Limantour Arrives, Denies Bearing Peace Terms
Mexico City March 2 Finance Minister Jose Yves Limantour arrived from New York to urge unity behind Diaz and reject any peace talks with armed groups. He called insurrection treason, urged arms laydown, and insisted the government would not negotiate with individuals in arms. He warned of international complications if rebellion continues.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Joseves Limantour
New York
Vic
Limantour
Senor Limantour
Eimantour
Mixcone
Sanor Silmantour
Maderos
T Haven
Meaten
Coonire
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Francisco Madero
Jose Yves Limantour
Madero
United States
Prabe
Madera
Senor Gonzales Garza
Insurrecto
Gustavo Madero
Insurrecto Financial
Senor Garza
Insurrectos
Troops to Stay in U S Hopes for Early Peace
President reaffirms neutrality and restraint as Mexico turmoil continues. U S troops near the border will not move without Congress approval while Diaz and Madero factions pursue internal settlement. Officials emphasize no interference for American financial interests and continued friendly relations with Mexico.
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Diaz
United States
Congress
Mexico
National Guard
Assyrian Peddler Fights Bank Guards at National City Bank
George Shagorre, an Assyrian shoe seller, burst into National City Bank demanding a million dollars and fought with clerks and five policemen for nearly twenty minutes. He was subdued, held at a police station, then sent to Bellevue Hospital for a sanity examination. A letter to President Vanderlip warned of future visits and danger to bank officials.
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National City Bank
Bellevue Hospital
New York
George Shagorre
Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip
Hoe
Ita
Bellevue
Shagorre
Sup
Station House
Hudson Street Hospital
Anna Reilly
Thorpe Sets World Record For Longest Piano Play
South Bethlehem Pa March 20 Special to The Washington Post Lewis Thorpe secretary for the GM Schwab Bethlehem Steel Companys band shattered all world records for long distance piano playing by performing ragtime and classical pieces for 3 hours 34 minutes Thorpe who started Saturday night held a lead over Waterbury who recently played 28 hours 18 minutes Thorpe finished today in good physical condition amid the event crowds
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Washington Post
Bethlehem
Lewis Thorpe
Schwab Bethlehem Steel Company
Thorpe
Waterbury
New York Doctor Contracts Meningitis Studying Greek Immigrants
Dr Edward T Ashley a bacteriologist at Swinburne Island quarantine hospital contracted spinal meningitis after aiding in preventing importation of the disease. He grew worse and is in serious condition following a week in Swinburne Island lab and participation in autopsies of six Greek immigrants.
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New York
Edward T. Ashley
New York Harbor
Ashley
Swinburne Island Hospital
WOOING COST HER$25,000 F E Baker charged with larceny
Frances E Baker a patent lawyer with offices in Wall Street Washington Baltimore and Bangor was arrested on three indictments for grand larceny in the first degree. He allegedly sold and deposited the securities of Mary Reeves Brinkley Stewart estate to his own account totaling about 25000 and wooed Elizabeth D Stewart while married and promised marriage when his wife obtained a divorce. The Stewart estate was tied to Commodore Stewart family and heirs Elizabeth L Margaretta Frances Stewart Cooke and Charles Parnell Stewart. The case links a Newark death and a 1907 fortune.
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Speal
Washington Post
New York
Rancia BE. Baker
Wall Street
Washington
Baltimore
Bangor
O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Baker
Mary Reeves Brinkley Stewart
Commodore Stewart
Old Ironsides
Elizabeth D. Stewart
Miss Stewart
Newark
Charles Stewart Parnell
Elizabeth L., Margaretta
Frances Stewart Cooke
Mobile
Ala
Charles Parnell Stewart
Pittsburg
Stewart
Washington Port
Ind
Dynamite Waa
French Lick Hotel
Thomas Taggert
Theft at London Cable Office Fails in Major Heist
An employee of Tord dayners attempted to steal a pie tiree glied valued at $40,000 from the Montgom ery seat on Sanday metry. The mine of the optetares was Turner's Tivol worth $38,900. The batter caught the thief, who has been held for trial.
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Spenal
Washington Pos
London
Noble
Hans Montgomeryshire
Sanday Metry
Optetares
Turner
Caughe
Ian
Tela
Czar's Premier Out as Stolypin Leaves Public Life
P A Stolypin resigns as Russia's premier and interior minister. Emperor Nicholas accepts. V N Kokovsoff to become new premier, with ministers in flux and possible retirements among a few. Stolypin's move seen as crisis driven yet supported by conservative factions after zemstvo bill rejection. Kokovsoff's cautious reputation boosts market confidence.
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St. Petersburg
P. A. Stolypin
Interior
Nicholas
V. N. Kokovaoff
Stolypin
Council of Ministers
M. Makaroff
Womiator
Kakarsoff
M. Sazonoff
Goremykin
M. Neratoff
Sazbnoff
Higadon
Council of the Empire of the
M. Kokovsof
M. Stolypin
Kokovsoff
Bourse
Gale topples freight car shuts New Haven line
A freight car on a New Haven Railroad train was blown across two eastbound tracks near Coscob station during a gale and cyclonic conditions. The car toppled, blocking traffic for three hours while eastbound trains used westbound tracks. The car was partially loaded with pig iron. In Greenwich at Yale Harbor, the senior crew narrowly escaped a disaster as a gale buckled boat gear, leaking the hull and breaking oars before reaching the boathouse.
