Huerta Alleges Will Fight United States Over Mediation
Special to The Press reports Huerta rejects mediation efforts from Argentina Brazil and Chile and vows to defend Mexico’s rights. Officials debate whether he will resign as demanded by Wilson or face U.S. military action to oust him. Huerta’s message to International News Service asserts Mexico will defend its rights.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
State Department
Fletcher
Mexico City
International News Service
Today
News Association
National Palace
Republic of Mexico
V. Huerta
New York
International News Service Today
London
Conditions in Mexico City Improve. Americans Safe
Washington reports from Consul Canada at Vera Cruz say conditions in Mexico City are better and all Americans are safe. He indicates efforts to compile a list of Americans there and has inquired with the British Embassy about several alleged fatalities.
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Washington
Canada
Vera Cruz
State Department
Mexico City
Mediation Efforts Rise as Huerta Talks Continue
Argentine Brazilian and Chilean envoys were called to a Washington conference by Spain's Ambassador Riano on Mexico mediation. Hope at the White House and State Department grew that Huerta might accept mediation and end hostilities amid assurances of American safety from Admiral Fletcher.
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White House
State Department
Huerta
United Staes
Riano
Spain
Mexico City
A. B
League
Fletcher
Mexico
G L Bible Class Elects Officers
The Bedford Street German Lutheran Church Men’s Bible Class met in the Sunday school room and elected Lawrence E. Crabtree president Edward Ebert secretary and Adam Smith treasurer for the coming year. The group adopted a sympathy resolution for the family of the late Johnn Schiller Vogel who had served as secretary.
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Bedford Street
German Lutheran Church
Lawrence E. Crabtree
Edward Ebert
Adam Smith
Johnn Schiller Vogel
Vogel
Pastor Leads Men in Bible Class at Local Church
Rev C F Bergner pastor of the church teaches the Men's Bible Class, active in Sunday school for the past year.
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C. F. Bergner
Mayo Reports Rebels Attack Tampico
Admiral Mayo told the Navy Department that Constitutionalists began an assault on Tampico early today. No combat specifics were available. The American consul is aboard the Dolphin and the consellor force joined the Des Moines offshore.
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Washington
Mayo
Navy Department
Tampico
Dolphin
Des Moines
Guaral to Explain Mexican Note in Washington
Rafael Guaral secretary of state for General Carranza sails to Washington to explain a note Washington viewed as threatening to join Huerta He will urge Bryan to lift the embassy ban on munitions to aid the Constitutionalists in their war against Huerta.
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Juarez
Rafael Guaral
Carranza
Washington
Bryan
Huerta
Sener Cabarat
Germany, Allies Press Huerta to Accept U S Peace Demands
Berlin reports that Germany France and England have instructed their envoys in Mexico City to urge General Huerta to yield to United States peace terms as European nations renew efforts to end the conflict.
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Berlin
Huerta
United States
Germany
France
England
Mexico City
Americans Flee Hermosillo West Coast of Mexico
Reports from Consul Hostetter say all Americans are leaving Hermosillo with urgency. The Consul plans to depart Hermosillo tomorrow or Wednesday. No Americans have suffered maltreatment and no incidents are reported.
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West Coast OF
Mexico
Washington
Hermosillo
Hostetter
President Wilson Cancels Newspaper Conferences
President Wilson today canceled engagements for regular conferences with Washington newspaper correspondents scheduled for today and Thursday. No reason given, but it is believed he did not want to answer questions about government policy. Secretary Bryan met the president at 10 o'clock, followed by Senator Stone at 10 30.
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Wilson
Bryan
White House
Senator Stone
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Anti-foreign Feeling Dims as Americans Cancel Vera Cruz Passage
In Mexico City, April 27, anti foreign feeling nearly died out and several Americans who had booked passage to Vera Cruz tonight canceled their reservations. Sunday passed quietly on the surface yet danger simmered beneath with active sessions at the national palace and War Department.
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City
London
Vera Cruz
National Palace
War Department
Midland Man Found on Western Maryland Tracks
A 30 year old coal miner named Joseph Austin of Midland was found late last night along the Western Maryland tracks near West Virginia Junction with slight injuries. He denied riding a freight and was sent home after officials questioned him.
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Joseph Austin
Midland
Maryland
West Virginia Junction
Cumberland Press extra reports Argentina Brazil Chile mediation
The Cumberland Press published an extra outlining Argentina Brazil and Chile offering to mediate the Mexican trouble and the government accepting. Nearly four thousand copies were sold in Cumberland and Georges Creek region as the paper touts its real telegraph service and nonstop news coverage.
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Cumberland Press
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Cumberland
Georges Creek
Allovany County
Mexican Refugees Moved From Border to Fort Wingate
Five thousand Mexican refugees held at Fort Bliss near the border were moved under guard of two cavalry squads from Fort Meade to Fort Wingate New Mexico. The transfers came on War Department orders from Washington to prevent outbreaks along the border.
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Fort Wingate
N. M
Fort Bliss
Fort Meede
War Department
Washington
Bands Played at Vera Cruz, Ala Is Quiet
A telegram from Admiral Fletcher reports Vera Cruz quiet and snipping stopped. Bands from ships played in the plaza Sunday afternoon and night, while residents moved freely. Street cars have resumed operations.
