Villista forces in doubt as Villa skirmishes near Torreon
Juarez reports an anxious mood among Constitutionalist sympathizers as General Francisco Villa and about twelve thousand rebels fight near Gomez Palacio in Torreon. No word from the front for two days fuels rumors of retreat and renewed inquiries by Chihuahua officials.
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Associated Press
Juarez
Francisco Villa
Gomez Palacio
Torreon
Chihuahua
Mexico City
War Department
Villa
Manuel Chao
Rebels repulsed at Gomez Palacio claims El Paso official
Miguel Diebold inspector of Mexican consulates says rebels have been repulsed each time they attack Gomez Palacio, three miles from Torreon. He cites Mexico City messages and says federals plan an offensive with a flanking movement.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Gomez Palacio
Miguel Diebold
Mexi Can
Diebold
Mexico City
Tor Rcon
Artillery Duel Reported at Gomez Palacio
An unofficial report from Juarez says an intermittent artillery duel occurred at Gomez Palacio during the night. No further details were provided.
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Juarez
Mex
Gomez Palacio
State Auditor Reports Finances Show Overspending
The Alabama state auditor released the annual report for the year ending October 1, 1913, noting total receipts of 6,288,992.07 and disbursements of 6,545,895.74, a deficit of 256,903.67. The treasury balance stood at 99,267.54 with warrants of 482,464.61 and temporary loans of 100,000, while the current year’s expenditures rose 266,874.91 over the previous year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Treasury
Suspects Arrested in Fixture Thefts on Saint Joseph Adams Streets
Following a Yeend Brothers complaint, police detained several suspects for cutting out plumbing fixtures from a house and stealing panes of glass from windows on the southeast corner of St Joseph Adams streets served by Raga John Welch.
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Yeend Brothers
Raga John Welch
St. Joséph Oe Adams
High Solution for Wednesday Records 22 677
The highest Circle Contest Solution checked yesterday reached 22 677. The entry by Bert enone ens from bile Ala is noted as the top solution.
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Bert Enone
Ens, Bile
Ala
Resignation of Field Marshal Sir John French Stirs British Army
London March 26 Premier Asquith faces a crisis as Field Marshal Sir John French resigns as chief of the Imperial staff and army officers may follow. The cabinet says guarantees to officers in Ireland were not sanctioned and Colonel Seely resigns as war secretary. Liberal papers urge stronger action and anticipate a June election under a proposed Liberal Unionist agreement.
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London
Asquith
John French
Imperial Staff
Ireland
Seely
War Office
Army
Heals
Home Will
The
Liverpool
George
Shreveport Rate Orders Postponed
The interstate commerce commission's effective date in the Shreveport rate case was postponed from April 1 to June 1 due to pending appeal. The order bars higher Texas to Shreveport interstate rates than Shreveport to Texas, a contention raised by Louisiana's railroad commission about eastbound traffic.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shreveport
Supreme Court of Appeals
Commission
Dallas
Houston
Texas
Railroad Commission of Louisiana
Texas Railroad Commission
Neese, Blind Tiger Man, Sentenced to One Year
James Neese of Cottage Hill was sentenced to one year at hard labor for violating prohibition by maintaining a blind tiger. A charge of selling liquor to minors was not pressed. A larceny case for $280 was in juries’ hands. Neese was convicted on four counts, each three months expiation.
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James Neese
Cottage Hill
Thursos
Morris McCarthy
Leese
Book dealers cheat woman verdict in de luxe case
In Boston on March 26 the jury found Glenn F. Farmer James Powers and Samuel Rosenfield guilty of conspiracy to defraud Mrs Mary L Rogers. Farmer and Rosenfield received six to eight years and three to five years respectively. Powers got two and a half years. Sentences for Farmer and Rosenfield stayed pending appeals. Powers began serving his term. The trio allegedly used illusory rare volumes to obtain 87000 from Rogers.
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Associated Press
Boston
Powers
Mary L. Rogers
Tense Situation At Caracas Venezuela
The report from Willemstad Caracao on March 26 notes an unsettled political climate in Caracas. Prominent figures arrested include Colonel Samuel McGill, instructor general of the Venezuelan army, who was later released. General Manuel A Matos, former foreign affairs minister, and two nephews are said to have fled. McGill is Chilean in origin with Irish or Scottish roots and trained in Germany, serving as instructor general to Venezuela's army. In 1912 he visited the United States and inspected West Point.
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Preats
Willemstadt
Caracao
Caracas
Samuel McGill
Manuel A. Matos
Chile
Germany
United States
West Point
Mexican Prisoners Granted Release From Fort McIntosh
Laredo Texas March 26 Rebel and federal Mexican prisoners held at Fort McIntosh since the January 1 battle at Nuevo Laredo were released by order of the war department last night. About 300 federal fugitives said they would not return to Mexico and would seek work in the United States.
