Priests Exiled as Mexico City Enclaves Shut
Refugees arriving in New Orleans from Vera Cruz report Mexico City churches and institutions closed or looted. Archbishop Mora and priests describe mass expulsions, robberies, and prison outbreaks. Survivors seek safety with nuns at Ursuline Convent. prisoners held for ransom.
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New Orleans
Texas
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Jose Mora del Rio
Mexico
Mgr. Mora
Raynoso
Incretaro
Father Villegas
Cathedral of
Felix Lacunas
Belem
Alarm for Mexico City as Obregon Prepares to Withdraw
Foreigners and the better class of natives in Mexico City face grave danger from starving mobs as Gen Obregon plans to withdraw troops and cut water supply after the city submitted to Zapata. Vera Cruz reports mention spreading smallpox and bread shortages with shops closed and mass unemployment. US diplomats urge action while Wilson’s policy remains unchanged.
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Washington
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
State Department
Obregon
Zapata
Bryan
United States
Wilson
Wilson says war unlikely in current world tensions
President Wilson expressed confidence the United States will not be drawn into war over international or Mexican tensions. A legislative update from Albany shows a Senate vote 35 to 7 approving an emergency repeal of a law barring aliens from public works. London reports La Touraine arriving at Havre after extinguishing a vessel fire. New York says no foundation for a dash by German steamships lacking clearance. Dudley Field Matone notes ample force to prevent such moves. Washington notes the Joint Committee on rural credit in Congress organized with Rep Glass as chairman.
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United States
Wilson
Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Senate
London
Lloyds
Havre
la Touraine
New York
Dudley Field Matone
Joint Committee of Congress
Representative Glass
Virginia
Congress Ends Longest Session in U S History
The 63rd Congress ended after 542 days in session and cost about 1.12 billion in appropriations. President Wilson sent thousands of postal master nominations, with 7,099 named and most confirmed. Several major bills failed at adjournment while others passed in late hours.
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United States
Wilson
Senate
Postal Service
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal
Columbia
Nicsaragua
Supreme Court Rules Against 2-Cent Passenger Rate
The Supreme Court delivers a major ruling limiting state imposed 2 cent passenger rates. It holds common carriers cannot be forced to transport passengers or freight at rates not covering costs even if overall earnings may show a profit. The decision supports ICC authority to override state rates and signals broader readjustment of passenger pricing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
$200000 to Aid Families of Layland Mine Disaster Victims
State officials estimate nearly 200000 will be paid from the workmen's compensation fund to families of men who died in the Layland mine explosion. About 150 fatalities are expected. Widows receive 20 dollars monthly and 5 dollars monthly for each child under fifteen.
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Charleston
W. Va
Layland
New River
Pocahontas
China Extends Lease on Dalny and Port Arthur to Ninety Nine Years
In Peking a semi weekly conference between Chinese officials and Japanese diplomatic representatives resulted in China agreeing to extend the existing lease of the Dalny and Port Arthur ports by ninety nine years. The ports have been occupied by Japan since the Russo Japanese war ended. This move is described as very significant.
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Dalny
Port Arthur
Peking
Japan
Big Battle Develops On The Vistula River
The report details heavy fighting along the Vistula west of Warsaw with German and Austrian forces reporting advances and russias courters capturing thousands. Other fronts show attrition in the Carpathians and siege actions around Przasnysz and Przasnysz. Allied operations intensify with Gallipoli landings and Turkish defenses collapsing under bombardment.
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Lupkow
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Poland
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Paris
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Beskid
Dniester
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Sadagora
Stanislau
Lukna
Tukholke
Uzsok
Dukla
Niemen River
Destruction at Dardanelles Predominates War Update
The latest Anglo French bombardment destroys two forts one on each side of the Dardanelles and silences several batteries. Turkish claims say a French cruiser was put out of action and an English ship badly damaged. Consternation in Constantinople as powers dismantle forts to reallocate materiel. British note permits neutral cotton sales through March 31 following the blockade announcement.
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Poland
Galicia
Carpathians
Persian Gulf
Gallipoli
D’amade
Egypt
Suez Canal
D'Amado
Gallipoli Peninsula
Enver Pasha
Transcaucasia
Young Turk Party
Romania Seeks 40 Million Dollar Military Credit
In Paris a dispatch reports Romania's government introduced a bill in the Chamber of Deputies to open a credit of 40 million dollars for military expenditures. A second bill would call up the 1915 recruit class, extend command age limits by one year, and revise requisition law.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Bucharest
Markets Hat New York Wholesale Prices
Milk quotations unavailable as official figures were abolished making accurate prices impossible to provide.
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