Caillaux shoots editor in Paris political scandal flashpoint
The French minister of finance Gaston Calmette was shot by Henriette Caillaux, wife of former minister Joseph Caillaux, during a confrontation at the Le Figaro office. The attack followed a bitter press campaign against Caillaux and the minister's honesty. Caillaux claimed it was an act of justice and her husband’s charges spurred her to act. Calmette died at the scene while others were wounded.
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Mme Caillaux
Figaro
Caillaux
Paris
Gaston Caimetteedi
Bigaty
Sine Henretta Cailiay
Joseph Catlai
Bogara
Venarin
Moculmette
Flian Oh
Naval
M Calote
Paul Bourget
McCanetta
Pgnri Pochette
Mexico
MacLaillaus
Calitus Ce
M ‘Aillaux
Walder K Rousseau
Carranza Nogales Ariz
Carranza
Ricardo Gayou
E \ Anaya
Tucson
Gajyou
Manuel Bonilla
Frente
Adbert Pena
Carranza Pena
Leaked letters fuel tension in Caillaux trial era
The article reports a clash over a private letter allegedly published by Calmette's paper Figaro. Caillaux’s wife Mme Caillaux asserts the missive was addressed to her. She notes Calmette planned to publish further intimate letters, while the finance minister threatened action over the publication. The dispute centers on privacy and political repercussion amid Poincare era impressions.
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Maimetto
Figaro
Mme Calllaux
M Calmette
Mme Caillaux
M Caillaux
Poincare
Bennett Ill On Lysistrata Aboard Near Suez
London dispatches report James Gordon Bennett III owner of the New York Herald seriously ill aboard his yacht Lysistrata at Suez after a three week cruise. Earlier messages from Port Sudan claimed indifference but were disputed by the Herald office.
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London
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Lysistrata
Suez
Publicity Probe Ties Justice Wright to Cooper Charges
Grand jury investigates if Wade H. Cooper caused public dissemination of accusations against District Supreme Court Justice Daniel Thew Wright. Cooper, president of United States Savings Bank, sent the charges to President Wilson. Tumulty may testify. several newspaper men and a businessman among witnesses.
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Justice Stafford
Wade H. Cooper
Daniel Thew Wright
District Supreme Court
Wade H Cooper
United States Savings Bank
Grand Juri
Cooper
Justice Wright
Stafford
Baker
Wright
Tumulty
Wilson
McReynolds
Department of Justice
House Judiciary Committee
Sir John Murray Killed in Edinburgh Car Crash
Sir John Murray a noted naturalist and oceanographer who served on the Challenger voyage was killed in a motorcar accident near his home in Wardie Edinburgh. His daughter Miss Rhoda Murray was injured and taken unconscious to a hospital but her condition was later described as less serious. The chauffeur was lightly hurt. Murray was born in 1841 in Coburg Ontario and later lectured in the United States after his Challenger cruise of 1872 to 1876.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Sir John Murray
Challenger Lodge
Wardie
Rhoda
John
Glasgow
Miss Murray
Sir John
Mur-Raysas
Coburg
Ontario
Canada
United States
Boston
Chicago
New Haven Crisis Prompted White House Appeal
Senator Weeks urged President Wilson to intervene to end the New Haven rail crisis and avert a nationwide financial impact. McReynolds and aides in New England assess trustees to take over Rhode Island and Connecticut trolley holdings as negotiations aim for a final agreement.
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McReynolds
New England
New Haven
Department of Justice
Department
T W Gregory
Jesse C Adkins
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Senator Weeks
White House
Wilson
Weeks
United States
Boston and Maine Railroad
Massachusetts
Messrs Gregory and
Adkins
Washington
Ator
New Haven Board
New York
Eliott
Tax Suit Seeks to Halt Osborn Income Levy in Detroit
Detroit manufacturers John F Dodge and Horace E Dodge file in district court to declare the income tax law unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment. They seek a temporary injunction against William H Osborn, urging that the levy discriminates against individuals and partnerships in favor of corporations and denies due process. They argue the tax scheme imposes burdens without timely notices or hearings and would require vast delays to reclaim funds, while noting large incomes for the Dodges and widespread taxpayers.
