Rebels Capture Tampico After Fierce Siege
Rebels under Generals Pablo Gonzales and Luis Arabelleros seized Tampico after a brutal 36 hour fight. Federal defenders were overwhelmed and thousands are reported killed or drowned in the Paqueo River as the rebels advanced from Dona Cecilia La Barra and Arbonnegrande suburbs. Foreigners were evacuated from the harbor as gunboats Travo and Vera Cruz withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaragosa
Pa Auco
Gonzales
Travo
Veracruz
Paqueco River
First Steps in Mediation Over Mexican Problem
Justice Lamarr and Justice Preder, with secretary Dodge, will represent the United States in mediation talks with three South American envoys. Counsel Herbert Lansing led the delegation in a courtesy visit ahead of informal discussions before the Niagara Falls Ontario meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastayton
Lamaar
Prede Pie W. Leh Gmhinn
HH Perceval Dodge
United States
Alvoys
Herbert Lansing
Bryan
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Washington Secretaries Office Feud Turns Fist Fight
The secretary of state’s office was disrupted when Jacob E. Connor a former consul at St. Petersburg and Frank N. Dauskett a confidential clerk clashed in a fist fight over access to Secretary Bryan.
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Washington
Bryan
Jacob BE. Connor
St. Petersburg
Frank SN. Dauskett
Connor
Baus- Kétt
Major Hamrock Faces Trial Over Ludlow Strike Conflicts
Colorado Major Hamrock stands trial on charges of murder manslaughter arson and larceny linked to the Ludlow battle on April 20 and the later fire that destroyed the strikers tent colony in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Hamrock
Ludlow
Norfolk Southern to Elect New President
Norfolk director meeting expected to choose Joseph H. Young, recently Spokane Portland & Seattle president, as president of the Norfolk & Southern railway. Event places Young as lead executive for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Joseph H. Young
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad
Norfolk & Southern Railway
Thomas Against Repeal on Panama Tolls
Senator Thomas of Colorado declared in the Senate that he is bound by the party platform to support exemption of American coastwise vessels from Panama canal tolls.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Panama Canal
Wilson Denunciation of Huerta Stuns Senate
Senator Owen startled the senate with a remarkable denunciation of Mexican dictator Huerta, arguing that President Wilson was more than justified in refusing to recognize his regime.
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Washington
Wilson
Huerta
Owen
Senate
No Temporary Labor to Work Colorado Mines Employed Before April Twenty Two
President Wilson ordered Colonel James Lockett to bar strikebreakers from Colorado mines and to set a time limit for arms delivery. Major W A Holbrook reported that rehabilitation of Ludlow strikers camp requires a roll of inhabitants and trusted union oversight. Only workers actually employed in the Colorado coal fields before April 22 may be hired.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Colo
Wilson
War Department
James Lockett
W. A. Holbrook
Holbrook
Lockett
Ludlow
Government to Protect Mines as Strikes Continue
Federal troops will be in the field and no mine closed before the strike may reopen. Other mines will operate under government protection. Strikers may return to former workplaces if desired by their former employers, per Major Holbrook.
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Mayjor Holbrook
Major Holbrook
Mexican Delegates Set for Niagara Falls Mediation
Senator Emillio Rabasa Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Elguero left for Niagara Falls to represent Provisional President Huerta at the mediation conference traveling via Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emillio Rabasa
Augustin Rodriguez
Luis Elguero
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Vera Cruz
Tornado Kills Three in Madison Area
A tornado tail from Iowa plowed through Dane County on Monday killing three people and injuring four others. Farm buildings were wrecked and crops suffered heavy damage as the storm swept across the region.
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Madison
Wis
Iowa
Dane County
Logan Freed In Juarez Spy Case Crossing Border
James Logan an American negro held for three months in Juarez on a federal spy charge was released and allowed to cross the international line Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mex
James Logan
Lincoln Statue Planned for London Parliament Square
The American peace centenary committee announces a statue of Abraham Lincoln to be erected in London next year, to stand in Canning in closure in Parliament square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Lincoln
London
Canning
Parliament Square
Berlin Denies Plans to Expel French Residents
The German government on Saturday issued a denial of reports that it planned to gradually expel all French residents from Alsace Lorraine.
