Mexicans Not Satisfied Yet Warpath in Oaxaca and Huerta Backed
Mexican dispatches report growing unrest as Oaxaca Indians demand a different provisional president, Felix Diaz supporters push for his restoration, and Madero sympathizers clash with federal forces. A separate order mobilizes the Fifth Brigade to Galveston for possible foreign service, with no immediate Mexico dispatch planned.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Coahuila
Sonora
Yucatan
Francisco Madero
Oxaca
Huerta
Oaxaca
Vera Cruz
Calaps
Orizab
Orizaba
Velasco
Galveston
Washington
Reorganized Army
F. A. Smith
Tex
Wilson
Ft. Crook
Neb
Ft. Snelling
Minon
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Meae
8. D
Ft. St. Okla
Ft. Snerling
Turks Wing Aeroplane Sails Over Fortress
A Bulgarian military air craft reconnoitering the fortress of Adrianople was hit by a Turkish shell and fell inside the Turkish lines. It was piloted by Russian Lieut. Nikolas who was captured by the Turks. The Turkish wireless report does not confirm his fate.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Nikolas
General Victoriano Huerta Loyal to Mexican Administrations
City of Mexico reports General Victoriano Huerta famed for loyalty across regimes. A veteran of Chiapas born about 56 years ago, he rose from Chapultepec military school to general, supporting Diaz, then De la Barra, then Madero as political tides shifted. He advised Diaz against resignation and led Diaz’s escort to Veracruz, remaining a trusted military figure through Mexico’s upheavals.
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City of
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Didz
Porfirio Diaz
Tuat Mo Tong Victoriano Huerta
Diaz
de la Barra
Maxco Huerta
de la Barras
Madero
Huerta
Maderos
Medero
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Chapultepec
Dias
Juarez
Vera Cruz
Castro Leaves New York for Cuba on Ward liner
General Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president left New York for Cuba aboard the Ward liner Saratoga. He said the trip was for pleasure and would return to New York in March. He expressed confidence in defeating the government’s appeal to the supreme court from a federal district court decision allowing his entry.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Cuba
Saratogs
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Washington birth exercises at Pennsylvania honors Goldsborough
Gov. Philip Lee Goldsborough of Maryland delivered the oration at the University of Pennsylvania annual Washington birth exercises in Philadelphia titled Washington He gave a Nation to its People Protected from Itself. Goldsborough received a Doctor of Inne degree along with Dr. Henry A. Apple president of Franklin and Marshall College.
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Philadelphia
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Maryland
University of Pennsylvania
George Washington
Washington
Gov. Goldsborough
Henry A. Apple
Franklin and Marshall College
Reorganize Game Laws Debates In Senate Bill
Des Moines on February 22 reports a senate bill by Francis to partially reorganize the fish and game department. It would raise the warden’s salary to 3000 dollars and add four assistants at 1200 dollars each. Four branch offices would be created across the state with a capitol office for accessibility, reducing reliance on deputies and enabling quicker inmate responses.
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Des Moines
Fish and Game Department
Town
Senate
Francis
Fish and Game
Jail Birds All to Build Roads
Charleston West Virginia February nineteenth or twenty second crowd reports that the legislature passed a bill ordering convicts to work on a state road system. All male prisoners serving sentences in the state even brief terms are liable for duty in the road gang.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wilson Spends Last Week at Princeton Home
New York, Feb. 22. Woodrow Wilson returns to Princeton for his final week at home before taking office as president. He will stay near the White House after inauguration and plans to devote himself to work, declining formal invites for six months after March 4. Only definite plan is a Panama Canal trip this summer. other arrangements remain unsettled.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Washington
United States
White House
Tie
Panama Canal
Wilson
Sleet storm leaves Chicago in isolation and $1 million damage
Chicago faced a thirty hour sleet siege causing $1,000,000 in damage. Telegraphed lines and utilities were disrupted, isolating the city as suburban and through trains ran late and park trees fell. Repair crews worked to restore lines while transit schedules suffered. In Vernon, Texas, arguments began in the Sneed murder trial as jurors eyed a Monday verdict.
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Chicago
Elgin
Aurora
Sneed
Vernon
Tex
J. Beal Sneed
al. Boyce, Jr
Fire damages Catholic church in Charlies City
Fire at the Catholic church in Charlies City Iowa caused about 5000 dollars in damage and investigators pursued the unknown origin of the blaze. Local firefighters battled the flames overnight amid smoke and containment efforts.
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Charlies City
Tribute to the Waterloo Growth Captures National Attention
Newspaper men across the country focus on Waterloo noting strong growth shown in the latest federal report. The piece highlights business expansion and regional progress drawing national interest.
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Waterloo
Bankers Banquet Praised For City Newspapers
Allen D. Albert of the Minneapolis Tribune complimented the city and its newspapers during a bankers’ group seven gathering. Reservations for a Hillis banquet were made for 228, a larger turnout than expected, boosting banker satisfaction over the event.
