Mexicans Threaten Americans as Puebla Crisis Deepens
Report from Mexia May 7 notes General Merta marches toward Torreon to meet rebel forces as tensions rise. The transport Buford reaches Mazatlan on a rescue mission while a British sloop blockades the west coast. Chinese refugees seek asylum in the United States amid border turmoil and U.S. officials warn of inflammatory propaganda.
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Buford
Mazatiand
Sloop of War
West Coast
United States
Wilson
Pence
Lepart
Vain Baker
Baker
State Department
Anymertan
Sameeday
Array
Manatlan
Coahuila
Mexico
Sevral Hundred
Alienist studies Richeson case in Boston Missouri
Dr Livya Vernon Briggs prepares a mental condition report on Clarence V T Richeson the confessed murderer of Misa Avis Linnell The report could influence Gov Foss hearing this week on a petition to save Richeson from the electric chair The defense promises a possible commutation to life imprisonment as a death watch cell is readied at Charlestown State prison with transfer slated if the governor does not intervene
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Wassagvon
Boston
Livya Vernon Briggs
Clarence V.T. Richeson
Misa Avis Linnell
Briggs
Richeson
Will requests undertaker stab him after death
In Mount Vernon, William B. Vandervoost who died at his home April percent will dated September 11 1808 seeks to be stabbed through the heart by the undertaker once pronounced dead by physicians. His estate is valued at $30 000 and probate proceedings began today. It is understood the undertaker was unaware of the clause at burial.
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White Plains
N x
William B. Vandervoost
Mount Vernon
Vantertoost
Six hundred insurgents slain in second four day fight
Reports from May 6 describe heavy combat between Cuatro Cienegas and Monctova with 600 rebels killed and 700 others retreating toward Cuatro Cienegas as Gen Salazar’s force faced 400 federal troops under Col. Pablo Monzales. Provisional president Emilio Vasquez Gomez announced his leadership while battles near Torreon and Bermejillo were noted.
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Mexico Ci
Salazar
Cuatro Cienegas
Pablo Monzales
Madego
Tency Aubert
Monctova
Cuetro Clanegsa
Losa
Cuatro Clenegas
Juares
Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Jimenez
Peronal
Bermejillc
Torreon
Salasar
Cuatro Clenezay
Motorist Clyde F withers Held on 3000 Bond
Clyde F withers a real estate salesman about years old, arrested yesterday by Detective Webber and Officer Foles of the Tenth precinct in connection with running down Clinton Howes with an automobile at Fourteenth and Decatur streets Saturday night. He was placed under bond to await the outcome of Howes injuries. Howes, unconscious at Garfield Hospital yesterday evening, is reported slightly better. doctors say he remains semiconscious with the final outcome still in doubt.
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Clyde F Withers
Webber
Poiceman Foles
Tenth Precinct
Clinton
Howes
Fourteenth
Decatur Streets
Garfield Hospital
Fugitive Broker Pitt Located Charged With Bogus Bills
Pem broke W Pitt a fugitive grain broker sought in New York for about 200000 obtained with bogus dating bills traced by letter. Expelled from Greece on US State Department demand as undesirable alien. Traced through North Carolina Florida British Honduras Cuba to Naples then Athens. His wife aided him using a maiden name and sailed with him toward the same destination.
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Baltimore
May
Pembroke W. Pitt
Thia City
Greece
Naples
Italy
United States
Pitt
United States State Department
Mra
New York
Florida
Son 15 Chief Heir Divorced Wife Ignored
Widow secures life income of 35 million or until remarriage. Antenuptial settlement credited the colonel’s daughter Muriel with 5.06 million placed in trust. Minor bequests total 276.5 thousand. Estate value estimated at 75 million or more.
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Muriel
Astor Will Reveals Vast Estate and Trust Plans
Vincent Astor inherits principal assets including Rhinebeck lands and Newport home with life trust for Madeleine Force Astor. Three major trusts total 25 million for widow and children. residuary estate withheld for Vincent. No provision for divorced wife. widow’s income set at 200000 yearly until trust funds materialize, then remainder to Vincent.
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William Vincent Astor
Rhinebeck
Newport
Madeleine Talmage
Force Astor
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-Fifth Street
Willem Vincent Astor
Madeleine Force Astor
Astor Will Grants Vast Trusts and Large Legacy
The will of Col. Astor names executors James Roosevelt Roosevelt, Douglas Robinson, Micaw Biddle, and Vincent Astor. It sets up a $5,000,000 trust fund for executors, a $4,000,000 for his daughter Alice Muriel, and $3,100,000 for two other children with conditions on age and death. Additional bequests total substantial sums to relatives and friends, with support for the New York Yacht Club until Vincent Astor comes of age. The document was executed in New York on September 18, 1911, awaiting probate.
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Astor
Alice Muriel ‘Astor
Wiliam Vincent Astor
Tentator
Ava Alice Muriel Dater
Nicholas Biddle
Philadelphia
Wiulifax
Vincent Astor
James 8. Armstrong
Rhinebeck
Col Astor
Wiliam A. Dobbyn
Thomas Hade
Herbert A. Pinkham
New York Yacht Club
Newport
Jamag Roosevelt Roosevelt
Douglas Hobinsen
Micalag Biddle
Wioh
Wil
New ‘York
Lewiz Cage Ledyard
Philip C. Browne
John Kane
Probeta
Col. Agtors
Levee Struggle and Flood Toll Delays Rescue Efforts
Floods and rain swell the Mississippi levee danger as Maj. Kerr warns the elements may prevail. Crews rush to close breaches around New Orleans while urgent appeals seek motorboats to rescue marooned villagers north of New Roads.
