Taft Neared by Mexicans to Withhold Intervention
Washington Feb 15. Diaz revolution in Mexico continued for a week with heavy casualties and property damage. Ambassadors Wilson and consuls push to move Americans from danger zone while Madero appeals to Taft to delay intervention. Wilson invites British German Spanish and French ministers to confer at the American embassy amid ongoing armistice talks.
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Washington
Diaz
Mexico
United States
Wilson
State Department
Madero
Taft
Knox
Mann's Changes Brighter Now Than Ever Before
Selection expected as a happy solution to the political problem with no new names likely. Report notes chatter about Dark Horse is unfounded and Charleston not a focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Charleston
Mann Seen Best Prospect For U S Senate Nomination
Charleston special reports strong support for Isaac T. Mann in the West Virginia GOP caucus race. Mann’s loyal backers praise his character, address, and principle while dismissing dark horse talk, claiming he is the most viable candidate to elevate the southern section and reflect well on the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
Isaac T. Mann
Mercer
Mann
Mr. Mann
West Virginia
Strikes Loom As Firemen Warn Of Impending Action
New York observers report mounting tensions as the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Engineers signals a possible railroad strike. President W S Carter warned the move could embarrass Woodrow Wilson, while firemen leaders prepare action despite assurances of a 36 hour delay. They rejected a Erdman act arbitration proposal, deeming the six arbitrators plan legally flawed.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
W. S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Engineers
Banquet Planned for James Bryce in Philadelphia
The Rt. Hon. James Bryce who soon retires as British ambassador at Washington and Mrs. Bryce will be guests at a dinner at the Bellevue Stratford next Monday night hosted by the Trans-Atlantic Society of America. Bishop Talbot will preside and attendees include representatives of arbitration and peace societies from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryce
Philadelphia
Washington
Bryce
Bellevue- Stratford
Trans-Atlantic Society of America
Bishop Talbot
United States
Suffragettes Plan a Symphonic Pageant of Color
In Washington on March 3 suffragists stage a vivid pageant led by color designer Patricia Street of Australia. Inez Milholland rides yellow herald, followed by blue and gold ushers, then flags and colors for Norway Finland New Zealand Australia and other nations. Floats feature development of suffrage and a final white dressed state car with Lincoln's line about no country existing half slave and half free.
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Washington
Patricia Street
Australia
England
Inez Milholland
Norway
Finland
New Zealand
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Turkey
Persia
China
Switzerland
Greece
Italy
Holland
Germany
Rosalie Jones
Ambassadors of Justice
Baltimore
Virginia “Petticoat Cavalry
National League of Equal Suffrage
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Lincoln
Castro Free to Come and Go in United States
Judge Ward sustains Castro habeas corpus and overrules immigration authorities allowing Cipriano Castro to come and go in the United States at will under federal court ruling in New York February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
New York
Cipriano Castro
United States
Ward
Miners Calm as Martial Law Zone Reports No Disturbances
Charleston West Virginia February 15 Adjutant General Elliott said there were no disturbances in the strike zone and the situation is under control. Militia remains in Charleston while rumors spread of a march to demand the release of Mother Jones yet casualties list remains incomplete.
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Elliott
Charleston
W. Va
Jones
Glasscock
Kanawha
Hansford
Paint Creek Junction
Day in Congress Minutes on Memorial Services and Bills
Congress met at noon for joint memorial services for the late Vice President Sherman. The legislative steering committee advanced five bills for this session. House and Senate prepared to adjourn for eulogies to several late members including Wedeney, McHenry, Connel, and Nixon.
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House
Sherman
Senate
W. W. Wedeneyer
Michigan
D. T. McHenry
Pennsylvania
Richard Connel
New York
Nixon
Nevada
Madero Stands Firm as Mexico City Battles Rage On
In Mexico City fighting rages while the senate debates removing Madero. He refuses to resign, declaring he was elected by the people and will die before resigning. Ambassador Wilson narrowly escapes a rifle shot as U.S. censors tighten on dispatches amid the crisis.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Senate
Madero
Francisco de la Barra
Henry Lane Wilson
Republic
Congress
Porfirio Diaz
Huerta
Danger of a rupture not yet passed in Balkan imbroglio
London reports the Balkan crisis remains unsettled as Austrian Hungary and Russia fail to agree on Albania boundaries. Ambassadors show little progress and Montenegro seeks Russian backing with a bold ultimatum. Austria-Hungary insists Scutari stay part of Albania.
