Torreon Battle Looms As Villa Forces Fight Fiercely
Reports from Juarez and Gomes Palacio describe heavy combat around Torreon with Villa commanding, expectations of a fall, and enormous losses on both sides. Huerta authorities in France move to ship Creusot guns and ammunition to Mexico within a week.
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France
Juarez
Mexico
Torreon
Wtack
Herrera
Villa
Gomez Palacio
Snd
Gerro de la Cruz
Toryen
Gomes Palacio
Francisco Villa
Cty
Overpool
Eng
John Wesley de Kay
New York
Mexican National Bankingompany
Woman Soldier Put in Hospital in Civil War Tale
Quincy Illinois March 28 Little Albert Cashier a woman who served as a soldier in the Civil War was sent to the state asylum in Watertown today. She arrived in Ireland as a stowaway in boys clothes and enlisted in the Minors Infantry taking part in several battles. She is seven years old.
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Quincy
Little Albert Cashier
Watertown
Ireland
Minors Infantry
Weather forecast for Rock Island and vicinity
Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with probably rain. Not much change in temperature. Moderate variable winds. Highest yesterday 42, lowest last night 38. Event mentions Mars Venus Saturn evening stars. Jupiter Mercury morning stars. Betelgeuse sets due west around midnight.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moling
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Betelgeuse
Constellation
Orion
Two Drowned in Eastern Floods Reported
News from New York to Chicago describes spring floods across multiple towns. Dwellers evacuate riverfront areas in Albany Binghamton Troy Syracuse and Schenectady while western New York faces renewed flood danger and boats aid residents in Tonawanda and Batavia's waterlogged sewage plant.
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New York
Troy
Amsterdam
Binghampton
Syracuse
Ithaca
Schenectady
Buffalo
N. Y
Tonawanda
Batavia
Corning
Chemung
Albany
Hudson
Binghampto
Robbers Bind and Gag Chicago Storekeeper During Theft
Three robbers bound and gagged the proprietor of a small dry goods store in Chicago. They took about $100 from a cash register and left the victim rolled in a bolt of his own cotton goods behind the counter. There were no customers in the store at the time.
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Chicago
Lillian Bell Bogue Divorced in Ohio Custody Granted
In Delaware Ohio on March 28 Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Bogue formerly Lillian Bell was granted a divorce for neglect. She receives custody of the 11 year old daughter and five hundred dollars alimony. Judge Fulton of Newark presided. The husband did not contest.
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Ohio
Chicago
Delaware
Arthur Hoyt Bogue
Lillian Bell
Fulton
Newark
Debate on Panama tolls exemption continues in Congress
In Washington on March 28 the House and Senate debated repealing the Panama tolls exemption. The House pursued the Sims bill under a 20 hour limit while the Senate discussed the matter generally. Knowland condemned repeal as yielding to Britain and questioned if Panama canal is the price of Huerta’s elimination.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
House
Senate
Knowland
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Huerta
Lewis
Gallinger
Madden
Ifnois
Strikes Update From Gould Coupler Works and Colorado
In Depew New York Superintendent Hayden ends talks and submits a settlement proposal to workers who may accept or reject. In Denver Colorado Western Federation says nothing to report about strike benefit rumors. In Trinidad Colorado a militia detail near Ludlow comes under attack with one miner killed and two wounded.
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Depew
N. Y
Hayden
Gould Coupler Works
State Board of Mediation
Denver
Col
Western Federation
Moyer
Michigan
Trinidad
Colo
Ludlow
Fraternity Clash Injures Student. Mind at Risk
In Champaign Illinois a high school fraternity clash left Stewart Bassett severely injured and possibly mentally affected. He was rushed to Cincinnati for specialist care after being knocked down during an initiation sing incident in front of a girls club meeting.
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Champaign
Stewart Bassett
Cincinnati
R. 5
Bassett
Ernest
25 000 Laid Off By Eastern Line
New York March 28 Dismissal of 25 000 men by the New York Central railroad since December 1, said Vice President Hardin, is only a barometer of the company's business. The reduction of forces is not arbitrary and came as traffic mainly freight decreased. Hardin said the condition affected most of the eastern roads.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Hardin
Siegel Bank Depositors To Receive 224500 Settlement
In Boston on March 28 a bankruptcy court hearing approved a $132000 payment to Henry Siegel company bank depositors, part of a $224500 total to settle claims of $2575000 against Siegel Vogel department stores. New York banks reported losses and indictments for Henry Siegel and Frank E Vogel for alleged grand larceny.
