawful conduct and orderly discussion.
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Woman Suffrage
Congress
Wisegon
Michigan
Votes for Women Victory in Massachusetts House
Massachusetts House votes for women suffrage for the first time by 127 to 70, substituting a pro amendment report for an adverse one. The measure heads toward a two thirds vote to pass to a second reading, with senate action ahead. A debate is set at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church with leaders on both sides and a presiding moderator.
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Massachusetts House
Boston
Mar
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
Julia M. Layton
Mattie R. Bowen
M. A. D. Madre
Sarah Liggons
George W. Taylor
Clarence M. DeVelde
Thomas Crews
Clarence M. Lyons
Lawrence Plummer
Lee Washington
Dely Ross
W. M. H. Fullford
W. L. Armatrong
Chapman Walker
Levi Wright
James Brown
Lizzie M. King
Hurt As Cars Collide On Benning Road
Three people were injured in a rear end collision of street cars on the Benning Hne at Fifty-eighth street northeast blamed on slippery rafts. Motorman Brandenburg front car collided with the one ahead smashing the rear platform and shattering windows. Passengers were thrown to the Alvora as Mrs Elia Thorrburg of Seat Pleagent Md suffered a bruised right leg J E Patton of the same place cut on the right hand by flying glass and Buta Barris of Burrville bruised about the body All went to their homes.
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Benning Hne
Fifty-eighth Street
Brandenburg
Alvora
Mra
Elia Thorrburg
Seat Pleagent
J. E. Patton
Buta Barris
Burrville
Dog fatally bites girl then is shot by police
The dog that bit six year old Thelma Osborne in Mount Rainier, Idaho, was chased by a crowd for about a half mile before Officer Cronie of the First precinct shot it at Eighteenth street and Bunker Hill. The child was treated at home and to be taken to Baltimore for Pasteur Institute hydrophobia care. the dog’s carcass was sent to the pound for examination.
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Eighteenth Street
Bunker Hill
Po- Heeman Cronie
Thelma Osborne
Mount Rainier
Baltimore
Pasteur Institute
Pound
Fire Engine Crashes Into Lamp-Post on Massachusetts Avenue
Fire engine from Company No. 3 skidded on a slippery pavement while turning north on Massachusetts avenue into North Capitol street yesterday afternoon. Driver J. J. Gates stayed in the seat, one horse injured, lamp-post demolished. Engine then proceeded to a mobile blaze on Pierce street, which was put out without difficulty.
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Massachusetts Avenue
North Capitol Street
Company No. 3
J. J. Gates
Pierce Street
Trade unions praised as force behind reforms says Wilson
Secretary William B. Wilson spoke to St Mark's Men's Club in three distinct points, praising trades unions as the force behind every reform for workers. He said unions arose from English guilds, improved living standards for all, and that better conditions come from labor, not employers, while opposing compulsory arbitration as risking injustice and slavery.
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William B. Wilson
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Third
Astresta Southeast
United States
Department of Labor
Wilson
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