Carranza Escapes Into Mountains After Clash With Rebels
Associated Press from Washington reports General Obregon says Carranza broke through rebel lines near I peranza and moved south with a small escort. In New York, Carranza and 800 men reportedly surrendered to forces surrounding them in Mexican mountains per Manuel de la Pedr a. General Santiago also surrendered. Troops under General Flores hold Mazatlan. Eagle Pass dispatches note three trainloads of revolutionary troops left Piedras Negras toward Monterrey, signaling an expected attack. Judge Bonnett dismisses embezzlement charges against Munner Ochoa, citing Carranza as head of the recognized Mexican government.
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Flores
Mazatlan
Eagle Pass
Texas
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Monterrey
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Maverick County District Court Today
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Bennett
Ochoa
Mexico
Laredo National Bank Financial Statement Read in Texas
Statement from Laredo National Bank Laredo Texas shows capital stock surplus and undivided profits with figures for interest reserves and taxes. Treasury, circulation and other liabilities are listed with totals including 2 984 103 90. Signatures of M W Brennan A Vidaurri and J R Fasnacht as assistant cashiers.
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Laredo, Texas
Revere Vehi
Red Uprising Signal for Murder in Mecklenburg
Berlin dispatch quotes a Reichstag member warning that German communists plan a new insurrection in Mecklenburg. He says meetings are held regularly and that landowners may face the same fate, predicting wholesale slaughter in the region.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Reichstag
Mecklenburg
Bolshevik Division Routed Along Beregia River
May 15 report from Warsaw states the tenth Bolsheviki division routed in battle near the South Beregia river. Remnants killed or captured while attempting to flee across the Dnieper. A central executive committee decree proclaims martial law in central and southern Russia and Archangel. Paris notes French withdrawal has begun from Frankfort and Darmstadt though formal orders pending. Constantinople reports the sultan will resign his throne in protest of the peace treaty.
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Russia
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Darmstadt
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Stock Tax Defeated by Ways and Means Panel
The Associated Press reports in Washington on May 15 that a tax on stock dividends to fund proposed soldier relief legislation was rejected by a tie vote among Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Washington Hit by Commercial Expansion Dims Dewey Home
Washington May 15 Admiral Deweys former home at 1747 Rhode Island Avenue is being remodeled into a store as the citys commercial district spreads northwest along Connecticut Avenue. The Corcoran mansion and John Slidell house near Lafayette Park are set to be razed for a Chamber of Commerce building, while the Octagon House once hosted President Madison after the 1814 White House fire remains a holdout against the change.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Dewey
Rhode Island Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Corcoran
John Slidell
Lafayette Park
White House
Chamber of Commerce of the
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Octogan House
Colonel Taylor
Madison
Mastermind of $5 Million Bond Theft Surrenders in NYC
Jules Arnstein described as the putative mastermind of New Yorks $5,000,000 bond theft plot was arrested in the district attorneys office. He appeared with his wife Frances Brice actress and claimed to have been in Pittsburgh all along then arrived and gave himself up after passing hundreds of police.
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Associated Press
New York
Jules W. Arnstein
District Attorney's Office
Frances Brice
Arnstein
Pittsburgh
Chattanooga Chosen as Site of 76th Southern Baptist Session
Chattanooga Tenn was selected as the meeting place for the 76th annual Southern Baptist convention to convene May 11 1921. Hot Springs Ark and Birmingham were defeated candidates in the selection process.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Ark
Birmingham
Stole Elephant Attempt by 15 Year Old Commits to Court
Cincinnati youth attempted to steal a circus elephant and ride away with it. He was caught climbing on the elephant and admitted India tales inspired the act. The 15-year-old was placed in juvenile court custody and sent to his Michigan parents.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
India
Michigan
Bailey Democrats Meeting in Dallas
Nearly 460 Democrats gathered in Dallas on May 15 to back Jos. W. Bailey for governor. An open rally outlined plans to promote Bailey with the Bailey element’s executive committee reviewing them. A letter announcing Bailey would stay in the race drew cheers.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Jos. Walley
Soverson
Bailey
Berlin Edict Bans Pupils from Military Groups
On May 15 in Berlin the Minister of Education forbade high school pupils from joining any military organizations and ordered those already members to withdraw immediately. The directive targets student involvement and emphasizes neutrality in educational institutions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Minister of Education
Funds for Campaign by St Louis Unions
Organized labor in St Louis has begun collecting a fund to aid in the non partisan campaign of the American Federation of Labor. The plan is to raise $1 from each of more than 100000 union workers in the city.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
DECLINE IN FREIGHT RATES PROMPTS COST OF LIVING DROP
West Hartlepool England May 16 Signs of a decline in freight rates and a fall in commodity prices and the cost of living are seen by Sydney Hogg a large shipowner and president of the Hartlepool Chamber of Commerce He says one third of the world s tonnage is idle due to transport workers inability to move goods in transit.
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Associated Press
West Hartlepool
Eng
Sydney Hogg
Hartlepool Chamber of Commerce
Government aviators eyed for Cincinnati sky maps
Sky maps of Cincinnati may be made by Government aviators to aid in preparing plans for a city beautiful. The City Planning Commission asked Mayor Galvin to contact Washington authorities to obtain army aviator services.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
City Planning Commission
Commission
Galvin
Washington
Bird becomes shipboard refugee on Tajima Maru voyage
Victoria May 15 Nine hundred miles out at sea a plover selected the liner Tajima Maru as a refuge amid the Pacific. The exhausted bird fluttered about the deck then found safety. A crew member cared for it and it quickly recovered, becoming tame and unwilling to fly again.
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Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
Pacific
Wasps Credited As Original Paper Makers by Chicago News
The Chicago News claims wasps were the original inventors of paper, noting how consumers have since faced regular exposure to paper products and their changing costs.
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Wasps
Chicago News
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