Warships and 21000 Men Rally to Force Flag Salute
President Wilson orders a massive Atlantic fleet deployment to Mexican waters to compel Huerta's government to salute the American flag in response to the Tampico incident. The force will off Tampico include 46 warships and about 21000 men, the largest U.S. action since the Spanish American War.
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Wilson
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Stara and Stripes
Huerta
Tampico
United States
Mayo
Bryan
John Lind
Mexico
Shane
Lapu
Daniels
White House
State Department
Navy Department
Badger
Arkansas
Hampton Roads
Fiske
Bureau of Operations
Americans Leave Rome Amid Big Strike Threat
Rome April 14 trains out of the city were crowded as fears grew that 115000 railroad workers might strike tomorrow. About 600 American visitors departed northward while authorities hoped the strike could still be averted. A railway parliament of native tradesmen met to discuss conditions with the director general. The wage demand cited is 60 vente a day.
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North
Photograph Captures Tragic Electrocution on Trestle
In Pan Quicago on April 14 Bernard Walen ge, 17, climbed a trestle 145 feet high and touched a live wire, dying instantly. His friend Walter Bagack watched below and snapped a photo of the fall, capturing the moment in midair.
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Bernard Walenge
Walter Bagack
Walenge
Shell Burst Destroys Phoenix Arsenal Shrapnel Workroom
Philadelphia April 14 One workman was probably fatally injured five others badly burned and 1200 women employed in cartridge manufacture were panic struck by a shell bursting in the shrapnel department of the United States Arsenal at Philadelphia.
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United Bates Arsenal
Dillon Wins Heavyweight Title Bout in 12 Rounds
Indianapolis boxer Jack Dillon defeats Battling Levinaky of New York in a 12 round decision to claim the heavyweight championship title on April 14 in Dillon.
Margaret Wilson Active in Civic Betterment Work
Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daughter of the president, has shifted from vocal culture to civic matters. She presided at a White House meeting with 66 civic organizations on recreational topics and spoke on use of school plants, pools, and related issues.
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White House
National Capital
Society For the Prevention of
Wilson
Congressional Libra
Trial of Tom Tehara Ends With Second Degree Murder Verdict
In Wheatland the state trial of Tom Tehara for the murder of W. W. Rowley at a Guernsey saloon lasted ten hours. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree at 9:15 p.m. and Judge Mentzer sentenced him to 25 to 40 years in the state penitentiary.
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W. W. Rowley
Guernsey
Rowley
C. L. Rigdon
Platte County
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Tehara
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Nicka Ta
Teddy Olcott
Hartville
Olcott
Henry Webb
J. B. Hunton
Seasion
Jepperson Memorial Proposal In Congress
In Washington on April 14 the Jefferson birthday was marked as Rep Clark of Florida proposed forming a commission to plan a Jefferson birthplace memorial at Old Shadwell Virginia with President Wilson Chief Justice White and Speaker Clark named to the panel. Rep Johnson of Kentucky blocked action citing other business pending.
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Wilson
White
Jefferson
Old Shadwell
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Kentucky
Thaw Case Moves Toward Supreme Court
Harry Kendall Thaw wins a habeas corpus petition in New Hampshire with Judge Edgar Aldrich ordering custody temporarily while the case goes to the U S Supreme Court on appeal. The bail issue remains for the high court to decide as legal maneuvering continues.
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Edgar Aldrich
United States District Court Tody
United States Supreme Court
Thaw
Ball
States District Court
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
William T. Jerome
Aldrich
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Mateter
New York State
Matteawan
Bullets of Family Tragedy Mark Michigan Fray
In Houghton Michigan Vivetor Maki aged 90 killed his brother John aged 28 in Painsdale after a seven year split. The men clashed when John taunted Victor on temperance and Victor fired, shooting through the ceiling before mortally wounding John in the heart.
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Houghton, Mich
Vivetor Maki
John
Painsdale
Victor
Two New Congressmen Chosen in Special Elections
Last week special elections produced two new members of Congress. The victors fill vacancies, reshaping committee balance and signaling party dynamics in the interim period before the next regular session.
