Mexican Rebels Kill American Sons Amid Mexico City Tensions
Ambassador Wilson reports two sons of Judge Melvin Godwin killed by Insurrectos in Acapulco as Foreign Minister De La Barra promises investigation and reparation. In Mexico City, foreign residents arm for defense while General Miranda vows a campaign as 3,000 reinforcements arrive.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Wilson
Melvin Godwin
Acapulco
de la Barra
Madero peace talks hinge on Diaz pledge to retire if needed
In El Paso special dispatches both Maderist commissioners and Mexican envoys await Diaz’s public return statement signaling readiness to resign if peace requires it. Reports say Diaz may retire only if demanded, with a possible compromise keeping Abram Gonzales as insurrecto governor under federal recognition, shifting Chihuahua to Maderists. Meanwhile a separate note confirms no injury to Mrs Woodend and denies circus riding rumors amid inquiries at 58 West Seventy-first Street.
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EL Paso
Texas
Madero
Diaz
Maderist
Mexico City
Carbajal
Insurrectos
Vera Cruz
Abram Gonzales
Insurrecto
Chihishiin
Chihuahua
Ahumada
Enrique Creel
Morrow Alnoon
West Seventy-first Street
Jane Howard in Ranch No 101 Circus Featured Rider
A man who knows Mrs Woodend says she rides with Ranch No 101 circus as a pure fad not a gainful job. She funds suppers for cowboys and riders, uses the name Jane Howard among most, and is linked to physician husband Whose name she bears. She appears in Richmond horse shows.
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Wall Street
Woodend & Co
Broad Street
Circus
J. (. Miller
Oklahoma
Woodend
Two Are Killed in Police Duel in Va and Ky
Special news reached here today of a duel to the death at Pennington Gap Virginia late yesterday. George Hinkle chief of police of Pennington Gap and William Short a policeman of St Charles Virginia were killed. The killing grew from a dispute over which officer should make an arrest. Hinkle is survived by his wife and several children.
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Middlesboro
Pennington Gap
George Hinkle
William Short
St. Charles
Hinkle
Postal employes union protest explained before committee
Second Assistant Postmaster Joseph Stewart faced rapid questions from the House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service about why the Post Office Department would not permit employees to organize a union. Stewart admitted the department would support no group excluding department members and challenged committee questions that accused the plan of fostering bureaucracy.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph Stewart
House Committee On Reform
Civil Service
Postoffice Department
Stewart
Diamond Before Grand Jury in Hoodoo Hope Suit
Washington special trial in the District Supreme Court ordered by Justice Barnard. The court denied a motion by Mr and Mrs McLean for a $130,000 judgment against the jewelers in the suit over the Hoodoo Hope diamond.
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Washington, D. C
District Supreme Court
Hope
Edward H. McLean
Justice Barnard
McLean
Cluster Springs Academy baccalaureate and address scheduled
Reverend Joseph Rennie will preach the baccalaureate sermon for the Cluster Springs Academy graduating class on May 28. Dr Charles W Kent of the University of Virginia will deliver the annual faculty and student address on May 29.
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Cluster Springs Academy
Cluster Springs
Joseph Rennie
D. DL
First Presbyterian C *Hurch
Norfolk
Charles W. Kent
University of Virginia
America Laughing Stock in Europe Says Missing Millionaire
Ianase Guggenheim, a missing millionaire aboard the Cunard liner Lusitania, complains that despite large crops and promised harvests, American business is discredited abroad as politics and eternal investigations hinder enterprise. He notes Europe flourishing under special white business conditions.
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America
New York
Europe
Ianase Guggenheim
Cunard
Mr. Guggenheim
United States
Rabid dog bites Chesterfield Heights children in Norfolk
Special-Seven children of R. M. Kidd and one child of Captain R. C. Henley in Chesterfield Heights were bitten by a dog. The dog's head was sent to Washington and brain tests show well developed rabies. Health Commissioner Schenck plans serum treatment to prevent hydrophobia.
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Norfolk
R. M. Kidd
R. C. Henley
Chesterfield Heights
Washington
Schenck
Freight handlers union to hold peace conference in Chicago
Fear of a 10000 strong Chicago freight handlers strike eased as the union announced a conference to seek peace. The strike situation in Chicago remained unchanged today.
