Gen Sickles Dies at 90 as Wife Remains At Bedside
Gen Daniel E. Sickles long served as soldier diplomat and politician dies at home on Fifth Avenue just before his 91st birthday. His wife Mrs. Sickles and son Stanton were at his bedside after years of estrangement and reconciliation brought by a loyal staff. His career spanned Gettysburg glory to Spain diplomacy and New York politics.
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Sickles
Daniel E. Sickles
Third Army
Gettysburg
Spain
Fifth Avenue
John J. Kirby
Nassau Street
Miss Higgins
Gen. Sickles
J. H. Spann
East Eleventh Street
TIMES
Sefiorita Carmina Creagh
Chevalier de Creagh
Madrid
Marchioness
Novaliches
Span
New York
Grant
Daniel Edgar Sickles
New York City
Knickerbocker
van Sickles
Youns Sickles
University of New York
Benjamin Futler
van Buren
Tsi Hie
Congress
Butler
State Assembly
Tammany Hall
Baltimore
Franklin Pierce
No Hope for Nordica Reported by State Dept
Special to The New York Times Washington May 3 The State Department received a telegram tonight from Bradstreet 5S Rairden American Consul at Batavia Java saying the condition of Mme Nordica was hopeless.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Bradstreet
Rairden
Batavia
Java
Mme. Nordica
Colombia submits treaty over partition of Panama
The Colombian Minister of the Interior has presented to Congress for ratification a treaty with the United States settling the long-standing Panama partition dispute. The measure faces a likely Senate fight from a minority, though it is favored by the majority.
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Bogota
Colombia
Congress
United States
Panama
Senate
Mecca Revolt Appeals to Ottoman Authorities
Mecca rises against Emir rule after the new governor moves to curb powers and revoke ancient privileges. The governor has been imprisoned as the Ottoman government plans a punitive expedition to suppress the uprising in the Mohammedan holy city.
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Marconi
New York Times
Constantinople
Mecca
Mohammedan
Woman killed by a bull in Indiana field
In Wabash Indiana on May 8 Mrs Philip Lembarger wife of a farmer was gored to death by a bull as she crossed a forty acre field with her 17 year old daughter. Dr A E Rodgers came to help but was attacked by six steers. after a thirty minute struggle the doctor and the child were rescued but Mrs Lembarger was dead.
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Sickles
Twelfth Regiment
National Guard
United States Army
Legation
London
James Buchanan
State Senate
Congress
Washington
Therese Bagioi
Laura
Bloomingdale
New York Times
Wabash
Ind
Philip Lembarger
A. E. Rodgers
Taxicab Driver Finds $10 Surprise After 60 Cent Fare
Thomas F. Mark, a private taxi operator at Eighth Avenue and 125th Street, said a passenger paid a 60 cent fare with a folded dollar that unfolded to reveal $10. Mark reported the incident and police refused to take the money, saying he had proven trustworthy to keep the change until the owner could claim it.
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Thomas F. Mark
148Th Street
Eighth Avenue
125Th Street
Mark
Lieut
Malcolm Gray
123D Street
Stolen Jewelry From Mrs Hutt Home Worth $10000
Jewelry valued at 10000 dollars was stolen Thursday evening from the home of Mrs Henry Shutt at 246 West End Avenue. Entry was gained by placing a plank to a bedroom window. Her son Robert, 10, found the burglary and fingerprints were left on the sill. The loss includes a platinum bracelet with 52 diamonds a two and a half carat diamond ring a three quarter carat diamond cluster ring a diamond set platinum neck chain and other pieces. One building employee vanished after the discovery. Mrs Hutt is the former Mrs Henry Shutt who divorced two years ago in Reno Nevada.
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Henry Hutt
West End Avenue
Rubin
Hutt
Henry Shutt
Reno
Nev
I W W Pickets Pen Rockefellers In Force
I W W picketers moved on Pocantico Hills and West Fifty fourth Street in a protest aimed at John D Rockefeller Jr and his father over Colorado mine killings. Upton Sinclair mourners and Rand School socialists joined in front of the Rockefeller homes while armed guards and a priest confronted the demonstrators outside the gated estate.
