Sibley’s Troops Return to Texas From Mexican Expedition
Forces of the second American punitive expedition return to Texas after pursuing bandits 120 miles into Mexico and rescuing prisoners. Colonel Sibley cites four Mexican captives taken near San Anita, Coahuila, and notes no Yaqui Indians threat. Looting reported at Castro Cienegas Coahuila, with prior raids at Sierra Mojada Durango and Glen Springs Boquillas Texas.
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el Paso
Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande
Boquillas
Jesse Deemer
Sibley
Cramner
San Anita
Coahuila
el Pino
Maj
Langhorne
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Sixth Cavalry
Marathon
Castro Cienegas
Sierra Mojada
Durango
Glen Springs
Bandits Active in Mexico Assault Cavalry Patrol
Bandits remain active near the Mexico North Western Railroad as a detachment of fifteen American cavalry patrols near Temosachic, Chihuahua. An American rider was wounded in the attack amid Carranza troop presence.
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Rancho Providencia
Chihuahua
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Temosachic
Wire tapping to Congress sparks rancor in New York
Mayor Mitchell accuses Senator George F Thompson of treason and the senator retorts to hire a ball as the Thompson legislative committee investigates police wire tapping. Evidence ties J P Morgan Co to a possible leak with Seymour and Seymour amid secret sessions. Seymour & Seymour deny any illicit purchases of letters or cable messages.
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New York
Mitchel
George F. Thompson
Thompson Legislative Committee
J. P. Morgan Co
Seymour& Seymour
Seymour & Seymour
Morgan& Co
City hushes clergymen plot claims as mayor testifies
New York Mayor Mitchel told the Thompson committee of a conspiracy by some clergymen to meddle with city government and criticized tapping telephone lines. In London, Asquith announced the Ireland viceroyship abolition. In Washington, the Porto Rican suffrage amendment was struck from the bill. Col Henry Phillips, ex Walter Reed head, killed himself on hospital grounds. Bethlehem, Charles M Schwab announced a $100000 gift for a concert hall seating 2500.
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New York
Mitchel
Thompson Committee
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Ireland
Washington
House
John L. Phillips
Walter Reed Army General Hospital
Francis Dykee Aclant
the Treasury
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Miners Strike Shuts Pittsburgh District Mines
About 90 000 miners in the Pittsburgh district walk out after a wage scale dispute. The strike closes every mine as union officials face possible challenges over the five percent rent rise and three percent powder price increases. Pittsburgh Coal Company with 34 mines is hardest hit, along with Vesta Mines and several smaller independents.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal. ,Company
Vesta Mines
Jones & Laughlin Steele Company
Carranza Informs Washington on Troop Withdrawal
In Mexico City Carranza sent a note to the United States requesting a definite withdrawal date for American troops from Mexico. A Special Messenger will travel by rail to the border with the reply. He vows no Mexican troops will cross the frontier and intends to defend national territory. Aguilar cites diplomats to report any travel by trains and notes Zapata will stop fighting the Constitutionalists to focus on dynamiting trains and harming Americans.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza di
Zapata
British Halt Lynch Decree Not Yet Confirmed
Secretary Lansing said Ambassador Page in London reported Jeremiah C. Lynch sentence for Dublin uprising complicity had not been confirmed. A telegram to General Maxwell said if facts are as stated the execution would be postponed. President Wilson assured Senator O Gorman Lynch will stay in abeyance until Page completes investigations.
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Page
Washington
Lansing
Ambassador Page
London
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Dublin
War Office
Sir John Maxwell
Wilson
O’gorman
Lynch
United States
Sinn Fein
Mauna Loa Lava Flood Expands From 7000 Foot Flow
A lava eruption at Mauna Loa sends a flood from 7000 feet flowing southwest at about one mile per hour. The lava stream splits along two channels used in the eruption nine years ago, lighting the night and illuminating distant towns.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Alfonso Seeks Peace Initiating Negotiations Soon
Madrid papers report King Alfonso may propose peace talks soon. He plans to test peace sentiment in each belligerent nation and, if favorable, dispatch two Spanish statesmen to the capitals to outline a truce plan.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Verdun Fort Douaumont Falls Back to French Attack
French forces launch a strong counterattack to retake Fort Douaumont with heavy fighting along a one mile front between Thiamont farm and Douaumont. German gains north of Vimy and near Givenchy are reported, with 527 soldiers and 5 machine guns captured on the eastern slopes. Austrian offensives in Tyrol and Trentino push toward Venetia as casualties mount and Italian rail links are threatened. In Mesopotamia, Russian cavalry joins British forces on the Tigris as Verdun's fighting intensifies northwest of the citadel.