Panama Tolls Repeal Battles House Obstruction
The Panama tolls repeal faced heavy delay in the House amid motions, quorum calls, and a shifting tangle of rules. The river and harbor bill stalled repeal efforts as a new dye bill conference report appeared, with potential three filibusters feared. President Wilson watched as Senate debate opened with Senator Owen and Senator Lewis proposing equal tolls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arch
Rules Committee
Tome
Wilson
White House
Senate
Owen
Lewis
Engineer promotes river navigation over deep waterways
John H. Bernhard, a New Orleans engineer, told the senate commerce committee that using existing rivers improves navigation without costly deep waterways. He cited coal transport from Black Warrior river fields in Alabama to New Orleans being reduced by 76 cents per ton and urged self propelled unit barges as a nationwide solution.
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Associated Press
Washington
John H. Bernhard
New Orleans
Senate Commerce Committee
Senator Bankhead
Black Warrior
Alabama
Bernhard
Holland
America
Comer Summoned Before Montgomery Grand Jury to Testify
B. B. Comer, candidate for governor, has been summoned to appear before the Montgomery grand jury and will testify Friday morning. He arrived in Montgomery at noon today and may miss a speaking engagement in south Alabama tomorrow.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. B. Comer
Day in Congress Highlights and Debates
Lawmakers met at noon as Senator Owen urged repeal of the Panama tolls exemption. Prison-contractors argued the Hughes bill to curb prison product traffic is unconstitutional. Rivers and harbors bill rushed to completion. Leaders set a twenty hour debate on the Sims Panama tolls repeal. Public lands panel heard support for leasing oil and mineral lands. A member named William New spoke for a trusts bill aimed at retail price fixes.
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Owen
Panama
Interstate Commerce Committee
Hughes
Mt. Rivers and Harbors
Public Lands Committee
Eee
William of New
Steamer Reported Lost Had Uneventful Voyage
The steamer reported lost after departure arrived safely at Honolulu with an uneventful voyage. officials said no wreckage or distress signals were observed during the trip.
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Honolulu
National Arbiters Award Players to Selma and Others
National Board of Arbitration awards Cowan to Selma, Rogers to Nashville, Smith to Wichita, or to Macon. The Auburn, Alabama report notes Selma’s application approved, with decisions released today.
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Auburn
National Board of Arbitration
National Association of Professional Baseball Services
Cowan
Selma
Rogers
Nashville
Smith
Wichita
Macon
Ala
Legislators Back Mobile Bay Docks Plan For City Ownership
Alabama candidates for Mobile county pledged to back legislation to deed Mobile Bay sand islands to the city for a municipal dock and pier system with rail access. Supporters including Francis Ty, Bart Chamberlain, Claude Grayson, and Inge urged rapid action and touted the plan as advancing Mobile’s growth and port commerce.
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Mobile County
Mobile
Sand Islands
Mobile Bay
W. E. P. Wilson
Francis Ty
State Senate
Harry T. Hartwell
Senate
Oscar Lewis
O. W. Underwood
Bart Bamberlain
Claude Gray~son
W. F. Tebbetts
House of Representatives
Claude A. Grayson
Alabama
Inge
Francis J. Inge
Timoat
Mediation Aims to End Gould Coupler Strike
In Depew New York state mediators say a settlement basis for the Gould coupler works strike is possible as militia guard the plant after shots were fired but no injuries reported. Stanislaus Skolonski killed in the attack. five hundred strikers join his funeral procession in orderly protest.
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Associated Press
Depew
N. Y
State Board of Mediation
Gould Coupler Works
Stanislaus Skolonski
CAPT KOLB HERE R ae CAPT KOLB HERE R ae ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER
CAPT KOLB IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE RACE SCENE ACCORDING TO OBSERVERS. THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS HIS NOTABLE DRIVING SKILLS AND COMPETITIVE RECORD.
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Capt. Kolb
Captain Kolb to Attend Mobile Reception for Governor Bid
Friends of Captain Reuben F Kolb gather in Mobile for a reception at the St Andrew Hotel and a day of meetings with supporters. Kolb expects to beat Comer in Friday's race and plans a Dothan rally with speeches by Mobile backers.
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Reuben F. Kolb
Mobile
South Alabama
St. Andrew
Montgomery
Louisville
Nashville
Captain Kolb
A. G. Quinn
Kolb
Alabama
B. B. Comer
Houston County
Hunger strike denial in Dees case reported in Tampa
Tampa March 26 Published reports that William Dees under sentence to be hanged had started a hunger strike were denied today by Judge Abbott. He asserted Dees needed a meal.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
William Dees
Tence
Jator Abbott
Dees
Governor Comer Criticized for Coal Strike Actions
The piece condemns Governor Comer for using the vagrancy law to break a coal strike, costing state funds and harming Alabama’s reputation. It urges voters to repudiate his authority and cast a vote against his record, arguing the governor acted tyrannically to serve coal interests.
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Sol Ae Pears Co
Aggingham Press
Terests
Bi ‘ of Commerce
Comer
United S
Comer H
B. B
Alabama
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