Memorial Day tribute to Vera Cruz fallen sailors and marines
President Wilson led a New York memorial march for nineteen American bluejackets and Marines killed at Vera Cruz. The funeral procession halted business as crowds gathered from the Battery to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, honoring the dead and expressing pride and grief.
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Wilson
New York
New York City
Vera Cruz
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Battery
Mexico
Labor Leaders Win Contempt Case Overturned
The District of Columbia Supreme Court twice set aside contempt sentences against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison labor leaders ruling contempts of court are crimes with penalties limited by statute of limitations This decision clarifies the legal character of court contempt and its criminal status.
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District of Columbia
Washington
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
Just Foe “Holmes
Fez Fight In Morocco Prompts French Air Role
In Fez Morocco Taxza a French military aviator aided Bundays victory over Moorish forces at Tessa. He directed artillery fire and dropped bombs on Moorish positions during the engagement.
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Fez
Morocco
Taxza
Tessa
Snow Report Highlights South Dakota Crops Benefit
Snow fell across South Dakota with heavy rainfall and strong winds. The storm delivered several inches of snow and rain on Monday, offering beneficial moisture to crops and easing drought concerns for farmers.
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Liurcis
Ban on Imported Labor Extends to Colorado Mines
President Wilson through the war department orders no strikebreakers in Colorado coal fields and sets a date for the delivery of arms. Col James Lockett announces rehabilitation of roll and addresses of former employers. A union man of influence is to be placed in charge of the operation as officers confer. The policy bars hiring anyone not actually employed prior to April 22.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Colo
Wilson
War Department
James Lockett
W. A. Hollyrook
Holbrook
Lockett
Cmp
Ildlbrook
Federal troops to guard mines and reopenings explained
Major Holbrook states no mine closed by the strike may reopen without government protection while other mines may operate under full government protection. Major Klobrouk adds that former miners may return to work at their old sites if desired by employers.
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Major Holbrook
Major Klolbrouk
Earthquake and eruption destroy Sicilian villages near Etna
A Friday night disaster near Mount Etna in Sicily left 140 dead and 340 injured across villages from Zaffarana to Giarre. Linera suffered 110 deaths, 300 injuries, with Bongiardo and Cosenni also hit hard as roads collapsed and train service halted. Guerrilla-scale ruin prompted aid pleas as residents faced widespread devastation.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Zaffarana
Aca Reale
Glarre
Linera
Pisano
Santa Venerina
Bongiardo
Cosentini
Mount Elma
Countess of Aberdeen Reelected President of ICW
The Countess of Aberdeen was reelected president of the International Councils of Women. Her reelection was almost unanimous. She will hold office for five years.
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Home
Countess of Aberdeen
International Counsels of Women
Mexican Delegates Headed to Mediation Conference
Three delegates to represent Provisional President Huerta depart for Niagara Park by way of Vera Cruz for the mediation conference. Benster Emilio Re basa Augustin Modrigues and Luio Riguero travel from Mexican City on Saturday.
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Benster Emilio Rebasa
Augustin Modrigues
Luio Riguero
Huerta
Niagara Park
Vera Crus
Alleged Spy Released From Jail Across National Line
Juarez Mea James Logan an American Gegro who worked here nearly three months on a charge of being a federal spy was released and allowed to cross the jail crossing line Saturday.
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Juarez
Mea
James Logan
Mexicans Must Free Silliman Amid Tense Diplomatic Push
Secretary Bryan pressed Argentine envoys over the detention of John R. Silliman the U S vice consul at Saltillo by Mexican federals and the seizure of Lobos island The United States vowed to secure Silliman's release while noting arrests of five South Americans at Vera Cruz and other frictions in the Mexican situation.
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Washington
State Department
Bryan
Argentina
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
Lobos Island
High House
Vera Cruz
United States
Silliman
Reed
Tornado kills three in Dane County Monday damage
A tornado tail end swept through Dane County on Monday killing three people and injuring four others critically. Farm buildings were wrecked and crops heavily damaged by the storm.
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Madwon
Wia
Dane County
Severe storm damages roofs in Davenport and towns across Iowa Illinois
A storm passed over western Illinois and eastern Iowa early Monday causing property damage. In Davenport Iowa several residences lost roofs amid the debris and destruction reported across nearby towns.
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Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Davenport
Constabulary Bill Slain by Senate in Special Session
The Denver administration faced a setback when the senate in committee of the whole killed the bill to establish a state constabulary during a special session of the general assembly on Monday.
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Denver
General Assembly
Senate
German steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie returns to Vera Cruz with arms
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie believed loaded with arms and munitions for General Huerta sailed back to Vera Cruz without landing its war stores at Puerto Mexico. The Bavaria was also to be returned to Germany, easing tensions as Niagara Falls mediation conference opens May 15. Reinforcements to Vera Cruz were planned if needed, while military action remained restrained.
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Arma
General Huerta
Vera Cruz
Washington
Porson
Kronprinzess
Cecile
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
Gerby
Niagara Falls
Mexico City
Funeton
Vera Crus
Cost of Mexican Trouble Memorandum Sent to Congress
Washington report shows the first large expense memorandum on the Mexican crisis totaling 2.70 27 dollars for pay supplies horses barracks transportation and engineering work for troops at Vera Cruz and the Mexican border.
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Washington
Congress
Hoys
Vera Cruz
Strikers Surrender Weapons in Trinidad District
In Trinidad Colorado strikers from the Ban Hatiel height area of the Ludlow tent colony surrendered seventy two arms to federal officers. The surrender followed earlier clashes as residents evacuated the site.
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Trinidad, Colo
Trinidad
Big Cut
Ban Hatael
Ludlow
Seurday
Aru
New Governor General Alexander of Teck Takes Post
Alexander of Teck, aged 40, named to succeed the Duke of Connaught as Governor General of Canada. The appointment was made Thursday. He wed in 1904 to Princess Alice of Albany, and has since held royal duties and military posts.
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David Rose
Mitchel
New York
Polk
Huerta
Menies
London
Duke of Co
Conade
Alexander
Teck i
Aliee of
Albee
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Edward Keating
Petate
Vase Cun
Puerto Mex
Victoriano Huerta
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