Rebels Force Madero Into a Peace Move
Rebels force President Madero toward a peace move as fighting rages in Mexico City. Federal troops retreat toward Cuernavaca and a rebel battery nears the U.S. embassy while American citizen Silas Gomore is wounded. Taft sends friendly reply to Madero and plans for possible future actions are discussed.
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Mexico City
Madero
Lascurnin
Cuernavaca
M.C. A
United States
National Palace
Dalaca
Silas Gomore
Ees
Colina Street
Taft
Huerta
Blanquet
Miss Emerson Jailed in London and Mexico War News
Miss Zelle Emerson of Jackson Michigan was arrested in London and sentenced to two months hard labor for breaking windows at a Liberal association building. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst also received two months. In Washington, Secretary Knox said there was no violation of civilized warfare rules in Mexico, while Ambassador Wilson set up embassy relief as fighting worsens. Battleships head to Guantanamo, and a machine gun was stolen near El Paso. A Michigan legislator urged action to restore pesos, and Boston receivers were appointed for the George A. Alden rubber firm.
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London
Zelle Emerson
Jackson, Mich
Emerson
Liberal Association
Bow
Sylvia Pankhurst
Washington
Knox
Taft
Mexico
United States
Madero
Diaz
Wilson
Guantanamo
Atlantic
Navy Yards
Connecticut
New York
Badger
Mexico City
el Paso
Thirteenth Cavalry
Hachifa
N. M
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Bion Wheelan
Hallsdale
Woodrow Wilson
Wheelan
Arthur
Weather Forecast for Rock Inland Davenport Moline Vicinity
Unsettled weather with snow or rain late tonight or Wednesday. Colder tonight with a low just below freezing. Temperature at 7 am 39. Highest yesterday 49, lowest last night 36. Wind 5 mph. No precipitation. Relative humidity 60 at 7 pm and 76 at 1 am. Astronomical events: sun sets 5:05, rises 6:00, evening star Venus, morning stars Jupiter, Mars.
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Rock
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Venus
Jupiter
Murs
Court Dismisses Bribery Charge in Edwards Case
Charleston West Virginia February 18. Justice Gilchrist dismissed charges that William Seymour Edwards a Republican candidate for United States senator attempted to buy votes of state legislators.
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Charleston
W. Va
William Seymour Edwards
United States
Gilchrist
Would End Booze Making in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa February 18 Representative Dawson introduced a joint resolution seeking prohibition of liquor manufacture or sale in Iowa. The measure calls for a constitutional amendment to enforce the ban.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Dawson
Inauguration of President Poincare With Simple Ceremony
Paris reports a straightforward inauguration as President Poincare assumes office with modest ceremonies. Premier Briand visited the president elect at his private residence, then they rode to the palace in a four horse open carriage amid a cheering crowd despite freezing weather.
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Paris
Poincare
Briand
McKeen Former Vandalia Railway Leader Dies in Indiana
Terre Haute ind feb 18 W R McKeen former president of the Vandalia railroad and a noted financier in the state died today after a four year illness He served as a Republican convention delegate from 1872 to 1904 and was the sole civilian named to the Legion of Honor milestone in his career
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M’keen
Vandalia Railway
Terre Haute
Ind
W. R. McKeen
Vandalia Railrroad
Republian
Legion of Honor
Albany
N. Y
Charles D. Hilles
Dobbs Ferry
Taft
Republican National Committee
Sulzer
New York Training School For Girls
Hudson
Senate
Wagon
Hilles
Democratic Party
Carmen
Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ryan
International Brotherhood of Railway
Sedalia
Fort Worth
Denison
Texas
Jand Parsons
Kan
New York Legislature Orders Police Inquiry
New York lawmakers call for a searching investigation of the police situation by a joint senate assembly committee. Wilson accepts another presidency. Trenton, February 18. Governor Wilson has accepted the honorary presidency of the national peace congress.
