Treason Plot Told At Trial Involves Casement Irish Brigade
London May 10. Sir Roger Casement faced a preliminary examination on treason charges with Daniel Julian Batley, a prisoner landed from a German U boat, as key witnesses described Casement's plans to recruit Irish prisoners in German detention camps. The attorney general said Casement sought to organize the Irish volunteers, promise aid from Germany, and land a brigade in Ireland if Germany won.
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Germany
Ireland
Sir Roger Casement
Roger Casement
Daniel Julian Batley
Sir Roger
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Casement
Bailey
France
Limburg
Irish volunteers
Major Langhorne Leads Cavalry Raid Near Houquillas
Major George T. Langhorne commanded United States cavalry near Houquillas Texas. He dispatched his men after Mexican bandits and they returned in two hours with fourteen prisoners. They had searched a Mexican town and fired no shots.
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United States cavalry
Houquillas
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Casement’s London Plan for Irish Rebellion Revealed
The attorney general recounts Casement’s 1915 scheme to defend Ireland against England, offering Irish volunteers £10 to £20 and passage to America if Germany won. The court heard Casement pressed Sir Edward Grey for knighthood praise in 1911 as details emerged of his Berlin machinations. Bailey and Casement exchanged smiles as evidence described a raid to Tralee with Monteith, a rifle shipment sunk near Tralee, and the crew captured.
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America
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Casement
Bailey
Sir Frederick Smith
Berlin
Tralee
Monteith
Twenty killed in cafe collapse in Serris Brothers restaurant
A building collapse caused by a nearby excavation toppled into Serris Brothers cafe in Apron, killing twenty diners and employees and injuring about thirty others. Firemen and volunteers extricated victims as debris was cleared and survivors were taken to hospitals.
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Serris Brothers
Beacon Journal
Diplomatic Efforts Under Way as Scott Seeks Pact
Major General Hugh L. Scott met with Secretary of War Baker after returning from border talks with General Alvaro Obregon. A formal U.S. Mexico agreement with Carranza is sought, with Obregon en route to Mexico City for reporting and ratification pending. Carranza forces move north as Pershing’s column consolidates on the border. At Lake Itasca, three Villa bandits fall to a U.S. detachments skirmish near Rubio ranch, Lt. George S. Patton leading twelve Americans.
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Hugh L. Scott
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
United States
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Mexico
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Obregon
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Perahing
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Shoots Son-in-Law for Thief Pittston
David Wolfe twenty seven returns home when his mother Intaw Mary Pareira mistakes him for a burglar and fires a shot. The bullet hits Wolfe in the head but is not fatal. Submarine K-2 damaged in collision with Aragon fourteen miles north of Cape Delaware. bow injured but vessel reaches New York navy yard.
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Wolfe
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Cape Delaware
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