Advance of Rates Suspended by Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended railroad freight rate advances on cotton seed products about 10 percent from Middle Western points to Texas and the East from tomorrow until June 24 for an investigation. The wage increase of 5 percent for textile workers is to be studied, while the Industrial Workers of the World may refuse the boost. Tennie Sneed, a Negro, stands trial for killing a white man near Elysian Fields at Marshall, with two guard companies protecting him from potential mob violence.
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Southwestern
Texas
Inerstate Commerce Commission
Nego
Marchaly
Tennie Sneed
Elysian Felds
Marshall
M ™ Mfia
Mill owners expect five percent raise for workers
Associated Press dispatch from Lawrence Mass reports mill owners expect a five percent raise. In Washington March 11 free sugar advocates predict victory this evening in the democratic sugar caucus.
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Asociated
Lawrence
Mass
Assocated Press Dispatch
Washington
Democrate
House Committee Against Intervention Confers With President
Chairman Sulzer of the Foreign Affairs Committee met the president to discuss intervention policy. The talks focused on U S involvement and possible actions amid international tensions.
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Sulzer
Foreign Affairs Committee
Man Sulzer
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Presdent
Taft
State Department
Mexico
United States
Battle in Coahuila Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
An Associated Press dispatch reports in Coahuila south of Torreon about forty Vasquistas killed and sixty wounded in a clash near Jimluco. Federals and Guardia recaptured San Guadalpupe from rebels. in Morelos Col Santibanez’s Federals killed twenty Zapatisas with nine Federal casualties.
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Federals
Kort Zapatistas
Morelos
Associated Press
Mexico City
Jimluco
Coahuila
San Guadelupe
Cuernavaca
Col
Santibanez
Chinese Outbreak and Capital Looting by Rebel Forces
A serious Chinese outbreak is described as ongoing through the day with rebel forces in activity around the capital causing looting. No further details or dates are provided in the fragment.
Mass Casualty in Peking as Riots Rage Amid Mutiny
From Peking March 1 mass rioting by mutineers and loyal troops erupts in streets. Fires burn across the city causing about 15 million dollars in losses and many deaths. Looters are executed by loyal soldiers as Manchu forces guard the forbidden areas.
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Associated Press
Peking
Yuan
Fatal Southern rail crash injures whites and a Black man
Three white men were fatally injured and one Black man killed when a Southern railroad train sideswiped another near Oxford Alabama. Fifteen others were injured in the March 1 accident reported by Associated Press from Birmingham.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Birmingham
Oxford
Ala
Denton Citizen Faints Likely From Vertigo Attack
John A. Hann, a well known Denton resident, fainted near noon Friday while walking home on South Em Street. He was picked up, taken to his home, and was resting easily as reports noted he had felt ill for several days.
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John A. Hann
Denton
South Em
Massacre of Eight Missionaries Stuns San Francisco
A March 1 dispatch reports the killing of eight foreign missionaries by fanatical Chinese outlaws during a Pinchow Sheng province raid last October. The frail record notes only two survivors, a father and his infant daughter, who escaped by fleeing to a nearby lake.
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Paeho
San Francisco
Sheng Province
Mutiny Shocks Tien Tsin as Chinese Troops Exchange Fire
Reports from Peking describe a mutiny at Feng Tai with heavy firing in the native quarters. Chinese troops 2 Feng Tai 22 take control, creating a serious situation as dispatches warn of escalating violence.
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Associated Press
Tien Tsin
China
Marci
Peking
Midni¢A
Pekin
Will testifies on Everglades report delay amid Florida politics
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports March 1 that Thomas E. Will, a Florida land salesman, testified he visited Secretary Wilson to press for early publication of the Everglades report. Will quotes Wilson saying he would not help until Florida factions stopped fighting among themselves.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Thomas E. Will
Everglades
Two Persons Rearrested on Grand Jury Indictments
M. J. Connell was re arrested on a grand jury indictment for the killing near Aubrey and posted $2,000 bond with sureties T A Ball Ball W. D. Pockrus and W. C. Pockrus. Mrs Wimberley arrested for the alleged killing of her husband also indicted and posted $2,000 bond.
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Shipley
Aubrey
W. D. Pockrus
W. C. Pockrus
Wimberley
Paris Fire Ruins Livery Barn and Garage, Huge Loss
A fire at Paris destroyed a livery barn cotton exchange and a garage causing an estimated loss of about 275000 dollars. The cause is unknown though buildings were insured. The fire origin remains undetermined.
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Paris
Weather Report From New Orleans Sees Unsettled Skies
4 wn and weather report from New Orleans Louisiana dated March 1 notes unsettled conditions with rain expected tonight or Saturday and warmer temperatures on the way.
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New Orleans
La Marca cigars offered at five cents per stick sale
Local shop advertises a Saturday sale of La Marca cigars priced at five cents each, with boxes of fifty for 250 dollars. Limited quantities are available on a first come, first served basis, highlighting the premium domestic cigar as a special display item for discerning smokers.
Striking Miners Total 1 049 407, England
London dispatch reports official figures showing 1 049 407 striking miners as of morning, with quiet scenes as most strikers observe a holiday and avoid clashes.
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Associated Press Dispatch
London
England
Thirteen Children Depart for Washington from Lawrence
A delegation of thirteen children, including four girls, left for Washington today. The trip follows an offer of increased wages that appears to have quieted the turbulence somewhat yesterday.
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Deoclawed
Lawrence
Mass
Washington
Texas to Enforce Saccharine Ban Against Use
Austin March 1 The Texas Pure Food Commission says it will immediately enforce the federal decision prohibiting saccharine use in the state.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Austin
Texas Pure Food Commission
Pneumonia Tops Death Causes in Texas for January
January saw pneumonia as the leading cause of death in Texas, surpassing tuberculosis which fell from first. Cerebro-spinal fever ranked second in fatalities, with tuberculosis third.
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Texas
Dig River Packet J E Cudeau Burned North of Mississippi River
The river packet J E Cudeau burned at the water’s edge ten miles north of the slississipp river. Ten persons are missing and believed drowned, with the missing reported to be Black men.
Seven Defendants Acquitted In Bath Tub Trust Trial
In Detroit Judge Angell acquitted seven defendants in the bath tub trust case. Two more defendants could have been acquitted if they had agreed to end the trial, but they chose to proceed.
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Bath Tub Trust
Detroit
Angell
Denver Juvenile Judge Tackles the Boy Question
Judge Ben Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court spoke to a large audience at the Normal College about the troubles of the small boy and the impact of kind treatment. Alvin M. Owsley introduced him as a champion for children, with details of Lindsey’s work to be printed in Saturday’s issue.
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Denver
Normal College
Ben B Iindsey
Juvenile Court of
Col
Alvin M. Owsley
Lindsey
J B Sneed Arrives in Waco and Jury Oaths Sealed
J B Sneed arrives in Waco and plans to visit his children in Plano. Jurors in the Sneed case take a solemn oath not to reveal their individual verdicts, with the first and last ballots identical.
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J. B. Sneed
Waco
Plano
Sneeu
Standard Oil in Texas to Contest Trust Tactics
The Waters-Pearce Oil company plans a national investigation to prove that Standard Oil evades the law and defies the court’s decision. The move centers on asserting alleged trust practices and judicial circumvention.
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Standard Oil
Texas
Waters-Pearce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
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