Siege On Border As Eleven States Revolt
Reports claim Agua Prieta fell to constitutionalists with no shots fired while Gen Ojeda evacuated, leaving rebel-held prize arms. Durango Torreon and Reata pressure Huerta forces as Carranza seeks peace. Nogales braces with 1000 constitutionalists near town, a wary ceasefire mood in city and border towns, and warnings to Americans as rebel forces threaten the international boundary.
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Ojeda
Huerta
Durango
Reata
Torreon
Mexico City
Carranza
Orozco
Died Notices and Funeral Listings in Washington Area
Announcements of deaths and upcoming funeral services for Elen On Seesa Daniel J Neyman Henry Dri er Albert Duvall Theodore Meal etc. Includes burial at Glenwood Cemetery Washington and private interments in Mount Calvary and Arlington with relatives invited to attend.
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Elen
Seesa
Migs Ligko
Leven
Thomas S. Surgeon
Seventh Street
Maren
Glenwood Cemetery
Son- Nila
Daniel J Neyman
Asvd
Sears
Himira
N.Y
Billings
Newtone City
John Shaw Billings
St John's Church
George4
T Pom
Tyattsville
Henry
Drier
St James’ Episcopal
Anne Arundel County
Marenit
Muvalil
Hs Sisters
Rutherford
Foun Albert
J. Waite
W. Chirenes Duvall
Milomis
Werlesliv
Marek
Realeniee
Calvert Street
Theodore
Serviers
Trinity Church
M. Ho
Brooklyn
N.ov
Frosintal
Edgar Ol T
Speare
Navins
Batesville
Ark
Hd Rostreet North
Flannah
Ridays
Atas
Mount Valet
Heitmculler
Dia
Louis C
Taylor Streets
Mareni
Clenwood
Ames Owen
Prance Dokarnar
Mueman
A. Om
Pat. Meeitan
Semeson
Tureday
Tee Pom
Kernet Loa
James
Mary EL Linpcage
Sorce
Sprance
Tay
Wilmington
William Orbit Spruance
William Orbit Spruance the Eighty- Second Year of His Age. Poneral
Del
Sunda Tanner
Twining
Frida
Ten Trow
Enetid Street
Katie Trow Tee Consom
George Trow
St. Paul's Church
Fofteenth
van Horn
Tae Street
Henry K. Worn
Arlington Ceme
Philadelphia
Bucks County
Reed
Ezra Woop. Au
Ington National
Ralgervie
Frida P. Me. I
Border town falls as federal garrison evacuates
Fell to constitutionalista sympathizers who crossed from Douglas. General Ojeda evacuated the town with about 500 federal troops, leaving 30 rural police to guard interests. Provisional government formed after 60 state troops arrived, finding 18,000 pounds ammunition and camp supplies abandoned.
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Constitutionalista
Douglas
Ojeda
Elias Galles
Huerta
Fagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Diaz
Ciudad
Tracy Aubert
Rexta
Coahuila
Torreon
Col
Triana
Liuerta
Sinaloa
Sonora
Zacatecas
San Luis Potosi
Tamuan- Hipas
Campeche
Yucatan
Aguas Calientes
Chihuahua
Durango
Carranza
Five Stock Bills Favored By Albany Senate Codes Panel
Senate codes committee reports five stock exchange reform bills proposed by Senator Stilwell and urged by Gov. Sulzer. The measures ban bucket shops and wash or margin sales, require books and papers at trials, and make manipulative securities actions and fictitious reporting felonies.
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Albany
Senate Codes Committee
Stilwell
Sulzer
Beach Club Casino Closes For Season In Palm Beach
The Beach Club in Palm Beach closes for the season during dining hour citing an early Easter and northern departures. The owners deny any link to Governor Trammell’s remark about the club not continuing. The Beach Club, a long time fashionable resort, hosts prominent visitors who routinely gathered at the Palm Room of the Royal Poinciana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Sprinal
Washington Post
Palmeach, Fla, Mart
Beach Club
Gov. Trammell
Royal Poinciana
New York to Hire Twenty Patrolwomen in City Police
Albany March 1 authority to appoint twenty patrolwomen or as many as needed was given to New York Citys police commissioner in a bill introduced today. Applicants age 30 to 45 will wear uniforms and patrol dance halls parks and movie theaters and assist in protecting women and children. They will earn the same salary as male officers and participate in the police pension fund.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Letters From Underworld Women Strike at Moral Inquiry
Chicago reformers and the vice investigation commission clash over causes of low wages and morality. A letter signed K R L argues girls are tempted by men and not by money, while another denounces hypocritical officials and urges making men good to keep girls in line. The committee plans talks with Gov Sulzer in Albany and meetings with Mayors Gaynor and others, plus national leaders, on the investigative tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Senate
Vice Investigation Commission
Underworld
Hell
Blackguards
State Street
Albans
N. Y
Sulzer
New York
Gaynor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Wilson
Marshall
Champ Clark
Pittsburgh
Murder increases graft as Rosenthal case rattles NY police
Witness Herman Michels, once dubbed king of Harlem gamblers, testified before the district attorney that police officials operated at his poolrooms, taking tribute and allowing gambling to continue. He said police became vultures after Rosenthal’s murder and claimed he’d rather face perjury than shield them.
