Carranza declines to furnish Benton case details to Bryan
Nogales Sonora February 28 General Carranza refuses to supply information to the US state department on William Benton the British subject killed at Juarez He promises to investigate the disappearance of American Gustav Bauch and to communicate findings through diplomatic channels as he seeks to maintain national dignity and respect for international law.
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United States
Gustav Bauch
Washington
Morning Journal
Nogales
Sonora
Carranza
State Department
Juarez
William S. Benton
Bryan
Frederick Simpich
Ysidro Fabela
Benton
Bane
Carranga
Bauch
Carrong
Mr. Bryan
Department of Foreign Affairs
William Jennings Bryan
Debil
Department of State
Constitutionalist Army
William Ss. Benton
Mexico
Willian Jennings Bryan
William 5
Villa
State and War Departments
EL Paso
Weather Forecast for Washington March Weekend
Washington weather forecast calls for new menxico kuir Sunday and Monday with unsettled conditions. Strong winds and possible showers expected, temperatures mild for mid February.
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Washington
No Official Notice Of Carranza Refusal Reported
Washington report states no official notice yet of a note allegedly from General Carranza refusing information on the death of William Benton a British subject Secretary Bryan not in city expected tomorrow The Agriculture Department imposes quarantine on Mexican and Central American alligator pear seeds due to a pest outbreak restricting seed entries while plant and fruit entries are allowed under inspection
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Ryan
Strmpich
Carranza
Benton
Washington
Fabela
Pryan
Foreign Office
Carrannn
Associated Press
Senor Pabeli Chatthe Penton
England
Huerta
Senor Fabela
Henton
Department of State
William 8. Benton
Chihuahua
General Villa
State Department
Wiliam
Dryan
Department of Agriculture
Trinidad Man Admits Selling Guns and Dynamite to Strikers
Claude Shy a Trinidad hardware dealer testified before a house investigative committee that he sold dynamite to Mine Workers officials on October 31 and about thirty guns to the strikers and to Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. He admitted selling firearms without inquiring their use and noted gun sales kept his business lively. He also referenced maps and a Mother Jones speech while miners and officials offered conflicting testimony on mine conditions and fatalities, including a 1910 Primero disaster.
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Monning Journal Special Leine
Trinidad
Colo
House Investigating Committee
Claude Shy
Witless
Foster
Shy
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Frank L. Miller
Hastings & Berwind Canyons
J. Kh. Hains
Hastings
Hh. J. McDonald
Jones
Ho Wassy
William Bradley
Primero
Bradley
Tom Jolly
Gray Creek
Vietor
A. W. Danford
Kamy Surgeons Appointed to Examine Scotchman
Ten medical men, veterans in service, have been appointed to examine the body of a Scotchman believed to be Benton. They are qualified to judge the wounds inflicted in the fatal incident.
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Kamy
Benton
British Consul Joins El Paso Talks On Benton Case
Army surgeons Me W T Davidson and C J Manly were named by Gen. Hugh J. Scott to join a commission examining William S Benton’s body to determine if he died by firing squad or murder. British consul Charles A C Perceval awaits American appointees before naming a delegate. A German boy, Albrecht Weiss, claims Benton was seen entering Villa’s office before Benton disappeared.
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el Paso
Tex
Army
William 8. Benton
Hugh J. Scott
Maj
W. 7. Davidson
C. J. Manly
George C. Carothers
State Department
General Villa
Chihuahua
Co R. Newman
Mexico
Thomas D. Edwardly
Juarez
Perceval
General Scott
Fort Bliss
Washington
Vocertata
Villa
Garrison
Moore
Collector of Customs
United States District Attorney
International Commission
Benton
V. S
United States
Cecil Spring-Rice
John Bassett Moore
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Colquitt
Texas
Vergara
Five Western Federation minors cleared after confession in Painesdale killings
In Houghton Michigan five Western Federation of Miners members were arrested over the Painesdale murder case linked to the copper strike. John Huhta admitted leading a fusillade into the Daly boarding house with four others, and all await March 4 hearing.