President's Daughter to Wed McAdoo's Son in White House Tie
A 24 year old bride elect, daughter of the U S president, and a 50 year old cabinet member fiance are the social center of Washington. Miss Wilson, tall and dark, enjoys society, sports, languages, and painting. she is close to her fiance and his daughter. The couple has social prominence and will, likely, wed in early summer.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdge
Miss Wilson
Chevy Chase Club
Mise Non
McAdoo
White House
No Relatives Attend Gyp the Blood's Funeral in New York
The body of Harry Horowits known as Gyp the Blood was carried in a plain poplar coffin to Zion Cemetery at Maspeth without mourners or a coffin fitting, as a throng of 600 onlookers and police kept back the crowd while the hearse moved from 208 Lenox Avenue to the grave.
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Sanuel Rothschild
Lenox Avenue
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Horoewite
May 1920 Wedding Rumor Ties to McAdoo
Washington dispatch notes May wedding rumors tying President Wilson’s secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo to Hana Wilson, daughter of Mel Wilson, with date theories of May 8 or May 13, amid hootings about May bride superstitions.
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Washington
Minshana Wilson
Mel
Wilson
British explorer Younghusband to tour America
Colonel Siries Edward Younghusband, first white man to lead a urtioary force in Lhassa, will tour the United States for six weeks starting from April. He aims to meet President Wilson, call on officials, and is set for lectures in Boston and Carnegie Hall after visiting Washington, San Francisco, and other major cities.
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Siries Edward Younghusband
Lhassa
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Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
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Fifth Avenue
Washington
Boston
Carnegie Hall
Johnson Granted New Trial in White Slave Case
Jack Johnson was granted a new trial by the United States appellate court on one count of the Mann white slave law. He was convicted and is serving one year in prison with a $1000 fine for transporting Belle Schreiber from Pittsburgh to Chicago for immoral purposes. The court found no proven commercial interest in the women’s activities. Johnson left Chicago secretly nearly a year ago and has been in Paris since.
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Jack Johnson
United States Appelate Court
Johnson
Belle Schreiber
Pittsburg
Paris
Duellists Face Possible Prosecution in Chicago
Two Chicago newspaper men, Christian Botker editor of the Revyen and Edward Meterson correspondent of the Chicago Posten, fought a bloodless revolver duel near Riverside Park. Investigations may yield indictments under the minors criminal code, with penalties up to five years and a fine up to 8000.
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Labgetments
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Revyen
Edward Meterson
Chicago-Posten
Minneapolis
Gunboat Smith to Box 20 Rounds in London Bout
Gunboat Smith and Georges Carpenteer have been paired for a twenty round match in London announced by Jim Buckley. They likely fight June 28 with a purse of 625000 to be split between contenders. Hilth is in theatre. Markley plans to depart for New York after the week and a heavyweight bout with Battling Levinsky in May is slated.
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Smith
Georges Carpetetier
London
Jim Buckley
Buckley
Hilth Ia
Markley
New York
Battling Levinsky
Weather Forecast Momentum For Washington State
Washington area forecast for April calls for fair conditions around the state with occasional rain and colder air in the northwest portion. Light winds expected and temperature swings possible through the day with no major storms anticipated.
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Disease Germs as Weapon If War Comes
Baptist missionary Rev. J. R. Cheavens warns of Mexicans stirring hatred and outlines a poster plan by Francisco Naranjo to deter U S intervention. The six proposed steps include nationalizing property, executing traitors, exiling Americans, invading U S territory, spreading deadly diseases, and burning usable resources.
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Huerta
Francisco Naranjo
General Naranjo
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Coahullo
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Mexico
United States
Mexican
Frontiera
Merle O
Democrats Banquet Draws Statewide Figures In Wyoming
The Converge county Democratic club holds its first banquet at the LaBonte hotel in Douglas with prominent Democrats from across the state expected to speak. Speakers include Willian B. Rows on Railway Commission and John D. Clank on One Year of Democratic Rule, among others.
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Douglas
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Railway Commission
Willian B. Rows
John D. Clank
Corporation
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Soma
Theda
Frank DL. Houx
John Charles Thompson
G. Hopking
Newspaper In Politics
Alex Hiaatle
Missouri Women to Press for Shackleford Bill in Washington
A Missouri women’s delegation will travel to Washington to urge passage of the Shackleford good folds bill. Elizabeth Gentry, chair of the cards committee of the D A R, says women from other states will join the effort and the D A R road committee plans to lobby during its Washington congress starting April 30.
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Missouri
Washington
Senate
Elizabeth Gentry
Tts
National Congress
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