No Looting Warns Zapata Entry to Mexico City
General Zapata will not enter Mexico City until Villa's troops arrive and Carranza's forces secure Chapultepec, says Carranza confidant Pesquiera. He cites an understanding that Zapata will move with northern divisions to enter simultaneously, avoiding looting or disorder, aided by civil governance in the north to ensure stability.
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el Paso
Texas
Emilano Zapata
Mexico City
Villa
Carranza
Chapultepec
Robero V. Pesquiera
Pesquiera
Zapata
Tsidor Fabela
Senor Fabela
Durango
Prosecution in Mann Act case at federal court closes
In Butte, the Smiths road house trial proceeds with witnesses including author Mary MacLane describing gambling and drinking at the Toad house. She testified she saw men and women gambling and drinking in the cabaret and barrooms, though she claimed not to have witnessed intoxication or dissolute conduct. The day featured cross examination and a dramatic moment as MacLane fainted.
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Iam Smith
Butte
Road House
Smiths
Nesses
Mary Mac Lane
Toad House
First Ward of Chicago Sees Remote Election Shakeup
Chicago May 12 Every election Judge and clerk in the First ward were removed by county judge John E Owens after an investigation begun after the April 7 election when John Coughlin defeated Marion Drake I am going to appoint big business men to serve as judges and clerks to keep Kenna and Coughlin from influence
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Chicago
John E. Owens
Michael
Hinky-Dink
Kenna
John
Bathhouse
Coughlin
Marion Drake
Coughin
Tuage Owen
Filipino Servant May Be a Traitor
Vera Crus May 12 Rear Admiral Fletcher reports the loss of a Filipino servant described as an excellent helper. Disappearance posted, outposts watch for his reappearance after last seen boarding a train toward General Maas lines. He wore flannels and Panama, carried a pistol, with possible access to American forces information.
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Fletcher
Wealthy Park County Rancher Ends Life on Home Porch
George Armstrong, a prominent Park County rancher and wealthy businessman, shot himself with a .22 rifle at 5 o clock in the morning on the porch of his ranch home. Neighbors and authorities were alerted by a passing neighbor, and the coroner from Livingston attended. Family health issues and fear of insanity, linked to a parent, are cited as motives, though Armstrong was known for a quiet, conflict-free home life. The Armstrongs had wintered in California, owned property in Shields, and planned another ranch home. They had one daughter, Golden, married to William House, who lived with the parents.
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Livingston
George Armstrong
Park County
Charles Bridgman
Jearning
Clyde Park
land_boardere
South Sixth Street
Shields
California
Golden
William House
Str
Armstrong Hadeen
Airs
Armstrong
Joneman
Montana
Aissouri
Ladies of the Grand Army” of the Republic
Accidental Death Reported For Private Saunders
Washington May 1 reports the accidental death of Private Andrew Saunders at Vera Cruz. Saunders’ mother resides at Niagara Falls New York. No further accident details were disclosed by the navy department.
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Washington
Wvaller
Marines
Vera Cruz
Navy Department
Andrew Saunders
Niagara Palls
N.Y
Asquith Pledges Home Rule Bill Amendment
London May 12 Premier Asquith pledged to introduce an amending bill to the home rule measure to secure passage by agreement between parties. Bonar Law attacked gag methods while Redmond warned against overreliance on opposition capitulation as talks proceed toward settlement.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Mr. Asquith
House of Toras
Law
John ‘Redmond
Ulster
Redmond
Amended testimony in Becker Rosenthal murder case
New York May 12 counsel for Charles Becker on trial for Herman Rosenthal’s murder obtained an admission from Will Shapiro driver of the murder car that his feet testimony at today’s session differed from the trial of the four gunmen. Shapiro said it was whitey Lewis who made the remark not Dago Frank. Bald Jack Rose testified after Shapiro. Rose described Becker urging the gamblers to silence the witness and how he arranged the gunmen to kill Rosenthal. His cross examination is set for tomorrow.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Willm Shapiro
Shaapiro
Metropole
Dago Frank
Becker
Shapiro
Whitey Lewis
Jack” Rose
Whitmen
Trameup
Rosenthal
Million Dollars in Bonds to Pay Militia Expenses
A historical notice outlines the plan to issue one million dollars in bonds to cover militia expenses. The fragmentary text references payment and funding actions though details are incomplete.
House votes to limit legislative program to anti trust and appropriations
In Washington on May 12 the House caucus voted to restrict the remaining session to anti trust measures and appropriation actions. Rural credits are deferred until next winter. In Philadelphia the repair ship Panther cleared for Vera Cruz and orders were issued to ready all vessels at the navy yard for service.
