Troops kill two bandits in Rubio ranch clash
Reports confirm Pershing command killed three Mexican bandits including General Gardena at the Rubio ranch. General Funston and General Scott briefed the El Paso cabinet with no recommendations. Villa seeks to recruit a new army near Durango as Guatemala readies to flee amid revolutions.
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Pac
Intl News Service
Washington
General Gardena
Rubio Ranch
Pershing
Funston
Scott
Obregon
el Paso
Lansing
Carranza
Consul Rogers
Villa
Columbus
N. M
United States Army
Durango
Guatemala
Galveston
Tex
Estrada Carbrera
Masked bandits rob Oakland street car
Two masked bandits halted an Oakland street car at dawn and robbed the conductor and motorman of $22 before fleeing. The incident marks the first street car robbery in the city in two years.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Oakland
Cal
Continent-wide flight attempt sealed control wires sealing plan
Oscar Brindley and A J Macy prepare to fly coast to coast with the aero plane’s control wires sealed Macy owns an electric stabilizer Mayor Capps will seal the controls and Mayor Mitchell will lift the seals upon reaching New York The plane travels at 115 miles per hour and can be converted to a hydro plane It aims to reach New York by May 21 following the Lincoln Highway with stops at Salt Lake City Denver Chicago and St Louis
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Pac
Int'l News Service
San Diego
Oscar Brindley
A. J. Macy
Macy
Capps
New York
Mitchell
Lincoln Highway
Salt Lake City
Denver
Chicago
St. Louis
Slaughter Convicted of Assault Sentenced Fifteen Years
Rev Madison Slaughter convicted of a criminal assault on Gertrude Lamson was sentenced to fifteen years in San Quentin after a second trial. He appealed over juror bias and jury impaneling. Four other indictments were dismissed. he to be jailed without bail. Also notes tungsten ore samples from Warren Mining company in New Goldfield district northern Elko county.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Oroville
Cal
Madison Slaughter
Gertrude Lamson
San Quentin
Schooler
Gregory
Slaughter
Supreme Court
Elko County
J. L. Workman
National
Divide
Workman
Warren Mining Company
New Goldfield
Humboldt Star
Gaiety Showtime Features Clairvoyant Ralph Fay Wagner
The Gaiety presents clairvoyant Ralph Fay Wagner tonight for a one man mind reading act. He interacts with the audience and claims to read thoughts and give business and heart advice. The show accompanies the film The Broken Coin and four reels with an orchestra.
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Ralph Fay Wagner
Kiko
Wagner
Little Theatre
Attorney's Wife Granted Divorce in Elko Court
Ruth Elizabeth Hampton Hale, wife of Elko attorney Harold P. Hale, obtained a divorce in district court on grounds of extreme cruelty. Hale did not contest. Ruth resumed her maiden name Hampton. Her mother, Mrs. M. A. Hampton, accompanied her in court. Hale's temper allegedly caused slaps and violent episodes.
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Reno Gazette
Ruth Elizabeth Hampton Hale
Harold P. Hale
Elko
Reno
Moran
Hampton
M. A. Hampton
Frank Hampton
Southern Pacific
Hale
California
San Francisco
Nevada Pioneer Brother J Booth Dies in California
Last Saturday W W Booth editor of the Toflopah Bonanza received a telegram announcing the death of his brother J Booth at Yreka California. He was 69 years old and came to Nevada with his parents in 1851. He lived in Nevada several periods before moving to California about twelve years ago where he resided until his death.
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W. W. Booth
Toflopah
J. Booth
Yreka
Cal
Nevada
California
Carson
Penrose and Brumbaugh Compete for Pennsylvania Delegates
Philadelphia May 16 United States Senator Boles Penrose and Governor Martin Brumbaugh clash in a Republican primary to select seventy six delegates to the Chicago National Convention. Brumbaugh backers push Theodore Roosevelt while Penns supporters back Philander Knox as the open minded favorite son. Knox runs unopposed for the U S Senate nomination.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Philadelphia
United States
Boles Penrors
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Battle
Chicago
Brumbaugh
Theodore Roosevelt
Pear Men
Philander Knox
Roosevelt
Penrose
Fea
Knox
Tungsten Strike Near Golconda Draws Spotlight
A major tungsten discovery is reported 16 miles north of Golconda in the Hot Springs range by J. Gray and partner. The ore is achealite with 60 to 76 percent tungstic acid by weight, similar to Beeson strikes tied to United States Steel, and four feet of high grade ore is indicated.
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Nevada
Golconda
Hot Springs Range
J. Gray
Gray
Beeson
Jessup
United States Steel Company
Caplan Jury Deadlocked In Times Bomb Case
In Los Angeles on May 16 the Caplan jury, trying the case of David Caplan charged with complicity in the Los Angeles Times explosion that killed 21, remained hopelessly deadlocked after 74 hours out. They reportedly stand seven to five for conviction and may face a new trial if no verdict is reached by six this evening.
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Pac. and
Int'l News Service
Los Angeles
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Trouble in Tonopah Fire Department
King Pierce, driver of the motor fire truck, quit after a fire in Tonopah Eastern district. L. F. Puncocher replaced him. Chief Poke Kelly quarreled with his crew delaying response and clashed over the chemical hose, soaking both men. Pierce resigned in a summary manner, Tonopah Bonanza reports.