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District Supreme Court
John F
Horace E Dodge
Detroit
Mich
William H Osborn
Internal Revenue
En‘tire
Tnal
Attorneya Hopkins & Topkins Tater
Internal Revenue Collector
First District of
Michigan
John F Dodge
Horace E. Dodge
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Treasury
Netherlands Legation Secretary Promoted to Counselor in Constantinople
F. M Schmock secretary of the Netherlands legation here for the last two years has been promoted to counselor of his country’s legation in Constantinople and will sail from New York Friday. He will visit Holland before taking his new post.
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Schmock
Netherlands
Constantinople
F. M Schmock
Contantinople
New York
Holland
Poat
Fells militant with fist in Scotland attack
Dr James Devon Scotland prison commissioner confronted by a militant suffragette armed with a dog whip. He struck the assailant with a left hand blow and she was arrested but not prosecuted. Separately, Midland Railway coaches were burned at Kings Norton by an arson squad near Birmingham. Catherine Wilson, a suffragette, was arrested in the House of Commons lobby wearing male attire with a dog whip hidden in her sleeve.
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Glasgow
Scotland
James Devon
Devon
Birmingham
England
Midland Railway
Kings Norton
London
Catherine Wilson
House Commons
Roosevelt to give museum $2000 for explorations
Theodore Roosevelt will donate $2000 to the American Museum of Natural History and on his May return to New York will help raise $4000 more for South American explorations. The offer arose from two letters by Roosevelt read at the museum. Roosevelt noted his son Kermit and Anthony Fiala, among others, had minor fevers but were otherwise healthy.
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Washington Post
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
American Museum of Natural History
South America
Cot Roosevelt
Kermit
Anthony Fiala
Heir to 37 Million Estate Plans Global Spending Spree
Hammond Indiana carpenter Matias Constante after receiving a Greece sent word that he is heir to a 37 million estate. He hires five friends at 5000 a year each to help him spend the fortune. The six depart to see the world at his expense, celebrating as Constante begins his spending spree.
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Washington Post
Hammond
Ind
Greece
Matias Constante
Constante
Merchants Call to Postpone Antitrust Legislation
New York merchants representing about 3600 firms adopted resolutions urging Congress to postpone all antitrust legislation until the next regular session. They deprecate hasty action awaiting full judicial and national consensus as urged by President Wilson.
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New York
Congress
The
Merchants’ Association
Wilson
Girl on Trial as Spy Nora Baron Charged With Using Wiles
Vienna opens the second stage of an anti espionage campaign with nine Russian subjects on trial before the provincial court. Nora Baron, a young attractive civilian, is accused of obtaining military secrets from officers at Lemberg. The case follows the prior death of Col Alfred Red, chief of the general staff, who faced trial after the first stage last May.
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Nora Baron
Col. Redl
General Staff
Vienna
Austria
Galicia
Lemberg
Alfred Red
Eighth Austrian Army Corps
Prague
Bohemia
Mrs Wilson Expected to Return to Social Duties This Week
Washington report indicates Mrs Wilson, confined for three weeks after a fall and subsequent minor operation, is expected to be out later this week and resume her social duties. Ambassador Walter Hines Page to receive LLD from Aberdeen University on March 1, with Mrs Page and daughter joining him for a week at Sandwich.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
New York American
Saya
Ambassador Page
London
Walter Hines Page
Aberdeen University
Page
North
Sandwich
President Seeks Unified Antitrust Bills At White House
President Wilson pressed a subcommittee of the House judiciary on trusts to consolidate four antitrust bills into one. He urged personal accountability for corporate leaders and outlined plans for a White House conference within two weeks. The Senate favors consolidation to speed passage, targeting interlocking directorates holding companies and restraints of trade.
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Wilson
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Trusts
White House
House
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Clayton, Carlin
Floyd
Arteus
Theater Trust
Hughes
New Jersey
Revolt in Venezuela frontier near Morawhana
Georgetown reports a serious revolution on the Venezuelan frontier near Morawhana in British Guiana. About 450 raiders have attacked El Terror camp and plan to strike San Jose. Gen Orres, the frontier commander, and sixty soldiers are endangered.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Venezuel
Morawhanna
Northwest
San Jose
Orres
Bomb in Mail Injures Two Australian Officials
Two government commissioners named Lee and Hastie were seriously injured when a dynamite bomb mailed from Sydney exploded while they opened it in a government building in Melbourne. The blast partially wrecked the room. authorities located the person who sent the package.
