Five men likely to head new provisional govt in Mexico
Niagara Falls mediation teams plan a five member governing body to oversee a transition from Huerta. A provisional cabinet will be chosen in advance and approved by the United States with elections for president and congress to follow. Delegates expect a protocol within a week and daily mediator conferences.
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Niagara Falls
Mexico
Wilson
Huerta
Washington
United States
General Huerta
Inuerta
Agricultural Appropriation Bill Passes Senate
The general agricultural appropriation bill, approved Saturday in the Senate, includes about 20 million dollars in total funding. It designates 400 thousand dollars for cattle tick eradication and 125 thousand dollars to remove noxious animals that prey on sheep and cattle, aiding Southern and Southwestern industries.
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Washington
Senate
Rebels 10 Move On Capital In Mexico Campaign
General Villa plans to push toward Mexico City before Niagara Falls mediation talks end. Forces from Salitillo move to Torreon while 5,000 Arrie men from Durango rejoin to advance on Zacatecas. Aguilar leads 3,000 toward Vera Cruz to strike El Tejar, potentially reaching Mexico City.
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Torreon
Villa
Mexico City
Niagara Falls
Saltillo
Zacatecas
Maclovio Herrera
Luis Herrera
Manuel Chao
Parral
Arrie Brothers
Durango
San Antonio
Candido Aguilar
Debadillo
Vera Cruz
el Tejar
Garcia Pena
Aguilar
Tuxpam
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Aguila
Puebla
Serranos
Isabel Hernandez
Guabriel Hernandez
City of Mexico
Becker Must Die Says Jury Verdict in Becker Murder Trial
A New York jury found Charles Becker guilty of first degree murder for the Rosenthal killing, ruling Becker's four gunmen acted as his agents. The verdict follows testimony by new witnesses supporting earlier police corruption exposure, sending Becker to be held at the Tombs until May 29 awaiting potential appeals or execution hopes.
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New York
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Becker
Court of Appeals
Herman Rosenthal
Rose
Wallon
Webber
F. Meredith Blagedon
Justice Seabury
Manton
Tombs
Bridge of Sighs
Doubled Truck Shipments Boost Rio Grande Valley Cabbage Output
San Benito reports a record truck, cabbage and lettuce movement with cabbage up to 993 carloads this season, double any prior year and about 40 percent of the valley's total yield. Lettuce totals exceed 100 carloads from 250 acres with strong returns. the highest single car price hit $1 525 in Buffalo.
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San Benito
Tex
Express
Rio Grande Valley
Buffalo
N. Y
Texas
Houston growers vote to back cannery plan
Fifty fruit and vegetable growers from Harris County and adjacent Galveston County areas met in Houston and unanimously supported businessmen promoting canneries and preserving plants in the area. Representatives from Webster League City Genoa La Porte Pasadena Dickinson Iowa Colony Pearland Friendswood Algon and Arcadia attended. Thousands of acres are under cultivation including 2000 acres figs 2000 acres oranges 700 acres strawberries and several hundred acres of vegetables.
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Houston
Tex
Harris County
Galveston County
Webster
League City
Genoa
la Porte
Pasadena
Dickinson
Iowa Colony
Pearland
Friendswood
Algon
Arcadia
Steamer Royal Edward Hits Iceberg Off Cape Race
The Royal Edward of the Canadian Northern Steamship Company collided with a very large iceberg 110 miles east of Cape Race while en route from Montreal to Avonmouth. The captain reported in a wireless message that the ship struck the iceberg end on at dead slow speed in dense fog or mist.
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London
Royal Edward
Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Cape Race
Montreal
Avonmouth
House Passes Home Rule Bill in Commons
The House of Commons approved the home rule bill by 351 to 274, a 77 vote margin. Unionists demanded more information on the government's intentions regarding amendments before resuming debate.
