British Move to Oust Huerta New Mexican Government Aid Discussed
Negotiations in Washington involve President and Sir Lionel Carden on backing a new Mexican regime to topple Huerta. British influence cited as guiding diplomacy and the plan may include financial support from various powers to crush the rebellion. The Benton incident linked to the administration’s shift, with Mexico City seen as pivotal in the crisis.
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White House
Lionel Carden
Huerta
Benton
Mexice City
Huerta Haiti? Mexican politics and rope costs tale
President Huerta claims rebels cost 18 cents each in a controversial remark as Britain pressures for a peaceful Mexican settlement. The article outlines diplomatic maneuvers involving Sir Lionel Carden, Carranza, and Villa, with focus on Mexico City as the key to pacification and potential U.S. recognition of a new government.
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Wealee
Marth
Huerta
Jone
Carranza
Villa
Benton
Wilson
Carden
Yiey
Lionel Carden
Great Britain
Gengard
Mi Ocieola Harnely
Sionel Carden
Daud
Vie Ly
Mexico
Caad
Pacificatom of
Mexico City
Giverta
Huerta Rejects Mediation and Elevates MilitaryRanks
Mexico City reports President Huerta rejects mediation by any government including Latin American nations. He states such offers would not be tolerated. Huerta also issues a decree creating five division generals and ten corps generals, promoting Pascual Orozco Jr. and signaling plans for a federal bank.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Huerta
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Pascual Orozco
Boy battles with rat in Huntington hospital visit
Lyell Simmons a 9 year old boy is in serious condition after an encounter with a vicious rat. He attempted to catch the rodent when it bit his hand and then again attacked his face and neck. He was rushed to Huntington General Hospital where the wounds were cauterized.
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Washington Post
Huntington
Lyell Simmons
Huntington General Hospital
Robbers Hold Up Factory Paymaster In St Louis
In St Louis on March 6 two armed thieves robbed John Lucas pay master of Brown Shoe Company of 10615 dollars outside a branch office. They fled in Lucas’s car, forced the chauffeur to drive, fired at pursuing police, while Lucas and an assistant hid the money and two valises. Helen Van Cleave, a factory operator, identified one bandit as a man who had earlier applied for work.
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St.Louis
John Lucas
Brown Shoe Company
Tuucas
Lucas
Helen van Cleave
SLAIN IN SPEEDING ENGINE STOPS TRAIN AND SURRENDERS
A freight train wrecks into a fatal duel as engineer Marshall Baskin kills fireman M. E. Cole during a quarrel aboard a northbound freight near Scoba Miss. Baskin surrenders to officers after stopping the train. no witnesses with cases reported as the crew is detained pending investigation.
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The
Washington Post
Mobile
Ala
Scaoba
Miss
Here
M. E. Cole
Meridian
Misa
Marshall Baskin
Cole
Baskin
Killig
Rockefeller Heads to Daytona for Golf Amid Snow
John D. Rockefeller travels to Daytona Florida with a valet carrying golf clubs. Report notes the trip follows days of heavy snow making golf at Pocantico Hills state unsuitable due to the heat and snow.
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Pocantico Hills Estate
New York
Tohn D. Rockefeller
Daytona
Flo
Frockefeller
Florida
Pocantico State
Senate Committee Takes Up Chilton Panacea Compromise
The committee will consider a compromise repeal measure tied to President aims. Underwood plans to speak and vote against the administration proposal for the first time. Knowland will file a minority report.
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Chilton
Panama
Suggesta
Underwood
Knowland
Adamson
California
Adamted
Anti
Adameon
Debate Over Hay-Pauncefote Treaty And Canal Honor
A fragment quotes a speaker condemning foreign objections to American canal policy. The text argues the United States should act on principle, even if it risks retaliation, and favors abolishing the canal rather than surrendering national honor. It urges avoiding a debatable position that could provoke friction.
