Zapata and Huerta Clash Rallying Regions in Mexico
A historical portrait recalls Emiliano Zapata and his brother Euphemio as feared bandits in Morelos during the Mexican Revolution. It notes Zapata’s rise from stable hand to rebel leader, battles with federal forces, and the terror they spread through Southern Mexico as they disrupted plantations and trains.
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Vant
Ignacio de la Torre
Porfirio Diaz
Senor de la Torre
Emiliano
Morelos
Cuautla
Madero
Euphemio
Mexico
Civil War in Santo Domingo Reported by Spanish Doctor
Dr Emile Nunez arrives with a dire account of Santo Domingo chaos. He condemns U S Minister Sullivan for siding with Provisional President Pordos, describing mass killings, revolts, and forced conscription as civilians suffer amid gunfire.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Emile Nunez
Clyde Line
Santo Domingo
Sullivan
Pordos
Dollas
Cleveland School Board Moves Against Teachers Union Plan
The Cleveland Board of Education voted 4 to 3 to require grade school teacher applicants to sign a nonmembership pledge in a labor union. It says all teachers hired for next year must sign before appointment. The move follows 809 teachers voting to form a union with the American Federation of Labor after salary disputes. Peter Hasenpflie of the Cleveland Federation of Labor notes teachers aim to form a union within the system.
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Commercial Triburne
Cleveland
Educat
Tok Dastic
Miss Madeleine Edison to Wed John Eyre Sloane at Glenmont
The daughter of Thomas A. Edison will marry John Eyre Sloane on June 17 at her parents home in Glenmont Llewellyn Park West Orange New Jersey. Attendants include Miss Margaret Miller of Akron Ohio and Miss Rachel Miller of New York City with other bridesmaids listed from East Orange Llewellyn Park and New York.
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Thomas A. Edison
John Eyre Sloane
Glenmont
Llewellyn Park
West Orange
N. J
Margaret Miller
Akron
Rachel Miller
New York City
Florence, Walton
Elmina ‘Ambrose
East Orange
Carol Douglass
Marie Cozzens
New Yo
Orphan Home Kids Assist in State Inventory
In Columbus on May 18, the Xenia Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home inventory, filed with State Auditor Donahey by Superintendent J. P. Elton, lists items from shoestrings to pins with a total plant value of 762,191 dollars and 260 acres in the grounds.
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Columbus
Spe
The
Xenia
Donahey
J. P. Elton
Tory
POMERENE'S BALD HEAD SHINES CRIMSON IN SUN
Senator Pomerene's bald head, usually pale, blazed crimson in the sun today drawing astonished glances in the galleries. He and Mrs. Pomerene stayed as guests of Attorney Samuel Untermyer and his wife near New York City, passing the day outdoors before returning home.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Poumerene
Pomerene
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyers
New York City
Becker Faces New Star Witnesses in Becker Trial
District Attorney Whitman rested the prosecution with two key witnesses, Charles Plitt and James Marshall, claiming Becker plotted with Rose and Harlem figures to murder Herman Rosenthal. Becker’s wife and others are set to testify as defense weighs calling Becker himself before a verdict possible by Saturday.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Whitman
Charles Becker
Charles B. Plitt, Jr
James Marshall
Becker
Jack Rose
Court of Appeals
Herman Rosenthal
Plitt
Sing Sing
Roosenthal
Rose
Barge Service Begins Through Panama Canal
A tug with five loaded barges started from Balboa and passed Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks. The tow reached Gamboa for the night, with Lake Gatun and Gatun locks to be traversed tomorrow. Five empty barges will depart Colon for Balboa in the morning, marking the canal’s new regular barge service.
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Panama
Balbao
Miraflores
Pedro Miguel
Culebra
Cucaracha
Gamboa
Lake Gatun
Gatun
Colon
Balboa
Torn notes enliven Wright impeachment case in session
Washington May 18 sensational features marked the Wright impeachment hearing with torn stenographic notes from the Finley divorce case entered as evidence. The notes were pieced together by stenographer Waren M Mitchell who identified and read them as the committee moved to type them. Wright had requested the transcript and his counsel questioned secrecy of changes, while Mitchell testified changes were not concealed and were not unusual for transcripts of charges.
