Japan's Ultimatum to China Prompts Diplomatic Push
Japan informs China it will not accept further concessions and may issue an ultimatum by 7 pm. The Tokyo Gazette reports martial law on the Kwantung peninsula and South Manchuria rail. Japanese forces move to Pekin and Chin-Wiang-Tao. Western fronts see mixed claims of German gains and Allied counteractions with heavy casualties in the Caucasus and Ypres sectors.
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Pekin
Japan
China
Legation
Foreign Office
Tsao Yulin
Tokio
Kwang-Tung
South Manchuria
Chin-Wiang-Tao
Gulf of
Liao- Tung
Kokumin
United States
Galicia
Ypres
Flanders
Sir John French
Belgium
Yser Canal
Woervre
Mytilene
Havas
Athens
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Teutonic
Petrograd
Khori-Dilman
Caucasus
Nida
Vistula
Carpathians
Vienna
Dunajec
England
Germany
Walter Hines Page
London
Villa and Carranza Control Oil Supply
The report notes Villa holds the producing wells in the oil district while Carranza controls gulf terminals at Tampico and Tuxpam. Authorities mention a possible new tax on sisal exports and the Panuco river closure to traffic above Tam es i. Carranza promises foreign investors and a quicker peace, with reconstruction and foreign capital welcome. Villa says he will remain at Aguas Calientes for ten days to seek battle or advance south.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Tampico
Panuco
Villa
Carranza
Tamesi
General Villa
Tuxpa
Vera Cruz
Mex
General Carranza
United States
Francisco Villa
Diaz
San Antonio
Tex
Aguas Calientes
Cyclone Claims Many Lives Across Oklahoma and Texas
A large cyclone Thursday swept Oklahoma, West Louisiana, and Western Texas, killing an estimated twenty to thirty people and injuring about a hundred. Major damage occurred near Ardmore, McAlester, and in the Petrolia oil field. At Mermentau Louisiana a windstorm killed six and injured about twenty five. In West Texas near Haskell the cyclone damaged nine farms and wounded six. Oil derricks fell at Petroleum near Wichita Falls. Schools and homes were damaged with no total loss figure yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Ardmore
McAlester
Mermentau
Haskell
Petrolia
Wichita Falls
Okla
Atoka
Fletcher Re elected President Of Southern Commercial Congress
Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida was re elected president of the Southern Commercial Congress by the board of directors in Muskogee Oklahoma. Officers including Dr Clarence J Owens T S Southgate Albert P Bush Jr and William H Saunders were also re elected. Resolutions urged liberal river and harbor funding agricultural credit and a stronger American merchant marine. Speakers urged Latin American university ties inland navigation and expanded U S financial aid to Hispanic American industries and agriculture.
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Muskogee
Okla
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Southern Commercial Congress
Clarence J. Owens
Washington
T. S. Southgate
Norfolk
Albert P. Bush, Jr
Mobile
Ala
William H. Saunders
Washington, D. C
Louis G. Lindsley
Nashville
Tenn
Women’s Auxiliary
Congress
United States Congress
America
John H. Hernhard
Inland Navigation Bureau
New York
Bernhard
United States
Philip Manson
Don Roberto Brenes Mesen
Costa Rica
Don Juan Riano
Spain
Award 64,000 railroad workers gain wage increase
An arbitration award raises wages for 64,000 locomotive engineers firemen and hostlers on 140,000 miles of Western railroads in the United States and Canada bounded by the Illinois Central and the Great Lakes. The May 10 effective one year ruling includes a dissent from the Brotherhood of Engine Men who call the process a failure and the Newlands law inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States
Canada
Illinois Central
Great Lakes
Brotherhood of Enginemen
Newlands
Railroad grant lowers walnut log rates to Port Arthur
The railroad commission on Tuesday granted Texas Midland Railroad Company authority to withdraw the rate of 10c per hundred pounds for walnut log shipments from Enloe Cooper and Howland to Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas Midland Railroad Company
Enloe, Cooper and Howland
Port Arthur
Drainage Election Voided by District Judge
Richmond Texas District Judge J S Styles voided an election in drainage district No 2 at Fregno and Arcola Junction. The decision ends a dispute that has occupied the commissioners court since December 1913 and drew wide public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tex
J. S. Styles
Fregno
Arcola Junction
Commissioners Court
Fire devastates half of Colon city
A Friday blaze engulfed more than half of Colon leaving ten dead and several hundred injured. Between 1000 and 12000 residents, mostly Black, are homeless in the aftermath.
