FIGHT TO DEATH IN BORDER CITY IN MEXICAN REVOLT
Brownsville Texas June 3 Matamoros is nearly in rebel hands after a day of continuous fighting led by Gen Lucio Blanco Eschaser taunts from cathedral and theater rooftops as flames light the city casualties mount including a federal commander and a US cavalryman wounded on the Rio Grande frontier with reports of mass deaths and refugees fleeing toward the border
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Huerta
Texas
Rio Grande
U. S
Brownsville
Tex
Lucio Blanco
Econstitutionalist
Tamaulipas
Matamoras
Mexico
Col Eschaserta
Hidala Plaza
Ufyclock
Mal Estaban Ramos
Davis
Lnited States Cavalry
Miguel Barragan
Matamoros
United States
J To Fermson
Murat
American soil The “16+ hefan & general
Termina
He International Bridge
Sani
Drugay
Herry
Paso Tex
de Waaxawan
Vmedanis
Juarez
Asayandes
Wikime Castillo
Castillo
Alimony fight over Theron Akin ends with appeal to court
Theron Akin of Amsterdam seeks relief from paying 350 a year in alimony after claiming income under 500 and an ex-wife with 1500 salary. His son David testifies the congressman lived on seven dollars monthly while 25 000 in bonds and 5000 in government bonds were shown. The move follows Mrs Akin inheriting 20 from Stephen Sanford, a carpet maker.
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David Akin
Father
Congress
Parent
The
Washington Post
Schenectad
NW Y
Theron Akin
Amsterdam
Twenty-fifth Congressional District
Supreme Court
Shin
Dune
Akin
Iowa
Henry T Kellogg
Akins
David
Wahington
Flo
Law
Theron Akins
Critics Called Novices Stake of Post Office Battle
Former Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock replies to a Dem House committee statement attacking Taft era post office work. He credits rapid service expansion, self sustaining finances, and warns that current appointees focus on discrediting prior administration rather than advancing key postal reforms. The piece notes large franking costs and the postal service scale.
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Silver City
Mex
Mogollon Mountains
Frank H Hitchcock
Burleson
Postoffice Department
Hitchcock
Review of Trust Dissolution Doubts and Antitrust Moves
Department of Justice weighs contempt actions against Standard Oil and tobacco trusts as cabinet and court records face scrutiny. McReynolds disputes Wickersham over disintegration plans while Morrison and Pagan study oil market conditions and surging prices. Backing from Kentucky Democrats pushes for tobacco case reopening amid antitrust debates.
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Department of Justice
Wickersham
United States
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Smait
Wilson
McReynolds
Standard Oil Cass
Charles B Morrison
Oliver E Pagan
White House
United States Supreme Court
McRenolds
Tobacco Trust
Trust
American Tobacco Company
Mesars Morrison
Pagan
A O Stanley
Kentucky
Traffic Tragedy Claims Two in Hempstead Auto Accident
In Trempstead Long Island Miss Helen Tur sens and her sister Mrs Helyn Hanson were killed when an automobile veered near Cherry Valley road by the golf course. The driver, Charffer Inhn Hanson, and the passenger were injured. the chauffeur not related to Hanson was released by the coroner.
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Waington Pas
New York
Helen Tursens
Helyn Hanson
Trempstead
Long Island
Waehschmidt
Hempstead
Cherry Valles Road
A. Ordre
Charfferr
Hanson
Missing man found dead in river near Columbia University
Benjamin C Gibson, university student and Owensboro Ky teacher, was found in the Fast River after a days-ago disappearance. An autopsy was ordered as friends recall he carried money and jewelry on the college steps. nothing of value was found on the body. A college locker key and initials identified Gibson. Two acquaintances pursued further leads tonight.
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New York
Benjamin C Gibson
Owensboro
Columbia University
Fast River
Gibson
Dress reform predicated by Mrs Stuart in St Louis
Missouri senate wage investigation committee heard Mrs Talhan Stuart discuss dress and hygiene. She urged prohibition of corsets as harmful and condemned high heels as deforming. She linked clothes to moral decline and predicted future, slimmer attire with improved health and virtue. Senator Greene questioned beauty in humans versus animals. Stuart replied men are more graceful and civilized women have appropriated fashions for profit.
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Lilian Stuart
St Louigy Mo
Missouri Senate
Talhan Stuart
Senator Greene
Kansas City
Stuart
Muait
End-Seat Hogs Stir New York City Alderman Move
Mayor Gaynor proposes an ordinance to curb end seat hogging on street cars. The measure would make refusing to move to allow others to sit a misdemeanor with up to six months imprisonment or a $100 fine. A committee will review the resolution amid amusement from aldermen.
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Gaynor
New York
Board of Aldermen
Body weighted with stones pulled from Lake Michigan
Unidentified man about 46, 180 pounds with sandy mustache and black hair found in Lake Michigan after four weeks. Pockets filled with stones tied by cords. Police suspect murder though no violence marks seen. Captain Harry Ramaker ruled out after description matched his office.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Harry Ramaker
Illinois National Guard
Ramakers
Faces Jail for Criticism of Paterson Strike Handling
Alexander Scott, editor of the Weekly Issue in Passaic and an Industrial Workers of the World organizer, was convicted for publishing material hostile to the government by attacking Paterson police handling of the silk workers strike. The trial followed yesterday with a verdict under a McKinley-era act, a high misdemeanor punishable by up to seven years. the jury urged mercy. The court moved to select a jury to try numerous strikers charged with unlawful assemblage.
