Demand for Huerta to Punish Slayings in Vergara Case
Washington reports show Secretary Bryan demanded Huerta’s government punish those responsible for the death of Texas ranchman Clemente Vergara. Evidence indicates Vergara was assaulted and shot by Federal Army soldiers, with his body recovered near Laredo after exhumation by relatives. The incident raises fears of border raids and prompts calls for U.S. redress.
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New York Times
Warrington
Mexico
Secretary Bryan
O’shaughnessy
United States
Mexico City
Bryan
O'Shaughnessy
Huerta
Clemente Vergara
Texas
Alonzo B. Garrett
Nueva Laredo
Vergara
Secretary of State
Garrett
Vergara Ranch
Coleman
Valafox
San Enrique Ranch
Palafox
Hausers
Myseil
Garrison
Hmg
Wilise
H. P. Uoward
Fourteenth Cavalry
Hidalgo
Sanders
Texas Rangers
San Enriqo
Convery
Laredo
Nevik
T. Hill
Hutchings
State Department
William S. Benton
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Fall
Likely tobacco antitrust suit vs Metropolitan Tobacco Co
Government action may be filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act against the Metropolitan Tobacco Company of New York as the distributing agent for four tobacco firms. DOJ officials say the gathered evidence supports court proceedings though no decision has been final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Department of Justice
Metropolitan Tobacco Company of New York
H. Snowden Marshall
United States
New York
Marshall
George Carroll Todd
Metropolitan Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Metropolitan Company
Plot to dynamite judges shocks Vigo County trial scene
Bert W. Dickens, a carpenter, was arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy to kill Judge Charles M. Fortune, Special Judge Felix Blankenbaker, and Special Prosecutor Joseph Roach. The indictment alleges an agreement to bomb or place dynamite under their homes. A grand jury witness testified an attempt to dynamite Fortune’s home failed due to armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Bert W. Dickens
Charles M. Fortune
Vigo County
Felix Blankenbaker
Joseph Roach
Dickens
Judge Fortune
Fortune
Roach
Indianapolis
Gov. Ralston
Don. M. Roberts
William Huffman
State
John L. Cronin
Cronin
Princeton Chapel Revolt Sparks Sunday Demonstration
Princeton students protested compulsory chapel in a Sunday demonstration led by Rev. W. G. Thayer. The incident disrupted a sermon, authorities investigate, while The Daily Princetonian condemned the act as insolent and immature. The college faced ongoing Sunday chapel clashes since Woodrow Wilson era reforms reduced required attendance.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Princeton University
Computaory Chapel Cale
W. G. Thayer
Bt. Mark's
Dean McClenahan
Proctor Coan
Princetonian
Moon In Eclipse Tonight Across Continents
Washington reports an almost total lunar eclipse visible across Western Europe, the Americas, and Western Africa. Naval Observatory observers aim to use the event for precise measurements, noting fainter stars become visible and help correct lunar tables. The eclipse begins around 10 p.m. standard time, peaks near 11:12, and ends around 12:44 a.m. Thursday.
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Washington
Europe
South America
Africa
Naval Observatory
St George's Opens Doors To Workless Unemployed
About 100 unemployed from the I W W army stayed overnight in St George's Memorial Building after being welcomed by Rev Dr Reiland. Police guarded the scene outside while reporters were barred from entry. Frank Hamilton announced lodging for 200 men with meals provided by church and Socialist Fellowship volunteers. Tannenbaum was indicted for unlawful assembly, with up to a year in prison and $500 fine possible.
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St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church
East Sixteenth Street
Rutherford Place
J. Pierpont Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. Fulton Cutting
Karl Reiland
J. C. Tiedeman
Army
Reiland
Arundel
Union Square
Rutgers Square
Frank Strong Hamilton
Frank Tannenbaum
Hamilton
Rutgera Square
Turner
Third Avenue
H. Wehr
Si. George's Memorial Building
St. George's
Fanny Witherspoon
Florence Greer
Tracy Mygatt
Socialist Fellowship of
St. Mark’s Church
Memorial Building
Pr. Reiland
Schneider
Dr. Reiland
Broadway
Frank Hamilton
Tannenbaum
G Land
Hensicns
J. G. Schneider
St. Alphonsus Church
James ©. Kessler
Inspector Gillen Is Suspended and Charged in Police Shakeup
Police Inspector James H. Gillen of Manhattan's western half between Fourteenth and Forty-second Streets was suspended, reduced to Captain, and charged by Police Commissioner Douglas I. McKay. The action, announced at West Thirtieth Street Station, accompanied by transfers of a Lieutenant, two Sergeants, and nineteen plainclothes officers, marks the largest department disruption since Mayor Mitchel handed police reins to McKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Gillen
Manhattan
Fourteenth
Forty-second Streets
Douglas I. McKay
Thirtieth Street
Third Inspection District
Gillen
McWkay
Mitchel
McKay
William S. Brennan
Bath Beach
Charles Siebold
Tottenville
Michael Magee
Parkville
Brooklyn
Tenderloin
Waldo
Boller
Tls
East Fifty-first Street
William J. Lahey
Cornelius F. Cahalane
Cahalane
France Fashion War Opens Over Indecent Dresses
Paris reports reveal the Patriotic League of French Women launching a campaign to curb indecent dress. Signed by prominent aristocrats, the manifesto urges society women to pressure couturiers while defending elegance and national reputation.