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Washington Post
Greenwich
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Coscob Station
New Haven
Yale
Lawsuit Over Four Kisses Seeks 15000 Damages
Miss Nellie Etheridge owner of a Kansas City manicure shop sues Charles R. Decker Milwaukee Bag Co salesman for 15000 damages alleging forcible kissing and roughing. She says four kisses valued at 2500 each and a 6000 injury period left her under medical care ten days. corroboration from fellow manicurists Mabel Peyton and Allen Carroll.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
Nellie Etheridge
Charles R. Decker
Milwauke Bag Company
Mabel Peyton
Allen Carroll
Miss Etheridge
Sues Wife for Pigs in Court Battle over Pets
Special Cable report from London dated March 2 describes Robert H. Sherard suing his wife Irene Sherrard to recover possession of a gray horse named Bix Pigs a cat and a cat basket. Mrs Sherrard formerly Miss De Belet of Virginia and widow of Capt Horsely sheriff of Northampton admits selling the pigs and denying ownership of the horse while saying the cat is cared for by her maid.
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Washington Post
London
Robert H. Sherard
New York
Oscar Wilde
Irene Sherrard
John C. Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Northampton County
Sherrard
Guildeborou “Hall
Northampton
de Belet
Virginia
Capt. Horsely
Bherrard
Disparaging Japanese Sgare Phrase Fanned in Trade Tension
A provocative editorials and headlines claim Japan uses a Yellow Peril stance to justify aggression as Transpacific trade strains crowd American ships, accusing Japan of orientalist expansion and threatening U S maritime interests.
Japan and America as Friends Amid War Talks
Baron Uchida says no league with Mexico against the United States exists and that Japan and the U S are long time friends. Washington doubts rumors of secret Gulf naval bases and Hawaii seizures while noting Japan's growing Pacific commerce and ship subsidies. The Post wants readers to use free classified ads.
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Mexico
United States
Washington
Japan
America
Baron Yasuya Uchida
Pacific
Orient
Bryan Birthday Dinner Defends His Democratic Leadership
Twelve hundred attendees at a Lincoln Bryan Club dinner honor W. J. Bryan on his fifty-first birthday. Speakers including Gov. Shafroth and Sen. Owen defend Bryan as Democratic leader, praise tariff clarity, and applaud Arizona’s proposed constitution with initiative and referendum provisions.
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Owen
Arizona
Lincoln
Nebr
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln Bryan
Nebraska
PF. J. Hall
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Shallenberger
W. EH. Thompson
Grand Island
Man
Weather Delays Armored Ship Test at Tangier Sound
The New Hampshire on Chesapeake Bay awaits favorable weather to fire on the San Marcos armor test, with thirteen Atlantic fleet vessels present. Secretary Meyer traveled from Washington to watch but weather halted today’s firing. tomorrow’s test depends on clear conditions.
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U.S. 8
Vermont
Chesapeake Bay
New Hampshire
Texas
Tangier Sound
Meyer
Washington
Fire wipes out Staunton’s lower town and depots
A blaze starting around 11 30 last night in Garland's livery stable gutted the entire lower section of Staunton Virginia. The fire is estimated to have caused about $300 000 in losses and threatens the Chesapeake Ohio freight and passenger depots.
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Staunton
Maron
Garland
Chesapeake
Ohio
Limantour Warns Mexicana. Troops Stay on Texas Side
Limantour cautions Mexico against border threats as federal policy directs troops to remain on the Texas side. Kern praises W. J. Bryan amid diplomatic tension. Premier Stolypin resigns, triggering regional and global reactions in the latest dispatches.
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Limantour
Texas
Kern
W. J. Bryan
Stolypin
New York
B. T. Washington
Selis
Park
Treasury
Maniac
G. B. Cox
Dr. Hill
Taft
Fort Myer
Army and Navy News
T—Society
Taft Talks Of Early Arbitration Treaty Hope
London reports Taft is greatly pleased with England’s reception of his arbitration statement and hopeful for a satisfactory treaty soon. Secretary Knox to take up the matter. The American and British governments find no essential difference and expect easy framing of provisions. Taft emphasizes careful language to meet objectives.
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Washington Post
London
Washington
Daily Mail
Taft
England
Knox
Britain
Booker T. Washington Attacked in New York Case
Seth Low and Tuskegee trustees defend Dr. Booker T. Washington amid an assault claim against Albert Ulrich. Washington, bandaged, awaits court as Ulrich jailed on $1,560 bail. Carnegie and Peabody offered aid, with Low issuing Washingtons version of events and support from notable figures.
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Seth Low
Tuskegee Trustees
Washington
Albert Ulrich
New York
Booker T. Washington
Albert Utrich
United States
Gee Hotel
Andrew Carnegie
George Foster Peabody
Tuakeree Normal and Industrial Institute
Low
U Ulrich
Bondie
Smith
Dr. Washington
Cornell
Board of
The
Tuskegee Institute
West Sixty-third Street
Hem
Diamonds Recovered as Evidence in Baltimore Jail Poaching Scheme
West, alias Lieut Knowlson, now in District Jail, allegedly used a forged check to buy two diamonds from a Washington jewelers and pawned one through a fellow inmate. Police plan to use the stones as evidence at trial while West seeks bail to join his family in the capital. West impersonated a clergyman in prior schemes and claims his fall from grace stems from a hard, misunderstood past.
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Big City
Hume H. West
Baltimore City
Baimore
Washington
West
Thim
Baltimore
Richt
Berman
Kim
Iitnn
Capital
Eugine O'Dunne
O'Dunne
Lfe
Michigan Military Institute
United States
Knowlson
U. S. NL
Leutenant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Brookline
Mass
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