Defiant Decree Tests Huerta Amid Mexican Revolution
A new Mexican power struggle unfolds as Venustiano Carranza and Emilio Raúl Madero ally against Provisional President Huerta. Díaz returns from exile as Huerta vows peace by force if needed, dispatching troops and emissaries to secure loyalty across states.
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Mexico
Iluert
Venustiano Carranza
Chahuila
Emilio
Raoul Madero
San Pedro
Madero
Satulla
Carranza
Jore Gasuu
Sonora
Maxicali
Maytoreta
Maytorena
Senaté
Huerta
Yucatan
Gustavo Madera
Plan A New Republic in Mexican States Rumor
Laredo Texas reports eight Mexican states refuse to back Gen Huerta's government. Carranzas of Coahuila reportedly leads a movement toward a new republic and secession by several states is rumored. A claim that Pascual Orozco Jr drowned was denied by his father saying he is recovering in Coahuila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenartita Diaz
Baelia
Iis
Mexico
Conn
Huerta
Mosimie Vate
AMR Loth
Fluerten
Jie
Beto
Todas
Salina
Tanital
Coahuila
Venustiano Carranza
Saltillo
Carranza
Felipe Angeles
Cuernavaca
Joaquin Wausto Beltran
Lie Federalgadmt
Vera
Laredo
Tex
Zacatecas
Nuevo Leon
Chihuahua
San Luis Potosi
Vera Cruz
Sinaloa
Puebla
Carranzas
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Big Grande
Fed Sparrows to Guests at Minister Dinner Party
In West Hartford Connecticut February 21 members of a dinner party at Reverend P R Day’s home were served a course they believed to be squabs. Day later revealed the dish used English sparrows, praising them as palatable when served like chicken pie as a solution to high living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
West Hartford
Conn
Tev. P. R. Day
Day
Marching Suffragists Endure Muddy Trail to Havre de Grace
Weary hikers led by General Rosalie Jones reach Havre de Grace, Maryland, after a grueling day through deep mud. Missing members later rejoin as the group receives city welcome and prepares to press on toward Belair, despite extreme pain and doubts about the trek.
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Havre de Grace
Rosalie Jones
Washington
Ida Craft
Perryville
Susquehanna River
Havre Dé Grace City Hall
Weber
Jones
Fountain Square
Belair
Suffrage Parade Sparks Capitol Tension and Mrs Taft Plans Review
Washington brace for a March 3 suffrage procession as anti and pro groups clash for attention in the Capitol. Mrs Taft will view from a special box while leaders pledge to march regardless, with eight bands, Hester Drayton’s Atlantic City trip, and New York anti prizes framing a high stakes day. Washington girls Miss Marmark and Miss Leupp join the marchers, and debates over Lincoln quotes fuel the day’s rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Treasury
Antis
Washington
Jones
Army
Congress
Capitol
Senate
New York
Alice Paul
Miss Gilett
Minnie Bronson
Antisuffrage Healquarters
Miss Bro
Sol Minator
The
Representative Taylor
Colorado
R. M. la Follette
Senator la Follette
Janet Richards
National Rifles Armory
Jin
California
Mary Beard
Nineteenth Street
Nima E
Beard
Seventeenth Street
Commodore Moore
Kent
Warlor
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dow Admits Borrowing 22 000 From Mme Gad ski Broker Trial
Boston February hearing in a superior court reveals broker Stephen R. Dow testifying he borrowed 22000 from singer Mme Gad ski after starting Stephen R Dow & Co on his stock exchange seat and still owes 15000 He also disclosed borrowing 25000 from William Howard Read on the same seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Washington Post
Boston
Superior Court
Stephen R. Dow
Stephen R. Dow & Co
Mme. Gadski
Wiliam Howard Read
Witness in Contempt May Indictment of Power Declined
The House adopted a privileged resolution holding W. Power of Commercial and First National Fire Insurance firms in contempt for refusing to furnish stockholder lists to the Johnson insurance investigating committee. The district attorney will pursue an indictment, arguing the lists are public records, while Power cites constitutional privacy and his custodial role. The committee's majority supports the lists as pertinent to the inquiry, noting Power acted on counsel advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
House
W. Power
Commercial
First National Fire Insurance Companies
Johnson Insurance Investigating Committee
Clark
Power
Clarence R. Wilson
Lsts
Johnson Committee
S. F. Prouty
Charles F. Carusi
Charles A. Dougelasa
Berger
Carusi
George
R. W. Power
Russell
Thaw
Dr. May
Dr. Russell
Wilson Target of Jests at Inaugural Ball
President-elect Wilson laughed heartily at Broadway musical comedy in New York as he sat with William F. McCombs and Col. E. M. House. The show included political quips and caricatures of Taft Roosevelt Wilson and Bryan. He arrived from Philadelphia after a dentist visit and planned to return to Princeton the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilson
William F. McCombs
Col. E. M. House
Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Mr. Wilson
Philadelphia
Princeton
White House
Capitol Grounds
Washington
Capitol
Capitol Building
Cornelius
Senate
Marshall
Senor Ratres Jauregui
Guatemala
KR. S. Reynolds Hitt
Cabinet differences force Bryan to weigh cabinet role
Nebraskan Mr Bryan says two proposed cabinet placements are improper though he does not object to the men. He writes Gov Wilson that his views will test whether Bryan joins the cabinet as Secretary of State. The to and fro signals a split over cabinet selections as Wilson presses his own choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Washington
Congress
Tis
Wilton
Gov. Wilson
Col
Harvey
George Harvey l
Col. House
Col. Harvey
McAdoo
Jas
Treasury
Palmer
Burleson
Wilson J
West
Interior
Gov. Norris
South
Josephus Daniels
W. F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Navy
Louis Brandeis
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Mr. Brandeis
Inauguration Week Security Plans Include 500 Police Aid
Washington prepares for inauguration week with 500 uniformed police and 150 detectives, 2,000 Baltimore marchers, and a large Maryland delegation. Senate and House leaders ride with Taft and Wilson. Subcommittees organize duties at Union Station, sidewalks, ropes, hotels, and theaters. Final badges and a fireworks committee meeting set for Willard. Capitol preparations include extensive camera placement and controlled Capitol access for order.
