Terrific storm sweeps dates killing and destroying property
A sweeping cyclonic storm battered five states from the Midwest to the South, killing at least fifty-one people and leaving hundreds homeless. Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia report the heaviest toll with towns cut off, widespread damage in Chicago, and numerous deaths across Georgia and Tennessee.
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Middle West
Great Lakes
Gulf
Seaboard
Rockies
South
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Nashville
Memphis
Borue
de Kalb
Atlanta
Columbus
Chicago
Illinois
Rome
Farmer fatally crushed by cow during milking incident
Cedar Rapids March 14 A. W. Wilant a retired farmer tied his cow’s tail to the stall before attempting to milk her. The cow kicked him in the head crushing his skull and the body was later found by a neighbor.
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Cedar Rapids
A. W. Wilant
President Wilson Plans Key Talks in Washington
President Wilson has several important conferences scheduled with lawmakers and officials. Rep Jones of Virginia plans to introduce Rep Saunders to discuss Philippine independence, and others include Rep A Mitchell Palmer, Joseph E Davies, Gen Bibb Grays, and Secretary Bryan before his ten day trip home. The president will also meet Senator La Follette, marking his first session with the progressive Republican wing.
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Washington
Wilson
Representative Jones
Virginia
Representative Saunders
House
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Democratic Caucus
Joseph E. Davies
Wisconsin
Democratic National Committee
Bibb Grays
Alabama
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Senator la Follette
Suffragets Tar Gateposts Campaign Shocks London
Militant suffragists tarred and defaced gateposts in the Richmond district damaging house fronts. Early today window smashing resumed in Bond Street jewelers district and Holborn. Miss Oliva Hocken, jailed yesterday for attempting to torch a pavilion at Roehampton golf links, agrees to curb militancy pending trial and is released on bail.
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London
Richmond
Jewelers
Bond Street
Holborn
Oliva Hocken
Roe Hampton
Tariff Must Be Finished First in Extra Session
Washington reports the tariff will occupy the extra session before any currency or other legislation. President Wilson endorsed this stance as Representative A Mitchell Palmer stated. Senator Roosevelt paid his respects, while nominations and appointments were discussed with T F Morgan, W J Harris, and P A Stovall. The president then met privately with Secretary Bryan.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
F. D. Roosevelt
New York
Representative Jones
Virginia
T. F. Morgan
Warsaw
Hoke Smith
W. J. Harris
Georgia
P. A. Stovall
Savannah
Switzerland
Bryan
Wilson reads smuggled note for postmaster bid
Washington March 14 President Wilson, defying his rule against in person minor- office applications, reads a cane from W T Hepner of Lompoc California containing a request that a friend be made postmaster at Loeper. He forwards the matter to the postmaster general.
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Washington, D
Wilson
W. T. Hepner
Lompoc
Cal
Wepner
Friend
Loeper
Rockefeller Ducks Air Flight Refusal Then Doctor Takes Lift
In Sea Breeze Florida on March 14 John D Rockefeller declined an invitation to fly with Miss Ruth Bancroft Law saying he would wait until his wings grow. His physician Dr H F Biggar accepted the offer and joined Miss Law in the flight reaching 1809 feet for twenty minutes.
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Sea Breeze
Fla
Ruth Bancroft Law
Aviation School
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
H. F. Biggar
Law
Four Die as Trains Collide near Gothenburg
Western blizzard rages as Union Pacific No. 12 crashes into No. 4 Atlantic Express at Gothenburg Nebraska. Four killed include Edmund Oustenhutt Salamanca and August Meyers Wall Lake, with Mrs Edith Stockwell Cheyenne among the dead. Dozens wounded. relief train evacuates most to Omaha.
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Neb
Union Pacific
Gothenburg
Edmund Oustenhautt
Salamanca
August Meyers
Wall Lake
Edith Ilqon Stockwell
Cheyenne
Wyo
Stockwell
Sergeant Stockwell
Fourth Field Artillery
Meyers
Long Beach
Cal
Denison
O. R. Ordler
Walker
W. H. Dickerson
W. G. Pinney
A. R. Colvin
Sioux Falls
F. J. Laughlin
E. D. Ross
E. E. Bagler
Arlen
JG. Kincaid
Norfolk
M. Torrence
Charles City
Geo. F. Brown
Tonopah
General Scott
Nebraska
Colorado
Decorah Residents Bound Over on Bootlegging Charges
Two Decorah men, T. Q. De Remo and Clarence F. B. Heath, were bound over to the grand jury on liquor selling charges after arraignments before U S Commissioner J Dempster. De Remo was held on $300 bond and Heath remained in jail on default. Coring, queen of Havana cigars, Cad VeCthwenent.
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Decorah
T. Q. de Remo
Clarence FB. Heath
Grand
United States
J. &. Dempster
de Remo
Heath
Federal Chief 19 Bottled Up as Rebels Press From All Sides
Reported capture and execution of Governor Carranza denied by leaders in Piedras Negras and Laredo. Ojeda’s 600 federal troops are besieged at Naco by 700 rebels from east, west, and south, with Calles, Braca Monte, and Dioguez pursuing. Nogales already fallen to the constitutionalists. violence extends along the Texas border. The U.S. considers neutrality measures as Col. Wylder meets Obregon to discuss keeping order and avoiding cross border fire.
