Chihuahua Isolated As Rail Lines Reported Cut Again
Reports from Chihuahua and Durango indicate the Mexican Northwestern railroad near Chihuahua and Torreon is cut, isolating Chihuahua and delaying Madero forces. Insurrectos withdraw from Velardena exposing a temporary peace, while clashes near Cananea kill a Federal force, and an American man is robbed by insurgents at Higueras De Ballaca.
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el Pago
Tex
Madero
Juarez
Torreon
Durangota
Chihuahua
Velardena
Durango
Zacatecas
Cananea
Arizpe
Terrazas
California
Mexico City
Caliacan
Sinaloa
William McElroy
Francisco IT. Madero
el Paso
Mexico
Weather forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana shows rain today with unsettled conditions and moderate southerly winds. Illinois expects rain and warmer conditions today with unsettled weather and possible rain by night. Wisconsin forecasts rain today, unsettled and cooler with possible local showers tomorrow and southeast to south winds.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Unwritten Law Setback in Texas Court
Dallas April 12 The unwritten law got a setback in the Texas high court. Don Gray of Burnett a wealthy man appeared in Burnett court after his case was affirmed and he surrendered. He was ordered taken to the penitentiary to serve five years for killing William Phillips whom he claimed had wronged a female relative.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Don Gray of
Burnett
William Phillips
Rainey pushes inquiry into Justice Dept and Wickersham
Representative Rainey of Illinois introduces a House resolution seeking a Justice Department inquiry into actions under the Sherman antitrust law and into possible disqualifying outside employment by Attorney General Wickersham. In Saginaw, John Robinson was arrested after a week of disturbing behavior and fined $25 for peeping in windows.
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Washington
Rainey
Illinois
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Taft
Peeper
Saginaw, Mich
John Robinson
Dr. Hyde Granted New Trial After Conviction
Dr. 8B C Hyde, a physician once convicted, has been granted another trial. The ruling comes as an appeals court orders a fresh examination of the case. Hyde’s legal team cites procedural errors and new evidence to support the request.
Labor Federation Seeks Hazardous Jobs Insurance Act
Albany April 12 the executive committee of the State Federation of Labor will ask the legislature to enact an insurance act for workers in hazardous jobs. The plan calls for contributions from state, employer, and employee with a state official as custodian. Benefits include payments to the insured and annuities for families on death. The federation also suggests holding corporations liable for compensation in accidents.
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Albany
N. Y
State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin Congressman Seeks Four-Year House Terms
Washington April 12 Representative Carey of Wisconsin has introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to elect representatives for four years instead of two. The aim is to stabilize terms and reduce frequent election cycles.
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Washington
Carey
Wisconsin
Obsequies of Johnson set for Greenwood Cemetery
John Johnson’s body travels from Cleveland to Brooklyn for burial in Greenwood Cemetery, with no Cleveland funeral service. The service in New York will be at 11:50 a.m. Thursday conducted by Rev. Dr. Harris R. Cooley, preceded by pallbearers from Cleveland and New York including Bryan, Steffens, George, and Cable.
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Cleveland, O
Tom IL. Johnson
Cleveland
Whitehall
Johnson
Knickerbocker
Union
Brooklyn
N. Y
Greenwood Cemetery
Harris R. Cooley
A. B. Dupont
Newton D. Baker
C. W. Stare
Frederick J. Goff
Peter DeWitt
W. B. Gongwer
Fred A. Alber
John N. Stockwell
New York
William Jennings Bryan
C. M. Bates
Benjamin T. Cable
A. J. Moxham
Lincoln Steffen
New Heresy Hunt Begins In Pittsburgh
Acting under Rev. Dr. W L Mc Ewan the Pittsburgh Presbytery initiates a campaign against the Union Theological Seminary teachings of Dr William Adams Browns asserting misalignment with orthodox Presbyterian doctrine on biblical inspiration and miracles and demanding Dr Browns appear before the General Assembly in Atlantic City next month.
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Pittsburg
W. L. McEwan
Third Presbyterian Church
Pittsbore
Dr. Brown
General Assembly
Atlantic City
Fortifying the Panama Canal and Monroe Doctrine Aims
French engineer Bunau Varilla says the United States may fortify the Panama Canal if it asserts the Monroe Doctrine and enforces it. He argues control of fortifications is separate from who builds the canal and notes trade shifts will follow via Suez. He visited Mexico and remains optimistic about peaceful, prosperous development.
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New York
Phillippe Bunan Varilin
Panama Canal
Panama
Mexico
M. Bunau-Varilla
Chihuahua
Waldorf
Oaxaca
Laredo
Tex
Canal
Hay
United States
America
Far East
Europe
Suez Canal
County Plans Fruit Tree Plantings Along Wyandotte Roads
Wyandotte County commissioners announce a program to plant fruit and nut trees along all county highways. The project aims to provide fruit and nuts in coming years, with trees to be established across the rural road network surrounding Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Wyandotte Country
Kansas
Victor Returns Home After Global Flight Exhibition
Captain Thomas Baldwin arrives in Mineola after a four months voyage across Korea China Japan the Sandwich Islands and the Philippines. He staged aerial exhibitions with his biplane The Red Devil during the trip.