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London
House of Commons
Embargo on Cattle Export Declared by Constitutionalists
An embargo on exporting cattle and goats from Mexico was announced in Mata moros Monday by the constitutionalists. The order covers all ports from Camargo to the coast and was issued on orders from General Venustiano Carranza, constitutionalist leader.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Matamoros
Camargo
Venustiano Carranza
Texas Corporations Chartered and Amended
Several Texas corporations were chartered on Saturday including Worth Grocery and Supply Company Fort Worth capital stock 3600 Mexia Sewer Company Mexia Limestone County capital stock 20000 North Field Oil Company Petrolia Clay County capital stock 5000 Wiley Grain Company Sanger Denton County capital stock 2000 Great Southern Land and Cattle Company San Antonio capital stock 80000 Elks Building Association of Austin capital stock 20000 Gulf Manufacturing and Lumber Company Beaumont capital stock 15000 Amendments filed for First State Bank of Edgewood increasing capital stock 20000 to 25000 Smiley State Bank of Smiley increasing capital stock 15000 to 30000.
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Austin
Tex
Worth Grocery and Supply Company
Fort Worth
Capital Stock
Mexia Sewer Company
Mexia
Limestone County
North Field Oil Company
Petrolia
Clay County
Capital
Wiley Grain Company
Sanger
Denton County
Great Southern Land and Cattle Company
San Antonio
Elks
Building Association of Austin
Texas
Gulf Manufacturing and Lumber Company
Beaumont
First State Bank of
Edgewood
Smiley State Bank of
Smiley
Texas Onion Growers Net Over Four Million In Rio Valley Shipments
San Antonio reports nearly 10,000 carloads of Rio Grande valley onions shipped in a short season. Growers are estimated to net more than 4 million dollars this year with plans for a larger Bermudas acreage next season.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Bermudas
England Declines to Attend Panama-Pacific Exposition
London reports the British government will not participate in the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, despite assurances given by Premier Asquith to a recent deputation.
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London
Asquith
San Francisco
Repairs Awarded for Two Iron Bridges in Texas
Floresville Texas commissioners award contracts to repair the San Antonio River bridge and the Cibolo bridge at Stockdale. Total project cost seven thousand two hundred dollars.
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Floresville
Tex
San Antonio River
Stockdale
White Defeats Ritchie in 10-Round Milwaukee Bout
Charlie White of Chicago decisively beat Willie Ritchie of California in a vicious ten round bout in Milwaukee. Ritchie bled heavily from the face and nose, his eyes nearly closed as the fight wore on while White remained the fresher fighter.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charlie White
Chicago
Willie Ritchie
California
White
Ritchie
Zbyszko Defeats De Rouen in Montreal Wrestling
Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Raoul de Rouen in Montreal with a foul awarded first fall in 23 minutes. De Rouen took the second in 37 minutes and Zbyszko won the third in 19 minutes.
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Montreal
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Raoul de Rouen
Zbyszko
de Rouen
Trade Increase Campaign On In Washington
Five hundred manufacturers and representatives of commercial organizations opened the first national foreign trade convention in Washington. Secretary Bryan, in a banquet address, outlined the administration’s stance on promoting industrial relations with other nations.
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Washington
Bryan
Fire in Appleby business district causes $25000 loss
A Saturday night blaze in Appleby Texas damaged the business section with an estimated loss of $25,000 before firemen could control it. The incident leaves several businesses dealing with the aftermath.
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Appleby
Tex
Gas Field Activity Grows in Mexia Texas
Rain seldom stops work as Mexia oil and gas field stays active. In the last six weeks two leading companies brought in six wells with an aggregate production of 70,000,000 cubic feet daily.
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Mexia
Tex
Wharton County sells road bonds to Chicago firm
Wharton Texas district No. 1 raises 360000 in road bonds approved in January 1912. The issue was sold to a Chicago firm, unlocking funds for county road projects.