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New Orleans
Crescent City
Train wreck at Estabutieh kills nine on Confederate veterans special
A New Orleans and Northeastern Van Zandt Special en route from Dallas to Macon plunged off an embankment near Estabutiehie Miss. Nine people died including two children and three women two other passengers were unaccounted. The crash injured fifty five. Veterans aboard assisted the wounded as hospitals and homes opened in Hattiesburg for care.
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Estabutchie
Macon
Hattiesburg
Miss
Hattienburg
Estabutehie
Hany
J. L. Cameron
Henderson
Tex
Charles Holmes
Big Springs
Tax
J. & Downing
Atlanta
W. A. Wood
Meridian
Cc Cc. Jones
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Kings Daughters
Masons
Kika
Acrobat Turns Robber In East Th Street
Special to Tee Washington Post New York May 6 Harry L Falk owner surgical instrument shop 3 and 5 East Heath Street attacked by well dressed robber who feigned need for a brace then struck Falk with a blackjack severing his head and life. bystander officers captured the thief who confessed desperation drove him to crime.
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Washington, Post
New York
Harry L. Falk
East Heth Street
Mr. Falk
Falk
Recount Aids Roosevelt In Presidential Delegate Vote
Boston and eight other cities completed recounts of votes for delegates at large pledged to Roosevelt. Returns show 187 fewer votes than initial tallies, boosting Roosevelt by net one delegate. in Boston Senator Crane led Taft with a net loss of 31 votes.
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Boston
May
Teft
Roosevelt
Taft
Crane
Clark
Maryland
Prince George
S. Republican
Roosevelt-Allagany
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Predeyich
Mary E Roach Divorces Millionaire Husband Amid Alleged Affairs
Chicago May 6 Mary E Roach wife of a Chicago Railway Company president was divorced today after her cross bill was dismissed following testimony about her former spouse’s drinking. The couple had a prior divorce and remarriage in San Francisco, with earlier court filings mentioning a corespondent in Roach’s first wife.
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March Roach
Washington Post
Chicago
Mary E. Roach
Louisville
Roach
John St. Roach
Chicago Railway Company
San Francisco
Roach Havingeen
Miss McGee
Taft Denies Roosevelt Misconduct in Ohio Campaign
President Taft campaigned under heavy rain across southern Ohio, defending his record and denouncing Theodore Roosevelt. He argued he prosecuted trusts and railroads, rebutted charges of special privilege, and urged voters to judge his administration fairly without class bias. He cited figures like Perkins and bosses as political targets while insisting companionship with Roosevelt supporters persists.
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Taft
Ohio
Maj Thomas
Rhoads
Nelsonville
Smethnart
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Maryland
Chilcothe
Roosevelt
Cat Hanna
Gary
Ateel Trust
Steel Trust
Harvester Trust
Perkins
Steiel Trust
Perkine Ia
Taft Aga
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Bill
Republican Party
Bosnes
Bosse
William Flinn
Pittsburgh
Walter Brown
Cat. Hoosevelt
Browsoa
Republican State Central Committee of
Preparations to Rush Troops to Border in Report
A terse item notes American rebels suffer a 0 result in battle while plans to deploy troops to the border intensify. It mentions Astor’s son as a chief figure, with several casualties and a broader conflict frame.
Bad Man Kills Benton Marshal in Shootout
Night Marshal Odum died from a head wound after a revolver duel with Pat Smith known as the bad man of Boneyard Woods. Smith also died, shot by Mint Lackler who fired as Smith pointed at Lackler. Bootleg activity in the dry Benton area is noted amid the deadly confrontation.
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Washington
Benton
William Ogum
Pat Smith
Boneyard Weofs
Smith
Odum
Mint Lackter
Boneyard Woods
Boneyard Woods, Just Outside the Town Smite
Sackler
Lackler
Simith
Rioting in Coal Field Women Join In Disturbances
Rioting spread from Schuylkill valley to Shenandoah Mount Carmel Mahanoy City and Jessup with miners and locals attacking workers and mines. William Marches shot and severely wounded while Saborio was hit in the hand as mobs demanded work cease. State Police deployed at Shenandoah. Officials urge peace while unions discuss state control and a march on Harrisburg to open mines.
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Philadelphia
Berlons
Schuylkcll Valley
Shenandoah
Mount Carmel
Mahanoy City
Jessup
Scranton
Jesayp
William Marches
Saborio
Perror
Bchuslkinf
Spenandeah
St Nicholas and
Maple HI
Lieut McNair
Thomas Culllon
Roy Willams
Richards
Mine Workers’ Union
Harrigburg
Gov. Tener
Shamokin
Roosevelt Clark Lead Maryland Delegation Fight in Primary
The Washington Post reports Maryland primaries showing Theodore Roosevelt and Champ Clark leading their parties. Delegates to Chicago will be aligned by state law to Roosevelt for Republicans and Clark for Democrats, with Taft supporters likely to control the Maryland state convention and thus influence national convention delegates.
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Maryland
Taft
Chicago
Clark
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Hies
Taft Organization
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John Jacob Astor
Astor Will
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