American killed in Mexico City sparks high level protest
John B. McManus, a Chicago native and prominent American in Mexico City, was killed as Zapata forces entered the capital. The White House demanded punishment for the murderers and reparations to the family while noting no expectation of a broader international crisis. The Brazilian minister promised action, and British casualties and looting were reported amid the unrest.
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Washington, D. C
John B. McManus
Chicago
Mexico City
Zapata
State Department
Salazar
McManus
Bryan
White House
Esident
Zapatistas
Obregon
International Relief Committee
McManus Acknowledged Leader of American Colony in Mexico City
Chicago March 12. John M McManus admired as a leading and respected figure in the American colony in Mexico City. He served as financial agent for an American mining firm and had fifteen years of business in Mexico City, playing a key role in colony affairs.
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Chicago
Ill
John M. McManus
Mexico City
McManus
US notes press for secure rail link from Mexico City to Vera Cruz
Washington sent a second diplomatic note to General Carranza urging continued railway service between the capital and Vera Cruz. The note pressures safe passage for Americans and other foreigners and freight into Mexico City, amid Carranza and Obregon denials of inciting riots. It also asks for freight trains if food supplies were blocked.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
Obregon
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
General Obregon
Thaw Case Nears Close in Escape Conspiracy Trial
In New York on March 12 the defense in the Harry K Thaw trial rested after calling Roger Thompson witnesses. Thaw testified he could not recall who advised him he was sane to leave Matteawan and admitted paying six thousand dollars in New Hampshire after escaping. He also paid counsel fees and Roger Thompson expenses following Thompson’s arrest. Closing arguments began as the case heads to a jury with expectations of a quick verdict and a plea to find sanity if proven.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Roger Thompson
Thaw
Richard Butler
New Hampshire
Thompson
Page
German Cruiser May Tie Up Till the Close
Newport News March 12 Captain Thieriehsen of the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich estimates it will take about three weeks to repair after a preliminary shipyard examination. The estimate was communicated to the Washington government.
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Newport News
Thieriehsen
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Washington
Prinz Eitel Friedrich Interne d in New Port News
Confidential reports indicate the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, in dry dock at Newport News, will be forced to intern. Treasury Assistant Secretary Peters told the president the German commander is unlikely to risk sea travel again. The Eifel is described as in bad condition and unfit for cruising.
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Washington, D. C
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Newport News
Peters
Treasury Department
Eifel
Washington weighs German restitution for Frye sinking
Washington officials say Germany may offer restitution for the destruction of the American ship William P Frye by the Prinz Eitel Friederich in the South Atlantic and express regret. A full inquiry and possible court martial or reparations are among likely actions, with results to be settled via diplomatic channels.
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Washington
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friederich
South Atlantic
United States
Wilson
State Department
Frye
Prinz Bitel
Japan Adjusts Stance on China Demands
Peking reports Japan has definitively modified its attitude toward China, insisting on compliance with demands issued after Japan occupied Kiaochow. The terms have been under negotiation for two months.
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Peking
Mar
Japan
China
Kiao Chow
Oil magnate's wife dies while he was away
Mrs John D Rockefeller died at her Tarrytown home after illness. Husband and son were in Orlando Fla when informed. a special train was arranged. Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller, born 1839 in Wadsworth Ohio, married John D Rockefeller in 1864 and raised five children amid Cleveland life and later New York.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Wadsworth
Ohio
New England
Burlington
Akron
Harvey B. Spelman
Cleveland
John Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Miss Spelman
Young Rockefeller
Worcester
Mr. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Bessie
Charles A Strong
France
Alice
Altadito
E. Parmalee Prentice
Raith
Harold Fowler McCormick
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Utah Legislature Closes Amid Prohibition Bid and Veto Talk
Salt Lake March 12 The eleventh Utah legislature session ends amid a clash over statewide prohibition with dry leaders seeking to delay adjournment to catch a possible veto by Gov William Spry. Republicans push to finish after passing an appropriations bill while Democrats press for adjournment to influence timing of any veto. Senate action shifts to Funk liquor bill raising penalties, while George Dern seeks to place his regulation measure as a special order amid party divisions.
