Federals Make Last Stand at Torreon Edge
Rebels push into Torreon as Federal garrison, once 7000 strong, dwindles to about 3000. Hand to hand fighting rages in the business district and near a fortified soap factory while Velasco’s officers and three generals fall. Rebels gain ground with Herrera and Pena leading bold advances. battle to the death persists as authorities report heavy losses.
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Gomez Palacio
Mexico
Torreon
Refugio Velasco
Villa
Huerta
Velasco
Ricardo Pena
Juan
Maclovic Herrera
Tormon
F. A. Benavides
Zaragoza
Herrera
Tonnentaum Guilty and Law's Limit Applied
Local page highlights include verdict in Koerter case and related legal outcomes. Wives plead for gunman case progress noted. Other items mention law actions, alimony moves, and job changes. Several notices touch on local finance, ports, and institutional matters.
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Eleanor Wilson
Choomes Trousseau
Tonnentaum
Law
Soret
Koerter
Waldwin
Maver
Belmont
Lawser
A. Spencer
Martin
Keith Houpes
Keeneehan
Stegel
Albany Extra Session Hears Ending of Budget Debate
Albany reports an extra session was convened on March 28 to address the appropriation bill or supply. The assembly adjourned sine die after a brief, unsettled early morning session, with no final action completed on the budget measures.
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Albany
Elnek
Roosevelt Explorations In Untraversed Country Reported Quiet
Rio de Janeiro March 27 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his exploration party remain down the Davieda River toward Manos Brazil according to advices from Colonel Rondon Brazilian government representative. The dispatch says the territory has never before been explored and the party may not be heard from for a month. A separate expedition led by Leo E Miller of the American Museum of Natural History will descend the Parana River. The tract to be traversed is well populated and has telegraphic communication.
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Rio de Janeiro
Theodore Roosevelt
Davieda
Manos
Brazil
Rondon
Leo
Rebels Assault Tampico in Nightlong Battle
General Morelos Zaragoza reports Tampico was attacked by rebels this morning, repulsed after three hours of heavy fighting. Rebels tried to seize Dona Cecilia between Tampico and the sea but failed. Gunboat Vera Cruz aided the defense. The attack renewed at 2:35 PM and fighting continued late tonight.
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Mexico City
Morelos Zaragoza
Tampico
Dona Cecilia
Vera, Cruz
Mrs Wagner Hurt In Cab Mishap At Madison and 44th
Mrs Margaret Wagner wife of John Wagner Jr of Park Avenue was hurled against a cab windshield on Madison Avenue at 44th Street and badly cut about the face. A piece of glass entered the right eye and physicians fear loss of vision. An eye specialist said the eye was gouged, with a severe nose fracture and facial lacerations.
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Margaret Wagner
John Wagner, Jr
No. 781
Park Avenue
John Wagner
Madison Avenue
44Th Street
Wagner
John Dickerson
Red Hawk
N. J
Pennsytlvania
Trains Clash in Mexico Near Gomez Palacio
An armored train duel occurred around Torreon with two trains exchanging shots at long range. One train on a siding and the other on the main line fired like warships but caused little damage. The Federal train retreated and disappeared around a curve in the railroad town of Gomez Palacio known for its tricked tracks.
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Gomez Palacio
Mexico
Maren
Torreon
Ishams In Mexico Hunting Trip With NY Mayor’s Daughter
Ralph Inham and his bride, daughter of the late New York Mayor Gaynor, left Calexico for a ten day hunting trip in Mexico. Captain Funke and three scouts accompany them armed as cautious locals fear line crossers. They plan to end the journey in San Diego in ten days.
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el Centro
Cal
Ralph Inham
Gaynor
New York City
Calexico
Mexico
Funke
Isham
Isbun
San Diego
Glynn names Murphy loyalists to key state posts in upheaval
After a long conference Governor Glynn appointed Packey McCabe and other Murphy loyalists to top New York state posts while Surrogate George M. Schulz was named. Osborn warned of resignation but was persuaded not to, as Senate confirmation loomed for the changes in public offices.
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Trirerach
Tripune
Albany
Glynn
Willam Church Osborn
Democratic State Committee
Tammany Machine
John E. Eustis
Public Service Commission
1St Department
George M.schulz
Bronx
Schulz
McCabe
Osborn
McCave
Wagner
John McCooey
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
William Temple Emmet
South Salem
Westchester County
Jam. K. Sague
Frank Irvine
Ithaca
Curtis Douglas
Board of Claims
William A. Gardner
Amsterdam
Thomas F. Byrnes
Brooklyn
Frank Haxbrouck
Poughkeepsie
Eugene Lamb Richards
New Brighton
George C. van Tuy, Jr
State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Howard Townsend Mosher
Rochester
Andrew D. Morgan
Mion
Burene M. Strouxstern
Industrial Board
Maurice Wertheim
New York City
County of Kings
Robert H. Roy
Borough of
John F. Hylan
Senate
Spring Heat Beats Average As Temp Peaks At Seventy
Weather notes show yesterday reached seventy degrees, about twenty above the thirty three year average. The day brought mild sun in Jersey City and Washington with a minor incident involving geese breaking glass and a later fog lifting to reveal their location.
