Armed Aliens March In Gillespie Benld Mine Clash
About 700 foreigners from Benld, Illinois, armed with muskets and rifles, marched to the town of Gillespie in the pre dawn to confront English speaking residents. National Guard from Springfield arrived to mediate as tensions mounted over mine labor conflicts at Superior Coal.
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Gillespie
Sbenld, II
Illinois National Guard
Springfield
Shelbyville
Ftrat
Edward J. Lang
Beald
Col. Lang
Benld
Trowan
Superior Coal Company
J. FP. Reese
John Jfiller
Reese
Run Express Wagons Move Despite Striking Drivers
New York March 21 express wagons from the Adams Fixpress company ran from the stables without trouble as striking drivers and helpers remain out. Cleveland March 21 former Mayor Thomas L. Johnson has another restless night but continues to recover and is expected to regain health soon.
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New York
Adams Fixpress Company
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Thomas L. Johnson
Runaway Boy Denies Death and Wanders With Circus
A letter from Sherman M. Justus’s son, 16, claims he is alive after a presumed death in March. The boy recounts travels with a circus and labor gangs after leaving home in 1910, countering a body identified as his. His father had identified the corpse in a vault in St. Joseph, Missouri, based on a report from Samuel P. Justus, district manager for an accident insurer.
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Samuel P. Justus
Sherman M. Justus
Caplain
Justus
Omaha
Union
Mosite
Wis
Mystery in the Running Away of Girl of 13 Chicago
Chicago detectives and H E Peters seek Mildred Peters 18, missing since last Saturday with another girl. Found in solitary confinement in Solitary State New York March 21, after Chicago telegram. Mildred later located in a hotel room near Grand Central Station. She offered no details about herself.
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Chicago
H. E. Peters
Langley Avenue
New York
Miller and Sowelkert
Mildred Peters
Grand Central Station
Milldred
Repudiate Lorimer in party primary in Sidney
In Champaign County Illinois the Sidney Republican voters demanded the resignation of United States Senators Lorimer and Cullom. They put the question on the township primary ballot asking if Lorimer should resign and if Cullom should resign. The vote favored Lorimer resignation 41 to 7 and Cullom resignation 31 to 17. This marked the first time such a question appeared on a primary ballot in the area.
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Champaign
Sidney
Champaign County
United States
Lorimer
Custom
Republican Township Central Committee
Senate
Cullom
Hlimels
Offer Aeroplane Prize of 80000 Open to All Flyers
The Aero club of America announces the 1000 mile aeroplane race around Great Britain with a prize of 80000. The event starts July 26 and ends by August 5. Open to any nationality with an aviator certificate from the International Aeronautical federation. Entrance fee 600 per competitor to cover Royal Aeroplane club costs. Course is five sections from Brooklands to Hendon to Edinburgh to Bristol to Brighton and back to Brooklands.
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New York
Aeroclub of America
Great Britain
International Aeronautical Federation
Royal Aeroplane Club
Brooklands
Hendon
Edinburg
Bristol
Brighton
The Roosevelt Dam Erected in Arizona by 3 Leaders
Phoenix Ariz March 21 This dam making possible the Salt river project dedicated by ex President Roosevelt is a major engineering feat Its height is 280 feet top length 1080 feet bottom thickness 170 feet The dam sits in a canyon sixty two miles from the railroad Irrigation will water 190000 acres with pumps adding 50000 more The government spent 9 million with about 600 Apache laborers The Salt River valley climate is semi tropical with crops like oranges lemons figs almonds peaches alfalfa corn oats barley wheat The builders include F H Newell Arthur Powell Davis and Louis C Full as key officials.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roosevelt
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Egypt
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Arthur Powell Davis
Louis C. Full
Camorrist trial halted by illness and jury setback
In Viterbo Italy March 21 Camorrist defendants amid murder charges argued they face false evidence from the Naples Legion of Carbineers. Salva presented the claims. one juror fell ill, suspending proceedings as priest Vitozzi battles illness, while stevedores in Forte De France strike for higher wages with gendarmes on guard.
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Viterbo
Italy
Camorrists
Legion of Carbineers
Naples
Diecredit
Salva
Guiseppe Salva
Guiseppe Cuoecalo
Maria Cuocecalo
Vitozzi
Forte de France
Stevadores
Mabray gang members fined after guilty pleas in Iowa court
In Council Bluffs Judge McPherson sentenced R L Thielman L B Hinman Tom Davies George Ryan C F Philpot and W I Crider to five months in jail and a $1000 fine each after pleading guilty The judge lamented not sending Frank Scott or Prender Neb to penitentiary The Chicago police received a dispatch on future penitentiary terms for gang members Cedar Rapids reports H J Stewart sought in Chicago was arrested here and will be returned to Chicago likely tomorrow
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Council Bluffs
McPherson
Mabray
R. L. Thielman
L. B. Hinman
Tom Davies
George Ryan
C. F. Philpot
W. I. Crider
Frank Scott
Prender
Neb
Scott
Chicago
Watese BE. Wright
Stewart
Kenyon Falls Eleven Votes Short In Iowa Senate Ballot
Des Moines March 21 There was little change in the senatorial ballot Kenyon again fell eleven votes short of election The senate passed measures on city tax increases commission government for larger cities foreign corporate taxation and a United States senatorial nomination bill The d mile limit law prospects remain dead as the house judiciary committee deferred action Beebe liquor license publication Teachers Pension Fund Hazen liquor sale ban near county fairs noted
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Des Moines
Kenyon
Senate
Balluff
Spaulding
Commission
Smith
Mitchell
Towa
House
Whitney
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Beebe
Iowa
Teachers’ Pension Fund
Ellis
Committee On Ways and Means
Cowles
Saunders Railway
Internal Revenue
Fraley
Death follows fall from bed in Davenport jail cell
Davenport March 21 The death of Dan McKegg alias Dan McKlerns in a Davenport police cell was attributed to a fall from his bed Sunday afternoon. Sam Krammer, McKlerns's former harbor worker, testified that the man struck his head on a chair edge, later reopening the wound after attempting to seek a doctor. Police had suspected assault.
