Taft Grants Coal Lands to Guggenheims and Diaz Ultimatum
United States reports Taft ordered release of American prisoners from Juarez despite Diaz demands. Rebels seize Concordia and gain areas in Sinaloa and Durango as 2000 fighters mobilize. In Austin, Texas, over a quarter million ball cars and 100000 revolver cartridges unloaded at the capitol with no explanation.
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Juarez
United Press
Seattle Star
Washington
Taftis
Converse
Edwin
Cuarter
Mazatlan
Mexico
Manuel Salazar
Concordia
Sinaloa
Austin
Texas
Capitol
Secret Order Signed Six Months Ago Secret Trail to Alaska Coal Surrender
Washington April 21 public learns Taft signed Oct 28 1910 a secret order turning Cunningham coal claims to the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate. The action pried open Controller bay harbor to private interests surrendering a public outlet from Chugach Forest. The move followed Ballinger Pinchot hearings and altered Alaska coal field access.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington,d. C
Cunningham
Taft
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Ballinger
Guggenheims
Pinchot
Ballinger-Pinchot
Alaska
Cunningham Fields
Ocean
Cordova Bay
Controller Bay
Morgan-Guggenheims
Garfield
Roosevelt
Chugach National Forest
Morgan- Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate
Chugach
The
Forest Service
War Clouds Over Ensenada Prompt U S Citizens to Flee
On April 21 a report from Ensenada indicates rising Mexican insurrectionary tensions. US Consul Schmucker urged all Americans to leave Mexico at once. The San Diego steamer carried 37 passengers back to San Diego after the warning.
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San Diego
Ensenada
Lower California
United States
Schmucker
Mexico
Doctor arrives six hours late for childbirth tragedy
A woman died after a delayed medical response at 61 Blanchard Street as a doctor arrived six hours after the first call and over an hour after a second emergency request. Neighbors protest alleged neglect while hospital officials cite late initial contact and a lengthy search for an available physician.
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City Hospital
J. D. Mac
Blanchard St
Honeymoon Over HPL Go 10 School
Charles M. Skinner 18 and Gretchen Neumeister wed in San Francisco and plan a Los Angeles home. Skinner will resume studies at Southern California Law School while Mrs. Skinner inherits a reported 10,000,000 from her late father John G. Neumeister. Months in the title: April 21, Los Angeles.
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United Press
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Charles M. Skinner
Gretchen K. Neumeister
Southern California Law School
Skinner
Ten Wacks to Crack John D Rockefellers Crib
A sensational mock crime report claims a $200,000,000 Rockefeller treasure is stored in a New York vault at the northeast corner of the Produce Exchange. It describes a secret combo system needing five to six men to access, with multiple safes and locked compartments. The piece notes additional Rockefeller wealth in Cleveland and banks nationwide.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Rapid Divorce in Sixty Seconds Shocks King County
Mrs. J. M. McCrary quickly obtained a divorce from W. L. McCrary in Judge Gay's court, with testimony under a minute. The case, praised as a possible county speed record, involved no substantive dispute and an immediate decree. In a separate matter, Leontine Pearl McGovern and John F. McGovern faced an annulment bid. McGovern was ordered to pay $5 weekly for separate maintenance, with arrears and show cause scheduled.
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J. M. McCrary
W. L. McCrary
King County
McCrary
Leontine Pearl McGovern
John F. McGovern
McGovern
Main
Woman Sacrifices Good Name to Save Man From the Gallows
Mrs Anita Schmidt wife of James Schmidt travels from St Louis to Chicago to testify for Dr Haldane Cleminson in a murder case saying she was with him the night of the alleged crime and that he is innocent. Prosecutors doubt the claim and seek a new trial for Cleminson.
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United
Seattle
ST. Louis
Anita Schmidt
James Schmidt
Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
Cleminson
Schmidt
Northrup
Joliet
Corbett
Times
Bessie Carr
Going Down by Paul Office Boy No 2
This morning's news notes butter fell one cent from yesterday, signaling a modest price drop and encouraging shoppers. The report reflects routine market movement without broader context or official prices.
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Paul
Hay Declines Political Plans Talks With Labor Leaders
Gov. Hay, in town yesterday, refused to discuss political plans for a year and conferred with labor representatives on the choice of chairman for the employers' liability commission. Americans at Chicago Detroit Chicago game postponed due to rain.
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Gov. Hay
George A. Lee
Employers’ Liability Commission
Chicago
Detroit-Chicago
Hillman to OK Free on Sunday
Clarence Dayton Hillman, a convicted real estate man, will go free for a brief period Sunday while awaiting the U.S. circuit court of appeals action on his fraud case. He has raised bond and will return to jail if the appeal is denied. Sheriff Hodge says he has been treated like other prisoners, with no special programs.
