Mutiny in Huerta forces and Tampico battle toll
Reports from Tampico and Vera Cruz detail a Huerta mutiny at Mexico City and a brutal five day assault on Tampico. Constitutionalists under General Gonzales captured the city, with hundreds of Federals killed or wounded, and foreign observers evacuated as battle lines shifted along the Panuco River.
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Vera Gray
Paco del Macho
Vera Cruz
Piedad Barracks
Mexico City
Huerta
Villa
Zapatistas
Ajusto
Bianquet
Buattalion
Fampico
Mexico
Tampico
Gonzales
Des Moines
Dolphin
Panuco River
Mayo
Des
Sanchez Herrera
Doroteo Navarro
Torres
Herrera
Zaragoza
Bravo
Panuco
Buna
Gulf
Arago
Ignacio Zaragosa
Famaglipas
Tampleg
San Luis Potosi
Simla
Ag U
Sol
Diers
Mexica
Wan
Tren
Sunser
Escuela de Monte
Cantu
Zaragosa
Casa Mata
Alaca
Gonzales, Caballeros
Agustin Castro
Coaserto Castro
Saltillo
Butte
Themes Moines
The
Flenry T. Mayo
May Probe Demands U S Judge Dayton West Virginia
Washington May 13 demands an investigation of the conduct of Judge Alston G Dayton of the district court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The motion was introduced by Representative Neely.
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U.S
Washington
Alston G. Dayton
District Court
West Virginia
Neely
Millionaire Banker Drops Dead in Galva Bank
Galesburg May 12. Ul Yeour, a financier with wealth estimated between three and four million dollars, died suddenly of a heart failure in his Galva bank while opening his mail. He was renowned as a high roller and benefactor in regional financial circles.
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Galesburg
C. BE. Yoeur
Galva
Women Perish In Hotel Fire in Yuma
Three women were burned to death when the Hotel Imperial in Yuma Arizona burned. The victims include Miss Naomi Strong and Miss Genevieve Brown school teachers and Mrs Brown the mother of one of the men.
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Yuma
Ariz
Naomi Strong
Genevieve Brown
Mas Brown
Two Women Bomb Victims Near Kingston
A bomb thrown into a Kingston bedroom where Mrs. Darwin Hinckley and her two daughters slept exploded, seriously injuring two of them. The incident occurred May 14 and remains under investigation.
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Kingston, N
Darwin Hinckley
May Oust Ammons as Miners Refuse to Testify
Denver report notes a senate resolution urging Governor Ammons to retire for the good of the state amid calls of a whitewash. The state militia, accused of firing into Ludlow tents, faces a military court martial over the deaths of nearly two dozen in the Ludlow tent colony fire. Witnesses defend officers. defense for Maj Hamrock argues soldiers were compelled to fire.
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Denver
Colo
Ammons
Senate
Robinson
Adams
Golfien
Ludlow
Ludiow
Maurice C. Bigelow
Golden
Bigelow
Colorado National Guard
Patrick J. Hamrock
Chicago Attorney Ends Life at Hotel Del Prado
Chicago on May 16 Ernest Dale Owen aged sixty four a well known city attorney shot and killed himself in the Hotel Del Prado. He had been ill for some time and was despondent.
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Chicago
Ernest Dale Owen
Hotel del Prado
Ships Use Panama Canal For First Time
Washington May 16. For the first American history water borne craft are now passing through the Panama canal. A steady stream of barge frame is now passing through the world's newest man made waterway.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Wounded Home: Thirty-Two From Mexican Snipers Returned
On May 16 the hospital ship Solace carried 101 patients from Vera Cruz to New York with 32 wounded from Mexican sniper fire. Four amputations occurred among the injured, and three marines died en route. Among the dead were R. Henry Pulliam of Virginia and Clarence C. Hershberger of New York.
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New York
Solace
Brooklyn Mary Yard
Naval Hospital
Cash Asher
Florida
R. Henry Pulliam
Virginia
Clarence C. Hershberger
Vermont
Anid Lee
George Kinsman
South Boston
Naval Academy
George
John F. Schummacher
Brooklyn
Montana
Telegraphic notes from across the nation dated May 1 3 to May 16
A series of brief items reports labor lockout resolved by arbitration in San Francisco and Oakland, a health board ban on common drinking troughs for animals in Philadelphia, a lightning fire destroying large oil tanks near Tulsa, a Hague conference on the opium question, a New York theater figure Howard Jacott’s fall from a hotel, and Indiana Knights Templar leadership election with George A. Newhouse moving toward grand commander.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Tolea
Okla
Pierce ON Corporation
Tulsa
Hague
Netherlands
New York
Howard Jacott
Shubert
Maanager
Reader
Teller
Indiana
Knights Templar
Indianapolis
George A. Newhouse
New Albany
Knights Templar of
Private Parks execution near Vera Cruz shocks U S
Washington reports the alleged execution of Private Samuel Parks of the Twenty-eighth U S infantry by Huerta's troops near Vera Cruz. The United States demands immediate news of his fate, warning of hostile acts if information is delayed. Mediation delays, snipers, and troop movements color the unfolding Mexican crisis.
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Washington
Samuel Parks
Twenty-eighth
United States Infantry
Huerta
Vera Cruz
United States
Parks
Wilson
Ryan
Mexico City
Niagara Falls
Ont
Funston
Badger
Garrison
John R. Silliman
Spring-Rice
Lionel Carden
Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Farardo Ocaranza
Tuxpam
Tamaulipas
Ocaranza
Burglars Hanged in New Westminster Crime Case
In New Westminster on May 23, 1913 Herman Pebrens of San Kerdino and Frank Davis of New Westminster were hanged for the murder of Policeman James Archibald. The executions followed their burglary arrests and subsequent trial.
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New Westminster
H.C
Herman Pebrens
San Kerdino
Frank Davis
James Archibald
Uy Vancouver
Graham wins St George's Cup at Sandwich Golf
London May 18 Johna Graham Jr of the Royal Liverpool Golf club won the St George's cup at Sandwich defeating the stars of England and America. Graham's two days medal score was 146.
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Winatha
London
Johna Graham, Jr
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Sandwich
Aturs
England
America
Graham
Fight Plague in the Orient Tuberculosis War Effort
Public health briefing notes tuberculosis as a major Oriental problem with active anti tuberculosis groups in Japan the Philippines India and Australia. It cites high death rates in China and India and mentions government and private associations tackling prevention and treatment. The U S Public Health Service Philippines movement and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis based in New York have driven regional efforts.
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Japan
Philippines
India
Australia
China
United States Public Health Service
National Association For
New York
Africa
South America
Lucky Thirteenth Man
Frederick comforts Gladys who admits breaking their engagement for superstition about wrong timing. She says she loves no one else and reveals she forgot Frederick would be the thirteenth fiancé. The scene hints at fate and romance in a cautionary, period tone.
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Frederick
Gladys
Bea
Term Too Brief Shifts U S House Tenure Debate
The Courier-Journal quotes EF arguing a congressman should serve longer than two years. It notes the challenge of accomplishing much in a short term and uses a quip about a wife not answering all her calls to illustrate the point.
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Courier-Journal
Muddled Parade of Phrases From an Odd Junkyard Source
A jumble of disjointed lines mentions a boy unsure about a dance, a suggestion about another language, and a claim that serviceable pipes are made of paper in France. The fragmentary text lacks clear events, names, or dates to anchor a coherent news item.
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