Trouble Ahead in Montana
Butte miners vote to amend union constitution to set mine wages at 1 dollar instead of 3. The 6,000-member union cast 3,613 ballots with 3,849 in favor and 1,068 against. Several mining and construction sectors suspend work as orders were issued, with 2,000 to 9,000 laid off. Officials warn a strike could cripple Montana and neighboring towns. union treasury holds about 110,000.
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Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
Butte Union
Amalgamated
Butte Coalition
North Butte Compaties
Amalgamated Company
North Butte
Coalition
Clark
Anaconda
Great Falls
Hamilton
Embezzlement Accusation Against Bloomington Woman
Helen Dixon, indicted on a $1200 embezzlement charge tied to the Second Christian church organ fund, is accused by the Northwestern Life Insurance Chicago agent of manipulating company books while serving as a stenographer. An audit found missing ledger pages and a $200 shortage, with Dixon ill and unable to attend arraignment. A separate note mentions a gold watch prize exhibit in Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Helen Dixon
Second Christian Church Organ Fund
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Miss Diron
Miss Dixon
Courier
Richard Lee
East Fourth
National League team sails for California coast for spring training
The New York National League team leaves Chicago at o o clock on the California Limited for Los Angeles to begin spring practice. Notable absences include Mike Donlin Bowerman and Mullen amid contract disputes. Christy Mathewson shows strong health as teams plan schedules and umpires are appointed.
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Knowles
Chicago
California
Los Angeles
Mike Donlin
Giants
Bowerman
Mullen
Muggay
McGraw
Ars
Devlin
Shay
Shannon
McGinnity
Taylor
Kansas City
John T. Bush
Christy Mathewson
Northwestern tests arc light system on railroad car
Chicago February report describes a fifty cell arc light battery system installed on a suburban coach to test improved passenger illumination. The soft white glow attracted many riders, proving three arc lamps deliver over three times the light of incandescents with safer operation in wrecks. Originated by A F Callahan of Universal Electric, the test drew officials to examine the setup.
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Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
A. F. Callahan
Universal Electric Company
Northwestern
No Half Way Measures By Shaw On Chicago Theft
Washington February 26 Secretary Shaw vows swift justice for the theft of 173000 from the Chicago subtreasury. Secret Service agents reinforced by two of Wilkie’s top men pursue leads while Washington directs operations. Banks nationwide alerted as treasury confirms 178 notes at 1000 each vanished from Chicago. initial telegram from Subtreasurer Boldenweck sparked the case. Counting division workers later account for all funds.
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Washington, D. C
Shaw
Chicago
Secret Service Bureau
Wilkie
Treasury Department
CLINICS MUST CLOSE. Angered lawmakers probe asylum clinics
Springfield, II, Feb. 27. The house appropriations committee grilled physicians during a four hour inquiry into Elgin Insane asylum practices. It endorsed Speaker Shurtleff’s condemnation of clinics on insane patients and warned state board of charities and asylum trustees to proceed or face censure. The probe broadened to include remedial innovations under the new board of charities.
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Springfield, II
Appropriations Committee
House
Elgin
Shurtleff
State Board of Charities
Alate Physiciana
Board of Charities
Subtreasury Heist Leads to Possible Arrests
In Chicago on February 27 a major breakthrough in the $173,000 subtreasury robbery was reported. Officials, including Gideon C. Bantz, indicated treasury employees may have stolen the funds. Nine workers were linked to the incident, not five as previously stated, and a missing master key rumor circulated after federal building talks. Chief J Wilkie of the secret service is due to arrive to take charge, while District Attorney Sims awaits potential arrests as a climax nears.
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Gideon C. Bantz
Secretary of the Treasury
George W. Fitzgerald
Fulton Street
Fitzgerald
Federal Building
J. Wilkie
Government Secret Service
Chicago
United States
Sims
Plot Foiled in Plot to Assassinate Grand Duke Nicholas
In St. Petersburg a sensational account says a man dressed as a workman lurked on the rail line to place an infernal machine as the imperial train neared. A guard nabbed the suspect, who escaped with an accomplice in a nearby cab. Rumors last year linked Grand Duke Nicholas to potential dictatorial power or regent role.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe' Vreamya
Luke Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Council of National Defense
Nicholas
Tsarakoe-Selo
Manu
Russia
Stolypin
Big Four Disaster Findings On Negligence Probed
Fowler Ind February 27 Charles E Comey finds gross negligence by George W Sears assistant train dispatcher at Kankakee Charles Mills conductor and John Kobble engineer of freight train No 5 head officials of the Big Four. He also finds Howard W Tripp engineer of the state passenger train was running at reckless speed. No arrests ordered unless criminal negligence evidence is found. state attorney says thorough inquiry shows insufficient grounds for charges.
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Fowler
Ind
Charles 8
Comey
Benton County
Big Four
George W. Sears
Kankakee
Charles Mills
John Kobble
Howard W. Tripp
Bondsmen Quit in Dixon Case as Arraignment Opens
Bloomington Feb 27. Miss Helen Dixon accused of embezzling 1300 from the Second Christian church faced six indictments. Bondsmen withdrew security, Dixon jailed, arraignment before Judge T G Harris held. Bond reduction denied, motions to quash set for March 7. Court crowded. she was returned to jail by an out of the way route.
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Bloomington
Hellen Dixon
Second Christian Church
Snerif Moore
Miss Dixon
Man Refused Restraining Order Over Silly Words at Home
Katherine Graf asked Judge Keeler to bar her husband from uttering silly remarks in their home after filing a second divorce petition. Heeler denied the plea, saying a man cannot be restrained from saying silly things in his own house as they continue to share the same home and meals with their children observing.
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Cleveland
Katherine QC
Graf
Heeler
Keeler
Peoria Woman Charged With Dairy Law Violation
A warrant was sworn by MA Inspector Blye charging Mrs. J. Bartholomew, wife of Avery Manufacturing and Bartholomew Automobile presidents, with violating Peoria city dairy laws by operating a gantry and paying a six dollar annual fee. She owns four cows and sells milk for pin money. the case settled out of court.
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Peoria
Blye
Mra. J. B. Bartholomew
Exclusion Society
Avery Manufacturing Company
Bartholomew Automobile , Company
Advice to Stagestruck Girl on The Dramatic Life
A cautionary piece for stage struck girls noting the fever of admiration for actors can lead to folly and regret. It urges parents and teachers to guard youth, explain the harsh realities of theatre life, and suggests safer paths over the demanding, risky stage career. It references Clara Morris as an exemplar of hard work and warns most non-talent entrants tire quickly and fail. It concludes that home and ordinary careers are safer and healthier than chasing stage fame.
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Clara Morris
Sho
Una
Ft Siven
Joseph B. Bowles
Ornamenting Ferns and Postcards Fashion in Early Rooms
The article offers domestic decor tips for fern care and display using large brass jardinières and green pottery, advising even room temperature, good ventilation, moist soil, and regular drainage. It also notes a trend of rural sensational postcards, with albums filling quickly and creative uses for cards in home spaces.
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Duil
Beliefs Die Hard in Outlandish Medical Remedies
An old Germanic folk healing lore is traced in Weser marshlands near Bremerhaven with rites tied to dead hands and crosses over streams. Warts, cramps, fever, and other ailments are treated via chants, bone and ash applications, nocturnal rituals, and specific local dialect charms tied to John the Baptist day and regional superstitions.
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Weser
Bremerhaven
Lamebors
Elbe
Aifer
Corpae
Wesermarach
Inneborg
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