American shot near Mercedes in Texas raid
Curtis Bayles, an American farmer near Mercedes, Texas, was shot and killed by four or five Mexicans who fled toward the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. A Mercedes posse, with U.S. cavalry, pursued with no trace found by midnight. Border patrols and troops tightened vigilance after a string of raids in the Rio Grande Valley. Nearby, Mexican bandits attacked near Boquillas and soldiers fired on a crowd of Mexicans in Chihuahua without injuries.
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Brownsville
Tex
Curtis Bayles
Mercedes
Rio Grande
United States
Bayles
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
United States Army
Marathon
Boquillas
Langhorne
Tageblatt criticizes Wilson tone in last notes
Theodore Wolff, Tageblatt editor in chief, condemns the president’s recent communications to Germany as unintentionally supercilious. Germany’s papers also object to Wilson phrasing, arguing it questions Germany’s honor and commitment to word.
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Berlin
Theodore Wolff
The
Tageblatt
Wilson
Germany
Herr Wolff
Germania
Nippert in Prussia on Mercy Trip
Judge Alfred R. Nippert of Ohio and vice president of a U S relief group arrived in Berlin en route to East Prussia to discuss relief and rebuilding. He reported about 5 000 000 marks raised in the United States and will stay a month, with plans to name rebuilt streets after American locales. A $100,000 check from the fund was held by the British at Kirkcaldy.
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Berlin
Alfred R. Nippert
Ohio
East Prussia
Nippert
United States
Kirkwall
Judge Nippert
Former Clerk of State Court Dead in Springfield
J McCann Davis, former clerk of the supreme court of Illinois, and 1940 Republican congressional candidate, died suddenly of apoplexy at his Springfield home. Born November 19, 1866, in Fulton County Indiana, he wrote on Abraham Lincoln and authored The Breaking of the Deadlock about the IGF deadlock convention and Deneen's nomination.
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Springfield
J. McCann Davis
Supreme Court of Tthneis
Newpaper
Chicago
Davis
Fulton County
Canton
Council Bluffs
Springfield State Journal
Springhell
The
Associatedress
Abraham Lincoln
Igf
Charles 8S. Deneen
Mammoth plane wrecked near Mount Vernon casualties feared
Washington May 12 A hydroaeroplane piloted by J C Mac Cauley crashed into the Potomac near Mount Vernon plunging 100 feet and circling three times. Mac Cauley Utter and Mayo Dudley survived injured. Charles A Good and Louis Krantz listed missing, possibly drowned. The craft built for seven, belonging to Newport News station, was said to be the largest on this side of the Atlantic.
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Washington
J. C. Mac- Cauley
Mount Vernon
MacCauley
Potomac
Philip Utter
Louis Krantz
John Miller
Atlantic Aeronautical Station
Newport News
Atlantic
Arrests Hit Mexican Uprising Probe in Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas May 12 two more arrests were made in the investigation of an alleged plot for a Mexican uprising in south Texas. State officers said a decisive blow had been dealt to the plans, linked to disturbances in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Corpus Christe
Tex
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Sherman and Burke Lead Delegates in State Canvass
State canvassing board released results from the recent primary showing eight Democratic delegates at large chosen with Robert Emmett Burke among them and a partial Progressive slate. Sherman led Republicans with 135,945 votes while Wilson topped Democrats with 136,839. Harlan and Pearce were among notable winners on various tickets.
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Springfield
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Robert Emmett Burke
Woodrow Wilson
Will John Maynard Harlan
Harlan
Sherman
Wilson
W. J. Bryan
Roger Sullivan
Raymond Robins
Henry Ford
McCormick
William Alen White
Theodore
Turks Drive Russians From Positions In Caucasus Frontier
Constantinople May 12 Turkish war office announces an all day battle in Mount Kope sector on the Caucasus front. The Turks drove Russians from positions nearly 10 miles long and captured more than 200 men and four machine guns.
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Constantinople
London
Mount Kope
Caucasus
Turkish War Office
Texas Guard Now Ready for Service
In San Antonio on May 12 the mobilization of the Texas National Guard at Fort Sam Houston neared completion with all but two companies arriving. About 5,000 men from 37 infantry companies, two cavalry troops, and two light artillery batteries were ordered to report, with six coast artillery infantry units en route. The first units will go to Marathon and then toward the Boquillas border as preparations continue.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
United States Army
Texas Guard
Coast Artillery
Marathon
Boquiltas
Balloon pilot killed near Gorizia in airship shootdown
Berlin May 12 report says Col Pastini, a renowned Italian aeronaut and Paris 1913 balloon race competitor, was killed recently near Gorizia when his airship was shot down per Bologna Resto Del Carlino via Overseas News Agency.
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Berlin
Sayville
Col. Pastini
Paris
Gorizia
Bologna
Taft Proposes Protest Over Red Cross Shipments
Washington May 12 The United States prepares to protest Britain over blocking shipment of Red Cross hospital supplies to belligerents. Former President Taft, as head of the Red Cross central committee, says Britain refuses permits except for American hospital units. The Red Cross argues this breaches the Geneva convention and the US may press for treaty observance.
