Two Officers and 50 Men Fall With Him
In Torreon area report says Pedro Cedillo and many of his band were killed by government forces under Gen Eugenio Lopez at Ciudad Del Maiz. Fifty outlaws surrendered. Separate dispatch from Washington notes closer U.S. Carranza cooperation after border talks though no formal protocol. Gen Scott relays Obregon sees no fear of withdrawal impact. Pershing reports shortened American line of communication as patrols are drawn in.
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Torreon, Merx
el Paso Junction
Pedro Cedillo
Vera Cruz
Eugenio Lopez
Ciudad del Maiz
Obregon
Washington
War Department
Scott-Obregon
Carranza
Mexico
Gen. Scott
Rranza
Recon Crees
N Dury
En. Scott
Parral
Coahuilahihuahua
Ig Bend
Pershing
Amercan
St Marys Hospital Tag Day Raises Local Donations
Rain delayed the event but volunteers for St Marys Hospital Tag Day roamed town streets and buildings collecting from passersby. By noon the group reported $20, with afternoon gains from bankers, professionals, and office workers adding to the total as many citizens wore mercy badges and contributed coins and bills.
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St. Mary's
Wirth
Hampshire
St. Mary’s
Quincy
Caplan Jury Deliberating On 1910 Los Angeles Fire Case
In Los Angeles on May 14 the Caplan murder complicity trial continued with jurors deliberating into the night after Judge R Willis instructed them to retire at 10 oclock unless they reached an agreement. The case concerns the destruction of a Los Angeles building on October 1, 1910.
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Caplan
Los Angeles
Cal
David Caplan
R. Willis
Superior Court
Rickenbacher Wins Classic After Fatal Auto Crash
In the Sheepshead Bay event Carl Limberg led for 25 miles before his car vaulted a fence at the top of the track. Limberg and mechanic Pallotti were killed, while Eddie Rickenbacher won in car No. 11 with a time of 1 hour 33 minutes 31 seconds. Jules Devigne second and Ira Vail third. Aiken set a new 20 mile record of 11 minutes 16 seconds.
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New York
Carl Limberg
Sheepshead Bay
Limberg
R. Pallotti
Eddie Rickenbacher
Jules Devigne
Ira Vail
Grandstand
John Aiken
Dario Resta
Deny Claims of Organized Labor Denial by Methodist Conference
Saratoga Springs May 14 The Methodist Episcopal general conference voted over three to two to strike out a clause in the commission on social service report that would commit the church to preferring union workers in employment matters The debate covered labor questions and a parliamentary tangle over whether a motion by banker Marvin Campbell was a substitute or an amendment Bishop Edwin M Hughes presiding said the vote eliminated seven words from the report that would have tied the denomination to organized labor in preference to nonunion workers.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Commission On Social Service
Marvin Campbell
South Bend
Ind
Commission
John M. Killits
Toledo
Edwin M. Hughes
San Francisco
Cal
Quincy Men Members Sign Ecarte Club
The Snn Ecarte Hunting and Fishing club near Hannibal invited Quincy residents to join, about twenty accepting and receiving certificates. The annual meeting, postponed due to bad roads, will be held Thursday at 10 o'clock with a fish dinner at noon. The Hannibal members hope all new Quincy members attend if possible.
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Snn Ecarte Hunting & Fishing Club
Hannibal
Illinois
Quincy
Quincy Bank Clearings Rise Nine Percent
Bradstreets journal reports bank clearings for the week ending May IL show Quincy up nine and two tenths percent from the prior week with total clearings of 1,113,000. Illinois towns Decatur 690,000 and Bloomington 28,000, Bloomington 28,000. US total 4,438,085,000. New York 2,666,082,000 and outside NYC 1,771,963,000.