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New York
Wilson
Trenton
N. J
National Peace Congress
Wilsons Seven Anti-Trust Bills Pass the House
News briefs from New Jersey and New York report Governor Wilson’s seven anti-trust bills passing the New Jersey House in the same form as the Senate, with labor unions raised as a possible exception. Other items include Hilles joining the New York training school board, a Chicago bomb incident blamed on a political foe, Pana rejecting a commission form of government, and aviator Jannus scheduled for appendicitis surgery.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
House
Senate
Dreadnought Pennsylvania Bid Sets Record Cost
Washington February 18 The Newport News bid of 7 285000 for the Dreadnought Pennsylvania with Curtiss turbine engine was the lowest proposal opened at the main department today. The ship will be the largest in the American navy and likely larger than any foreign warship to date. Tonnage will be 25 000 almost three times the old Oregon. Complete cost is projected at 14 000 000.
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Washington
Newgert News Shipbuilding Company
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Fourth joint ballot shows Lewis leads long term race
Springfield reports the fourth joint ballot for the long term senatorship gives Lewis 87, Sherman 76, Funk 19, Berlyn 4, Robins 1, with 3 not voting. Short term balloting yielded no choice amid a spread of candidates. Sherman resists a Lewis deal as Democrats push for a two‑seat outcome amid stalled alignment talks.
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Springfield
Lewis
Sherman
Funk
Berlyn
Raymond Robins
Boeschenstein
Barrier
Lawrence Y. Sherman
James Hamilton Lewis
Dunne
Colonel Lewis
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Frank H. Funk
Joseph Carter
W. A. Hubbard
Charles A. Karch
W. A. Compton
W. D. Piercy
Charles Boeschenstein
House
Burnett Dillingham literacy test bill faces veto override
Washington reports friends of the Burnett Dillingham immigration bill claim enough votes to repass the measure over Taft's veto when the senate reconvenes. A 3 o'clock vote is scheduled amid remarks arguing literacy tests fail as citizenship proof. The senate previously passed the bill 72 to 18 with plans to repass in the house. The same session eyes eight hour work limits for women in DC and nationwide employment restrictions by eight hours in interstate commerce.
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Washington
Friends of the Burnett-Dillingham
Taft
Senate
Stone
Blackhand
Garfield
McKinley
House
District of Columbia
Kenyon
Fire Devastates Constantinople as 200 Homes Burn
London reports a major blaze in Constantinople near the great mosque of St Sophia with over 200 houses and shops destroyed. The mosque is not seriously damaged. Censorship delays Balkan war news. Enver Bey denied wounded reports.
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London
Constantinople
St. Sophia
Enver Bey
Alderman Al Tearney Fined for 1 A.M. Closing Violations
Chicago February 18 Alderman Al Tearney president of the Three Eye league was fined 640 on 382 charges of violating the 1 o'clock closing law at his saloon.
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Chicago
al Tearney
Three-Eye League
Father and Son Estranged After Long Grudge
Chicago tale recalls a boy beaten by his father after a five year old ran away. Richard Hinkley refused to recognize Albert Hinkley, now faced with disorderly conduct charges later dismissed in police court. The father cried as the son vowed never to return. Herbert Lanston dies inventor of a typesetting machine. Popular election of US senators approved in Wisconsin. Cyanide evidence in Hyde murder case presented by nurse Van Nuys in Kansas City Swope home investigation.
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Richard Hinkley
Albert Hinkley
Richard
Chicago
Kansas City
B. Clarke Hyde
Lou E. van Nuys
Swope
Margaret Swope
Erdman Act Accepted by Railowners
Eastern rail roads agreed to arbitrate the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen under the Erdman act, opening hearings to the public to prevent a strike. The statement warned of further wage demands by conductors and trainmen while noting the $12 million annual cost of granting maximum raises. Other items include the Carmen strike ending, a tablet factory fire, suffrage march, and J P Morgan’s health update.
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New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Erdman
Lee
Conference Committee of Managers
Knapp
Commerce Court
G. W. Hangar
United States Commissioner of Labor
Carter
Brotherhood
Congress
Three Assassins Slain in Public in San Salvador
In San Salvador on February 18 three of the gunmen who killed the late President Araujo were shot by a soldier platoon in front of a large crowd. The public execution occurred this morning with many spectators present.
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San Salvador
Araujo
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