Battle for Torreon escalates with 5000 hand grenades
Reports from Mexico describe a large assault on Torreon by Villa’s rebels using 5000 hand grenades amid heavy fighting. Federal generals suffer multiple wounds and several officers killed as the siege continues, with trains bringing wounded into Chihuahua.
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Federal Generis
Tha Tena Reyna
Thamadoes
Walla
Gomez Pallacio
Mexico
Con
Benjamin Argumendo
Torreon
Chihuahua
el Paso
Savera
Federala
Leon
Pointa
Meutenaht
Trinidad Rodriguez
Maximo Garcia
Villa
Huerta
Gomez Palacio
Zaragoza
Aguirre Benavides
Acores
Hell
Torteon
Zarageam Brigade
Puisiburs
Evicts Her Titl ed Spouse In Paris Custody Ruling
Paris March 28 A court ordered the Marquis de Amodio to vacate his apartment and surrender custody of his three children to his wife Miss Josephine Wainwright of St Louis. Relatives deny she is connected to Ellis Wainwright. The Marquis title is papal. The marriage began eleven years ago.
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Paris
Marquis de Amedie
Josephine Wainwright
Ellis Wainwright
St. Louis
Avanus Henri Martin
Marchioness
de Amodio
Bill Wainwright
Dispatches
Railroads Face Crisis as Rates and Free Services Probe
Washington probes railroads amid revenue shortfalls as the Interstate Commerce Commission seeks to set an early 5 percent rate decision. Brandeis cites free unloading and storage favors for shippers, notably Erie and Baltimore and Ohio. McReynolds carries tap line appeals to the Supreme Court, while analysts note large carriers may cut thousands of jobs if rates falter.
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McReynolds
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tng
Loouis D. Brandeis
Commission
James ©. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Commerce Court of the United States
Brandeis
Dasa
Standard Oil Company
Eris
Whiting
Ind
Weehawken
The
Erie
Vacuum OH Company
Rochester
Olean
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
New York City
New York
Jake
Buffalo
West Shore
Supreme Court
Woman Discovered After 60 Years As Man In Civil War
Albert Cashier born in Ireland who hid as a man and served in Gen. U S Grant's army from Illinois with Company G Ninety-fifth Infantry was committed to an insane asylum after his sex was revealed at the soldiers' home. She had worked as a laborer after the war until age and war exposure left her unable to support herself and later entered the soldiers home. She refused to disclose family history.
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Quincy
Grant
Albert” Cashier
Ireland
America
Illinois Infantry
Hera
Kirby Leads in Arkansas Senate Nomination Battle
Little Rock March 28 report shows Judge William F. Kirby leading James F. Clarke in the state Democratic primary with 65,161 votes to 4,564 as canvassing continued and daily tallies remained incomplete. Pending county reports next Monday may confirm the nominee for the United States Senate.
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Little Rock
Ark
Wiliam F. Kirby
Jamea F. Clarke
United States
Kirby
Arkansas Gazette
Clarke
Revolt Over Wedding Splits Venezuelan President Family
Special to The Washington Post reports Juan Vincents Gomez, president of Venezuela, secretly married the daughter of a late Caracas professor. Dissension grows within Gomez's family as opponents align with a nationwide movement seen as a future revolution next month.
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Washington Post
New York
Juan Vincents Gomez
Venezuela
Nunaz Caceres
New York Men Shock Her Special in The Washington Post
Mme Jolie the famed French modiste aboard the Olympic vents to Paris and criticizes New York men and their virility while praising women. She notes a gowned woman on Fifth Avenue with a retinue and mocks local fashion and manners, calling men rag pickers and questioning their mustaches.
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Washington Post
New York
Mme Joiie
Paris
Mme Jolie
Fifth Avenue
Pardoned then executed in Arkansas prison
In Little Rock on March 28 Fred Pelton, a Black man, was electrocuted minutes after a gubernatorial pardon released him from a 115 year sentence for the murder of Melvina Hatton, a Black woman. The pardon aimed to resolve legal questions about delaying the death sentence until after service of the large term.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gov Hays
Fred Pelton
Melvina Hatton
Peon
CUSSED BY WIRELESS SUSPENDS RADIO OPERATOR LICENSE
The Department of Commerce Radio Service suspended a radio operator's license for thirty days for unnecessary unauthorized wireless chatter and profane language over the air. This marks the second such license suspension under the law. Also notes Asheville season of elevated social life at Tryon and other resorts, with Southern Railway sleeping car service advertised.
