Riots Raise Fear as Rock Island Braces for Violence
Governor Deneen orders Illinois National Guard to Rock Island amid riot threats after an assassination attempt on Mayor Schriver. Troops from Geneseo Sterling Monmouth and others mobilize as sheriff predicts further clashes tonight. Police report 6 000 protesters, three killed, nine wounded. Mayor Schriver warns against disorder and saloons close.
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Springfield
Deneen
Illinois National Guard
Rock Island
Geneseo
Sterling
Hock Ta Jand
Moline
Monmouth
Galesburg
Dickson
Deneén
Bruner
Delare
Stead
Rock Island County
Schriver
L. Bruner
Davenport
Rourk Island
Mississippi River
Pollee
J.C. Kelly
Silvie
H. Orman
Kelly
Taland
H. M. Sehriver
Hock Island
Politien
Molino
Hunt Continues for Allen Clan at Blue Ridge Courthouse
Hillsville Va March 27 Sharp shooting detectives press the Allen clan suspects in the Blue Ridge country as they intensify efforts to corner Sidna Friel Allen and Wesley Edwards. Guards seal escape routes while Claude Swanson Allen remains at large believed hundreds of miles away.
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Hillsville
Sharp
Allen
Blue Ridge Country
Sidna
Friel Alle
Wesley Edwards
Claude Swanson Allen
Peoria Y M C A Building Gutted By Fire
Fire started from painters supplies in the gymnasium gutted Peoria's new Y M C A building at four this morning. Loss estimated at 45060. Building nearly finished after three years construction and $100000 cost. A $25000 builder's risk carried. directors plan repair and completion.
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Peoria
New York Delegates Split As Roosevelt Loses Primary
New York state Republican primary results show Roosevelt forces defeated in 15 districts including New York City and Long Island. Taft backers claim at least 83 of New York’s 90 delegates to Chicago favor the president’s renomination. Roosevelt denounces the process as a criminal farce and plans to focus on the state convention.
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Otto T. Bannan
Republican Club of
New York
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Teddy
Empire State
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Tive
Col. Roosevelt
New York City
Long Island
Fort Wayne
Ind
New York State
Tammany Hall
Auditorium Theatre
Philip Stewart
Colorado Springs
Joseph Ewing
Weld County
Italians Die in Battle in Tripoli
London reports Turkish forces at Benghazi claim a decisive victory over Italian troops with 27 officers and 3 500 men killed or wounded. The Turkish dispatch says the Italian camp equipment was captured while Turkish and Arab casualties were 15 killed or wounded.
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London
Tripoli
Benghazi
Automobile Sairs and Embraces Tree on Mullan Hill
One Mason automobile driver attempting a turn on Washington street near Mullan hill at around 1 pm skidded and rammed a tree. The driver walked from the scene to the factory a few blocks away and was not seriously injured. the car appeared tightly wrapped around the tree and hard to remove.
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Mason Automobiles
Mullan Hill
Washington Street
Will Packers Now Dissolve
Chicago March 27. The government charges that National Packing was the basis of an illegal Chicago packers conspiracy. Talks say the firm may dissolve after the trial, with Swift Morris and Armour ready to take over plants intact. Ed Tilden remains as president with directors stepping down. A stray note mentions an egg from Tackett’s son and a White Leghorn pullet.
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The
National
Edward Tilden
Tackett
Harry
Larmar
Cole
Leghorn
End of British Coal Strike Prompted by Wage Bill Acceptance
London reports the government minimum wage bill will become law within a day to end the coal miners strike. Coal owners accept the bill and vow mines will reopen as miners vote immediately on accepting the law and returning to work.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Collision of Freight Trains Injures Waterloo Engineer
A collision in front of the Illinois Central depot at Masonville Iowa injures engineer John H. Horsley of Waterloo. Three locomotives damaged. track torn up and freight cars derailed. No. 401 delayed six hours. trains detoured via Chicago Great Western. Horsley received non serious bruises and was hospitalized in Dubuque.
