Pancho Villa Announces Retirement From Fighting
The report states Pancho Villa has laid down his arms and will retire from conflict. Leaders of the revolution claim Villa will seek neutrality and settle, turning his forces over to General Linacoloniques in Chihuahua. The move follows Villa’s past clashes with Carranza and the United States after the Columbus raid.
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PANCHO VILLA
JUARLZ
Villa
Meatco
United States
wren
Linacloniques
Chihuahua
Sonora
Willi
Villetaut
Ge i Bevobar
Tun Vallt
Mexcan Central railway
MMscolar
Columbus
Mh Carmanéa
Jie alag
Carranza
Upid Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Paulo Conaales
amane
howexue Vill
Catranza
glalma
Mexico City
Further Raids by Sinn Feiners Continue Attacks
May 16 report from PubLin describes Sinn Fein raids targeting rural police barracks. Two attacks occurred at small posts in Clayne, County Mark and Newtown flamitton, with one man wounded and a garrison at Newtown holding out for two and a half hours before sabotaged shelter and arson.
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PUBLIN
Clayne
Mark
spyen way
Newtown
flamitton
Armagh
Police Haste Causes Fatalities in Omaha Crash
May 10 in Omaha Magnus Yulten a trained man was killed and eight persons injured when a police patrol car struck an automobile carrying six passengers. Miss Anta Jenson a teacher was killed Friday when struck by a speeding motorcycle officer as she left a street car.
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OMAHA
Neb
Magnus Yulten
Anta Jenson
Bomb Thrown At Minister of Works in Cairo
A bomb struck Hlusgein Darwiehe's car as he returned home from his office Saturday evening. The minister was unharmed. his chauffeur was slightly injured. A nearby university student was mortally wounded. Also reported, the Duke of Devonshire arrived in Quebec from England aboard the Empress of Ireland.
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CAIRO
Hlusgein Darwiehe
DUKE
CANADA
QUEBEC
Duke of Devonshire
England
Robed Man Suspected Thief Nabbed in Chicago
A man disguised as a woman, calling himself Bruce Barthing, was chased and arrested by Chicago police after a morning pursuit in an exclusive North Side area. Suspected of multiple robberies, he fled when questioned by a watchman, lifting his skirt before fleeing. He claimed to be from San Francisco.
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CHICAGO
syomin
Slaver of Wives Is Sentenced for Life
James Watson, who confessed to killing Nina Lee Delongy after marrying her while already married, was sentenced to life in a state prison. The court heard expert testimony on his mental state, with the district attorney urging life imprisonment. Watson also claimed multiple aliases and nine prior marriages as the case unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS ANGELES
James Watson
Nina Lee Delongy
iself
Woodwine
telal
Delaney
Watson
Willa
Kelling
James P. Watson
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Dan Hollen
Arkansas
Palmer asks aid for housewives in sugar fight
May 10 New York Mrs Julian Heath national president of the Housewives League of Amanda publicizes a telegram to Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer on protecting housewives in sugar distribution. cannery interests reportedly secure ample supply, but consumer protection is lacking. "Housewives revolt at favoritism shown commercial interests." Also reports Wyoming Democrats meet to pick six at large delegates for the national convention in San Francisco and Bolsheviki concentrate on the Kiev left bank after rear guard clashes near a Dnieper crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Julian Heath
Housewives League of
Amanda
A. Mitchell Palmer
Heath
LANDER
Wyo
Wyoming
San Francisco
LONDON
Kiev
Dneiper
Canada to appoint own minister to America
In Ottawa a British backed plan calls for a Canadian minister to the United States with full charge of British diplomatic relations in the absence of a British ambassador. The minister’s name will be announced later, and accommodation will be in the current embassy building. It remains unclear if the United States will appoint a minister in Ottawa, as Congress must authorize new legations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHLINGTON
United States
Canada
Ottawar
London
Ottawa
Ex Secretary Lane Defends Oil Rights of Americans
In Washington on May 19 former Interior Secretary Frankl in Lane testified before the Senate Mexican Investigating Committee. Lane, now vice president of the Mexican Petroleum Co., said Americans drill on lands owned by private Mexican holders and denied claims that Mexico’s oil expropriation mirrors U S leasing laws. He argued Mexico has first claim to its resources and urged building an outside oil supply for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Mexico
Pennsylvania
California
Franklik Kane
interior
senate
Lane
Mexican Petroleum Company
John Land
Willsons
Carrawall
United States
Movico
Pall
Asi
Minor
Georgians Sign Soviet Treaty
London May 10 A peace treaty has been concluded between Soviet Russia and the republic of Georgia. The treaty defines Georgia’s territory and provisions for disarming and interning hostile persons, with confiscation of valuables and assurances to spare lives of those aiding Soviet Russia.
