Juarez Falls to Rebel Forces in Quick Takeover
Juarez surrendered to Vasquista rebels after no resistance offered. Rebels seized municipal buildings and weaponry, with U S troops in El Paso and no looting reported. A rebel advance and cannonading followed, while Mexican authorities negotiated surrender to protect American rights. Thirteen rebels died at Tonaya as federal forces clashed nearby.
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Texas
Juarez
Romero
Conan Llorente
United States
Lorento
Juares
Guadalajara
Mexico
Tonaya
San Gabriel
Leutenant
Magill
Ebutla
Marfa
Norris Ranch
Cuervo
Texas Line
Yester
Peorian Named State Board of Education Member
Springfield Feb 27. C H Kam mann principal of Lincoln school Peoria appointed to the state board of education to succeed the late E A Gastman of Decatur.
Olympic carrying notables in wreck near Belfast
The White Star liner Olympic with a large passenger list including Ambassador Reed the Duke of Newcastle Count Appoy and W E Corey from New York struck a submerged wreck this morning off Belfast. The propeller was damaged and the ship will proceed to Belfast for repairs.
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Belfast
Olympic
Ambassador Reed
Duke of Newcastle
Count Appooyi
W. E. Corey
New York
Southampton
Weather forecast for Rock Island area with snow flurries
Unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday with likely snow flurries. Warmer by tomorrow with a low around 15 to 20 degrees. Temperature at 7 a.m. 3, highest yesterday 21, lowest last night 1. Wind 5 mph. Precipitation .08 inch. Humidity 82 percent at 7 p.m. 83 at 7 a.m. SHERIER local forecaster. Astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow. Moon rise and set times noted.
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Tam
J. M. Sherier
Nicaragua Declares Holiday for Knox Arrival in Nation
In San Juan Del Sur February 27 Nicaragua will honor the arrival of Secretary of State Knox by declaring a public holiday nationwide. Knox will receive presidential honors and a special commemorative medal from the government. In Colon the Washington with Knox aboard anchored earlier. A greeting by officials and a band performance occurred before Knox departed for Panama.
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Nicaragua
Knox
San Juan del Sur
Colon
Washington
United States
Panama
Wilsons Daughter Safe After Marooned Trip in Mexico
Miss Eleanor Wilson daughter of New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson reached El Paso Texas after being stranded for days in northern Chihuahua due to railroad cuts. She described the trip as uneventful noting a burned bridge and delays before arriving by automobile to El Paso. She stayed with Mr and Mrs F H Todd at 1017 Hundy Avenue.
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Juerez
el Paso
Darrow Trial Delayed by Writ of Appeals
Los Angeles, Feb 27 The district court of appeals issued a writ preventing Judge George Hutton from setting a trial date for Clarence S Darrow as his case moves today The writ also orders the district attorney to appear and justify supplying Darrow's counsel with the grand jury transcript while Darrow's attorneys must answer by next Saturday and arguments on the writs are set for Monday
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Cal
District Court of Appeals
George 8. Hutton
Supreme Court
Clarence
Darrow
McNamaras
Court of Appeals
Grand Jury
Chinese government to force indemnity warships to Batavia
Chinese ships prepared to bombard Batavia if the Dutch government fails to pay indemnity for Chinese killings. The report, received by the Chinese Free Press editor, cites orders to move warships to Java.
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San Francisco
Cal
Java
Batavia
Chinese Free Press
Settlement Reached in Britain Coal Strike
London reports a settlement of the British coal dispute that involved about one million workers. Mutual concessions are said to form the basis of the agreement and an official announcement is expected this evening.
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Britain
London
Three Children Missing After Orphanage Fire in Lexington
Lexington Kentucky February 27 three children are believed dead after a fire that destroyed a colored orphans home. Thirty other children were rescued by official Mrs Mary Edison who broke a second floor window and carried them to safety over a porch. Iowa City Feb 27 Dean Austin W Scott of the University of Iowa College of Law announced his forthcoming resignation to take effect this spring He will return to Harvard Law School The state board of education meets March 6 to select a successor.
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Lexington
Mary Edison
Iowa City
Iowa
Austin W. Scott
College of Law
University of Iowa
Dean Scott
Law School
Harvard University
State Board of Education
Miners Await Employers Answer Threatening Strike
New York Feb 27 The Roosevelt anthracite coal compact of 1902 will expire April 1 after two renewals. Miners renew demands for higher wages and concessions, citing cost of living increases since 1902. Committee including John D. White and district presidents presented demands to operators. If no agreement, 180000 miners and thousands of railroaders may strike, costing about 16 million dollars monthly.
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New York
Santaptese J
Revesvalt
George F. Baer
Withiladelphia
Reading Coal
Pany
Tidewater
Pni
Vance
the _com- wkers
Bath tub men go free shocks Detroit court
Detroit February 27 The bath tub trust case collapsed for five defendants as prosecutors moved nol press due to lack of evidence. The move followed a closing statement by the government in the antitrust prosecution. Morgan & Co implicated in a broader coal and railroad conspiracy.