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Vultures
Rosenthal
Telis Whitman
New York
Mar
Herman Michels
King of
Harlem
Michels
Whitman
Grand Jury
Herman Rosenthal
Wilson May Serve Wine At State Dinners
The President and Mrs. Wilson have not decided on wine at White House state dinners. Close confidants suggest wine will be served, respecting diplomats and temperance principles, while some fear a wine less dinner. The decision remains open and is under thorough consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
White House
Will to Be Read in 2163 Bequests for Homeless Pets
Special to The Washington Post from Scranton Pennsylvania dated March 12 reports P W Costello an engrossing a will with terms slated for 2163 execution and a 500 year time capsule. The will finances homeless dogs and cats via Adolph Metzler of Evanston Indiana who endows Evanston with 1000 and allocates identical sums to ten states. interest will accrue for 290 years yielding an estimated grand total of 201,509,441.40 dollars as several states have already accepted the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Scranton
P. W. Costello
Adolph Metzer
Evanston
Ind
Metzer
Gov Sulzer Defies Murphy in Albany Power Clash
Open break reported between Gov. Sulzer and Tammany Hall leader Charles F. Murphy. Friends say the governor plans to force the issue as bills lag behind, with an adviser noting Murphy’s control over legislators but the governor determined to push constructive legislation, potentially via an extraordinary session.
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Albany N
Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Tammany Reader
Commodore Salisbury Wife Seeks Alimony in Divorce
Adele T. Salisbury filed in Independence circuit court for alimony in her divorce suit against Commodore George R. Salisbury U S N retired. She lists real estate worth 365000 in the county 2 houses in Brooklyn North Carolina valued at 10600 and a retired navy income of 4900 alleging desertion and indignities.
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George R. Salisbury
Washington Post
Kansas City
Adele T. Salisury
Circuit Court
Independence Today
George R. Salsbury
Brooklyn
N. C
Frown on Married Teacher Denies Maternity Leave
New York officials deny Katherine C. Edgell a year long leave from public school duties the board of education voting 5 to 32 with two female members among the dissenters. The case stirred sympathy among a minority of the board after weeks of consideration in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Education
Katherine C. Edgell
Commander Houston Dead After Indigestion Attack
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Commander Neil Townsend Houston U.S. Navy retired, died Tuesday at his home 3750 Broadway from acute indigestion. He leaves a wife and two stepchildren. Born in Newburgh, New York, 63 years old, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1863 before retirement.
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Washington
New York
Neilson “Townsend
Houston
Broadway
Newburgh
N. Y
Naval Academy
Berlin Doctor Warned on Tuberculosis Vaccine Claim
Dr. Friedrich J. Friedmann of Berlin outlined a tuberculin vaccine that he says is non toxic and harmless after testing on self and patients. He reports success in treating pulmonary and other TB forms and has vaccinated 350 children in tubercular settings as a potential eradication method. The U S Public Health Service will study the treatment under strict conditions, with patent actions noted but no interstate sales allowed without licensed testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ontario
Friedrich J. Friedmann
Berlin
Canadian Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Friedmann
Dr. Friedmann
Jenner
F. F. Friedmann
Public Health Service
New York
Surgeon General Blue
Stimson
The
Mount Sinai
Seabreeze
Bellevue
Montefiore
J. F. Anderson
United States
Germany
Olympia Insured as Unsinkable By Higher Water-Tight Doors
The Washington Post reports all changes to the White Star liner Olympia are finished and the ship is now declared absolutely unsinkable. Doors and ladders have been upgraded to two extra decks, enabling it to stay afloat even if half full of water.