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Passaic
Paterson
Alexander Scott
Industrial Workers of the World
Scott
McKinley
Pirate squad of 100 autos licensed under false names
New York authorities warn of a pirate squad of 100 licensed cars in New York City using fictitious names and addresses. Edward Cornell of the National Highways Protective Society notified Secretary of State May, listing license numbers and noting addresses range from vacant lots to river sites, complicating traceability in hold ups or murders.
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New
Arrest of Mrs L S Woodford in homicide case at Bridgeport
Mrs L S Woodford wife of the former US Minister to Spain was arrested in Bridgeport on June 3 and held on 2500 bond after the car she was learning to drive struck and killed laborer William Stanhauser at a curve in Fairfield. The car dragged him fifty feet. Woodford and her chauffeur were arrested. a hearing is set for June 9.
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Bndgeport Cann
Mra
L Woodford
Spain
Wiliam Stanhauser
Firfield
Woodford
Stanhauser
Jealous Infant Kills Baby in Newark Case
A 26 month old boy named Angelo allegedly struck his two day old sister in Newark New Jersey causing a fatal brain hemorrhage. Authorities note previous jealousy and a scratched face observed by witnesses before the infant was left alone with the baby. The death was attributed to the fist blow.
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Tiny
Newark N J
Fpestano
Angelo
Rival Pursuing Weston Across Continent
New York June 3 Edward Payson Weston began the second day of his 1446 mile hike to Minneapolis. John Ennis 71 of Stamford Conn also started the same journey aiming to overtake Weston. Weston left Tuxedo New York about nine, en route toward Patterson New Jersey while Ennis followed the prior day’s route.
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John Ennis
New York
Edward Payson Weston
Minneapolis
Stamford Conn
Weston
Ennis
Asane
Paterson
OS Cufton
Tuxedo
N. Y
New York City
Officials Menaced Miner’s Wife Tells Story in Lamont
A West Virginia coal region incident ends with the arrest of a miner in Lamont Hollow after a plan to kill state officials is alleged. Mrs Carpenter, fearing for her life, describes armed men meeting in Lamont Hollow while Gov Hatfield faces scrutiny over martial law and actions under Gov Glasscock. The Socialist party report absolves Hatfield of many charges, criticizing Glasscock for prior abuses and praising miners rights to organize.
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Sociast Committee
Victor Berger
West Virginia
Gov Glasscock
Charleston
Lee Carpente
Lamont Mellow
Kekdale
James Watson
Carpenter
Gov Hatfield
Adjt
Eliott
Lamont Hollow
Watson
Military Commission
Miltia
Chicago
National Committee of the
Socialist Party
Victor L. Berger
Adolph Germex
Eugeiy V Debs
Hatfelds
State Administration
Gov Glasscork
United Mine Workers
Socialista
Glasscock
Hatfield
Office of the Star
Thompson
Gev Hatfield
West
Border City Battle Echoes in City Review
Face reports a tense clash in Border City as Wilson prepares a review of a contentious trust case. Hitchcock answers critics while fears rise over security and political tensions.
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Border City
Wilson
Hitchcock
Aklus
Navy Department
Trent
Hefim
West
Toby
Marsh Holds Her Prisoner
Aged Mrs. Smith, 11 years old? from Spangfeld Tong Island, was rescued after sinking to her neck in a marsh near Tamar Bay. She wandered from the highway on Vendas evening to visit a friend, entering the marshes and meadow where rescuers found her this morning.
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New York
Tamar
Spangfeld Tong
Smuth
Missing New York Woman Feared Foul Play at Sea
Olga Housman of Manhattan disappeared after a Saturday row from Plum Beach cottage with $300 in money and $200 in jewelry. A tugboat captain reported a woman in his company and a torn cloth found, prompting a coast to coast search near Jamaica and Greenwhich. The husband fears foul play and presses police as crews comb waterways for clues.
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New York
Olga Hollcman
Jamaica
Hay
Plum Peach
Wis
Housman
Alonzo Housman
Manhattan
Mendiy Sint
Amaitain
Rerson
Housmin
Pacife
Hoan
Bai
Dslanders
Ylousman
Navy Builds New Leased Office Tower For District Bureaus
Officials report approval of W H Walker plans for a large navy office structure on New Leh Avenue near Art Teuch. Built at about 50,000 square feet with a 351,107 plan total, the ten year lease aims to move several major Navy bureaus from the Mills Building, freeing space for additional agencies on Seventeenth Street and Tennessee Avenue. The arrangement, nearly certain to close within days, would rent about 1,000 dollars yearly per unit, with the Mills lease expiring March 21.
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Wadiy Blood
Navy Department
Waka
Heeter Plot Victim Says Pittsburgh Superintendent
Pittsburgh June 3. Superintendent of schools Heeter was found guilty of immorality by a six member committee. Miss Beulah Kennard of the board denounced conspiracy against him and saved him from immediate dismissal. Heeter remains suspended with action expected by Wednesday evening.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh Pa
Heeter
Board of Public Education
Beulah Kennard
Miss Kennard
Pittsburgh Playgrounds Association
Enamies
Board of Education
Senator Lewis Penalized for Missing Property Schedules
Chicago June 3 Gov Feiner Dunne and United States Senator Jase Hamilton Lewis were penalized by Cook county assessors for failure to submit personal property schedules. Each appears on the tax books with 2000 in personal property. The 6 per cent penalty brings the amount to 4500, with tax due of about 6750 and a penalty around 22.
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Chicago
Feiner & Dunne
United States
Jase Hamilton Lewis
Finais
Cook County
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