Conflicting Reports Claim Victory for Both Sides in Mexican War
Reports from Chihuahua and El Paso on March 26 describe heavy fighting near Gomez Palacio and Torreon with conflicting claims of rebel and federal successes. Villa telegraphs gains near Gomez Palacio and possible Torreon assault. Huerta forces report repulsals and a feint, while observers warn of unreliable official statements and recent embargo influence on front reporting.
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Chimanua
Mex
Gomez Palacio
Torreon
el Paso
Texas
Villa
Manuel Chas
Juarez
Miguel Diebold
Huerta
Diebold
General Villa
Chao
EL Yertel
Flo
Chas
Gomez Palacios
Vila
Victery
Eagle Pass
Branesco Villa
Torteon
Piediras Negras
Saequin Maas
Earlien
Piedras Negras
Gener
Valladolid battle dispatches report Torreon clash and retreat
Federal forces under Velasco defeated Villa's troops at Torreon, with 700 rebels reportedly killed. Maas led 700 armored troops from Monterey toward Velasco to reinforce Torreon, while retreats toward Bermejillo were noted as lines of communication remained limited from Noe and Pie de las Nochas. The war office confirmed the Torreon defeat via a San Pedro de las Colonias dispatch, the first from the fighting zone.
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al Maas
Villa
Gomez Palacio
Noe
Torreon
Piedras Negras
Monterey
General Maas
Mexico
Mexico City
Velasco
Heart of Victory
Mexican War Office
Bermejillo
Rai Road
War Office
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Blackwell Island Pen Described as Vile and Inhuman
New York officials report on Blackwell’s Island Pen calling conditions wet dark and foul for inmates including transient insane persons and unruly prisoners. A case of a chronically ill inmate who threatened suicide allegedly received inadequate care before death.
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New York
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
New York City
Burdette G. Lewis
Correction
Mitchel
Whitman
Katherine B. Davis
Commissioner of Correction
Lewis
Whitars
Wees
Two Suffrage Leaders Who Can Never Vote
Kenwich Conn March 26 Mrs Thompson Seton and Mrs Lerman Paul suffrage leaders after fears of work for the cause have learned that even if Connecticut women win the ballot neither can vote or hold office. Both are married foreigners not naturalized. West Thompson Seton born in England has lived here many years and never sought citizenship. Mrs Seton California native married in 1896. Mrs Cauli, a press agent for no suffragists, is a native of Calunda and has exercised the webise in state. Her marriage to Mr Paul, a deporter of New York, made her an alien as Panch never was naturalized.
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Kenwich
Conn
Thompson Seton
Lerman Paul
Connecticut
West Thompson Seton
Hingland
Seton
California
Mr. Seton
Cauli
Calunda
Paul
New York
Panky
American Express chief denies plan to quit business
Vasler, vice president and general manager, waved a statement denying reports that American Express would follow United States Express in going out of business. He said the firm would extend its express and exchange operations in every possible direction.
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Vasler
American Express Company
United States Express Company
Favor
American Fixpress Company
Good Roads Cars Reach City Today
An automobile party led by Mayor Woodward and several officials leaves Atlanta at 1 for Decatur to join DeKalb county citizens and meet government good roads scouts at Stone Mountain. The group then returns to Decatur for a Decatur courthouse talk and proceeds to Atlanta with 60 cars for a Piedmont hotel buffet and speeches by city leaders and state officials.
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Woodward
Fred Houser
W. 11. Leahy
F. J. Paxon
Ivan E. Allan
Atlanta
Oelock
Decatur
DeKalb County
Stone Mountain
Good Roads Scouts
Washington
DeKalb
Dillia Hills
Peachtree
Whitehall
American Road Congress
Piedmont Hotel
Ivan FE
Alan
L. R. Wilkinson
Frj. Paxon
George W. Hanson
W. B. Winn
American Highway Association
S. W McCailie
Athens
Good Roads Scouts Reach Atlanta Today
Magmon Ga March 26 Special Highway counts representatives of the National Highway Association and the United States Department of Agriculture seeking a public highway from Washington to Atlanta arrived in Madison to spend the night. Two routes contested Athens and Washington ga and along the Georgia railroad. A Madison delegation joined engineers selecting the route to Madison. A reception was held at the court house with Mayors Bearden Parker Atkinson Foster and others. The party leaves tomorrow for Atlanta.
