Obregon forces near capture of deposed Mexican leader Carranza
Revolt forces led by Obregon close in on Carranza with estimates of 14 000 rebels and 6 000 Carranza troops. Surrender expected within days as international tension rises and British consul John Body missing after Carranza fled toward Vera Cruz. American Marines land at Vera Cruz as provisional government moves toward recognition.
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Rinconada
Apizaco
John Body
Vera Cruz
General Obregon
Mexican
Mexico City
Washington
Hermosillo
Sonora
Port Ringgold
Texas
Matamoros
EL Paso
Tex
Esperanza Station
Obregon
Joaquin Amaro
Zacatecas
Estrada
Francisco Villa
Torreon
Villa
Fall
Carrunga
Reyes
Mex
Hacienda Tamariz
Puebla
Mexico
Bermuda
Berty
Employers urged to send workers into rail yards
Cleveland chamber of commerce urged employers in fifty cities to send experienced workers into rail yard duties to speed freight movement and replace striking switchmen. It advised guaranteeing regular wages and warned the industry faces a precarious, slow strangulation without swift action.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Flooding Hits Hocking River In Athens Area
Rainfall north of Athens caused a second spring flood as the Hocking River rose to ten feet at Mill Street below the tracks, covering the athletics field while the playground remained dry. Flooded bottom lands set farmers back days and river men predicted debris removal would occur with another rise.
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Athens
Mill Street
Raids Destroy 50 Police Barracks Across Ireland
Reports from Dublin say raids last night destroyed more than 50 police barracks and damaged public buildings. In Bruff near Cork, armed men burned the court and post office while roads were barricaded and lines cut. Tax offices, courthouses, and public records were also affected.
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Dublin
Brueree
Cork
Limerick
Turkish Leader Condemned to Death by Court Martial
May 14. Mustapha Kemel, leader of the Turkish nationalist rebels, has been condemned to death by an extraordinary court martial, according to a Constantinople dispatch.
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London
Mustapha Kemel
Constantinople
Grime Folly Earns Them Penalties at Sing Sing
Richard Harrison and Chester Cantine were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing prison near midnight. Harrison killed George Griffits, a Canadian soldier, at the Knickerbockers Waiters Club on September 7, 1918. Cantine murdered Carl Danziger, a Poughkeepsie grocer. Cantine entered at 11 35 and Harrison at 11 57, each hoping for clemency until the end.
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New York
Richard Harrison
Chester Cantine
Sing Sing
Harrison
George Griffits
Knickerbockers
Waiters
Cantine
Carl Danziger
Poughkeepsie
Waterloo road dragging fund case heads to judge’s ruling
Judge Worstell will decide Saturday on mandamus action brought by Chas. Hester against Waterloo township trustees over road dragging. A temporary injunction sought to halt further Carbondale Marshfield road work until a dragging fund is created. Trustees cite lack of funds and note coal companies donated team work and material.
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Worstell
Common Pleas Court
Waterloo
Mandamus
Chas. Hester
Carbondale-Marshfield
Carbondale- Marshfield
Carbondale
Newt McLaid
Police round up absent council members in Racine meeting
Mayor Armstrong had police search for missing common council members due to lack of a quorum. Four were brought by patrols and the meeting was called to order.
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Racine
Wis
Armstrong
Common Council
Bakers Seek Higher Wages and Daytime Shifts
Cleveland bakers present a wage and working agreement aiming at ten dollar daily pay for union workers with overtime, an eight hour day and no night shifts. They claim bread will rise to twenty cents a loaf from seventeen depending on the June 1 deadline.
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Cleveland
Fear Stricken Soldier Resigns Desertion Hideout to Surrender
Carl Amerine 24 walked from his Benton Township home to Camp Sherman after two years in a cave fleeing desertion charges. Drafted two years earlier, he left in 1918 and hid as his wife and brother supplied food. a lawyer advised his father he would face only absence without leave.
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Cave
Chillicothe
Carl Amerine
Camp Sherman
Amerine
Benton Township
Hocking County
Ross County
Ohio
F. N.R. Redfern
Adelphi
Ameline
President Strives To Lead Democrats Toward San Francisco Nomination
President Wilson marshals a militant program to dominate the Democratic party and the San Francisco convention. He vetoed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial appropriation bill and urges the treaty as campaign focal point. House Democrats praise the veto but fear GOP overreach on printing control.
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Herbert Walker
United Press
Washington
Wilson
San Francisco
Congress
Oregon
House
Garner
Texas
Joint Committee On
Appropriations Committee
Hoover Urges Collective Bargaining For Industrial Peace
Hoover told the senate labor committee that collective bargaining and public opinion offer the best path to industrial peace. He warned against compulsory arbitration or industrial courts, cautioned that such measures risk jail and coercion, and endorsed gradual expansion of collective bargaining while opposing revolutionary steps. He cited Kansas and Australian acts as experiments worth trying but unlikely to fully succeed.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate Labor Committee
Hioover de Clarend
Micover
Uupe
Hoover
Kansas Industrial Court
Austraia
Kansas
House Advances Army Pay Bill to Senate
The House passed the conference report on a bill increasing pay for soldiers sailors and air force members including the army navy marine corps coast guard and public health service. It now moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Senate
Jail Delivery Foiled as Saws Hidden in Cell
Warren sheriff and deputies stopped an attempted jail delivery at nine this morning. Eight steel saws were found hidden under a blanket in the cell of George Lang who is jailed on highway robbery charges. A smuggling plan via a keyhole into the recreation room was uncovered. A woman suspect tied to the case is expected to be arrested today as four others in Langs block face burglary or attempted robbery charges. A can of vaseline and a chisel were also smuggled into the jail.
