Military officials frame Texas troop presence as anti insurgent measure
Colonel Manuel Tamborel at Juarez says Americans have not been shot and will receive fair trials though foreigners may face different treatment. He retracted an initial claim of 40 captured foreigners and notes no American names have been received. About 600 Americans are said to be fighting with insurrectos led by Captain Oscear G Creighton, who targets rail bridges. Government orders halt crossing into Mexico from El Paso as insurgents concentrate northward toward Juarez near Casas Grandes, with Madero rallying 3000 insurgents and advancing toward Orozco with 800 men.
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Manuel Tamborel
Juarez
Cuellar
Mexico City
Tamborel
United States
Oscare G. Creighton
el Paso
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Mobilization at Fort Sam Houston Driven by Japan Threat
Special dispatch reports Fort Sam Houston near 20 000 strong as officers cite Japan as the motive for mobilization. Fifteen regulars say Japan as the reason while authorities stockpile ammunition and equipment for accelerated movement, with 20 000 troops on a potential war footing within 24 hours.
Diaz Promises to Parcel Big Estates for Public Benefit
President Diaz told Metztitlan Hidalgo agriculturists that large estates would be divided among small owners after the rebellion ends and losses are recouped. The plan envisions government purchase and sale to natives on instalment terms over 10 to 15 years, with method of purchase not specified. The meeting also addressed an irrigation company dispute over holdings.
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Diaz
Mexico City
Limantour
Paris
Republic
Metzotitlan
Hidalgo
Heraldo
Manuel Ortiz
Metztitlan
Developments of a Day in Mexican Situation
Army officers blame Japan for mobilization and warn US peace is menaced. Mexico holds $875,708,925 in foreign gold with $338,001,977 from the United States. 20,000 San Antonio troops issued 100 rounds each. Diaz pledges land reforms after rebellion ends and predicts quick peace. General Reyes says revolt cannot last two months. frontier neutrality and US troops curb rebel aid. Diaz doubts alliance with Japan and cites US goodwill toward Mexico.
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Japan
Mexico
United States
Tepic
Magdalena Bay
Sinalo
San Antonio
Juarez
Diaz
General Reyes
Army Aviator Sets Precision Landing Record in Trial Flight
San Antonio March 15 Parmalee and Foulois army aviators made two brief flights in a stiff breeze. Parmalee descended within five inches of his starting point in a test of landing accuracy.
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San Antonio
Tex
Parmalee
Foulois
Arrest in Texas Highlights Secret Service Silence
Frederico Chicon, an American, was arrested in Fagle Pass Texas for unlawful possession of a revolver. A card claiming he is a secret service officer failed to secure his release as he remained in custody. The sheriff’s department made the arrest amid concerns over Mexican troubles.
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Fagle Pass
Texas
Frederico Chicon
Chicon
Secret Service
Luther T. Bhusworth
Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz
Sheriff's Department
Roosevelt Announces U S Demand for Mexico Prosperity and Freedom
At a Telrey Club breakfast in El Paso on March 15 President Theodore Roosevelt declares that all the United States demands of Mexico are order justice and independence. He says American interests align with the prosperity and autonomy of neighboring western hemisphere nations and urges Canada and others to pursue these principles.
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EL Paso
Texas
United States
Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Teltey Club
Canada
St. Mary’s of the Assumption
Linden Street
Brookline
Katherine McCarthy
Otis Street
St. Ann's Church
Medford
Thurston Streets
Lynn
Goughlin
Ellen
William Coughlin
Union Park Street
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Calvary Cemetery
Donoghue
Boston
Cornelius
Johanna Donoghue
Myron
Maverick Street
Church of the
Meet V Holy Redeemers
Longshoremen's Union and
Holy Name Society
California
Huff
Somerville
Emery Wilbur
Wilbur S
Madge H. Huff
Bartlett Street
Woodlawn
Biddeford
Hunt
Ida Sanborn
Herbert W. Hunt
Rogers Avenue
West Somerville
Dedham
Mass
Kurtz
Humboldt Avenue
Roxbury
Gustavus
EB Kurtz
Nevns
Lucinda W. Netis
Crocker
Church Street
Norton
John H
Thomas and
Fannie Norton
Cambridge
Mary Mannix
Franklin Street
Everett Lodge
B. P O’connor
Patrick O'Connor
Boston Plasterers’ Union 10
Paris Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Spaulding
Helen L
Charles Spaulding
W. H. Graham
Washington Street
Washington
Stoughton
Benjamin F. Washington
Floristuneral
Wayne
Lat Everett
Henry Wayne
Main Street
Pers
Eagles
Bartenders’ Union
End of Rebellion Foreseen as Reyes Predicts Peace
General Bernardo Reyes, former Mexican war secretary, reports that peace is near in Mexico within two months now that American troops are on the scene. Reyes spoke after arriving in Rome via Paris where he completed part of his mission as a Mexican official.
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Reyes
Mexico
Rome
Bernardo Reyes
Paris
Woburn Boys Captured by Mexican Rebels Near Fort Bliss
John Marrinan and Robert Beaton two Woburn High School graduates serving as instructors at the El Paso Military Institute were captured by insurgents while trying to photograph rebel camps. They spent about an hour in custody, were treated well and fed tobacco, then released. No word has reached their parents in Woburn since the letter dated February 12, 1911.
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Woburn
John Marrinan
Robert Beaton
Woburn High School
Wesleyan Academy
Texas
el Paso Military Institute
Fort Bliss
Insurrectos
James Marrinan
Winn Street
Beaton
New Officers Elected at Boston Boot and Shoe Club Meeting
The Boston Boot and Shoe Club at the Hotel Somerset elected Alfred W. Donovan as president and installed new officers including Elisha W. Cobb and William L. Ratcliffe as vice presidents. The executive committee lists Milton H. French and others from Boston Campello and Brockton. Hon. Samuel J. Elder spoke on his Panama and West Indies trip.
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Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Hotel Somerset
Samuel J. Elder
United States
Charles C. Hoyt
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Preston Keith
Brockton
George S. Smith
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Alfred
Campello
Lyndon V. Grover
Lynn
John F. Kincaid
Everett
Frederick G. King
Boston
H. E. Stayrton
Manchester
N. H
John H. Maguire
Haverhill
Zenas Sears, Jr
William Ll. Terhune
Panama
West Indies
T. F. Anderson
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