Torreon Blood Fight Seizes Palacio Amid Thirst Deaths
Rebels under Villa capture Gomes Palacio after four days of heavy combat near Torreon. Wounded die of thirst as Red Cross seen in rebel ranks. Villa claims victory and predicts Torreon possession soon. Reports vary on Lerdo and garrison relief efforts.
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Villas
Gomezz Palacio
Villa
Red Cross
D Juarez
Mexico
Carranza
Lerdo
Herrera
Anfiles
Gomes Palacio
Rifle Duel Over Bear Cat Dance Ends Fatality
In Bingham Nebraska on March 27 Jee Rowding was killed and Ralph Dally seriously wounded after a rifle duel following a dance dispute over the bear cat dance. The confrontation began when Dally, floor manager, barred Rowding from dancing. Four shots were exchanged with Winchester rifles.
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Bingham
Neb
Jee Rowding
Ralph Dally
Ding
Dally
Rowding
Winchester Miles
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled weather tonight and Friday with possible rain. Temperatures near freezing at night, 37 at 7 am. Brisk easterly winds, high of 65 yesterday, low 37 last night. Venus in conjunction with the moon at 9 55 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moling
J. M. Sherier
Tavenner Stricken Unable to Vote on Canal Toll Debate
Special to The Argus from Washington March 27 Rep Tavenner fell ill and stayed home, missing the vote on limiting debate on canal tolls. He stated he would have voted against gag rules and will stand with the president on the canal toll proposition.
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Argus
Washington, D. C
Tavenner
Capitol
Schubert Girl Found After Chicago Disappearance
Edith Schubert 17, a Brookfield social welfare worker, was found destitute in a Cleveland hotel after leaving Chicago last Friday in search of broader welfare work. Believed to have been taken to Cleveland by an unidentified man, she was later located in a downtown store telephone booth in Cleveland. Her mother is ill, and Mrs. Melville heads to Cleveland to bring her home.
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Chicago
Ill
Edith Schubert
Brookfield
Cleveland
Willis Melvile
Melville
Schubert
Young Women's Christian Association
Ohio
Fanciers Again Fail To Combine In Iowa Meeting
A joint meeting of the Mississippi Valley Fanciers Association Tri City Fanciers Association and the Iowa State Fanciers Association last night at the Times Building Davenport failed to reach any agreement on a merger. Officials declined to comment but well informed sources say affiliation is unlikely.
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Mississippi Valley Fanciers’ Association
Tri-City Fanciers’ Association
Iowa State Fanciers’ Association
Times
Davenport
Acting President Quits as Peru Forms Election Council
In Lima on March 27 Roberto E Leguia resigned after acting as president when Billinghurst was exiled. A new government council is being formed to arrange an election. Washington reports Peru's congress again lacked a quorum as anti Seguía party obstructs, with street riots growing in Lima amid disorder.
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Peru
Lima
Roberto E. Leguia
Billinghurst
Washington
Perugian Congress
anti-Seguia
Wilson Wins First Clash Over Panama Toll Exemption
In Washington on March 27 President Wilson won the first clash over repealing the Panama tolls exemption as the House refused to extend debate beyond 20 hours on the Sims bill. The rule limiting debate was adopted 200 to 172. Underwood and other leaders opposed, while the president pressed to place the plank in the party platform.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Panama
House
Underwood
Fitzgerald
Clark
L. Engle
Florida
Sherwood
Ohio
Adamson
Campbell
Congress
Henry
Rules Committee
Another Small Pox Case Found
Frank Fleming of 2511 Fifth and-a-half avenue was found with smallpox and taken to the Isolation hospital. He worked at Bettendorf Car company and was exposed two weeks ago. The isolation hospital was briefly empty as Miss Nina C. Jones was released this morning. Passes Compromise Bill indicates cotton futures regulation by the Senate in Washington on March 27.
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Frank Fleming
Fifth and
Fleming
Bettendorf Car Company
Nina C. Jones
Washington, D. C
Senate
Missing federal officer Foote prompts search effort
Chicago March 26 Mark A Foote United States court commissioner for over twenty years has been missing from his home for four days Mrs Foote asked federal authorities to search for him He faced recent shifts with other commissioners and was linked to investigations into Sol Lewinsohn connections with a bondsman and the Jack Johnson Mann act case The grand jury found the charges groundless
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Chicago
Mark A. Foote
United States
Foote
Department of Justice
Sol Lewinsohn
Kodak Suit Ends in a Settlement
New York reports a secretive but multimillion dollar settlement ending the Eastman Kodak and Ansco patent dispute over the Goodwin process. The widow of Hannibal Goodwin stands to gain a substantial sum. Kodak gains permission to manufacture films and avoids past royalty payments. Also noted is a San Francisco opium smuggling case with $170,000 alleged. Concord briefs on Harry Thaw habeas corpus bail petition filed.