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Mitchell
James S. Easby-Smith
McCoy
Ming
Aviation section of U S Army proposed by House bill
Special Dispatch reports the House passed a bill to create an aviation section within the Army Signal Corps. The measure, backed by the War Department, would assign 60 officers and 260 enlisted to aviation with four-year details for line officers below captain and protection for unmarried lieutenants. Cost starts at 255000 for the first year and rises to about 279,994 in later years.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Army
Signal Corps
House
War Department
Senate
Raf
Government to Own Pipeline Considered for Navy Fuel
Hearings begin in Independence Kansas and other cities across Oklahoma Kansas Texas and Louisiana on a proposed United States government oil pipeline from mid continent fields to a Gulf port to supply the Navy. Commissioner Cato Sells and Lt J O Richardson will report after the hearings. Oklahoma oil producers urge the plan claiming price cuts and refinery control jeopardize independent producers and say the project could cost about 8000 per mile with good returns.
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Spneral Dignatch
Commercial Tribune
Independence
Kan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Mid
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Senate
Indian Affairs
Cato Sells
J. O. Richardson
Washington
Lane
Interior
Wild man claims to be Ginginnatian in Pittsburg woods
An alleged wild man linked to the Florence Dove case was seized ten miles from Pittsburg. Henry Wagner, 48, of Cincinnati, identified himself and is held in a North Braddock precinct inquiry into an assault on Katie Slave, 9. Wagner was mud-covered and exhausted, with interrogation postponed to tomorrow.
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Wagner
Pittsburg
Commercial Tribune
Florence Dove
Katie
North Braddock
Dove
Two Flyers Die In Aerial Contest
A German air contest near Darmstadt turns fatal as Lieutenant Rohle dies from injuries after a plane capsizes in gusty winds. His passenger, Lieutenant Kolbe, dies later from internal injuries. The accident occurred during the event reported by Special Cable.
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Commerciale Tribune
Vrankfortons The-Main
Germany
Prince Henry
Avitiep
Darmstadt
Rohle
Akron flyer sets altitude record for Goodyear balloon flight
The Goodyear balloon piloted by Ralph Upson, with two passengers, established a new altitude record on a flight from Paris on October 14, 1913. The gas bag reportedly remained aloft for five hours before a landing near Massillon.
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Imercial Tribune
Akron, CO
Ralph Upson
Paris
Ade
Aes Massikoh
Police and Miners Clash in Fayal Mine Strike
Special Dispatch reports a violent clash as police confronted miners in Fayal. Rioters shouted and threw rocks while five ringleaders were fed up and four more fell amid hoots as unemployed crowds gathered near the mine.
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Feil
Nursing Staff Walkout Hits Cleveland Hospital
Nursing force at J Clair Hospital in Cleveland resigns en masse after a dispute over management and bookkeeping. Eight nurses, including the acting superintendent and supervisor, leave the institution leaving only three paid nurses to care for patients. The strike follows months of internal tensions and a recent reduction in supervisory positions.
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N. EB. Walker
Wortion
Inken
Bradley of Kentucky Returns to Senate After Accident
Bradley of Kentucky appeared in the Senate bandaged and plastered after a severe paving accident. He received an ovation as Senators greeted him, some leaving cloakrooms to shake his hand and congratulate him on his narrow escape.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Bradley
Kentucky
Senate
Roosevelt Due Home Today in Return From Brazil
Theodore Roosevelt travels home from Brazil aboard the Booth liner Aida and is due to reach Oyster Bay after a quarantine stop. Captain Andrew Alexander reports the former president is nearly well after illness and hardship, with fever gone and leg wound healing as he regains weight and appetite.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Jungles
Brazil
Oyster Bay
S. 1
Booth
Aida
Andrew Alexander
Diuistan
Alexander
Manaos
Acquittal in Kirkby Bribery Case Ends Chapter
Ohio report notes the acquittal of William Kirkby of Toledo on bribery charges against Pike County official George B. Nye. Jury quick not guilty verdict follows judge's denial of acquittal motion. Nye previously confessed to other bribery indictments. other trials and convictions from the three-year case are cited, including former senators and a sergeant at arms.
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Harrison Building
Columbus
William Kirkby
Toledo
George B. Nye
Pike County
Frank Rathmell
Franklin County Criminal Court
A. T. Sexsnour
Kirkby
Nye
E. A. Crawford
West Union
Turner
Edgar Crawford
Carroll County
Mechants’ Organization
Senate
L. R. Andrews
Ironton
Isaac E. Huffman
Oxford
George K. Cetone
Dayton
Rodney J. Diegle
Sandusky
Diegle
Huffman
Cetone
Andrews
Owen J. Evans
Stark County
L. Miler
Akcron
Huerta Offers Abdication To End Mexican Turmoil
President Huerta signals willingness to resign to pacify Mexico as Zapata and Villa advance. Wilson presses for comprehensive settlement with a provisional government and fair elections while U.S. mediation efforts continue at Niagara Falls.
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