Fighting Irishmen Continue Battle Across Dublin and Ireland
Field Marshal French reports the rebellion in Dublin is being suppressed with organized rebels confined to a few districts. Sniping from houses continues northwest of the Four Courts as fires burn in Sackville Street. Disturbances are noted in Galway Enniscorthy Kilkenny Clonmel and Gorey as local but ongoing unrest.
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London
Dublin
French
Sackville Street
Four Courts
Ireland
County Galway
Enniscorthy
Killarney
Clonmel
Gorey
More Troops for Mexico Reach Border
The largest force of troops to leave Columbus since the border crossing six weeks ago entered Mexico on Saturday. Observers cite plans to strengthen Pershing’s shortened front from Columbus to San Antonio and to preempt any new curbs on crossing the boundary by bolstering the expeditionary force.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Pershing
San Antonio
Scott, Funston
Obregon
America Leads the World in Production of Key Commodities
The 1915 Statistical Abstract of the United States shows the United States tops the world in coal iron and steel copper petroleum and silver. It also leads in cotton corn wheat oats apples hay and tobacco with gold production second behind South Africa.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
America
South Africa
American Officers Plan Joint Mexican US Action in Mexico
On the eve of the Juarez conference General Obregon and Carranza’s war minister meet Generals Scott and Funston of the United States. American officers have been instructed to draft detailed plans for cooperation between Mexican and American troops in dispersing bandit bands, including dividing southern Mexico into spheres of activity.
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Washington
Juarez
Obregon
Carranza
Scott
Funston
United States
Mexico
Ambassador Gerard Reports Berlin Talks With Emperor’s HQ
Washington dispatch says Ambassador Gerard in Berlin advised the state paper that he had conferred with Army Headquarters and been informed of the conference’s purpose.
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Washington
Gerard
Berlin
Williams
Anchorage union rejects wage scale offer in Alaska railroad strike
The Anchorage favor union rejected the wage scale offered by the federal arbitration board trying to settle the strike among workers on the government railroad in Alaska. The strike began February 1.
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Seward
Alaska
Anchorage F Avor
Federal Arbitration Board
Former Philadelphia draughtsman charged for attacking President Wilson
Government agents arrest H. B. Stilz, once a draughtsman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on charges of distributing pamphlets that attack President Wilson. The case ties to a broader wartime crackdown on anti government activity.
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Philadelphia
H. B. Stilz
Draught Amian
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Wilson
International Harvester Grants Nine Hour Day Without Pay Cut
Chicago reports that International Harvester offers a nine hour working day with no pay reduction to 13,000 employees after a strike by 6,000 workers across its two twine plants.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Obregon says Carranza forces can cope with Villistas in Chihuahua
General Alvaro Obregon, minister of war, will present assurances to Generals Scott and Funston in Juarez or El Paso that Carranza troops are ready to confront Villista bands in southern Chihuahua. He dismissed reports of friction with Venustiano Carranza and declared harmony among constitutional leaders.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Scott
Funston
Juarez
el Paso
Carranza
Obregon
Trevino
Torreon
Venustiano Carranza
United States
Geners
Martial law declared in Ireland under Maxwell command
London reports martial law across Ireland with Major General Sir John Maxwell in charge. Irish officials place themselves under his instructions and grant full disciplinary powers to extend operations against the rebellion. Dublin remains partly under rebel control as the revolt spreads to western and southern regions.
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London
Ireland
John Maxwell
Egypt
Dublin
Revolution Breaks Out in Southern Sinaloa
Unconfirmed report from Mare Island officials says General Juan Carrasco, previously a Carranza follower, has begun a revolution in southern Sinaloa against the de facto Mexican president.
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San Francisco
Juan Carrasco
Carranza
Sinaloa
Mexico
Mare Island Navy Yard
Not Guilty Verdict in Dr. Marshall Murder Trial
In Salt Lake City the defense moved for directed verdict after the state rested in the murder case against Dr. Herbert D. Marshall for the alleged killing of Mrs. Marshall. Judge C. W. Morse sustained the motion and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty without retiring.
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Salt Lake City
Herbert D. Marshall
Marshall
C. W. Morse
Wanamaker Plans Atlantic Air Trip Again
Rodman Wanamaker is planning another cross Atlantic flight in an aeroplane. He previously announced similar intentions and now prepares for a new attempt to cross the ocean by air.
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Rodman Wanamaker
Atlantic
British Seize American Ship in Gulf of California
The American schooner Oregon, owned by Crowley Launch and Tugboat Co. of San Francisco, was seized by the British cruiser Rainbow in the Gulf of California while at sea.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Crowley Launch & Tugboat Company of
Rainbow
Gulf of California
Wilson Heads Agricultural Society President
James Wilson of Traer la was elected president of the National Agricultural Society on Thursday. He is secretary of agriculture in the cal ipote of Presidents McKinley Roosevelt and Taft.
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New York
James Wilson
Traerla
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
National Agricultural Society
Gerard Will Visit German Emperor Amid Hopeful Press View
American ambassador James W. Gerard travels to Berlin to meet the German emperor while Berlin sources and the Frankfurter Zeitung express cautious optimism that an understanding avoiding war may be reached. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg may travel to aid Germany's reply to the latest American note as von Jagow visits Gerard.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Gerard
Frankfurter Zeitung
United States
Knox Sees Near Inevitable Intervention in Mexico
Pittsburg secretary of state Philander C. Knox told a Republican banquet that Taft did not recognize Huerta as Mexico's president and opposed Wilson's approach. He argued the Mexican crisis was inherited and likened Wilson's policy to Lincoln's before Maximilian. He warned intervention seemed dangerously near.