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Apy
Hay-Pauncefote
Wilson to Test His Eyes for Annual Inspection
President Wilson departs for Philadelphia to undergo his annual ocular inspection by an oculist, a routine visit he has reportedly avoided announcing in advance. He will return tonight, continuing a long habit of secrecy regarding such health checks.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Toll tolls repeal fight moves through Congress
Washington reports indicate both Democratic and Republican polls show broad support for repealing toll exemptions in the Panama Canal act. House committee favors a repeal bill while Senate considers a flat repeal or a compromise allowing presidential toll regulation. Leaders in both chambers push for rapid action with votes likely next week.
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Wilson
Congress
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Polita Tion
House
Sénate
Chilton
West Virginia
Major Koehler Trial At Fort Terry Sparks Allegations Of Wives Influence
Major Benjamin A Koehler suspended commander at Worth Terry Fort Terry Island is on court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer with witnesses alleging influence from wives of enlisted men. The case features investigations into friendships at the fort and statements overheard aboard a government tug. Witnesses from multiple forts are expected, and an assistant was sent to Fort Terry to aid the defense.
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Washington Post
New London, Conn
Benjamin A. Koehler
Worth Terry
Elum Iisland
Untis
Tela
Fort Terry
United States
Joehler
James J. Mayes
Governors Island
Roy R. Lyon
Maj. Koehler
Fort
Maj. Kotler
Moore Asked to Resign Over Patent Case
Charley C Moore, assistant in the bureau of chemistry, has been asked to resign by Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture. The charge concerns securing a patent eight years ago alleged to violate bureau rules. Moore, linked with Dr. Harvey W Wiley's tenure, says no official notice has been received and he plans to meet Secretary Houston to determine the department's stance.
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Wiley
Houston
Charley C Moore
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agricultur 8
Moore
Chemistry Bureau
Harvey W Wiley
Carl L. Alsher
Bureau
Senate Committee Passes Amended District Supply Bill
The Senate appropriations committee rejected House attack lines and kept the half and half pay plan intact. They added 1 709 106 to the measure, funded a new municipal hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur and a new Eastern High School site. Gas merger provisions keep Washington in ownership of Georgetown assets with gas priced at 83 cents per thousand cubic feet. District commissioners receive raises to 6000 a year and street paving funds are allocated including Seventh Street repaving.
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Wash
Georgetown Gas Companies
Gallinger Hospital
Borland Street
Senate Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
National Capital
Senate
House
Washington
Borland
Sihother
Georgetown
Post
Washington Company
Georgetown Company
Georgetown Corporation
Washington Orapantre
Tunicipal Hospital
Anacostia River
National Guard
Benning Road
Eastern High School
Fourteenth and
Upshure Streets
Washington Asylum
Gallnger Hospital
New Hampshire
Lng
Congress
Lane
Oregon
Seventh Street
Man 83 Confesses to Wife Murder From 1885
In Urle Pennsylvania the Rev John B Cook told District Attorney J O Walt that John Turner aged 83 confessed to murdering his wife at Linesville in 1885 He had been ill and reportedly confessed to the minister Turner says he struck his wife with a club while they lived in Linesville He was tried at Meadville but acquitted by family testimony The authorities were notified of the alleged confession
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Urle
John B. Cook
Methodist Episcopal Church
Girard, Pa
J.O. Walt
John Turher
Linesville
Turner
Cook
Turnerg
Meadville
Thaw Lawyer Disbarred for Inducing Star Witnesses
New York court's appellate division disbarred Martha Hart Ridge, counsel for Harry K. Thaw, for spending about 39000 to induce women witnesses to leave New York City. The ruling held she squandered funds to influence testimony at Thaw's early trial for the killing of Stanford White.
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City
Court
York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Dippellate Division
Supreme ‘Court
Hartridge
Thaw
Diplomacy's Real Secret Not to Tell Truth Says Sir Edward
Sir Edward Ash chancellor says diplomacy hinges on making others believe facts not reveal truth. Fragmentary note mentions Baltimore and Ohio, trains schedule, and a Sunday plan.