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Berlin
Alsace-Lorraine
New York Honors Vera Cruz Heroes in Nationwide Mourning
President Wilson leads a solemn tribute as New York marks the deaths of nineteen American bluejackets and Marines at Vera Cruz. Millions observe, business halts, and dignitaries line the funeral procession from the Battery to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Wilson
New York
New York City
Vera Cruz
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wilsom
Washington
Battery
Atel
Labor Leaders Finally Win in Contempt Case Ruling
Washington report notes the district supreme court contempt sentences against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison were set aside by the supreme court for the second time as barred by the statute of limitations Justice Holmes stated contempts are crimes under the law and the court erred if not viewed as such shaping the understanding of crime in English law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Jorrison
Supreme Court
Holmes
Prospects for Mexican mediation grow brighter
Washington reports South American mediators plan to remove Huerta and form a provisional Mexican government where both Huerta and constitutionalists are represented. A five member commission could govern temporarily with two chosen by each side and one by the mediators. Cabinet members express cautious optimism as Wilson weighs the crisis.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
State Department
Niagara Falls
Canada
United States
Wilson
German steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie returns to Vera Cruz
A German steamer carrying arms for Huerta returned to Vera Cruz without unloading its war stores at Puerto Mexico. The Bavaria would also be returned to Germany. The Mexican mediation conference at Niagara Falls is set for May 18. Military reinforcements to Vera Cruz were being prepared if needed but no warlike action occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Huerta
Vera Cruz
Niagara Walls
Mexico City
War department plans seven hundred field pieces for Mexico invasion
Ready for emergency Washington reports that a preplanned invasion of Mexico has been perfected with orders to rush seven hundred field pieces. Additional mountain artillery and ammunition for Ducantalin artillery at Vera Cruz are ordered to Claiveston for shipment under the army war college plan.
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Washington
War Department
Mexico
Army War College
Ducantain
Vera Uru
Cahildor
Shipmidt
Claiveston
O Shaughnessy Reports to Wilson on Mexico City Visit
Washington Nelson O Shaughnessy was questioned about Wallis at the American embassy in Mexico City. He briefed President Wilson on events in the Mexican capital surrounding the Veracruz occupation and gave an intimate view of General Puerta. This was his first White House meeting since arriving in Washington last week.
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White House
Ten More Days Debate Delays Panama Toll Exemption Vote
Washington reports the senate cannot vote on repealing the tolls exemption clause of the Panama Canal act for at least ten days or two weeks. Democrats must accelerate proceedings as only one senator speaks per day, delaying action on the repeal bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Moros Routed by Aviator Over Teza
Fez Morocco report says Tazza a French military aviator helped win Sunday’s battle at Teza by directing French artillery fire and dropping bombs on Moorish positions.
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Fez
Morocco
Snowy rainfall eases drought in Sturgis area
Following a heavy rainfall, three inches of snow fell in this section on Monday. Rain and snow were of great benefit to crops.
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Sturgis, S. D
Called His Bluff
In Chicago a municipal court prisoner was deterred from self harm when the prosecuting attorney pressed a loaded revolver into his hand and ordered him to retreat to the ante room to carry out the threat.
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Chicago
Cavalryman Shoots Mexican at Sentry Duty
Douglas Arizona Dionsie Acosta a Mexican was shot and seriously wounded by William Taylor a private of the Ninth cavalry on sentry duty Acosta refused to halt at the sentry s command Local authorities investigate the incident for possible charges
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Douglas, Ariz
Dionsie Acosta
William Taylor
Ninth Cavalry
Acosta
Seentry
Denver-Nelson Underhill Dies After Loan Shark Harassment
Denver Nelson Underhill 47, commissioner of the Colorado Railway Association, died at the county hospital Tuesday from a self inflicted head wound. Friends say relentless loan shark pressure tied to a year of debt from illness drove him to the act.
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Denver
Nelson Underhill
Colorado Railway Association
Cannon Shot by Sullivan Ends South Carolina Quarrel
Gray Court South Carolina John M Cannon judge advocate on Governor Blee ss staff was shot dead by Joseph G Sullivan a member of a prominent family and a political leader in what authorities call a sequel to a quarrel.
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Gray Court
S. C
John M. Cannon
Blease
Joseph G Sullivan
Tomb of Aristomenes Found on Rhodes
Greek discovery reports the tomb of Aristomenes, famed Messenian hero of the early Spartan era, located at Rhodes by Italian excavators. The find sheds light on ancient warfare and regional antiquities research in the era.