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Clarence Dayton Hillman
Hillman
Peter
Supreme Court
Fm Court
Harry Barr
Drio
Martinique
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sheriff Hodge
Abeuf
Play Heroes of San Diego Engine Room Rescue
In San Diego on April date White steered the torpedo boat destroyer to safety as live steam filled the engine room nearly suffocating the crew. Oiler Fred Boyd and machinist mate T Kiernan clung to their posts and saved the engine from total wreck.
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San Diego
Fred Boyd
T. Kiernan
Weather Forecast: Showers and Cooler This Afternoon
Showers and cooler conditions expected this afternoon with showers tonight. Saturday looks fair with moderate westerly winds.
Baby Blanche Improves But Remains Under Care
The Star reports its home born infant Baby Blanche has shown significant improvement after several days of illness. Doctors expect a complete recovery and plan moving the child to a new home with her mother once stabilized.
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Baby Blanche
Blanche
Beattie Theatre to Host Ice Cream Parade Saturday
After a performance at the Beattie theatre manager Harry Cort will invite all women and children in the audience onto the stage where company members will pass around sweets.
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Beattie Theatre
Harry Cort
Mexico apologizes over Taft note border dispute
Foreign Minister De La Barra formally assures Ambassador Wilson that no offense was meant by the Diaz reply and withdraws charges of border crossing and disarming Mexican troops. He also retracts the claim that Captain Gaujot trespassed on Mexican soil during the Agua Prieta battle.
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Mexico City
de la Barra
Diaz
Taft
Wilson
la Barra
Gaujot
Agua Prieta
Phone Merger Topic at Municipal League Luncheon
At the Saturday noon luncheon of the Municipal League at the Washington Hotel Rathsheller Richard Saxe Jones will discuss the proposed telephone consolidation. The county farm site use for factories will be considered and the election frauds committee will report.
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Municipal League
Washington Hotel
Rathsheller
Richard Saxe Jones
Chicago Saloon Keeper Criticized by Grace Reed
Grace Reed, a Chicago school principal and suffragist, declared a saloon keeper of good moral character deserves respect. A petition signed by 1,000 members of the W C T U calls for her removal.
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Chicago
Grace Reed
Eagles in Vaudeville Show Tonight
Eagles and friends will witness a vaudeville and musical entertainment at 8 30 oclock tonight in Eagles hall.
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Eagles
Eagles and Friends
Eagles’ Hall
Golden Potlatch Button Boom Drives Seattle Fundraising
The Seattle Carnival association pushes a citywide push to sell 100 000 Golden Potlatch buttons to raise 100 000 dollars for the first Potlatch festival. The slogan be one of a hundred thousand hosts of a hundred thousand guests spreads across playgrounds, moving picture theater slides, and public events.
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Seattle
Seattle Carnival Association
89,000 Demand Troops Recall United States Troops From Border
In Louisville the Southern Presbyterian church assembly is petitioned by Louisville Presbytery to declare infants who die in infancy are saved. In Washington D C Victor L Berger a petition signed by 89,000 citizens demands recall of U S troops from the Mexican border.
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Louisville
General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church In Convention
United Press
Washington, D. C
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
United States
Berger
Pe Ell May Seek New Name P L Pronunciation
Local boosters in Centralia report a proposal to rename Pe Ell as P. L. to reflect its pronunciation. They believe the shortened form would broaden the town’s recognition.
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Centralia
Pe Ell
P. L
Bank deposits rise in Seattle and state banks
Seattle banks report higher deposits than any time this year as farmers sell grain, freeing funds. Country banks across the state show satisfactory gains attributed to grain sales increasing cash on hand.
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Seattle
Aberdeen Council Votes Sane Fourth for July
Aberdeen officials unanimously approve a sane Fourth of July celebration plan for the city. The council acted last night setting the framework and observance guidelines for the holiday event.
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Aberdeen
Hicktown Girls Parade in Deep Neckline Ad Creates Yardball Scene
An advertisement notes women in Hicktown wearing very low necklines at Depot Square, while The Emporium offers fifty percent off snow shovels this week. A Cataract Hose company alarm rehearsal last night caused significant noise.
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Hicktown
Depot Square
Emporium
Cataract Hose Company
City jailer Corbett under fire over police brutality claims
Citizen groups cite sworn testimony alleging beatings and humiliations at Seattle jail. Reported incidents include prisoners undressed, mixed cells and rough treatment of women and the poor. Critics urge full hearing and removal if guilty, beyond mere departmental dismissal.
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John Corbett
Corbett
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