Benton citizen question sparks Chihuahua records search
El Paso February reports indicate a claim William Benton the British subject and former mayor may have Mexican citizenship. Records in Chihuahua City are being checked to verify his status while Washington seeks his body. Villa’s death narrative persists and British and American officials pursue exhumation and clarity.
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el Paso
Texas
William Benton
Juarez
Frederico Garza
Juares
Benton
Diarged
Chihuahus City
State Department
Washington
Villa
United
London
Paris
Berlin
Jondon
England
Grey
House of Com- Mms
United States
Great Britain
Cone
Gerling Benton
Curtis
Ent
Galves
Rie
Missionary, Seven-Foot Doctor, Reunites With Family After China Revolt
Dr. George Hadden, a medical missionary, arrived with his wife and 3 year-old son after years in Yung Chow Fu China. During the revolution he faced banditti and narrowly escaped thrown earth, while his wife stayed at a missionary settlement. He plans to take his family to Ireland before returning to China.
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San Francisco
George Hadden
China
Hadden
Yung Chow Fu
Dr. Hadden
Canton
Revolution
Ireland
George Haddon
Patrick
China Wilds
State Abandons Murder Inquiry
Aurora Nova Scotia February 24 The State's Attorney T J Tyers announced no further investigations into the slaying of Miss Theresa Hollander. Anthony Petras, under arrest, is said to have enough evidence to stand trial Petras will not testify when the inquest resumes Thursday Police photographed Hollander's eye amid superstition claims but no comment on its admissibility.
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Aurora
Theresa Hollander
T. J. Tyers
Anthony Petras
Petras
Bleached Flour Case Sent Back for New Trial
The Supreme Court sent the bleached flour case back to the district court for a new trial, directing that foods lacking enough questionable substances to insure health should not be condemned. The ruling affects about 1,000 food articles. High School Destroyed. Rochester Pa. Feb 24. Rochester high school was destroyed by fire today as seven hundred pupils marched out in orderly formation.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
District Court
Rochester
Rochester High School
40000 Miners Strike in France Over Pension Bill
Paris February 24 Forty thousand of the 225000 coal miners in southern France are on strike to protest senate elimination of certain underground workers pension bill clauses. No disorder reported.
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Paris
France
Senate
Governor Glynn Hints at Permanent Inquiry Court in New York
Albany message to the legislature calls the current probes a four ring circus and proposes a court of inquiry made of living former Court of Appeals judges to supervise future investigations. He cites demoralization in the highway department and scattered records as consequences of the present inquiry system. The plan would involve seven living former judges including Alton B. Parker.
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Albany
N. Y
Glynn
Court of Appeals
Highway Department
Alton B. Parker
Becker Wins New Trial In Rosenthal Murder Case
Former New York police lieutenant Charles Becker, condemned to die for Herman Rosenthal’s murder, is granted a new trial by the New York Court of Appeals. The reversal cites trial judge Justice Goff’s errors. four gunmen’ convictions are affirmed. The case timelines from July 1912 through Becker’s Oct 24 verdict and Oct 20 death sentence are summarized.
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Taxis Bee Peesada Becker
New York
Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Jack Rose
Gyp the Blood
Dago Frank
Louie
Whitey Lewis
Rose
Prson
Goff
American Citizen Hanged in Mexico
Aredo Texas Feb 24 Clemente Vergara an American citizen captured and carried into Mexico by Mexican federals was hanged this morning Advices from Hidalgo say the federal commander at Piedras Negras ordered Vergara released after representations by American authorities.
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Aredo
Texas
Clemente Vergara
Mexico
Hidalgo
Piedras Negras
Vergara
Weather Outlook for Rock Island Area Tomorrow
Fair tonight and Wednesday with a rising temperature. Lows near 16 degrees. Winds from the south increasing. 7 a m temperatures 11, yesterday high 17, low last night 11. No precipitation. Humidity 74 percent at 7 p m and 87 percent at 7 a m. Stage of water 4.8 with a 4 inch decline in 24 hours. Astronomical events note evening stars Mars Venus Saturn and an annular sun eclipse visible in the southern Pacific and extreme southern South America.
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Rockiland
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Venus
Saturn
North America
Pacific Ocean
Antarctic
South America
Naval bill passes. two battleships favored
Washington D C Feb 24 The house naval committee finally passed the naval bill and backed a program for two battleships with minor vessels. The plan defers a government armor plant inquiry until next year. The president also signed a measure limiting District of Columbia women to an eight hour workday.