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Melbourne
Australis
Lee
Hastie
Sydney
Statesmans Wife Kills Editor Trial as Spy
The grand jury hears Judge Wright as the Tennessee and Wolson cases unfold. Trial activity touches multiple states with political and legal notes including border towns arming and bills under consideration. Citizens monitor Senate actions, and court outcomes loom in several cases involving prominent figures.
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Wright
New Haven
Tennessee
Wolson
Burns
Frank
U. S Navy
Senate
Carlin
Astor
Monte Carlos
o-Hibernians
Virginia
W—Managsas
Union Station Plaza
Killed in Brazil Jungle Companion of Nordenskjold dies
Baron Norden skjold reports that Johnberg, companion of the Arctic explorer Nordenskjold, was killed during a South American expedition. Dispatch from Belem Brazil gives few details and names no killer. The expedition partner died in 1901.
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Johnberg
Baron Nordenskjold
Stockholm
Tus
South America
Belem
Brazil
John, Berg
Independent Democrats Endorse Wilson Policy Despite Local Regret
The Independent Democratic State Committee in Nashville endorses President Wilson's administration but regrets listening to National Government voices on state matters. They adjourn after scheduling two conventions for April 2 to nominate a Supreme Court judge and consider governor and railroad commissioner nominees. They condemn Wilson's harmony suggestion as ill advised and emphasize Tennessee conditions.
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Nashville Tenn
Wigan
Harmony
Democratic Party
Tennessay
Ben W Hooper
Democratic State Executive Committees
Supreme Court
Wilson
Tennessee
King George Watches Boxing Exhibition at Regents Park
King George the patron and colonel of the Second Life Guards attended a boxing and fencing tournament at Regents Park barracks. Bombardier Wells and Pat O Keefe of Ireland starred in fast sparring bouts alongside clever amateurs. A boxing boom is expected from the royal patronage.
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Wells
London
King George
Life Guards
Regents Park Barracks
Bombardier Wells
Pat O Keefe
Ireland
Boaing
Faith healers to be tried in Berlin court
National Zeitung reports the crown prosecutor has begun prosecutions of several faith healers over the deaths of two leading actresses Frau Nuseha Butze and Frau von Arnauld Perriera of the Royal Theater. The women, both suffering chronic diseases, reportedly rejected attending physicians in favor of faith treatments, leading to fatal outcomes.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Frau Nuseha Butze
Frau von Arnauld
Perriera
Royal Theater
Wns
Cyclonic Gale Strikes England Toward East Coast
A cyclonic gale swept across the United Kingdom from west to east. The wind reached high velocity as a tug foundered in the Thames with five lives lost and the Dutch steamer Noodwickly disabled off the Isle of Wight.
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London
United Kingdom
Thames
Isle of Wight
Rebels Fight Near Monterey Amid Border Tensions
San Diego March 16 martial law was imposed along the Tecate border after the Tecate store fire and Postmaster Johnston lifetime murder. American troops patrol the line with Mexican rurales guarding. citizens demand border closure for months. Villa dispatches orders to an aviator as Carranza opponents clash. Laredo reports a rebel defeat with heavy losses.
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Cal
Tecate Cal
United States Post Office
Frank Johnston
Fort Rosecrans
Tecate
Laredo Tex
Monteres Mexico
Bustamente Canyon
Federal
Kuevo Laredo
Edward Matson
Laredo
Tesas “National Guard
Nuvetu Laredo
Matson
State of Texas
Islan
Rio Granse
Clemente \ergaras
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Mareedt
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Ata
Gaston Calmiett
Cialllaux
Fanuirs
Timance Minierer
Jally Fatere
Fuutet of Deputies
Virion Ag Phese Moc
Hia Waal Peate
Helig Now Fame
L 1 Syndicate
Elas Motalmett Wise
Mo Caillaux
Comptoir Na‘onal
James Gordon Bennett III
Justice
John Murray
Challenger
Pacific Coast
Baltimore
Ohio
U.S
Maine
Elliott
United S. States
Hihott
U. S
Gregory and
Hilcott
Sen
J. F. and
H. E. Dodge
Osborn
FELLS
T. RB
Venezuela
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Monterey
Villa
Torreon
Texas
Hiram W Johnson
Francisco Vazques
Lower
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Johnston Ma W . Davis
Immigration and Customs
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