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Hero
Athens
Greece
Aristomenes
Christ
Rhodes
Arbitration Averts San Francisco Building Trades Strike
The threatened lockout of all San Francisco and Oakland building trades workers has ended. Disputes will be settled by arbitration and workers will continue on the job.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Wyoming Democrat Montgomery elected Gillette mayor
Cheyenne announces Roy Montgomery a leading northern Wyoming Democrat and a Mann Act convict has won the Gillette mayoral race by 111 to 80, placing him in office.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Roy Montgomery
Wyoming
Gillette
Cost of Mexican Trouble Memorandum to Congress
The first major expense memo for the Mexican crisis was presented to Congress on Saturday. It lists $2,701,327 for pay subsistence supplies horses barracks transportation and engineering work for troops at Vera Cruz and on the Mexican border.
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Washington
Congress
House
Vera Cruz
Strikers Surrender 72 Arms to Federal Officers in Trinidad
Strikers in the Trinidad district including the San Rafael Heights colony surrendered seventy two arms of all character to federal army officers on Saturday.
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Trinidad
Colo
San Rafael Heights
Ludlow
Prince Alexander of Teck Named Governor General of Canada
London announces Prince Alexander of Teck aged 40 will succeed the duke of Connaught as governor general of Canada. He married Princess Alice of Albany in 1904 and has one son and one daughter.
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London
Prince Alexander of Teck
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Alice of Albany
Four Burned to Death in Newark Fire
A fire in a large brick and stone Newark apartment house Saturday killed four people. Three victims were women servants and the fourth was a retired clergyman.
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Newark
N. J
Nine nurses leave Leavenworth for Texas City
Nine members of the nurse corps stationed at the U S military post at Leavenworth departed Saturday for Texas City Texas following war department dispatches.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
United States Military
Texas City
Texas
War Department
Various Northwest News Items From Late April Reports
A roundup of incidents across Utah, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon includes a national bank examiner appointment for Harry Eston of Cody. Fred Geis killed by a train near Bremen Nevada. land openings in Lewis County Washington. a mining camp rising at Haystack Nevada. a new district organized with J.B. Truitt recorder. hotel owner Charles Berthold shot in Portland. Hobson rights on potato condemnation upheld in Seattle. horse thieves led by Orvil Jennings arrested in St Louis. Clopton case tied to Bonanza fire. R. Jo Paine named receiver for Quartz Mining near Tenabo. Utah Nevada mining engineers chartered. body of Marshall S. Dudley identified in Oregon City. a tax suit settled in Nedlat county. Aberdeen murder arrest tied to Br. Moore. Frank Richet released after fraud case. miners hurt in Cumberland Wyoming. mail surge increases weight at Opal Wyoming. Miss Elys Carl sails from Portland toward fiance in the Philippine service. telegraph rate cuts between Carson and Reno. Oregon court upholds hotel interconnect order. Denver hotel owner Nicodemus shot in lobby.
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Harry W. Eston
Cody
Wyo
National Bank
Utah
Wyoming
Fred W. Geis
Bremen
Nev
Big Bottom
Lewis ' County
Washington
Rainier Forest Reserve
Haystack
Jungo
Nevada
J. B. Truitt
Charles Berthold
Portland
Louis Lavrov
Berthold
State Horticultural Department
Mackintosn
Seattle
Orvil Jennings
Green River Valley
St Louis
Hugh Clapton
Klamath Falls
Ore
Bonanza
Clopton
Carson City
R. Jo Paine
Pine Valley
Sald Quartz Mining Company
Tenabo
Tenaho
Cliitis
American Dnstitute of
Mining Engineers
National
Utah Nevada
Willamette River
Oregon City
Marshall S. Dudley
Jonathan Bourne
Dudaley
Nedlat
Elke County
Carson
Tax Commission
Br. Moore
Aberdeen
Wash
Vivian Lafosse
Frank Richet
Oregon Inland Development Company
J. T. Conway
Richet
Oscar Verton
Tony Shulmer Oice
Cumberland Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Opal
Pinedale
Elys Carl
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Home Telephone Company
Federal District Court
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Menigan
Tampico
Young
Colorado Fields
Niblack
Michigan
Qankind
District of Columbia
Penge
Puerto Mexico
Moros
South Dakota
South Carolina
Maj. Smedley Butler
Maj
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
Cuba
China
Philippines
L. F. Nicodemus
Savoy Hotel
James C. Bulgar
Fortune
Nicodemus
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