Bryan for justice railroads must earn reasonable returns
Boston Democrat Mark H Whitney published a letter from William J Bryan on rail regulation and public ownership. Bryan favors national and state regulation and sees public ownership as the ultimate solution, with returns kept above a fair dividend. He calls for value assessments by the Interstate Commerce Commission and warns against zero-value stock. Henry Moeller arrives in New York for Carnegie Institute dedication.
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Minister von Moeller
New York
E. von Moeller
Commerce and Labor
Carnegie Institute
Konig Albert
Runaway Washington Boy Found in Pittsburg
Charles Hurd fifteen of Fifth street northeast Washington ran away March twenty three to visit the capital. He stayed in lodging houses and with East End newsboys until arrested and jailed as a runaway. He had three dollars on leaving home and says he knows President Roosevelt. He will be returned to his father William Hurd a butcher after the central office detec tive Warren arrives.
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Pittsburg
Roosevelt
National Capital
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Fifth Street
Washington, D. C
East End
Hurd
Central Station
Washington
William Hurd
Warren
Occupation of Oudja in Morocco Begins with French Move
Paris dispatch reports the French advance into Oudja Morocco carried out under orders with the governor resigning to the inevitable and pledging cordial relations, while Col Reidel says the occupation will be temporary and aimed at security and border preservation. The Sultan's envoy in Tangier seeks assurances and the body of Dr Mauchamp is transported from Mazagan to Tangier aboard the Jeanne d Arc led Lalande.
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War Department
Linutey
Oudja
Morocco
Felinean
Bel
France
Col
Reidel
Oubia
Col. Reider
Tanger
Mohammed el Terres
M. Regnault
Jeanne d'Arc
Lalande
Jeane d'Arc
Tanmer
Mazagan
Dr. Mauchamp
Noon raid in New York on pool halls sparks custody hopes
Special to The Washington ros reports a major pool hall raid at 12 Fulton street led by Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson. Police believe headquarters of a pool room chain were found and backers may soon be in custody. A prior raid at 47 Broadway resulted in arrests, with checks tied to Edward E Fischer and W D Miller Co. of 108 Fulton street found. The Miller office door was forced. the room held few chairs a desk and a large safe.
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Washington
New York
Fulton Street
Hanson
Broadway
Thomas Keator
Edward E. Fischer
W. BD. Miller & Co
Hangon
Miller
Close in Chicago bitfer fight is near end
Chicago on March 2 reports a close mayoral race between Democratic incumbent Edward F. Dunne and Republican Frederick A. Busse. Street railway franchise settlement dominates issues with party tactics, Hearst influence, and labor views shaping the bitter contest ahead of the April 2 vote.
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Dunne
Chicago
Edward F. Dunne
Frederick A. Busse
Busse
Zest
Bradley Evidence Sought in Washington Murder Trial
Salt Lake City report says Harvey Given and Detective Helan of Washington are here gathering evidence for the Mrs Anna Bradley murder trial of former Senator Arthur Brown. They traveled from Washington to augment the government’s case for next month’s federal court proceeding.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
Harvey Given
District of Columbia
Helan
Washington
Anna Bradley
United States
Arthur Brown
Given
Hélan
Brad-ley
Over Niagara To Death At American Falls
A woman wearing black climbed the Prospect Point railing at Niagara Falls and fell into the American Falls. Officer Anthony pursued but could not intervene as the body disappeared into the foaming water and drifted downstream. No identification was found.
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Washington Post
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Prospect Point
Anthony
Four Boys Killed by Freight Engine Near Buffalo
Four boys returning from a hunting trip were killed when a Pennsylvanian Railroad freight engine struck them on the Indian Church road tracks near Buffalo New York. The victims were Anthony Phillips nineteen Frederick Phillips sixteen Otto Mertz eleven and Hugh Reavy fourteen. A passing train drowned out the engine’s approach.
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N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indian Church Road
Anthony Phillips
Frederick Phillips
Anthony
Otto Mertz
Hugh Reavy
Death cheats trial ends as Stafford dies in Tombs
Bainbridge H. R. Stafford, once partner of Charles Akron and former Tivoli proprietor, dies in the Tombs hospital division amid a perjury charge. He was arrested in February and had been connected to E. B. Brace & Co. of Baltimore and a 1902 forgery sentence. His portrait hangs in the rogues gallery.
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Tombs
New York
Bainbridge
Stafford
Charles Akron
Bright
Thomas J. Bannon
E. B. Brace & Co
Baltamore
Sing Sing
Rogues
Infants Peril Aboard Atlantic Liner Ended Tragedy
A North German Lloyd ship Konig Albert docked in Hoboken with an insane mother, Mrs. Philomens Quila, who threw her fourteen month old daughter Rosaria overboard after measles were found onboard. The infant was not recovered. The mother, detained by immigration officials, faced probable deportation. The driver of the act claimed fear of denied admission to the United States and hearing voices prior to the event.