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Department of Commerce
Washington Post
New York
Radio Service
Asheville
Tryon
A. J Southern Railway
Sgrenaria
Southern Railway
Fifteenth St
Britain Faces Home Rule Crisis in Parliament Clash
London reports a parliamentary crisis over home rule described as the greatest in 300 years. Asquith plans heavy use of powers amid resignations threats by officers and calls for Burns as War Secretary. Kings and court criticism of Carson cited, with royal prerogatives debated as liberal labor ties grow.
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London
Liberal Party
Labor Party
Burns
Asquith
French
Ewart
Col Seely
War Ministry
Westminster Gazette
The
Daily Chronicle
Col. Seely
John Burns
Panama
Washington
United States
Buckingham
Carson
Edward Carson
Ulster Volunteer Army
King Carson
Robert Baden-Powell
Mafeking
William R Robertson
War Office
Eye bands and social trends thrill Washington debutantes
New York reports March 28 notes Washington society embracing velvet eye bands worn around the throat to enhance eye color and skin tone. Miss Margaret Wilson and Miss Nona McAdoo popularize turquoise and sapphire bands with gem clasps. Also social leaders push the maxixe dance as a fashionable beauty and fitness craze, endorsed by Mrs Delos Blodgett and others.
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New York
Washington
Margaret Wilson
Nona McAdoo
John H. Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Prankin MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Roosevelt Wedding Date Likely Mid May Says U S Consul
United States Ambassador to Spain Joseph E. Willard received a cable from Para Brazil stating definite news that the Roosevelt party is all well and news of a wedding date between Franklin D Roosevelt and his daughter. The ambassador awaits confirmation of the Rosevelt party before fixing the exact date, expected to fall around mid May.
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Madrid
Spain
Joseph EE. Willadh
United States
Para
Brazil
Roosevelt
Manuel
George H. Pickerell
OUS
Rosevelt
eKrmit Roosevelt
Public hearings on collective bargaining in major industries
United States Commission of Industrial Relations announced witnesses for Washington hearings on collective bargaining conciliation and arbitration. Sessions run April 6 to 9 at Shoreham Hotel, Frank P Walsh presiding. Final session features Samuel Gompers, J A Emery, Seth Low, C P Neill, W C Chambers, Louis D Brandeis, I E Willams.
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Washington
United States Commission of Industrial Relations
Shoreham Hotel
Frank P Walsh
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J A Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
C P Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
W. C Chambers
United States Board of Conciliation and Mediation
Louis D Brandeis
I E Willams
New York
Cits
War of Words Halts Repeal Bill’s Advance
The House debated Panama Canal policy amid a furious contest over the Sims bill. Speakers from Democrats Republicans and Progressives condemned the administration while supporting or opposing repeal. Champ Clark emerged as a pivotal figure, with allies rallying behind him to block or shape the measure as leadership frets over 1916 renomination and party unity.
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Clark
Baltimore
Bryan
Wilson
Champ Clark
Wall Street
Tammany Democrats
Underwood
Fitzgerald
Kitchin
Three Die in Arkansas Mountain Feud Amid Violence
Three men were shot and killed and a woman fatally wounded in a feud at Nogo Arkansas thirty miles north of Russellville Tuesday. Victims include Francis McCuin Gow Hart and John Church. Church and his wife were shot while visiting neighbors. Hart hunted McCain and was shot dead, with further shooting of Church and his wife.
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Little Rock
Ark
Nogo
Russellville
Francis McCuin
Gow Hart
John Church
John
Church
McCuin
Lana Church
Hart
McCain
Go Back to Harrigan Days at Ned Harrigan Club Dinner
A March dinner in New York’s Tentonian Hall revived Ned Harrigan era songs sung by a famous actor and admired figures. Attendees wore white aprons with Harrigan’s portrait. the event celebrated the new Ned Harrigan Club formed by Seventh Ward residents recalling the minstrel’s heyday.
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Washington Poat
New York
Tentonian Hall
Ned Harrigan Club
Hanigan
Seventh Ward
Ned Harrigan
Scannel Street
Jos Humphreys
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