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Trith
Sir Edward
Ash
Andy
Boy saved from panther near Narrows mountaintop
In Beistel Virginia Arthur Potts Jr. 13 narrowly escaped a ferocious panther while playing near his home at a woodpile. A large hound leaped the path, the panther clawed the dog, and the father fired but missed. The panther has been sighted several times in recent weeks nearby.
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Potts
U S backs down on tolls says Count von Reventlow
Berlin reports Count von Reventlow, naval expert, views Wilson’s move on tolls as a historic U S concession to England. He notes the shift from absolute sovereignty to dependence on other powers and questions English public opinion on removing the telegram in exchange for a murdered Englishman.
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Count von Reventlow
Washington Post
Berlin
United States
England
Wilson
Twenty Convicts Ordered Sterilized Under New Iowa Law
Des Moines March reports that the State board of control issued orders to sterilize twenty convicts at Fort Madison penitentiary and Anamosa reformatory under a new law. E H Ryan, inmate at Fort Madison, is prepared to seek an injunction to block enforcement.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Madison
Anamosa
State Board of Control
E. H. Ryan
State Board
Reserve banks sites named in currency law report
A Washington Post special from New York says Richmond Atlanta and Dallas were selected for Federal reserve bank locations under the new currency law, with New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis San Francisco also listed. It notes Richmond as home to currency commissioner John Skelton Williams and hints Baltimore and Washington areas as part of the broader district.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Herald
Washington Rays
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank Organization Commission
Herald
Boston
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
Dallas
Chicago
Sineinnau
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Tainty
John Skelton Williams
Fee
Baltimore
British to Get Huerta Out Major Koehler Denies Charges
In today’s index several items include British moves to depose Huerta and denials by Major Koehler regarding charges. The page notes Senate amendments to a district bill and other political developments across Washington.
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Huerta
Pax
Koehler
Senate
House
Clabaugh
Paul
George W. Vanderbilt
Barry
N.Y
Belmont
Grain Board
Virginia
Chief Justice Clabaugh Dies After Heart Attack
Chief Justice Harry Clabaugh of the District Supreme Court was en route to Georgetown University to deliver a final lecture when he suffered a heart attack and died at his home. He leaves a wife and two daughters, with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Harry Heh
Clavaugh
District Supreme Court
Georgetown University Law School
Clabaugh
Mintwood Place
Ae Lee
Sareeee
Justice Clabaugh
B. T. Lemberton
Beale Bloomer
Washington
George Clabaugh
Omaha
Nebr
Addawell Hewson
Philadelphia
G. W
Ehen Clabaugh
Cumberland
Baltimore
Loyola College
Pennsylvania College
Bernard Carter
Maryland
Law School of
Maryland University
McKinney
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Bingham
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the District
Republican State Committee of
Metropolitan Club
Chevy Chase, University
Justice Clahaugh
The
Supreme Court
Job Barnard
Thomas H. Andrews
Ashley M. Gould
Daniel Thew Wright
Wendell P. Stafford
President Appeals to Loyal Troops in Brazil Barracks Address
Special Cable reports from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil's president urged officers and troops to stay loyal and sought peace as government efforts to prevent a clash between rebels and state forces continue in Ceara. Rio remained quiet with martial law in effect and the government claiming full control of the situation.
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Brazil
Rio
Janeiro
Ambassador da Gama
Royal splendor at Buckingham Palace court scene
At Buckingham Palace, American women of note attended the second court of the season. Mrs Walter Hines Page hosted and engaged guests including Mrs Willard and Miss Belle Willard, with Mrs Clarence Moore and Miss Frances Moore. Attendees wore elaborate gowns, diamonds, and jeweled accoutrements as kings and queens, diplomats, and nobility observed the glittering ceremony.
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Washington Post
London
Buckingham Palace
George
Walter Hines Page
Royal House
Grenadier Guards
Duchess of Portland
Lichnowsky
Brussels
Marie Antoinette
Frances Moore
Washington
Morton Dexter
Mary Dexter
Boston
Clarence Moore
Joseph Willard
Madrid
Dexter
Morten Dexter
Hoston
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