Border skirmish leaves four Mexicans dead near Douglas
Associated Press reports a running fight on the border near Douglas, Mexico versus U S Ninth Cavalry. Four Mexicans killed, no Americans hit. American troops and local residents rushed to the line as sounds of firing stirred Douglas amid telegraph outages and heightened border tensions. Cowboys and townspeople mobilized along the boundary.
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Associated Press
Paso
Tex
Douglas
Mexi
Ninth States Cavalry
International Line
I Boundary
Fierce Snow Storm Costs Three Lives
Three workers died as a blizzard swept through the region on Sunday. A rear end collision of two Nickel Plate freight trains occurred amid 78 mile per hour winds and a temperature of ten degrees above zero. Edward C. Hanson of Pullman Illinois perished trapped in wreckage. Carlos K. Bartos aged 88 and Thomas Sundias aged 22, laborers clearing snow, were struck by trains.
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Nto Noe Y
Edward C. Hanson
Pullman
Carlos K. Bartos
Thomas Sundias
Editorial claim on Bright's disease cures sparks debate
An editor in San Francisco cites orders from Thurston to publish a piece affirming Bright's disease curability. Another editor notes conflicting coverage, while Thurs ton asserts the public deserves the benefit article. The text mentions a test recipe by Fulton’s Renal Comp and a San Francisco firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Smith
Commercial Advertiser
Honolulu
San Francisco
Thurston
Bright
Eetee Fulton
Bulletin
Anegh
Fulton
Panton Bright
van Antwerp Drug Corp
John J. Fulton Co
Cal
Three Important Matters Left for Incoming Congress
With Congress adjourned the two years of party struggle end and three sessions of effort to bridge Democratic House and Democratic-Progressive Senate with a Republican president close. Many laws were enacted and investigations conducted while others await action. The tariff remained unsettled though debated. Taft vetoed several tariff bills. Canada rejected reciprocity. liquor shipments to prohibition states were restricted. senate and treaties saw selective action and friction over ratifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Taft
Wilson
Canada
Great Britain
France
Russia
United States
Death of George Maxwell in Pensacola
Special to The Item. George Maxwell, a well known Pensacola resident, died at his home on Sunday after a long illness. He was the brother of John Maxwell, master mechanic of the Louisville and Nashville shops at Mobile, and had worked for the company for about 25 years.
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Pensacola
Fla
George Maxwell
Garden Street
Tenth Avenue
John Maxwell
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Campaign to amend employment agency law praised by hotel workers
Benjamin F. Parker reports a 6000 member drive by the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance to curb charging for employment. The proposal would make it a misdemeanor to prom ise liquor with job offers as part of an attack on the “vampire” employment system.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Benjamin F. Parker
Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance
American Federation of Labor
Patent Cure Claim for Convulsions One Day Remedy
Advertisement claims a one day cure for convulsions using laxative bromine quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Signature reads E R W Grove on each box, low price.
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ER. W. Grove
Indian attack on Peruvian settlement near Morona river
Officials in the eastern region report that Fena Gorean Indians attacked a Peruvian settlement on the Morona river. Three officers were killed along with several soldiers and two women. The attackers captured the settlement while other Peruvians fled into caves.
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Guayaquil
Morona River
Boosters Will Visit the Coast Coast trip planned for March 16
Mobile merchants form committees to organize a coast booster trip tied to the new Louisville and Nashville coast train. The itinerary covers Biloxi Gulfport Mississippi City and several coastal towns with a luncheon at Biloxi and a two day schedule ending back in Mobile. A four teen member band accompanies the party with planned stops at towns including Ocean Springs Pascagoula and Gulfport.