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Paris
Patriotic League of Women
Marconi
New York Times
Patriotic League of French Women
Vicomtesse de Vélard
Marquise de Montalgu
Marquise de Joigné
Mme, Delacourt
Marquise de Moustier
Comteuse de Villi
Annette
France
League
Paquin
Oldarmes
Five Hotels Raided by Police on Disorderly Conduct Claims
Detectives under Lieutenant Costigan raided five hotels at 10 30 last night arresting five clerks on warrants by Chief Magistrate McAdoo and placing a policeman at each site. Four clerks August Schmidt Frank Hines William Erlich and Stephen Holstein were held in 1 000 bail and William Latimer in 2 000 bail for arraignment in Jefferson Market Court. The hotels named are Hotel Mumm Sixth Avenue and Thirty ninth Street Hotel Atland 159 West Thirty fourth Street Medallion Hotel 384 Sixth Avenue Tekulski’s Café 889 Sixth Avenue and the Madison Square Hotel Sixth Avenue and Twenty fourth Street.
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Costigan
McAdoo
August Schmidt
Frank Hines
William Erlich
Stephen Holstein
Willam Latimer
Jefferson Market Court
Gillen
McKay
Mumm
Sixth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Hotel Atland
West Thirty-fourth Street
Medallion Hotel
Tekulsky’s Café
Madison Square Hotel
Twenty-fourth Street
Boots And Boots: Bootjack Requested At Waldorf
Two short men in sombreros and a gray flannel shirt arrive at the Waldorf. They reveal money and seek a bootjack, prompting staff to fetch a valeta who helps lift the intruder from his boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Waldorf
Hubbell
Dennis Coleman
Valeta
Check Found In Court Corridor Aids Saloon Purchase
Real estate agent Joseph H Kern discovered a $5,000 certified check on the floor in the corridor after a Supreme Court session. The check, payable to Henry C H Dietzel by a local brewery, related to a loan for buying a saloon in Harlem. The finder notified the brewery and delivered the check to its representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H Kern
West Wighty-second Street
Justice Delany
Supreme Court
Kern
Henry C. H. Dietzel
Dietzel
Harem
Whitman on Fusion Ticket Plan in New York
Charles J. Duell of New York proposes a fusion State ticket headed by Charles J. Whitman. The plan, discussed with Progressive leaders in Binghamton, calls for a short ballot and Whitman cabinet selections ratified at primaries. Duell reports Progressive stance in Broome County toward a Bull Moose aligned slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Binghamton, N. Y
Charles J. Whitman
Charles J. Duell
New York
Fifteenth Assembly District
Duell
Southern Tier
Whitman
Mr. Whitman
Broome County
Surgeon Dr Blake Sails to Europe Under Alias Bonchose
Report from the Lusitania voyage cites Dr Joseph A Blake a famed surgeon as a passenger under the name Bonchose in cabin S81. A valet answered questions while a friend stated Blake sent books and effects to Paris and arranged a Paris residence. Alimony suits between Mrs Blake and Mackay are resolved with no pending questions.
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Lusitania
Liverpool
Joseph A. Blake
LD. Bonchose
Cunard
Blake
Bonchese
Honchese
Times
D 31
Tie
Mr. Bonchose
Dr. Blake
Bonchose
New York
East Sixty-fifth Street
Paris
American Line
Philadelphia
Dr. S Slake
Inaide
Edward Agat
Qti
Europe
George Gordon Battle
Clarence H. Mackay
Watherine Duer
Mackay
Presbyterian Hospital
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columboia University
Clarence Hi. Mackay
U Blake
Mra. Mackay
PUTS WICKERSHAM AT HEAD
Former Attorney General George W. Wickersham was elected President of the Bar Association of the City of New York at a bi monthly meeting last night at 42 West Forty fourth Street. He succeeds William B. Hornblower who resigned Feb 14 to become a Judge of the Court of Appeals. Wickersham called the honor one of the highest for a member of the bar and thanked the members. A dinner followed in the association dining rooms.