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Warren
Tom Thomas
Dan Moser
Austin
George Lang
Thomas
Lang
Palmer in Red Town arraigned in dress goods theft case
Charles Palmer of Red Town was arraigned before Justice Helwig on charges of conspiring to receive stolen property from a freight car theft last September. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $1500 bond with security not furnished, in county jail awaiting next common pleas term. Officers believe he is tied to a larger dry goods theft ring. part of the stolen material was found at his Red Town home.
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Charles Palmer
Red Town
Helwig
Common Pleas Court
Palmer
Premier Mille rand Heads to Folkestone for Talks
Paris May 14 Premier Mille rand left for Folkestone to confer with British officials on various problems affecting France and England.
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Paris
Millerand
Folkestone
France
England
Four escapees held. two nabbed in Wadworth
Akron dispatch reports George Neichter and George Wagner captured in Wadworth after escaping from the county jail. Louis Dunlap Louis Neighter Dan Popovich and Moe Vogel remain at large as posses track the six fugitives.
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Akron
George Neichter
George Wagner
Wadworth
Wagner
Louis Dunlap
Louis Neichter
Dan Popovich
Moe Vogel
Fort Leavenworth
Ohio Health Program To Be Drawn Up
A statewide health program with extensive recommendations for Ohio health law revisions is expected from the final session of the State Health Commissioners conference in Columbus. The Ohio Public Health Association replaces the tuberculosis society with expanded activity and rural health surveys planned, aided by Hughes law provisions. Local health leagues will form in each county. C. L. Bliss of Sandusky elected president, with officers and executive members named from Columbus Portsmouth Selma Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Greenfield.
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Columbus
Ohio
Conference of State Health Commissioners
Ohio Public Health Association
Ohio Society For the Prevention of
C. L. Bliss
Sandusky
L. G. Locke
Portsmouth
W. C. Marshall
Selma
R. G. Paterson
T.S. Huntington
Robert G. Bliss
Cleveland
A. C. Rachmeyer
Passenger Trains Revived on M C and C Railroad
Marietta Ohio May 14. President Caldwell reports passenger service will resume on the Marietta and Vincent railroad this summer after talks with chamber officials. One train each way daily will connect with B O trains at Moores Junction. Permanent freight service Moores Junction to Vincent starts next Tuesday.
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Marietta
Marietta and Vincent
Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Moores Junction
Vincent
Hoover Urges Sugar Rationing to Curb Prices
Herbert Hoover testified before the House judiciary committee urging sugar rationing under the Lever act to reduce prices and curb speculation. He defended the action allowing Louisiana producers to charge 17 to 18 cents per pound.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
House Judiciary Committee
Palmer
Louisiana
German Cabinet Rejects Spa Conference Without French Troop Withdrawal
The German cabinet announced it will refuse to participate in the Spa conference with the Allies unless French troops are withdrawn from Frank fort before the conference is convened.
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Berlin
Spa
Frankfort
Duel with Fifty Cops Ends in Walton Death
Horace T. Walton 30 of St. Joseph Missouri, posing as a postal inspector, robbed a mail car near Kankakee and fled to Chicago. A gun battle with fifty police left Walton dead in his apartment and two officers badly wounded. Loot estimated at 80 000 to 100 000 dollars, bags recovered.
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Chicago
Horace T. Walton
St. Joseph
Illinois Central
Kankakee
Ill
Walton
Roberta
Mooney
St. Louis
St. Josepho
James P. Walkey
Walker
Harris
Parks
Athens barber shop prices rise for shaves and services
The Athens union barber shops raise prices across multiple services. Shave costs increase from 20 to 25 cents and shampoo and massage from 35 to 50 cents. Haircut stays at 50 cents though earlier reports suggested higher. Hair tonic remains 20 cents.
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Union
Athens
Altho
Wheat price guarantee sparks Senate House panel talks
Washington May 14 Wheat Director Barnes warns serious results may follow if the government withdraws from the wheat market June 1. Leaders of Senate and House agricultural committees plan May 19 conference to discuss options including handling loans from the 1 billion dollar guarantee fund via the United States Grain Corporation to dealers and bankers in the middle west. A plan to buy stored grain and a revival of futures trading after June 1 are under consideration.
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Washington
Barnes
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
United State Grain Corporation
Middle West
Haugen
Iowa
Central
West
Tincher
Kansas
Grain Corporation
Polish protest over German airships over Poland
Warsaw officials accuse seven German zeppelins of flying from west to east over Polish territory last week en route to Russia. They claim the airships carried German staff officers bound for the Bolshevik front to reorganize the Red Army against Poland.
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London
Poland
Russia
Warsaw
Canton Huts Bg Grease Canton HutS Bg Grease Census Figures
Canton Ohio reports a population of 87 091 with a 1910 increase of 36 874 or 73.4 percent. Ravenswood West Virginia lists 1 254 with an 203 rise or 18.8 percent. Elmer Garrett from Circle Hill underwent a tonsil and adenoids removal at Copeland Howe Hospital and is recovering well.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Canton
Ohio
Ravenswood
W. Va
Elmer Garrett
Circle Hill
Copeland-Howe Hospital
Mystery surrounds empty whiskey bottles at Columbus statue
In Albany New York a strange scene unfolds as three empty whiskey bottles rest in the arms of the Christopher Columbus statue raising questions about who placed them and why. Local authorities inspect the area and search for witnesses while residents discuss the odd incident.
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Albany
N. Y
Christopher Columbus
Republicans propose cash bonus plan for servicemen
Washington officials report that the Ways and Means Committee set a maximum cash bonus of 500 dollars for service members with optional aid forms including farm or home aid vocational training or paid up insurance. Chairman Fordney plans to submit the revised bill to the committee Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
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