Mexico City Fears Escalation as Battle Looms
Passengers arriving in New Orleans report life and property unsafe in Mexico City. Huerta Diaz rift widens with troops loyal to both sides at the citadel and palace amid threatened open conflict and a demoralized economy.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mexico City
Wolverine Line
City of Tampico
Tampico
Huerta
Felix Diaz
Mondragon
Diaz
General Blanquet
Huerta government in Mexico could fall within two weeks
Chicago attorney Robert J. Kerr told the Rotary Club that the Huerta regime in Mexico would likely be overthrown in the next two weeks. He warned Americans face danger and property losses as the flag is disrespected and relief from damages may be uncertain.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Huerta
Mexico
Robert J. Kerr
Rotary Club Today
Balkan
Gant Denies Guilty In Mary Phagan Slaying Case
Atlanta police continue the hunt for the slayer of 14 year old Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Company factory. John M. Gant, former bookkeeper, is the only formally charged suspect among four detained. Newt Lee, the watchman, is questioned as the coroner's inquest resumes tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
National Pencil Company
John M. Gant
Newt Lee
Harrisburg Tests Mothers Pension System
Pennsylvania governor approves a new mothers pension act creating county systems overseen by a five to seven member women commission. Trustees investigate cases and may approve monthly payments to abandoned mothers or widows unable to support children. Maximums total 12 for one child, 20 for two, 25 for three, plus 5 for each additional child. $200,000 appropriated.
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Associated Spiey
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Tener
Salvation Army Leader Eva Booth Ill from Overwork
Commander Eva Booth is ill at a Cleveland hotel after months of overwork raising funds for two memorial colleges founded by General William Booth. She assisted during recent floods in Ohio and Indiana.
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Cleveland
Eva Booth
Miss Booth
William Booth
The
Salvation Army
Ohio
Indiana
Texas farmer swindled by strangers posing as wealthy Frenchmen
A. E. Schepler of Farmersville near Dallas was swindled out of 5000 dollars by two men posing as rich French buyers. They tried to prove trust by offering to deposit 10000 for caretaking a seven year old niece but demanded 5000 cash upfront. Police alerted as suspects fled after switching packages to take the money.
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Dallas
Texas
A. E. Schepler
Farmersville
Fort Worth
Schepler
Farmersville Bank
Barge Line To Carry Coal And Merchandise From Gulf Coast
The Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Co plans a daily barge service between New Orleans Mobile and the Tuscaloosa coal fields starting June 1. Two 1000 ton barges are built and a third is under construction with a goal of one barge per ten days and eventual fleet of fifty. Mobile benefits from coal and other freight as berthing space is secured and a Mobile delegation may join New Orleans businessmen for the inaugural trip.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Alabama and
J. H. Bernhard
Guy Donaldson
Gulf
Alabama Mineral District
Donaldson
War Could Have Been Avoided by National Highways
Charles Henry Davis of Cambridge urged linking historic frontier trails into a continental system to bind states and prevent future divisions. He argued the Old Trails Association plans to connect the Santa Fe, Oregon, Mormon, and other routes with Washington and New York as a modern nationwide highway network.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Charles Henry Davis
Cambridge
Mass
National Old Trails Association
Davis
Old Trails’ Association
Washington
New York
Calhoun
Fire in Gretna Business District Forces Dynamite Use
A blaze sweeping Gretna Manitoba last night caused losses of at least 600000 and threatened residents until four houses were dynamited. The Walmerke store Ewert printing plant King Edward Hotel Bank of Montreal and two elevators plus several small buildings were nearly destroyed.
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Associated Press
Gretna
Man
Walmerke
Ewert
King Edward
Bank of Montreal
Telephone Exchange
Cometti of McCoy Remains Unchanged in State
John Mc Coy, the timer, injured Monday at Zimmern's grain elevator when his clothing tangled in a conveyor, remains in serious condition at the city hospital. Doctors report no improvement or deterioration since Monday afternoon. He suffered head, back, arms and leg injuries with fear for recovery.
