Eyes on Mexican Crisis Sparks Washington Anxiety
Washington February 24 orders were issued to mobilize the Second Army Division at Galveston. Preparations continued as sections of the Fourth Infantry train moved toward Galveston, while officials sought assurance that recent Mexican tragedies were not the result of meddling by the Mexican administration.
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Washington
Stimson
Carter
Second Army
Galveston
Omaha
Fort Crook
Mexico
Wilson
Huerta
de la Barra
War Department
Knox
Wood
Burlington
N. J
Taft
Middle West
11Th Infantry
Arthur Williams
Ft. D. A. Russell
Wyo
18Th Infantry
Thomas F. David
Ft. McKenzie
Ft. Missoula
22Nd Infantry
Daniel A. Frederick
Ft. Bliss
Tex
4Th Field Artillery
2Nd Battalion of Engineers and Signal Corps
Fort Crockett Reservation
Texas City
Houston
Des Moines
Chicago
Wm. A. Carter
United States Army
Britain withholds recognition of new Mexican regime
London reports the British government will not recognize Mexico's new government until it is confirmed by a general election, an authoritative statement says.
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London
Mexico
Deaths of Madero and Suarez Ease Mexican Tension
Mexico City Feb 24 Official investigation into the deaths of Francisco Madero and Jose Suarez is to begin at once. Government officials insist the incident stemmed from unforeseen circumstances and guards’ fire. Huerta’s regime gains influence as adhesions to the new administration spread nationwide. Ernesto Madero arrives Vera Cruz with family likely to depart on the gunboat Cuba as calm returns in the capital.
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Mexico City
Madero
Suarez
Huerta
Francisco Madero
Zapata
Oaxaca
Juan Sanchez Azcona
Ernesto Madero
Vera Cruz
Mex
Cuba
Extra session set for April 1 by Wilson in New Jersey dispatch
President elect Wilson announced an extra congressional session would convene on Tuesday April 1 after discussion with Representative Underwood and the governor. The interval from March 4 to April 1 may be spent in caucuses and conferences with editors urging early currency reform. Weather notes and a brief court recess followed in the report.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Representative Underwood
Democratic House
Congress
Underwood
Wall Street
Porfirio Diaz Ready at Gall to Respond to Call
Porfirio Diaz, ex dictator of Mexico, declares he stands ready to help if foreign complications arise from the Mexican revolution. He favors Huerta and Felix Diaz, praises U. S. policy toward Mexico, and says he will not return until a stable constitutional government is reestablished. Diaz plans to leave Cairo on March 10 for Paris, with his family enjoying Egypt for several months.
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Keneh
Egypt
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
United States
General Diaz
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Dahabeash
Denderah
Francisco Madero
Associated Press
Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
General Huerta
Diaz
Cairo
Paris
Hot on trail of machine gun theft near El Paso
American troops chase the missing machine gun taken from the Thirteenth Cavalry at Hachita New Mexico. Two troopers from Hachita held in custody at Fort Bliss Texas, and three American ranchers arrested near the border after sacks of army feed and grain vanished with the weapon. Army officers suspect the theft involved Americans aiming to sell the gun.
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Paso
Tex
Thirteenth Uniited States Cavalry
Hachita
N. M
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Americcn
Maexicrn
Madero and Suarez Slain in Midnight Prison Ride
Mexico City Feb 24 Francisco Madero and Jose Pino Suarez, ex president and vice president, were killed while under guard during a midnight ride from the national palace to the penitentiary. Official accounts vary on who fired the fatal shots as an investigation is ordered. Widows learn of the death. Pope Pius X expresses concern over Mexico’s unrest.
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Mexico City
Francisco, Madero
Jose Pino Suarez
National
Victoriano Huerta
Francisco de la Barra
Rome
Pope Pius X
Madero
Suarez
Mexico
Senora Madero
Senor Colegatn Y Colegan
Jose Perez
Senora Suarez
Mercedes Madero
Paris
National Palace
Francisco Cardenas
Rafael Pimiento
Thank You Suffragists Rest in Baltimore Stop
In Baltimore the majority of General Rosalie Jones suffragist army rested in bed this forenoon as they head toward Washington for a schedule packed with speeches. Jones cancelled most entertainments during their two day stay. Luncheon at Mrs. Donald R Hooker's Govans home and another by the Sons of Job, a local engineers' club, were kept. She aims to convert more people to the cause.
