World News Roundup Amid Mexican Crisis and U.S. Movements
A meeting in Juarez between Maj. Gen. Hugh Scott and Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston with Mexican War Minister Alvaro Obregon outlined the push for a conference to determine U.S. troop actions against Villa. Obregon demands U.S. withdrawal. scuffles, casualties, and global diplomatic maneuvers are reported alongside domestic labor unrest and political shifts.
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Hugh F Scott
Frederick Funston
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
United States
Villa
Mexico
United States Army
Obregon
Scott
Funstoo
Dublin Rebels Driven From St Stephen's Green Amid Losses
British reports say Dublin rebels were driven from positions around St Stephen's Green after heavy fighting. Total Irish losses include 42 killed and 46 wounded with about 400 prisoners. ©
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Dublin
St. Stephen's Green
London Daily News
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
London
Dublin Castle
Great Britain's Historic Week Ends With Kut el Amara Fall
London reports a grim week in April 1916 marked by the fall of Kut el Amara after long expectancy. Zeppelin raids hit England three nights in a row, parliament faced recruiting woes, and Dublin rose in revolt amid political turmoil. The navy mourned the loss of a submarine and the battleship Russell with about 200 men.
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Union News Service
London
Kut el-Amara
England
Dublin
Russell
Freight train raid disrupts Western Maryland operation
In Hampshire West Virginia a Western Maryland railway raid disrupted a freight train near Bloomington Maryland after the Potomac bridge crossing. Twenty men were arrested with fifteen jailed at Keyser in default of one. accused raiders face 30 days road duty. Five paid suspects, about ten escaped in darkness.
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Western Maryland Railway
Hampshire
W. Va
Bloomington
Western Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Keyser
Wage Increase Proposed in Coal Miners Agreement
A tentative four year plan would raise the anthracite miners payroll by about 9 million dollars with a new wage concession of 8 million dollars discussed in a joint subcommittee meeting of operators and miners in New York.
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New York
Mc Cauley Breaks Three World Aviation Records in Newport News
Theodore Mc Cauley shattered three world aviation records and set a new American record with six passengers aboard a large flying boat at the Atlantic Coast aeronautical station in Newport News, Virginia.
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Newport News
Theodore McCauley
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Cincinnati Market Prices for Grain Livestock and Poultry
The Cincinnati market lists Wheat grades No 2 red at 1.21 1.25 and No 2 at 1.12 1.16. Corn varieties range from No 2 white 77% 78c to No 4 yellow 76c. Oats prices vary by grade with No 3 white Northwestern at 49 19c. Hay reports No 1 timothy at 21.60, No 2 19, No 3 16. Eggs show prime and ordinary firsts at 20% and 19c respectively. Poultry prices cover broilers, fowls, and other weights. Cattle prices for shippers, butcher steers, cows, and stockers are listed with various price ranges. other items include hogs and hog products with multiple price points.
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Egge
Indiana Happenings in Towns and Schools
A round of local notes from Indiana towns lists graduations, new appointments, and incidents. Redkey presents a life size Columbus bust. Sullivan reports 51 high school seniors to graduate May 28. Indianapolis notes union-station remodeling. Park entries include a railroad fatality at Marion and a new Cambridge City superintendent. Evansville cites a cheap gasoline substitute claim and a mattress factory fire risking 100 lives. Winamac records a fire after graduation and loss of a piano. Rushville mentions hog-bite injury. Crawfordsville flags a cancelation of a health contest due to measles. Gary indicates a pay raise for teachers. Wahbash lays a church cornerstone. Vincennes notes a fatal train crash. Franklin reports the largest graduating class at Franklin College. Columbus notes a civil-war taunt leading to a thrashing and a labor survey. Huntington reports a youth committed to reformatory after family threats. Crawfordsville trial delay. Columbus banks send delegates to party conventions. Terre Haute dedicates a Baptist church and stone ceremony. Evansville cites a physician trying transfusion. Moores Hill College grooms new president. Fowler jokes about a farmer mistaking formaldehyde for water. Fort Wayne unveils Johnny Appleseed memory tablet on May 5.
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A. H. Hines
Cambridge City
Lafayette
Conference of
Indiana Rural Ministers
Purdue University
Fvansville
Winamac
Pulaski High School
Rushville
C. R. Oldham
Mays
Crawfordsville
Gary
Union of
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New Evangelical Church
S. J. Fisher
South Bend
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Fred Boehmier
Decker
Franklin
Franklin College
Columbus
William Isentrigger
Chamber of Commerce
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Glen Peterson
Indiana Reformatory
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Moores Hill
A. G. Leasenby
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Fowler
Floyd Hollenbeck
Fort Wayne
Johnny Appleseed
Brey
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