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Washington
House Democrate
Philadelphia
United States
Panther
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Vera Cruz
Navy Yard
Butte News Roundup From The Standard Exican Edition
A fragmented note list covers varied items including a wealth rumor from Park County note of a man’s death, British Parliament topics, a Smith trial at Bute, miners’ tactical elements, sport notes, Arbor Day in Butte, an injury claim tied to opal, and miscellaneous hotel arrivals and classifieds.
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Park County
Becker
Hutte Board of Education
Smith
Bute
Rtate News
Anaconda News
fRaltorial
Butte
Sunfrage
Opal
tiaGatlatin
Toarmy
Toarmy Oe
Butte Duluth
Sag Marie
Goldberses
Plemen Inquest
Huerta Not Responsible For The Tampico Incident
Nelson O Shaughnessy told President Wilson Huerta is stubborn and unlikely to surrender power but that any Mexico government backed by the United States could survive. He denied Huerta planned the Tampico incident, saying Huerta knew nothing about it, and outlined O Shaughnessy's continued role in Mexico City.
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Washington
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Wilson
Vera Cruz
General Huerta
O'Shaughnessy
Taft
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Question of innocence dominates Gillette mayoral vote
Cheyenne May 12 Roy Montgomery a Democratic leader in Northern Wyoming who was convicted under the Mann act was elected mayor of Gillette by an 11 to 80 vote. Montgomery is free on appeal bond. The central issue in the election was his innocence of the charge.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Roy Montgomery
Wyoming
Gillette
Montgomery
Mediators Plan Questioning Huerta
A group of mediators outlines plans to question Victor Huerta amid ongoing efforts to resolve the political crisis. The dialogue centers on seeking clarity from the exiled or deposed leader regarding his influence and intentions in the unrest.
Plan for Mexico peace would include Huerta and provisional government
South American mediators draft a pacification plan to exclude Huerta only if a temporary government with both Huerta and constitutionalists is represented. The proposal, to be shown at Niagara Falls, may form a five member commission with Huerta, constitutionalists, and mediators. Constitutionalists reportedly reject such an arrangement though talks continue. London dispatch notes the Bristol cruiser ordered to Tainhoo.
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Nashington
General Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Hate Department
Niagara Falls
Canada
Mex- Tco
United States
Niagara Falls Conference
el Paso
Texas
First Regular Traffic Through Panama Canal
Panama May 12 Governor Goethals says the canal’s main channel through Cucaracha will be completed about Thursday. A Panama railway ship with cargo will be sent through after brief observations. The report that the Pennsylvania of the Pacific Mail Line will make the passage is erroneous.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Goethals
Cucaracha
Pennsylvania
Pacific Mail
School Board Debates Teacher Qualification Rules
Butte school board members faced strong protest from the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council as they debated new teacher qualification rules. Labor leaders argued the standards are too strict and would bar daughters of working men from qualifying, while others questioned the board’s policy approach and the need for a week’s notice to amend rules. The discussion included surveyors in attendance and a motion to reconsider from Trustee Maury, with continued debate expected.
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Butte
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
Wilhelm
Tora
Elderkin
Afr
Downer
Trusiee Mar Fington
Ave
Maury
Noura of
Strayer
Rozsa
Hopkins
Voting machines spark miner hall melee in Butte
Dispute over adopting voting machines at a miners meeting led to a violent row among factions in the Butte Miners Union. Chairs smashed, police called but asked to leave, and order restored after minutes of fighting. Conservatives opposed the machine plan. socialists pressed for it, with separate tickets drawn up for the Denver convention.
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Mattot
Butte Miners” Union
Tcket
I Vist
Uiners
Bone Pek
Denver
Cognition
Burt Riley
Frank O'Connor
Martin Seahill
Pat O'Neill
Patrick Lee
Jerry Mullins
Don Boyle
James Bawden
Jerry Sullivan
Barney King
M. J. Sullivan
Mike Sullivan
Tom Bettens
Pat Quigley
Pat Harrington
James Walsh
Western Federation of Miners
William O'Neill
Peter Marron
Biewitt
John J. Sheehan
J. D Crowley
Mike Conway
Pat McDonoughy
Robert Pascoe
John McBrien
Can
Walsh Plans Senate Speech Against Panama Tolls Repeal
Special Dispatch to the Standard Washington May 12 Senator Walsh announced he will speak to the senate next week in opposition to repealing the free tolls clause of the Panama canal act. He sits on the resolutions committee at the Baltimore convention that framed the tolls plank and his remarks are awaited.
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Standard
Washington
Walsh
Senate
Baltimore
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