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Magmon
National Highway Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Madison
Athens
Washington, Ga
Georgia
Augusta
Court House
W. P. Bearden
R. W. Parker
P. M .Atkinson
A G Foster
Covington and Conyers
Messrs. James and Scales
Shrine convention plans outlined at Atlanta dinner
Potentate Forrest Adair hosted a surprise dinner at the Capital City club for Ada ir county commissioners and city councilmen to outline preparations for the 1914 Shrine convention. Mayor Woodward and others spoke as Adair announced 50,000 Shriners would attend and pledged continued city support.
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Atlanta
Forrest Adair
Capital City Club
Woodward
Tuli Waters
Frederic J. Paxon
Mr. Adair
Adair
Lumber Tap Lines Sacking the Railways
Washington reports a serious depletion of railway revenues due to lumber tap lines cutting through rates. Chief Counsel Folk and Needham for the ICC argue top line cases before the Supreme Court, highlighting rebates to lumber interests and resulting discrimination. They cite large yearly divisions paid by major railroads to industrial lines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Joseph W. Folk
Charles W. Needham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Western
Baltimore and
Uni
Thirteen Election Officers Sentenced for Fraud in 1914 Hoboken Primary
In Jersey City on March 26, thirteen election officers eight Democrats and five Republicans were sentenced to not less than eighteen months nor more than three years in state prison for false election returns in the September 1914 Hoboken primary. Two others were dismissed. The Democrats were found guilty of counting opposition votes for Machine candidates and the Republicans of counting votes for former Governor Stokes. The group includes William Maher Leon Duffy Gustave Jising Alfred Lehman Wallan Butis Thomas F Brady Lewis Raeder Thomas O’Reilly John Matthews Joseph Brannelly Joseph Cassidy Patrick Connell Jeremiah J. Ryan.
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Ersey City
Hoboken
Stokes
Robert Cares
William Maher
Leon Duffy
Gustave Jising
Alfred Lehman
Wallan Butis
Thomas F. Brady
Lewis Raeder
Thomas O'Reilly
John Matthews
Joseph Brannelly
Joseph Cassidy
Patrick Connell
Jeremiah J. Ryan
Nix Is Sentenced To Seven Years For Bigamy In Georgia
C P Nix of Dublin Georgia was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary after a sensational trial in Wrightsville Johnson County. The case featured Nix’s two wives, one from Cornelia and another from Dublin, arriving in court with a baby. Nix caressed the children and declared his intent to return to wife No. 2 after serving his sentence.
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Dublin
C. P. Nix
Wrightsville
Johnson County
Cornelia
Nix
Freeman Keen
Nix No
Free Canal Toll Debate Sparks House Rifts
Lawmakers clash as a rule to limit debate on the Panama Canal tolls repeal bill triggers sharp exchanges over governance and policy. Representatives Henry and Campbell defend limited discussion while Wilson supporters defend fulsome amendment rights amid party fault lines.
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Great Britain
Panama Canal
America
Representative Kelly
Pennsylvania
Rules Committee
Representative Lemont
Wisconsin
House
Lemont
Clark
Henry
Representatie Campbell
Baltimore
American Congress
United States
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Ways Claim
An advertisement claims piles can be cured in six to fourteen methods with a refund if PAZOOINT fails. It touts a first application bringing relief, priced at 50 cents, and references a cautious or dismissive tone about “blind fleet ing or pretending piles.”
Hart Schaffner and Marx Good Clothes Makers Notice
Hart Schaffner and Marx, noted clothing makers, advertise their latest lines and fittings, inviting customers to view new designs at showrooms and parlors.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Makers
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