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Colon
Artesian Well Joins Belton Water Supply
Belton Texas adds an artesian well pumping about one million gallons daily. The 1180 foot well supports city mains extensions in several directions to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Tex
Child’s Body Found in Drift Along Colorado River
In Columbus Texas the decomposed body of a white child was found in a drift pile in the Colorado river on Tuesday. Authorities believe the body was washed downstream during the late river rise from Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tex
Colorado River
Austin
Free Delivery Routes Ordered in Texas
Washington reports new rural free delivery routes to be established in Texas. Effective June 1: route No. 2 Moore Frio county. Effective June 16: route No. 1 Amarillo Potter county, route No. 11 Dallas, route No. 5 Floresville Wilson county, route No. 3 Lovelady Houston county, route No. 1 McAllen Hidalgo county, route No. 1 Riviera Kleberg county, route No. 1 Tennessee Colony Anderson county, route No. 1 Wallis Austin county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Moore
Frio County
Amarillo
Potter County
Dallas
Floresville
Wilson County
Lovelady
Houston County
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Riviera
Kleberg County
Tennessee Colony
Anderson County
Wallis
Austin County
First Onions Shipped North From Asherton
Bermuda onions for the season began shipping from Asherton Texas with the first car leaving on Tuesday. Growers report harvesting under way and expect fifteen to twenty cars daily if weather remains favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asherton
Tex
Bermuda
Angleton to Have New 12 Mile Road
Velasco contractors D T Austin and H H Hudgins win a $72,000 contract to build twelve miles of hard surface roads in Velasco district No 8 as approved by Angleton commissioners court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angleton
Velasco, Tex
Commissioners Court At
D .T. Austin
8. H. Hudgins
Velasco
Velasco District No. 8
Sister-in-Law of Carranza Dies in San Antonio
Mrs Emilia Carranza a 56 year old wife of Colonel Sebastian Carranza brother of General Venustiano Carranza dies in San Antonio Texas on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Emilia Carranza
Sebastian Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Liberty Bell Clapper Replaced With Steel Support
In Philadelphia the bell's 162 year old clapper was removed and a steel spider inserted inside the relic to prevent expansion of the crack. The move preserves the historic Liberty Bell while maintaining its historic crack as part of the artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Texas wins approval to place memorial stone at Washington monument
Secretary Garrison grants Texas application to set a memorial stone in the Washington monument in this city. The action marks official consent by state authorities for the commemorative marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garrison
State of Texas
Washington Monument
Cold Kills 50 000 Sheep in West
In Northeastern Oregon last week a snow and wind storm killed an estimated 50 000 sheep valued around 400 000 dollars. Local ranchers reported heavy losses across the region, prompting concerns over winter weather and grazing postures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Texas lawmakers push eleemosynary and capitol plans
The Texas legislature debates and passes key bills on eleemosynary appropriations including a $300,000 for a new State Blind Institute site, with the board to include the governor and attorney general. Other actions include capitol repairs funding, Washington-on-the-Brazos site consideration, and insurance law discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
State
Blind Institute
McGregor
Burmeister
Board of
Trustees For the
Waco
Ilouston
Washington County
Ferguson
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texas Republic
Supreme Court
McNealus
House Insurance Committee
Carlson
Great Southern Life of Houston
Collin H. Ball
Texas National Guard
Gibson Insurance
McAskell
Texas
Old Washington
Senate Finance Committee
A. and M. College
Congress
Confederate Veterans’ Camp
San Antonio
Popularity of Base Ball and Health Promotion
The article extols baseball's growth and the sport's entertainment value while urging outdoor exercise for health. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a aid to stomach, liver, and bowels, claiming it strengthens digestion and guards against headaches, heartburn, and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Not Yet Made in Process of Being Created
A quotation from Rev. J. R. Miller about human development as a gradual divine work. Mrs. Faber laments being made while Dorothy reminds that God is not finished with us yet. The passage urges patience with personal infirmities and the sense that transformation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Macdonald
Mrs. Faber
Dorothy
J. R. Miller
D. D
Decorated With One When He Left
A colorful exchange from a Kansas City Star column recounts a humorous scene as a man departs after claiming a bill and a common nose, with Brother Summerjohn joking about the gentleman’s exaggerated complaint and the crowd reacting with laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yo’ Honah
Brother Summerjohn
de Gen’leman
Gunter Norate
Kansas City Star
There is at least this to be said for the genius
The remark notes that the individual is a genius but a crank on a single subject, highlighting a focused eccentricity within broad talent.
Tea Drinker Swaps Tea for Postum Gains Health
An Illinoisan warns of tea linked ailments and recounts relief after quitting tea for Postum. She describes nervous spells headaches bilious pain numb nights and restored sleep after six months on Postum Cereal or Instant Postum promoted by Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan with price notes and a slogan There’s a Reason sold by grocers.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Avstro
British War Office
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West Texas
THE
Southern Congress
Public Health Service
I. N. Putnam
Drift
Liberty Bell
Texas Legislative Body
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