Four Americans Not Executed by Mexican Forces
State Department seeks facts on reports of Americans killed by Mexican troops during insurrectionary fighting. Consuls ordered thorough investigation as Francisco Madero threatens trial for Diaz. Separately, consular officers note one American prisoner later released. Diaz and cabinet members face possible retaliation in revolutionary decree. Army officials explain recruiting to prepare regular forces amid mobilization. No connection found to London torpedo order.
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State Department
Diaz
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mexico
Caplorea
Flormosillon
Waco
Tex
John FL. Dignowitty
Dleath
Ronald Sullivan
Chihuahua
Asterday
Francisco A. Madero
Permanent Commission of Congress
Francisco A. Mater
Revolutionary Party
Mary
Oliver
London
Navy Department
de- Mery
Americans Not Fired Upon Near Presidio Del Norte
Capt. Auiren BK Williams of Troop T1 at the Rio Arende base says there has been no deliberate firing at Americans though fighting between Mexican regulars and rebels is frequent and stray bullets have reached the American side on several occasions. Lieut. Somerville reports arrival at Chishns amid unsettled conditions and lingering fears among locals from cattle raiders.
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San Antonio
Tex
Auiren BK. Williams
Rio Arende
Presidio del Norte
Corgan R. Somerville
Chishns
Demand Diaz Retirement Sparks Mexican Cabinet Toss
A El Paso report from Mexico City states the cabinet resigned amid insurgent pressure. The note says the move may lead to a free ballot under the constitution and that Madero will continue the fight to overthrow Diaz. Couriers carried the message across the Rio Grande to Francisco Madero.
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Madera
Ding
Mrs J C Shepherd in Peril in War Torn Mexico
Mrs John C Shepherd formerly Sallie Clifford of Evansville is reported in Chihuahua Mexico where she and her husband run mining interests. The Shepherds have lived in Mexico for years and her father Aly Shepherd helped earn Washington DC the nickname city of the beautiful.
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Petal
Washington
Evansville
John C. Shepherd
Chihuahua
Mexico
Shepherd
Sallie Clifford
4. Clifford
Aly
Washington, DC
Nis O
25 Years For Assault in Georgetown Court
Justice Wright imposed twenty five years imprisonment for Joln Henry Pur cel convicted of aggravated assault on Mrs. Annie Grrnds man in Georgetown. The defendant received fifteen years on the first count and ten on the Parcel’s case. Attorney James O Shea filed an appeal after the motion for a new trial was overruled. The attack left Mrs Gladman assaulted and unconscious after head crushing and choking.
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Wenty
Justice Wright
Yuesterday
Joln Henry Purcel
Annie Grrndsman
Georgetown
Parcells
James O'Shea
Nexre
Taft Blocked Japan Movement They Declare
A London report claims Taft blocked a Mexico Japan treaty by sending troops to the Rio Grande. It alleges a secret pact would have given Japan a Pacific coaling station and fortification rights, and that Taft’s actions forced Mexico to end negotiations with Japan.
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Washington West
New York
March S
London
Rio Grande
Taft
Japan
Trix
Mexico
The
Daily Express
Etig
Flo
Police Matron Resigns to Farm Near Vienna Virginia
Mrs Marilla Thornburgh longtime matron at the First precinct station house resigns after fifteen years to run an 18 acre truck and poultry farm near Vienna Fairfax county Va She has aided in detective work and earned high regard Her husband Captain Thomas LT Thornburgh Civil War veteran died four years ago The police department may award a testimonial Meanwhile Charles Wright a negro was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for counterfeiting quarters in Church Streets court by Justice Weight.
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Marilla Thornburgh
Virginia
Vienna
Fairfax County
Charles Wright
Church Streets
Secret Service
Justice Weight
Conventions Set for Washington Exposition Dates
The fourth national rooms and industrial exposition under the Retail Grocers Protective Association will convene at Convention Hall from November 4 to 18. The National Paper Trade Association will meet here June 22 and 23.