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LONDON
Russia
republic of Georgia
independent republic of Georgia
Kutais
Batien
distreita
Soakataly
Cokhum
Georgia
Canadian state opens bank to finance rural credits
Marly May 10. The provincial government plans to enter banking to fund the Rural Credits Movement, a first for Canada. Banking offices will open province wide with interest at four percent on short deposits and four and one half percent on deposits over three months, following a dispute with banks over rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
Marly
Canada
banks of Canada
Rural Credits
Jailed for speeches in Ducasne steel town
Six men who tried to speak at a street meeting of the national committee of iron and steel workers and the ACLU in Ducuesne, a steel town near here, were sentenced to thirty days in the Allegheny county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLITSBURG
national committee of iron and stec
American Civil Liberties Union
Ducuesne
here
Allegheny county
Pirates seize packet Somrah near Batum in May raid
Pirates held up the Wrench packet Somrah leaving Batum on May 6 and robbed passengers on the steamer. They commandeered crew to row ashore in boats and forced transfer of American passengers including Mrs Haskell and Mrs Booth. Fifteen attackers sprang aboard at night warning they'd kill resisters. American women were later transferred to the destroyer Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CONSTANTINOPLE
Associated Press
Batum
Marseilles
Haskell
Col. Witlam Flaskell
Arvrican relic’ mothe
Uast
Booth
trenia
A. Franch
wil
Cole
Gang organized to rob steamers in transit
London dispatch reports a world wide gang of steamer robbers stealing cargoes en route to Australia from English and American ports. The thefts hit shipping firms and merchants for thousands of pounds sterling annually. Sydney, NS records fifteen thousand pounds stolen since last Christmas, with other ports affected similarly.
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LONDON
dispatch
London Times
Sydney
Australia
Republican chiefs gather at Chicago for national committee
In Chicago on May 1 Republican leaders gathered ahead of the national committee meeting to pick a temporary chairman and finalize arrangements. Delegates from Washington Georgia Alabama and North Carolina will have women representatives. proxies are held by Mary Garrett Flay and others for key figures. George Glover of Kentucky chaired the women’s division and presented proxies for multiple states.
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CHICAGO
Republican
j national committee
charmin
Washington
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
George Glover South
Kentucky
national committee
S A. Perkins
Mary Garrett Flay
New York
Henry S Jackson
Mass Maude Wetmore
Rhode Island
Oliver D. Street
John T Pratt
John S Morehead
Births exceed deaths in US in 1918 census data
Washington May 10. Census Bureau reports births in the registration area at 1,363,649 for 1918, a small drop from 1917, while deaths reached 1,014,620. Infant mortality dropped slightly, with ten deaths per hundred births before age one. Male infant mortality was higher by twenty three percent than female. There were 15,342 pairs of twins and 147 triples reported.
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WASHINGTON
United States
census bureau
Admiral Sims in for hot roast at hands of secretary
May 10 secretary Daniels testified before the senate committee criticizing Admiral Sims for lack of vision and favoring British actions. He denied Sims’ charges as refuted by officers with firsthand knowledge, noting Sims coveted British honors and sought British admiralty membership while belittling American efforts.
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ADMIRAL SIMS
SECRETARY OF NAVY
WASHINGTON
Daniels
senate
Jon
Sims
Damicla
sis
Sugar profits exposed by Utah sugar company
Federal investigators determine Utah-Idaho Sugar Co from Salt Lake City salt sugar at 22.75 cents per pound wholesale raised May 1 from thirteen tents. Net profit of 14.15 dollars per hundred pound sack announced today by U S District Attorney Isaac Blair Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALT LAKE CITY
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Unit States
Isaac Blair Evans
U S Steel orders heavy highest in two years
New York May 10 United States Steel Corporation reports April unfilled orders at 10 359 747 tons up 467 672 tons from March. Total unfilled orders highest since Aug 1917, when about 10 400 000 tons remained. Methodist bishop dies in Chicago aged 88. Damad Ford Pasha shot at his home in Constantinople. three shots fired with no injuries.