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George W. Wickersham
Bar Association of
City of
New York
West Forty-fourth Street
Wickersham
William B. Hornblower
Court of Appeals
Bar Association
No Justice Ship for Taft in Wilson Era
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Tumulty denies a rumor that Justice Holmes will retire and be succeeded by former President William Howard Taft. Tumulty says no Supreme Court vacancy exists and Taft’s name has not been considered for any judicial appointment.
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Washington
Joseph P. Tumulty
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
William H. Taft
Tumulty
Wilson
Supreme Court
Thft
One Woman Votes in Aurora Primaries
Mingedith Scott was the sole voter at Aurora NL in the March 10 primaries. She cast a Democratic ballot naming a woman for Alderman, becoming the first and only woman to vote in an Aurora election apart from school contests. She plans to vote in every election.
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New York Times
Chicago
Maroh
Mingedith Scott
Aurora
Mise Scott
Labor groups seek pardons for union officials
Milwaukee petitions call for presidential pardons for W Kh. Reddin and fellow Structural Iron Workers officials jailed for dynamiting cases. In Duluth, following Washington’s note that the Supreme Court refused review of Fred Mooney’s conviction, preparations are made for a pardon appeal to the President.
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Structural Iron
Milwaukee
W Kh. Reddin
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Duluth
Minn
Washington
Supreme Court
Fred Mooney
Ju Diey
Bishop Scarborough III in Critical Pleuro Pneumonia
The Right Rev John Scarborough Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey lies critically ill at his home on Greenwood Avenue Trenton after contracting pleuro pneumonia during the recent snowstorm He was visiting Vineland and Millville South Jersey last week and remained in the area until yesterday Physicians diagnosed pleuro pneumonia and warned the family the condition is critical and may not improve He is sixty five years old.
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Trenton
N. J
John Scarborough
New Jersey
Greenweood Avenue
Vineland
Millville
South Jersey
Aed
Bishop Scarboroush
Fire Fatalities Prompt Heroic Rescue At Tenement
Patrolman Ivor Nylin of Morrisa nia police station rushed into a three story frame tenement at 812 East 165th Street when a basement blaze broke out. He found a burning bed with a three year old girl and dragged her to safety suffering burns to hands and face. The fire worsened as he searched again for the two year old boy Charles but the bed collapsed. The girl died at Lebanon Hospital while Nylin received treatment and was sent home. Mrs Hill reported leaving ten minutes earlier to chat with a neighbor after tucking the children in.
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Ivor Nylin
Morrisania
Amelia Fill
Baskerville Hill
East 165Th Street
Nylin
Greenberg
Shooting on crowded train leaves multiple wounded in West Virginia
A Norfolk and Western passenger train between Welch and Berwind West Virginia is the scene of a shooting that killed HR K Waylor deputy sheriff of McDowell County and wounded three others. Wounded are A D Beavers and W Beavers both deputies, and T Huckey a noncombatant. The fight started between Beavers brothers and Taylor and escalated after Taylor was killed. Evans was arrested in Welch. All involved are coal-field workers. Public Service Cup Co is identified as maker of cups in the train car.
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New York Times
Bluefield
West Va
Norfolk & Western
Laueger
Berwind
HR. K. Waylor
Laredo
McbDowell County
W. Va
Heompstad
Welch
DD. W. Beavers
A. D. Beavers
T. Huckey
Beavers
Brethers
Taylor
Mod Wan
Loneos
Heb Evans
A. D. Peavers
Evens
Weleh
Fielita
Roen
Murphy and Buddies Expelled From National Democratic Club
The National Democratic Club of New York ousted Charles F Murphy and five allies including James F. Gaffney and Thomas Foley for non payment of dues amid a chaotic meeting. President Edward F O'Dwyer announced the expulsions and vowed to keep them out, while new members were elected and a Wilson canal tolls resolution was debated and adopted.
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Board of Governors of
the Nations Democratic Club
Charles F Murphy
Tammany Hall
James EF. Gaffney
Thomas F. Foley
Thomas Darlington
George W Plunkitt
Edward F O'Dwyer
Murphy
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Tait
Smith
O'Dwyer
Gaffney
Foley
Daslington
Aunt Plonnett
Oy Tewyer
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Hornbrower
Taft
Scott
Bishop Scarborough III
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Lily
Servac' Cup Co
WB Hiyu
Adv
Groker
Plunkitt
Darlington
O’dwyer
Tom Smith
Gov. Glyon
Dudley Field Malone
Robert Adamson
Senator Velte
Choman Tumtulty
National Democrati
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