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Wharton County
Wharton
Tex
Chicago
Tampico Improves as Refugees Return Authorized
Conditions at Tampico improve under rebel rule. Secretary of the Navy permits refugees in Galveston who said they were brought from Tampico against their will to return aboard the transport Hancock.
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Tampico
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Galveston
Hancock
Baron Strathcona Estate Valued at 23 Million in Probate
London reports the late Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal left personal property valued at 23,257,000 dollars as probate was granted on Wednesday.
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London
Strathcona
Mount Royal
Huerta Ready to Quit As War Material Sent to Mexico
Reports say Huerta consented to turn over power to a commission of Mexican factions and may accept a successor named by that body. German ships Ypiranga and Bavaria reportedly landed ware material at Puerto Mexico, with U.S. observers noting open port operations under a wartime armistice. Constitutionalists seized five coal mines near Sabinas, to be run as public properties for army funding.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Ypiranga
Vera Cruz
Puerto Mexico
Canada
State Department
Bavaria
Hamburg-American Line
United States
Badger
Navy Department
Niagara Falls
Wilson
Iberta
Republic
ABC
Carranza
Sabinas
Escondido
Aguaita
Miner
Rio Escondido
Lamacitos
Piedras Negras
Monclova
Rafael Muzquiz
General Carranza
Argentine Beef Protested in U S Army Provision
The Texas Cattle Raisers Association filed a protest through Texas congressmen over war department discrimination in selecting Argentine beef for United States soldiers.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Texas Congressmen
War Department
United States
Mexico
Two Engine Men Killed in Katy Train Wreck Near Smithville
Taylor Texas. Engineer McElroy and Fireman Jenkins of freight No 79 were killed Wednesday when the engine and five cars left the track north of Smithville due to a washout.
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Taylor, Tex
McElroy
Jenkins
Katylecal Freight No
Smithville
Road Bond Election Carries in Rockdale Texas
Rockdale road district voters approved the road bond by an exact two thirds majority in the election held Wednesday. The ballot measure advances local road improvements and district funding.
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Rockdale
Tex
Rockdale Road
Cardus touted by Mrs. Bowen for womanly troubles
Mrs. D J Bowen of Arritts Virginia testifies that after twenty years of illness Cardus the woman’s tonic restored her health enabling her to perform all tasks and feel decades younger. She praises her daughter and friends who use it and urges others to try Cardus at their local drugstore.
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Cardus
Hicks CAPUCINE CURES HEADACHES AND COLDS
Hicks Capucine claims quick relief for headaches and colds with an easy to take remedy. The advertisement notes cheese industry strengths, highlighting New York and Wisconsin as dominant milk markets. Together they produce over three quarters of the national cheese output, with Wisconsin at about 47 percent.
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New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
California
Oregon
Ilnois
Minnesota
Mexican Student Sees Northern Football As Seven Day Battle
A Mexican student watching his first northern football game exclaims amid the crowd. He protests the rough play, arguing that in his country such a contest would be a seven day pitched battle, while a bystander calmly replies that it is indeed a game.
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Otto Man
The Busy Man
A caller asks to see Mr. Green but is told the president is busy. He offers two stories to gain entry and tells the secretary he has two stories as good as the one Mr. Green has heard. He presses for admission to tell them.
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Mr. Green
Deep Breathing and Morning Air Relief
A health expert advocates upright posture and deep breathing to improve lung function. He compares shallow breathing to washing with little air and notes the lungs respond to deep breaths like the body reacts to cold water. He extols the joy of the pure morning air and the invigorating effect on the body.
Grape Nuts Restore Strength Says Nervous Patient
A Battle Creek Postum Co. testimonial tells of a woman who suffered a serious nervous breakdown and dyspepsia. After trying many remedies, she credited Grape-Nuts with rebuilding her health and energy, stating it renewed her life and strength.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Pena
House
Texas Corporations Chartered
England
Hicks
Capucine
Mags
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