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Mareb
New York
Jersey City
Jersey
Washington
Eleven Workers Drown in Kiel Canal Cable Fall
Krunshuetten March 27 reports eleven Hilaven workmen were drowned when a suspended cable car plunged into the Kiel Canal rock during routine work. Rescue crews are investigating the immediate cause and safety lapses at the canal site.
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Krunshuetten
Vernally
Hilaven
Kiel Canal
Special Election Registry Today for April 7 Convention Vote
The legislature mandates correction of registration rolls for the April 7 special election on a constitutional convention. Eligible voters may register or transfer today. registry offices in Manhattan operate 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. No further corrections. Parties vary in stance with Republican leaders wary, Democrats favoring, and Tammany Hall urging turnout for the vote.
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Manhattan
Barnes
Republican State Committee
Eleanor Wilson's trousseau to have blue tint not rose
Miss Eleanor Wilson selected her wedding gown with Secretary McAdoo assisting. At Kurzman’s on Fifth Avenue she ordered the trousseau with blue dominating, rejecting the Nell Rose concept, while Secret Service guards and photographers follow her movements through New York shops and hotels.
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Eleanor Wilson
Trousseau
Rose
McAdon
Washington
Kurzmen
Fifth Avenue
Sithstrens
Miss Wilson
White House
Secret Service
Gimbel's
Wilson
John Wilson
Waldorf-Astoria
McAdoo
Vanderbilt Hut
Kurrman's
Nell Rose
Autos Slay Two Boys on West Side Streets
Two pedestrians, Sidney Goldshider aged five and John Mullins aged nine, were struck and killed by automobiles. Goldshider, hit at 125th Street by a car driven by Arthur Cart, was taken to Washington Heights Hospital and died. Mullins, struck at 68th Street and Amsterdam Avenue by a car operated by William Pierce, died at Roosevelt Hospital. Both incidents involved vehicle owners and drivers from Central Park West and West 66th Street areas.
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Ernest Broadway
Sidney Golishifer
Broadway
West Orth
Arthur Cart Street
Cargill
Washington Heights Hospital
Peterson
West 125Th Street
Miller
Goldshider
John Mullins
Reich Sues Police Over Cigar Store Interference
Jacob A. Reich known as Jack Sullivan was granted a temporary injunction in the New York Supreme Court restraining Police Commissioner McKay and inspectors from interfering with his Lenox Avenue cigar store at 181. Reich claims police warned customers away by alleging gambling at the premises, which he denies. The injunction also bars Inspector Ryan and Captain Gagan from interference. a hearing on a permanent injunction is set for Monday.
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Jacob A. Reich
Jack Sullivan
The
Who
Charles Becker
Supreme Court
Lewsboys
McKay
Reich
Lenox Avenue
Thomas F. Ryan
Gargan
Widen Harbor Channels Recommendation From War Department
The War Department urged widening New York harbor channels Hay Ridge and Red Mook at an estimated cost of 500,000 dollars with annual maintenance deemed necessary, a proposal presented to the House today.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Hay Ridge
Red Mook
War Department
Wilson Wins First Battle On Toll Bill
Washington reports the House voted 207 to 176 for the rule limiting debate on the Panama Canal tolls exemption repeal. The rule passed 172 to 0, triggering nearly twenty hours of debate on the bill. Leaders of three parties clashed as administration allies pressed ahead while Speaker Clark and Underwood opposed the move.
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Telhune Fuureau
Washington
Panama Canal
Meryedic
Clark
Underwood
Republicers
Messrs
Aikens Brockson
Hroussard
Bruckner
Carasway
Carew
Conry
Dale
Delriely Difenderfer
Donohoe
Dooling
Dormitus
New York
Phelan
Ragsdaly Baker
Sherwood
Stone
Taylor
Arkansas
Colorado
Thomany Tnderwood
Williams
Wingo
Bartholdi
Browne
Wisconsin
Gartner
Massachusetts
McKenzie
Madden
Steenerson
Stevens
Minnesota
Hardwick
Georgia
House
Adamson
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J. French
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John Ewart
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