Asquith Rejects Miners Amendment To Wage Bill
London March 22 Premier Asquith refused the miners amendment to the minimum wage bill proposing £1 2s 6d daily for men and boys. The union vows no settlement while starvation and relief measures press the government amid strikes and talks of forced action.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Enoch Edwards
Labor
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Ones
Wales
Scotland
England
Minera
Balfour
Derbyshire
House
Dpremier Asquilt
Outbreak Fears Rise as Swatow Fighting Damages Oil Property
Reports from Kwang-Si province warn of an imminent outbreak amid fighting around Swatow. Standard Oil claims 1,900,000 twels for war damage to tanks and warehouses, while US monitors pledge protection of American property. Guerilla fighting continues near Canton with river access improving.
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Hong Kong
Kwang-Si
Swatow
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Mankow
United States Monitor
Monterey
Ileadera
Canton
Davenport Three-1 Prepare for Exhibition Schedule
Davenport Iowa reports eighteen preseason games for the Davenport Three-1 team. Ned Egan's Ottumwa Central association squad arrives early April for a five game stretch starting April 3. Davenport plays Iowa State University in Iowa City for five games the week of April, followed by Des Moines Western League club in four games from April 13 and a Sunday game with Dubuque on April 21.
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Davenport
Ned Egan
Ottumwa Central Association
Towa State University
Towa City
Des Moines
Dubuque
Bomb Sender Denounced as Mentally Unstable or Seeker of Notoriety
Jacksonville police question Fred Newsome alias Fred Price regarding a bomb sent to New York Judge Rosaisky. He claims the blast was linked to a Norwegian ship voyage contact with Folke F. E. Brawlt, while facing petty theft charges and confessing possession of stolen property. Temperatures from a year ago are noted for comparison.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fred Newsome
Fred Price
Schiff
Train wreck injures fourteen near Fort William
Fourteen passengers were seriously hurt when four coaches of the Vancouver express left the rails at Tack Pish north of Lake Superior. The injured were taken to Port Arthur hospital after a broken fall caused the crash.
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Fort Willam
Ont
Vancouver Express
Canadian Paelle Railway
Tack Pish
Lake Superior
Port Arthur
University of Chicago case pits Esther Mercy against Dean Talbot
Miss Esther Mercy, former University of Chicago student, testifies in a $100,000 defamation suit against Dean Marion Talbot. She describes seeking help from President Vincent, who said the matter was Talbot’s, and Mercy claims Talbot attacked her character and urged her to leave the university.
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Chicago
Esther
University of Chicago
Marion Talbot
Vincent
University of Minnesota
Miss Talbot
Miss Mercy
President Vincent
Dean Vincent
Dean Talbot
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. leaves California for New York duties
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. departed San Francisco to join a New York brokerage firm after two years in the carpet business. A farewell dinner was held in his honor with Harris S Wheeler presiding as a Roosevelt movement supporter. He returned to New York City to start his new role.
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San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
California
New York City
Closing arguments in Packers cash case halted by illness
Chicago March 22 closing arguments in the final of the ten Chicago meat packers were interrupted by the illness of Bucklin of Dundee. Court adjourned until later if he recovers when Special Counsel Butler will continue for the government. Roosevelt to visit Cedar Rapids March 29 en route from St. Louis to St. Paul for a brief stay.
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Chicago
Bucklin
Dundee
Jnrer
Pierce Butler
Teddy
Crear Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Rooseveld
Tate
St. Louis
St. Paul
Miners Weigh Strike as Talks Continue in Cleveland
In Cleveland on March 22 a four member sub committee of miners and operators from western Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana meets with John P tent of the United Mine Workers of America as chief delegate. They aim to reach a compromise after operators rejected a 19 percent wage increase and shorter hours, with a possible strike or continuation of operations after April 1 depending on talks.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
John P. Tent
United Mine Workers of America
City Decorated for Secretary Knox Visit
Caracas celebrates Secretary of State Knox with a triumphal arch and flags as Venezuela declares today and tomorrow official holidays The U S cruiser Washington relays word that Knox will reach La Guaira and proceed to Caracas amid orderly preparations and good health among the party
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Caracas
Veossuela
Knox
Venezuela
United States
Washington
Santiago de Los Caballeros
San Domingo
la Guaira
Venesuela
Last Chance to Register for City Election
The final registration opportunity is tomorrow for city residents across wards one to four. Registration sites include Libby Bros in Ward One, City Building Hunt Street, Logan Hotel Ward Three, Rechtfertig Store Ward Three, City Hall Ward Four First Precinct, Aleport Garage Walnut Street Ward Four Second Precinct.