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Jacob Reiss
Chamber of Commerce and Business
Mobile
Mississippi
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
W. B. McAtee
E. J. Schwarz
James McPhillips
Royal Street
W. H. Reynolds
Jake Simon
Davey S. Bauer
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Retail Merchants
Carol
Ohio
Retail Merchants ™ Committee
Great Southern
Gulfport
Biloxi
Cdrd
Great Southern Hotel
Mississippi City
Ocean Springs
Fountainbleau
Gautier
Pascagoula
Orange Grove
Pecan
Grand Bay
St. Elmo
Irvington
Theodore
St Patrick's Benevolent to Plan Parade Meeting
A special meeting of St Patrick's Benevolent and Social association will be held at their hall on Beauregard and Franklin streets Monday night at 7 30 p m to arrange the annual St Patrick's Day parade.
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St. Patrick's Benevolent and Social Association
Beauregard and
Franklin Streets
St. Patrick's Day
Five Thousand Druggists Endorse Vinci Vinol Tonic
Retail druggists across the country, numbering over five thousand, recommend Vinci Vinol without oil as the top tonic reconstructor. Testimonials from E C Spens of Alpena and E C Bucholtz of Springfield praise Vinol’s superior effectiveness for run-down, nervous, and debiliated individuals. A money-back guarantee accompanies the offer to try Vinol for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis.
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Vinci
E. C. Spens
Alpena, Mich
E. ¢. F. Bucholtz
Springfield
Ohio
Taft Preaches Unitarianism On Last Sunday as President
Washington March 30 Sunday marked Tafts final Sunday in office with a sermon to All Souls Unitarian Church. He urged liberal Christianity, tolerance, and the spread of Unitarian ideals while planning a cabinet session and farewells before handing power to Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
All Soul's Unitarian Church
MacVeagh Nee Ceeeeves
George Washington
Georgetown University
Hilles
Wilson
White House
God
Jesus Christ
Weather forecast for inaugural day in Washington
Washington March 3. The official forecast calls for a fair Tuesday morning followed by unsettled conditions Tuesday afternoon or night with variable winds. Forecasters recall last inauguration day storms and remain cautious about the overall weather for President Wilson and Vice President Marshall. Unofficial signs suggest pleasant weather may accompany part of the day for attendees, while a disturbance from the plains states may bring local snow in the Great Lakes region and unsettled conditions in the middle Atlantic and Ohio Valley.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Marshall
Plains States
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Senate campaign expenditures panel to report no final action
Washington March 3 the senate committee on campaign expenditures will not file a report on its inquiry into 1964 1903 and 1912 campaign spending and the Archbold Standard Oil ties to Congress. Five members fail to agree on scope or conclusions, plans carryover to the new congress. Some members may back changes in campaign finance laws.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Congress
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Special Committee
Clapp
Pomerene
Oliver
Jones
Paynter
National Congressional Committees
Chambers Named as an Arbitrator in Wage Dispute
Washington March 3 William L Chambers of Washington former justice of the international court at Samoa and former member of the Spanish treaty claims commission was chosen as the third arbiter in the wage dispute between the Eastern rail and their firemen Also named were W Atterbury vice president of a pacerien railroad and Albert Phillips of the fremen's authority
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Associated Press
Washington
Wiliam L Chambers
Washington, D. C
International Court
Samoa
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Eastern
W. Atterbury
Pacaierens
Albert Phillips
Fremen
Flagman averts serious wreck on Pennsylvania line
Princeton, N J March 3 While running at seventy miles an hour Sunday night the Pennsylvania Night Limited from New York to Washington narrowly avoided a collision with a derailed box car protruding over express tracks. Flagman John Schrenk signaled and torpedoed the line, leaping clear as the engineer halted the oncoming train within feet of the obstruction.
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Isby Associated Press
Princeton
N. J
New York
Washington
John Sehrenk
Schrenk
Limited
Royal Train Accident Rumor Declared Groundless
Naples March 3 report states an insignificant train accident involving the king and queen traveling to Naples. A loose iron piece struck a carriage causing minor damage, but no harm occurred and the rumored attack on the royal train was unfounded.
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Associated Press
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Kite wire tragedy claims 16 year old in Portsmouth
Sydney Bright, age 16, was killed instantly in Portsmouth when a kite with a thin wire attached touched an 11,000 volt line. The accident occurred while he flew the kite, causing fatal electrocution as the wire connected to the power line.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Sydney Bright
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