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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1913
Page
8
United States Ambassador Wilson states he does not believe the killing of the deposed president and vice president was framed. He notes the incident occurred during an attempted escape and mentions figures connected to early 19th and 20th century Mexican leadership, with era dates and names intertwined.
Amid Huerta rule and public unrest, ex President Madero and ex Vice President Suarez were killed during an attempted transfer to custody. US Ambassador Wilson and officials provided varying accounts while rumors of a government plot circulated. Taft plans Galveston troop readiness before leaving office as US positions on intervention hover.
President Taft said the assassination of Madero and Vice President Fino Suarez in Mexico City does not justify U.S. intervention. The shock reached Washington as officials reported the event in Meico.
A coast defense aircraft from Palm Beach Morida plummeted 4000 feet into the sea after a midair pause. Government servicemen Frans otfyn and Lieutenant Eric El ison escaped uninjured, climbing onto a pontoon and waving from the water amid an immense beach crowd.
Joaquin Miller, the venerable Poet of the Sierras, died at his home in the Helshison Hills overlooking the bay area. He was seventy and had been confined to bed for six weeks after a five day unconscious period. His wife and daughter Juanita cared for him as his health declined. He planned a stone funeral pyre he built himself and left a memorial rock near the tomb of Moses and a raised memory for his mother who lived past ninety.
A Constantinople dispatch says a three day battle near Bulair between 100000 Bular Jang and 70000 Turks ended with each side losing about 3500 men. Enver Bey of the Young Turks was said wounded as regions around the Balkans remained quiet afterwards.
Madison reports a mothers pension bill by Assemblyman A J Hedding proposing monthly aid up to 10 dollars for one child and 6 dollars per additional child, with juvenile or county courts handling payments. Milwaukee outlines a cross state highway plan with a 10 to 25 million cost, a supervising commission, and four fifths state funding. Other items note a dairy exposition bill, a writs of error jurisdiction issue, Barron Island title effort, Kenosha boxing permit, new officer slate for Oconomowoc Poultry Club, Ashland commission government adoption, a white slave traffic investigation committee, a fatal Marblehead stove fire, a buffet car tax bill, and La Pointe agency disbursing agent appointment.
Mrs. P. A. Allen hosts a Bethel reunion with daughter Ester Johnson and son C. G. Allen nearby. Son Edmon, newly resigned from Canadian Union Conference S D A as field agent, becomes secretary and treasurer of Saskatchewan Conference S D A and heads there with his family. Arthur Allen and wife from Portage Wis attend. another son serves as a missionary in Penu S A. In Bethel Academy dormitory, storm gathering hears Edmon's work and related matters from the field agent.
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