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Allen D. Albert
Minneapolis Tribune
Group Seven
Albert i
J. C. Trumbauer
the Hillis
Group 7
Washington Birthday Contrast Across Revolutions
An historical comparison contrasts Mexico's revolution and collapse with the United States rebirth of liberty at Valley Forge. It argues the U S union endures despite Civil War strains, while Mexico faces ignorance and exploitation. The piece reflects on national progress since 1776 and warns against revolutionary anarchic change.
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Washington
South
Brandywine
Valley Forge
United States
Union
Republc
Mexico
George Washington
Poor of City Share Washington's Birthday Good Roads Banquet
Washington's Birthday banquet at the Pythian temple fed poor families with chicken, potatoes, gravy, and pies. Despite seating limits for highway boosters, food left over was donated to the Salvation Army and overseer of the poor for distribution among city residents, with seventy five attendees beyond staff and two hundred planned.
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Washington
Pythian
Good Roads Club
Knights of Pythias Banquet Club
Salvation Army
Mystery death of Twigg and Eloszer revisited in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland on February 22 1912 authorities revisited the 1910 death of Charles Twigg and Grace Eloszer at the Eloster home just before their planned marriage. Mrs Marshall Willson and sister Pearl Mangold occupants of the house were overcome by carbon monoxide gas but rescued by a neighbor. The case supports the theory that gas poisoning rather than a staged crime caused the tragedy.
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Cumberland
Charles Twigg
Grace Eloszer
Eloster
Marshall Willson
Pearl Mangold
Louisa F. Hloszer
Temperature Report for February Twenty Second
Readings show yesterday's minimum 20 degrees and maximum 30 degrees. A year earlier the minimum was 6 and the maximum 30 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Company
Uae
Washington Birthday Observed in Senate and House
Washington's birthday anniversary was celebrated today in the house and senate despite public business. Senator Brandegre of Connecticut, at the presiding officer's request, read Washington's farewell address to the assembled members.
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Washington
House
Senate
Brandegre
Connecticut
Investigating Immigration Chief Keefe Urged to Resign
Washington reports Secretary Nagel urged President Taft to demand the resignation of Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner general of immigration, after alleging he accepted free transport from railroads and steamships. Keefe, appointed in November 1968, was formerly head of the International Longshoremen's Association and a sixth vice president of the AFL.
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Washington
Nagel
Taft
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Commissioner General of Immigration
Keeffe
Immigration Service
Sec
Wilson
Keefe
International Longshoremen's Union
American Federation of Labor
Boxing in Iowa Squashed and Labor Dept Bill Advances
Des Moines reports Iowa will not legalize boxing for at least two years as the Greene bill modeled on New York’s Frawley bill is killed by the house with definite postponement. In Washington, the Labor Department measure passes the House and heads to a Senate vote next Tuesday to create another cabinet officer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Greene
New York
House
Committee On Municipal Corporations
United States
Labor Department
Bell
Washington
Senate
Department of Labor
Senate bill would require indeterminate sentences in Iowa
Des Moines reports a sweeping indeterminate sentence bill introduced in the senate by Heald of Linn. The measure would require judges to impose indeterminate terms in all cases except treason or first degree murder when the offender is over 16. The readable fragment ends with unclear wording.
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Des Moines
Senate
Heald of Linn
Memorial Rites Mark Groundbreaking For Indian Warrior Statue
Twenty nine full blood Indian chieftains from western reserves, with President Taft and officials, attended ceremonies at Fort Wadsworth Staten Island. A 60 foot bronze statue of an Indian warrior will soar 165 feet above New York harbor in a national Indian memorial. Hollow Horn Bear and White Man Runs Him among chiefs who fought at Custer, many now aged 75 to 80. The monument, authorized by Congress, is led by Redman Wanamaker.
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New York
Ft. Wadsworth
Staten Island
Taft
Florida
National American India Memorial
New York Harbor
Hollow Horn Boar
Hollow Horn
Custer
Hollow Horn Bear
White-Man-Runs-Him
White-Man
Two Moons
Odd
Congress
Redman Wanamaker
Police Captain Sweeney Linked to Wall Street Speculation
New York report alleges Police Captain Dennis Sweeney under indictment diverted protection money from Harlem precincts into stock speculation. District Attorney Whitman announced two large active accounts in Sweeney’s name were found at Wall Street brokerages and brokers may be subpoenaed by the grand jury. It is claimed Sweeney was a heavy loser in his trades.
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New York
Dennis Sweeney
Harlem
Chas
Whitman
Sweeney
Wail Street
Half Year Muster At Soldiers Home In Marshalltown
The semi annual muster of the Iowa Soldiers Home reported 562 Civil War veterans present. Col. C. G. W. Wadsworth of New York led the inspection as assistant national inspector general of homes for disabled veterans. The muster showed a slight increase from the prior count, with regular army soldiers, Spanish American War veterans, and women members not included in the muster.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
CG. W. Wadsworth
New York
Visiting Dankers At Annual Bankers Convention
Report on the annual convention of bankers with attention to the visiting group and related activities. Page highlights denote the events and discussions of interest to attendees and local readers tonight.
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Dankers
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