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City Hospital
John ‘McCoy
Zimmern
Murder of Jerry Maida Ties NYC Gang Showdown
Five men tied to the Paul Kelly gang were seized after a shooting on Forty first street near Broadway that killed Jerry Maida alias Jerry the Lunchman suspected of informing to the district attorney. Guns were found discarded in a nearby garbage can. one prisoner nicknamed Guinea Sam had prior arrest in a similar gang murder.
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Associated Press
New York
Jerry Maida
Jerry the Lunchman
Forty-first Street
Broadway
Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Paul Kelly
Jerry
Guinea Sam
Man Identified in Sunday Death by Own Action
The man who died by his own hand Sunday night at the Duncan House in Mobile was identified Tuesday as Hughie H. Cover of McKeesport Pennsylvania. Price Goodman of the N. E. Turpentine Co identified the body at the morgue after a long distance inquiry with Laine Mississippi.
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Duncan House
Government and
Royal Streets
Hughie H. Cover
McKeesport
Laine
Miss
Price Goodman
N. E. Turpentine Company
Mobile
Roche and Burke Undertaking Company
Goodman
New Southern Paper Company
Refused to pay duty on wedding gifts in transit
Sir Wilfred Peck of Seaton England refused 45 percent duty on 10 000 dollars of wedding gifts. He sent the presents to public stores in New York and continued to St Louis for his May 7 marriage to Miss Edwina Thornburgh. He bought the silver and gold plate in India, and plans to reclaim the gifts on returning to England.
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Associated Press
New York
Sir Wilfred Peck
Bart
Seaton
England
St. Louis
Edwina Thornburgh
India
Wilfred
Congress signals currency reform plan and tariff reading
The Senate was not in session with a Thursday meeting planned. A joint committee began investigating foreign purchases of American Tobacco. Chairman Owen announced the currency reform plan would be formulated Friday. In the House, sessions opened at 11 am to read the tariff bill schedule under the five minute rule. Representative Lindle proposed barring banking members from the banking and currency committee during currency reform preparations.
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Senate
Congressiongl
Owen
Banking and Currency Committee
House
Lindle
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast till 7 p m Wednesday shows fair and continued cool conditions tonight and Wednesday. Alabama areas expect fair skies both nights. Mississippi also reports fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Light variable winds accompany the dry weather.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Street Car Rules Relaxed for Ladies and Children in Mobile
Mobile city commissioners amend street car traffic law allowing conductors to avoid forcing ladies and children from moving cars. They must use reasonable means to prevent boarding and alighting. Other actions include cemetery gate upgrades on George street and extended protections for streets during paving and repaving.
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Mobile
Magnolia Cemetery
George Street
Mohr
Schwarz
Pillans
Board of Commissioners
City of
Austria May Take Matters In Own Hands
A Vienna dispatch claims Austria-Hungary will act unilaterally to enforce the powers’ decision on Scutari after the London conference failed to yield results. British officials and diplomats doubt the report, noting Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein’s stance and that Italy and Germany oppose unilateral action.
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Associated Press
London
Vienna
Montenegro
Austria-Hungary
Scutari
Count von Mensdorff- Pouilly- Dietrichstein
Italy
Germany
Crown Prince Danilo Arrives in Cetinje to Hand Keys
In Cetinje Montenegro on April 29 Crown Prince Danilo was greeted by an ovation as he prepared to hand over the fortress of Scutari to King Nicholas. The ceremony drew cheers from the crowd and the royal family later processed to the cathedral where the queen and each lady assisted a wounded soldier.