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Upton Sinclair
Rockefeller Estate
Pocantico Hills
Rockefellers
West Fifty-fourth Street
Broadway
Rand School
Calvary Baptist Church
West Fifty-seventh Street
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
William Miller Gamble
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Coytesville
N. J
West 125Th Street
John D. Rackefeller, Jr
Sinclair
Marie Ganz
Tombs Court
John’ D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
Arthur Caron
Union Square
Jannenbaum Church
Pocantco Hills
van Cortlandt Park
David Sullivan
Rutgers Square
Caron
Miss Harris
Free Silence Movement
Cortlandt Street
Rockefeller Home
Fred Briggs
Briggs
Rockefeller House
William Dunston
Ron
Five Hurt In Butler Riot Between Catholic Factions
A riot in Butler Township between Roman and Greek Catholics leaves five in Butler County General Hospital, one dying, and thirteen in Butler County Jail. Victims include Tony Abmer and Nicholas Ahmer with serious wounds. fights began after taunting Mrs Mary Abbott and escalated as knives were drawn. State troopers and Butler police contained the melee. chaos spread across two blocks with many participants.
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New York Times
Butler
Penn
Butler Township
Butler County General Hospital
Butler County
Church of Rome
Tony Abmer
Nicholas Ah
Huerta Silent On Peace Conference Invite
Mexico City May 3 Huerta replies to a telegram from The Times editor promising to provide information at the opportune time. The message concerns an invitation by ABC mediators to Huerta Carranza and the United States to appoint representatives to confer with mediators on peace talks.
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V. Huerta
Huerta
Carranza
United States
Mexican Ship Luella Sunk by Mine in Manzanillo Harbor
A report from Manzanillo says the Mexican steamship Luella, of 412 tons and owned by Cananea railroad interests, was sunk by a mine explosion in the harbor planted to target the protected cruiser Raleigh. No loss of life is reported.
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Mexico City
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Luella
United States
Raleigh
Hfe
Cananea, Rio Yaqui & Pacific Railway Company
Guaymas
Pacific
Wealthy woman skipper sets sail from Atlantic City
Mrs A M Brown of Los Angeles, a wealthy guest at the Marlborough Blenheim, captains the sloop Lon V Stephens from the inlet toward New York. Captain Gaskill, over 60, accompanies her as she trades on her first real voyage, after several practice trips with increasing confidence. A group watches from the inlet pier as a northwest wind fills the mainsail and pushes the craft seaward.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
A. M. Brown
Los Angeles
Marlborough-Blenheim
Lon V. Stephens
New York
Gaskill
Huerta Mediation Turmoil Spurs Mexico City Rumors
Washington reports Huerta ready to flee while secret sources guard details. Portillo y Rojas resigns as foreign minister amid mediation uncertainty. Lascurain tied to post. Carranza favors peace talks. Estevla Ruiz unavailable for comment. Alcocer avoids commitment as mediation is handled by foreign relations.
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Cade
NEW York Times
Mexico City
José Lopez Portillo Y Rojas
Huerta
Portillo
Pedro Lascurain
Madero
Sefior Lascurain
Joaquin D. Casasas
Mexico
Washington
Carlsbad
Estevla Ruiz
Carranza
Sefior Alcocer
Interior
Foreign Relations Department
Carranza Declines Armistice as Mediation Grows
El Paso May 3 Gen Carranza rejects the armistice proposed by Huerta mediation with Brazil Argentina and Chile while he selects commissioners to go to Washington to confer on peace methods. Villa sends troops to Tampico and Saltillo as Saltillo fortifications rise and garrison strengthens to over 12 000.
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EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
Washington
Huerta
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Chihuahua
Rafael Zubaran
Gobernacion
Carranza Commission
Luis Cabrera
Francisco Urquidi
José Vasconcelos
Mexico City
Francisco Leon de la Barra
José Yves Limantour
Diaz
Manuel Calero
Madero
José Marta Castellot
Villa
Tampico
Saltillo
Joaquin Maass
Benavides
Laguna
Durango
Arrieta
Flood Devours Bridge. Men Marooned in Treed Rapids
Bridgeport Oklahoma reports a 15 foot flood crest on the Canadian River sweeping away the $125000 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific bridge. Six men fell when the structure collapsed, with four sighted in trees downstream and rescue efforts frayed as mingled wreckage and cut wires hinder communications.