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Mineola
L. 1
Thomas
Baldwin
Korea
China
Japan
Sandwich Islands
Philippines
Peanut as Food and Economic Asset in Agriculture
A bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture highlights peanuts as rich and cheap. It notes peanut oil substitutes olive oil and butter, with by products usable as stock feed, while roasting above 160 F reduces digestibility by coagulating albumen.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hartzell Weds in Golden After License Office Stop
Roy A Hartzell the shortstop for the New York American ball club married Miss Startzeil of Golden Cole after obtaining a marriage license in Philadelphia He and his bride appeared at the Thirteenth Street Methodist church where the ceremony was performed The scene drew baseball fans who teased Hartzell about his junk and iron business before the vows were said
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Philadelphia
Roy
Hartzell
Miss
Stebbins
Golden
Cole
New York
Hortzell
New Trial Granted for Dr Hyde in Swope Murder Case
Kansas City reports Missouri Supreme Court grants a new trial to Dr Kn Hyde who was sentenced to life for the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. The trial revealed alleged cyanide capsule use and a fatal sequence of typhoid linked illnesses in the Swope family.
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Kansas City
Kn. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Hyde
Swope
James Moss Huntoon
Colonel Swope
Kvde
Mise
Margaret Swope
Chrisman Swope
Chrisman
Norees
House to Tackle Canadian Reciprocity First
The Democratic caucus plans to push reciprocity with Canada as the initial action. A free list bill will follow, adding agricultural tools boots saddlery fencing lumber flour meat and sewing machines to duty free imports. Further debate on woolen and cotton schedules will occur in two weeks as the party seeks committee-backed tariff revisions.
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Washington
House of Representative
Taft
Congress
House Caucus
Democrata
Hfe
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Death Veteran Dyrenforth Estate Ends In Settlement
Washington April 11 The late General Robert G Dyrenforth left a will with unusual conditions for his 11 year old grandson Robert St George Dyrenforth The grandson would avoid the opposite sex attend Harvard and West Point Oxford and study law and not see his grandmother If he adopted Catholicism he would be disinherited A compromise settles the matter granting the grandson 9000 held by uncles until age 25 small sums go to relatives and most of the estate about 20000 to the General Dyrenforth widow.
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Washington
Robert G. Dyrenforth
Patents
Dyrenforth
Robert St. George Doyrenforth
Robert
Harvard
West Point
Oxford
Ilé
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Mystery in Death at University of Wisconsin
Norman P. Curtis, University of Wisconsin railroad engineering instructor, was found dead near University drive on Lake Mendota shore with a bullet wound and a revolver in his hand. Curtis, brother of ex football coach Arthur H. Curtis and nephew of tax commissioner George Curtis Jr., death shrouded in mystery.
Martin Names Democratic Senate Steering Committee
Washington April 12 Thomas B Martin of Virginia announced the Democratic steering committee for the Senate minority with Martin as chairman and Senators Culberson Texas Simone North Carolina Clarke Arkansas Bankhead Alabama Fletcher Florida Williams Mississippi Kern Indiana Hitchcock Nebraska. New members Kern and Hitchcock aligned with progressives in the race for minority leader.
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Washington
Thomas
Martin
Virginia
Senate
Culberson
Texan
Simone
North Carolina
Clarke
Arkansas
Bankhead
Alabama
Fletcher
Florida
Willams
Mississippi
Kern
Indiana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Kern and
Committee List Adopted in House Reform Plan
Washington April 12 The house adopted the committee set made up and submitted by Representatives Underwood and Mann final report of the committee on committees The reform plan adopted by the Democrats in the organization More than 150 bills were introduced in the house A resolution by Shirley Kentucky to fund the joint committee on revision of laws failed of passage
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Washington
House
Underwood
Alabama
Mann
Illinois
Committee On Committees
Shirley
Kentucky
Joint Committee
Puzzle expert Loyd dies at 70 in Brooklyn
Sam Loyd, famed puzzle expert whose problems captivated generations, died at his Brooklyn home from a stroke. He was seventy years old and had built a fortune estimated at more than 1 million dollars.
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New York
Sam Loyd
Brooklyn
US Minister Brings Son's Body Home From La Paz
Horace Knowles United States minister to Bolivia and Mrs. Knowles travel from Callao to Panama with the body of their son Malcohn killed in a La Paz trolley accident. The cortege will be sent on to Wilmington Delaware for burial.
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Lima
Peru
Horace
Knowles
United States
Bolivia
Callao
Panama
Malcohn
la Paz
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