Fire roars through Dowling’s in Times Square blaze
A late night fire at Dowling’s saloon and Lyric Motel in the Times Square area sent guests fleeing. Firemen rescued occupants from windows on the Times Square front while three people were guided to the street from the theater roof. Loss estimated at $10,000.
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Amer
New York
Broadway
Times Square
Walia
Porty-second Street
Claridge
Hatbax
Bhanney
Dick Neg
Kid Griffe
Murray
Ted Theater “Employea
Hammerstein
Andycoutiless
Prepare for New Battle by Torreon
El Paso February report notes Federal forces sending detachments toward Torreon to relieve a garrison under Huerta. General Villa remains at Duarez as preparations build for an attack, with 25 000 dollars of rebel food shipments sent south and arrests brewing over smuggling.
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el Paso
Texas
Torreon
Casto
Ae Genoa Fiaregia
Fildalgo
Huerta
Saltilio
Cleneral Villa
Duarez
el Pass
Villa
Almeran
Vic2
Salazar
Ojinaga
United States District Court
Maria i Tevas
Pancho Villa
Tchee
Colwuitt
Chihuahina
Tom Fountain
Parral
Mexico
Reports of War Butchery Sent In Special Message
Dispatches claim rebels massacred a northern garrison of about 50 in Concolacion and killed or butchered others after decisive fighting. Documents found at a mission implicate many more rebels while Generals Arinre Riverer and Fedéral command northward forces. Creelman of New York visits Judge Wilfley. his mission status unclear.
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Mexico
Ames
Creelman
New York
L. RB. Swilfley
Nelson
Friends of Diaz Released After Plot Charge
Jose Requena and Pedro Del Villar, allies of General Felix Diaz, were freed after being arrested on plot against the government. Arrieta, a rebel leader at Durango, warned that suspected federal supporters will be killed. The government plans a new agriculture department with Eduardo Tamariz as secretary.
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Mexico City
Jose Requena
Pedro del Villar
Felix Diaz
Npg
Arrieta
Durango
Department of Agriculture
Eduardo Tamariz
Former Governor Freed After-Huerta Plot Arrest Claims Innocence
Former Vera Cruz governor arrested days ago for conspiring against President Huerta proves innocence. He leaves Mexico City in a private car provided by Huerta and heads home.
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Americas
Vera Cruz
Senor Dehesa
Mexico City
Huerta
Bride Forgives Husband After Arrest Warrant Issued
Philadelphia report states Mrs. Frank Howard a three month bride cried in city hall police court after detectives escorted her husband to answer to a warrant. She had read a New York hotel incident involving a man of the same name and a woman who died by suicide.
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Philadelphia
Frank
Howard
Scanlin
Kingsley
City Hall
Arch Street
New York
Friends
Fight at Covington saloon ends without arrests
A brawl broke out in front of Cody's saloon at Third and Scott streets Covington after a saloonkeeper refused to serve an intoxicated party allegedly from Cincinnati. Several men from Cincinnati were rumored to be involved but no arrests were reported.
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Cody
Third
Scott Streets
Covington
Cincinnati
City 10 Begins Canal Project Work Amid Water Rights Debate
City 10 plans a canal based water supply after abandoning the river plant. Clifton Springs Distillery and Union Gas react to possible city takeover, weighing conduit options and rate negotiations. Water rights and rentals for local firms are outlined as the Johnson bill looms.
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Nettman
Clifton Springs Distilling Company
W. W. Freeman
Union Gas and Electric Company
The
Clifton Springs Distillery
Mohawk Meat Company
Haffner Brothers Company
Chatfield , Manufacturing Company
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Richardson Paper Company
Cincinnati Ice Company
H. F. Cellarius
Clifton Spy Distilling Company
Parcel Post Baby Transport Provokes Somber Advice
A Sharpsville woman sent her five year old by parcel post to a relative in Bharon at four and a half cents postage. The article questions safety and ethics of mailing children and suggests choosing mail carriers with children and proper care, even proposing stamp costs indicate if extra attention is paid.
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Sharpsville
Bharon
Martha’ Davie
James Rural
Near Ile
Martha
Mr. Byerly
Alcohol and death rates among foreigners and natives
A foreign born Yankee article cites 1910 Department of Commerce data showing overall deaths with alcohol as a cause at under one percent. It notes U S natives die from drinking more than foreigners, with women especially less affected. Germans Irish Italians and others show varying small shares, but Italian deaths among women are minimal.
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Department of Commerce
United States
América
Trish
Malian
Yemen
Jiajian
Oath pamphlet case ends with guilty pleas in libel
Charles Megenigel and C H Stage pleaded guilty to libel and conspiracy charges over spring circulars claiming an oath by the Knights of Columbian. Sentences suspended after counsel for the order urged leniency. Supreme Knight James Minherty indicated possible prosecution after extensive distribution. The pamphlet described a dramatic oath in theological terms.
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Americas
Philadelphia
Charles Megenigel
Abe
Brown Street
Knights of Columbian
H. Stage
Forty-second Street
Lancaster Avenue
Joséph
Gaffney
Order
Witte
James A. Minherty
Ean
Labor seeks exemption in Sherman Law opposition rises
Special to The American. labor plans to extend efforts to all districts to win an exemption for labor unions and farmers from Sherman antitrust prosecutions. Administration leaders warn a veto if any pending bill includes the exemption. Hearings continue on the administration anti trust bill as labor opposition moves on committees. In the last Congress the House adopted a sundry civil bill amendment barring enforcement against labor and farmer groups. Taft vetoed, Wilson approved.
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United States
Democratic Congress
White House
Judiciary Committee
Inez Congress
Democratic House
Taft
Wilson
Never Bitten Hydrophobia Victim Faces Uncertain Fate
The American reports Miss Brown a girl afflicted with a mysterious hydrophobia condition. Physicians say her state is unchanged and nourishment cannot be given as water triggers convulsions. Dr James Crowe notes the girl’s brother died 11 years earlier from a similar attack after a dog bite, though she recalls no bite.
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Brown
James Crowe
Ministerial Friend On Visit Excerpt Teases Morning Mood
On a visit a speaker notes a child asking what makes a mother so happy. A family scene unfolds with a mother singing around the house while Mary anticipates a possible scolding for papa when he returns.
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Harper’s Magazine
Not Por Her
Miss Plack warns that a gemman friend said the play would make her hair curl, and she already has trouble with that. Mr. Darke questions why not while the pair discuss theater plans.
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Darke
Night Airship Prize Offer Hailed By Exposition
The Daily Mail comments on Panama Pacific Exposition prize offers for an airship. The piece notes worldwide interest in airship achievements and praises ongoing efforts to develop and exhibit aerial craft.
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London
The
Daily Mail
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