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London
Balkan
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Albania
Montenegro
Scutari
Austria-Hungary
Weather Summary for West Virginia and Virginia
Cloudy conditions expected in West Virginia with colder air in northern portions on Sunday and a return to fair weather on Monday. In Virginia, generally fair conditions anticipated Sunday and Monday with light to moderate temperatures and no significant precipitation.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Suffragettes Begin Long March Toward Washington
Burlington New Jersey February fifteenth suffrage marchers led by General Rosalie Jones hiked eight miles through mud and wind stopping in Burlington for the night. They plan to cross into Pennsylvania via Philadelphia late Sunday afternoon.
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Burlington
N. J
Delaware
Trenton
Pennsylvania
Washington
Rosalie Jones
Jersey
Philadelphia
Farewell Dinner for Joseph G Cannon Held Tonight
A large farewell dinner honored Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois with Chief Justice White and members of Congress among the guests. Plans anticipated about five hundred attendees in a program of tribute and friendship.
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Joe Washington
Taft
White
Congress
Pest
Joseph G. Cannon
Mlinois
Has
State to bear transport for Confederate veterans to Gettysburg
Albany February 15 Attorney General Carmody ruled that all Confederate veterans living in New York must be sent at state expense to the semi centennial at Gettysburg next July. He holds the term veterans in the law for transporting Civil War survivors includes both Union and Confederate soldiers.
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Albany
N. Y
Carmody
New York State
Gettysburg
Bill 70 Abolish Kanawha Court Moves to Table
In Charleston West Virginia the senate debated Senate Bill 220 to abolish Kanawha county's intermediate court tied to a grand jury bribery probe. The measure was tabled 15 to 9 after debate and Woman suffrage faced a near defeat in the House as Delegate Yost moved to postpone the vote to Monday.
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Yost
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Gray Silver
Kanawha County
Silver
Senaator England
Bland
Frefich
Peterkin
Monongahela
Friends of the Bill
Barrett and State Department Clash Over Mediation Plan
Washington on February 15 reports a clash between Director John Barrett of the Pan American Union and the State Department over Barretts mediation commission proposal to promote peace in Mexico The State Departments memo called the effort mischievous amateur politics and created an official stir alongside a protest from the American colony in Mexico City backed by Ambassador Wilson The Pan American Union is funded by the US and Latin American republics with each nation voting based on population in director selection
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Washington
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
State Department
Barrett
Mexico
Mexico City
Wilson
United States
South and
Central America
Hach
Five Officers Drowned When Steamer Collides in Fog
Five officers of the steamer Christiania drowned when the vessel sank after a collision with the steamer Galata in dense fog off Borkum. Nineteen sailors and stokers escaped in lifeboats as the officers remained aboard the vessel.
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Shep
Hamburg
Germany
Christiania
Galata
Borkum
Maine Remembered Memorial Services Held in Havana
Memorial services attended by many members of the American colony in Havana were held today to observe the fifteenth anniversary of the destruction of the United States battleship Maine in Havana harbor.
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Havana
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Bluefield to White Sulphur Springs Highway Planned
A Bristol to Bluefield convention evolved into the Bluefield to White Sulphur Springs Highway Association in Bluefield. The group, attended by Mercer and adjacent counties, aims to build a continuous macadam road from Bluefield through Princeton Athens Hinton Union to White Sulphur Springs and to raise funds for surveys and construction with federal aid sought.
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Bluefield
Bristol-to- Bluefield Highway Association
Mercer County
Chamber of Commerce
Wit A. French
Mercer County Court
C. T. Boykin
Princeton
Athens
Hinton
Summers County
Union
White Sulphur Springs
Grenbrier County
Association
J. T. Thornton
Mercer
Earnest A. Bivens
Ada
McDown
L. E. Tierney
Powhatan
Summers
James Henry Miller
Monroe
A. C. Wiley
Greenprier
John W. Arbuckle
Lewisburg
Thornton
Boykin
McDowell
Greenbrier
West Virginia
Blinefield
Welch
Oakvale
Glen Lynn
Giles County
Westype
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Crozier
Army War College
Cannon
White House
Dark Horse
Elkins
Hubbard Tear
Edwards
Mother Jones
de la Barra
Cabinet
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