U S Troops Repel Mexican Forces Near Del Rio Texas
U S troopers under Captain Winterburn clash with a 300-man federal force at McKee's Crossing near Del Rio Texas. Six Mexicans die, many wounded, Americans suffer no injuries as rebels retreat across the Rio Grande amid ongoing fights near Gomez Palacio and Torreon.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Winterburn
Lel Rio
Mondas
McKee’s Crossing
International Ring
United States
Fourteenth Cavalry
Las Vacas
del Rio
McKee
Rio Grande
Langtry
Sibley
Fort Clarke
Washington
Texas
War Department
el Vertel
Mex
Gomez Palacio
Cerro de la Pila
Brittingham Soap Factory
Cuartel
Velasco
Torreon
Villa
el Verjel
Durango
Vila Hill
Urbinu
Lerdo
Juan Brittingham
Wilson Names Lansing and Johnson to State Posts
President Wilson nominates Robert Lansing of Watertown New York as counselor of the state department to succeed John Bassett and Moore Cone Johnson of Texas as solicitor to succeed Joseph W Folk who resigns to join the Interstate Commerce Commission. A treaty with Venezuela signed to submit disputes to international investigation. George L Michelle of Worthlid? and Missiebie of Salt Lake City die when struck by an electric trolley car amid a rescue attempt.
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New York
State Department
Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Watertown
Department of State
John Bassett
Moore Cone Johnson
Texas
Joseph W Folk
Interstate Comerce Commission
Venezuela
Portland
Ore
George L. Michelle
Wortlid
Missisiebis
Salt Lake City
Adee to resign from state department after three decades
Alvey A. Adee announced his intention to resign as second assistant secretary of state in the fall. His near thirty years of service have made his diplomatic experience invaluable and his memory of precedents a key asset.
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Adee
State Department
John Mitchell Defends Western Federation of Miners
Former United Mine Workers president John Mitchell defended the Western Federation of Miners before a House subcommittee on the Michigan strike. He rejected owners’ charges that the federation is socialist and said it has long pursued trade agreements and shared harmony with Amalgamated Copper in Butte. The federation is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, he added.
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Washington
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Trades Committee
National Civic Federaion
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
Colorado
West Virginia
House
Mitchell
Butte
Amalgamated Copper Company
American Federation of Labor
Socialist Party
Michigan wins national indoor rifle title
Michigan Agricultural College captured the national indoor rifle championship posting a new intercollegiate record of 994 points out of 1,000. Massachusetts Aggies took second, Iowa State third, Washington State College led Class B with 11 straight wins, Cornell and U S Naval Academy tied for second, while Illinois led Class A with no defeats.
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Washington
Michigan Agricultural College
Massachusetts “Aggies
Iowa State University
Washington State College
Cornell University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois
Boy Whose Wish To See President Granted At White House
A nine year old with incurable heart trouble was brought to the White House in an ambulance to meet President Wilson. The boy, Harry Winthrop Davis of Sewickley Pennsylvania, was greeted by the president and Mrs Wilson in the Blue Room and given a bouquet of forget me nots.
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Washington
White House
United States
Harry Winthrop Davis
A. L. Davis
Sewickley
Atlantic City
Toan Sn
Home Rule Crisis Deepens as Officers Rejoin Posts
London dispatch reports three Curragh officers return to Ireland after a war office conference. General Gough resumes command with assurances troops will not coerce Ulster to back home rule. The Times questions government plans and notes Unionist blame for a perceived fiasco guiding political reactions.
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London
Curragh
Ireland
War Office
the Times
Gough
Ulster
Ramy
Asquith
House of Commons
Seely
Arthur Paget
Andrew Konar Law
General Paget
David Lloyd-George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Andrew Bonar Law
Paget
Helfast
Sir Edward Carson
Edward
Mayor Sued for 100000 Over Alleged City Hall Beating
John Looney former weekly News publisher sues Mayor H M Schriver and six police officers for 100000 claiming he was beaten at Rock Island city hall two years ago. suit filed March 26 names local officials and alleges serious injuries.
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Rock Island
H. M. Schriver
John Looney
Weekly News
Looney
Schriver
Ame
Hock Teland
Roosevelt Expedition in Brazil Feared Lost
A Roosevelt party led by Theodore Roosevelt Sr. reportedly faced disaster in central Brazil with loss of equipment and specimens while attempting to descend an unknown river toward Manaos. Anthony Fiala, aboard from New York, confirms no word on the colonel’s fate, while notes suggest the expedition planned to include Kermit Roosevelt and museum liaison George K. Cherrie.
