Tornado Toll Rises Across Nebraska Iowa and Indiana
Reports from Yutan Nebraska say a tornado destroyed the town and fires raged, with deaths and many injuries. Terre Haute Indiana recounts seven dead as the southern city is wiped out, wires down and fires sparked by the storm. Kansas City and Topeka report fierce winds, dust storms, and widespread disruption across Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Mar
Union Pacific
Yutan
Nebr
Union Facife
Vilsey
Wahoo
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Ashland
Webr
Omaha
St. Paul
Minn
Marshalltown
Iowa
Ieat
Root Glass
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Hall
Topeka
Kans
Fifty Black Hand Outrage Rocks New York Tenement
A massive Black Hand bombing in Manhattan shattered a Stanton Forsythe Street tenement, blowing a five foot hole in the second floor hallway and wrecking plaster and glass. Bakers Glovanni Tuse’s home was targeted after a February blast in the cellar. police faced a panic as stairs collapsed and tenants fled into the street.
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New York
Glovanni Tuse
Stanton and
Forsythe Streets
Tusa
Forsythe Street
Bomb attacks with fires devastate Manhattan tenements and surrounding areas
A chaotic night across Manhattan reports 3 or more revolvers and a fire alarm as Italians flee a burning building while tenants drag trunks and mattresses from the stairs. Two additional bomb blasts on the East Side damage structures near the tenement. no injuries. By year’s end the city tally from 1912 reaches 83 explosions in Manhattan and the Bronx, with projections surpassing 200 for the current year.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Gas bombs used in Paris to capture a mad suspect
Paris reports police employed asphyxiating gas bombs for the first time to end a jailbreak style pursuit. Detectives chased a negro who suddenly went amuck in the Auteuil area firing a loaded revolver. He was cornered on a roof and taken to hospital in semiasphyxiated condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mar
Auteuil
Austria Delivers Ultimatum Over Scutari Civilians
Austria demands suspension of military actions around Scutari until the civilian population leaves the town. Italy and Russia react with varied positions while Vienna plans a relief steamer. Allies draft peace terms. Montenegrin defense centered near Scutari with 52,000 troops reported.
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Tchatalja
London
Austria
Cettinje
Montenegro
Scuteri
Italy
Russia
Scutari
Cetinje
Marz
Jakova
Palic
Ipek
Campaign for stricter vice laws and school hygiene
Prominent District civic leaders press for national action to curb vice and improve moral conditions. They urge Congress to enact necessary laws and to establish a national vice commission while promoting sexual hygiene education in schools and YMCAs, YWCAs, and youth groups.
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National Commission—Mothers’ Congress
Archibald Hopkins
Don Bresa
Woman's Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
Quorum Reform Hinted For New House With 435 Members
The article reports plans to curb absenteeism in the new 435 member House. A proposed rule would auto close doors during a no quorurn point and require a roll call to record present members. Pairs would be abolished to prevent parliamentary delays. Representative Garrett leads the rule change push with data on past delays.
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Congress
Barry Bi
Theis
House
Sharps
Garrett
Tennessee
Mrs Eaton Aroused Easter In Jail Quietly
Plymouth mass March 28 evidence in the Jennie May Eaton murder case will be presented to a grand jury in special session to decide indictment or liberty for the widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton More than 25 witnesses expected neighbors in Norwell county authorities and others connected with the investigation are to be summoned A lunacy commission may be named and District Attorney Barker has discussed the matter with Chief Justice Aiken Mrs Eaton spent Easter quietly at the Pamonthe country jail receiving no visitors.
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New Willard
Illinois Senatorial Vice Commission
Washington
Wilson
National Capital
Congress
Harvey W. Wiley
Agricultural Department
Housewives’ Alliance
Robert Hill
Ilinois
Representative Hill
Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Eaton
Norwell
Barker
Aiken
Superior Court
Pamourth
Daughters' Freedom Grows After Arrest Watch Relaxes
In Assinippi authorities ease surveillance on Mrs Eaton's daughters and allow them to move about, as the jailed mother faces potential sanity testing amid Easter greetings that arrived mauled by her daughter Mrs Rexes. The situation shows a shift in mental condition assessment and watchfulness surrounding the family.