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Paris
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Thiamont
Douaumont
Vimy Ridge
Givenchy-en Gobelle
Souchez
Meuse
Trentino
Austria
Venetia
Italy
Adriatic
Tyrol
Carinthia
Go- Titz
London
Tigris
Mesopotamia
Asiatic
Turkey
Gorringe
Kuts el-Amara
Townshend
Bethassessa
Dulailam
Mosul
Dead Man's Hill
Esnes
Haucourt
Avocourt
Insurance Rates Signal Nearer Peace in 1917
London reports underwriters now charge 50 percent to insure against a peace declaration with Germany before January 1, 1917. This higher rate suggests optimism for earlier peace, up from 30 percent two months earlier.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Germans jail Dutch consul at Dinant Belgium
The Tijd reports German authorities condemned Dutch Consul at Dinant W. Van Rijckevorsel to ten years hard labor. Attempts to reduce the sentence failed. The charges against Rijckevorsel are not disclosed in current dispatches reaching Amsterdam.
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Dinant
Belgium
Amsterdam
W. van Rijkevorsel
Conauld Rijckevorsel
Billin to Prepare Industry for War
Congress moves to form a national council of executive information led by six Cabinet members to marshal civilian industrial resources for defense. An advisory panel of seven experts will be appointed without Senate confirmation and reports to Congress. $200,000 is allotted for expenses.
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Washington
Hay
Kitchin
Senate
Executive Office
Congress
Army Reorganization Bill Passes House in Conference Report
The House approved the conference report on the Army Reorganization bill by a 349 to 25 vote. The measure outlines a regular army of about 211000 at peace, 236000 at war, and a National Guard of roughly 457000, part of a preparedness program costing over 1 billion in five years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mann
War Department
Congress
Verdun Battle With Fort Douaumont Defended by Germans
In Verdun German forces failed to recapture Fort Douaumont amid heavy losses. U boat campaign continues with sinking of Languedoc Birmania and Erminia. British and Russian cavalry advance on Kut el Amara area in Mesopotamia. Austrian report claims Italians moved into Italian territory with 23,883 Italians captured.
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Thermann
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Mirgity
Languedoc
Birmania
Mesopotamia
Kut-el-Amara
Nouth
Shatt-el-Hal
Tigria
Vienna
Jersey Items and Local Notices From Millville Area
A mixed slice of local news reports strikes, school reappointments, fatalities and civic updates. Notables include a 5 to 10 percent wage demand strike at Kimble Durand Glass Vineland, reappointed principals Brun gate and Zeigler, deaths of Herman Shieisman and William Hunt, and awards and changes in Edison West Orange pay, Millville and Woodbury notices, plus Memorial Day planning and school projects across Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
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Kimble-Durand Glass” Company
Vineland
Cape May
Millville Hospital
Sarah Shhleisman
William Tallmadge Hunt
Newark Sunday Call
New Jersey
Poltics
Newark
Mr. Hunt
Buffalo
Sanford B. Hunt
Buffalo Medical College
Buffalo Express
Hunt
Pete Haines
Gloucester County Board of Freeholders
East Greenwich Township
Michael C. Mulligan
Mer
B.J. Mulligan
Church of the ‘Immaculate Conception
Camden
Clinton
Almonesson
Woodbury
Williamstown Glass Works
George Young Bouck
Trenton
Bouck
Odd Fellows
North
Millville
Salem Chautauqua
South Westvile
Palmyra
Broad Street
B. A. Lutterbein
Bethlehem Reformed Church
Glassboro
Gibbstown Board of Education
Watson
Chaiman
Westville
Haddonfield
Paterson Board of Education
Sla
Mays Landing
Aaron & Sons
Paterson High School
Open Air Prison Farm Impresses Legislature in New Jersey
Legislative inspection of the New Jersey State prison farm reveals 315 inmates with no long-term escapes, vast sunlit fields and minimal fencing. Superintendent Joseph Sutton notes 102 convicts currently work the 1000-acre tract, with a new dormitory and hospital added for 200 more inmates.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Leesburg
Cumberland
South Jersey
Joseph Sutton
Sutton
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World’s News
Carranza
Fort Douaumont Rewon
Trent
Billin
National Council of Six
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Jersey
Prohibition Party
Grafton E. Day
Collingswood
Henry Vaughn
Morristown
Vaughn
Livingston_ Barbour
Rutgers College
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