Uprising Fears Grow as Huerta Seeks Mexico Peace
Mexico City dispatch reports uncertain loyalty across states after Madero's ouster. Huerta vows order, dispatches troops from the capital to Vera Cruz and Orizaba, while Diaz may return from exile. Northern rebels and Carranza tensions loom as government and factions move to consolidate control.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Coahuila
Sonora
Yucatan
Francisco J. Madero
Oaxaca
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Jalapa
Orizaba
Felix Diaz
Republic
Fidencio Hernandez
Francisco Madero
Roberto Velasco
Ital
Jon
Velasco
Porfirio Diaz
Europe
Paris
General Diaz
Cadena Street
Diaz
Puebla
National Palace
Aldape Joins Huerta Cabinet as Agriculture Minister
Sr. Manuel Garza Aldape, a 42 year old San Antonio resident and lawyer, is appointed minister of agriculture in Huerta's cabinet. A close ally of Huerta and Diaz, Aldape aims to pacify discontent and tackle land reform and large estate management to address Mexico's troubles.
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Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Pascual Orozco
Jose Inez Salazar
Huerta
Salazar
Manuel Garza Aldape
Francisco I. Madero
Palomas
Emilio Vasquez ‘Gomez
Aldape
San Antonio
West Marshall Street
Madero
Sr. Aldape
Vasquez Gomez
Miguel Quiroga
Reyes
Dr. Aldape
Lic
Coahuila
Diaz
Bernardo Reyes
Rodolfo
Mexco
Opposition to naval bill slows House action in Washington
In Washington on February 22 opposition to the naval bill carrying 146 613 364 stalled progress as House consideration resumed, with protesters led by Rep Tribble of Georgia and Rep Gregg of Texas denouncing the battleship provision and blocking a four hour debate limit. The article also notes Senate plans to vote next Tuesday on a bill to create a Department of Labor with another cabinet post following House passage last summer.
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Washington, D. C
House
Tribble
Georgia
Gregg
Texas
Washington
Senate
Department of Labor
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Tix Licut
Indians at Fort Wadsworth Break Ground for National Memorial
Twenty nine full blooded Indian chiefs march with President Taft to Fort Wadsworth Staten Island for ground breaking on the National American Indian Memorial a sixty foot bronze statue to a vanishing race. Hollow Horn Bear upturns earth with a buffalo thigh bone. Chiefs sing as the flag rises and The Star Spangled Banner plays. Memorial plan approved by Congress under Rodman Wanamaker.
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New York
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Taft
Florida
Newark Harbor
Hollow Horn Bear
Custer
Chi Hollow Horn Bear
Two-Moons
Pretty
Congress
Rodman Wanamaker
Taft's New York Visit Highlights Birthday Day Activities
President Taft spends Washington's birthday in New York with a breakfast at his brother Henry Taft's home. He attends a ground breaking at Fort Wadsworth for an American Indian memorial, dedicates a new lighthouse for the blind with Joseph Choate and Helen Keller, and ends with a testimonial dinner by the American Peace and Arbitration League where a gold medal honors his peace efforts.
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New York
Taft
Washington
Henry W. Taft
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Joseph H. Choate
Helen Keller
American Peace and Arbitration League
National Institute of Social Sciences
Universal Peace
Weather The San Antonio Light Leased Wire Day Report
The San Antonio Light runs the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report for daily general news. It notes the wire service provides about 20,000 words of coverage each day along with the paper's own special news sections.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Iee
Cripple Loses Only Means Of Livelihood In Fire
A passerby struck a match on the gasoline tank of J. F. Phillips peanut and popcorn roaster on Houston street near the bridge. The $250 roaster burned. Phillips, who lives at 1319 Avenue D, relied on the machine to support his wife and child. He rented a temporary unit for $30 and hopes to recover the $50 still owed on the burned machine. A hat collection raised $7.80 yesterday to aid him.
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J. F. Phillips
Houston Street
Avenue D
Phillips
German actors seek age exemption under imperial act
Berlin Feb 22 German stage society petitions the federal council to amend the new insurance measure allowing actors and actresses to protect birth dates as a professional secret. They argue age disclosure affects bread and butter as many engagements rely on a youthful appearance.
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Berlin
Germany
Federal Council
German Stage Society
Fire destroys cottages and hotel at Reho Del
A noon blaze at Reho Del a coast summer resort near Wilmington Del destroyed twelve cottages and a hotel. The fire threatened more than five hundred cottages and caused damage likely not less than $150 000 with several stores also burned.
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Wilmington
Del
Rehoboth
Washington Birthday Observances Halt Government Business
In Washington hundreds visit the Tomb of Washington as flags wave nationwide. Memorial services at Catholic University and by Knights of Columbus, Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution lead a day of patriotic events. Government work stops except Congress, reading Washington’s farewell address due to backlogged business.
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Washington
D. C
National Capital
Knights of Columbus
Catholic University
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Houses
Congress
Ambassadors Attend Washington's Birthday Luncheon in Paris
Myron T. Herrick hosted Latin American ministers to France at a luncheon in Paris celebrating Washington's Birthday. Central American nations were represented. Mexico was not. A letter from Senator Elihu Root denied authorship of a hostile-sounding speech attributed to him. Manuel de Peralta of Costa Rica and the Latin American corps rejected the misrepresented speech as an invention and contrary to US opinion.
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Paris
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Washington
Central America
Mexico
Haiti
Cuba
Herrick
Elihu Root
Manuel de Peralta
Costa Rica
Mr. Root
Americans honor Washington with wreaths at Plaza de Dinamarca
In Mexico City on February 22 Americans celebrating George Washington's birthday gathered at the U S embassy and marched to the Washington statue on the Plaza de Dinamarca to deposit wreaths. Prominent Chinese participants joined the ceremony.
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Washington Monument
Mexico City
Fen
George Washington
United States
Washington
Plaza de Dinamarca
Ciinese
Colquitt Warns Texas Border Action Needed Quickly
Governor Colquitt states Texas will act if federal troops are not deployed to the Texas Mexican border by Monday. The Fifth Brigade of the army is ordered to Galveston to be ready to embark for foreign service.
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F. A. Smith
Fifth Brigade
Galveston
Gulf Port
Marlin
Tex
Colquitt
United States
Fra
Texas
Washington
Reorganized Army
Ees
Mexico
Wilson
Fort Crook
Neb
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fe Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
S. C
Fort Sill
Okla
Kilpatrick
Sumner
McClellan
Madero
Ana
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Signal Corps
Kan
Fourth Field, Artillery
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Gaveston
Fort Crockett
Galveston Island
Texas City
St. Paul
Carter
G Veston
Tasker H. Bliss
New Mexico
Supplies Reach Galveston Depot In Quick Movement
Supplies arrived at the Galveston army depot with Captain Lorenzo D. Gasser taking charge of the G1 quartermaster station. A sizable load was received today and another shipment was expected tonight or tomorrow, marking a rapid accumulation of essential provisions.
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Galveston
Tex
Lorenzo D. Gasser
Noop
Tomorre
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Emiliano Zapata
Attila
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Juarez
C. P. Diaz
New Laredo
Senor
J. P. Fallon
Geremony
National American Indian Memorial
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