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King Pierce
L. F. Puncocher
Poke Kelly
Kelly
Bryan Avenue
McCullough Street
Pierce
Tonopah Bonauza
Methodist Episcopal Unite With M E South Merges Planned
At Saratoga New York the general conference adopted unanimously the report of the committee submitting a plan for consolidation with the M E South church. Details are not expected until the 1920 general conference.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Saratoga
N. Y
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E. South Church
Administration ship purchase bill set for Friday vote
Washington May 16 The administration ship purchase bill was debated under the gag rule for five hours and is to be voted on next Friday afternoon at 4. The bill creates a shipping board with authority to organize a $50,000,000 corporation.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Germans Claim Captured French Prisoners Near Meuse
Official dispatches report French attacks west of Meuse near Hill 304 and east of Meuse north of Vaux repulsed with a number of French prisoners taken. In Petrograd it is announced Russians, after a fierce drive against Diarbekron on the Baghdad railroad, occupied Mamakaatun.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Berlin
Meuse
Hill 304
Vaux
Mamakaatun
Petrograd
Diarbekron
Bagdad
Tungsten Ore Shipment Plans Reported for Steel Firms
A report notes plans to send samples east to representatives of steel companies, identified as the main buyers of tungsten ores, with Reno Gawotte cited as a source.
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Ment
Steel Companies
Reno Gawotte
Lansing Rules 10 Hold the Appam
Secretary Lansing rules in the Appam case that the 1799 treaty with Germany does not apply because the Appam was not in company with a German ship when brought to Norfolk. The vessel will remain held at Norfolk pending the federal court decision on the owners libel suit and disposition rests with the court.
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Pacang Int'l News Service
Washington
Secretary Lansing
Appam
Germany
Norfolk
Federal District Court
Logging Camp Tragedy Kills Two in California Accident
J osep h Mon ich and Frank Roccola were killed when a logging train broke free near Little River. Two other workers were seriously injured as two cars ran away down the grade wrecking the end of the track yesterday afternoon.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Eureka
Cal
Joseph Monich
Frank Roccola
Little River
Clerks Strike on New Haven System and Boston and Maine
Four thousand section hands and track walkers on the New Haven system strike after failed pay negotiations. Four thousand B and M section hands and track walkers also walk out demanding a 20 cent daily raise.
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New Haven
Pac
Int'l News Service
Boston
New Haven Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Little Girl Fires Revolver Wounding Brother
Sacramento May 16 Annie Stessy six finds a revolver hidden by her mother under a dresser and shoots her five year old brother in the lungs the child expected to recover.
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Pac
News Service
Sacramento
Cal
Annie Stessy
Vermont primaries today pick eight for Chicago
Montpelier Vermont voters go to the polls today to choose eight delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago. The primary marks a key step for state party members and candidates ahead of the summer gathering.
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Vermont
Chicago
Pac
Int'l News Service
Montpelier
Buick Six Sets Coast Route Record From L A To S F
In San Francisco on May 16 a Buick Six driven by Joseph Nikrent broke the coast route record, completing the Los Angeles to San Francisco distance in 12 hours 47 minutes, beating the fastest train.
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Pac. and
Int'l News Service
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Joseph Nikrent
Navy Begins Arduous Summer Training Schedule
Washington May 16 The U S Navy launches a long training course as the flagship Wyoming under Admiral Fletcher and four divisions of battleships begin steaming trials and solo operations The mining division sails from the North River while the auxiliary division coasts ships at sea The active destroyer flotilla reconnoiters off New England and prepares to join fleet operations at Narragansett Bay This marks the opening events of a summer training program with multiple units and locations.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
United States
Wyoming
Admiral Fletcher
North River
New Haven
New England
Gardner’s Bay
Narragansett Bay
Shot in the ribs during Bonanza bar dice dispute
Dean Morris, owner of the Pullman bar, was shot in the side at 8 this morning in Bonanza bar on lower Main. John Miller, a miner, grabbed a gun after a dice dispute, firing as Morris left the saloon. Doctor Masterson says the injury is a flesh wound and Morris will recover in a few days.
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Lower Main Street
Dean Morris
Dr. Masterson
Morris
John Miller
Miller
Tonopah Bonanza
Pershing Still Pursuing Villa in Mexican Campaign
Washington May 16. The cabinet adjourned with no action on General Scott’s border conference report. The administration maintains policy and says Pershing will continue pursuing Villa. Carranza’s de facto government remains the reference point as U S troops stay under present terms. The Justice Department reports Felix Diaz with a strong force in Oaxaca.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
General Scott
U. S
Department of Justice
Felix Diaz
Oaxaca
Senator Pittman Presents Bill for Stallion Fund
Senator Key Pittman introduced in the Senate a bill to appropriate 200000 for the purchase and maintenance of stallions to produce horses for agricultural and military use. Expenditures would be handled by the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, as an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. The measure draws significant attention in the South and East.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Key Pittman
Senate
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
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Continental
Gaiety
Grace Cunard
Francis Ford
Pennsylvania
Caplan
Los
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Tonopah
Methodist Episcopals
M. E. South
Jermans
Maine Road
Teutons
Amsterdam
Durazzo
Overland Auto Records
U. S. Navy
Felix Diaz Main
Tains Strong Force
Pittman
Swift
Fallon
Campbells
Snyders
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
Bradley
Carin
Crag
Carvin
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