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Bradstreets Journal
Quincy
Decatur
Jacheiaritle
Bloomington
United State
New York
New York City
Wisconsin Wins Dual Track Meet Over Minnesota
The University of Wisconsin defeated Minnesota in an annual dual track meet in Minneapolis. Wisconsin totaled 85.14 points to Minnesota 49.5 points in a decisive win reflecting strong performances by both teams.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Bryan courting peace men in G O P
In a signed article William Jennings Bryan argues the Democratic party must move toward peace to win the campaign and capture peace elements in the Republican party. He cites a Chicago editorial calling Wilson a minority president and notes a united Republican party with a 1,300,000 vote majority. He warns German and Irish Democrats’ disaffection could swing close states.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Tax on incomes and munitions plans outlined
Washington May 14 taxes on incomes inheritances and war munitions will fund the preparedness program according to House Ways and Means Chairman Kitchin after a conference with Secretary McAdoo President Wilson supports the plan but final amounts depend on naval and army bill outcomes The exemption remains 3000 for singles and 4000 for married. stamp taxes on tobacco liquor beer and others were dropped
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Washington
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Wilson
Finance Committee Sets Morning Meeting on City Budget
The city council finance committee meets this morning to draft a budget for the coming year. They aim to prepare a proposal for Monday night’s council meeting, after postponing Saturday’s session due to absent members. The discussion will occur in Mave abbate’s office.
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Mave' Abbate
Verdun Fronts See Continuous Fighting As Germans Meet French
Desperate fighting continues near Verdun with French and German thrusts at multiple points. Paris and Berlin claim repulsed assaults, mentioning Fort Douaumont and Hill 287 amid attacks around Dead Man hill and the Avecourt and Muilancourt woods. In the east, German activity grows along the Riga Dvinsk line as Hindenburg readiness signals loom. A Berlin statement says German efforts against the British in German East Africa have yielded no results.
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London
Verdun
Paris
Berlin
Fort Douaumont
Dead Man Hill
Avecourt
Muilancourt
Riga-Dvinsk
Petrograd
von Hindenburg
German East Africa
River Sings Through Flood as Downpour Rises Level
The Mississippi River swelled seven tenths of a foot in 24 hours to 17.7 feet by midnight Sunday and is expected to reach 18 feet within 24 hours. Trains slowed by floodwaters on the K line between West Quincy and Keokuk. farmers in the Missouri bottom face losses and lowland crops will be late. Homes inundated. families relocate to high ground as sustained rainfall continues.
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Quincy
Keokuk
Missouri
Highland
Williamson Named Director in Fabius River District
Walter FE Williamson of Quincy elected to the board of supervisors in the Fabius River Drainage district Tay lor Mo. He won by 150 votes over Wiley McConnell. KE Monroe elected president, J H Best secretary treasurer. 13 500 acres represented. about 1009 acres unrepresented. Other board members: Peter Simon Walter Williamson Elmer Hogge John Dearing. Monthly reports approved. aim to increase machines and workers when river falls. One machine operates on the upper end.
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Fabius River
Taylor
Walter FE. Wiliamson
Quincy
Board of Supervisors
Wiley M. McConnell
Williamson
KE. B. Monroe
John Dearing
J. H. Best
Peter Simon
Walter E. Wiliamson
Elmer Hogge
River Falls
Extension Work Committee Meets for Sunday Park Meetings
The extension work committee discussed park meetings on Sunday afternoons and referred the matter to the general committee with power to act at a YMCA extension committee meeting. Plans for a shop workers summer picnic were discussed and one organizer per shop was authorized. The exact date for the picnic remains undecided.
Delbrueck and Harden Differ on German US Notes Tone
Berlin May 14 two writers Delbrueck and Harden differ in tone about the German US notes. Delbrueck cautions Germans not to take Wilson phrases too seriously recalling provocation. Harden argues no international document succeeds if two thirds serve home politics and notes tactical errors in including Britain’s starving policy.