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Associated Press
Cettinje
Montenegro
Danilo of
Nicholas
Scutari
Son Follows Lead Set by His Father
Detroit April 29 George V. Dearing former clerk in the defunct Albion Michigan National Bank was sentenced to five years in the Detroit house of correction for misapplication of bank funds. He is the third family member to receive a prison term as the bank failed. His aged father and brother are serving sentences in Fort Leavenworth.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
George V. Dearing
Albion, Michigan
National Bank
Detroit House of Correction
Dearing
Fort Leavenworth
Tariff Bill Advances To Reading Stage In House
The Democratic tariff revision bill moves to paragraph by paragraph reading in the House as Republicans and Progressives plan amendments. Underwood says the bill will pass this week, with final passage and Senate forwarding likely before July 1 if currency action is not taken.
Miss Getzinger Located in Mobile to Claim Estate
Emma Getzinger, 23, long separated from family in Hattiesburg, was found in Mobile on Tuesday. A telegram was sent to her brother Lane Getzinger in Jackson informing him she is safe at 302 St Francis Street and ready to claim part of their without-detailed estate before May 5.
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Emma Getzinger
Lane Getzinger
Jackson, Miss
Mobile
Getzinger
Chief Crenshaw
Hattiesburg
Mrs Belmont Boycotts English Tradesmen
Mrs 0 P Belmont, en route to a Budapest suffrage convention, spent overnight in London vowing not to spend a cent in England in protest of the government's stance on woman suffrage. She could not avoid England due to passage limits on ships and planned to reach the continent as soon as possible.
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Associated Press
London
He P. Belmont
Budapest
England
Continent
Maj Gen Wood Resumes Tour of Inspection
Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff of the U S Army and Brigadier General Scott left Nogales Arizona to complete their tour of Arizona points. Wood travels to Tucson by way of El Paso while Scott heads to Fort Bliss Texas to assume command of the second cavalry brigade.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Scott
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Tuscon, Ariz
Arizona
Ton
el Paso
Fort Elisa
Temporary lull in flood levels along Mississippi River spreads relief
After days of rising water the Mississippi River shows lower stages from St. Louis to New Orleans, but relief is temporary as breaks in levees sprawl water toward the Gibson Landing crevasse. Vicksburg Natchez and Baton Rouge report declines while New Orleans and Donaldsonville ease slightly.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Natchez
Vicksburg
Gibson Landing
Louisiana
Mississippi
Red River
Gulf
Baton Rouge
Waters From Crevasse Causing Havoc in Melville Area
Flood waters from the Klot% Spring crevasse along the Atchafalaya river levee threaten Pointe Coupee Parish towns. In Elliott City water reaches two to six feet, prompting lumber mills to rush workers to levees to aid flood fighting. Anchor and other towns face rising waters.
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Associated Press
Melville
Atchafalaya
Pointe Coupee Parish
Elliott City
Texas and Pacific
Anchor
Mail Fraudists Heavily Fined in Mexico Stock Scheme
Judge Witmer refused a new trial for John R. Markley Isaiah Miller and others involved in the International Lumber and Development Company case. Markley Miller each fined 10000 and 15 months. Armstrong Jr and McMahon fined 2000 and two years. Stewart fined 1000 and one year. The scheme sold Mexico property stock via mails and ads, with nearly 6 million alleged raised. Defense noted alleged juror interaction but judge did not allow names.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Witmer
International Lumber and Development Company
John R. Markley
Isaiah Miller
Chicago
William H. Armstrong, Jr
Charles R. McMahon
Alfred G. Stewart
Mason City
Mexico
Mutiny Splits Units as Salazar Reshapes Command
General Inez Salazar reorganized his force after a mutiny at Casas Grandes. He now commands under two hundred men. Rebel Colonel Maximo Castillo led 350 men toward Villa’s insurgents near Ponca, attempting to join forces while several deserters reportedly refused to continue the campaign.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Inez Salazar
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Maximo Castillo
Villa
Ponca
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Gov. Tener
New Warrior River Transportation Line
Charles Davis
the Lunchman
H. H. Cover
Penn
Congress
City Commission
Austria
Special
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Mann
Miss. Getzinger
Gen. Wood Resum
ST. Lou
Klotz
Donaldsonville
J. R. Markley
Salazar
Vila
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