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Washington Post
New York
Konig Albert
Hoboken Pier
Naples
Genoa
Hgr
Philomens Quila
Rosaria
Quila
Hillis Ialand
United States
Br. Quackenbos
Ins
Mrs. Mansell
Josephine
Stokes Auto Delivers Ride To Hospital Patients
In New York on March 29 W E D Stokes lent his 110 horsepower car for a hospital outing after Magistrate Crane suggested car sharing for convalescents. Five patients and a nurse rode from General Memorial Hospital at Central Park West and 16th Street with chaufEUR Fred Beard driving. Superintendent Mrs A M Lawson praised the trip as highly beneficial for recovering patients.
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New York
Crane
W. E. D Stokes
General Memorial Hospital
Central Park West
16Th Street
Fred Beard
Stokes
A. M. Lawson
Sydney Salisbury Dies By Own Action In San Francisco
Sydney Salis bury son of Monroe Salisbury, a noted horseman and former society teacher, died today in San Francisco from asphyxiation after being found at a boarding house with a tube to a gas jet. Despondency is cited as the cause.
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San Francisco
Mar.h
Sydney Salisbury
Monroe Salisbury
Violinist Boehm Attempts Suicide Before Street Car
Brane Boehm, first violinist of the San Carlo Opera Company, tried to end his life by leaping before a street car in New Orleans. He was dragged off the tracks by two policemen and is believed deranged. He awaits orders from Berlin.
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New Orleans
Mar
Brane Boehm
San Carlo Opera Company
Boehm
Berlin
Germany
Vatican Secrets Exposed by The Figaro Analysis
Paris March 23 The Figaro begins publishing an analysis of seized papers of Mar Montagnini secretary to the nunciature revealing curiosities and no serious Vatican compromise. It says the Vatican seeks a constitutional stance for legitimate struggles and notes politics and elections figures including Clemenceau. Montagnini cites possible understandings with Clemenceau but cites needing funds.
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Paris
Mar
the Figaro
Montagnini
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Mgr. Montagnini
Clemenceau
Mer
Removal of Pope Leo XIII Body Planned in Daytime
Rome reports the Vatican notified Italy the Pope ordered the removal of Leo XIII’s body from St. Peter’s to the Lateran tomb in daytime, with guaranteed safe passage through Rome. Negotiations set the route and security, date likely end of the month or early next, with Capuchin monks possibly accompanying the hearse.
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Washington Post
Rome
Vatican
Leo XIII
St. Peter's
St. John’s Lateran
Tracy
Mer
Riggs
Lateran
Ask reprieve for Rayner London society women lead petition
London reports a rising drive to grant a reprieve for Horace George Rayner, convicted of killing William Whiteley. The petition effort gathers names from colonies and the continent with social prominent women doing clerical work. Some supporters claim Rayner was insane while others argue he is Whiteley’s son. Several notable writers and actors join the campaign.
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London Society
London
Mar
Horace George
Rayner
William Whiteley
Whiteley
Explosion kills 54 at Dresfontein mine in Transvaal
In Johannesburg on March 29 an explosion at the Dresfontein mine killed 54 workers, including four whites and 50 natives, and injured 19 others. An American named William Harvey was among the dead after a native tampered with dynamite as workers were about to report for duty.
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Transvaal
Dresfontein
William Harvey
Bomb explosion kills two in Pera quarter of Constantinople
A mysterious blast in the Pera district of Constantinople today killed two men and wounded four. No further details were available immediately.
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Pera
Constantinople
Mar
Standard Oil Indictments Overturned Rebating Scheme
In Buffalo on March 2 Judge Tudge Hazel overruled Standard Oil demurrers in multiple indictments accusing the company of accepting rebates and discriminating against rates on shipments to Rutland and Burlington Vermont from Olean North Carolina. The defense argued shipments followed a different route than listed in the tariff. The court ruled the routing change was an evasion of the law.
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Tudge Hazel
United States District Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rutland
Burlington
Olean
N. C
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Boston and Maine
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Actor Fitzsimmons Sues for Damages Over Delayed Scenery
Pugilist and former actor Bob Fitzsimmons sues Illinois Central Railroad in Belleville Circuit Court for 4 to recover damages from late transport of scenic effects for a January 5 performance in East St. Louis. The case highlights a theater delay claim amid the Eastern view of railway liability.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Bob Fitzsimmons
Illinois Central Railroad
Belleville
Fitzsimmons
Massacre and Ruin In Roumania War Reports
Six hundred peasants killed at Stanesti and 300 at Vicru as artillery flattens villages. Rebels bombarded. refugees flee to Moldavia and Bulgaria. Greeks and Jews among evacuees as Bucharest reports quieting, though new disturbances arise in nearby districts.
