Across Border Cavalry Detachments Reported On Mexican Front
Troops dig in along trenches near Columbus New Mexico as Major Sample seeks to reassure locals. Washington and Marathon Texas report uncertain border operations. Texas Arizona and New Mexico National Guards to be mustered into army service with no fixed time. General Obregon expected to respond to tentative withdrawal terms while Blocker's Ranch incursion lacks official confirmation. American consuls reiterate State Department warnings as census counts reveal fewer than 3,000 Americans in Mexico.
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Columbus
N. M
W. FR. Sample
Sample
Washington, Mey
War Department
National Guard
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Scott
Marathon
Tex
Langhorne
8Th Cavalry
Rio Grande
Mexico
Obregon
el Paso
Baker
State Department
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Sonora
Fourteen Executed for Sinn Fein Revolution
In Ireland fourteen persons were executed, with seven condemned to penal servitude and six to hard labor. The Cork execution of Omas Kent occurred before wartime assurances paused further death sentences, triggering protests. Dublin notes rising recruitment and ongoing home rule talks as tensions persist.
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Indon
Ireland
Harold J. Temmant
House of Commons
County Cork
Omas Kent
Asquith
England
Quinn Dies of Burns From Bonfire Tending
John J. Quinn longtime South End resident dies at Bridgeport Hospital from burns suffered tending burning brush at his home 131 Walnut street two weeks earlier. He was admitted April 29 and gradually weakened until death. Survived by his widow and five children Christine Jennie and Thomas Quinn Margaret Tierney Mrs HE Carlson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
John J. Quinn
South End
Bridgeport Hospital
Quinn
Loyal Order of Moose
Court Pequonnock
F. of A
Order of Hiberniane
Childre
Margaret Tierney
HE. Carlson
Christine
Jennie Quinn
Thomas Quinn
Coast steamer rams a barge in Hampton Roads
Newport News May 11 The steamer Berkire left for Baltimore then collided with a barge in Hampton Roads and began leaking badly. Divers may repair the vessel which grounded on a neapton bar to prevent sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Terenants’ & Miners
Berk
Bire
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Neapton Bar
Crossley Sued Again by Brass Co Over Land Security
The Bridgeport Brass Company sues realty broker J Harry Crossley for 10000 alleging he used Brass Co property at Housatonic avenue and Grand street as loan security while knowing he did not own it. Furniture and all claimed interests were attached as the suit returns to superior court. The case traces to transfers from Crossley acting for the Brass Co and a 5 000 loan secured by property later foreclosed. The action aims to establish the Brass Co ownership amid ongoing legal entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport ‘Brass Co. Today
J. Harry Crossley
Crossley
Housatonic Avenue
Grand Street
Superior Court
F. H. Lyon
Brass Co
Arthur Lieberum
Housator Avenue
Lieberum
Net
Hydroaeroplane wreck. two aboard missing in Potomac
A large hydroplane flying from Newport News to Washington fell into the Potomac near Mount Vernon Virginia early today. Three occupants were rescued with injuries. two passengers Louis Krent already identified and Charles Goont? listed as missing. Pilot J C McAuley and Mechanician Philip Utter were hospitalized in Alexandria. The craft had just completed a Newport News to Baltimore round trip with five aboard.
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Washington
Newport News
Potomac River
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Baltimore
Mount Vernon
McAuley
Philip Utter
Louis Krent
J. C. McAuley
Etna
Alexandria Hospital
Louis| |Rant
Charles Goon
Ohio
Navy Yard
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Vernon
Bryan
Teof ‘Prollers
Four Hundred Quit Jobs in Ansonia Shop
About 400 workers at the Ansonia Manufacturing Co in Ansonia Connecticut struck or were expelled by strikers without any demands presented. A department quit at 9 am after a meeting, others followed. They seek an eight hour day and higher pay. Picket lines to start at 1 pm with another meeting at 2 pm. The plant makes shell fuses for the English government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia, Conn
Ansonia Manufacture_ ing. Co
Socialist Hall
Expectant Salesman Walks Through Plate Glass Window
A traveling salesman, A. J. Bernstein of Brooklyn, rushed into the Aim Well Co. store at 956 Main Street and shattered a plate glass window nine feet by six. He suffered deep cuts to nose and face, treated by Dr. J. F. Canavan, and agreed to pay for the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimwell Co
Main Street
A. J. Bernstein
Bernstein
Norman Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Moses Bernstein
West 42Nd Street
New York
J. F. Canavan
Conductor Accused of Attempting to Steal Fifty Dollars
Watson L. St. Clair, a trolley conductor, faced arraignment in criminal court on charges of taking a fifty dollar bill dropped on a trolley car floor. Clampett testified the incident occurred March 11 with St. Clair off duty. St. Clair denied the theft and claimed the money found on him belonged to him. The hearing continued this afternoon before Judge Curtis and a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson L. St.Clair