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Retail Grocers’ Protective Association
Convention Hall
National Paper Trade Association
Diaz Cabinet Resigns to Reestablish Peage
Washington reports the Diaz cabinet resignations as a planned reorganization. Corral Molina Creel Sierra Limantour remain potential figures, with Creel possibly moving to public works and Molina facing regional opposition. The revolutionists urge broader reforms beyond cabinet changes.
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Diaz
Peage
Washington
State Department
Freshont Diaz
Mexico City
Insurrecto
Senate
Senor Corral
Senor Molina
Senor Creel
Yucatan
Chihuahua
Suffering girl denied aid in Naples tragedy
Miss Cornelia Van derbilt Meserole, also called Alfreda, fell from a Grand Hotel balcony while tossing pennies to boys in Naples. Police urge suicide, citing broken engagement over money. delays at several hospitals hindered care. Meserole family blasts the handling as negligent. Alfred Vanderbilt Meserole, formerly of New York, not linked to the prominent family of the same name.
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Washington Post
Naples
Cornelia Vanderbilt Meserole
Alfreda Vanderbilt Meserole
Grand Hotel
Alfred Vanderbilt Meserole
Stwiglde
Migs Meserole
Naval Hospital
International
Allnutt Trial in April and Miner Strike News
Three indictments were returned against Richard W. Allnutt for murder and attempted murder in Dawsonville. Miss Janel Rawlings injured cannot attend trial. proceedings set for criminal court term starting next week. Also, nine hundred foreign miners strike at Hoomer Coal and Coke Company over waste slate price in Kumuwa field.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Richard W. Allnutt
Dawsonville
Valeria Veirs
Essaase
Margaretllnutt
Janel Rawlings
Charleston
W. Va
Hoomer Coal and Coke Company
Kamuwha
CAPT ROSS TO BE RETIRED AS REVENUE CUTTER COMMANDANT
Capt Worth G Ross, commandant of the Revenue Cutter Service, will retire May 1 due to physical disability. President Taft will appoint his successor from 38 line captains. Ross, the first cadet graduate of the service school founded by his father Brig Gen Samuel Ross, formerly captained the Mohawk and led the quarantine fleet during the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans.
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Worth G. Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
President Taft
Ross
Revenue Cutter Service School
Samuel Ross
New Orleans
Concert for Hammer Unites Washington Orchestras at Columbia Theater
The Washington Symphony Orchestra and Washington Saengerbund held a joint testimonial at the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon to benefit Heinrich Hammer. Proceeds supported the conductor who led the ensembles without pay this season. The program featured Siegfried Idyll Sunset at Sea and the Overture. Soloist Mrs H Clay Browning sang an aria from Freischutz. Grieg Landkennung was sung by the Saengerbund with baritone Thomas A Murray. Prof Hammer received floral gifts during the event.
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Washington Symphony Orchestra
Washington Saengerbund
Columbia Theater
Heinrich Hammer
H. Clay Browning
von Weber
Wife's Love Contested in $100000 District Supreme Suit
Frank B. Lord, Washington newspaper correspondent, sues Theodore A. Mayer for $100000 on alleged injury to domestic happiness. A parallel divorce suit by Roberta W. Mayer lists Mrs. Lord as corespondent. Mayer, from a prominent Washington family, owns the yacht Ciconia. The couple married in 1908 at Wilmington Delaware and separated about a year ago.
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District Supreme Court
Frank B. Lord
Washington
Theodore A. Mayer
Frances E. Lord
Roberta W. Mayer
Chicago
Mayer
Lord
Messrs
Leckie, Fulton & Cox
Wilmington
Del
Potomac
Democrats Prepare Report On Ways And Means Committee
The Democratic members of the next House Ways and Means Committee have nearly finished their report and will present it to the caucus in a week. They will begin examining the tariff and outline a procedure for the extraordinary session, starting with the wool schedule and then revising the cotton schedule. Some seek to attach revised schedules to the Canadian reciprocity agreement, while conservative members favor handling the Canadian agreement separately. Tariff revision in the special session will focus on wool, cotton, and a few food schedules.