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Washington, D. C
House Naval Committee
House
District of Columbia
White Slave Act Upheld By Supreme Court In Wilson Cases
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the federal white slave law in the Wilson cases from Chicago. The decision noted the ruling did not address whether the law applies only to commercial vice, and the court also sustained the Ohio excise tax on railroads. Zoe and Charles Wilson, convicted two years ago for transporting two women for immoral purposes, were sentenced to three years.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Wilson
Chicago
Ohio
Ill
Zoe
Charles Wilson
Flossie Bion
Frances Vance
Milwaukee
Prominent Men Accused by Girl in Cincinnati Case
Warrants were issued for four of Cincinnati's prominent men, including Colonel Brent Arnold, supervisor of terminals for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of 16 year old Mildred Crans who had been in custody of juvenile officers in the past two weeks.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Brent Arnold
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mildred Crans
Army Officer Is Placed on Trial at Fort Terry
New London Conn Feb 24 Major Benjamin M Moehler United States coast artillery corps was brought to trial before a board of army officers at Fort Terry Plump Island The charge details are withheld but involve morality issues tied to alleged acts at Fort Terry and other places Moehler is a 42 year old unmarried native of Illinois An aged man dead in snow Peru Ind Feb 24 Taylor Newcomb 70 was found dead in a snow drift east of Peru after a head injury from a fall Another note two new scarlet fever cases at Urbana University of Illinois February 24 Samuel Bass of Fairbury a freshman student was removed to the university isolation hospital.
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New London
Conn
Benjamin M. Moehler
United States Coast Artillery Corps
Army
Fort Terry
Plump Island
Illinois
Peru
Ind
Taylor Newcomb
Urbana
Samuel Bass
Fairbury
University of Ilinois
University
Heavy Damage in Two Days Storm
A two day snow and wind storm roared across the upper Mississippi and Ohio river valleys leaving widespread destruction. Rail lines and wires remained disrupted with delayed schedules. Severe cold followed, fuel shortages appeared in smaller cities, and schools closed as temperatures plunged across several states.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Ohio River
New York City
Bolgeville
N. Y
Ohio
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Danish Vessel Lost Eleven Rescued in Bay of Biscay
A fragmentary wireless from the German steamer Wildenfels says she rescued 11 crew members from the Danish steamer Ekliptika after it sank in the Bay of Biscay. The Ekliptika captain perished. a large portion of the crew is presumed lost. The Ekliptika crew numbered 20 with one passenger aboard.
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Bremen
Germany
Wildenfels
Bay of Biscay
Dice at Age of 100 Years in Kalamazoo
Robert Ray died in Kalamazoo at age 100 after a brief illness. He recently moved to live with his son after formerly residing in Libertyville, DL. His body was shipped there for burial.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Robert Ray
Libertyville
Robbers blast theatre safe and steal 5000 dollars
Baltimore reports robbers overpowered and bound the Academy of Music watchman then blew open the office safe and escaped with five thousand dollars. A Pittsburgh police message links the same gang to a $2000 theft at the Pitt theatre on Lincoln's birthday night.
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Baltimore
Academy of Music
Pittsburg
Pitt Theatre
Lincoln
Miners Quit Union To Secure Jobs
Hancock Michigan February 24 Western Federation of Miners must be eliminated from the field and no member will be taken back unless he resigns membership. Miners claim wages and hours are settled but insist on the right to organize. Testimony involves Postmaster Burman and a parade, while an employment agent shoots at Quincy mine in Hancock. Calumet and Heela Mining directors cut quarterly dividend to five dollars from twelve.
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Hancock, Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Hilton
Burman
Mohawk
Citizens’ Alliance
Rees
Crystal Falls
Mich
Leonard Meolo
Quincy Mine
Hancock
Meolo
Boston
Mass
Calumet and Heela Mining Company
Accused Woman Claims Coercion In Murder Trial
Little Valley New York February 24 Farmers and families from across the county gathered as Mrs Cynthia Buffum testified she was coerced by detectives posing as friends to confess to murdering her husband. Her lawyer argues the statements should not count as proper evidence.
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Little Valley
N. Y
Cynthia Buffum
Buffalo
Innocent Child Causes A Death In Saloon Incident
Chicago reports Virgil John son of Mount Vernon Illinois was accidentally shot and killed by 12 year old Mary Kozbiel in a saloon when she lifted a revolver during an inspection. Fort Wayne notes the C T Pidgeon Millinery company suffered a night robbery, silks valued at 1500 dollars stolen, safe opened, cash 54 dollars taken, papers stolen.
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Chicago, Ill
Virgil Johnson
Mount Vernon
Ill
Mary Kozbiel
Johnson
Kozbiel
Fort Wayne
Ind
C. T. Pidgeon Millinery Company
Io Silka
Saloons in St Louis county barred frosted panes
Frosted window panes and drawn shades were banned in St Louis County saloons to keep windows clear for excise investigators to monitor violations. A Minneapolis bankers' meeting discussed a campaign against bank criminals and the new federal reserve system, with representatives from 12 states attending.
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St. Lous
Rep
St. Louis
Excise Board
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve System
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Bauch
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Compton
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Chihuahua
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Investige
Metico City
Mitico
Congress
Bead
Querido Modeno
Fed
Cowdray
John Doe
Permanent Court of Investigation
New York Court of Appeals
Justice Goff
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi and
Ohio Valleys
Olean
William Lobarger
Boliver
Manningsport
Michigan Copper
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