09 Mar 1914
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1914
Page
1
Washington reacts to Texas Rangers crossing the border and removing a body as reports hint at treason against Governor Colquitt. Experts expect a Huerta denial and a possible US reaction while officials await statements. The incident sparks fear of wider conflict and political pressure in Washington.
General Villa will not execute Luis Terrazas Jr. for nonpayment of ransom. Telegrams via General Carranza say executing him would be barbarous and harm the Constitutionalists' cause. The Terrazas estate and palace in Chihuahua are tied to the case amid Mexican political tensions.
Sylvia Pankhurst and nine others were taken into custody after a suffrage riot. Miss Zelie Emerson faces deportation as authorities move to quell demonstrations and secure public order.
In London on March 8 militants led by Sylvia Pankhurst clashed with police amid heavy rain in Trafalgar Square. Seven women and three men were arrested including Miss Pankhurst and Miss Zeke Emerson of Jackson Michigan. The Home Secretary denied plans to expel Emerson but warned action if she offenses again.
Dr W B Harbour disappeared after reportedly planning a trip from Cincinnati to Harrison Ohio. An from Milwaukee doctors notes a February 23 letter but no further trace exists. Hotel registers in Cincinnati yielded no clues and searches extend over days.
Texas Rangers crossed into Mexico at night to exhume Clemente Vergara, an American rancher killed by Mexican federals, and brought the body to Laredo. Governor Colquitt defended the raid as not an invasion, saying the mission aimed to learn death details.
Representative Frank B. Willis is flooded with letters and telegrams from Ohio supporters calling him the next Republican governor. He accepts invitations to speak but plans to stay in Washington while Congress is in session, saying he would not abandon his constituents for a campaign.
A fragment from a historical page notes a tale involving a count, a Kaiser figure, a fair maid, and a pauper, hinting at class contrasts and service roles within a noble setting.
Special dispatch reports Carl Coler, who asserted he was the son of Emperor William I, died in Chicago after six years of asserting royal blood. A Crown Prince reply and Bethke's account connect the claim to a Rhine count's servant girl. Coler sought royal funds until his death in the county hospital.
In Ekaterinoslav Russia March 8 twenty four men were killed when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine. The blast followed a miner lighting a cigarette with a safety lamp in a gas filled chamber.
Thieves gained entry via skylight from an adjoining building using a rope ladder and looted the S S Kresge five and ten store on Main Street. The entire Saturday receipts are believed stolen as vandals wrecked the office and safe, tearing plaster and breaking furniture. A rear door was left unlocked on discovery by Merchant Policeman George Leussing after rounds.
William Marconi reached Syracuse aboard the battleship Regina Elena today and was welcomed by the Duke of the Abruzzi who hosted a dinner in his honor. He plans ten days aboard the ship to conduct wireless telephony experiments with Mediterranean points.
Julian Hatton aged 16 from Proctorsville Lawrence County was asphyxiated in a Delaware Ohio boarding house bathroom today. He was a junior at Delaware High School and his father was en route to visit when news of the death reached him.
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