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Vera Cruz
Ala Is
Washington
Admiral Fletcher
Navy Department
Villa Leaves to Join General Carranza in Chihuahua
Vera Cruz April 27 General Francisco Villa commander in chief of the rebel army entrained with staff for Chihuahua. It is expected that upon arrival he will reach an understanding with General Carranza on policy for the Constitutionalists and peace with the United States.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Carranza
Navy Aviator Towers Writes First Aero War Tale at Vera Cruz
Washington reports Lieutenant John H. Towers tuned up his hydroplane and reconnoitered Vera Cruz on Sunday. Secretary of the Navy Daniels praised the young aviator for bravery and pluck in the operation marking a historic American aero warfare milestone.
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Washington
John H. Towers
Vera Cruz
Daniels
El Paso Seethes as Artillery Arrives at Fort Bliss
Residents woke to news that the Sixth Field Artillery batteries reached Fort Bliss overnight. The arrival promises to deter any Mexican attack on El Paso with the largest artillery force ever gathered on the Mexican coast.
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el Paso
Texas
Sixth Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
Mexican and American forces clash near Laredo
Reports from Laredo Texas state that ten Mexicans and twenty Americans were killed as Federal troops attempted to cross the Rio Grande into Texas about twenty miles north of Nuevo Laredo. The fighting occurred late Sunday when Federal troops, part of an army evacuated from Nuevo Laredo after shelling the town, tried to push past an American patrol. The Mexicans allegedly refused to retreat when ordered.
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Mex- Laredo
Texas
Ican Kederaltay
Rio Grande
Neuva
Neva Laredo
Rebels Bring Trains Into Town Near Neuva Laredo
Fighting continued as trains abandoned 18 miles south of Neuva Laredo by Federals were moved into the town by rebels under Major Suto.
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Neuva Laredo
Suto
Attacks on Americans Reported in Mexico City
A dispatch from Mexico City to the French Embassy, sent to the State Department, notes many attacks on Americans but reports order now prevails in the city.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Vera Cruz Wounded Total Reported At Sixty One
Washington April 27 Admiral Badger reported to the Navy Department that the total number of marines and soldiers wounded in the Vera Cruz operations is 61.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
Badger
Navy Department
New York Expected Population Tops Five Million
The April population estimate reports New York nearing 5,000,000 with a July 1 1914 projection of 5,337,527. The U S population is forecast at 109,021,993, up from 101,748,269 four years earlier, while Iowa shows a slight decline to 2,221,755 from 2,224,271 in 1910.
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Washington
New York
United States
Iowa
Rain Delays Jones Bros and Wilson Night Show
A heavy rainstorm Saturday evening halted the Jones Bros and Wilson night performance. City patrons saw the acts pair up early as organizers canceled the planned program.
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Wilson
Cumberland Boy on Battleship
Walter Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs Malanchton Hoffman of Marion street serves as a sailor aboard a large United States battleship now in Mexican waters.
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Walter Hoffman
Mrs. Malanchton Hoffman
Marion Street
United States
Mexican
Patterson to Speak in Fairmont for Prohibition Law Reform
Governor Patterson of Tennessee will address Fairmont on May 26 urging reinforcement of the state prohibition law. Plans call for an extensive state tour, but other engagements require adjusting the schedule.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Patterson
Tennessee
Dictator Fails To Answer As To Peace Plans
Secretary Bryan said Huerta gave no official reply to mediation offers from Brazil Argentina and Chile regarding the Mexican US dispute. Huerta declared Mexico will defend its rights, while US hopes for peace persist despite anti American demonstrations and fears of a massacre. Refugees are told to Lagos as 250 refugees depart Mexico City by train.
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W.N. Taft
International News Service
White House
Washington
Mexico
United States
Bryan
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Latin America
Huerta
Badger
Mexico City
Lagos
London
Tampico
Mayo
1 Dth States Navy
Vera Cruz
Troops Land at Vera Cruz as Fifth Brigade Arrives
Transports carrying four regiments of the Fifth brigade under Brigadier General Funston reached the Vera Cruz harbor late at night. Infantry cavalry artillery and engineers began landing at dawn with Funston set to assume command tomorrow. Marines and soldiers continue to search homes for hidden arms amid a mix of antique and modern weapons.
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Vera Cruz
Fifth Brigade
Functon
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
Engineer
Funston
Fifth Infantry Brigade
United States Army
Predicts New Tribunal to Settle American Disputes
Washington reports John Barrett of the Pan American Union forecast a western hemisphere tribunal for settling disputes among American nations. He also expects American withdrawal from the Hague tribunal and mediation by Argentina Brazil and Chile to resolve tensions between the United States and Mexico. Barrett says the Pan American principle would limit European courts over purely American cases.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Hague Tribunal
Brazil
United States
John Barrett
Pan- American Union
Argentine
Bar
Rett
Barrett
Europe
Lonaconing Piano Theft Amid Club Disbandment
Lonaconing residents report a piano disappeared from the Valley City Dancing Club after its Saturday night vote to disband. Members allegedly loaded the piano into a horse drawn wagon early Sunday and moved it to John Jackson’s home on Jackson Street. Police placed Glenn under arrest after a noon hearing with Murphy.
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Valley City
Bers
John
Jackson Treet
Glenn
Art Heid
Trate Murphy
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