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New York
Eastman Kodak Company
Ansco Company
Goodwin
Federal District Court
Hannibal Goodwin
Eastman Company
Thaw
Concord
N. H
Harry Thaw
Jon
Lumber King Frederick Weyerhauser Seriously Ill at 80
Pasadena March 27 Frederick Weyerhauser known as the Lumber King and among the nation’s wealthiest men is dangerously ill at his home. He is 80 years old and a lifelong timber businessman.
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Pasadena
Cal
Frederick Weyerhauser
Deportation Ordered for Seven Armenians Employed by Calumet
The federal labor department ordered the deportation of seven Armenians imported by the Calumet and Hecla company for alleged violation of the contract labor law. The men, hired in Chicago, are charged with fraudulently entering the United States.
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Houghton, Mich
Federal Department of Labor
Calumet and Hecla Company
Chicago
United States
Iowa Delegation Heads to Select Panama-Pacific Site
Des Moines March 27 Iowa Governor Clarke leads a delegation to choose and dedicate a site for Iowa's building at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Fifteen cities including Waterloo Dubuque Clinton and Davenport name delegates. Waterloo citizens raised 50000 after the legislature failed to fund. Moving pictures will be sent to Iowa cities to promote public interest in the fair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clarke
Waterloo
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Prison Paroles Being Locked Up In Rock Island
T H Mathews parole agent for the state penitentiary at Joliet is in Rock Island to review records of three Joliet paroled prisoners whose sentences were commuted and who returned to the city to work. The three are Rufus Jack convicted of burglary in 1911, Deb Augustine convicted of burglary in 1911, and Jefferson Davis O Neil convicted of assault with intent to murder in 1912. Underwood Race Cost 3477. Washington March 27 Representative Underwood seeks a Senate seat from Alameda and reports a campaign expenditure of 3477.38 with gifts totaling 2146.65 and donors including J H Woodward. Fall Kills Engineer New York March 37 Civil engineer Robert M Friedman died after falling from the 24th floor of the Municipal Building, hitting the cornice on the 12th floor.
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T. H. Mathews
Joliet
Rock Island
Rufus Jack
Debs Augustine
Jefferson Davis O'Neil
Underwood
Washington
Senate
Alamada
J. H. Woodward
New York
Robert M. Friedman
New Municipal
Disaster at sea claims six aboard Hat tie P Simpson
Washington dispatch reports the American schooner Hat tie P Simpson of Boston sank March 21 with its captain and five crew members drowned. The Hat tie P Simpson carried 1850 tons of anthracite coal and went down so fast that a yawl could not be launched. Survivors aboard the Caracas informed naval authorities, with messages relayed to Rear Admiral Badger and the Battleship Kansas at Virginia capes.
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Washington, D. C
Hattie P. Simpson
Boston
Navy Department
Caracas
San Juan
Porto Rico
Virginia Capes
Fletcher
Kansas
Badger
Michigan
Hampton Roads
Department
New York
Strong
Simpson
Motorcycle Club Banquet in Davenport Draws Full House
The Tri City Motorcycle club held its annual banquet at Zum Alten Dorf in Davenport with 35 couples at 8 p.m. talks by officers between courses, dancing after, and praise for a successful event. The club plans a benefit performance at Empire theatre on March 31 and will meet Thursday at Brader and Son's bicycle shop to decide on a club house location.
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Tri-City Motorcycle Club
Zum Alten Dorf
Davenport
Empire Theatre
Brader & Son
Twenty-sixth Street
Bowman resigns as president of state university accepted
Iowa City March 27 state board of education accepted Bowman 25 president of the state university resignation to take effect March 31 Eleven workmen drowned Brunsbuttel Germany March 27 when a suspended cable car crossing Kiel canal fell
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Bowman
S. U
Iowa City
Iowa
State Board of Education
State Universiy
Brunscuettel
Germany
Kiel Canal
Dual Life of Rich Man Told in Suit in Louisville
Louisville manufacturer Louis Philip Ewald led a secret double life as John P. Golden to conceal relations with Ellen J. Golden. She sues for 2 million from his estate under common law, claiming a 1890 marriage in St. Louis. Ewald died five years ago leaving about 4 million and bequests to nine siblings and Golden’s adopted children.
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Louisville
Louis Philip Ewald
Ellen J. Golden
Ewald
John P. Golden
St. Louis
Williamsport
Pittsburgh
Washington
Chicago
Denver
Golden
Ellen Golden
Municipal store at Chicago fails to attract patrons
Chicago reports its municipal store for the needy has averaged $9.11 daily since opening Feb 9 1881. Officials say it lacks popular support as deliveries are not offered and eligibility is restricted to unemployed non-property owners. City budget for the store is $25 000 for the year.
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Chicago
Ill
City Comptroller’s Office
Joseph Meyer
Meyer
Ulster Home Burned by Suffragists Near Carricksfergus
Belfast dispatch reports Abbey lands, the country residence of Major General Sir Hugh McCarlmont, four miles from Carricksfergus, burned by suffragists. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars. property unoccupied except by caretakers. Grounds had been used for drilling Ulster unionist volunteers whose leaders reject the suffrage movement.
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Belfast
Ireland
Abbeylands
Hugh McCarlmont
Carricksfergus
Ulster Unionist “Volunteers
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