Fate of Madero Rumors Stir Mexican Crisis
Huerta reassures Senora Madero and signals calm as rumors swirl of Madero’s fate. Four states reportedly rebelling. Orozco to profess allegiance. U.S. officials urge a fair trial, oppose summary execution, and consider humane treatment within legal process.
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Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Mexico
Chihuahua
Pascual Orozco
David de la Fuente
Geneveve de la O
Zapata
Huerta
Madero
Washington
Francisco I. Madéro
Wilson
U. S
Knox
Taft
United States
Gustavo Madero
Vows Taken Before Quaint Quaker Congregation
In Gramercy Park New York on February 21 a quiet wedding was held in the orthodox Quaker meeting house. Benjamin Hervy Doane of the appellate division and Alice Howes Underhill joined in vows before two meetings without objection. The scene drew many congregants, though attire has shifted since the 19th century.
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New York
Gramercy Park
Orthodox Friends
Benjamin Hervey Doane
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Alice Howes Underhill
Crane Brothers Resolve $10 Million Estate Dispute
Chicago news reports that Richard T. Crane Jr and Charles R. Crane will jointly control the late Richard T. Crane estate after threatened litigation over stock distributions. A stock sale had skewed control. after talks the dispute was settled and Charles R. Crane had been named minister to China by Taft, though recalled before sailing from San Francisco.
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Chicago
Richard T. Crane
Richard T. Crane, Jr
Richard T
Chas. R. Crane
China
Taft
San Francisco
Feet Cut Off In Snow Walking On Stumps
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania February 21 Adam Lyons 37 of McGees Mills was hit by a freight train at a crossing near his home He had both legs amputated about three inches above the ankles and endured nine hours of suffering before dying en route to hospital Found standing erect on his stumps in the snow and mumbling for help Lyons left a widow and one child
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Punxsutawney
Adam Lyons
McGees Mills
New York Central Road
Lyons
Clearfield Hospital
Better Deal Sought From New U.S. Administration
Bogota telegraphs that Colombia rejected Taft era terms on the Panama petition and seeks improved conditions from the incoming Washington government. The piece notes German protection measures in Mexico and reports no German deaths with one wounded photographer, while Germany promises full compensation for property losses.
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Colombia
United States
Panama
Taft
Washington
Mexico
Germany
American
Philadelphia
Foreign Office
Mexican
von Jagow
von Jagaw
Storm Strikes Middle West Paralyzing Traffic
A winter storm swept the middle west causing trains to lag and telegraph lines to fail. Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota saw one to three inches of snow while Illinois and Chicago faced icy streets and slowed transit. Des Moines and other cities reported widespread wire outages and heavy snow continued into the afternoon.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Chicago
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Bitter wrangle in Hyde trial over Swope viscera access
Kansas City Feb 21 The third trial of Dr GB Clarke Hyde over Col Thomas H Swope’s murder erupts as defense insists they cannot examine the viscera through their experts. Prosecutor Jacobs accuses the defense of playing to the jury and the court seats a proposed commission to review remaining viscera.
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Kansas City, Mo
GB. Clarke Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
John Lucas
Jacobs
Walsh
Normal School Bills Are Killed in Senate
The senate this morning killed the normal school bills in Des Moines Iowa. The action postponed further consideration, leaving Greene’s bill to permit six round forms unresolved and indefinitely postponed.
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Des Moines
Peh
Senate
Voxing Brill
Postponien
Vex Moines
Han
Mob. Tb
Ispoa
Greenes Ail
Vis Atterneun
Unusual Scenes During Battle in Heart of Mexico City
Fierce street fighting between federal troops and revolutionists tore through central Mexico City. Heavy artillery and light machine guns rained fire from rooftops as sharpshooters traded constant shots. both sides endured heavy casualties amid destruction of the city’s finest buildings.
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City
Mexico
City of
Perkins Bill Endorsed for 1915 San Francisco Exposition
Senate committee endorsed Senator Perkins' bill to fund U S participation in the 1915 San Francisco exposition with a $1,500,000 appropriation. The measure, backed by advocates of national display, moves toward final action.
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ATR
Washington
Perkins
United States
Senate
Mysterious Law Of Child By Exchange
Philadelphia authorities at the municipal hospital for contagious diseases seek the real Beatrice Kaufman after a 3-year-old girl admitted with scarlet fever is claimed by Isidor Kaufman as his daughter. Both parents say the child is not Beatrice, while the hospital doubts the identity, and the true Beatrice remains missing.
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Philadelphia
Municipal Hospital
Beatrice Kaufman
Beatrice
Eatrice
Isidor Kaufman
Kaufman
Women start recall of judge in San Francisco
San Francisco reports a recall petition against Police Judge Chas Em Welter, led largely by women after a bond reduction for a woman charged with an offense. The registrar has ten days to verify signatures and thirty five days to schedule a recall election if certified.