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Arig
Arizona
Ojeda
Agua Prieta
Nogales
Naco
Elias Calles
Prefecto Braca Monte
Dioguez
Obregon
Carranza
Eagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Laredo
Mexico
Texas Line
Huerta
Diaz
Naples
Italy
Porfirio Jaz
Egypt
Huerta i
Republic
U. S
Ariz
Wilbur E. Wylder
Fifth United States Cavalry
International Line
Sonora
Walder
Qobrezgen
U. S. General
Washington
Tasker H. Bliss
Ft. Houston
Tate
Bliss
Dragging Wilson Into Illinois Senate Snarl Spurs Turbulence
Chicago reports the Illinois senatorial fight grows messier as Governor Dunne attacks President Wilson’s stance on the Lewis Sherman plan. J Hamilton Lewin looks to win the long term seat, with Lawrence Y Sherman favored for the short term amid strong party strain and Washington debates.
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Chicago
Illinois
Dunne
Wilson
Lewis Sherman
J. Hamilton Lewin
Congress
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Lewis
Washington
Woman Suffrage Spat Sparks Debate in Webster City
March 14 special reports Mrs Carrie Lucas editor of the Iowa Suffragist in Clarion disparaged Senator D C Chase over his suffrage stance. Chase sent his secretary Miss Ethel Virtue to attend. Virtue challenged Lucas and defended a woman’s primary, drawing loud applause from about 150 newspaper men.
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Webster City
Upper
Des Moines Corn Belt Association
Carrie Lucas
Iowa
Clarion
D. C. Chase
Socialist editor convicted of libel in Minneapolis
Alexis Georgian editor and publisher of a weekly socialist paper was found guilty by a district court jury of criminal libel. The charges stem from articles published during the city campaign last fall by Mayor Wallace C. Nye. Georgian to be sentenced March 17.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Alexis Georgian
Wallace C. Nye
Minneapoli
White slave probe chair outlines aims in Springfield talk
Springfield Tl March 14 Lieut Gov Carratt Oheera chairing the senate white slave investigating committee said only 4 small part of the story has been told He recalled investigators found Chicago and other cities where girls work ten hours daily for about 150 a week He urged action to expose a menace greater than black slavery
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Springfield
Carratt O’heera
Senate
Chicago
Brockway Resolution For Bridge Probe Passes
Des Moines dispatch reports the Brockway resolution authorizing a full investigation of the bridge lobby was passed by the house with only slight opposition. Captain J W Hildebrand traveled to Des Moines yesterday on building and loan business.
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Brockway
Des Moines
House
J. W W. Hildebrand
Human Rocket near death in failed 3500-foot parachute stunt
Rodman Law, an aviator dubbed the human rocket, narrowly survived a spectacular accident at the International Fireworks plant in Jersey City. An 800 pound powder explosion wrecked the steel rocket cylinder and copper capsule, sending Law plummeting fifty feet but leaving him with only minor burns and bruises. The stunt, staged for film purposes, aimed to launch Law 3,000 feet into the air before a parachute descent.
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New York
Rodman Law
Law
Woamen
International Fireworks Company
Jersey City
Down Gold Blood Report From Adrianople Battle
A Frankfort Gazette dispatch from Uskup reports 300 Albanian villagers shot by Servian troops with 100 spared. A London bulletin notes a fierce unsuccessful assault on Adrianople with heavy losses for Bulgarians and Serbs. Belgrade cites conditions for Balkan allies accepting mediation and continuing hostilities until a peace treaty is signed.
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Jankfort-on-the-Main
Liuma
Kossovo
Uskup
Frankfort
Prisrend
Falla
London
Adrianople
Constantinople
Belgrade
Iowa Athlete Wins at Oxford Cambridge Field Day
London, March 14. American Rhodes scholars led in the Oxford Cambridge field day. Will A. Zeigler of the University of Iowa won the weight with a 43 feet 3 inch put and captured the hammer with a 142 feet 7 inch throw.
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London
Oxford
Cambridge
Will A. Zeigler
University of Iowa
Plan for 09 10 Run Steamships
Washington March 14 Representative Stevens of California announced that if the free passage provision of the Panama canal act were repealed he would introduce at the extra session a bill to provide a line of government owned steamships from the Atlantic to the Pacific to carry passengers and freight. He argued government ownership would regulate freight rates by water and rail.
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Washington
Stevens
California
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Friedmann Sees Ice Melt in His Favor Visit
Dr. Frederick P. Friedmann reports a friendlier medical atmosphere for his tuberculosis treatment after arriving in Toronto. He expects to return to New York to check on patients and resume demonstrations, noting encouraging reports from his work and plans to visit Canada again soon.
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Dr. Friedmann
Toronto
Ontario
Frederick PF. Friedmann
New York
Friedman
Canada
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