Troops massed for Mexican border crisis traced to Wilson reports
Washington dispatch explains orders to mobilize 20 000 troops for the Mexican border following alarming messages from Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson. Officials cite personal reasons for his return, while cabinet and War Department planners prepare mobilization with navy orders for possible cruiser movement. Continued on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
State Department
War Department
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Indianapolis
Wilson
Huntington Wilson
Ambassador Wilson
Secretary of the War
Quartermaster’s Department
Commissary Department
War College
Army
Navy Department
New York
Dickinson
White House
Tment
Huntington Olson
Randell Announces Senate Candidacy Against Bailey
Washington March 11 Representative C B Ransdell of Texas declares his bid for the United States Senate as a Democratic candidate. He vows to fight for party principles and Texas voters while noting the ongoing contest to succeed Senator Bailey. If elected he would replace Bailey in the Senate.
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Washington
C. B. Ransdell
Texas
United States Senate
Senate
Democratic Party
United States
Randell
Bailey
District Attorney warns insanity verdict frees Mrs Melber
March 11 in Dis trict Attorney dentova stated that if a verdict of insanity is returned in the Edith Melber case she will be released. He noted she is in delicate health and appears rational, and argued the law allows release through Mattewan. Prosecution aims to finish its case next Monday.
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Boas
Dentova
Edithelber
Mattewan
Melber
More Than Mobilization Test Aimed At War Readiness
Governments struggle to reconcile extraordinary measures with ordinary practice as the United States concentrates troops at Fort Sam Houston and along the southwest border. The War Department calls the movement a maneuver but experts note no precedent and critics question the rules guiding peacetime Army organization and a unit like General Carter’s force.
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Geo. A. Schreiner
United States
Fort Sam Souston
Department
United States Army
Feld
Department of Texas
Carter
Camorra trial opens in Viterbo with heavy guard
The Camorra trial began in Viterbo under military guard with sixty reporters present. Prisoners arrived chained and escorted, while photographers faced protests from the detainees. Separately in El Paso, negotiations circulated about U.S. intervention to aid a fair Mexican election and railway conditions amid Maderista tensions.
Best Men Among Slain in Casas Grandes Action
El Paso dispatch lists Raul Madero, R. A. Harrington, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and others among the dead after the Casas Grandes clash. The article notes rout of insurrectos, claims American and foreign losses, and recalls Captain de Lara and Captain Casavantes with reflections on war’s horror.
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Otheman Stevens
el Paso
Tex
Foreign Legion
Casas Grandes
Raul Madero
Francisco I. Madero
R. A. Harrington
American Legion
Fortune
New York City
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Garibaldi
South Africa
Venezuela
Nicaragua
John Greer
Lincoln
N. M
A. Valencia
Rodriguez Gutierrez de Lara
Guerrero
Los Angeles
F. J. Casavantes
George Moore
Heath
Bedwell
Roy Kelley
Smithport
Enn
Col. Cuellar
Colum
Insurrectos
Kelley
L. Gutierrez de Lara
Mexico
Guadalupe
Captain de Lara
Madero
de Lara
Casa Vantes
Baudha
May Bring New Airship 10 Maneuvers
Major George Squier asked General Allen to secure a Wright bi plane from Washington and ship it to San Antonio. The aero corps under Lieut Foulois and Aviator Parmalee will receive three Wright type aircraft once purchased. Two hangars exist now, with a third tent hangar to be erected beside the old one for the new plane.
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George Squier
Signal Corps
Allen
Washington
Washingte
San Antonio
Aero Corps
B. D. Foulois
Phil Parmalee
Foulois
Laredo
Sunday Welcome 10 Officers and Men
Sunday Welcome 10 officers and men will be no drills during day.
Army maneuver camp setup with restricted access
Soldiers encamped on the maneuver ground covering about 4200. The overall camp spans roughly 800 acres and will have no official name. No drills are planned today, and camps will be pitched as regiments arrive. Visitors are barred from company streets. Access is via Army Post car to the post entrance on New Braunfels avenue, four blocks, then east past the chapel.
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Army
New Braunfels Avenue
Chapel
Governor appoints Claude V. Birkhead as new Bexar district judge
Governor Colquitt signed the district court bill for Bexar county and named Claude V. Birkhead the first incumbent. Born in Oregon, 82 years old, he moved to Texas in 1885, practiced law in Waco, then San Antonio since 1904 and has been active in Democratic politics. The San Antonio Bar urged delay, but the governor proceeded despite calls for a vote by lawyers Danny Aubrey led a bar meeting planning to pick candidates.
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Special Dispatch
Austin
Tex
C. B. Colquitt
Bexar County
Claude V. Birkhead
Senate
San Antonio
Colquitt
Real
Texas
Phoenix
Oregon
Waco
Birkhead
Tt Desregards
San Antonio Bar Association
Thos.o. Murphy
Floyd McGown
C. J. Gray
Joseph Ryan
T. H. Ridgeway
T. M. West
S. G. Newton Sr
R. H. Ward
Sam Belden
New Orleans Beats Chicago Cubs In Scenic Batterymatch
New Orleans defeats Chicago Cubs 2 to 1 in a brisk March game. Batteries for Chicago were Richie Foxen and Archer, while New Orleans used Breitenstein Maxwell and Mitchell for the mound and offense.
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New Orleans
Chicago Cubs
Batteries
Chicago
Richie
Foxen
Archer
Breitenstein
Maxwell
Mitchell
Fort Sam Houston Mobilization Details Reported
Officers from Texas and division units at Fort Sam Houston push through mobilization duties after a long day of exertion. The Third and Fourth field artillery brigades under Colonel Alexander B. Dyer, and General Schuyler’s cavalry command prepare for border duties as divisions set up camp and restrict public access.
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Department of Texas
Fort Sam Houston
United States
San Antonio
Carter
Mills
Alexander B. Dyer
Fort . A. Russell
Schuyler
Third Cavalry
Joseph Ar Ste T
el Pens
Brownsville
Twenty-third Infantry
Forts Bliss
McIntosh and
Clark
Duncan
Fourth Cavalry
el Paso
Fort Sam Hou
Virginia
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Southern Pacific
Nora D. Ne
Erin
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Asyluum
Iti
U. S
Roosevelt
Say Diaz
IR Viterbo
Camorra
Camillo Chanfarra
Viterbo
Italy
Genaro Cuccolo
Petrosino
Via Garibaldi
Grandi Penitentiary
Maria Skennardo
C.F. Z. Caracristi
Caracristi
Taft
Japan
Hero
Harrington
Bexar County Bar Association
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