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Vienna
Mar
Roumania
Vicru
Stanesti
Giethers
Olt
Roman
Mehedintz
Teleorman
Dolji
Buzer
Ramnio
Braila
Argesh
Gory
Austria
Bulgaria
Danube
Agrarian Riots Spread in Bucharest Reports Mass Killings
State Department received a cable from Bucharest detailing widespread agrarian and anti Jewish riots over the past week. Troops used artillery, many peaceful peasants are reported killed, Jewish property in Moldavia damaged, and a liberal cabinet is said to have been formed.
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State Department
Bucharest
Moldavia
Embezzlement Charge Against Former Springfield Official
Charles C. Bauer, former city auditor, was arrested in Hamilton, Ohio and returned to Springfield to face four indictments alleging embezzlement of 4173.12 dollars while in office. Bauer pleads not guilty, posts a 5000 dollar bond, and requests public forbearance pending hearing. He is son of ex-councilman W. F. Bauer and was married to Shirley Neal, daughter of Col. James E. Neal, once U S consul to Liverpool.
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Washington Post
Springfield
Ohio
Charles C.bauer
Hamilton
Bauer
W. F. Bauer
Shirley Neal
Col
James E. Neal
United States
Liverpool
Cleveland
Mise Neal
Cincinnati
City
Ghia
Washington
Mary Baker Granted Divorce From Eleventh Husband in Indiana
Polly Weed Baker of Boonville, famed as the most married woman in Indiana, receives a divorce from her eleventh husband John Baker. Baker is her ninth divorcee, with one prior husband dying a natural death and another dying by his own hand. Baker is sixty five, married first in the early 1800s, listing ten husbands with one name missing from the record. The case highlights the couple’s long, troubled history and multiple separations.
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Henry Robinson
James Fuquay
George
Boydon
Samuel R. Weed
R. Edwards
John Baker
Bishop Horstmann Moves to Create Diocese Insurance Fund
Cleveland bishop and advisers oppose rising rates, proposing a self insurance fund for all church property in the Cleveland diocese. Assets span churches schools monasteries and more totaling millions, with gradual shift as policies lapse and a diocese formed.
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Cleveland
Warkington Post
Ohio
Horstmann
the Insurance Association
Hypnotism Cures New Jersey Girls at Trenton Home
Dr John D Quackenbos uses hypnotic suggestion to reform six inmates of the New Jersey Home for Girls in Trenton. Prolonged fits of temper, profanity and violence were reduced, with one girl described as a "perfect angel" after two months of treatment and another showing marked improvement.
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Jersey
Washington Post
New York
New Jersey
John D. Quackenbos
Trenton
Quackenbos
Toney
Mont
Aupar
Mary T
Baltimore and Return Fare Notice on Train Service
Baltimore and Ohio Railway announces a city fare of 1.25 for round trips in both directions on all trains two days, with exceptions including the Royal Limited. City offices at 17 Gst and 613 Po are referenced for details.
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Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Royal Limited
Summer Heat Wave Smashes Records Across Cities
Heat sweeps the nation with a mid June like surge as Washington records the second hottest March day in 37 years. Temperatures reach 92 to 93 degrees by afternoon then fall to 74 by night. Philadelphia and Baltimore also see near record highs while Texas to the Atlantic coast feel the warm air from a southward hot wave. Health officials warn of infant care guidance if heat persists.
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Wormer
Texas
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Weshington
Baltimore
Southland
Tampa
Fla
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Avenue
Woodward
Peaches Early Ripen In Louisiana In Warm Winter
New Orleans reports ripe peaches picked months ahead in Plaquemine Parish due to the mildest winter in thirty years. Fruit samples will be shown at the Jamestown Exposition. In Philadelphia the temperature hit 86 at 2:20 PM making a record warm March day for the Weather Bureau.
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New Orleans
Plaquemine Parish
Philadelphia
Marc
Focal Branch
Government Weather Bureau
Atterbury to Be Named Vice President of Pennsylvania RR
W. W. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is slated to become vice president before year end. A new vice presidency will be created to accommodate the promotion. Potential successors include W. Heyward Myers of Williamsport, Pa., or R. J. O'Donnell, boss of the Buffalo and Allegheny Valley division.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
W. W. Atterbury
Ikely
W. Heyward Myers
Williamsport
Erie Division
R. J. O'Donnell
Buffalo and
Allegheny Valley
Bir. Atterbury
Arrest on Lottery Charge in Detroit Story
Abrahan B. Kaufmann, secretary and treasurer of a local wine company, was arrested by a Secret Service operator in Mobile, Alabama, on a charge of violating interstate commerce law for transmitting Honduras Lottery Company tickets through express companies. The fare listed is $1.25 to Baltimore and return via Pennsylvania Railroad, with trains running Saturdays and Sundays and all regular trains except the Congressional Limited.
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Mich
Mar
Abrahan B. Kaufmann
Mobile
Ala
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
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