Three Killed in Prison Break Attempt at Folsom
Thirteen inmates at Folsom prison attempted an escape. Guards E C Wiesbach and Frank Squiflet opened fire as convicts stormed the second tier. Three prisoners died immediately and two were fatally wounded. five others fled back to cells.
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Folsom
Cal
Folsom Prison
Joseph E. Lucha
Fresno
Earl W. Librel
Los Angeles
Raymond Blade
E. C. Wiesbach
Frank Squiflet
Hare
Czar's Daughter Bestows Honor Before Royal Betrothal
Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the Czar, conferred the order of St Andrew on Prince Carol heir presumptive of the Romanian throne. Foreign Minister Sazonoff plans a state dinner at Tsarsko-Selo to honor the prince and announce the betrothal.
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ST. Petersburg
Prince Carol
Olga
Sazonoff
Imperial Palace
Tsarsko-Selo
Woman Charged With Kidnapping Receives Extradition Request
Governor Craig issued a requisition to Washington for the return of Mrs. Bettie Hutchinson on a kidnapping charge. E. C. Cole of Asheville pledged to cover extradition costs. Hutchinson had cared for the child after its mother died and left with it for Washington after the grandmother died.
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Raleigh
E. C. Cole
Asheville
Craig
Washington
Bettie Hutchinson
Cole
March deaths exceed births in Austin report
Seventy six deaths and thirty one births were recorded in March as per Dr S A Woolsey city health officer. Twenty deaths were nonresidents and inmates of the Con paestate Home and Lunatic Asylum. Births were undercounted due to physician reporting failures.
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Austin
Tex
S. A. Woolsey
Conpaestate Home
County to vote on 15 cent road tax in Travis County
The Travis County Good Roads Association petitioned for an election to vote a 15 cent road tax. The county commissioners reached approval this afternoon. The election date was not fixed but will be late April or early May with over 200 signatures supporting the measure.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County Good Roads’ Association
Weather Outlook for East and West Texas
Washington report notes generally fair conditions for East Texas on Sunday and Monday with local night or Monday rain. West Texas will be fair Sunday, with rains confined to the southeast portion during night or Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
West Texas
Weather Outlook for Travelers Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 am report temperatures in St. Louis 80 with NW wind and Sunday fair. Chicago 88 with NW wind, Sunday rain, high 40. Milwaukee 38 with N wind, Sunday rain, high 38. St Paul 86 with northerly wind, Sunday rain or snow, high 36. Kansas City 48 with N wind, Sunday rain, high 62. New York 36 with SE wind, Sunday fair, high 40. Boston 38 with SW wind, Sunday fair, high 46. Washington 44 with SE wind, possible Sunday rain, high 60.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Police Protect Wonder Parade As May Ninth Demonstration Grows
Washington April 4 The riot last March over the suffrage parade prompted the police chief to assure the Congressional Union that extraordinary protection will be provided for the May 9 demonstration. The parade, led by Mrs Juliet Berrett Rublee, features a cavalry division and many professional and civic groups. Children in a kindergarten section will ride in cars carrying flowers as garlands link the procession.
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Washington
Congressional Union For Women Suffrage
Juliet Berrett Rublee
Fela LaFollette
LaFollette
Quaker Socisl
Emily Carr
Rmaing
Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria Triggers New York Social Clash
In New York four hundred society divisions brace for Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria’s late May arrival. Elite hosts vie to entertain the royal visitor on a grand scale, while the question of who earns a chance to be Bulgarian consort’s hostess creates social warfare and sharp lines between the “belonging” and the hopeful.
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New York
Eleanor of
Bulgaria
Ewald case ends with settlement in Louisville
Grand jury verdict finds Ellen Golden Ewald lawfully married to Louis P. Ewald by a St. Louis ceremony. The compromise sets Ellen J. Golden to receive 300000 dollars and 10000 dollars yearly income, acknowledging the dual life of the deceased businessman.
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Louisville
Lively Campaign in Kenedy Texas Nomination Watch
Kenedy Texas politics warms with Mayor hopefuls Judge J W Thames and P R Goff in a battle for mayor while commissioners race features S R Franklin W H Worsham T A Miller and Dr W H Radford seeking seats.
