Wilson Demands Peace Amid Mexican Faction Strife
President Wilson seeks a settlement among Mexican factions within a short time and warns of other means to secure peace if needed. He plans a national appeal for relief funds and Red Cross aid, reviews Huerta and Madero-Saures events, and signals potential intervention if order isn’t restored.
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Wilson
United States
Mexico
White House
American Red Cross
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Saurez
Huerta
Iuérta
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Fortified battle over Prie mys castle gains momentum
Springfield May 20 nearly forty measures drawn unusual attention and persistently urged by advocates are killed by the legislature as session may run two to three weeks longer. Among the rejected bills are constitutional convention measures and woman suffrage initiatives while a tax amendment drew some support for a possible November vote. Local option and liquor laws remain unchanged despite backing from anti saloon and liberal groups. The efficiency and economy plan to modernize state government is mostly dead though minor measures might pass.
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Springfield
Ninos Constitutional Convention League
Senate
House
Efficiency and Economy Commission
Przemysl Fortress Holds After Heavy War Artillery
German and Austrian forces wage intense artillery battles to encircle Przemysl in Galicia as fighting rages north of Arras and along the Baltic line. French and German forces claim progress while Ablain evacuation is admitted by Berlin. Russians push near San and Jaroslau, with roving attacks and coastal submarine activity off Britain.
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Galicia
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Ablain
Tar
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Sieniawa
Jaroslau
Lemberg
Baltic
Bucharest
Roumania
Bulgaria
British Isles
Ethione
Strike in Chicago unsettled as carpenters push wage demand
Chicago May 29 carpenters dispute deepens as mill owners plan to import nonunion workers and lockouts loom. Millmen vote to accept owners plan. 4 500 more unionists to work, funding strike relief. City committee of women seeks mediation with Mayor to unite capital and labor amid ongoing conflict.
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Carpenters
Carpenters’ District ‘Council
Louise Osborne Rowe
Public Welfare
Thompson
John A. Metz
Carpenters’ District Council
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Clark Street
Women raise $3000 for ambulance for Russia
American and English women in Petrograd, after a conference tonight, completed a fund of $3,000 to purchase an ambulance. With grand duke approval, the ambulance will be staffed by American and English doctors and nurses for the Russian government.
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Petrogrand
Posse After Fugitive Near Fayville Woods
Cairo Illinois May 28 Sheriff E A Burke with about twenty deputies left for Fayville Til to pursue Peter Howard wanted at New Madrid Missouri for alleged assault. Authorities say Howard is surrounded in a woods clump with two shotguns and a large ammunition supply.
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E. A. Burke
Fayville
Til
Peter Howard
New Madrid
Howard
Italian Army Crosses Isonzo Amid Campaign Push
UDINE May 29 In a major operation Italian forces are crossing the Tsonzo river as the hard fights loom on both banks. The left bank has Austria weaker fortified bases while near Goritza a mountain system and a high plateau dominate Triest. Austrian camps at Cormo and Devaca guard the sea coast and threaten landings from the sea or frontal advances.
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Paris
Tsonzo River
Austria
Goritza
Corso
Triest
Sendiana
Devaca
United States weighs German note on Lusitania reply
Evidence from Ambassador Page to the State Department shows Nebraskan was torpedoed by a submarine, as Lt. Towers and Navy officials report after examining the vessel. President Wilson waits for the official German text to frame a response, while insisting on reparation and safeguards for American lives.
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Washington
Ambassador Page
State Department
John H. Towers
London
Wilson
White House
United States
Gerard
Aograve
Lewis
McBride
Liverpool
Kaiser Promises Substance on United States War Policy
Kaiser signals a long awaited statement on submarine warfare promising substance while implying no concrete commitments to the United States. The measured tone suggests a careful approach to escalating tensions and wartime actions.
German note on Lusitania dispute hints warship claim
Berlin reports the German foreign minister Jagow sent a note to Ambassador Gerard detailing Germany s regret for American injuries from submarine and air attacks and offering compensation where wrong. It questions Lusitania s status as defenseless vessel or war cargo carrier, cites British shipboard defense, and asks how ammunition and troops were aboard.
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