Pacific militia forces pressed for Mexican action
Secret orders call for Pacific Northwest and Southwest militia to mobilize as divisions move toward Mexico. Naval recruiters prompted, Army plans foresee Second and Third divisions entering Mexico with Oregon Washington and California militia to be kept intact for border operations.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Washington
War Department
State Department
Philander C. Knox
Apa
Mexico
Lowe California
Ito Mexco
Pacific East
Oregon
California
Accret
United States to Probe Japanese Workers in Mexico
Washington reports authoritative information that the U S will shortly investigate a number of Japanese employed in Mexico with many in the mines. The move follows late overtures for a naval base at Magdalenas and a supposedly secret treaty between Japan and Mexico is not credited.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
United States
Mexico
Magdalens
Japan
Diaz Ttle
San Diego
Lawrence
Mare Island
Tenth Infantry
Buffalo
Yorktown
Tasker Bliss
Eew
York
Suspected LA Times dynamiter nabbed at border crossing
A man identified as James Smith Jackson, possibly Bryce or Callexico, was arrested by Constable Crane at the border near El Centro while suspected in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times. Bryce figure among three men charged in the case.
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Callexico
Keine J. A. Bryce
Los Angeles Times
James Smith Jackson
Elcentro
Crane
Lucius Tuttle Honored on 64th Birthday Anniversary
Lucius Tuttle, recently retired president of the Boston and Maine railway, received many congratulations at his Brookline home on his 64th birthday. The greetings carried double meaning as he had recently undergone a successful operation in which one leg was amputated.
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Lucius Tuttle
Roston
Mass
Boston and Maine Railway
New York, New Haven and
Hartford
Brookline
Tuttle
Mexico to indemnify Mexican losses in Mexican revolution
Private advices from San Francisco report the Mexican government will meet any losses suffered by American ranch or mine owners in Mexico due to revolutionary activities. The statement was dated March 11.
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San Francisco
Mexico
Amercah Invaston
Limantour
Japan
United States
Fortress Monroe
Coast Artillery
Galveston
McClellan
Expresamen Strike Pauses Dispatches Across New York
Fifteen hundred drivers and helpers on the Adams Express Company walked out this afternoon claiming unmet terms from the last strike. No wagons move in New York Hoboken or Jersey City while the company recruits strikebreakers.
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Expresamen
New York
Adams Expres Company
Hoboken
Jersey City
Insurrectos Claim Recapture of Casa Grandes
El Paso reports a second courier says federals were reversed and Madero recaptured Casa Grandes with Col Cuellar surrendering his force. Junta leaders claim 7,000 insurgents in the field and a large force under Madero preparing to attack Chihuahua. News was spread by courier due to telegraph censorship.
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el Paso
Casa Grandes
Madero
Cuellar
Chihuahua
Coar
Oldest of European Rulers Prince Luitpold Honored in Bavaria
Munich reports the ninetieth birthday of Prince Luitpold regent of Bavaria, a long time de facto ruler. Telegraphed congratulations arrive from Emperor William and other royal houses as Germany prepares nationwide festivities and military reviews in his honor.
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Munich
Luitpold
Bavaria
William
Ogd
Germany
Europe
Louis I
Lola Montez
Maximilian I
Luftpold
Louis Tr
Soveresaor
Mexico Inches Toward Border Standoff With U S Troops
Mexican congress plans an extraordinary session as troops rush to the border opposite El Paso to deter intervention. Reports from Washington and northern Mexico say Diaz may welcome U S action, while allied notes cite mobilization of engineers, marines, and artillery.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Juarez
el Paso
Washington
Mexico
United States
Diaz
St. Can
Tho Grande
San Antonio
Rilo Grande
Leavenworth
Woman Crawls Miles For Help After Ranch Shooting
In San Rafael California on March 11 a shooting at the La Franchi ranch left John La Franchi and Augustine Albertino dead and Mrs La Franchi badly wounded. The Italian killer fled as a posse hunts him. The injured woman crawled two miles to summon aid after the attack and later reached County Surveyor Pacheo’s home four hours after the firefight. The killer fired in the doorway as the men entered and shot at the woman as she leaped from a window. she feigned death to escape further harm.
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San Rafael
Cal
John la Franchi
Augustine Albertino
Pacheo
Keating
la Franchi
Flour Rate War Sparks North Pacific Shipping Clash
Victoria B C March 11 The anticipated rate war on the North Pacific is under way with communications from the Blue Funnel line cutting flour rates from Puget Sound to the Orient from 8 to 32 per ton. Shipping men expect further reductions as Nippon Yusen Kaisha is blamed for sparking the rate war by offering aggressive pricing.
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Victoria
B. C
North Pacifics
Blue Funnel Line
Puget Sound
Orleot
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
R.ates
Lawmakers Target Harem and Hobble Skirts in Illinois Bill
Springfield March 11 Representatives Murphy of Chicago proposes a bill prohibiting hobbles and harem skirts under 1.5 yards. It bans any woman in public wearing such garb with penalties of 10 to 50 dollars per offense.
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Springfield
Representative Murphy
Chicago
Insanity blamed in murder of two girls in Healdsburg
Wealthy rancher Fred Schwarda killed two girls at their home over a disputed $40,000 estate. He was reloading a shotgun when his brother burst in, a struggle ensued, and Schwarda was disarmed and captured. He collapsed upon realizing the crime.
