Carranza orders 30000 troops to exterminate bandits
Reports from May 23 state the Mexican government under Carranza commissioned 30 000 troops to quell bandit activity with General Trevino moving 10000 men south to police the region. A rumor of 250 bandits crossing from Lobo Texas was unconfirmed. In Brownsville a Mexican colonel and Victorians Ponce were shot escaping Rangers. Another note reports a German scientist inventing a tiny electric oven for microscope use.
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Associated Press
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Lobo
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Langhorne
Brownsville
Cornel Louis Morin
Kingsville
Viptorians
Ponce
Here
Mexican auxiliary schooner Lenora captured near Baja
Seattle May 23 The Mexican auxiliary schooner Lenora captured May 2 off Lower California by a British cruiser in Esquimalt Harbor is at Victoria awaiting prize court proceedings. This is Victoria’s first prize since the war began. The Lenora was chartered by German interests in Mexico.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Seattle
Lower California
Esquimalt Harbor
Representation seeks trial transfer for Starr-Hunt prisoner
Washington May 23 a representation by the state department to the British government seeks to transfer J. B. Starr Hunt formerly of San Antonio held at Singapore for several months without a hearing. The transfer is requested to London for trial.
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State Department
J. B. Starr-Hunt
San Antonio
Washington
Singapore
London
Bandits and Villistas Tale From Mexican Frontier
Rosalian Hernandez with about five hundred followers camps near Laguna de Jaco forty miles south of the American expedition camp. The Hearst ranch cowboys report 25 men from Madera bandits killed 15 wounded one captured six released to Carranza authorities. Villa operates south of Parral under alias Augustine Garcia. Ninety Villistas captured at Ojo Azules have been released.
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Marathon
Texas
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Glenn
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Kurten hail damages cotton and corn. seed scarce
Commissioner M. 3. Easters visited Kurten to arrange replanting after Wednesday night hail. The storm damaged a wide strip of land including Re-Hance, destroying cotton and badly injuring corn. Seed for replanting is scarce, but farmers are gathering seed and plan to replant within days.
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M. 3. Easters
Kurten
Senate invites Spain and Latin nations to Texas Exposition
Washington May 19 The senate passed a joint resolution authorizing President Wilson to invite Spain and other Latin nations to take part in the Texas Bi-Centennial Exposition to be held in San Antonio in November 1938.
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Washington
Senate Today
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Spain
Texas
General Trevino arrives in Chihuahua plans to avoid friction
General Trevino commanding troops to exterminate bandits in Chihuahua and Coahuila arrived in Chihuahua on May 20. He said he would not occupy towns until after the Americans vacate to minimize friction and set up headquarters there.
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Mex
Trevino
Coahuila
Change Made in German Officials
Copenhagen May 20 Associated Press reports Dr Karl elffrich secretary of the Imperial treasury is named to succeed Dr Clemens Del Bruck as vice chancellor per the Berlinger ageblatt.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Karl Elffrich
Clemens del Bruck
London
Berlin
Federal Council
Belfast visit hints Ulster opposition to direct home rule
The premier’s Belfast trip suggested Ulsterites would not accept a direct home rule proposal. It is believed they could be drawn into a concerted plan to address their major objections.
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Belfast
Automobile storm curtain mounting opens with car door
A mounting for a new storm curtain in cars is opened and closed by a door mounted on the same vehicle, allowing easy exit and access.
Austro Hungarian Fleet Mobilizes for Durazzo Push
Paris reports 150 steamers at Fiume ready to ferry troops munitions and supplies under Austro Hungarian naval protection to Durazzo Albania as Italy may face attack from Aviona. Also note German U boats sunk 671 500 tons since January 1.
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Associated Press
Paris
Fiume
Durazzo
Albania
Innsbruck
Aviona
Berlin
Germany
How One Wife Compelled Her Husband to Make Good
A Southern city newspaper editor and a society reporter marry young. Years pass as living standards rise. She resigns to push him to better pay, insisting he provide a real home. He later earns seventy five hundred a year in a large advertising agency.
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New York
World War Updates From Washington and Europe
President Wilson sends to the state department a complete draft note protesting British mail interference. Reports from Marseilles and Madrid note submarine attacks and shipping tensions as Germany strengthens food controls and Austro Italian fronts shift.
Greek steamer Ada mantios Koreas sunk in Mediterranean
Lloyds reports the Greek steamship Ada mantios Koreas sunk by Austrians in the Mediterranean. crew saved. Also the Italian sailing vessel Fabbricottis and the British steamship Rhenass hit a mine with seven crew members killed.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyds
Adamantios Koreas
Mediterranean
Fabbricottis
Rhenass
Norwegian Steamer Tromp Sunk Near Majorca
A Paris dispatch says the Norwegian steamer Tromp was sunk near Alcadia Island of Majorca by an Austrian submarine. A London dispatch reports Clemens Del crew saved.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tromp
Alcadia
Majorca
Marine
London
Clemens del
Bryan Could Be Prohibition Party Presidential Candidate
Chicago May 24 Prohibition leaders discuss William Jennings Bryan as a potential presidential candidate if he consents and the Democratic convention fails to back a national prohibition plank. Other names under consideration include Eugene Foss J Frank Hanly Nelson Miles and Richmond Hobson. The Prohibition national convention meets July 19 to 22 at St Paul with 1254 delegates and 1254 alternates and a pledge rally planned.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Prohibition Party
Bryan
General Conference
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Saratoga Springs
St. Louis
St. Paul
New York
Eugene Foss
Massachusetts
Frank Hanly
Indiana
Nelson A. Miles
Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Incentive from Wife Prompted Career Change
He notes that without his wife pushing him through her resignation and the resulting need she created, he might have stayed in a lower level job well past his prime.
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Sie
Happy Father Blesses Bride at Quiet Wedding
Two girls discuss a recent marriage. Dora notes the ceremony went splendidly and Rose looked sweet. Nora adds a remark that Rose felt her father appeared too cheerful as he gave her away.
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Dora
Billy Goat proverb about economy from Indianapolis Star
Mrs Nannie Goat asks her son what he is doing and Billy replies he is practicing economy by putting away something for a rainy day while chewing an old umbrella. The line reflects a playful rural wisdom from the Indianapolis Star.
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Nannie Goat
Indianapolis Star
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