Foiled New York Anarchist Plot to Loot and Kill Bankers
Police say a planned attack aimed to flood New York with violence. Anarchists intended simultaneous shootings, cathedral bombing, and bombings of homes of Andrew Carnegie and the Rockefellers, with banks looted and chaos spreading. A detective infiltrated the group and helped stop the cathedral bombing, arresting the bomber and a suspected accomplice.
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New York
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
Rockefellers
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bud
Frank Baldo
Allies' Stance on War Policy and Wilson Remarks
Paris reports a bombardment of the Dardanelles inner forts resumes as a Russian admiral joins the allied fleet via Bulgarian port Dedenghatch. In Washington, Wilson says the U S will respond to Britain and France on blocking German supplies but will not detail methods and remains unsure about attending the San Francisco exposition. Senator Simmons notes potential cotton industry impact from the British French move.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Athens
Havas
Dedenghatch
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Saloniki
Washington
D. C
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Wilson
U. S&s
Simmons
North Carolina
Tronse Cailer
Waterloo to Welcome Saloons as Licenses Forecast
Waterloo prepares to reopen about ten liquor establishments soon. Former saloon operators shift to soft drinks or vacant rooms, with a special city council meeting possible to issue permits. Proposed licenses include fiftyfive addresses across Commercial Fifth and Fourth streets and nearby streets, with fee structure outlined for the quarter.
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Waterloo
Thompson
M. Jackman
Commercial Street
Fred Hord
Commercial
Klein Bros
Fifth Street
J. T. Dunnwald
Thos. Girsch
Jacob Geyer
Walter Franklin
Matt. Anderson
Fourth Street
H. Clausing
Saxon Street
A. C. Wilford
Sycamore
F. T. O'Brien
A. Z. Hankner
Fifth Street East
Ed. Westhoff
Alfred Schroeder
Ellis
Russell-Lamson
Ellis Hotel
Przemysl Besieged by Russ: Hungarians Hold City Line
Venice dispatch reports Przemysl under four month Russian siege remains stable. Garrison of about 60 000 includes 5 600 Russian prisoners. Avia reconnaissance and occasional bombs by Russians do little damage as supply and price controls keep civil relief steady.
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Venice
Przemysl
Przemys
Dimitrieff
Entombed Miners Amid West Virginia Mine Blast
A blast at the New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal mine near Thurmond West Virginia traps about 100 miners from two connected mines No 3 and No 4. Rescue efforts begin within minutes but by 10 30 a m no one had been freed as smoke pours from the shaft and a bureau of mines rescue car is dispatched.
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Bureau of Mines
Glenallum
W. Va
Open Fire on Saloons in Chicago
Plans for a 1916 temperance campaign were outlined in Chicago as the opening of temperance headquarters. More than 300 churches and twenty four temperance groups pledged aid to close 782 saloons not yet open in the city.
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Chicago
Bread prices rise in Switzerland amid grain shortages
In Switzerland bread costs jump 25 to 30 percent in three weeks as mills curb output and bread loaves shrink. Rhine traffic is uncertain after Germany offers no clear ruling. Southern Russia had supplied much grain. Switzerland increasingly relies on America via Genoa and Marsenas, but ports are congested and Genoa's port is temporarily closed. Shippers fear moving wheat down the Rhine. several Geneva bakers have closed shops.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Colorado Mine Report Finds No Conclusive Peonage Proof
A voluminous report by the Mines and Mining Subcommittee critical of Colorado coal-field conditions says no evidence of a conspiracy to restrain trade or peonage was found. It urges arbitration in sick situations, notes nationwide disturbances, and cites testimony by John D. Rockefeller Jr. about absentee owners.
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Washington
Colorado
House
Mines and Mining
John 2. Rockefeller, Jr
James Dalrymple
Lnw
Dalrymple
Brave Warriors Honored by Foes
In London a consignment of disabled German men was exchanged for wounded soldiers. Ovo officers and ninety-two men traveled secret routes from Victoria Station to Folkestone aboard a guarded Red Cross ambulance train. Five doctors and twenty-five orderlies led by Lord Onslow oversaw the patients.
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London
Ovo
England
Victoria Station
Folkestone
Welland
Red Cross
Ted Crags
Ak Tatties
Tord Onslow
Governor seeks registry to curb corrupt lobbyists in state
Springfield March 2 Governor Dunne urged the legislature to pass a lobbyist registration bill requiring all lobbyists to register monies and addresses and to certify the measures they lobby for and who employs them. He also called for an emergency appropriation to aid stock raisers harmed by foot and mouth disease.
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Springfield
Dunne
Ohio
General Assembly
State House
EULL
Forty-ninth ‘General Assembly
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