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NEW YORK
United States Steel Corporation
CHICAGO
Johnnys
George Edgar Vincent
Carnegie, Wounda
Vincent
Tuskaloosa
Ala
Bunal
Powterville
Mustn’t Sell German Ships Decree Barred by Judge
Washington May 10 The Shipping Board is permanently barred from selling the twenty nine former German liner seized when the United States entered the war. A suit for injunction was filed by William Randolph Hearst of New York in his taxpaying capacity, with an appeal noted earlier.
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WASHINGTON
The
shipping board
Justice Bailey
United States
William Randolph Hearer
New York
Berkeley population censused at 55 886 in 1900 era data
Washington May 10 Berkeley al 55 886 increase 15 452 or 382 percent Webster Maas 14 258 increase 1749 or 162 percent Haruo onn 199 038 Increase 39 121 or 39 percent Champagne Til 15 874 Increase 345 or 278 Canton 1 19 985 increase 475 or 951 Tfrbana 1 10 240 rise 1883 or at per cent
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WASHINGTON
Berkeley
Webster, Maas
Haruo
onn
London authorizes talks with Italy on Adriatic issue
A Rome telegram to the Exchange Telegraph says Belgrade has informed that after a crown council in Belgrade full power was granted to a Yugoslav delegation to conduct and meet Italy in direct negotiations on the Adriatic question. The move signals continued efforts to settle the dispute through diplomacy.
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ADRIATIC
LONDON
Italy
Jugo Slar
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Belgrade
Paris Tramway Strike Appears to Have Failed
May 10 Paris Leon Jounaux head of the French federation of labor failed to build a national strike for public utilities. Two strike on transportation lines was called extending to subways and tramways in Paris. Omnibuses ran as usual, but few cabs were seen. clashes occurred between taxi drivers and strikers. Tramways operated irregularly and did not enter the suburbs while aut o buses circulated. The strike was complete in Marseilles and St Borne, effective in Lyons. Attention centers on whether gas and electrical plant workers will be called out and the federation executive remains in session. some deputies ask Premier Mitterand to discuss resumption of work.
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PARIS
Leon Jounaux
French federation of labor
Marseilles
St Btirne
Lyons
Leon Jouhann
lahor federation
general federation of labor
Socialist party
Echo, de Paris
Mitterand
Capital Mexico Taken as Obregon Heads Victory Across Country
Reports from Washington and El Paso detail Carranza’s capture and Obregon’s proclamation of a victorious revolution. Messages to Gov de la Huerta describe widespread military advances including Puebla and Mexico City seizures, mass executions, and key generals joining forces in the Valley of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL PASO
Tex
Carranza
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Gov de Ix Iuerta
Obregon
Murguia
Francisco Murguia
Puebla City
Mexico
iis
Triana
Lechuga
Arhigas
Roberto Cujade
Don Obregon
Gov
de la Huerta
sala
TACUBAYA
Mex
republic
Nevino
Wilson Appeals to Oregonians on Treaty Fight
President Wilson formally urged support for the Versailles treaty and opposed Lodge reservations in a message to Democratic officials in Oregon. Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, accepts the challenge, signaling a potential sharp Senate fight when the issue reaches San Francisco.
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WASHINGTON
Versailles
Paris
Wilson
Democratic party
Senator Lodge
Masstchhusetts
Jeader
G E Hamaker
Portland
Gre
Mutnomah county
Democratic central committee
W. J. Besan
senate
San Francisco
Eitchcock
Nebrasta
Rumanians Plan Alliance With Poles Reported
May 10 dispatch from Budapest notes feverish military preparations in Romania while Berlin papers claim Romanian premier travels to Warsaw to meet General Pilsudski to seek an alliance against Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COPENITAGEN
The
Policie
Budapest
Rumania
Berlin
Warsaw
Pilsudski
Russia
Plotters Sentenced By Court At Athens
May 10 Gen Libritis Cols Derleres and Capt Kanabourou leaders in the plot against Premier Venizelos were sentenced to imprisonment by court martial. Fifteen other officers received sentences of fifteen to twenty years and twenty four suspects were acquitted.
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ATHENS
Libritis
Derleres
Kanabourou
Venizelos
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CARRANZA AND
BONILLAS
Mexican Central
SINN
PALMER
AMERICA
U. S
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
navy department
U.S. STEEL
Tampico
mate ta
Yanacio Boniliag
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