Diaz Bar 10 Settlement of the War Sparks New Election Debate
In El Paso and across the border the insurgents demand Diaz concede to nullify 1910 election and accept a new free ballot under the 1857 constitution. Francisco Madero and Senor Garza insist any peace requires Diaz’s retirement and honest elections.
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OFZ
Il Paso
Texas
Diaz
Sen Garza
New York
Sefior Limaritour
Francisco L
Madero
Senor Garza
Washington
Francisco Madero
Cone
Tim Mari¢ro
Weather and security updates from March reports
Weather recast for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity shows tonight around 25 degrees with snow or rain. Saturday looks generally fair and colder. 7 am temp 28, high yesterday 31, low 26, no precipitation. Wind 3 mph, humidity 43 at 7 pm and 65 at 7 am. river levels stable. Astronomical events note sun set 6 05 pm and moon rise 9 01 pm. forces on the Mexican border address National Guard rumors with no mobilization planned. Debate on neutrality laws questions ability to halt arms shipments to Mexican insurrectos. discussions consider targeted control rather than flat prohibition. Mexican unrest discussed with Creel warning that anti American actions in the capital could trigger police and military response. Adents restless.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Mississippi
Dubuque Iscatine
J. M. Sherier
Washington
Wood
Cincinnati
Ohio National Guard
War Department
National Guard
United States
Department of Justice
Mexican Mexico
Berder
Iaken
Creel
Verdict Upheld in Hartington Murder Case
Hartington Nebraska March 17 a verdict of murder in the first degree with life imprisonment was returned today by the jury in the case of Mrs Maggie Davis accused killer of Ira Churchill a farmer last November. The charge rests on her claim that Churchill promised marriage and wed another woman on the set wedding day.
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Hartington
Neb
Maggie Davis
Ira Churchill
Kenyon Nears Senate Victory as Standpatters Split
Des Moines report notes Kenyon within 9 votes of election for United States senator with 66 of needed 65. six standput leaders and 13 publicans break from Deemer to back Kenyon. Deemer's strength falls to 37 as talks of withdrawal and a conference of standpatters aim to prolong deadlock.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Deemer
Young
Rosenfield Put On Canal Commission
Springfield March 17 Walter A Rosenfield of Rock Island was yesterday appointed one of the canal commissioners. Governor Deneen sent the appointment to the senate with many others naming public administrators in counties. He succeeds the late Charles H Deere of Moline. J B Oakleaf was reappointed public guardian for Rock Island court. The governor nominated Charles H May of Peoria to the state reformatory board to succeed Garrett Deforest Kinney of Peoria. The recess appointment of Fred W Potter of Albion as state superintendent of insurance was included. Evarts E Green of Urbana was named trustee of the state historical library in place of Edmund James.
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Springfield
Walter A. Rosenfield
Hock Island
Trernor
Garrett Deforest Kinney
Peer
State Board of Pardons
Fred W Potter
Albion
Edwards County
Evarts E. Green
Urbana
State Historical Library
Edmund. James
Poker Carries Death in Springfield Family Tragedy
James Tockett, a carpenter, killed his brother in law James Elem a Wabash firefighter at the Tockett home after Elem threatened to attack Mrs Elem and then attacked other family members with a razor. Tockett gave himself up after striking Elem on the head with a poker. Elem died shortly after.
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Springfield
Larter
James Tockett
James Elem
Elem
Tockett
Russian Troops Move Toward China Concentrate at Sharkent
Russian forces advancing toward China concentrate near Sharkent as troops march from St. Petersburg region. March 17 report notes large bodies en route and a push toward the border area.
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China
St. Peersburg
Sharkent
Woman Slayer Guilty Mrs Melber Sentenced 20 Years
Albany March 17 The jury found Mrs Edith Melber guilty of murder in the second degree in the death of her four year old son last January and she was sentenced to not less than twenty years at Auburn prison. Albany dispatch reports the court action.
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Albany
Edith Melber
Auburn Prison
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Edward W. Nichols
Elsie Ferrer
Hammond
Ind
Fort Leavenworth
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Jaco Finkelstein
Finklestein
Killing in drunken brawl leaves two dead in Pennington NJ
A fight at an Italian boarding house in Pennington New Jersey ended with the proprietor and his wife dead and three boarders gravely wounded after a night of heavy drinking. The incident follows a shooting that concluded the brawl. In Canton Iowa a baby died by clothing fire from a kitchen range as the father rests in a sanitarium.
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Pennington
N. J
Canton
Iowa
Frank Ralston
Maquo- Feta
Kidnaped Keokuk Girl Seeks Mother
Des Moines reports Miss Blanche Call of Los Angeles seeks help locating her mother who was kidnapped from Keokuk 13 years ago by her father who has recently died.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carroll
Blanche Call
Los Angeles
Keokuk
Legislature adjourns early amid holiday plans
Springfield March 17 The legislature took no action on woman suffrage delaying it to next week. Senator Brown left the bill on the calendar and an amendment by Senator Beall may make equal suffrage a local option via referenda in subdivisions. Governor Deneen backs mining bills and urges prompt passage while noting Illinois mining rank and the need for expert coordination. St Patrick’s Day adjournment: both houses meet Tuesday with 32 bills and one resolution reported. committees advance drainage, sheep killing dogs, and township organization proposals.