Curtis
Criminal Superior Court
William Clampett
St. Clair
Julius Gertz
Adams Express Co
Clampett
Beach near St. Mary's declared public property by city attorney
City Attorney William H. Comley Jr. rules the land fronting Ash Creek and Grover’s Hill, including St. Mary’s by the Sea beach, is public property owned by the state, not by the city or Pearsall. He notes the highway remains open to the public and outlines steps to establish city title and hand the area to the park board for a public park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Creek
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Paul Spofford Pearsall
William H. Comley, Jr
Orange
Supreme Court
Fairfield
Danbury
Pearsall
Grover’s Hill
Pearsell
Black Rock
Comley
John B. Garver
Thomas W. Pearsall
Morris. PoHinger
Rowing Ieee
Thomas’ Smith
Jonathan Thorne
Jonathan Carr
John Clarkson
Samuel E. Penfield
Faby
Roxanna
Penfield
Lang
Thomas Smith
Cornelia A
Carrie E. Penfield
George F. Gilman
Harriet WY
Wih
Paul Spofferd Pearsall
Charlotte Pearsall Walker
Common Council
Park Board
Page Il
Rizzo Relates His Uncle Slaying in Inquest Tale
The inquest into Angelo Rizzo's death reveals a dramatic confession by his nephew Michael Rizzo. He describes lonesome urges, family grievances, and a premeditated plan followed by impulse as he stalked and shot his uncle near their home at 173 Sterling Street after a day of walking through city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Rizzo
Michael Rizzo
Sterling Street
John J. Phelan
Rizzo
Remington Arms & Ammunition Co
Salvatore Mazzetta
Syracuse
Michael
Congress
Main Street
Main
Bank
Lyric Theatre
Phelan
Bridgeport
4000 Ironworkers In New York on Strike
Between four and five thousand ironworkers walked out in New York today demanding shorter hours and higher pay. The Inside Industrial Iron and Bronze Workers union, affiliated with the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers union, leads the strike. Weather outlook calls for fair tonight and Friday with cooler conditions, strong southwest to west winds along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Inside Industrial Iron and Bronze Workers’ Union
International Bridge & Structural Iron Workers” Union
Packing House Managers Fined Under 4.8 Law
New Haven May 11 United States cases against Cudahy Packing Co branch houses in New Haven Bridgeport and Morris Co Bridgeport settled by fines totaling 450 plus costs. Judges imposed 200 and costs for each Bridgeport case and 50 plus costs for New Haven case. Managers Crowe Coughlin and Roberts named as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
United States
Cudahy Packing Co
Bridgeport
Morris & Co
Department of Agriculture
Ben
United
J. 4. Crowe
Cudahy
J. A. Coughlin
Cudahy Company
George D. Roberts
Congress
Bridgeport Car Hits EightYearOld Girl in Torrington
Margaret Carey eight years old daughter of John Carey of Torrington was struck by an automobile driven by George Edward Scalley of Bridgeport and owned by his brother William F. Scalley. The party traveling to Middlebury Vermont to attend a cousin funeral. no charges expected. Carey girl suffered a severe left shoulder laceration and possible internal injuries. The Scalleys reside at 403 State Street and the driver worked for the brother at 405 State Street under Scalley Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrington, Conn
Margaret Carey
John Carey
Main Street
George Edward Scalley
Bridgeport
William F. Scalley
Mary Scalley
Oliver J. Cook
John McHale
Middlebury
Mildred Sargeant
Young Scalley
Carey
Scalleys
403 State Street
William F. Scailley
405
State Stree
Scalley
Former Villista Leader Arrested in Border Plot
Corpus Christi Texas May 11 Col Morin a former Villista officer was arrested 19 miles south of San Antonio by U S Marshal Hansen and taken to Kingsville He was heavily armed and important papers were said to have been found in his possession He resisted arrest but was overpowered.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Col. Morin
Villa
San Antonio
United States
Hansen
Kingsville
Morin
Crane Co. Machine Moulders Strike Over Pay and Hours
Sixty machine moulders at Crane Co. quit their jobs this morning amid reports they demanded higher pay and shorter hours. The plant denied making any demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Co
Tragic double act ends in murder at Bridgeport factory
Mary Papp begged her husband Nicholas Papp to return to Canada after a night of quarrel. In the Bridgeport Metal Goods Co factory on Cherry Street a shot killed Nicholas as Mary pointed a revolver at herself but was deflected by foreman Paul Duki. Parish priests and police rushed to the scene as the couple’s fraught story unfolded before shocked workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Canada
Mary Papp
Bridgeport Metal Goods Co
Cherry Street
Nicholas Papp
Spruce Street
Department 400
Hop Shenes
Theresa Wat
Paul Duki
Waterbury
Papp
Henry Callahan
St. Stephen's
Nicholas
Hungary
Welland
Fatory
Hermine Willy
Leonord Avenue
Mr. Papp
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Parliament
Dublin
Lord Harding
Lord Liieutenant
Trousers
J. H. Crossley
Santo Domingo
Culgoa
Big Machine
Capital
Ansonia
ST. Mary’s
Connecticut
Palermo
Crowe,Coughlin and Roberts
GAR
Torrington
Villista
Shephands
Jitney Driver
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