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Detroit
Mich
Bath Tub Trust
Nolle
Morgan & CO
Columbus
Ohio
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Hocking Valley
Lawrence strike to have federal quiz
Federal government to investigate Lawrence authorities for blocking a railroad's contract to send strikers' children out of state. U.S. district attorney said Attorney General Wilberforce directed him to check if interstate commerce law was violated. Six arrests of pickets, five women, one man for pepper spray. Judge Mahoney allowed sending children only under confirmed safety arrangements. Washington debated investigation in House but set aside under current rules.
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Lawrence
Boston
United States District Attorney
Wickersham
Mass
Judge Mahoney
Washington
Wilson
Labor Committee
Government notes continuing monopoly claim persists
The article states the government maintains that a monopoly remains in force to the present day, detailing ongoing concerns about market control and regulatory challenges surrounding the claim.
Woman Gives Clew to a Taxi Highwayman
New York police report the fourth arrest in the East River National Bank robbery. Two messengers were robbed of 25,000 dollars. A woman's jealousy over a rival led to the capture of the highwayman. Two thousand dollars of the loot was recovered.
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New York
East River National Bank
Roosevelt avoids personal clash with Taft in Boston
Theodore Roosevelt rejects a direct personal controversy with President Taft and denies saying Taft was not a progressive. He reaffirms his Columbus and Massachusetts remarks on major issues, stressing popular government and the government’s stance toward business to foster pro growth conditions.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Columbus
Massachusetts
Ohio
Bass
Grafton D. Cushing
New Hampshire
Harvard
Lowell
Small Boy Saves Burlington Train Near Wheeling
A young freckled boy named Bob, identity unknown, spotted a broken rail near Wheeling, Missouri. He waited an hour in bitter cold to flag the first train, averting disaster on Burlington No. 17. Passengers collected funds to send him once his name is known.
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St. Joseph
Bob
Burlington
Wheeling
Roosevelt in Boston and national returns stir 1912 campaign
The dispatches describe Roosevelt's Boston schedule with conferences and Harvard visit, plus two Southern Republican leaders backing his 1912 bid. Clark comments on the GOP debacle, while Lodge clarifies opposition to Roosevelt's Columbus policies yet maintains personal friendship.
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White House
Roosevelt
Taft
Clark
Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Waterloo
Napoleon
Elba
St. Helena
Loses Lodge
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Columbus
Thousand Game Birds Arrive for Oak Park Release
A shipment of one thousand rare game birds from Siberia and the Orient arrived in New York aboard the Minnewaska. They are destined for Oak Park Illinois where they will be mated and their young released nationwide by Samuel Evans and son Wallace, who brought them to the United States.
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Oak Park
New York
Siberia
Orient
Minnewaska
United States
Samuel Evans
Wallace
Bert Franklin, Darrow Sleuth, Pleads Guilty
Los Angeles February 27 Bert Franklin once a Clarence Darrow detective pleaded guilty to attempting to influence juror Robert Bain in the James 5 McNamara case. Bain was the first juror sworn in the dynamiter’s San Quentin life term case.
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Bert Franklin
Darrow
Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
Robert Bain
James 5. McNamara
San Quentin
TEARNEY WITH US TOO Rock Island in Three Eye league race
Chicago reports the Three Eye league weighs eighth city choice for the 1912 season and schedules. Rock Island appears favored, with Davenport Peoria Dubuque and Quincy showing support. Decatur Springfield and others push for franchises as bylaw changes and a $50 per game guarantee are discussed.
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Argus
Chicago
Danville
Peoria
Rock Island
Davenport
Dubuque
Quincy
Decatur
Wilson Behring
Virg Sanders
Harry Oldham
M. L. Harry
J. A. Corbett
John Hogan
Frank Rehling
H. L. Wheelan
C. J. Smith
James T. Hayes
Dick R. Lane
Clarence Rowland
Springfield
T. W. Allen
R. F. Kinsella
F. B. Smith
A. BE. Leisy
Oscar Shannon
Bloomington
William Hunter
Joseph Keller
J. M. Boyle
Joseph Plaster
Associated Press
Rock Ieland
Richard F. Kinsella
Passengers and Crew Die in Kwango River Steamer Sinking
Brussels reports that thirty two people aboard a government steamer on the Kwango river near the Belgian Congo borders were drowned when the vessel foundered yesterday. A dispatch to Petit Bleu confirms the loss.
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Kwango
Brussels
Belgian Congo
Petit Bleu
Steiniger Elected Mayor of Greater Berlin
Berlin news reports Dr. Carl Steiniger former city chamberlain was chosen mayor of Greater Berlin. The metropolis ranks as the world’s third largest municipality after London and New York with about 3,300,000 residents and a 100 member municipal council.
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Carl Steiniger
Greater Berlin
London
New York
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