Mexico's Future Painted Black in Civil War Aftermath
The diplomatic and military view in Washington holds Huerta's removal will not settle Mexico's crisis. A provisional government may form, then elections likely favor the Constitutionalist side, but factionalism risks the new regime. Carranza faces vast debt, stalled reforms, and a country overrun by bandits, with Zapata and Huerta loyalists looming as threats.
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Victoriano Huerta
United States
Washington
New York Tribune
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Mexico City
Mexico
Zapata
Zapatistas
Morelos
Side Lights on Cabinet Men in Time of Stress
Washington correspondent for the New York Post profiles three cabinet members amid the Mexican crisis. Bryan, Daniels, and Garrison are described through their temperaments and work habits as they face wartime strain. Daniels remains optimistic, Bryan energetic and unconventional, and Garrison diligent, often working late into the night.
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Bryan
Navy
Daniels
Garrison
Washington
New York Post
Secretary Daniels
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Daniels
Knapp Re elected County Superintendent At Convention
Clyde S. Knapp was unanimously reelected county superintendent by 78 of 150 school directors at the county convention. His four year salary was set at 2500 dollars, with motions to lower it defeated.
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Court House
Clyde S. Knapp
Washington County
Allegheny
Knapp
Westminister College
Warren County
Supt. Knapp
Voluntary Army Law Changes War Powers Roles
A Wilson signed bill creates a volunteer army during war, centralizing officer appointments beyond state lines and ensuring unit leaders may serve in the volunteer force if enlistment thresholds are met. Correspondents report on San Juan de Ulua prison near Vera Cruz and the rescue by American officers and Marines.
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Wilson
San Juan de Ulua
New York Times
New York Tribune
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz Harbor
San Juan de Ulua Island
Scott
Health of Philippine schoolchildren to improve under new policy
Washington reports a new Philippine administration push to enlarge health education in schools. Vice Governor Henderson S. Martin leads efforts for school health, citing prior campaigns that reduced serious skin diseases and trachoma and worm infections among Manila pupils.
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Washington
Philippines
Henderson S. Martin
Endvices
Manila
Snipers haunt Vera Cruz battle as US sailors suffer
New York Sun correspondent Dudley Harmon reports on Vera Cruz violence led by hidden snipers on rooftops and balconies. Marines and sailors, mostly 22-year-old with no prior sea war experience, faced deadly shots from civilians while treating prisoners with restraint.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Dudley Harmon
New York Sun
Badger
General Daniel Sickles A Legendary Civil War Figure
The article chronicles General Daniel E. Sickles as a key corps commander who helped win the Civil War, his Gettysburg courage, and the leg he lost there. It notes his brevet as major general in 1865, retirement in 1869, and his post as United States minister to Spain where he earned the nickname The Yankee King of Spain. It mentions the 1859 murder trial of Philip Barton Key, Sickles's wife Teresa Bagaggli, and his eventual acquittal and reconciliation.
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Daniel E. Sickles
Grant
Chancellorsville
Third Army
Gettysburg
United States
Spain
Sickles
Madrid
Teresa Bagili
Ex Attorney General L. D. Gilbert Dies at 68
Harrisburg reports the death of L. D. Gilbert former Attorney General of the state at his home after several weeks illness He was 68 and a former Dauphin county official He served as president of the State Bar Association in 1899
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Harrisburg
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