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Bridgeport
Okla
Chcago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
V. J. McCoy
L. W. Warner
William Noland
Leo Loninger
Loninger
McCoy
James Copley
Fitzgerald Had Eight Wives Says Club Manager
London May 3. Henry C. Fitzgerald known as Major Fitzgerald shot himself at the Charing Cross Hotel and died. The club manager said Fitzgerald had eight wives in America and left letters from each claiming marriage and demanding support. A Scotland Yard detective and an embassy inquiry followed rumors of engagements with a princess and the Leinster dukedom claim.
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London
Henry C. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Louisiana
Scotland Yard
Leinster
Huerta Regime Near End Amid Flight Rumors
Washington reports from American officers in Mexico suggest Huerta prepared to flee as his political career nears collapse. Navy sources say such claims are unconfirmed by official informants but appear plausible to officials, who note Huerta deterred military action against U S forces and against Americans in Mexico. A recent order reportedly directs no resistance to Constitutionalist advances and surrender demands at Vera Cruz water works in Tejar.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mexico
Huerta
the Times
United States
Vera Cruz
Tejar
Representative J W Ragale Rides Horse in Rock Creek Park
HRep J W Ragale of South Carolina was thrown from a horse in Rock Creek Park this morning and cut on the face. He was rescued by motorists passing by and taken to his home on Connecticut Avenue. condition reported not serious.
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New York Times
Washington
Rock Creek Park
J. W. Ragsgale
South Carolina
Connecticut Avenue
Mauretania Near Fastnet Bound for Liverpool
The Mauretania of the Cunard Line was 687 miles west of Fastnet at 2 A M yesterday en route to Liverpool with an expected arrival around 11 P M on the fourth. Green Stripe Scotch now offered in non refillable bottles by Andrew Usher Company of Edinburgh.
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Macon Wires
Mauretania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Fastnet
Andrew Usher & CO
Edinburgh
Tampico Truce Report Amid Ongoing Fighting
Washington reports a truce between Constitutionalists and Federals at Tampico via Admiral Badger citing Admiral Mayo. Refugees landed at Tampico with evacuations planned from the Panuco River area as operations shift toward Galveston and Vera Cruz.
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New York Times
Washington
Tampico
Badger
Navy Department
Madger
Department
Admiral Mayo
Constitutionalisto
Admiral Badger
Admiral Badner
Dixie
Warrington
Henley
Galveston
Therfore
Esperanza
Vera Cruz
Trippe
Panuco River
Adimmral
Yucatan
Robertson
Denver
Pacific Mail
San Jose
Mazatlan
Salina Cruz
Panama
Strategic Point Outside of Vera Cruz Signals Aid
The Signal Corps plans to set up wireless stations across Vera Cruz city and suburbs. About 4,000 Mexican troops under Gen Maass are 26 miles from the city at Soledad, with 5,000 more at Jalapa and 1,500 at Palma ready to contest advance toward the Interoceanic Line.
Army Chiefs in Washington weigh Funston report on foe
In Vera Cruz May 3 dispatch notes Gen Funston strengthening outposts after 500 Mexican troops demanded surrender at Tejar. Sixth Cavalry dispatched to Los Cocos and signals corps to establish wireless and telephone links to Vera Cruz and nearby strategic points. Outposts reported quiet, while the Tejar force withdrew to Soleda under Gen Maass.
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Vera Cruz
Funston
Tejar
Soleda
Maass
Maass Masses 10 500 Federal Troops Near Vera Cruz
Gen. Maass Mexican Military Governor of Vera Cruz has about 10 500 Federal troops along the Vera Cruz to Mexico City rail routes. Five thousand within 26 miles of Vera Cruz and 82 miles away, with 4 000 at Soledad, 5 000 at Jalapa, and 1 500 at Palma. Gen. Funston reports mixed troop dispositions and uncertain interior conditions amid American pressure.
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Washington
Maass
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
War Department
Funston
Fifth Infantry
Soledad
Jalapa
Palma
Jalara
Antigua
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