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Kenedy
Kenedy, Tex
J. W. Thames
P. R. Goff
S. R. Franklin
W. H. Worsham
T. A. Miller
W. H. Radford
City settles Parker-Washington case for ten thousand
City officials reveal evidence was destroyed by rats in a long running paving dispute from the Hicks era. The Parker-Washington Company agrees to pay $10,000 in full settlement after negotiations led by Mayor Brown and City Attorney Gillette, ending the case that had lingered in court.
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Parker-Washington Company
Hicks
Brown
Gillette
Callaghan
City Hall
Gullette
Swearingen & Ward
Parker Washington Company
Gillette Gravely
Steves
Warren
Weakley
Colossal Mount Carona landslide threatens seven villages
A massive landslide on Mount Carona near Udine covers two square miles and has forced evacuation of seven villages. Seventy homes destroyed, one carried 300 yards, altering topography as streams vanish and new lakes form on formerly dry ground.
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Rome
Carona
Udine
Riots in Union Square as I W W rally is stopped
In New York on April 4 a postponed Industrial Workers of the World meeting in Union Square sparked a riot as about 600 protesters marched with banners. Detectives and mounted police clashed with the crowd, wounding several and arresting two men, Garribaldi Lappelia for obstructing traffic and Joseph J. Gans for leading a parade without a permit.
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New York
Industrial Workers of the World
Union Square
Alexander Berkman
Tannebaum
Gilde
Gegan
Sullivan
Bluecoats
Garribaldi Lappelia
Joseph J. Gans
Delegates Gather as D A R Plans National Congress
Washington April 4 The twenty third congress of the D A R will convene in Washington April 20 27 with Mrs William Cumming Storey president general to call the assembly to order on April 20 The opening program includes a welcome address and patriotic music The next day delegates will be received at the White House by the president and Mrs Wilson Several vice presidents general retire from office including Mrs George S Hackleford Mrs William Libbey Mrs Charles F Johnson Mrs Andrew K Gault Mrs William Lawson Peel Mrs Chalmers M Williams and Mrs William H Crosby
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Washington, D. G
Twenty-Third Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution
National
William Cumming Storey
White House
Wilson
George S. Hackleford
Orange
William Libbey
Princeton
N. J
Charles F. Johnson
Waterville
Andrew K. Gault
Omaha
Neb
William Lawson Peel
Atlanta
Chalmers M. Williams
Jackson, Miss
William H. Crosby
Racine
Wis
Convicts to Get Money for Lindale Road Work
Governor issues checks totaling 357 dollars for fifty paroled convicts on the Lindale road project in Smith County. Each man receives 15 dollars monthly with half to the convict and half to the penitentiary. After expenses, 261.13 dollars is credited to the penitentiary fund.
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Austin
Tex
Lindale
Smith County
Delegates to Ride Free for Texas Farmers Institute
Texas railroads will provide free transport to about 1500 delegates attending the State Farmers Institute meeting at College Station this summer. J. C. Lindsey, chief clerk of the agriculture department, announced after presenting the plan to the General Managers' Association in Waco. Commissioner Kane serves as president of the state institute.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Farmers’ Institute
College Station
J. C. Lindsey
Department of Agriculture
Waco
General Managers’ Association of the Railroads
Kane
State Institute
Texas Library Association to Hold Tenth Annual Meeting
Preliminary plans for the Texas Library Association's tenth annual gathering were discussed by state and university librarians in Austin. The meeting runs April 30 to May 2, with P. L. Windsor invited to speak. Windsor led UT Library for six years before moving to Illinois in 1909.
Humane Officer Sought in Austin to Protect Animals
The Humane Society of Austin petitions the City Council for the appointment of a humane officer tasked with exclusive duty of protecting animals from abuse.
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Austin
Tex
The
Humane Society of Austin
Kenedy Public Schools Set to Close May 8
Kenedy Texas April 4 public schools will close May 8 with appropriate exercises. The district recently achieved first class status and will grant two graduates this year.