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Washington
Sylvester
Willard
Baltimore
Calvin Farnsworth
Union Station
Joseph Strasburger
Pennsylvania Avenue
Col
Burton R. Ross
Daniel S. Carll
A. E. Phillips
H. Randall Webb
Maryland
Preston
Vermont
Battleboro
Hawaiian Islands
Pottsville Pa
Democratic Club
Philadelphia
Crane
Massachusetts
Bacon
Georgia
Wilson
Taft
Joint Congressional Committee
Overman
North Carolina
Representative Rucker
Missouri
Marshall
McKinley
Tllinois
Garrett
Tennessee
Isaac Gans
Capitol
Refuse Support to Huerta Sparks Political Tension
A daily index notes key items including a move to refuse support to Huerta, stories on suffragists, congressional contempt witnesses, Wilson and Bryan discord, and prep for an inaugural police force. It also lists baby thought dead alive, bribe offers, and other political and societal items across sections 1 and 4.
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Huerta
Serge
Congress
House
Wilson
Bryan
Baby
Madero
Hilles
Washington
Goff
Taft
Senate
Memorial Bridge
i-Society
Nagel
Castro
Alexandria Masons
Empress Dowager Ye Dead in Peking
Empress dowager Ye Ho Na La died at 2:30am in Peking she was widow of Emperor Kwangsu and mother of the later political changes in China. Her death follows years of limited influence during Pu Yi's reign after reforms began. Her illness lasted a few days with Chinese doctor as sole attendant.
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Peking
Ye Ho Na la
China
Emperor Kwangsu
Tsu Hai
Ye Ho Na Ja
Pu Yi
Prince Chun
Republic
Mix-up at city hospital sends joy and grief in one family
In Philadelphia a scarlet fever mix-up led Isadore and Mrs Kaufman to reject a 3-year-old as their daughter Beatrice, while Mollie Engleman alive in a coffin had been buried. Mollie is identified later. the dead child may be exhumed for verification. hospital blames overcrowding and same-bed placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Isadore Kaufman
Beatrice
Mary Engleman
Mollie
Kaufman
Kaufman Girl
Mollie Engleman
Kaufmans
Neff
Director of
Health and Charities
Roberts
Bureau of Health and Charities
Society Leader Laura Cooper Found Dead in Hotel Room
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the death of Laura Cooper 36, daughter of State Senator Henry Cooper, found in a half filled tub at Fort Pitt Hotel. Officials say drowning suspected after doors found locked and no violence visible, with Deputy Coroner Ambrose noting paralysis while bathing as a possibility. investigation ongoing.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Laura Cooper
Fort, Pitt
Miss Cooper
Ambrose
Bribe to Free Thaw Rocks Matteawan Inquiry
Albany and Pittsburgh reports detail Dr John W Russell testifying that a lawyer offered 20000 to free Harry K Thaw, with the plan discussed in an uptown New York hotel. Russell refused, Congress notes authority over releases rests with courts and himself. Thaw’s mother Mrs William Thaw likewise denies any illegal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John W. Russell
Matteawan State Hospital
Sulzer
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York City
William F. Clark
Russell
Pittsburgh
William Thaw
Sermon for Left-Handers by Rev Fyfe at Woodlawn Park
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Rev William A Fyfe plans an evening service for left handed people at Woodlawn Park Methodist Episcopal Church. He argues left handed folk deserve fellowship and notes the prejudice they face while noting notable left handers including Ehud Tacitus Holbein Queen Victoria and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
William A. Fyfe
Woodlawn Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Frye
Ehud
David
Julius Cacasi
Tacitus
Hane Holbein
Schopenhauer
Queen Victoria
Rube Merquard
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Defiant
Porfirio Diaz
Zapata
Vortine Ings
Iphdhive
Pilgrim Army
Martha Klatchken
Elizabeth Aldrich
San Miego
Phoebe Hawn
Helene Bergmark
Arcade Market
Atcam At
Coast
Goood Butchers
Lawrence Lewis, Jr
Philadelphia Society
Chester
Fosaile Jones
Leiperville
Helen Marmark
Force Public
Lewis
Highteenth
U Streets
Arlington
Chevy Chase
Constance Leupp
Hester Drayton
Calvert Street
Edith Marsden
Louis Ottenburg
Young Women’s Christian Association
Congressional Library
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon
Minnie Jonson
National “Anti” Association
Arthur M. Dodge
Association
Grace Duffield Goodwin
District of Columbia
National Association
Gadski
Herald Tomorrow
Squad of Detectives
Rucker
Woodrow Wilson
Empress Dowager YE
Society
Matteawan
Slayer
James V. May
State Hospital Commission
May
Mrs. Thaw
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