US protests Mexico over anti American remarks by Azcona
Washington reports a protest will be made to Mexico concerning alleged anti American declarations by Juan Azcona private secretary to President Madero Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City was asked to verify authenticity and whether authorized to warn that such remarks by officials could fuel hostility toward Americans in Mexico. Juarez port closure there is no command to enforce it and supplies continue as rebels cut import duties by half to fund actions against Chihuahua and Mexico City. A work train will depart Juarez for repairs and Gomez will come to Juarez in a few days.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Juan Sanches Ageona
Madero
Wilson
Mexico City
State Department
Azcona
Juarez
el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Juares
Gomez Will Hante
Leader
Wyoming Tribune
First Chinaman and Negress Marry in Denver
Yee Sing Kee and Mia Anna Garth wed in Denver’s courthouse the first mixed race couple to marry since the license book opened. They plan to run a Pueblo restaurant. Kee, a chef, moves with Mia who previously divorced Garth for non support.
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Denver
Colo
Yee Sing Kee
Mia
Anna Garth
Ellis B. Thrush
Kee
Pueblo
Garth
Canon City
Americans Reach Velardena Safe After Delays
Fifty three Americans bottled up at Velardena for several days are safe, reports to President Madero by the commander of federal troops who reached there today state. Francisco De La Barra, former provisional president of Mexico, arrived in Paris from Switzerland and declined the post of ambassador to France, planning to return to Mexico to practice law.
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Mexico City
Velardena
Madero
Paris
Francisco de la Barra
Mexico
Switzerland
France
Go mez Refuses Juarez Provisional Presidency Claim
Go mez says he will not travel to Juarez to assume Mexico's provisional presidency. He stresses he has not sought to direct Vasquist operations and is only linked to the revolution by name. General Duncan warns Americans at Presidio Texas of possible danger if Ojiniga fighting spreads.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gomez
Juarez
Mexico
Presidio
Ojiniga Mexico
Duncan
Department of Texas
Hunger of Children Used as Leverage by Textile Trust
Special correspondence details how a textile trust exploits starving children to pressure workers to end their strike. Charitable groups in Lawrence arrange private-housing care for hundreds of children to deter strikers, with some sent to New York Boston and Philadelphia. The tactic boosts worker resolve despite pain.
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Washington
On Trust
el Fo Lawrence
Lawrence
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Dastardly Methods of Wyoming Tribune Exposed
An editorial attacks the Wyoming Tribune’s tactics and accuses it of underhanded attempts to steal advertising business from the Leader. It cites a letter to a Cheyenne advertiser as proof and challenges readers to judge honesty and integrity in press competition.
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Wyoming
Tribune
Arief
Cheyenne
Wyoming Tribune
Dally
Beml-Weekly
The
Voorhees Rubber Co
Chicago
Buechner Jewelry Co
Strike Nears One Million Coal Miners
London Feb 29 Upwards of three quarters of a million coal miners had stopped work by 2 pm and more expected to join, risking a nationwide idling of over a million minds as talks continue. Prime Minister Asquith proposes a minimum wage with guard provisions to ease the deadlock, while miners and owners bargain at the foreign office and cabinet.
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London
Asquith
Tradoa
George Asquith
Board of Trade
General Labor
Bose of Commons
Foreign Office
Adequith
Bath Tub Trust Men Are Turned Loose
Detroit jurist United Staten Judge Angell acquits seven defendants charged with conspiracy in restraint of trade in the bath tub trust case. Remaining defendants signaled willingness to drop the case and sue.
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Detroit, Mich
United Staten
Angell
House approves China goodwill resolution
The house by unanimous consent adopted Regent Subeer's resolution congratulating the people of China on assuming the responsibilities of government.
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China
Dani Washington
Mutiny in Peking as Yuan Shi Kai forces attack city
In Peking on March 1 mutinous Yuan Shi Kai troops looted homes and burned districts from the forbidden city to Yuan’s residence. Fires burned over a wide area as foreigners and Americans took refuge. Willard D. Straight and his wife moved valuables from their legation compound amid shelling.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Legation
Legations
Yuan
Nanking
Forbidden City
Foreign Chinese Board
Willard D. Straight
Mukden
Mutinous Troops Depart Peking as Pay Cuts Spark Revolt
Peking reports show mutiny by troops followed by their departure after orders to cut off pay. Yuan Shi Kai and Nanking delegates claim no fortifications were harmed. London dispatch notes mutiny tied to pay reduction and failing rations, with conflicting accounts.
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London
Daily Mafia
Peking
Pigfaila
Tragic Train Fatalities Near Green River
A man and woman, believed husband and wife, were killed by a swift passenger train near Mulroonys Cut six miles west of Green River. The westbound freight and eastbound passenger trains converged on the curve, striking the couple who had moved to the other track. Life was extinct at the scene. Letters and a postal card identified two recipients in California. The pair, cooks by trade, had left two valises for shipment and planned to seek work in Idaho. The coroner took the bodies. a railroad inquiry issued a verdict after February 20, 1942.
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Union Pacific
Green River
Mulroney
No. Ten
Roland Rameey
San Diego
Calif
Dertha Sherman
Teralto
Sam Diego County
Grainger
G. M. van Iforn
Idaho
Railroad Company
Wyo
G. M. van Horn
Douglas Good Roads Convention Draws Local Interest
A Cheyenne crowd gathered at the Laramie County Good Roads association meeting in the county court house. President Emery led and outlined the group’s work, praised the Douglas convention, and urged strong Cheyenne representation. The secretary reported eighty-seven members, receipts of 219 dollars with 81.85 on hand after expenses, 106.35 spent on advertising and postage, and noted the incorporation paper filing. Volunteers to travel to Douglas included Dike Dine, Paul Karker, David Nimmel, Wilmerny, Dan Barkedale, Birn Sage, and Dr Barber, with more to join. Cheyenne–Douglas trains depart at 1:10, arrival 1:30, with a special one and one third fare rate noted.
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Court House
Laramie
Metimery
Douglas
Theu
PFBR
Dikedine
Paul Karker
David Nimmel
Wimnery
Dan Barkedale
Birn Sage
Dr. Barber
Bint
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Chihauhuu
Chinaman
Negress
Colorado
de la Barra
Textile Trust
W. C. Deming
Tribune Pub
J. H. Wallon
Business Mer. and Secy
Adv
Onu
Pekin
Yuan Siu Kai
Douglas Good Roads Convention
Laramie County Association
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