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Brown
Beall
Deneen
David Kinley
University of Illinois
Senate
Chamberlin
Rawleigh
Ettelson
Assembly
Commission
Illinois
United States
Mes Safe
House
Land Grab Alleged in Alaska Mineral Lands Fraud
Chicago report says George M. Seward receiver for Frost & Co and eight others were indicted for conspiring to defraud the government of coal lands in Alaska valued at 10 million dollars. Bonds posted for appearance. Frost and others named as principal actors in a scheme begun April 1, 1908 with unlawful locations and fraudulent entries.
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Chicago
George M. Seward
Frost & Co
Alaska
Beach
Federal
Manutak River
United States
Albert C. Frost
A. C. Frost Lumber Company
Chicago-Milwaukee Electric Road
George M. Soward
A. C. Frost Company
Pierre G. Beach
Frost Company
Frank Watson
King County
Washington
George A. Ball
Muncie
Duncan M. Stewart
Seward
Henry C. Osborne
Toronto
Canada
Gwyn L. Francis
Francis H. Stewart
Aideicneme Nani
Frost
Ball
Osborne
Gwyn S. Francis
Pauline Chase and Claude Grahame-White Wed in New York
Miss Pauline Chase and aviator Claude Grahame White reportedly married in New York after a long courtship begun in London. The wedding reportedly followed his arrival in America last August and comes amid public interest in their engagement announced in October and their flights together in England and on the Mauretania voyage.
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Paul Chase
Claude Grahame-White
New York
Grahame White
America
Grahame-White
Herndon
Curtiss-Burgess Company
Marblehead
Mass
Royal Aero Club
Pauline Chase
Claude Graeme White
Knickerbocker Theatre
Miss Gibbs
Miss Chase
Eleanor Sears
Boston
Grahame- White
Mauretania
Southport
England
White
Three Burn in Home in Honeybrook Fire
Three sons of miner John Gallaus died in a house fire in Honeybrook Pennsylvania caused by an overheated stove. Fire swept the second floor while the victims slept, destroying their home and killing all three.
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Honeybrook
John Gallaus
Irish born population in United States tops two million
Washington reports an approximate two million Irish born residents in the United States based on the 1900 census and ten years of immigration. New York leads with the largest Irish population followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, while Illinois ranks fourth. Immigration from Ireland has been steady, about 37,000 yearly, with 427 741 Irish entrants from June 30 1899 to January this year.
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Washington
United States
Union
New York
Empire State
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ireland
Five Mile Limit Bill Referred Back to Judiciary
Des Moines Iowa March 17 the house sent the five mile limit bill back to the judiciary committee. The measure barred saloons within five miles of state educational institutions and had been passed yesterday but was reconsidered after a joker was discovered that could have removed saloons from towns with populations of 2000 to 25000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Judiciary Committee
War Message Carried In Air Over Texas Frontier
Lieutenant Hen DT Publis delivered a war message by air from Fort Sam Houston to Leon Springs and back, accompanied by Phil Parmlee. The flight covered 52 miles round trip at high speed, claiming no modern weapon could match the aircraft in effectiveness.
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San Antonio
Texas
Hen DT Publis
Phil Parmlee
Fort Sam Hovetan
Leon Springs
Cnrmmnandant
Fort Sam Houston
British approve plan and banker's suicide note
Commons cheered as Sir Edward Grey endorsed an arbitration treaty with the United States. In London on March 17 R F L Carnegie, manager of Parr's Bank, Ltd, reportedly took his own life amid talk of the affair and bank stability despite claims the institution remained in order.
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London
Commons
A. S. Tanfion
Edward Grey
House of Commons
A. J. Balfesir
United States
R. FL
Carnegie
Parr’s Bank, Ltd
Alot Wimeelf
Fire burns grand stand at American league park
Fire swept through the Washington Ball Park on March 17 destroying the grand stand and bleachers. The blaze also damaged the Freedman’s bus at the site, leaving the park largely unusable.
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Washington Ball Park
Washington
Ol’ Freedman
Boxing legend Tom Dovey dies opening bout in London
Cable reports the English middleweight Tom Dovey collapsed and died from heart disease at the opening of a bout with challenger Cooper at the National Sporting Club in London. In Kansas City, Kansas, Pioneer Editor Henry G. Punk dies at his home after a long career.
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New York
Tell
Alche
National Sporting Club of London
Cooper
Kansas City
Kan
Henry GB. Punk
Kenses
Nebranka
Irish See Home Rule Joyful Leaders Send Greetings
Dublin marks St Patrick's Day with strong enthusiasm over home rule as Redmond and O'Brien issue greetings from London America. London hosted leaders including Redmond and O'Brien pledging support while urging swift passage of the home rule bill and reform across Ireland.
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O’brien
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Amenca
London
Ireland
John EB. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
United Irish League of Great Britain
Willian O'Brien
Cork
Independent Nationals
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Jon Reform Association
Jon Redmond
England
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Treland
House of Forfa
Teiay
John Reymond Ores
O'Brien
Nationalist Party
Kreliord
All For Ireland
Lata Diraven
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