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Anthony Fiala
New York
Brooklyn
The
Times
Roosevelt
Brazil
Manaos
Amazon
Kermit
Fiala
George K. Cherrie
Rondon
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Earth Swallows Two Miners at Kehley Run Shaft
Two miners and a work shanty are swallowed by a collapsed shaft at Kehley Run colliery Shenandoah Pottville Pa March 23. Despite large search efforts both inside the mines and on the surface no trace has been found. The men may have fallen up to 600 feet. A nearby worker survived by clinging to a steam pipe.
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Pottaville
Kehley Run Collery
Shenandoah
Gem Thief Captured At Sea After Flight By Hydroplane
In Miami on March 25 detective Harry Schade chased a steamship Mid wat 21 miles offshore in Harold McCormick’s hydro plane. He boarded the vessel and arrested a negro hotel employee, recovering a missing brooch belonging to a New York socialite. Schade then returned with the prisoner but acknowledged the arrest was outside the three mile limit and the man was released. the brooch was restored to the owner.
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Miami
Fla
Harold McCormick
Harry Schade
New York
Schade
Three Mile
Hmit
Well Known Chicago Banker Dies
Vyron L. Smith, president of the Northern Trust Company and a leader among Chicago financiers who helped shape the city, died at his home, 240 Prairie Avenue. He was sixty one years old.
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Chicago
Indiana Good Roads Association
G. E. Minor
National Highway Association
National Old Trails Association
Minor
Good Roads Association
Meridian Life
Lebanon
Frankfort
Lafayette
Rensselaer
Remington
Crown Point
Hammond
Indiana
Plot to Ditch Olympian Spec Train Sparks Murder Fear
Detectives linking the wreck of the Olympian Spec on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line uncover evidence that the plan was to derail the train at Marely on March 26 risking mass casualties.
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Chicago
Chicago, Miwaukee & St. Paul
Inspectors of Weights Elect New Leaders in Indiana
At the third annual conference officers were chosen including President John T. Willett Indianapolis and Vice President Sterman F. Adam Indianapolis. An eight-member executive committee was named and a uniform seal for weights and measures was selected. The event covered road, library, tax, and arbor day initiatives with diverse Indiana leaders attending.
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Indianapolis
John T. Willett
Tre-Electeds
Sterman F. Adam
B. Tolan
Fr. Wayne
Frank J. O'Rourke
Hammond
John S. Sullivan
Crawfordsville
J. C. Wallenmeyer
Evansville
J. A. Amberley
Lake County
B. F. Bressler
Elkhart
Morris Welch
Terre Haute
A. W. Tucker
Noblesville
W. H. Lagle
Anderson
J. B. McGiffin
Marion
Willett
Hi. E. Barnard
Herman F. Adam
D. Harris
John ©. Connors
City Sealer
Cambridge
Mass
East
Abbo Lriend Bika
Indiana Tax Ax Rvorution
Indiana University
Indiana Tax Association
Indiana
State Tax Board
Agricultural and Horticultural
Bankers
State Federation of Labor
Chambers of Commerce
Tax Association
State Tax Association
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Moore
Alvey A. Adee
Lao
Jones
Wineenbure
Coto
Mary Jones
Colorado & Southern
Buflalo
Hutfalo
Hhe
Gompinyy
Victor
Carnon
U. S
Hhiladelphia
Okllahoma
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
Net
Altoona
Pio
International Bank
Fred Herreshoff
Underwood
Jerome D. Travers
Crack Golfers
British Isles
Sanatrem
Pernambuco
St. Vincent
Azores
Rapda
Amazon River
Earth
Ralston
Charles W. Fairbanks
General Assembly
Indiana Library Association
Purdue University
William Murray Hepburn
Purdue
Winthrop E. Stone
Sanborn
State Library Commission
Miss Scott
State Commission
Indiana Society of Sons of the Revolution
J. S.tarkington
Carey
Judge RN
W. McBride
W. A. Wood
J.T. Barnett
Lewis Brown
General Society of Sons of the Revolution
Potomac
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Fortress Mourge
State Board of Pardons
Silas Adams
Monroe County
Harvey McFarland
Adama
State Board
Tobe Snoddy
Adams
Thomas Tuck
Ada Bagwell
Posey County
Tucker
Wiliam Joseph
Joseph Nowas
Michigan City
Capital
David R. Murray
Daniel Po Uttereback
David KR. Murray, Jr
Daniel J. Nolan
Compact Tent Company
Capital Stock
Ferdinand Eberhardt
MT. Boott
I. F. Byeer
JF. Wild
J. @. Wild
Hornsaburger Transformer Company
Safquette
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