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Morning Journal
Houghton
Mich
Painesdale
Western Federation of Miners
John Huhta
South Range
Federation
Nick Verbane
Hjalmer Juttinen
Isaac Juttinen
Joseph Juttinen
Huhta
Grand Rapide
Cruse
Daly
Painesdale shooting linked to federation revolt probe
The case centers on a Painesdale shooting with victims who were British subjects. Huhta says he confessed under pressure and claims a plot by an unarrested man. four other prisoners are Finns, Verbanac is Croatian. No indictments were returned after days of juror review. MacNaughton of Calumet & Hecla to testify for the operators before Congress. Public hearings resume Monday in Houghton county court.
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Huhta
Federation
Verbanac
G Rand
Anthony Lucas
Houghton County
Chicad
Waddell-Mahon Corporation
Waddell
Painesdale
MacNaughton
James MacNaughton
Calumet & Hecla Mining Co
Taylor
Congressional Investigating Committee
Calumet & Hecla
Lake Linden
Houghton County Court House
Carranza Receives Tight Security For Agua Prieta Journey
Local constitutionalists report extensive precautions for General Carranza's path to Agua Prieta. A strict border patrol is set from Agua Prieta west and night sentry lines are doubled, with extra guards at Naco amid fears federal sympathizers gathering in the Ajo mountains to oppose his eastward march.
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Morning Journal
Douglas
Aris
Carranza
Agua Prieta
Naco
Ajo Mountains
Vergara Kidnap Case: Alive Report Emerges From Guarjardo
Mexican general Guarjardo says ranchman Clemente Vergara escaped captors and joined constitutionalists after being reported hanged at Hidalgo. US officials doubted death. witnesses to the kidnapping corroborate the event witnessed by wife and nephew. Authorities offer no detailed explanation.
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Morning Journal
Fagle Pass
Tex
Clemente Vergara
Hidalgo
Mexico
Guarjardo
Piedras Negras
Vergara
Nuevo Laredo
Constitutionalists
Apoloni Rodriguez
United States
Vergara Kidnapping Probe Reaches Texas Border Claim
Laredo report confirms island of Vergara’s ranch lies within Texas territory. Captain Matson of the state militia reports details tying the kidnapping to a federal army captain who dined with Vergara the day before he was taken. The inquiry seeks whether Vergara is dead or alive.
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Laredo
Tex
Clemente Vergara
Texas
Mexico
Alonzo B. Garrett
Vergara
Matson
Apolont Todriguesz
Federal Army
Rodriguez
Benton Unarmed Briton Shot in Villa Office Case Probed
Washington reports say William Benton a British subject was shot in Villa’s Juarez office while awaiting a meeting. Postmortem and examination plans are debated as Britain and the United States coordinate on the joint inquiry and possible later reparations.
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Benton
Villa
Washington
Democrats Puzzle Over Trust Bills
Washington February 28. Democratic leaders face trouble drafting trust legislation as Congress weighs Sherman act safeguards. Majority Leader Underwood worries about definitions measures that could harm regulation of big business while pushing a timely bill.
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OV Orning Journal Special Lealso Wee
Washington
Congress
Underwood
House
Judiciary Committee
White Slave Charge Leads to Arrest
Edmund H. Damon a New York real estate man was arrested in San Luis Obispo California on charges raised by Nan Thorpe and Lillian Lynch of Jacksonville Florida who say he transported them for immoral purposes. Two men claiming to be Damon's servants were also arrested. The women say he promised them positions and paid their travel.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Edmund H. Damon
Caldwell Avenue
New York
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Damon
California
Nan Thorpe
Lillian Lynch
Redlight District Shuts Doors After Morning Journal Raid
At 2:01 this morning the segregated district resorts locked their doors for the first time, 250 inmates were evicted, and two houses evaded closure only to be raided by police. the Morning Journal reports the crackdown in St Louis.
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Morning Journal
St. Louis
British Protest by Foreign Subjects in Mexico City
In Mexico City on Feb 28 British subjects gathered in a mass meeting to vent impatience over the delay in investigating the killing of William and Benton at Juareg. The protest was sent to Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign minister.
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Mexico City
William & Benton
Juareg
Edward Grey
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Congressional Committee
Newman
Edwards
Carothers
Vergarn
Guarjardg
Tenas
Binghamton
N. Y
State Armory
Lews
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