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Rexes
Mrs. Eaton
Assinippi
Hawthorne Sentenced for Mail Fraud Heads to Atlanta Prison
Deputy marshals moved Julian Hawthorne and Dr. William A Morton toward the federal prison at Atlanta Ga to begin terms for fraudulently using the mails in selling Canadian mining stock Albert Freeman who was also convicted remains in the Tombs awaiting a circuit court ruling on bail during his appeal He faces five years in prison in Atlanta.
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New York
United States
Julian Hawthorne
William A. Morton
Atlanta
Albert Freeman
Hawthorne
Morton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlante
Mysterious Fire Kills Three in New Jersey Home
A couple Leo and Mary Wharton and their daughter Lillian died in a blaze at their New Brooklyn Willametown Road house, while neighbor Johnson Hemphill was found shot in the shed. Coroner probes whether shooting preceded or followed the fire. incinerator in kitchen suspected.
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Leo Wharton
Johnson Hemphill
Glasshoro, N. J
Mary
Lillian
Fittie
Brooklyn-williamatown Road
Hemphill
Stulz
Wharton
Williamstown
Hemphil
Diplomats Declined Post Delays and Costs Frame McCombs Decision
The article notes several prominent figures declined ambassadorial posts to Great Britain or Paris, citing age, social duties, cost, and a desire to keep party leadership. It highlights McCombs delaying due to chairmanship power and obligations to preconvention supporters, while Dr. Eliot also declined Britain posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Cambridge
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Wai
Great Britain
Wilson
Presidents picks decline as diplomats face sacrifice
President Wilson reluctantly accepts that top Democratic figures like Richard Olney Charles W Eliot and William McCombs decline ambassador roles to BritainFrance and beyond. Officials weigh successors for posts in London Mexico Tokyo and Peking with Bryan returning to Washington and selections narrowing to wealthy candidates.
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Wilson
McComboy
Democratic National Committee
Mr. McCombe
United States
Bryan
Washington
England
Mexico
Japan
Russia
China
London
Panama
Great Britain
Dlone
Tokyo
Peking
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburgh
Mr. Bryan
Charles W. Eliot
Manies
Man Kills Wife at Church Door in Arlington Mass
William A McDonald an engineering expert killed his wife and two or three children at the church doors after mass at St Agnes Arlington Mass He drew a razor and slashed his wife then attacked their eldest daughter He was restrained by bystanders and confessed planning the murder for months, saying his wife barred him from seeing the children.
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Arlington
Mass
St. Agnes’ Church
William A. McDonall
McDonald
James Kenna
Boston
Tie
Salaries Inadequate Warns Henry White On Embassies
Henry White, former ambassador to Italy and Paris, condemns US diplomatic salaries as insufficient. He cites no housing and rent costs in capitals like Paris Berlin and Rome, urging Congress to fund better embassies. He calls the President's stance a step but stresses real reform is needed.
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McCombs
Henry White
France
Roosevelt
Paris
National Committee
United States
White
Legation
London
Italy
Republc
Buenos Aitres
South America
Berlin
Rome
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Congress
Europe
Easter in Washington Draws Leaders to Spacious Church Services
President Wilson leads Easter morning worship at Eastern Presbyterian Church as diplomats, justices, and dignitaries attend services across the capital. The city enjoys clear skies and a bright parade of fashion along Connecticut Avenue, with hundreds joining Easter dinners and public displays of finery.
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Connecticut Avenue
Redeemer
Washington
Tabernacles of Christ
Wilson
White House
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Sixth Street
Maryland Avenue
Thayer
St. John’s
Supreme Court
St. Margaret's
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Atlantic City
White
St. Matthew's Church
McKenna
Senor Rivera
Senor Calvo
Ambassador
Mme. Jusserand
Navy
George
Don L. Meyer
Onneoticut
Tay
Tan
P&g
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