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Ways and Means
Riderz
Forty Visits to Vault Ends in Widow's Death
Mary Abbott, widow of Forties Fortunatus Abbott, died after visiting her husband's vault forty times to ensure he was not buried alive as per his will. Abbott, who left $150 000 to his widow, had inspired a cemetery tale when he witnessed an apparent burial error years earlier. The article also teases a reader contest to win a European trip aboard the Reed tomorrows Post.
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Cheater
Mary Abbott
Abbott
Remington
James HH. ‘Wiltshire
Wilkes Street
Alexandria
Wiltshire
Culpeper County
Lee Camp
An Post Tour Contest Voting Opens for Post Readers
Voting begins tomorrow in The Washington Post tour contest to pick twenty readers who will tour Europe next July and August at The Post’s expense. Thousands are expected to vote as maps of Europe draw interest, with routings through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, England, and Ireland. The trip includes Paris, London, and a Rhine voyage, with travel on the Finland to Antwerp and the California home via Belfast, totaling about two weeks outward and return legs.
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Washington Post
Europe
Post
Pear
Washington
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
France
England
Ireland
Paris
London
Finland
Ted
Star Line
Antwerp
New York
Dover
California
Anchor Line
Belfast
German Immigrant Face Possible Deportation After Plea
William Killean, a German immigrant, pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle in Criminal Court No 1 before Justice Wright. An interpreter was used as he initially claimed to misunderstand English. Killean stated he would return to his homeland if released, and he was jailed pending immigration authorities’ action.
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Wiliam Killean
Justice Wright
Wright
Kislean
Settlement Reached In COLOR-LINE Strike On C N and Texas Pacific
Representatives of conductors firemen and locomotive engineers on the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway reached a tentative settlement basis through the national mediation board. Details not disclosed to be announced at a Cincinnati meeting tonight. W W Finley president of the Southern Railway approved the Knapp mediation suggestion. Curtis Fitzpatrick Corrigan and others who represented the groups traveled to Cincinnati for negotiations and talks.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific Railway
National Mediation Board
Ohio
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Martin W. Knapp
United States Commerce Court
BB. Curtis
Smithville
Tex
Valentine Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Edward Corrigan
Cleveland
Reimbursement Fund Sought for Fifth Precinct Police
Fifth precinct cops raise a fund to reimburse Patrolmen Anne Cole and C. H. Warfield who were ordered by Maj. Sylvester to cover 25 each for repainting the station house under Capt. Mulhall. Maj. Sylvester said the plan would be acceptable.
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Fifth Precinct
Anne Cole
C. H E. Warfield
Maj. Sylvester
Eries
Mulhall
Woman Dies After Hotel Fire Injuries in Alexandria
Mrs Henrietta Petrey 55 died at Alexandria Hospital after suffering severe burns when her clothing caught fire while lighting a candle at the Hotel Rammel. Firemen and blankets extinguished the blaze. origin unknown but suspected accidental contact with flame. Petrey was a hotel housekeeper and widow of John Petrey, a Baltimore native.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Henrietta Petrey
Rammel
Alexandria Hospital
Wheatley
Petrey
Four Leaf Clover run sanction granted by contest board
Captain Ted Johnston of the Washington Automobile Club learns the American Automobile Association will grant the sanction for the Four-Leaf Clover run. Entry blanks are due next Wednesday, with plans in motion for the Palit finders to begin Monday morning. The Ford export department reports heavy overseas demand and record shipment weeks.
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Ted" Johnston
Automobie Club of
Washington
American Automobile “Association
Clarence Barnard
Stoddard-Dayton
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford Export Department
England
Europe
Australia
Africa
Japan
Fsat
Young Women Die in Ere Fire After Lamp Explosion
In Uniton county near Mecklenburg two seventeen and twenty year old young women Miss Grace Baucom and Miss Wilma Davin died when a kerosene lamp exploded at Miss Baucoms home last night. Miss Davin was the daughter of a minister and Miss Baucom the daughter of a farmer.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
S. C
Grace Baucon
Wilma Davin
Uniton County
Mecklenburg
Davis
Baucom
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