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Davenport
Dan McKegg
Dan McKlerns
Sam Krammer
McKlerns
Davenport Boat Harbor
Two Jail Birds Escape From Cedar Rapids Jail
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 21 two inmates Myers and Walters held on a serious charge escaped last night by unlocking their cell door with a key fashioned from a pewter spoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Fert Myers
James Walters
Arrested for swindling widow in Cedar Rapids case
Chicago, March 21. Harry Stewart alias Harry Jennings was arrested in Cedar Rapids on charges of swindling a Chicago widow out of 910 dollars. Police report the accused used deceptive schemes to obtain funds from the victim.
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Chicago
Harry Stewart
Harry Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Independence for Emerald Isle predicted by Hybernian head
J Regen of St Paul international president of the Ancient Order of Hybernian s told a large Dubuque audience that home rule for Ireland is only a matter of time. The special address was delivered March 21 in Dubuque Iowa.
Rock Island to Advertise Iowa for Eastern Settlers
The Rock Island Railway will fund ads in eastern publications within thirty days to showcase Iowa as a land of opportunities for settlers. The Greater Davenport committee received copies of the advertisements for review, following a request from the Iowa Commercial club.
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Davenport
Rock Island Railway Company
Iowa Commercial Club
Greater
Widow of Manson Murderer Dies in Port Dodge
Mrs Sarah Brown age 70 died this morning at her son’s home after her husband J M Brown served in prison for murdering his daughter in law years ago. Brown claimed his daughter in law abused his wife who had been ill. Pending details from March 21 report.
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Port Dodge
Siarson
Sarah Brown
J. M. Brown
Davenport Skat Champion Defends National Title
Davenport Iowa March 21 Gus F Burmeister, national skat champion who won 1009 in gold at Detroit last year, will defend his title at the National Skat Congress in Pittsburg June 9 10 and 11 as a delegate named by the local club. He will also enter the Lake View Skat tournament in Chicago next Sunday with entrants including San Felice and Schigar.
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Davenport
Gus F. Burmeister
Detroit
Pittsburg
Chicago
Reciprocity In Legislature Threatens Final Sessions
The two chambers push bills for reciprocity as the session winds down. Key items include a banking tax bill facing banker opposition, a teachers’ life certs bill, a railway terminal tax plan, Beebe liquor license records, and gambling room penalties. Contests loom as budgets and adjournment near.
Picture of the late H. B. White donated to East Waterloo
Mrs. W H Fhrower presented an excellent framed likeness of her father the late H T White longtime secretary of the school board. The portrait now hangs in the superintendent's office in the manual training building. White was a well loved and respected figure by all who knew him and the school appreciates the gift made in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fhrower
East Waterloo
Intervention Talks Prompt Mexican Crisis In 1911
Washington reports Major Bouton warns National Guard could be sent to Texas and Iowa regiments may follow. In San Antonio Mexican junta doubts Limantour peace, expects U S intervention within a week as Diaz clings to hard line. In El Paso insurrectionists plot a decisive attack if peace talks fail. Couriers carry Limantour news to Madero across the Rio Grande.
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Washington, D. C
Bouton
General Staff of the Army
Texas
Iowa
Benton
San Antonio
Tex
Revolutionists
Limantour
Diaz
Mexico
Smith
Leon Springs
el Paso
Francisco I. Madero
Casas Grandes
Mex
Orozco
Insurrecto
Mexico City
Senor Garza
Insur
Recto
Atata
Madero
New York
Tiaz
Surrecto
Rio Grande
Stork Rewards Bills Headed by Beall in Illinois Senate
Springfield March 21 Senator Beall known as the Stork Mayor of Alton introduced two bills to boost population. One pays mothers 100 for each child within two years of marriage with 200 for twins and 300 for triplets. The other tax bachelors over 35 $10 annually to fund premiums. Beall credited senate law clerk Myer J. Stein for drafting.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Beall
Stork
Alton
Senator Beall
Myer J. Stein
Russian lion sails for England after Hoboken farewell
New York, March 21. George Hackenschmidt known as the Russian lion will sail for England on March 29 after a farewell handicap match at Hoboken the night of the 28th. He leaves with disappointment from a season spent chasing Frank Gotch for a world's championship rematch and losing the last meeting in Chicago. The report also notes the day’s temperature records and marks a high for the year.
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New York
George Hackenschmidt
England
Hoboken
Frank Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Chicago
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Gilespie
United Mine Workers
John P. Reese
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Boy
Cate
J. A. Federation
Roosevelt Dam
Defense
Murray
Mikes
ANCE
Porter
Dem
Deemer
Hamilton
Piee Wee
Emerald Isle
Rock Island
Manson
San Felice
Schigar
Annious
Sea Maines
State House
Earnest. Moore
Linn County
H. B. White
Make Martin
U. S
Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Coonfitve i A
Lee Tell
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