Word: revolted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Plus an annuity of $250,000 to begin ten years after purchase. †The revolt of the Panamen was not, as is often charged, instigated by the Roosevelt Administration. Philippe Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, engineered the revolution, which was bloodless. President Roosevelt quickly sent warships to support the new gov- ernment. Explaining this to his Cabinet, President Roosevelt said: "I simply lifted my foot...
...Prison, a stronghold whose ashen walls command a desolate stretch of the American River valley laid waste by goldseekers. Prisons are gruesome places at best but Folsom ranks with the worst as a focus of human distemper and desperation. Last week, Folsom was the scene of the greatest prison revolt in California history...
...have to cross a bald courtyard under whatever fire the convicts might loose. He telephoned to Governor Clement Calhoun Young in Sacramento, 25 miles away, to send over soldiers, bombs, artillery. He ordered all available riflemen to the prison wall and consulted with aides whether to starve out the revolt or crush it at once...
Observers saw an attempt on General Obregon's life by the political opposition driven under cover by the failure of the recent revolt (TIME...
According to the Government, this brings the revolt to an end, only Generals Oscar Aguila and Antonio Medina being at large, both without any following...