Provisional Huerta Flags More Active Campaign Against Rebels
Provisional President Huerta ordered division chiefs and state governors to pursue a more active campaign against rebels and protect noncombatants. In Brownsville Texas six hundred thousand rounds of ammunition were shipped to Matamoros, first large export since the embargo was lifted.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Mexico
Brenner Dies After Radium Cancer Battle
Congressman Robert Brenner of New Jersey and Passaic Herald editor died in Baltimore at age, after a four year cancer battle. Despite trials by physicians in the U.S. and Europe, he persisted with radium treatment costing about one hundred thousand dollars and hoped to return to Congress to push for a government radium institute. He was a close friend of President Wilson.
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Baltimore
Brenner
New Jersey
Passaic
Navy Tug Potomac 5 Still Missing
Washington February 9 The revenue cutter Androscoggan was ordered to search the Maine coast for the navy tug Potomac lost in ice Thursday after going to the rescue of two fishing schooners. Alarm is felt for the Potomac crew of thirty six.
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Associated Press
Washington
Androscoggan
Maine
Potomac
Zamor Forms Haitian Cabinet After Election Victory
Gen Oreste Zamor announced his cabinet today in Port au Prince after being elected president by the Haitian Congress. J N Leger was named Minister of Foreign Affairs as part of the new administration.
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Associated Press
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Oreste Zamor
J. N. Leger
Raine Arrested After Mercantile Bank Defalcations
Memphis bankers report bench warrant for C. H. Raine president of Mercantile Bank after alleged defalcations totaling between $700,000 and $1,000,000. Clearing House says no other banks affected. Raine pleaded guilty, refused $250,000 bond, and is jailed in county custody.
Doors of Monroe jammed by liner collision
Divers from the sunken liner Monroe report no bodies recovered due to the force of the collision jamming the timbers and doors of starboard rooms so tightly their axes were useless, explosives will be needed to open them.
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Norfolk
Monroe
Panama Canal toll exemption plank labeled unwise by Wilson
President Wilson criticized the Democratic National platform for proposing exemption of American coastwise ships from Panama Canal tolls as unwise. He said platform items should focus on domestic policy and avoid foreign relations, noting only England protested the exemptions.
Texas Surpasses All States in 1913 Crop Value
The Department of Agriculture reports Texas led all states in crop values for 1913 reaching about 400 million dollars. The article notes the world wheat supply exceeding 4 billion bushels for the first time last year.
Maledictions Rise as Embargo on Arms Shocks Mexico City
Mexican papers attack President Wilson while declaring the embargo on arms. Mexico City doubles patrols but shows no hostility to American residents. New Orleans reports mass packing of arms bound for Northern Mexico and officials warn border agents to avoid arrests while enforcing neutrality laws.
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Iece
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Texas bankers push for regional bank center in Dallas debate
A hearing opened in Austin on the location of a regional reserve bank with Secretary McAdoo and Secretary Houston attending. Dallas bankers claimed Texas should host the bank with Dallas as the center while Fort Worth argued its rail links and advantages. Other Texas cities are heard this afternoon.
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Wooldridge
Col. E. M
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
R. D. Cage
Federal amendment aims to bar divorce with right to remarry
Senator Ransdell proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit divorce and preserve the right to remarry, seeking uniform state marriage laws and allowing separation without remarriage. He cited a 319 percent rise in divorces over the past forty years.
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United States Senate
Ransdell
A and M Experts at Corn Show Dallas National Exposition
Nineteen A and M College and Texas experiment station experts will staff exhibit booths at the National Corn Exposition in Dallas. Two specialists will attend daily from 10:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 5:00, ready to answer questions and lecture on topics vital to farmers and stockmen. The A and M exhibit is described as unusually elaborate and well prepared.
Army aviator dies in plunge after engine explosion
Lieutenant H. B. Post, an Army aviator, was killed near San Diego when his aircraft engine exploded, causing the plane to plunge 500 feet. The report from February 9 notes the fatal accident and the associated details.
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San Diego
Cal
H. B. Post
Pleasanton Opens New Bakery Feeding Local Demand
Pleasanton reports the new bakery is now operating and drawing steady business, filling a long felt want for fresh goods in the city. The shop emphasizes up-to-date equipment and quality baked products.
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Pleasanton
Texas Katy must spend six million on Texas betterments
An agreed judgment severs the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad of Texas from its Kansas counterpart. The Texas Katy is allowed to consolidate under a 1933 act, and must spend 6 million on Texas betterments and extensions in six years plus 2 million for flood repairs. Kansas Katy transfers Texas Katy stock to a trustee for Kansas stockholders. The deal affects nine Texas lines.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Kansas
Texas Katy
Katy of
H. E. Hildebrand
San Antonio
Central Trust Company of
New York
Kansas Company
Rescued Crew From Foundered Steamer Benedict
Norfolk Virginia February 6 Life savers today rescued the crew of the steamer Benedict ashore south of Cape Henry in breeches buoys as rough seas barred lifeboats.
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Norfolk
Benedict
Cape Henry
Panama Official Suspended Over Irregularities
Panama City February 9 Associated Press reports Colonel Goethals chairman of the Panama Commission suspended John Burke manager of the commissary department amid alleged irregularities.
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Panama
Colonel Goethals
Panama Commission
John Burke
Commissary Department
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