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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1911
Page
2
Reports describe intense street fighting in Juarez with insurrectos inflicting heavy damage while federal troops shell from riverfront positions. Fires rage, telegraph poles topple, and civilians flee as General Navarro directs defense from the town center.
The siege at Tijuana ends with rebels overrunning parts of the town and fire destroying a church and other buildings. Sam Wood, elected to succeed Mosby, was killed along with his aide. several federals are reported dead or wounded. US troops hold the border line and a Red Cross aid request is filed.
El Paso Texas May 9 Captain Linderfelt the American who led the first attack on Juarez was killed along with five of his men. Captain Sachino of the federal forces is reported seriously wounded.
General Wood orders all available troops to El Paso and instructs colonels to enforce neutrality laws. Soldiers are told to prevent any crossing of the international boundary and keep U S citizens from ranges of fire while maintaining a strictly neutral posture on the border.
New York dispatch recalls Gustavo A. Madero's claim Juarez is the keystone of the arch and that control of Juarez would shift the balance against Diaz. The northern revolutionary junta sees taking Juarez as a moral and strategic boost for recognition prospects.
In Washington on May 9, Senator Stone urged sending American troops to guard citizens along the border after deaths in El Paso and Juarez. He criticized the President for a perceived bluff and warned against letting red tape endanger Americans, while others supported a cautious, pro-peace approach.
The Taft administration weighed escalating Mexican turmoil with consular reports of spreading revolution. The cabinet kept to a steady stance, barring American cattle from crossing the Rio Grande, and awaited peace prospects while noting foreign powers’ cautious responses. Colonel Steever reported that Americans assist wounded on the El Paso frontier as fighting intensifies near Tonala.
The Boston & Maine announces a cut in its dividend to four percent for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending June 30, signaling a likely deficit after fixed charges and preferred dividends. Analysts warn investors may push prices under 100 without support, as net earnings lag behind last year and new stock increased dividend obligations.
Mrs John Higgins of Higgins farm off Broadway Malden found a hen egg shaped like a summer squash during her daily checks. She plans to preserve the odd egg if the same hen lays more in the future.
A list of May funeral notices across Dorchester East Boston Medford Roxbury Somerville and Newton Centre outlines services with dates times from May 9 to May 12. It includes Ellen I Agnew Lycender Allen Mary B Barry Miles B Bell Anna Bowers William J Butler Julia A Cooper Helena Larkin Henry Clay Libbey Michael Martin Henry Mayer Catherine A McCarthy Mary Meade Edward J Mehan James W Morrow Thomas Mullaney Lizzie M Shackley Richard Sughrue Mary A Turnbull Mary Jeffrey n and Katherine B Willey with church masses at St Peters Holy Redeemer St Eulalia Blessed Sacrament Sacred Heart and other locations. Relatives and friends invited.
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