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Chicago
Ili
Mysterious New York Murder Baffles Police at Home
Police probe the killing of 18 year old Anna Muhiner in her Manhattan home at 830 West 123rd Street. A comb, a black button, hair tufts, and a pried rear basement door fragment suggest a female involvement. no struggle or motive evident as detectives seek clues.
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New York
Mummler
Anna Muhiner
West One
Twenty-third Street
Mistie
New Juror in Camorra Trial Replaced by Ill Juror
In Viterbo Italy the Camorra trial moves as Juror Dimaria is discharged ill and replaced by the first provisional juror. Prosecution and defense clash over Genarro Abatemaggio’s conduct while witnesses confront the accused in court amid superstition and tension.
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Camorra
Viterbo
Italy
Camorrist
Sirico Alfano
Dimaria
White
Inca
Blanche Haco
Bianchi
Genarro Abatemaggio
Hianchi
Cavalieri
Abalemaggio
Abatemaggio
Accused Man Takes Own Defense in Harp Murder Trial
John Fr. Dietz, with his wife and son Leslie, on trial for Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp’s murder during the Cameron Dam siege, asserts he is his own lawyer and praises progress. He has trapped witnesses, including John Hollan who testified Dietz shot Harp, noting Dietz was taller than his son.
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Mayward
Wis
John Fr. Dietz
Leslie
Oscar Harp
Cameron Dam
Dietz
John Hollan
Harp
JhHetz
Fatal crash ends automobile ride in Newburn NY
One woman died and two men were badly injured in a joy ride crash near Orange Lake. Victims identified as Mia Anni, Morris Grant, and John Campbell. The car struck a sharp curve, hitting a stone wall.
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Newburn
N. Y
Eariy Bodas
Dhead
Mia Anni
Tomer
Mors Fport Grant
John Campbell
Orange Lake
Englishwoman in Cavendish Square insights quoted
A New York Tribune clipping cites a Japanese diplomat defining the Englishwoman at a Cavendish Square ball. The remarks compare English women to others, noting the physique as lean and tall, with references to a football training image and masculine description.
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Charles Dang Gibbon
New York
Cavendish Square
New York Tribune
Wealthy woman rider Hone W E F Woodend on jet black horse
Special New York report details Mrs W E F Woodend once famed as the daring Madison Square Garden rider. A horse slipped, she was thrown, and doctors say injuries will keep her from riding soon. Other items note English enfranchisement petitions and a tuberculosis Pine Camp project in Winter Park.
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New York
Hanchin
Prooklyn
W. EF. Woodend
Tunark
Madison Square
Man sacrifices himself for wife's happiness in divorce case
Special report from Kalamazoo Michigan notes John H. Baker seeks a divorce so his wife Clara can marry a former sweetheart. Baker says he does not blame her and his first wish is her happiness.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John H. Baker
Clara
Baker
Jude
Cheken Thieves Beat Policeman in Winston-Salem
Special report from Winston-Salem North Carolina describes two armed men beating patrolman Swaim during an attempted arrest of two chicken thieves. Swaim was knocked down, pistol threatened, and clubbed, suffering serious injuries. the suspects escaped.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Heliceman Swaim
Salem
Swaim
Farthquake Shock Recorded in Wales
Special report from Cardiff notes heavy earth tremors recorded by seismograph instruments beginning at midnight and continuing off and on until 2 am the following morning.
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Wales
Cardiff
Cotton corner case in U S Supreme Court
Government files appeal in the U S Supreme Court over a New York circuit court ruling in a criminal case. Indicted defendants James A Patteh E G Scales F P Mayne and William P B Crown charged with four cornering cotton. Demurrer to the indictment sustained by Judge Noyes.
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Washington, D. C
James A. Patteh
E.G. Scales
F. P. Mayne
Wiliam PB
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of New York
Noyes
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Mathews
C. D. Clinton
Dixondale, Va
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Donald
Edward Ryan
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Ka A. Lambert
Bdeaver Dam
J. D. Billingsley
Martha A. Lee
George W. Smith
Abbevile
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Holly Street
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Girgus
London
House of Commons
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George Kemp
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