Quiet Reigns as Mexican Capital Falls to Rebels
Reports from Washington describe the capture of Mexico City by revolutionary forces and the arrival of a destroyer flotilla from Key West to Tampico to protect foreigners. Carranza reportedly left the capital for Vera Cruz, while Pablo Gonzales’s advance guard secured Mexico City with guarantees for commerce and fears of gunfire in Tampico.
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Washington
D. C
Mexico City
Mavy Department
Key West
Tampico
Carranza
Vera Crus
State Department
Ramon P. de Negri
San Francisco
Risked Life Under Flag of Truce in Hadjin Story
A dispatch from Constantinople recounts Miss Edith Cold of Cleveland Ohio, working for the American relief commission, risking her life under a white flag to mediate between Turks and Armenians at Hadjin. She sought a truce but Armenians reportedly refused to cease attacks.
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Constantinople
Edith Cold
American Commission For Relief
Next East
Cleveland
Angovi
Halide 'Edib Hanem
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Togan
Hadjin
Miss Cold
Straus Sets $100000 Gift for Zionist Health Work
Nathan Straus announces a $100000 gift to create a medical research and health service department. Rabbi Stephen B Wise mails the cut to inaugurate the Zionist Organization of America conference. Delegates from across the United States attend the opening session.
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New York
Nathan Straus
Stephen B. Wise
Zionist Organization of America
United States
Webster City double murder shocks town in morning shooting
Sheriff William Meskings and officers pursue Beasley after he deliberately shot his wife and two young sons, ages 2 and 6, in Webster City. The killings occurred early today and were discovered when Mrs. Beatley’s sister-in-law, Mrs. E. F. Koonee, returned from church.
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Wifs
Webster City
William Meskings
Harvey Tey
Beasley
World events brief list from Spokane and Washington notes
A summary of global and national items: Spokane's population fell 0.2 percent to 104,204 per census. Edmund Platt of Poughkeepsie N Y named to the federal reserve board by the President. Vera Cruz garrison revolts and departs. Immigration law changes discussed after Wilson ruling on Communist Labor party deportations. About 641,900 World War I veterans rely on U S bounty costing $825,000,000 yearly. Congress asked for $500,000,000 to finance freight car building. Presidential campaign expenditures to be investigated. Fed system earnings pegged at $100,000,000 as per testimony. Frederick G Cottrell nominated to head Bureau of Mines. Knox asserts wartime status used to pressure Senate on Versailles treaty. Fuller pension bill signed increasing Civil War veterans pensions.
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United States
W. O. Rucker
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington
Army
Navy
Wilson
Eee
Domestic and World News Summary of Mixed Items
A Tokyo cable from Honolulu reports a military agreement conceding all Japanese domains signed by Siberian Vladivost stock holders. Libby, McNeill & Libby directors in Chicago vote a 50 percent stock dividend on 1,280,000 shares. Beltran warns El Paso advices of Caranza seeking compromise with revolutionists. Governor Smith signs Betts misdemeanor charge for furnishing false news in Albany. Walter Watson pled guilty to first degree murder in Los Angeles. Governor Coolidge vetoes vetoed hoverine law in Boston. Chicago breweries investigated for weaponized beer. Blour price hits a new high at Minneapolis. Two bank robbers killed at East St. Louis. Albert of Belgium sends photograph to Nye in Washington during U.S. royal tour. Republican national convention in Chicago to select candidates and draft platform. Automobile law grants bonds and War Savings stamps after bank vault theft in Septa. Democratic party backs League of Nations substitute in Albany. Emma Goldman deported arc from the United States tied to letter receivers in Chicago. Danish potato cargo of 40,000 bags arrives in New York.
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Alta
Fort Dodge
Iowa University
Department of Botany
Iowa Conservation Board
Iowa City Commercial Club
Charles City
Colwell
Farm Bureau
Floyd County
Jersey
Towa City
Town City
Cnues
Executive Council
Cedar Rapids
Union Station
Hardisik
Washington
P. P. Clysen
Schmidt
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Cedar Patts
Cedar Falls
Qedac Valley Track Association
Ia Arc
Chariton
Onowa
J. W. Davis
Oskslonsa
Erasius Calin
Mathaska County
Bia Dakaloose
Oska
Republican Convention Tickets Brening Worries Across Delegations
Reports from Chicago reveal rising demand for tickets to the Republican national convention causing concern for the national arrangements subcommittee. Missouri adjourns its state GOP meeting in harmony after naming Ble Eight as preferred. Governors and delegates from New Jersey, New Orleans, Utah, and New York shape rival and at large delegate lines. Mrs Gompers dies in Washington. A Miss Renfer dies after an airplane propeller accident in Texas. Dr McCrory dies from injuries in an automobile crash in Racine Wisconsin.
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Chilcago.s Ce
Chicago
Kansas City
Thomas J. McCrory
Racine
Wis
War talk and world events reach across Europe and America
Foreign Albert Thomas visits Berlin to discuss labor with German readers as Chancellor Austin Chamberlain discusses per capita taxation. fierce clashes in France between carabineers and urban forces kill twelve and wound fifty. Revolutionary march begins from Denver to Mexico City. New York City population hits six million, Delaware suffrage revived briefly, Germany disbands military air service under Versailles terms, eight Dutch steamship lines form United Dutch Navigation, and the first coal mine in Aucler resumes after war.
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Weather Plight and Local Events
Des Moines reports April rainfall far above average delaying spring plowings as towns note shortages and boosts in aid. Ames marks 50th anniversary of agricultural college with planned alumni events. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines report water quality and building permit increases, while farmers face freight car shortages and a Ford plant shutdown amid broader labor actions.
Problems Facing Stricken World Land and Russia Impact
The report discusses land issues and peasant participation in ownership of Sellhey Till as a root cause of unrest in Russia and the broader stricken world. It highlights natural peasant desires to own land and implications for revolutionary movements.
Land and People of Russia A 1915 Portrait by Comerford
Article outlines Russia's vast empire, frontiers, and population from a historical lens. It notes European and Asian divisions, sea borders, and peasant land hunger, detailing land distribution, peasant plight, and the “land crime” of state ownership with early 20th century census figures.
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Frank Comerford
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Czar Nicholas
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Chinese Turkestan
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Amur
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Central Asian
Peasants’ Plight under Russian Land System in 1900s
Analysis of serf emancipation failures shows peasant allotments tied to Mir communes. Heavy redemption and land taxes, plus local levies, kept peasants in debt, forcing masses to seek work abroad. Landlords exploited peasants while the Mir acted as a mortgagee controlling land use and payments.
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Russtan
Black Earth
Russia
Mir
Mir ¢U
Vilage
Iiden
Belgiums booming industry shifts postwar trade flows
Belgian coal mines now produce about eighty percent of normal output supplying nearly all domestic demand and exporting about 850000 tons monthly to France. The glass industry is recovering creating large orders including 2000000 square meters for reconstruction. The franc has fallen in Belgium and Belgium expands trade with Britain and the United States placing a large glassware order worth over 300 million francs.
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Rance
French Ministry of Reconstruction
Belgium
France
Britain
United States
Large Hearted Doighboys Aid French Children
A vivid World War I vignette from an artillery camp in Mall ly where a top sergeant inspires soldiers to help French village children. The men organize a fundraiser and raise a remarkable sum, with one jokingly promising to give whatever the children want.
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France
Mallly
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