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Masonville
Illinois Central
Chicago Great Western
Dyersville
Oelwein
Waterloo
Horsley
John H. Horsley
Sycamore Street
Dubuque
Riots Delay Brown Pappas Wrestling in Rock Island
Riots in Rock Island halt the Brown Pappas wrestling card. The show, set for March 27, is postponed as theatres and amusements close across the city.
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Brown-Pappas
Rock Island
Baseball Meeting Delayed to Friday In Moline
A scheduled baseball meeting in Moline has been postponed until Friday due to unforeseen illness of organizer Reldon Fill. Promoters continue to push ahead with plans for the new league despite the delay.
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Moline
Reldon Fill
Tne
Ordar Rapa
Final Chapter in Stephenson Senate Seat Saga
Washington reports the final chapter in Senator Isaac Stephenson Wisconsin seat dispute as allies claim a four vote majority to back the Heyburn resolution. Opponents led by Senator Lea predict a close outcome with no firm forecast.
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Washington
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate
Stephenson
Heyburn
Lea
Tennessee
Jones
Cummins
Kenyon
Lorimer
Senate Committee On Privileges
New Mexico Elects Senators in Shifting Ballot
Santa Fe March 27 That eighth senatorial allot today resulted in the election of A. B. Fall Republican United States senator T B Catron lacked one vote that of Speaker Baca T B Catron was later elected United States senator enough members changing their votes to elect him
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Santa Fe
N. M
A. B. Fall
United States
T. B. Catron
Baca
Arizona Fights Sloan Appointment To U S Judge
The Arizona legislature adopted resolutions objecting to Richard Sloan’s U S judge appointment for the district of Arizona. Senator John T. Hughes charged Sloan was railroad aided while Senator Alonzo Hubbell defended him calling the move a partisan act to ruin his character.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Territorial
Richard Sloan
United States
District of Arizona
Sloan
Parents Vote on One Session Plan at Waterloo East
Letters were sent to Waterloo High School East parents asking whether they support extending the one session plan for the remainder of the year. The plan was tried last year with student approval. East juniors met after school to plan a banquet for seniors in May, with committees appointed to arrange details.
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Waterloo High School East
East High
Federal mediation eyed to avert coal and locomotive strike
Washington reports federal intervention planned if strikes arise over coal wage demands. Anthracite worries ease while bituminous cases provoke concern as Chicago railroad engineers threaten action. Widmann law mediation to be used with Justice Knapp and Labor Commissioner Nell to seek a settlement. Mrs. R F Flint and her son visit Waterloo township relatives.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Justice Knapp
Commerce Court
Commissioner of Labor
Nell
Before and After Healer Compared to Regular Doctor
A quip contrasts a noted healer who cures by touching with a regular physician. The joke implies the healer touches patients before he treats them.
Wool tariff report attacked as erroneous by Democrats
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee led by Representative Underwood condemn the tariff board wool report as erroneous and incomplete. They say the cost of production theory is untenable and the data unreliable, leaving wool duty conclusions far from solved. Republicans respond with a minority bill proposing about a 49 percent duty cut from Payne-Aldrich levels, led by Payne and other committee members.
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Washington
Tariff Board
Congress
Ways and Means
Representative Underwood
Taft
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
House
Payne-Aldrich
Representtative
Payne
Res Publian
Dalzell
Mer Call
Hill
Neatham
Longworth
Fordney
Beattle Doctor and Wife Bitten by Mad Dog in Iowa
A dispatch from Iowa City reports Dr. Charles A Beatle and his wife of Crewe ton Ia bitten by a mad dog and hospitalized for Pasteur treatment. Doctors warn of possible consequences. Mrs Beatle is identified as Miss Bossi Shoemanker of Waterloo Iowa and Mr Beatle's assistant is named Genllewen from San Fallco Ge ou.
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DR. Beatle
Mad Dog
Iowa City
Charles A. Beatle
Creweton
Beatle
Misa Bossi
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