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Berlin
Hans Delbrueck
University of Berlin
Maximilian Harden
Die Zuruft
Germany
United States
Delbrueck
Wilson
Harden
Great Britain
Napoleon
Bismarck
Herr Harden
Tages Zeitung
Kruezzeitung
Lansing
Ways and Means
Foreign Office
Gerard
World
Roger Casement
Associated Press
Casement
America
Ireland
Willard Fulton Bout Planned For Labor Day Promise
JESS WILLARD and FRED FULTON matched here last night for a Labor Day fight, announced by Mike Collins. Fulton’s manager Tom Jones signed for Willard, the bout to be ten rounds or more, with two thirds of the purse to Willard and one third to Fulton. Bids close July 1, with David Griffith reportedly offering $37,500 to stage the contest in St Paul.
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Chicago
May
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Mike Collins
Fulton
Tom Jones
Willard
Collins
David Griffith
St. Paul
Illinois Defeats Indiana Eight to Nothing in Chamapign
Illinois over Indiana 8 to 0 as Gunkle works the mound, allowing three hits while Illinois bats strike early. Indiana compact in five errors as Ridley and Shively split catching duties and Gilbert Swain handle the lineup.
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Milinois Victor
Champaign
Hil
University of Ihnois
Gunkle
Illinois
Indiana
Bradley
Ridley, Shively
Gilbert and
Swain
Intervene If We Must Says Lewis
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis warned that intervention in Mexico would come if outside influences continued to oppose the United States. He said President Wilson would seek peaceful options but would intervene to restore order, punish attackers of Americans, and help establish a republic in Mexico if necessary.
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Lewis
New York
Mexico
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Society of Patriots and Founders
S Wilson
Wilson
McKinley
Cuba
Maxwell thanks as Maxwell reviews Irish troops
In Dublin on May 14 Premier Asquith met civil and military officials amid talk of an Irish executive council to run Ireland during the war. Gen Maxwell, commander of British forces, reviewed and thanked auxiliary troops who fought for the government against the rebels. Lady Wimborne and Premier Asquith accompanied Maxwell. Asquith spoke but did not answer calls for a speech.
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Dublin
Asquith
Ireland
Maxwell
Lady Wimborne
New Families Moving To Quincy Prompt Growth
Quincy sees a steady influx of new residents as rental agencies report demand for homes. Thomas E. Thompson, a local realtor, has arranged housing for families arriving from Peoria Pittsfield Macon MO and Clarence MO among others as the city grows.
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Quincy
Thomas E. Thompson
Thompson
Britain Accepts U S Demand For Release Of Prisoners
Great Britain's memorandum conceding the U S demand for the release of German and Austrian detainees from the American steamship China reached Washington via Ambassador Page. The British government expresses regret at the incident and says it must not set a precedent. The memorandum's text likely will be public Monday.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
China
State Department
Ambassador Page
Great Host in New York Parade
New York held its greatest civic parade with an estimated 150000 plus participants from all walks of life in honor of national preparedness. Major General Leonard Wood called it the greatest argument for readiness, as 200 bands played while 12000 guardsmen, clerics, lawyers, doctors, nurses, veterans and others marched past Madison Square Garden and the reviewing stand.
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New York
Uereen
Supreme Court of New York
America
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Civic Army
Madison Square
John P. Mitchel
Broadway
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Borden Harriman
National
Army Conferees Endorse Standing Army Plan
Washington May 14 Army conferees reach accord on a standing army of 206000 expandable to 254000 with a federalized national guard of 425000 as relief. Agreement sets minimum strength and allows government plant funding up to 20000000 for vocational education and training camps for volunteers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Federal
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Mechanician
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacher
Pallotti
Coney Island
Harrys. Harkness
Two Mile Saucer
Organized
Methodist General Conference
SIN Ecarte Club
Neiror
Wisconsin
Bryan
G.O.P
Walter Williamson
Delbrueck and
Harden Differ
National Guardsmen
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