Miners Attack towns in Colorado leave six dead
Reports from Denver and Walsenburg say Louisville Lafayette and Marshall coal towns were attacked by striking miners with machine guns. Four killed near Walsenburg at the McNally mine and two more dead with others wounded. Rockef eller refuses to arbitrate. President Wilson withholds federal troops for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Louisville
Lafayette
Marshall
Colorado
Walsenburg
Jeff Farr
Huerfano County
Walsen Mine
Here
McNally
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Margaret Gregory
Peet
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Martin D. Foster
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Rockefeller
Mr. Foster
Wilson
Washington
White House
Garrison
Thomas
Affidavits Seek to Pin Phagan Murder on Conley
In Atlanta on April 25 three affidavits were filed in superior court for Leo M. Frank’s murder case claiming James Conley, a Black factory sweeper, confessed to killing Mary Phagan. Affiants include Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and R. L. Barber who say they heard a confession and Barber identifies Conley. Annie M. Sarter, a negress, also states Conley admitted the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conley
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Leo M. Frank
C. B. Ragsdale
R. L
Ambassador Page Denies Mexican Blockade Rumors
Ambassador Page informed Sir Edward Grey that no Mexican ports have been blockaded and no war exists between the United States and Mexico. He conveyed Washington’s cabled instruction and noted the A B C alliance mediation offer and President Wilson’s reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Page
Sir Edward Grey
Washington
United States
Mexico
Sir Edward
Wilson
Desperado Leads Prison Break in Walla Walla
Mike Donnelly, a black inmate who had escaped twice from the Washington state penitentiary, led an attempted breakout as he and two accomplices beat two guards unconscious and felled a third in a cell. Guards fired as the trio climbed a roof. they surrendered after shots. In a separate dispatch, four U S submarines navigated the Panama Canal from Gatun Lake to Cristobal on the Atlantic side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desperado
Walla Walla
Wash
Mike Donnelly
Donnelly
U. S
Canal
Ancon
Catal Zone
Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Cristobal
Atlantic
Vera Cruz
San Juan de Uloa
Stickney
the Prairie
Tars
Tampico
Galveston
Tex
Murray
Herbert G. Wylie
United States
Dona Cecelia
Queen Sofia's U S Visit Canceled Amid War Fears
Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria cancels her planned May visit to the United States due to impending war with Mexico. The decision comes as tensions rise and a diplomatic visit would have occurred in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eleanor of Bulgaria
Baa
United States
Mexico
Lobby Quiz Report to House Highlights Immunity of Invisible Government
Washington D C April 27 The House Judiciary Committee focuses on whether the invisible government dwarfs the constituted authority. The majority urges censure of Rep James T McDermott for lobby activities and condemns National Association of Manufacturers officials for improper secret practices. A minority urges McDermott’s expulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Floyd
Arkansas
James T. McDermott
Chicago
John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
George 8. Graham
Pennsylvania
McDermott
National Association of Manufacturers
J. Philip Byrd
John Kirby Jr
James A. Emery
Martin M. Mulhall
House
Missionaries blocked from leaving Mexico City for Vera Cruz
John W. Butler, head of the Methodist Episcopal board of missions in Mexico City, and several missionaries are prevented from sailing to Vera Cruz. Meanwhile three women missionaries Harriet L. Ayres Blanche Betz and Dora B. Gladden plan to sail from Vera Cruz to Galveston, easing anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
New York
John W. Butler
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Advocate
Mexico
Board of Missions
Harriet L. Ayres
Blanche Betz
Dora B. Gladden
Galveston
Girl Born to Funstons at Vera Cruz Port
Mrs Frederick Funston gives birth to a girl at Letterman General Hospital Presidio as Drig. Gen. Frederick Funston nears Vera Cruz with US troops. The baby is the general and his wife’s fourth child. Curtis Guild blasts US policy saying the nation sinks to a nadir in relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vera Cruz
San Francisco
Frederick Funston
United States
Funston
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio
Old Interests Ask Troops
The Navy Department received a request from all interests in New York with property in the Tampico oil district calling for an American force to rescue 100 employees stranded on oil lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
New York
Tampico Oil District
Japan to Participate in Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Japanese government officially announced plans to take part in the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. The decision was disclosed in Tokyo late Monday afternoon.
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Japan
Tokyo
San Francisco
Baer Dies in Philadelphia Leader of Reading Railway
George F. Baer president of the Philadelphia & Reading railway died at his home in Philadelphia after a brief illness. A former printer and lawyer, he led coal strike policy in 1902 opposing arbitration and later threatened retailers to halt coal supply to curb price hikes.
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Reading Railway
Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Baer
W. J. Clark
Wilkesbarre
Mr. Baer
Somerset Township
Somerset County
Penn
Somerset
Somerset Democrat
Franklin and Marshall College
Union
One Hundred and Thirtythird Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Humphrey
Army of the
Road
Kaer
Ile
Philadelphia & Heading Railroad
J. P. Morgan U Penney Rail
Philadelphia & Heading Coat & Iron Company
Roosevelt
Philadelphia & Heading
Three Women Safe After Oil Durge Tuxpan Arrival
New Orleans on April 24 reports the oil lighter Tuxpan, which departed Tamplca on April 20, arrived with three American women refugees aboard. The passengers include Mrs. Leora Sharkey of Sycamore Indiana and two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Tamplca
Leora Sharkey
Sycamore Ind
Emperor Francis Joseph Advances in Health at Vienna
Vienna April 24. Emperor Francis Joseph shows improvement after a better night. Official bulletin reports the catarrh has eased and the cough is looser as he continues convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor Joseph
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Huerta pictured as strongest man in Mexico ready for desperate gamble
War dispatches describe Victoriano Huerta as a tenacious, capable officer and potential dictator. Reports from Chicago and Washington outline Huerta's ambitions, his fear of Villa, and a possible U S intervention amid Mexico's civil strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Adolsides
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Madero
Gerald Brandon
Torreon
Hotel Francia
Pancho Villa
Huerta
Diaz Huerta
Porfirio Diaz
Military
Chapultepec
Revolutionary Army
Mexican Republic
Villa
Chicago
Tampico
Don B. White
Mr. White
Zapata
United States
Pronunciation guide for Mexican War names
Readable guide lists how to pronounce key locations and figures from the Mexican War era. It provides phonetic renderings for Huerta, Torreon, Villa, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Queretaro, Coahuila, Jaliano, Aguas Calientes, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Texcoco, Tiaxcala, Tehuantepec, Tuxpam, Tampico, and Chihuahua with emphasis on accurate local pronunciations.
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Huerta
Torreon
Aguas Calientes
Guanajuato
Oaxaca
Guerrero
Texcoco
Tiaxcala
Tehauntepec
Tuxpam
Tampico
Tam-Pre-Cn
Chihuahua
Construction of Road Drag for Simple Road Work
United States Department of Agriculture explains road drag construction using planks or logs with a strengthened midline and a triangular edge strip. It covers hitch length, driver position, and wheel setup for one or four horses to move earth toward road center and fill mud holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Growth of U S Road Spending 1904 to 1912
A department of agriculture study compares public road expenditures in 1904 and 1912. Total spending rose from 79.8 million to 164.2 million, with per mile costs and per inhabitant outlays doubling. States increasingly funded trunk-line roads, led by New York and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Office of Public Roads
Treasuries
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
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Negro Phagan
Boush
Clifford Boush
Louisiana
Funstons
Curtis Guild
Hoston
Hussia
Middlexes Club
William Bayard Hale
Hale
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