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Kenedy
Tex
Kenedy Public
National Stock Yard Suit Alleges Live Stock Exchange Conspiracy
Libron W. Burton files a $250000 suit against the National Live Stock Exchange of East St. Louis and major packers plus twenty dealers, charging a national monopoly, inflated commissions, and a working agreement across yards from Chicago to Portland. He claims outsiders are shut out by price coordination and cites specific rate schedules and rules as evidence. Shippers pledge support and financial backing to pursue the case.
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ST. Louis
Libron W. Burton
National Live Stock Exchange
East St. Louis
Swift and Morris Packing Companies
East Side
Peoria
Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
Omaha
Sioux City
Louisville
Denver
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Pittsbore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Burton
Five Stock Exchange
Live Stock Exchange
Open Senate Session Threatened by Rebel Attitude
In Washington a number of senators defied the Senate to eject them and vowed not to be bound by social rules during debate on Winthrop M. Daniels's Interstate Commerce Commission appointment. Three procedural resolutions were submitted by Kenyon Hoke Smith and Overman and sent to the rules committee.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Winthrop M. Daniels
New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kenyon
Hoke Smith
Overman
Committee On Rules
Huerta Denies Torreon Fall Amid Mexico City Panic
In Mexico City the aging dictator Victoriano Huerta refuses Torreon’s fall, seeks to obscure defeats from the capital, and plans to hold the government together as Villa presses toward the capital. Officials fear collapse while Congress meets secretly to address the crisis. Huerta meets American Charge O Shaughnessy and remains defiant yet wary of a final clash.
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Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Torreon
Francisco Madero
Huerta
Velasco
O'Shaughnessy
General Huerta
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Villa
United States
Congress
Banks in Good Shape in Texas
The Texas Department of Insurance and Banking released a condensed financial statement for 859 state banks and trust companies as of March 4, 1914. Total resources reached 147.4 million dollars, down 2.23 million from January 13, with capital stock at 34.33 million, up 712 thousand and individual deposits totaling 80.16 million, up 464 thousand, indicating overall strong condition.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking Today
Texas
Stolen Diamonds Over $5000 From Chicago Bank Building Office
Edward B. Voynon, a Chicago diamond merchant and engraver, reported that unset diamonds valued at $5000 were stolen from his office in room 601 of the Chicago Savings Bank Building at State and Madison Streets. The items were kept in a leather wallet and taken during a brief five minute absence.
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Chicago
Edward B. Voynon
Chicago Savings Bank
State and
Madison Streets
Board Allows Lump Sum Settlements For Specific Injuries
At an Austin meeting the industrial accident board adopted a ruling permitting lump sum agreements in proper cases to compensate specific injuries. The board approved six agreements where beneficiaries of deceased employees receive lump sums instead of weekly payments under the employers liability act.
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Austin
Tex
Industrial Accident Board
Villistas clash as Velasco retrea ts toward Saltillo Monterey attack feared
Desperate fighting reported near Torreon between Federal forces under Velasco and joint columns of Hernandez and Villa. Villa directs operations to block Velasco's junction with Maas at Saltillo or Monterey. Wounded and prisoners taken at Parras. telegraph lines cut delaying details.
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Torreon
Mex
Velasco
Hernandez
Parras
San Pedro
Gomez Palacio
Saltillo
Monterey
Villa
Fighting around Tampico tightens control as Záragoza arrives
Fighting continues around Tampico with Constitutionalists closing in on the city and driving off cattle from Federal enclosures. The Federal gunboat Zaragoza arrived for reinforcements as Mr. Lind plans to depart New Orleans on the Mayflower tomorrow if he secures required documents.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Tampico
Zaragosa
Lind
New Orleans
State Department
Torreon Suffered Heavy Villa Assault. City in Mourning
Describes Torreon after General Villa's forces attacked, with widespread devastation and mass casualties. Claims city endured the fiercest onslaught since Mexico’s colonial era, estimating over 1000 killed and 800 wounded, many too badly injured to move.
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Torreon
Mex
Mexico
Cortez
Villa
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