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Pittsburg
Philander C. Knox
Taft
General Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
Lincoln
Maximilian Empire
Miners Return to Work After Soft Coal Conference
In a settlement welcomed by both sides, bituminous miners in district No 6 and their employers resolved contract interpretations from the February soft coal conference. Workers resumed duties Thursday, ending the lull in the dispute.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Child Poisoner Acquitted in New York Case
Mrs Ida Sniffen Walters Rogers was freed in the supreme court after a jury acquitted her of murdering her two year old son John whom she phoned in on December 29 1914 and faced with murder charges.
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New York
Ida Sniffen Walters Rogers
Supreme Court
John
Attorney Traube Kills City Chief Counsel in Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee Charles C Traube city attorney shot and killed Harry Stokes chief counsel for the taxpayers during a court investigation of city government Traube was released on a 25000 bond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles C. Traube
Harry&. Stokes
Traube
German public split on possible rupture with America
Berlin reports show divided German opinion on the American note with two camps. One faction would welcome a breach with the United States and feel relief, while another suggests that England and other enemies would relish a rupture. Leaders say decisions will consider consequences.
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America
Berlin
William
Germany
United States
Ernest von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Theodor Wolff
England
Wolff
Drowning at Little Bear River Near Baxter Mill
Logan Emil Olsen of Hyrum age fifty drowned after falling into the Little Bear river near the Baxter mill in Hyrum. The accident is reported with the deceased’s residence and location of the fall.
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Logan
Emil Olsen
Hyrum
Little Bear River
Baxter Mill
Lieut Col Robert H Noble On Duty On Mexican Border
Lieut Col Robert N Noble of the Twenty second Infantry United States Army serves on active duty along the Mexican border as one of the officers overseeing border operations.
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Robert H. Noble
Robert N. Noble
Twenty-second Infantry
U. 8 A
Apathy Marks Ohio Primary Delegates Chosen
In statewide presidential preference primaries voters showed notable apathy as both Republican and Democratic organizations selected slates of delegates at large to the national conventions.
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Ohio
Columbus
Republican and
Democratic Organization
Riot crackdown at Boston settlement leads to IWW arrests
State troopers in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania arrested 36 members of the Industrial Workers of the World after a riot at the Pennsylvania Coal company calliery in Boston settlement.
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Boston Settlement
Industriel Workers of the World
French Guns Stop Rush Of Invaders In Verdun Sector
Paris says German infantry assaults near Verdun failed to break French lines as heavy bombardments continued around Avecourt Esnes Cunelieres and Houdremont front. Irish regiments praised for bravery in counterattacks that cleared a trench section backed by gas and artillery.
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London
Avecourt
Esnes
Cunileres
Verdun
Paris
Houdremont
Thiamoent Farm
Douaumont
Vaux
France
Belgium
Ikskull
Teutons
Baranovichi
Chromiakova
Asia Minor
Bitlis
Be Kind to Animals Movement Sets Humane Sunday
Albany reports May 21 to be observed as Humane Sunday with sermons on kindness. American Humane Association distributes literature and a leaflet for clergy. May 15 20 is Be Kind to Animals Week with boy scouts and camp fire girls aiding events and lectures. In 1915 anti cruelty societies handled cases involving 212 215 children and 2 394 721 animals.
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Albany
N. Y
United States
American Humane Association
Roosevelt Urges Preparedness at NY Methodist Banquet
Theodore Roosevelt urged preparedness before a large Methodist Social Union of New York gathering on Thursday night. He cited German and Mexican relations as evidence that rigidity and weakness invite war rather than avert it.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Methodist Social Union of
Germany
Mexico
Schmitz Files Recall Petition Against San Francisco Mayor
Eugene G. Schmitz, former San Francisco mayor, announced Thursday he prepared recall petitions to circulate May 9 against Mayor James Rolph Jr. on fourteen charges including malfeasance in office illegal election and incompetence.
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San Francisco
Eugene G. Schmitz
James Rolph, Jr
Streetcar Runaway Tragedy Leaves Woman Dead, Dozens Hurt
A Cincinnati street car crowded with men women and children ran out of control on a downhill incline for six blocks before jumping the track. One woman was killed and thirty eight passengers injured in the accident.
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Cincinnati
Fear War With Germany Sparks Telegram Flood in Washington
Twenty two thousand telegrams protesting any action that could lead to war with Germany poured into Washington on Tuesday directed at Senators Sherman and Lewis of Illinois.
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Washington
Germany
Sherman and
Lewis
Sinois
Villa Located Again West of Parral in Chihuahua Mountains
Reports from General Pershing on Monday indicate Francisco Villa was located again in the western Chihuahua mountains west of Parral in the region of San Antonio Texas brief.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Liquor Tax Held Invalid by Supreme Court
The Texas statute of 1007 imposing a $5,000 annual tax on each place handling liquor was ruled invalid by the supreme court Monday, finding it an interference with interstate commerce.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lessons From Acts On The Antioch Church Growth
An outline of Acts chapters 11 and 12 reviews Bar nabas and Saul in Antioch, the spread of the gospel to Gentiles, and the early Christian church’s growth. It notes the role of Barnabas, Saul, and the Holy Spirit in guiding teaching, prayer, and mission, including overcoming opposition like Elymas the sorcerer.
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Paul
Peter
Herod
Antioch
A. D
Stephen
Jerusalem
Jesus
Saul
Tarsus
Phillip
Samaria
Elymae
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