Rebel Zapata Near Mexico City as 5,000 Advance
Gen Emilio Zapata with about 5,000 rebels is reported within ten miles of Mexico City. Loyal troops, including the 29th battalion, move out as Mexicans flee the capital amid rumors of looting and a possible Zapata attack.
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Vera Cruz
Emilio Zapata
Mexico City
Zapata
Topilejo
Twentyninth
Legation
Vrkia
Saltile
Tampico
Villa
Great Britain
Velasco
Torreon
San Luis Potosi
Funston
Washington
Galveston
Agricultural Bill Delayed by Senate Objections
Washington May 16 final action on the agricultural appropriation bill was postponed again as senators objected to various items in the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ten Die In Detroit Chemical Plant Explosion
Ten men, most chemists, were killed in a mixing room explosion at the Mexican Crude Rubber company in Detroit. Four other employees were hospitalized and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
Mutiny at Huerta Camp Spurs Tampico Battle News
Reports from Vera Cruz and Tampico chronicle mutiny against Huerta in Mexico City and a brutal five day battle near Tampico. Constitutionalists led by General Gonzales claim victory with heavy losses on both sides and foreign sailors observing from allied ships.
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Vera Cruz
Paso del Macho
Piedad Barracks
Mexico City
Huerta
Villa
Zapatistas
Ajusco
Blanquet
Tampico
Mexico
Gonzales
Des Moines
Dolphin
Panuco River
Mayo
Brownsville
Tex
Conrado Canth
Alfredo M. Torres
Sanchez Herrera
Doroteo Navarro
Torres
Colonel Herrera
Zaragoza
Bravo
Gulf
Ignacio Zaragosa
Tamaulipas
San Luis Potosi
Diers
Arma
Constitutionalista
Escuela del Monte
Cantu
Zaragosa
Casa Mata
Alaca
Caballeros
Agustin Castro
Ceaseria Castro
Saltiflo
Panuco
Henry T. Mayp Ie
May Seek Probe of Judge Dayton in West Virginia
A resolution was introduced by Representative Neely calling for an investigation into the conduct of U S Judge Alston G Dayton of the district court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The measure requests inquiry into his official actions and possible ethical concerns.
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U. S
Washington
Alston G. Dayton
District Court For
Northern District of
West Virginia
Neely
Millionaire Banker Drops Dead in Galva Bank
Galva banker Yo ccum, a millionaire with an estimated wealth of three to four million dollars, died suddenly from heart failure while opening mail at his Galva bank on May 13.
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Galenburg
HE. Yoccum
Bia Bank
Galva
Bia
Women Die in Fire at Hotel Imperial in Yuma
A hotel fire in Yuma Arizona destroyed the Hotel Imperial resulting in three deaths. The victims are Miss Naomi Strong Miss Genevieve Brown both school teachers and Miss Brown's mother whose bodies were recovered from the burned premises.
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Yuma
Ariz
Hotel Imperial
Naomi Strong
Genevieve Brown
Brown
Bomb injures two women in Kingston bedroom
In Kingston New York on May 14 a bomb was thrown into a bedroom occupied by Mrs Darwin Hinckley and her two daughters. The explosion seriously injures two of the women. The incident remains under investigation with no suspect named.
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Kingston
N. Y
Darwin Hinckley
May Quits Ammonstrikes: Court-Martial Sparks Tension
Denver reports a senate resolution pressing Governor Ammons to retire amid clashes over the Ludlow tent colony tragedy. National and district labor leaders refuse subpoenas as state militia fire into tents, killing women and children. Major Hamrock and others prepare defenses at the Golden court-martial.
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Denver
Colo
Ammons
Senate
Robinson
Adams
Golden
Ludlow
Maurice C. Bigelow
Marthal
Bigelow
Leutenant
Colorado National Guard
Patrick J. Hamrock
US wounded home thirty two from Mexican snipers
The Solace carried 101 patients to the Brooklyn navy yard including 32 wounded snipers victims, four amputees, 28 fever cases, and three dead marines. Tales of bravery surfaced as sailors recounted near misses and the loss of comrade George Kinsman. The body of John F. Schummacher arrived aboard the Montana.
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New York
Hopital
Solace
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval Hospital
Cash Asher
Florida
R. Henry Pulliam
Virginia
Clarence O. Hershberger
Hunter Dobson
Pulliam
Vermont
Hershberger
Louisiana
Vera Cruz
Dobson
Jackies
Robert Emmet Lee
Lee
George Kinsman
South Boston
Naval Academy
George
Chicago Attorney Ends Life in Hotel Del Prado
Chicago tonight reports Ernest Dale Owen aged sixty four a prominent lawyer shot himself at the Hotel Del Prado after a period of despondency. He had been in ill health for some time and his death is ruled a suicide.
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Chicago
Ernest Dale Owen
Hotel del Prado
Ships Use Panama Canal For The First Time
May 16 report from Washington notes water-borne craft are passing through the Panama Canal for the first time in history. A steady stream of barge traffic now moves through the world’s newest man made waterway.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Telegraphic Notes In Brief From Across The Nation
San Francisco ends threatened building trades lockout as arbitration will settle disputes and workers return. Philadelphia bans common drinking cups for humans and troughs for animals. Tulsa oil tanks near 90 000 barrels burned by lightning. efforts to extinguish halted. The Hague hosts a third International conference on the opium question set for June 15.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Tulsa
Okla
Pierce Oil Corporation
The
Hague
Netherlands
Fall Kills Theatrical Man in New York Hotel
Howard Jacott a young Californian connected with the Shubert interests as manager reader and play doctor fell or jumped to his death from the seventh floor of a New York hotel on May 16 this report indicates the tragedy within the theatrical world.
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New York
Howard Jacott
Shubert
Indiana Knights Templar Elect New Grand Warden
George A. Newhouse of New Albany was elected grand warden of the Knights Templar of Indiana after more than twenty ballots. He will serve as grand commander for nine years.
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Indiana
Knights Templar
Indianapolis
George A. Newhouse
New Albany
Knights Templar of
MANY VISIT CAIRO Present Season Promises to Be One of the Best
Visitors to Cairo expect a bustling season with near full hotels and Nile steamers ready for passengers. The article notes improved conditions, easy land and motor travel from Alexandria, and a social scene centered in Cairo with garden parties and dinners hosted by high officials. Polo at Ghezireh dominates weekly afternoons, drawing social attention to the city’s hotels and tea gardens.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Heliogolis
Helouan
Pri
Vate
Lord Kitchener
Byng
Ghezireh
Wind Stampeded Fine Bugs in San Bernardino
A recent heavy north wind has brought thousands of butterflies to San Bernardino California including a brown Death Valley species never seen east of the mountains. Experts believe desert winds carried the insects over the range and their appearance intrigues desert travelers.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Death Valley
Scratched by Pickled Ham Claims At Olympia Plant
Olympia workers seek compensation after Alvodor Gernonpre alleges injury from a pickled ham while at a Seattle packing company. He reports infection and ten days off work, prompting the insurance department to note similar claims such as being kicked in the mouth by a pig.
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Olympia
Wash
Industrial Insurance Department
Alvodor Gernonpre
Seattle
Gernonpre
Inter
Ideneia
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Dictator
Mexican Port
May
Colorado
Ludiow
John F. Schummacher
Brooklyn
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Egypt
Libby
Mont
George Blackwell
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