Federals Enter Fight in Rio Grande Border Action
Reported by Paso authorities a dawn federal effort followed Mexicana crossing the Rio Grande carrying arms and supplies to join Juarez garrisons or to raid horse corrals. Plan reportedly aimed to seize horses, but backfired as riders fled toward El Paso.
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Paso
Texas
United States
Rio Grande
Juarez
Yeleta
Wiles
el Paso
Castillo
Maximo Castillo
Mar Chocolate Pass
Pearson
Chihauhau
Kathrine Grey Leads Citywide Clean Your Closet Drive
Big charity push in New York praises actress Kathrine Grey for sparking a citywide clothing drive. Thousands respond with bags of donations, trucks and car clubs aiding a mass collection to clothe the needy. Efforts prompt talk of a yearly state rummage day to ease clothing distress.
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New York
Katherine Grey
New York City
Miss Grey
Smooth Winter Weather Forecast Tonight Through Friday
The forecast calls for snow tonight and Friday with little change in temperature. Lows near 5 to 10 degrees above zero, winds from the northeast. Temperature at 7 am about 5, yesterday’s high 8, wind at 7 am around 17 mph, precipitation 1 0 inch. Relative humidity 7 pm 78 and 7 am 97, water stage up 3 inches in 24 hours. Astronomical events note Venus Saturn Mars in evening sky, Jupiter in morning sky, Orion visible in the southern sky.
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Lowes
J. M. Sherier
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Morningster
Jupiter
Orion
Wireless Talks Across Atlantic
New York reports wireless messages exchanged between Germany and Sayville on a 4000 mile link via Atlantic Communication company station. New York newspapers and AP sent greetings to Berlin newspapers the emperor and Ambassador Gerard. several replies received amid perfect conditions.
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New York
Germany
Sayville
Long Island
Atlantic Communication Company
New York Newspapers
Associated Press
Berlin
Emperor
Gerard
Banker Raine Delivers Not Guilty Plea in Bank Case
Memphis Tennessee February 12 C Hunter Raine alleged president of the Mercantile Bank facing nearly $800000 in default charges entered a not guilty plea at arraignment. He previously pleaded guilty when arrested for embezzlement.
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Raine
Memphis
Tenn
C. Hunter Raine
Mercantile Bank
President Wilson Kept in Room by Cold in Washington
President Wilson's schedule was canceled as doctors ordered him to stay in his room and recover from a slight cold. He is hoarse with a cough, and officials expect him to be out tomorrow. The day’s events included a reception for 100 Boy Scouts and delegates to the Chamber of Commerce. In Chicago, Mayor Harrison, battling bronchitis, showed improvement after a chill.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Bacon
Georgia
Chicago
Harrison
Morida
Cuba
Fresh rumor of a ritual murder in Kiev
Reported in Kiev that M Pashkoff a Jewish tailor at Fastoff 40 miles away was arrested in the murder of a boy named Yoshel Pashkoff alleged to be his son. Postmortem found the boy Christian. exhumation and a Christian official’s son as per testimony. Also note: Federal league promoters did not bid for Evers, claiming he is under contract to the National League.
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Kiev
Russia
M. Pashkoff
Fastoff
Here
Yoshel Pashkoff
Central
Law Court
Evers
New York
Federal League
Cab
National League
Lincoln memorial ground broken on Lincoln birthday
Ground was broken in Washington on Lincoln's birthday for a $2,000,000 Lincoln Memorial to stand as a premier example of architecture and sculpture. Henry Bacon designs four related features including a seated Lincoln statue, Gettysburg address tribute, and second inaugural memorial in bronze, with a colonnade of 48 state columns and a ceremonial bridge later envisioned to Arlington.
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Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Taft
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Potomac Park
Capitol
Washington Monument
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Henry Bacon
New York
Memorial Commission
Lincoln
United States
Honest Abe's Birthday in a Chicago Record Herald tribute
Samuel Ellsworth Kiser writes in the Chicago Record-Herald praising Abraham Lincoln. The poem extols Lincoln's height of character, steadfast faith, and wisdom in adversity, predicting his fame will endure as a symbol of courage, love, and faithfulness.