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Olympic
Washington Post
Belfast
Olympia
Girl Shot by Father Near Lyons Farm in Tragic Death
Rochester police report says Hazel Streitler four was killed when her father Philip Streitler a farmer living near Lyons loaded a shotgun in his bedroom and claimed to shoot at squirrels before it discharged as he stepped outside. Coroner Van Dorn ruled the father mentally unbalanced and he was committed to Willard State Hospital after investigation.
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Rochester
N. Y
Philip Steitler
Lyons
Willard
Hazel Steitler
Steitler
Hazel
van Dorn
Stietler
Blaze from gas jet damages Mrs Sanders’ apartment
A gust of wind blew a lace curtain over a burning gas jet at Mrs. Rosa Sanders’s apartment on Mil KX Street yesterday. Police quickly subdued the blaze, with damages estimated at about $100 to the unit of Mrs. Sanders.
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Rosa Sanders
Rose Sanders
MIl_ KX street
Deacon Sues Pastor After Church Meeting Fight
In Huntington West Virginia on March 12 Reverend P F Searcy pastor of Washington Avenue Baptist Church filed a $10000 suit for slander against deacon J R Boone. The suit follows a stormy church meeting where attempts to oust the pastor over alleged drinking and attention to a female member led to a fist fight and police involvement. Fourteen families including three deacons withdrew.
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Washington Post
Luntington
W. Va
P. F. Searcy
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
J. R. Boone
Boone
Searcy
Washington Avenue
G. W. Plummer
Newsboy Hit By Auto In Southeast Ward
Vincent Thompson aged 10 of 1715 W street southeast was struck by a car driven by George Wheeler of 232 Massachusetts avenue a Washington Steel and Ordnance Company manager. Police said the accident was unavoidable and bystanders helped Wheeler move the lad into the auto for transport to a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Thompson
George Wheeler
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington Steel and Ordnance Company
Thompson
Wheeler
Waters boy struck while leaning from car on Rui Island
Four year old Robert A Waters of Riverdale Maryland was knocked back into a car after leaning from a window on Rui Island Avenue near the barn yesterday. He struck his head on a pole and was carried to the Emergency Wosmta and later returned home when doctors judged the injuries non fatal.
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Robert Waters
Island Avenue
Robert A. Waters
Riverdale
Waters
Riverdals
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Nogales
Nogaies
Avia
Mari
Wiiges
T. Po Bowman
Venustiano Carranza
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Codes Committee
Beach Club Casino
Women Police
Gotham
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Rembalmers
Modern Chapel
W. BR. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Hcense
K. Frank Geier's Sons
Wig Seventh ST
Starr W.R. ‘Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A. Sphare
Geo. P. Zarhorst
East Capitol Street
Chas. S. Zurhorst
Mgr. Jr
WM. Lee
Commodions
Baz Musylvania Avenue
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Funerat
Fourteenth ST. NW
Commodious Chapel
Telephone North
Sergeon
Cain
Seventh St. Rw
Thos. M. Hindle
Remalion
J. J. Small & Sons
15Th and
H. Sts
Waldorf-Astoria
Geo. &. Shaffer
Paacanahis Price
Wis
Vice Commission
Woman of the Underworld
Frank B. Wright
Naulakla
Florence Crouch
Thi. M. Chamber
Qser
B. Beard
Raphine
Clara B. Craig
Moffatts Creek
D. C. MacLeod
John L. McDonald
Katherine R. John. Ron
James & Montgomery
Raymond H. Hunt
Ida. B. Hammond
Robert E. Zeigler
Raoul G. Messier
Anna C. Crain
Charles F. Edwards
Hubbard K. Blanchard
Morfolk
Odie M. Willams
Fetereburg
James S. Montgomery
Joseph RB. Becruft
Helen E
Edward D. Stone
John A. Dunn
Richmond
Edna
McCloud
Swansboro
William
McKenney
Howard C. Lucado
Ruth Dearing
Roanoke
John E. Briggs
William F. Knott
Sessie F. Akers
Catharpin
Beauchamp
Wilmer N. Johnson
Ora V. Payne
Charlottesville
Edwin A. Tiler
Helen V. Thritt
Ss. Montgomery
Prime To-Kaion Co., Inc
Joseph G. Eaton
Boston
Hanover
Murphy
Commodore
Sues
Stork
Tuberculosis Association
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
7Th and
D Streets
Oriental Rugs
Nejib Hekimian
H Street
Ysaye
Columbia
Ysaye and
Bond
Victor
Columbia Grafonolas
Grafonda
Columbia Graphophone Co
G Street
Columbia Graphophones
Bradbury Building
Casualty Hospital
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