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Boston
Mass
Henry Siegel Company
Aepaiee
Oherms
Olmstead
Bankruptcy
Siegel Bank
Siegel
George R. Nutter
Boston Trustees
New York
Nutter
Simpson-Crawford Company
Fourteenth Street
Siegel-Vogel Enterprises
Teacher slain after attack in upstate New York
In Little Falls New York on March 28 Miss Lydia Beecher a 21 year old Poland High School teacher was found murdered by knife wounds in a rural brush area after leaving her boarding house to mail a letter. Henry Fitch reported the scene and a suspect named Gami expelled from the school by Beecher was arrested. The case echoes Grace Brown Chester Gillette tragedy. Accused robbers in Steubenville Ohio were pursued after a post office raid leaving one deputy wounded.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Lydia Beecher
Poland
Henry Fitch
Gami
Beecher
Motive in Mann Act Arrests Featured in Chicago Case
Chicago officials indicate motive matters in Mann Act violations after F. O. Maston of New York was not charged by a federal agent. A 26 year old stenographer testified Maston took her to Kansas City and kept her four days. Bruff cites lack of objection at the time and the girl's age as factors. Local detectives hold Maston for possible state charges.
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Chicago
Ill
Bruff
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F. O. Maston
New York
Maston
Kansas City
Fire Bomb Near a Rockford Club
Firebomb damages the Knights of Daniel clubhouse in Rockford Newfoundland and Labrador injuring four windows. Authorities believe the blast targeted President Tate who has received threatening letters amid local temperance conflicts.
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Rockford
Knights of Daniel
Tate
Court aids wife in getting hat in Kansas City
In Kansas City on March 28 Walter Wirth's wife told Judge Brady they had been married a year and a half and he had not bought her a hat. The court assessed 500 dollars. he asked to be excused from non support and would buy a hat that night, with the wife to choose a five dollar hat.
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Kansas City
Kas
Walter Wirth
Brady
Wirth
James Clash Becomes Issue in Illinois Trustee Fight
Rockford Ill March 28 A state wide Illini Club campaign seeks reform in university trustee elections and to bar candidates resident in Champaign or Urbana A non partisan committee will vet aspirants and press party leaders to name acceptable nominees or risk withdrawal of University of Illinois support at the polls
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Rockford, Ill
Edmund J. James
University of Illnois
Illini Club of
Rockford
Champaign
Urbana
Illini
University of Illinois
Thaws Bills Trigger Break in New York Assembly
The New York legislature adjourned abruptly at 3:27 am amid stalled appropriation bills totaling 31 million dollars with Senate amendments reducing the House bill by 17 million. Cross-party friction and Thaw extradition debates dominated the final day in Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
House
Senate
Assembly
Frawley
Judge Denies Divorced Grant on Desertion Charge
Goldfield Nevada March 28 Jesse Root Grant son of former President Ulysses Grant was denied a divorce by Judge Somers on the grounds of desertion. The court ruled that Mrs Grants choice to stay at home while her husband lived at a hotel did not amount to desertion. Mrs Elizabeth Chapman Grant formerly of San Francisco married Grant in 1880. Arrests Brother as Thief in Waverly Iowa March 28 Martell Beebe jailed after brother Marshal George Beebe arrested him for burglary of Mrs John Boyers home while she was in hospital weeks ago.
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Goldfield, Nev
Jesse Root Grant
New York
U. S. Grant
Somers
Waverly
Iowa
Martell Beebe
Marshal George Beebe
John Boyer
Schubert Girl Accusation In Cleveland Case
Joseph Cronin aged 24 was arrested in Cleveland Ohio on March 28 charged with contributing to the delinquency of Edith Schubert 17. The social worker found the girl yesterday after her March 18 disappearance and Cronin is accused of taking her to large rooms on the night of March 26 after she first sought aid from the Y W C A.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Cronin
Edith Schubert
Cronin
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