Border tensions ease as U S seeks talks with Carranza
Reports from Washington and the border indicate Gen Funston coordinates troop actions while Gen Obregon and Carranza contemplate a possible compromise. Officials expect a meeting to shape the Mexican political stance and U S diplomacy with Arredondo awaiting a breakthrough in state department talks.
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Funston
Gregory
San Antonio
Department
Obregon
Carranza
Obrerson
U. S
Scott
Orters
Mexico City
Arredondo
State Department
Uprising Plot Reported as Juarez Tense Siege Near
ASO May 13 rifles of the firing squad in Juarez prepare for coming executions amid claims Villistas plotted in El Paso. Authorities promise harsh penalties for ringleaders as 73 prisoners were arrested and deported across the border. U.S. officials seek to show Mexican actions are real reforms while Pershing’s expedition pushes along the border.
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ASO
Sta
Juarez
U. S
Villistas
Millias
Xican
Pris
Intera Bridge
Carranza
Sion
Polaris
Rio Grande
Sen Pershing
Pancho Villa
Ice Cream Measure Tests Reported in Paton
Paton residents hear that ice cream measures are approved with a 1 cent charge. Sealer Harry Conrad announces completion of tests confirming container volumes while new shipments are expected.
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Paton
Harry Conrad
Brad
Conrad
Et Pany
Will Inspect Garage Tanks Citywide Crusade
City Sealer Harry Conrad announced a gas and oil measurement inspection crusade. Every garage will be checked before May 15 and reports will go to the state department of weights and measures. He notes some adjustments were needed but overall city measures are accurate.
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Harry Conrad
State Department of Weights and Measures
Conrad
World's Biggest Parade Urges U S to Prepare
New York witnessed the greatest civilian parade in history with 145 000 participants in five divisions marching under flags and bunting. 20 000 women enrolled, 10 000 New York National Guard, 200 bands, and 100 000 out of town visitors, as 2 000 000 spectators were expected along a Bowling Green to 59th Street route.
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U. S
New York
Madisonia
River of Humanity
New York National Guard
Board of Aldermen
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mitchel
Leonard Wood
Nathaniel Usher
Bowling Green
59Th St
Greater New York
Former Police Inspector Moses Cortright Dies at 76
New York reports the death of Moses Cortright a former Police Inspector who retired in 1909 after 46 years on the force. He served as patrolman and later as officer and was known as the honest cop.
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New York
Moses Cortright
Cortright
Bellaire Arrest Reveals Looted Merchandise Stock
Officers arrest Hazel Gordon on shoplifting charges and discover her home stocked with over $1,000 worth of men and women’s furnishings and other goods reportedly stolen from Wheeling and Bellaire stores.
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Hazel Gordon
Bellaire
Wheeling
Findlay WCTU Plans Campaign Against Youth Vices
The executive committee of the Sarah A Strother W C T U in Findlay outlines efforts to halt cigarette sales to minors and curb illegal liquor traffic. Every minister in Findlay will preach on the topic next Sunday.
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Sarah A. Strother
Ohio Guard Faces Possible Call as Mexico Crisis Looms
Washington dispatch reports plans for federal militia instruction camps cut back as Mexican trouble prompts orders that may call Ohio National Guard units for war service. Adjutant General Hough says Ohio leads in machine gun companies and could be among first drawn if mobilization occurs.
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Washington
Mexico
Benson W. Hough
W. H. Duffy
Ohio National Guard
War Department
Division of Militia
Adjt
Hough
Col Duffy
Gen. Hough
Ohio Guard
Ohio
Union
Battalion of Engineers
Cleveland
Valvoir
Henry I. Emerson
Otto Miller
Former Canton Man Dies in Pittsburgh
E A Kitzmiller aged 76 a Prominent Pittsburgh resident born in Canton died in Pittsburgh at 2 oclock Saturday morning He was son of a Massillon physician attended Kenyon College before the Civil War served three years in the war with the North and South He married a daughter of Peter Duff of Massillon and with his brother ran P Duff & Sons jobbers to wholesale grocers He leaves four daughters Mrs H H Timken Canton Mrs John Reynolds Pittsburgh Mrs William Miller Mrs Ralston and son Frank all of Pittsburgh Funeral arrangements are delayed pending word from the son
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E. A. Kitzmiller
Pittsburgh
Canton
Massillon
Kitzmiller
Kenyon College
Peter Duff
P. Duff & Sons
H. H. Timken
John Reynolds
William Miller
Ralston
Frank Kitzmiller
Chinese Revolutionists Grow in Power in Shanghai Canton
Shanghai reports show renewed revolutionary disorders in Shang Tung with anti Japanese demonstrations at Tsinan. Telegraphic dispatches claim the Yuan Shi Kai government may fall as major Chinese banks suspend payments. Rebels gather at Canton as they push to proscribe Yuan Shi Kai.
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Tokyo
Shang Tung
China
Tsi Nan
Pekin
Yian Shi Kai
Canton
Principals Shakeup Splits Canton Board
Canton school board moves to dismiss at least two principals and pivot on a third with a possible fourth removal. Baxter loses support for Maud Moore as primary supervisor and faces a two year term. debate over the supervisor position highlights tensions between Superintendent Baxter and board members.
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Canton School Board
Baxter
Miller
Lehman
Harmony
Claude Keplinger
Keplinger
Miss Maud Moore
Miss Moore
Hursh
Moore
Vol
Telephone Mystery Ends With Pencil Sharpener Ring
A puzzled visitor in a Tuscarawas Street cigar shop attempted to use a wall phone but only found a pencil sharpener. After misusing the sharpener, he finally rang the line by lifting the receiver and twisting the sharpener, ending with a nonchalant exit. The clerk offered a wry "Service satisfactory."
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Tuscarawasst E
Marketavy
Militia Officer Critique Sparks Debate On Command Structure
Maj Miller challenged former Adjt Gen Critchfield and other general board officers of the National Guard association, claiming militia members favor full federal control and asserting militia officers on the general staff lack necessary knowledge and experience.
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Litia
Adjt
A. B. Critchfield
General Board of
the National Guard Association
Maj. Miller
N O T Considers Southern Route for East End Lines
Canton officials after inspecting the proposed southern approach to the east end manufacturing district say they will seriously evaluate feasibility of extending N O T lines from Tuscarawas Street toward George. Will Christy Charles Currie and J C Welty lead review with D Eckroad next week. board meeting planned for late May.
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East End
Will Christy
Charles Currie
J. C. Welty
Currie
Canton
Christy
D. Eckroad
Welty
Tuscarawas St
Georgetoward
Winfieldway NE
Traction Company
Stolberg
Pottery Plants in Sebring Shut By Potter Strike
Alliance May 13. Pottery owners lock out more than 2000 workers at five Sebring plants amid eight months of strikes. The Brotherhood of Operative Potters demanded a wage raise from 1 75 to 3 per kiln, basing on contracts through October 1917. Edward Menges met with strikers to conciliate, with rumors of possible Brotherhood withdrawal.
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Alliance
Bie
Sebring
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Edward Menges
East Liverpool
Salineville residents return piano valuations to assessor
About 75 percent of Salineville's 3300 residents filed returns of pianos with the assessor who set personal property values, a report filed with County Auditor Bert Burns of Lisbon shows.
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Salineville
Bert Burns
Lisbon
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