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Samuel Ellsworth Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Lincoln Memorial project from 1902 to 1910 details and commission
The article recounts the long process of creating the Lincoln Memorial begun in 1902 by Senator Cullom. It notes final action under a 1910 bill, multiple site suggestions, and the eventual rejection of earlier favored locations. Lincoln Memorial commission members listed include Taft Blackburn Cannon Wetmore McCall Clark and Mertin.
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Cullom
Lincoln
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Meridian Hill
Fort Stevens
Potomac Park
Arlington Cemetery
Gettysburg
Commission of Fine Arts
Memorial Commission
Congress
Thase
Lincoln Memorial Commission
William H. Taft
Joseph C. S. Blackburn
Shelby M. Cullom
Joseph G. Cannon
George Peabody Wetmore
Samuel Walker McCall
Champ Clark
Thomas S. Mertin
Child, a cripple, slain by parent in Chicago tragedy
Mrs Amelia Bertat shot her one and a half year old daughter Helen to prevent a frail future then killed herself after crying over the wounded child for two hours. Neighbors and husband learned of the double tragedy as the woman, initially unconscious, succumbed to a second fatal shot.
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Chicago
Amelia Bertat
Helen
Bertat
Fnally
Mrs Bond Describes Gore Hotel Assault in Court
Oklahoma City court heard Minnie Bond describe an alleged attack by Senator Thomas P Gore in a Washington hotel room. She testified he seized her hand and threw her on the bed, breaking eyeglasses and cutting her face during the struggle before two men entered the room.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Minnie Bond
Thomas P. Gore
Washington
Gore
T. E. Robertson
Oklahoma
Library Burned by Arson Squad in England
The Carnegie library at Northfield, Worcestershire, six miles from Birmingham, was destroyed by fire today. An arson squad of suffragists claimed responsibility with slogans urging women to vote. A bomb was found at Arthur Chamberlain’s home. the candle meant to detonate had blown out. Suffrage literature was discovered nearby.
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Birmingham
England
Carnegie Library
Northfield
Worcestershire
Arthur Chamberlain
Joseph
Kerosene Blaze Kills Woman and Infant Near Pearl City
Freeport Illinois February 12 Mrs Henry Brinkhheimer and her 11 month old baby died in a stove fire started when she poured kerosene into a stove at their home near Pearl City. The blaze left two dead and the household infrastructure heavily damaged. Local authorities investigated the accident as a domestic fire incident.
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Freeport
Henry Brinkhheimer
Pearl City
Mines At Impasse In Regional Arbitration Talks
In Philadelphia operators from Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania urged arbitration of all disputes with miners over a new wage scale but the conference ended without agreement. In Hancock Michigan miners’ pay slips were shown to suggest stores deducted from earnings. Operators denied store control. Other testimony described dangerous drilling conditions and threats during the Ahmeek mine strike. In Denver talks aimed at fusing the Western Federation of Miners with the United Mine Workers proceeded with planned sub-committee discussions.
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Philadelphia
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Hancock
Mich
Congressional Committee
O. N. Hilton
A. F. Rees
Pat Dunnigan
Ahmeek
Dunningan
Ahmeek Village
Houghton
Seeberville
Lincoln
Colorado
Denver
Colo
A. C. Felts
Boulder
Felts
George W. Belcher
Trinidad
Louis Zancanelli
Chase
Meyer
Western Federation of Miners
United Mine Workers of American
Western Federation
Moyer
Michigan Field
Texas storm headed for East Texas
Weather across the east is plunging, with the coldest conditions of the season. A snow storm is forecast within 24 hours, tracing from Texas toward East Texas as low temperatures spread from Michigan to New York and Missouri.
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Texas
East
New York
Pompey
Washington
D. C
Michigan
New York State
New York City
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Iowa
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