Generals Scott and Obregon Meet at Juarez in Polo of Withdrawal
In El Paso and Juarez reports say General Obregon urges immediate U S troop withdrawal from Mexico while General Scott and General Funston open talks to set dates for a high level conference. Obregon says capture of Villa is unlikely and rurales would handle the pursuit if needed. A large cavalry column is poised to cross the border as talks proceed.
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Mex
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
Scott
Funston
Republic
Wannot
Villa
General Obregon
General Scott
United States
Mexico
United States Army
General Funston
General Pershing
Columbus
German Air Wrecks Aired In Western Front Skirmish
Paris reports extensive air raids on the western front with German planes including a Fokker shot down. A French squadron dropped 18 bombs on La Marche station in the Woevre. One German craft was badly damaged near Douaumont and another fell near Montfaucon. A French Nieuport monoplane defeated a Fokker behind German lines. Germans shelled Avecourt Esnes and Fromezy at night.
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Paris
War Office
la Marche
Woevre
Douaumont
Montfaucon
Avecourt
Esnes
Fromezy
Brown to Open Milk Rate Inquiry in Chicago
George M. Brown a special examiner for the interstate commerce commission will begin an investigation in Chicago into milk shipment rates Hearings have been held in other cities to seek uniform rates across the system.
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Chicago
George M. Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Demands Release of 38 Seized on China
Secretary Lansing said the U S issued a fresh note to Great Britain demanding the release of 38 Austrians Germans and Turks taken from the China by a British cruiser off Shanghai The note will be published later Britain says the men were plotting against it and fleeing to Manila to continue efforts risking U S neutrality London says the prize tribunal outlook favors delay and awaits international adjudication for cargo damages
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Lansing
United States
Great Britain
China
Shanghai
Manila
London
British Diver Sunk In Fight Near Berlin Report
Berlin reports the admiralty said on Thursday that a British submarine H-22 was sunk and a British cruiser was torpedoed in a naval engagement on April 25. The German navy also said submarine B-22 was sunk with two prisoners taken, and an Arethusa class cruiser was torpedoed, with Arethusa class ships listed as Arethusa Aurora Galatea Inconstant Royalist Penelope Phaeton Undaunted.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Arethusa
Aurora
Galatea
Inconstant
Royalist
Penelope
Phaeton
Draft Bill Is Rejected in Commons Ataction
London April 29 The bill proposing universal conscription for all unmarried men ages eighteen to forty five without exemptions was withdrawn after opposition from universal service advocates. Prime Minister Asquith said the government would not press the measure introduced by Walter Hume Long as leaders across parties condemned it as unfair and unsatisfactory without universal compulsion.
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London
House of Commons
Universal Service Advocates
Asquith
Walter Hume Long
Local Government Board
Senator Husting Demands Senate Inquiry on Telegram Flood
In a senate floor speech Senator Husting of Wisconsin urged a congressional investigation into the surge of telegrams reaching Congress on the German American agitation. He said the messages came from a central source and called the campaign a plot to mislead the public into supporting war.
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Husting
Wisconsin
Washington
Senate
Congress
Hasting
German Taken From Steamship May Be Panama Forts Suspect
A German named Auffenwasser was removed from the steamer Colon in New York and detained by federal authorities amid suspicions he photographed Panama canal fortifications.
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New York
Auffenwasser
Colon
Panama Canal
Twenty Four Thousand Miners Return to Work in Pennsylvania
Four thousand coal strikers in Pennsylvania end a prolonged stoppage as a truce is reached between representatives of the miners and operators. The agreement, brokered in New York, brings 24 000 miners back to work following the impasse.
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New York
Pennsylvania
John P. White
W. K. Field
Terre Haute
District No. 11
Joint Scale Committee
Irish Rebel Sir Roger Casement Captured After German Vessel Sunk
London reports Sir Roger Casement, famed Irish separatist, captured from a German auxiliary ship after it attempted to land arms in Ireland and sank. The alert ties Casement to German plans and notes earlier disloyalty accusations and open letters to British officials. Rioting in Dublin followed, with several deaths and numerous arrests as troops restored order.
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London
Roger Casement
Ireland
Roger
Berlin
Edward Grey
Germany
United States
Scott to Meet Obregon in Mexican Pursuit Talks
Washington reports a scheduled high level discussion between Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott and Gen. Alvaro Obregon on Villa pursuit and US Mexican relations. The meeting planned for Juarez or El Paso aims to align military advisory positions of the two governments.
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Obregon
Washington
Villa
United States
Mexico
Hugh L. Scott
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
el Paso
German warships raid. British ships hit in dawn engagement
At daybreak Tuesday a German cruiser squadron raided Lowestoft. Two British light cruisers and a destroyer were hit in a 20 minute fight. the German vessels escaped. Four people were killed. Also, Ira Nelson Morris sailed for the United States on two months leave. In Cincinnati, a streetcar crash killed one woman and injured 38 after jumping the track and hitting a telegraph pole.
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London
Lowestoft
N. Morris
U. Ss
Stockholm
Ira Nelson Morris
Sweden
United States
Absenal
Alexander R. Magruder
Cincinnati
Not Guilty on Grounds of Insanity in Rogers Poisoning Case
In Bronx Supreme Court on April 27 Mrs Ida Sniffen Rogers was acquitted by reason of insanity for poisoning her two children. The verdict held she was not in her right mind at the act. Also noted, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice sent an anonymous threat to the state department about Casement’s treatment, and John A Patten, patent medicine figure, died in Chicago after attending AMA hearings.
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New York
Ida Snitfen Rogers
Bronx
Unpledged Republicans Win Delegates in New Jersey Primary
Trenton April 28 delegates to Chicago will go unpledged after Tuesday's primary. The Democratic "big four" are pledged to President Wilson.
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Trenton
N. J
Chicago
Wilson
Battle Near Tomachio: Dodd Forces Rout Villa Bandits
Cavalry under Col. George A. Dodd, facing 260 Villa bandits at Tomachio in the Sierra Madres, killed six Villistas and wounded nineteen. Two Americans were killed and three wounded. 25 horses and arms captured. Dodd pursued the retreating force toward Minaca, where he awaits supplies and further orders from General Pershing.
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George A. Dodd
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Sierra Madres
Villa
Baca
Cercantes
Dominguez
Rios
Dodd
Minaca
Pershing
Army
San Antonio
Tex
Geneval Funston
Washington
Villistas
Ralp A. Raw
Saddler
Oliver Banshee
Thomas Henry
Tillman T. Mathias
Funeton
Erwin
Cocomorachic
Taggart Nominated for U.S. Senate Short Term
Indianapolis April 28 United States Senator Thomas Taggart was nominated Wednesday for the short term U S senate by the Democratic state convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
British factory blast kills one hundred six in Kent
An official count reports 106 dead and 66 injured from a Kent county munitions factory explosion. No women were among the victims.
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Kent County
London
Mount Tom Dune Threatens National Park Effort
Readable segments describe Mt. Tom in Indiana as a dune rising hundreds of feet, eyed for national park status. Jacob Sansibar of Gary plans sand extraction by hydraulic means, risking loss of diverse flora and bogs. a national reservation petition is before Congress. Also reports on Monon brakeman arrest, a fly swatting contest, and local labor talks.
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Mt. Tom
Gary
Michigan City
Jacob Sansibar
Chicago
Sansibar
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Mexico
Alaska
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