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San Francisco
Chas. Em. Welter
Ety
Raprtion
Aoman
Oldest Prelate Hogan Dies in Missouri at 84
Bishop John Joseph Hogan of the Western Missouri diocese, the nation’s oldest Catholic prelate by age and tenure, died of pneumonia at the episcopal residence in Kansas City. He was 84, ordained in 1862, and helped establish St. Michael's Church in St. Louis and served as an early missionary in northwest Missouri.
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Kansas City
John Joseph Hogan
Mocese
Missouri
Hogan
St. Michael's Church
St. Louis
Professor Guiseppe Bastianelli Heads to Egypt for Morgan
Rome reports Professor Bastianelli and wife Marian Rawle leave for Egypt to attend J Terpont Morgan. Dispatches say Morgan’s condition remains unchanged and described as advisory. New York sources say Cairo messages remain favorable with no confirmation of a stroke.
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Rome
Italy
Guiseppe Bastianelli
Egypt
J. Terpont
Donkey Prohibition in Inaugural Parade
The inaugural committee ruled no donkeys or other animals besides horses may participate in the Washington inaugural parade on March 4. A Washington man’s request to lead a donkey with horns and elephant tusks was rejected as beneath the dignity of the occasion.
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TDOC
Washinton
Fake Wild West holdup staged in Magic saloon
A staged holdup in a Magic Colorado saloon duped visitors including W H Upton of Leadville who lost 1000 dollars and a 300 diamond ring to three masked friends. Officials and a newspaper editor believed the ruse while deputies search the mountains for the alleged bandits. Sheriff Henry learned of the plan and confiscated firearms before the performance.
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Magic
Colo
W. H. Upton
Leadville
Henry
Maye County
Merchant Shot Wounded by Home Wrecker
Stannton. Val Fel 1 Lurher B. Bosserman, a local merchant, lies in a critical hospital condition from four bullet wounds inflicted by A. D. Works, a hotel clerk. Worth was arrested with Ars Bosserman as an accessory after his wife’s attempted return home.
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Stannton
Val Fel
Lurher B. Bosserman
A.D. Works
Bosserman
Worth
Ars
Chi
Bossemnmn
Diplomas Granted at Iowa State University Convocation
The Feb 21 convocation at the state university of Iowa will award degrees to twenty-one graduates. Nine earn bachelor of arts, medical school graduates two, one from homeopathic, plus dental, pharmacy, and nursing graduates listed.
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Iowa i Ta
State University of
Towa
Suffrage Wins Another Bout
On February 21 the Brive suffrage amendment passed by the house was reported to the senate and moved to the calendar. The vote stood 20 to 15, signaling a victory for the amendment and sparking rejoicing among suffrage supporters despite a hostile senate committee report. The senate will resume debate tomorrow as the house resolution awaits action. Chase bill supporters claim it will let women vote in the next general election. opponents call it a subterfuge.
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House
Senate
Pacahontas
Leon
Chase Buhl
Allen
Pocahon
Chase
Judge Goff Elected U S Senator from West Virginia
Charleston February 21 Federal Judge Nathan B Goff was elected United States senator from West Virginia by the legislature in a joint session today.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nathan B. Gof
United States
West Virginia
Lawful to Cuss by Phone Says Court in Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that profane or harsh words heard over the telephone do not support a damages claim. Nettie Kramer sued Henry Rickmeier over cattle trespass, claiming fright and humiliation from his unexpurgated remarks heard by telephone.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Nettie Kramer
Henry Rickemeier
Kramer
Ricksmeier
Advent Pastor Debates Sunday Baseball Policy
Des Moines Iowa February 21 Rev W Q Parkhurst pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist church leads opposition to a proposed police regulation law allowing Sunday baseball He calls the measure class and religious legislation and says he would rather see a man at a ball game than in church if his liberty is restricted by the church.
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Mexico
Taft
Knox
Madero
Germany
Berlin
Otthel van Jagaw
Des Moines
W. Q. Parkhurst
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Committee Upon Police
Wireless service to encircle globe
Washington February 21 arrangements are under way for regulation wireless service across the Bering Sea between the American and Russian governments. This service would ensure telegraphic communication between America and Asia at all times even if cable service is interrupted, completing a global circuit with the trans Atlantic radio network.
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Washington, D. C
Bering Sea
America
Asia
Globe
Tragic Death After Crawling Under Train
Davenport reports Berdi na Schroeder aged 11 was ran over by a Rock Island train last night while playing near a stopped freight train. She crawled beneath it to cross and was struck by wheels, dying in hospital this morning.
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Davenport
Dberdina Schroeder
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