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Baltimore
Rosalie Jones
Washington
Jones
Luncehon
Donald R. Hooker
Maryland Just Government League
Govans
Sons of Jove
Engineers’ Club
Local Greeks Killed in War in Janina Battle
Letters from Waterloo report Zambolas and Petrulas among six local Greeks killed in a Turkish battle at Janina Eperos. Others from Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. and area workers also died or were wounded. Peter Romas, part of a 400-strong Waterloo contingent, took part in sieges near Metsoie and Janina.
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Zambolas
John Petrulas
Waterloo
Turkey
Waterloo West
Upper Commercial Street
Zambolus
Petrulas
Janina
Eperos
Peter Romas
Balkans
Metsoie
Warns of Coming of Messiah to Rule on Earth
A strange declaration by H. J. Burnette and John Taylor proclaims the immediate coming of Christ to rule on earth. Dated January 15, 1913, from Zion Illinois, the document invokes biblical prophecy and bears a dove emblem with phrases Peace to Thee and The Little White Dove. The notice notes a recording fee is to be determined.
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Earth
Plutamer
H. J. Burnette
John Taylor
Jacob
Llingis
Israel
Christ
Jehovah
God
Melchizedek
Wickersham's Aid in Critical Condition
John I. Thompson, first assistant United States attorney general, was found unconscious in a downtown Chicago hotel room. He remains in critical condition with acute uremia days after the incident.
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Chicago
John I. Thompson
Washington, D. C
United States
Dog in Wittick meat market nearly smoked in basement blaze
A small dog owned by A. J. Wittick, keeper of Wittick meat market at 307 Fourth street, nearly suffocated in a basement fire caused by an electric motor. Firemen rescued the canine, nicknamed “the teeny weeny,” from smoke as it slept on guard duty before the blaze was extinguished with minimal damage.
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Wittick
Wittick Meat Market
Fourth Street
A. J. Wittick
Henry Wilson Dies Noted Archaeologist at Johns Napkins University
Henry Langford Wilson president of the Archaeological Institute of America and professor of Roman archaeology at Johns Napkins University died of pneumonia in a Pittsburgh hospital. He fell ill last Friday while in the Carnegie museum office. A separate item notes Dr Henry Allen Tupper, a commissioner of the International Peace Forum, departed for Mexico City for talks with Pedro Lascurain regarding the forum's activities.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Langford Wilson
Archaeological Institute of America
Johns Napkins University
W. Wolland
Carnegin Museum
Pracke
Mexico City
Vase
Tex
Henry Allen Tupper
International Peace Forum
Tupper
Pedro Lascurain
Madero
Peace Forum
Ding
Iron Workers to Reorganize at Indianapolis Convention
At the Indianapolis convention of the International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, 190 delegates from local unions will discuss reorganizing the union amid past convictions tied to the McNamara dynamite plots. President Ryan, recently released on bond, is favored by some to be reelected as other leaders face replacement.
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Indianapolis
International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
McNamara
Milwaukee
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Frank M. Fryan
Ryan
Leavenworth
John E. McClory
Cleveland
Herbert S. Hockin
McClory
Edward Lewis
San Francisco
McNamaras
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Eugene A. Clancy
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Frank C. Webb
New York
Michael J. Young
Boston
Y M C A Boosters Pledge 20000 at Iowa Convention
Five hundred men joined hands and sang as the Iowa Y M C A state convention closed in Ottumwa. Boosters pledged 20000 to apply to a half million fund for Chicago training school secretaries and physical directors. The year ahead focuses on recruiting men and expanding Iowa Y M C A work. Washington also reports the Supreme Court declined to interfere with a life sentence for Geo Matheson in the Gus Lawless murder case at Chicken Creek Alaska.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
M. E
Iowa Y. M. C. A. Boosters
Chicago Training School of Secretaries and Physical Directors
Washington
Supreme Court
Ufe
Geo. Matheson
Gus Lawless
Chicken Creek
Alaska
Arctic Circle
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