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Healdsburg
Cal
Fred Schwarda
Manitoba Winter Fair and Fat Stock Show Opens
The Manitoba Winter fair and Fat Stock show opened today in Brandon and runs until March 17. The exhibition features horses, cattle, sheep and swine as well as poultry and seed grain, praised as the finest ever shown in Manitoba and a sign of growth in the region’s stock industry.
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Brandon
Man
Manitoba
Retirement of Col Hamilton Ends Active Army Career
Col William R Hamilton of the coast artillery reaches statutory retirement age tomorrow ending his active army career. A Wisconsin native, he graduated from West Point in 1876 and the artillery school in 1904.
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Col. Hamilton
Washington
William R. Hamilton
Coast Artillery
Wisconsin
West Point Academy
Artillery School
Ambassador Hill Returns From United States Trip
Ambassador Bill of the United States sails home from Berlin to deliver Carpentier lectures at Columbia next month. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter and plans to return to Berlin by mid May.
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Ambassador Hill
Berlin
Bill
Germany
United States
Columbia University
Taft Takes Interim Post In Augusta Headquarters
President Taft settles in Augusta Georgia for the day at headquarters receiving Mexican frontier dispatches via private telegraph operator.
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Taft
Augusta
Taftin
Mexican Frontier
Elgin Business Men Move to Seek Sewer Funds
Elgin voters face a tight pre election choice as a plan to defeat the city hall bond and hold a special election for a sewer project gains traction. With a $15,000 current bond and a $10,000 hall cost, a $30,000 cap under the new charter could leave only $5,000 for other needs, spurring a kill the hall move to fund sewers for about $15,000. The debate splits business leaders and hinges on whether to pursue sewers now or back the hall.
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Digin
Bigin
Mormon Missionaries to Be Expelled from England
London March 1 The home office will issue an order expelling Mormon missionaries from the United Kingdom. The Daily News says Hans Freece for the interdenominational council convinced Churchill that Mormons pose a menace.
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London
England
Home Office
United Kingdom
Daily News
Hans Freece
Women's Interdenominational Council
Churchill
Profit sharing planned for Union Switch and Signal workers
Pittsburg reports that stockholders of Union Switch and Signal, a Westinghouse company, will consider establishing a profit sharing plan for its workmen at their annual meeting next week. The plan may extend to all Westinghouse interests employing over 20 000 workers.
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Pittsburg
Union Switch and Signal Company
Westinghouse
Dallas Man Nominated for Grand Exalted Ruler
At a large Texas Elks meeting in Waco on March 11 Charles A. Rasbury of Dallas was chosen to be proposed for grand exalted ruler at the next Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks national convention. John H. Kirby of Houston, president of the Texas association, presided.
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Dallas
Waco
Tex
Texastate Association of Elks
Charles A. Rasbury
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John H. Kirby
Houston
Texas Association
Navy set to test torpedo boat destroyers Roe Paulding Terry
The torpedo boat destroyers Roe Paulding and Terry, new additions to the navy, will undergo final acceptance trials off the Virginia capes in late March or early April.
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Washington
Roe
Paulding
Terry
Navy
Virginia Capes
Trial of Alfono and 38 Camatera Members Opens in Viterno
Enrico Alfono and 38 Camatera clan members face murder charges in the 1906 killings of Gennaro Cugevoll and his wife. Viterno plants guard the witnesses with 500 troops amid threats while several confess to priests, and Gnero Abatemaggio turns crown’s evidence and is placed in solitary confinement. The jury is chosen and evidence will be presented.
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Viterno
Italy
Enrico Alfono
Camatera
Trate de Banbios
Aesagan
Gennaro Cugevoll
Quecuell
Alfono
Genpero
Mrs Eddy Estate Valued at 2.5 Million in Concord
Concord reports the estate of Mrs. Eddy in New Hampshire valued at 2,512,146 dollars. The executor estimates her property at 260,900 dollars and copyrights at 1,400,000 dollars.
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Concord
Brakeman Killed in Robbery On MKT Railway
Brakeman J Cahill was found dead with a crushed skull in a box car at Lorimer station after an attempted robbery. Goods were missing and a steel door was pried open. The crime is linked to a string of recent months robberies along the line.
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St. Louis
Pier
Lorimer Station
J. Cahill
Relief in California After Clearing Weather
Weather clears in California and officials expect traffic to resume soon as flood damage subsides across many areas. The March 11 report notes improved conditions and renewed transportation activity following heavy flooding.
Roosevelt Planned Texas Tour By Colonel Lyon
Col Cecil Lyon, leader of the Texas Republican party, has set up Col Theodore Roosevelt's Texas visit in the first half of next week. The itinerary covers Houston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth and El Paso with an address to the Texas legislature in Austin.
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Texas
Houston
Cecil Lyon
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
el Paso
Austin
Roosevelt Visited Jackson Mississippi In Early March
In Jackson Mississippi March 11 citizens from all parties welcomed Col Theodore Roosevelt. He arrived in the morning and left for New Orleans after luncheon. Governor Noel and Senator John Sharp Williams aided in his entertainment. Roosevelt rode through the city and spoke to the Commercial Club.
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Rooservelt
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Wappenstein Pleads Not Guilty In Bribe Case
Seattle report March 11 states former Police Chief Wappenstein arraigned on a 25000 bribe indictment and enters a not guilty plea.
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Wappenstein
Seattle
Assembly Supports Oregon Plan Senate Nomination
The assembly today unanimously passed an amendment to the primary law proposing US senators be nominated on the Oregon plan. The measure has not yet passed the senate.
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Assembly
Sacramento
United States
Oregon
Senate
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