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Wwirst
Libby Bros
Hunt Street
Sixth
Seve
Logan Hotel
Thord
Rechtfertig
Sporle's
Precinet City Hall
Fourth Ward
Second Precinet
Ale Ports Gaurage
Walnnt Street
Draw $20 a Week Then Get a Baby
St Louis, March 22. Dr Lindsey Wynekoop of Chicago urged at the national mothers congress that any person earning $20 a week or more should adopt a baby and those earning $40 a week should adopt two. She argued adoption builds character and can save lives as institutional care has a higher baby death rate. William Hard of New York called for equal guardianship rights for fathers and mothers.
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St. Louis, Mo
Lindsey Wynekoop
Chicago
Winekoop
Ilinois
William Hard
New York
Bowlers Begin Final Attacks at Congress Meet
Chicago March 22 Bowler teams wrap up five man event play and move to doubles and singles in the American Bowling Congress tournament with Le Briuswieks of New York winning the team title by 2904 pins and a $750 cash prize. Other entrants hail from Chicago Youngstown Antera Milwaukee and more as doubles and finals set for tonight.
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American Bowling Congress
Whiel Olomorrow
le Briuswieks
New York
Youngetown
Antera
Milwaukee
Thay
Eleven Injured When Car Runs Into Canal Near Peru
Eleven persons were injured when a car on the Fort Wayne and Indiana Northern traction line struck a pile of cinders and plunged into the Wabash and Erie canal about two miles from Peru. The accident occurred at the gate of Aa miles an hour. Police and rescuers responded to the scene today.
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Peru
Tid
Fort Wayne
Indiana Northern Traction Line
Wabash and Erie Canal
Record Low Temperature in Ta Crosse Wisconsin
The temperature at Ta Crosse Wisconsin dropped to one below zero marking the coldest reading at the station in the latter half of March.
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Ta Crosse
Wis
Maren
Maret
Weather and travel crippled by snow and rain across Missouri
Snow and rain that fell yesterday and last night disrupted transport and wire communication in Illinois and Missouri. A heavy wind worsened the damage, leaving TIE rnois demoralized.
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St. Louis
Tiernois
Missouri
Ice gorge dynamited. flood danger passes at Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa reports the nine mile ice gorge from Chilliguite to Eldyville was dynamitted for 24 hours and the river danger subsides last night. The river rose three feet during the fire at Ottumwa but fell after the ice passed. bridges remained intact and only lowland flooding occurred. The Davenport Mississippi rose another foot, totaling four feet in four days, with warmer weather and melting snow prompting further rises expected tomorrow.
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Ottumwa
Chilliguite
Eldyville
Davenport
Mississippi
7 Bodies Not Yet Found Men Dig Graves
McCurtain Oklahoma March 22 twenty nine corpses were removed from Sans Bois coal company mine. Efforts to locate seven other miners continue as the 116 total accounted for. Twenty amoung the dead were taken out alive and 64 bodies recovered. A large force of men began grave digging for blast victims. Widows number 63 and fatherless children 250.
Courier Appeal Brings Help for Invalid Chair
A Courier Appeal article prompted an immediate response from J. F. Klinganton, overseer of the poor, receiving an invalid chair from a woman on Center Street and a large clothing donation.
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Ag J. FP. Klinganton
Center Street
Qoiso
Battle in Paraguay Persists Amid Telegram Reports
Reports from Asuncion say a battle continues in Paraguay between revolutionary forces and government troops. Telegrams received today describe ongoing clashes as smoke rises over the capital area.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Paraguay
Asuncion
Edwards Captured by Detectives in Hillsville Hunt
Sidna Edwards, nephew of Sidna Allen and a member of the Allen gang, was arrested in Lambsburg Virginia without resistance by detectives Tom Felts and W W Phants. The capture raises expectation that other mountaineers may be taken as Governor Mann had said steps would be taken to pursue the Allens this week.
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Hillsville
Sidna Edwards
Sidna Allen
Allen
Lamsburg
Edwards
Soci
Mann
Allens
Hera
Carroll Court
Sidna
Floyd Allen
Roanoke
Victor
Young Edwards
Tom Felts
W. W.phants
Hig Kinsmien
Women Save Mopkins Town From Destruction
In Mopkins, Maine, March 22, women aided by forming a bucket brigade to help male volunteers control a blaze that consumed several stores, preventing total destruction. The fire was brought under control with their aid.
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St. Joseph
Mopkins
Tuberculosis Institution Planned in Denver
Deaver March 22. Articles of Incorporation filed for a city tuberculosis institution to care for patients. Planned sponsorship by most of the protectant churches and an active fundraising campaign to support the project.
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Deaver
Denver
Alate
To Tomei
Elimollie
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