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Washington
Great Britain
Red Cross
Lansing
Taft
Central Committee of the Red Cross
Mr. Taft
United States
Steel City Bass of Chicago Suit Dispute In Court
Chicago May 12 An injunction issued by the U S district court restrains H U Brown a former stockholder from foreclosing a mortgage on the steamer Steel City now at Keokuk until the legality of a barge sale by company president Robert H Ehlert to a Mr Nebeker can be settled Creditors seek a receiver W A Bertram former president testified he gave Ehlert a bill of sale for the barges to secure a loan of 700 to pay crew Ehlert seized and sold the barges and could not recall the purchaser's name
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Chicago
United States District Court
W. A. Bertram
Ehlert
German Press Hails U S Stand On Britain Rules
Berlin notes a peaceful tone as German press quotes Secretary Lansing on American reply to the German note. It emphasizes the United States must enforce international law regardless of Germany’s wishes, and asserts the US will voice serious representations to London without being driven by German pressure. Reports from Vossische Zeitung and Lokal Anzeiger reflect cautious hope of no further quarrel with Germany.
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Berlin
London
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Lansing
Vossische Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Department of State
Gennany
Rasputin, the Russian monk, assassinated in Berlin
News agency reports from Petrograd received in Bucharest say Gregory Rasputin the Russian monk who held influence with Emperor Nicholas II has been assassinated in Berlin on May 12.
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Berlin
Sayville
Gregory Rasputin
Nicholas
Petrograd
Bucharest
Disarmament of Ireland Tied to Carson and Redmond
London May 12 The Irish crisis deepens as John Dillon attacks the government in Parliament warning that harsh punishment will provoke sympathy for rebels. Asquith travels to Dublin to guide policy with Maxwell, while Lansdowne hints at disarming all Ireland, contingent on Carson and Edmond. Disaffection spreads as new executions trigger protests.
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London
Ireland
John Dillon
House of Commons
Westminster
Asquith
Dublin
John Maxwell
Lord Wimborne
Augustine Birrell
Mathew Wnathan
Irish Mail
All Ireland
Marquis of Lansdowne
House of Lords
Ulster
Edward Carson
John Edmond
Dillon
Lord Loreden
Krent
England
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Dr. Dillon
Limerick
Clare
Amavo
Tf Treland
Bedlam
Mr. Dilton
British Accept Page Relief Plan From American Aid
London on May 12 reports Britain accepts Walter Hines Page plan to feed Poland’s civilians via an American commission. Conditions require aid to reach Polish areas under Austrian occupation and to use neutral German ships, with Germany and Austria funding care for Serbia Albania and Montenegro. Hoover on route to Brussels to aid negotiations.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Poland
Germany
United States
Austria
Serbia
Albania
Montenegro
Foreign Office
Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Foreign Relief
Belgium
Brussels
Reichstag Debate on Ship Building
Berlin May 12 reports the Reichstag Budget committee discussed postwar shipbuilding to revive foreign trade. Clerical Party members urged government steps to increase tonnage on internal waterways and the high seas. A government representative said plans exist and readiness to act, but details would be premature.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Dr J T Montgomery Near Death's Door
Charleston Til May 12 Dr J T Montgomery 63 former trustee of the state university and former head of the state board of agriculture lies at the point of death after a fall while stepping into his car. He bruised three toes on his right foot and developed inflammatory rheumatism with poisoning and pneumonia.
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Charleston, Til
T. Montgomery
the State University
State Board of Agriculture
Artillery Busy on Verdun Front in May Battles
The Verdun region sees artillery bombardments dominate infantry actions with violent shelling of French positions in Caillette wood and their right bank lines. Bombardments affect Belgian front and mining and duels persist on the British front near Hohen Vollern redoubt. Mutual bombardments continue on the western line involving Russia and Germany as Austro Italian fronts remain active. German reinforcements from Kondoa Irangi advance toward the British, while British commander asserts troops are sufficient to counter them.
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London
Verdun
Caillette Wood
Meuse
Hohenvollern
Kondoa-Irangi
East Africa
Sherman Speaks On Rivers Bill
Senator Sherman challenged the 13 million rivers and harbors appropriation bill in the Senate on May 12, urging an Illinois backed amendment to continue the Illinois waterway project from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Senator Kenyon signaled plans to press his substitute for 20 million dollars in river and harbor work by the War Department when the session resumed.
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Washington
Sherman
Kenyon
Iulinois
Senate
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
War Department
El Paso Talks End in Deadlock on Mexican Troop Plans
After two weeks of discussions among Generals Scott Funston and Obregon the El Paso conferences failed to reach an agreement on American troop dispositions in Mexico. Carranza seeks Pershing withdrawal by a set date while Obregon, overruled by Carranza, showed willingness to concede. Delegates suspend talks and return to their governments. Mexican bandits cross border again, firing on U.S. soldiers and civilians near Marethon, Texas.
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EL Paso
Tex
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Mexico
Carranza
Gen. Obregon
Venustiano Carranza
Robert E Lee Michie
Gen
EH. L. Scott
Frederick Funston
United States
Chihuahua
Chregon
Marethon
Texas
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Rivers
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