Pancho Villa advances near Ojinaga across the border
May 30 El Paso reports Villa's forces moved into Ojinaga after its capture, with Villa seen on the outskirts and U S customs closing Presidio port to stop Villista incursions. Carranza reports place Villa at Lemula Pass south of Ojinaga as Carranza troops in the area are reinforced.
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el Paso
Texas
Pancho Villa
Ojimaga
Presidio
Ojinaga
Villa
Carranza Rees
Lemula Pass
Purchase
Villas
Carranza
Pedro Arnelas
Chihuahua City
Arrests and trials in 1917 Texas conscription case
The speaker describes detentions under federal and city authorities, a six by thirty foot cell, and a sequence of events leading to a grand jury appearance in Abilene. He cites witnesses, legal assistants, and investigations into the American Farmers and Laborers Protective Association, denying conspi racy claims while claiming authorities pursued him for organizational reasons.
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Brandenburg
United States
Abilene Ee Oe
Hickey Tells of Arrest Says Lodge Planned No Draft Fight
A. Hickey editor and former Rebel candidate for the United States Senate described his arrest as unjust. He said the Ameri fed Farmers and Laborers Protection had no such aim and denied any connection. He recounted being seized near Branall county West Texas, searched, and held for two days before transfer to Abilene.
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Star-Telegram
A. Hickey
United States Senate
West Texas
Hickey
The
Ameri Feet Farmers & Laborers Protection
Branall County
West Four Tive Associe
Denburg
Stone
Texas
Montgomery
Texas Ranger
Hallettsville
Anson
Jones County
Sheriff Register
Abilene
Gerand
Micu
Bne
Farmers Institute Meeting in Fredericksburg TX
A notice announces a June 2 meeting at the Courthouse in Fredericksburg to organize a Farmers Institute for Gillespie County. Everyone is urged to attend this important gathering at 2 o'clock p m.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Farmers Institute
Gillespie County
Everbody
Missouri Engineer Races Tornado for Mile Roller Lifted by Gale
St Louis May 31 Tornado raced through Missouri and Illinois with storms. Near Mounds KL a ten ton steam roller was lifted fifty feet and dropped without damage. An automatic block signal on the Iron Mountain Railroad near Mineral Point warned a Memphis St Louis train of 400 passengers as the storm destroyed the town. Train passengers were cared for at De Soto by the Young Men's Christian Association. An engineer on the Mississippi Bonne Terre Railroad near Mineral Point reportedly steered the roller to save about 100 lives.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Mounds
Iron Mountain
Mineral Point
Objectors to register released on bail at Columbia
Three conscientious objectors facing re imprisonment for nonregistration were bailed by Dr. T. W. L. Dana of Columbia University and discharged. Miss Elise Lungkwitz returns from a long visit with relatives in San Antonio.
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Ous
Javy
T. Ww. L. Dana
iColumbia University
Elise Lungkwitz
San Antonio
Chas. Gurinsky
F. A. Cocke Live Stock Co
Fredericksburg
Rounding Up Opposers of Registration Law
State and federal agents cracked a nationwide anti conscription plot with a national HQ in Ohio. U S marshals raided a Columbus print shop and two offices as the conspiracy spread across states. Three men charged with treason faced possible death as authorities move to preliminaries. Kansas City and Topeka rounds led to arrests of four men and a woman in late May.
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Ohio
Mayst
United States
Cox
South High Street
United States District Aftor Bolin
Columbus
Ney
Johnson
Ammon A. Hennacy
Ohio State University
Harry&. Townsley
Cecil W. Bailey
Old Walnestro
East Columbus
John Lewis Hammond
Marietta
Coal Bay
Washington County
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
First Arrests In Missouri Under Registration Act
Investigators say arrests mark the start of a broader push by federal and state authorities under the registration act. United States Attorney Francis D. Wil says a special grand jury will consider cases tied to evading conscription rules. Arrests allege aiding subjects to evade registration. penalties include up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Istice
United
Department of Steet Service
States Attorney ’S
Francis D. Wil
Missouri
United States
A. H. van Valkenbrugh
Market Report Produce Prices Today
Market report lists butter and eggs among staples with roosters hens and poultry items priced per unit or pound. It also tracks fryers and broilers per pound ducks and geese per each and turkey per pound. Corn shelled corn oats and cotton figures appear in the listing with per bushel measures.
Three Students Arrested in Draft Conspiracy Case
Federal agents in New York arrested three Columbia University students and a Barnard College senior on a conspiracy to resist registration for the draft. Bond set at 1500 dollars for each. The group, members of the Collegiate Anti Militarism League, allegedly planned actions against conscription.
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New York
Feder
Awwo
Columbia University
Barnard College
United States
Owen Cattell
James Mc Owen Cattell
Garrison
N. Y
Columbia
BE. Phillips
Eleanor Wilson Parker
Barnard
Federal District Attorney's Office
Parker
Cattell
al- A
Tex
Fed
Slightest Alarm Sets Guns Going on Western Front
May 31 dispatch reports quiet along much of the western front yet constant combat continues. British and German forces engage in day and night artillery duels and raids as shells flow with renewed intensity while infantry activity stays largely in raids and minor attacks to keep contact with enemy movements.
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France
Wooden Ship Project Abandoned For Steel
In New York on May 25 the ship ping board abandoned wooden ship plans in favor of steel hulls to smash the submarine blockade. Major General Goethals, head of the shipbuilding corporation, announced at a dinner ending the Tron meeting, that steel ships would support the American merchant marine.
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Sburg and Steel Institute
Waldorf-Astoria
H. Gary
Toastmas
Cary
Ethals
Frederick
Elbert Ter
Opne Goethals
General J
New York
Shipping Board
Goethals
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
Tron
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