Fugitive Alphonse Urzua Caught After Globe-Spanning Pursuit
Alphonse Dinehart also known as Robert Urzua was arraigned on murder charges in New York after a chase spanning more than thirty thousand miles. The 1909 murder occurred in Guadalajara as Urzua allegedly killed a rival suitor to marry Dolores. Detectives tracked him from Buenos Aires to Havana and New York before his arrest by Justice Department officers Jentzer and Dyer.
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New York
Alphonse Dinehart
Robert Urzua
Shields
Mexico
Manuel A. Esteva
Ruezaga
Dolores
Guadalajara
Mex
Urzua
Guadalara
W. J Burns
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenoses
Valparaiso
Lima
Calloa
Isthmus
Panama
Havana
Yucatan
Chicago
Twenty-fifth Street
Forty-fourth Street
Ninth Avenue
Department of Justice
Jentzer
Dyer
Ring New Phone 449 Taxicab Cut Rate
New phone number 449 announced for taxicab service with reduced rates. Advertises prompt pickup and improved service in the city.
Roosevelt Dam Dedication Heralds Desert Reclamation Triumph
Roosevelt Arizona ceremony marks completion of a massive dam and canal system that will transform 200000 acres of desert into fertile farming land. Miss Bethel Roosevelt unveils the waters as officials praise Colonel Roosevelt for leading the project while Phoenix base operations and a three day dedication unfold.
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Roosevelt
Ariz
Salt River
Miss Bethel Roosevelt
Arizona River
Arizona Sun
Arizona
Simmer
Phoenix
Colonel Roosevelt
California
University of California
Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste Featured
The ad touts Stearns Paste as the best household economy for pest control. A 25 cent box allegedly saves property by killing rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs, with availability in 25 cent and one dollar sizes from Stearns Paste Company Chicago Illinois.
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Stearns
Stearns the Paste Company
Chicago
Ill
Madero Guarantees Foreigners Safety in Mexico
Francisco I Madero and Abraham Gonzalez issued a decree in Washington promising protection for lives and property of all foreigners in Mexico and outlining a plan to reimburse losses after the provisional government secures victory. Dr Vasquez Gomez will deliver notes to foreign powers with assurance of respectful treatment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Francisco I. Madero
Abraham Gonzales
Mexico
el Paso
San Antonio
Texas
Good Rains Reported Across Central Texas Line
Good rains last night are reported by the Texas Central from Rotan to Aquila about twenty miles above Waco. The rain covers nearly 250 miles of the line and makes a fine season, though it is missing at Waco this morning.
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Waco
Tex
Texas Central
Rotan
Aquila
Engineer Scalded in Cameron Power House Accident
Cameron Texas March 18 In an accident at the power house a steam pipe exploded at 7 o clock severely scalding Maseae B arron an engineer The name appears misspelled in the report but identifies a staff engineer injured in the Cameron plant incident.
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Cameron
Associated Press
Tex
Maesae Barron
Divorces Final in France for Two Women of the Postley Family
Mrs Sterling Postley formerly Ethel Cook of San Francisco sees her divorce finalized by the Seine tribunal after no opposition. Elsie Postley, now in Monte Carlo with her mother Mrs Clarence Postley, also gains final decree. Both women cannot remarry in France for eleven months under Swed law.
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Ethel Cook
Elsse Postley
France
Ethel Coe
San Francisco
Miss Postley
Monte Carlo
Clarence Postley
Sterling Postley
Hutton & Co
Mothers Clubs Hold State Convention Opens in Houston
The semiannual Texas Mothers' clubs congress met at First Presbyterian Houston with large attendance. President J N Porter of Dallas presided as Mayor Rice welcomed delegates. Houston Dallas Fort Worth and other cities sent committee reports and speakers including Mrs. Presley Ew ing Dallas Mrs J W McManus Dallas and Drs Moore and Bizzell Austin. The aim is strengthening ties among parents pupils and teachers for child welfare.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Mothers’ Clubs of Texas
First Presbyterian Church
J. N. Porter
Dallas
Texas Parent Teachers’ Association
Rice
Presley K. Ewing
Fort Worth
San Marcos
Beaumont
Austin
San Antonio
Mesdames Porter
Ewing
J. W. McManus
William Capps
J. G. Sutton
D. E. Waggoner
Harris Masterson
F. M. Bralleynd
Moore and
Bizzell
Nevada Divorces Made Easier by Six Month Residence Law
Reno March 18 The Nevada legislature passed a bill simplifying divorce by requiring a six month residence. The law allows divorces for residents who establish a six month domicile and then may leave the state when needed, with the measure now heading to the governor for signature.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Secret Service Probes Box In Humboldt Robbery Loot
Federal agents in Salt Lake City search for a safety deposit box containing Humboldt bullion robbery loot from the prior year. A robbed key, secured by one suspect, is a clue as investigators close in.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Federal Secret Service
Battleships Reach Hampton Roads From Guantanamo
Eleven Atlantic fleet battleships under Rear Admiral Schroeder arrived in Hampton Roads from Guantanamo Bay Virginia. The ships include the Connecticut North Dakota Michigan Minnesota Vermont Mississippi Idaho Georgia Nebraska Rhode Island and Virginia. They will maneuver here then disperse to home stations, later reassembling for drills off the southern coast in May.
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Norfolk
Schroeder
Virginia Capes
Guantanamo
Hampton Roads
Connecticut
North Dakota
Michigan
Minnesota
Vermont
Mississippi
Idaho
Georgia
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Virginia
Webster warehouse hay dumping fined in city lots near Menger Creek
George faced a one dollar fine for dumping several hundred loads of wet and burned hay from the Webster warehouse fire onto vacant city lots by Menger creek and Sherman street within the city limits.
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Webster
Menger Creek
Sherman Street
George
Police court session names list in morning hearings
The police court called several defendants this morning including Willie Hice George Applewhite George Ashley Richard Wilson Berel Randal George Todd Will Kyle Sam Curtain Sam Maywithers and Oscar Dennis as affidavits were filed by the sanitary inspectors.
Beaten by Intruder in Dallas Home Ambush
Dallas March 18 W M Riding found an intruder in his house and tried to drive him out with a shotgun. The intruder overpowered Riding and beat him about the head. Riding was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
W. M. Riding
Riding
Farmer Hangs Self Near Quanah Texas
J M Hines a 63 year old farmer near Quanah Texas hanged himself in his granary on Thursday authorities reported the death was by his own action.
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Quanah
Tex
J. M. Hines
Here
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Pfeiffer
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Hockport
Uncle Sam
Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Immigration Company
Rockport, Texas
Peg
Roosevelt Dam
Colonel Roose
Reclamation Department
Washington
United Sta
YALE
Hicks
W. Commerce St
Madero
Mothers’ Clubs
San Fernando
Kirkpatrick
J. H. Kirkpatrick Co
Navarro
Farmer
J. Oppenheimer & CO
General Distributors
San Antonio, Texas
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