Warships Shell Vera Cruz in Two Day Street Battle
American forces crushed Mexican resistance in Vera Cruz after a two day fight. Casualties ran high on both sides with about 150 dead, many wounded, and prisoners taken as the city fell to U.S. naval and Marine units led by Captain Rush and Admiral Fletcher. Public order was reestablished amid widespread shelling of the plaza, the naval academy, and surrounding buildings.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
William R. Rush
Florida
Naval Academy
Natal College
Chester
San Francisco
Prairie
Benito Juarez Tower
Dillgencin Hotel
Carlos V
Fletcher Fnslsted
Arroy V
Buchanan
Antonio Villa Vincencio
Admiral Fletcher
Canada
Market Place
Admiral Badgers
Admiral Badger
Naval College
Wuntil
Hancock
Michigan
Solace
Senators Offer to Enlist in Mexican War Effort
Senators Fall of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas sent offers to the president to join operations against Mexico. Weeks of Massachusetts had volunteered. Fall offered to resign to go to the front. Williams of Mississippi pressed his son Robert Webb Williams for a lieutenant post. All offers went to the war department.
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Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Sheppard
Texas
Mexico
Weeks
Masachusetts
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
Robert Webb Williams
War Department
Huerta Accepts Mediation Offer in Mexican Crisis
Washington reports Huerta has consented to mediation with the United States, via the Spanish embassy in Mexico City, with Argentina Brazil and Chile offering good offices. President Wilson accepts the plan and contemplates joint army and navy action if needed while seeking peaceful settlement. El Paso and Vera Cruz tensions rise as refugees flee and reports of violence surface amid ongoing mobilization and diplomatic efforts.
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Huerta
United States
Eut
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Mexico
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Carranza
Wilson
Thinerta
Countrivs
Alvara
Caanada
Hiano
Mexico City
Bere
Tampico
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Garrison
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Navy
Vera Crus
Funston
Fletcher
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Diploc Oy
Hrasi
Mile
Itm Riel Inte
Ambascador
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Thoag
México
Curranaa
War Department
Meaicou City
True
Hobe
Vera Cruz
Cecil Spring Rice
Agua Callentes
Agua Calientes
Canada
Galveston
Dixie
Galvestom
Washington, D. C
O'Shaughnessy
Vere Crag
Solons Restless Over Situation in Mexico War Talk
Washington reports congressional leaders urge a definite U S policy on Mexico as Huerta resists war moves and Villa and Carranza are praised by secretaries Bryan and Lansing while the White House remains silent on a formal plan. Rumors spread amid tense congressional mood.
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Mexico
Washington
Lile and
Liie
Congress
Bryan
Carranma
Wore
Gen Villa
Verarea
United States
Tampio
Tampico
White House
State Department
Mryan
Laanlele
Carranea
Villa
Huerta
Chicago Princeton club dinner remarks on Mexico
Al President Wilson has received information about the situation in Mexico according to Miewett Lee general solicitor of the Illinois Centre railway. The remarks were made at the annual dinner of the Princeton club of Chicago.
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Chicago
Wilson
Mexico
Miewett Lee
Solcitor
Illinois Centre Railway
Princeton Club
Army wireless plant unpacked at Nedice's Island
A large wireless plant said to be the army's biggest field installment was unpacked and ready for shipment at Nedice's Island. Units are expected from Washington to forward the outfit to Vera Cruz.
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New York
Nedice's Island
Washington
Vera Cruz
Bigamy convict sentenced in Palis penitentiary case
Sentenced as husband of two Quincy women, J. William Tolle, a former Quincy resident who wed Grace Bross, daughter of a wealthy Quincy family, received from one to five years in the State penitentiary at Sions Palis for bigamy.
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Quincy
J. Wiliam Tolle
Grace Bross
State Penitentiary of
Sions Palis
Fire devastates Baltimore plants in multi-million blaze
A large fire swept through Baltimore damaging the Atlantic Pertisteer and United Stores Fer tiger companies plants at Cuttle Pay, now urban. Losses are estimated at $1,950,000 with insurance coverage reported.
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Baltimore
Pire
Atlantic Pertisteer Company
United Stores Fertiger Company
Cuttle Pay
Urb
Ives
Eyewear Surgery At Baltimore Hospital
A report from Baltimore describes a medical procedure at the Presbyterian Eye Ear and Throat Hospital where three skin graft pieces were taken from the arm of Mixes Kuth Togoe and used to reconstruct tissue for her left eye. The event highlights early graft techniques and hospital settings.
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Baltimore
Presbyterian
Mixes Kuth ‘Togoe
Washington House Bill Aims To Encourage Private Power
The Interstate Commerce Committee reported a general bill to amend dam laws with a view toward drawing private capital into power generation. A Despondent woman in Quincy Illinois allegedly abused by her husband and a jail suicide attempt are noted in a separate item.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Joan
Quincy
Mr. Pead
Stravingski
Centenary Norway Celebrates Independence in Christiana
Thousands of American visitors are expected in Christiana this summer to witness Norway and Denmark’s centennial independence celebration.
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Christiana
Norway
Chritiana
Denmark
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