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Salt Lake
Utah
William Spry
Spry
House
J. H. Morris
Washington County
C. L. Warnick
Wilford Day
Senate
Funk
George Dern
Dern
Mexicans Storm National Palace. Priests Held
Reported from Los Angeles that about two thousand Mexicans stormed the National Palace in Mexico City aiming to release 250 priests jailed there. A riot ensued, the chief of police was stabbed by attackers who killed him, and many people were injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
National Palace
Mexico City
Carranza
Villa
New Process to Make Explosives Contracted in Washington
Secretary Lane announced a contract with private interests to build a $250,000 plant to handle Dr. Walter G. Rittman’s bureau of mines invention for producing gasoline dyestuffs and explosives.
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Washington
Lane
Walter G. Rittman
Bureau of Mines
May Wheat Closes at 1 Dollar 55 Cents 1/4 in Chicago
May wheat closed at 1.55 1/4 in Chicago trading on March 12. The sparse bulletin notes price movement with no further details on traders or contracts.
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Chicago
President Intervenes in Ohio Coal Strike Negotiations
In Washington on March 12 the president stepped into the Ohio coal strike, consulting with Secretary Wilson and coal operators' representatives on a settlement method. Wilson had earlier failed to unite operators and miners. The president planned to write letters urging arbitration.
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Washington, D.C
Ohio
Wilson
Labor Department
McAdoo Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Secretary McAdoo was operated on for appendicitis at a Washington hospital. Doctors announced the operation was successful and the patient in favorable condition. Mrs. McAdoo, the president’s youngest daughter, accompanied her husband and waited in the ante-room.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Many Bills Suspended in Idaho Governor Approves and Vetoes
Boise March 12 Governor Alexander disapproved house bill No 206 to pay William Webb 100 reward and senate bills funding convict labor, sea soning a white fish close season, and aid to Phoenix Lumber. He signed 27 measures in two days with left lists of 15 Senate bills and 17 House bills.
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Boise
Alexander
William Webb
Senate
Phoenix Lumber Company
University of Idaho
State Board of Accounting
Heyburn Park
Kovutenai Benewah
Shoshone
Game Department
House
Secretary of State
Germans Push Toward Przasnysz as War Office Reports
Berlin reports say the German drive at Przasnysz in northern Poland put the advance army within two miles of the city while denying Russian claims of a recent victory. It notes 7200 Russians captured in two battles and cites British seizure of Neuve Chapelle with failed further moves. Two enemy battleships and two torpedo boats fired on the Belgian coast and retreated as German batteries opened fire. Snow halted Vosges operations and Champagne remains quiet.
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Berlin
War Office
Przasnysz
Poland
Neuve Chapelle
Belgian
Vosges
Champagne
Belgians Advance on Front Near Schoorbakke
Paris reports that two Belgian army divisions advanced 00 meters toward Schoorbakke while the rest of the front showed no significant changes.
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Paris
Belgium
Schoorbakke
Idaho Senate and House Bill Summary of Public Measures
A compilation of proposed Idaho laws including highway districts for bridges, desertion offense as extraditable, creation of farm markets director, predatory animal fund and tax, prison board power over minors in school, jail prisoner labor for roads, attorney fees for wages suits, wife earnings and rents under her control, reduced tax penalty, multiple state game preserves, bonds for collection agencies, notice before tax assessment raise, livestock tax exemptions for outside markets, poll tax exemption for Civil War and Spanish American War veterans, contested highway district elections after six months, court reporter assistants, and education refunds for small district graduates.
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York and Webb
Koelsch
Shattuck and Johnston
Ricks
McGowan
Shattuck
McMurray
Cassia
Twin Falls
Oneida
Bear Lake
Bannock
Power
Franklin
Sweet and Johnston
County Boards of Equalization
Johnston
Lau and
Gray
Allard
Judiciary Committee
Committee On
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Sam Bogus
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McClear
J. J. Stocking
State Affairs Committee
Thomas
S.C. Brown
Blackfoot
Mines and Mining Committee
Macbeth
Public Utility Commission
Committee On Banks
Hayes
McCloud
Joint Committee On Irrigation and Water Rights
Whitcomb
Supreme Court
Zack
London
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Dardaenelles
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Fourth Indian Corps
Tack
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