Zapata Forces Near Mexico City Amid Civil War Claims
Reports from Vera Cruz say Emiliano Zapata has captured Cuernavaca within 40 miles of Mexico City though observers doubt its defense. Huerta restricts foreign movement. refugees travel toward Puerto Mexico as tensions rise along the front and talks of extending American lines surface.
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Vera Cruz
Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Cuernavaca
Morales
Mexico City
Washington
Army
War Department
Puerto Mexico
Huerta
Funston
Tufts Opens Season vs Tech in Home Tennis Match
Tufts varsity tennis hosts Tech this afternoon in the season opener. Selected for Tufts are Captain Murphy Turner Burritt and Gifford with Turner and Murphy forming the first doubles pairing and Burritt paired with Gifford for the other doubles.
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Tufts
Tech
Murphy
Turner
Burritt
Gifford
Carranza Issues Peace Note Amid US Mexico Relations
Rafael Zubaran, a constitutionalist representative, states that the United States and Mexico share friendly relations that the public supports, and these relations should not be affected by Huerta's actions as they do not reflect national sentiment. The State Department released the statement.
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Washington
May
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Rafael Zubaran
State Department
Note from Mexican constitutionalists backs US relations in 1914
The State Department note issued under General Carranza urges continued cordial ties with the United States despite Huerta's usurpation. It emphasizes mutual respect, neutrality protections for Americans and foreigners, and loyalty to shared moral principles and the American presidency. Signed by Zubaran in Washington on May 4, 1914.
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State Department
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Washington, D. C
No Welcome in Mexico
James McNeil and Henry Lynch of Gloucester tell of adrift hours in a dory in the Gulf of Mexico after losing bearings in fog. They landed at Tonala Point lighthouse where locals refused hospitality. A mob of about 400 natives forced them to leave, firing shots as they fled. They were rescued by the steamer Texas carrying Vera Cruz refugees.
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Gloucester
James McNeil
Henry Lynch
Hatteras
Gulf of Mexico
McNeil
Tonala Point
Mexico
McNeill
Lynch
Wolter
Texas
Vera Cruz
Merchants and Miners Steamer Requisitioned for War
The Dorchester of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. has been requisitioned by the War Department and will be transferred to the government at Norfolk tomorrow to carry troops and munitions to Mexico.
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Baltimore
Dorchester
Merchants & Miners’ Transportation Company
War Department
Mexico
Norfolk
Be Deceived Be Deceived
An old advertisement warns against temporary tonics and recommends Father John’s Medicine as a pure food tonic. It claims the product strengthens the body, especially for throat and lung troubles, contains no alcohol, and has fifty years of use.
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WM. E. Smith
Father John
Memphis and Macon Chartered for War to Mexico
The War Department has chartered the Memphis and Macon of the Savannah line to carry troops to Mexico. Both 377.5 foot ships with 1000-man capacity are under urgent orders from East Boston to ready for troop transport to New York and then Mexico.
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War Department
Memphis
Savannah
Boston Harbor
New York
Macon
Boston
Mexico
B. H. Garfield
Atlantic Works
Ocean Steamship Company
Llewellyn Wildes
Wyoming Street
Roxbury
Eastern Steamship Company
Allied Lines
East Boston
Garfield
John Ingalls
Massachusetts Militia Faces Uncertain First Call For War
Massachusetts troops await orders from Washington as Governor directs Brigadier General Sweetser to press for mobilization. Weekend camps at Wakefield prepare Troop A and schedule May 1 17 and 29 20 drills for Troop B D and others with field equipment and rifle training planned.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Sweetser
War Department
Massachusetts Cavalry
Adjutant-General’s Office
Wakefield
Maas Accused of Executing Prisoners in Vera Cruz
A May 8 report from Vera Cruz says General Gustavo Maas executed 19 convicts he had released to aid in the defense. The prisoners, once armed, included well known criminals who had terrorized the local region since the federal forces left Vera Cruz and the Americans arrived.
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Vera Cruz
Gustavo Maas
Griffins Face Half Million Dollar Fraud Indictment
New York prosecutors charge Mrs. Griffin and her husband Francis H. Griffin with a $500000 swindle. The pair allegedly used secret government and municipal contracts as a pretense to solicit funds from wealthy individuals promising large profits and guaranteed repayment. The case details the couple's methods, letters, and court actions as they await trial.
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Griffin
Commodore Doremus
Briarcliff
Greenwich
Indicted in New York Griffins face federal charges in mail fraud case
Francis H. Griffin once of 65 Liberty Street and his wife Clara were indicted by a federal grand jury on two conspiracy to defraud by mail counts. Arrested in Groton Massachusetts they allegedly extracted about 250000 from friends and acquaintances through false stock investments and notes. Investigators say investors suffered losses but the couple plans to be tried in New York.
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United States
Hayes
New York
Hatton
Morton
Liberty Street
Liberty Tower
Yale Club
Boston
Metropolis
Park Avenue
Francis H. Griffin
Clara H. Griffin
Groton
Mass
Post Office
Swain and
Mayhew
Yale University
E. J. Barker
Baldwin, L
Charles H. Dale
Gotham
John T. Boyd
Newark
CN. Cronyn
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Griffins
Miss Kennedy
White Rats Actors’ Union of America
Boat trip aims to beat the new Shamrock on water
A voyage on the boat competes to surpass the new Shamrock in a challenge. Local observers note high hopes for the ship to outperform the rival.
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