Washington Hopes for Adjustment but Keeps War Plans
Reports from Mexico City indicate General Huerta may accept mediation from Argentina Brazil and Chile to settle U S Mexico tensions. Washington aims to dispatch Americans from Mexico City and Vera Cruz while preparing for possible conflict. President Wilson approves joint army navy authority over Vera Cruz as Funston moves in. Martial law declared at Vera Cruz to safeguard officials and evacuees.
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United States
Algara
Washington
Hiano
Wilson
Mexico City
Tampico
Great
Republica
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Garrison
Army
Navy
Vera Cruz
Funston
Fletcher
Bryan
Pletcher
Vera Crus
Thomas B. Hohter
Atlanta's Feast of Grand Opera Opens Tonight
The curtain rises at 8 o'clock for Manon at the Auditorium with entry restricted until the first act ends. Atlanta Music Festival directors urge patrons to be seated by 7:45. World famous Met Opera artists arrive, led by Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar, except Frieda Hempel.
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Atlanta
Grand Opera
City
Metropolitan Opera Company
Frieda Hempel
Enrico Caruso
Geraldine Farrar
Antonio Scotti Caruso
Miss Farrar
Hutchens Enters Race for U S Senate Seat
John Corrigan Jr reports Hutchens of Rome has entered the race for the unexpired term of Senator Bacon. The field grows to a two cornered contest with Slaton Cooper Hardwick Feldner and Hutchens. Hutchens travels to Washington to begin active campaigning and predicts western Georgia support, claiming counties from Muscogee to the Tennessee line backing him.
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Sy John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Hutchens
Constitution
Georgia
Muscogee
Tennessee Line
Vera Cruz Placed Under Martial Law by Americans
Vera Cruz reports dated April 26 say Rear Admiral Badger orders all American non-combatants to evacuate by 4 PM aboard the steamer Mexico. Some resist, particularly wives separated from their husbands, amid shortages and fear of disease from overcrowded quarters. Continued on Page Two.
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Vera Cruz
Badger
Mexico
Americans Arrested and Property Looted in Mexico City
Word from Mexico City reports K M Van Zandt and all officers of the American club and trustees of the Mercantile Banking company arrested. Banking officials refused to contribute to the government. several named individuals detained. American stores burned or looted. handbills urge burning of American houses. many Americans confined after trains are seized. More than thirty Americans, including Consul Gaston Schmutz, were imprisoned at Aguas Calientes and later moved to the smelter. Drunken mobs and Mexican soldiers intervened, but many Americans remained captive or marooned awaiting release.
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Huerta
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
K. M. van Zandt
Mercantile Banking Company
Aguas Calientes
Gaston Schmutz
United States
Miss Kay
A. B. Culver
F. H. Peyton
Schmutz
Thomas
Trinidad
American Consul Arrested by Huerta Forces in Monterey
Washington reports President Wilson and Secretary Bryan furious over Consul General Philip Hanna being jailed in the Monterey palace from April 2 until federal troops recaptured the city. He cited mobs tearing down and burning U S flags as federal officers shouted protection for foreigners. Hanna was later released and treated with caution by the rebels.
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Wilson
Bryan
Philip
Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
Government Palace
State House
White House
State Department
Consul Hanna
D. C
Alvarez del Castillo
Weather Prophecy Fair Across States With Showers Likely
Regional forecast shows Georgia and Virginia districts turning fair with Monday showers, Tuesday unsettled conditions and possible night showers. North and South Carolina remain fair early week, interior areas likely showers Tuesday. Florida expects fair Monday and Tuesday showers mostly in the north, Alabama sees thundershowers Sunday night and Monday with cooler Tuesday. Mississippi and Louisiana forecast thundershowers Monday and Tuesday, with cooler conditions Tuesday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
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Paola Ananian
Leo Rothier
Dinh Gilly
Albert Reiss
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Sont
Dixie
John J. Knapp
Erviner Dresden
United
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Circulara
Hanna Wires
Eather Prophecy Fair
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