Americans Urged To Leave Mexico War Warning
Washington May 12 War Department reports Americans in Mexico are urged to depart immediately. Secretary Lansing said consuls nationwide may order Americans to return and may act without further orders if safety requires. About 3000 Americans remained, mostly near Mexico City and coastal areas. The War Department plans to call the National Guard if needed, with cavalry likely next. Officers are returning to commands and coast guard cutters are assigned to posts for possible escalation with Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Lansing
United States
State Department
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Sonora
War Department
Nationa Guard
Frederick Funston
Baker
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Wilson
Army War College
General Board of the Navy
Coast Guard
Americans Face Execution After Acapulco Ship Fire
Three Americans and a Chilean officers of the San Francisco power schooner General Mariscal have been arrested in Acapulco Guerrero and are to stand trial under orders of the state governor. Authorities say the loss of the vessel, caused by a fire in the harbor on April 12 during cargo discharge, may lead to execution if found guilty.
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Acapulco
Mazatlan
Mex
General Mariscal
San Francisco
Guerrero
Alirer Brow
Will Wig
C. E. Vogelette
Frank Horn
Acapulco Municipal Palace
New Raid in Texas Attacked Boquillas and Skipped
Mexican bandits crossed into the United States and struck civilians and troops four miles north of Boquillas at an ore terminal. Major Langhorne’s column had not yet entered Mexico when a brief skirmish ended with the attackers fleeing.
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Boquillas
el Paso
Tex
Langhorne
Mexico
Asquith to Dublin trip aims to shape Ireland policy
Premier Asquith said in the house of commons he would depart for Dublin within hours to consult civil and military authorities and seek an arrangement for the future acceptable to Irishmen and parliament. He described Ireland’s government as anomalous and said the police list casualties include killed and wounded, with 14 executions and 1706 deportations.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Dublin
Ireland
Harold J. Tennant
Commons
Tennet
United Kingdom
Col F W Sibley Leads New Column Crossing Border
Col F W Sibley commands a newly formed column as it crosses the Mexican border amid border security actions. The movement signals a strategic maneuver with potential implications for regional control and military posture.
Eight Hour Day Dispute Halts Mines in Wilkes-Barre
May 12 Wilkes-Barre Pa miners at Maxwell and Waia mie collieries of Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre company refuse to work claiming over eight hours under proposed rules. Company definition allows eight hours actual work six days a week excluding travel time. In Johnstown Pa district ratification of Philadelphia scale by United Mine Workers approves 22 237 to 14 703 votes, about 175 000 miners spared from strike, with idle mines set to resume.
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Stroudsburg
Burns
Scranton
Pocono Hosiery Company
A. W. Kittler
Kittler
Wilkes-Barre
Maxwell and Waiamie
Lehigh and
Johnstown
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
SHIFT VERDUN ATTACK
London reports another shift in Verdun fighting as Germans press near Vaux on the Meuse east bank while Paris says the attack failed. French assaults in the Verdun region are said to have faced German resistance near Dead Man’s Hill and Hill 304, with heavy artillery and countermeasures reported.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Vaux
Paris
Avecourt
Berlin
Dead Man's Hill
Taunton Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Relief
Miss Clarice Morin of Taunton Massachusetts reports monthly pains and fatigue eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other girls to consult a physician but notes the product helped her regain health and resume work. The ad invites free confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Germans Report Capture of Rusalar Position on Eastern Front
London May 12 reports on the eastern front noting Russian forces repelled some Teutonic thrusts while Berlin claims seizure of 500 yards of a Russian position near Selburg with 309 unwounded Russians taken, along with several machine guns and mine throwers. Petrograd May 12 says the Caucasus army group advancing toward Bagdad has reached Kasr-I-Shirin in Persia, about 109 miles northeast of Bagdad.
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Rusalar
London
Berlin
Selburg
Bagdad
Petrograd
Kasr-I-Shirin
Persia
Oliver Messenger in Row Over Color Question
In Washington on May 12 Browning a large colored messenger employed by Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania nearly sparks a North and South feud. He used a private senate phone, a Georgia policeman remonstrated and was struck, injuring his eye. Browning faced reprimand, Oliver defended him, drawing fire from Senator Hoke Smith and Senators Williams and Vardaman who pledged support for the officer.
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Washington
B. B. Southam
Browning
Oliver
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Mississippi
Williams
Vardaman
Poiceman
W. W. Shut Out Pittston Chief of Police Seals HQ
Pittston Pa May 12 Chief of Police Thomas Newcomb boarded the Magora building after learning it was leased to I W W leaders as headquarters He placed a padlock on the door and warned owner Samuel Magora the premises cannot be leased for that purpose Authorities deny any building quarters to the I W W The note includes unrelated items on crime catarrh cures and generic ads.
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Pittston
Thomas Newcomb
Magora
Chief Newcomb
Samuel Magora
Sons Must Behave and Inherit in Steelton Estate Plan
Samuel Couffer and Charles Couffer, sons of Samuel Couffer, Steelton, will share $235 monthly each from their father’s estate if they lead temperate, decent, law abiding lives. If either fails to live accordingly, the patrimony drops to $35 monthly. Natives of the Congo, Africa, use glassware and crockery extensively.
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Steelton
Harrisburg
Samuel
Charles
Couffer
Samuel Couffer
Couffer House
Steelton Trust Company
500 Pupils Strike at Broadway High in Larkaville Borough
Five hundred students at Broadway High School in Larkaville borough strike after Prof. C. J Cray, longtime principal, is demoted to lead a smaller school with a $500 salary cut. Students refuse to enter at opening bell. A committee declares a strike until Cray is reinstated as superintendent.
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Demang Asin
Withas-Harre
Broadway High School
Larkaville
C. J." Cray
Cray
Broadway School
Professor Cray
Rates for US Germany tensions and war risk quoted
London Lloyds quotes fifty to sixty percent insurance against disturbance of US Germany relations. Sixty percent against breaking off diplomatic ties within three months and fifty percent against a declaration of war. Rome reports an Austrian transport laden with war materials torpedoed and sunk by a French submarine in the lower Adriatic.
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Rink
London
Lloyds
United States
Germany
Rome
Adriatic
Jap Enamel Varnish Stains In All Colors 13 Pint Can
Advertises Jap Enamel varnish in Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak finishes. Notes price 12 cents for a 13 pint can and 20 cents for pint cans.
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