Slaying of Yankee Soldier May Spark Mexican Crisis
Special Cable reports war clouds as Huerta concentrates troops in Mexico City. The article notes potential withdrawal with dignity, Blanquet’s influence, unpaid government clerks, and arrests including six Maderista deputies. It mentions Monclova’s capture aiding border-to-Monterey links and possible U.S. actions.
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Mexico
Congress
Huerta
Maderista
Marcelino Devalos
Signacio Piiavicini
Jose Alardin
Eustacio Novelo
Santiago
Confesses Killing Three Ohioans Found Bodies
Special Dispatch reports from Ironton Ohio on May 15 that Harley Beard 19 confessed to killing three Ohioans and led authorities to the bodies. The suspect is connected to the family of W F Massie Deputy Tax Commissioner. Investigators continue to piece together motive and sequence of events as the case develops.
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Commercial Tribune
Ironton, O
Huerta Government Told to Take Action
Robert was killed first and a confession was reported today in Chicago. Police say a well known Democratic politician from Chicago is involved, and Beard allegedly admitted killing two women and a county man on a farm nearby last Wednesday. Beard was found with $20 in his pockets and the body of an aged mother in the front yard with a throat cut. Sheriff Sloan of Lawrence County investigated.
Boldwell freighter feared after delayed voyage and mass murder case
Anxiety over the freighter Boldwell on a 25 day Antwerp to Montreal voyage grows as captains report a crew of 35 and a late Chicago-bound return. In a separate case, farmhand Beard is jailed after the Massie family murders at Greasy Ridge near Ironton, with robbery suspected.
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Commercial Tribune
Montreal
Boldwell
Roth Line
Antwerp
Baldwell
Judge to rule on Kirkby verdict bid in bribery case
In Columbus Ohio May 15 William Kirkby of Toledo faced a motion for directed verdict after admitting years as a lobbyist for traction interests He testified he never bribed any legislator and denied promising ties to Ohio Electric Railway Company The judge will rule Monday on whether to free Kirkby or send the case to a jury.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
William Kirkby
Toledo
George B. Nye
Pike County
A. T. Seymour
Kirkby
Rathmell
General Assembly
Toledo Railways and Light Company
Dr. Nye
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Seymour
Nye
Ten Die in Mex Rubber Co Blast in Detroit
Ten men most of them chemists were killed when a mixing room explosion at the Mexican Crude Rubber Company in Detroit destroyed the one story plant. Four workers were removed to a hospital, two hurt more lightly, and officials ponder negligence as cause.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
Commerce Motor Car Company
Rothacher
Communication opened by rebels at Tampico
Washington reports that public telegraph service has been opened by the Constitutionalists at Tampico enabling commerce with the United States. Telegraph line through the Mexican border is in place and officials expect a regular train service to the border via Monterey from Tampico soon.
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National Railways of
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Hagle Pass
Tex
Saltillo
Francisco Murgia
Murgia
Monclova
Monterey
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Tampico
United States
Navy Department
Mayo
Monclova Falls Wait Ends Federals Holdout
Juarez dispatch reports Monclova, the Federals last held town in the region, facing decisive developments as military action nears conclusion. Forces clash amid mounting pressure and strategic pushes toward control of the town.
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Commercial Tribune
Juarez
Mexico
Monclova
Huerta delegates arrive in Jacksonville for Washington trip
Eighteen Huerta delegates reached Jacksonville at 2 15 p m aboard Florida East Coast Railway special cars and departed at 2 35 p m on the Atlantic Coast Line for Washington. Specman H Shanks of the State Department met the party.
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Commercial Tribune
Jacksonville
Fla
Huerta
Florida East Coast Railway
Washington
Specman H. Shanks
United States State Department
Thirteen-Eight Hurt in Trolley Crash Near Ashland Ohio
Thirty-eight laborers were injured when a limited car on the Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Electric Railway collided with a work train near Ashland two miles east. Five were seriously hurt. about 150 aboard the train returning from work. Passengers fled, stones were thrown, and victims were taken to a local hospital.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashland
Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Electric Railway
Lorain, Ashlang
Southern
Here
C. A. Crawford
C. Osborn
Mansf
Limited
Missionary Laura Temple Stays in Mexico City
Miss Laura Temple of Hazen Pennsylvania remains in Mexico City to aid others, despite threats of death or torture. She is the sole missionary of thirty who stayed behind when others fled, according to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church.
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Mexico City
Laura
Temple
Hazen
New York
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Methodist
Mrs May Voisard Dies at 72 in ALC Home
Mrs May Wene Voisard 72 formerly of Cincinnati died early today at her home 2178 Main Street ALC She leaves two sons and one sister Interment Monday morning in Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo
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Commercial Tribune
Alc
May- Wene Voisard
Cincinnati
Main Street
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo
Widow of Dead Gunman Testifies in Becker Trial
The widow of "Lefty Louie" testified for the State in the Becker trial, saying Jack Rose urged killing Rosenthal and that the quartet shared the murder money. She admitted lying at her husband’s gunmen trial to save the man she loved, countering the earlier confession. The State aims to finish its case Monday with Becker's defense to follow.
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Lillian Rosenberg
Rose
Rosenthal
Becker
Commercial Tribune
New York
Lefty Louie
Herman Rosenthal
Charlies Becker
Jack Rose
Hhe
Whitman
Louie
Martin T. Manton
Manton
Blaze Hits Galveston Cotton Warehouse Worth $1 Million
A fire at the Merchants and Planters Compress Company warehouse in Galveston Texas caused about 900000 in damages and threatened a 1 million dollar structure storing 11000 bales of cotton. Fire crews reported the blaze under control at 1 30 this morning after early evacuation and containment efforts.
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Commercial Tribune
Galveston
Tex
Merchants and Planters’ Compress Company
Galveston Fire Department
Three Die as Train Strikes Auto Near Edwardsville
Three people from Marine Illinois were killed when a Toledo St. Louis and Western train struck their car at Kaufmann Illinois eleven miles east of Edwardsville. The deceased are John Stuckwisch his wife Mrs John Stuckwisch and Oscar Mauro brother of Mrs Stuckwisch. Stuckwisch worked as a mill bookkeeper in Marine Illinois.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Kaufmann, Ill
Edwardsvile
Ill
Toledo, St. Louis and Western
Marine, Ill
John Stuckwisch
Oscar Mauro
Stuckwisch
Marine, Ll
Jacksonville
Til
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