UNNABLE TO AGREE DOES NOT MEAN A RUPTURE
The Mexican and American delegations failed to reach an agreement on the disposition of American troops in Mexico after two weeks of talks. Carranza overruled Obregon’s concessions, and the matter was referred back to their governments for settlement through diplomatic channels, with no rupture in relations implied.
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Scerico
Gers
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Mexico
Westenn
Anton
Dublin Crisis Sparks Irish Question Fears
Asquith plans a Dublin visit to review the situation as Queenstown protests escalate against further executions. The Irish urban council appeals to the premier to halt executions to avoid revulsion, strain with Britain, and threaten future peace. In Washington, the Red Cross faces a possible protest over hospital shipment blocks to Germany. Secretary Lansing reports Taft urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Sints
Asquith
Dublin
Queenstown
Ireland
Great Britain
Sir John Maxwell
Red Gross
Washington
Rovernment
Red Cross
Germany
Valias
Lansing
Taft
Central Committee of the Red Cross
Flying hydro aeropiece wrecks near Potomac
In Washington DC a large hydro aeropiece, used by J G Macauley to set cross country records, was wrecked near MS Vernon last Thursday. It plunged about 100 feet into the Potomac, making three twists before collapsing on impact. Probable loss of two lives and serious injuries to Macauley and two others aboard are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Big Hydro
J. G. Macauley
Vernon
MacAuley
Potomac
Laborers Strike in Omaha City and Public Services
Nearly 1,000 unskilled workers employed by Omaha city and public service corporations struck for higher wages. Work stopped on city viaducts. municipal and private contracts and rail shop repairs were disrupted. Separately, Georgetown seismographs reported two slight earthquakes on May 10 and 11. London reports warn of 37 armed merchantmen and 22 neutral vessels torpedoed without warning between May 7, 1915 and May 7, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
City of
Public Service
Washington, D. C
Georgetown University
London
Thomas J. MacNamara
Admiralty
Campaign to raise 35.5 million for world missions proposed
A proposal to raise 35.5 million by a worldwide campaign for foreign missions was considered at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Saratoga Springs New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fund For Missions
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Militia Called To Border. US Force Mobilized
President Wilson ordered the National Guard units of Texas New Mexico and Arizona to report to General Funston for border duty amid a Big Bend outbreak. About 4 000 militia plus 3 000 regulars join the attack, with Fort Sam Houston Columbus and Vancouver mobilization points. General Funston directs troop dispositions as Maj Orrin R Wolfe oversees militia muster.
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Kington
May
Franza Force, & Brank
Wilaan
Asia Border Guard
Natioal Guard
Texas
New Masico
Big Bend
Rio Grande
War Department
United States
Fumston
Thirteenth Infantry
Platteburg
X.Y
Madison Barracks
Oswego
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
San Diego
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Baker
Arizona
New Mexico
Funston
San Antonio
Tex
el Paso
Fort Sam Houston
Organized Militia of
Douglas
Arizona National Guard
New Mexicoi
Columbus
U S TROOPS KILL MEXICANS NEAR RIO GRANDE
Marathon Texas May 11 Captain Fox of the Texas Rangers reported to Colonel Sibley that seven American soldiers and possemen engaged a small band of Villa bandits across the Rio Grande and killed several of them There were no American losses Eight armed Mexicans are reported to have been killed Monday on this side of the Rio Grande by Texas Rangers This news was brought by Lloyd Wade a ranchman Four other Mexicans escaped Overpowering their guards the eight Americans seven of whom were employees of the Porto Rico de Baquillas mines captured by a body of Willistag last Saturday escaped and are now on American soil Dr Homer Powers of San Antonio was among those who escaped
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Tex
Fox
Texas Rangers
Sibley
Rio Grande
Lieoyd Wade
Porto Rico de Baquillas
Willistag
Homer Powers
San Antonio
Supreme court limits railroad baggage liability
Columbus May 11 Railroads cannot limit their liability by baggage check omissions a decision of the Ohio Supreme Court. Rose Steinberg was awarded 288 dollars in the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Rose Steinberg
Woman Kills Her Mother in St Louis Home
Mrs Helen Moore shot and killed her mother Mrs Helen Falls in St Louis on May 11. A sister, Carrie Hare Roan, said the daughter became abusive and the mother threatened to elapse her. The case concerns a fatal domestic shooting with the details from a family account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lows
Helen Moore
Helen Falls
Carrie Hareroan
Mexican Raid and Daring Border Skirmishes Reported
May 9 dispatches describe a Cubanlike raid by Mexican skirmishers under Colonel Cervantes at Glen Springs Texas and Boquillas on the American side. Troops and a civilian boy are killed or wounded. others, including storekeeper Deemer and clerk McCoy, are captured or missing. Separately, London reports Britain freeing 38 Germans and Austrians seized aboard the China, amid U.S. protests over legality and alleged revolutionary plots in India.
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el Pago
Tex
Columbus
Mexicana Gnider
Cervantes
Glen. Springs
Marathon
Troop A
Fourteenth Cavalry
Witla
Glen Springs
J. Deemer
Deemer
L. McCoy
Boquillas
Boquililas del Carmen
International Mines Company
London
China
Foreign Office
Shanghai
San Francisco
United States
Great Britain
India
THREE ZEPPELINS DESTROYED IN ALLIED ACTIONS
London reports two more German zeppelins shot down by British forces on Friday, totaling three destroyed within three days and 31 wrecked since the war began. One was downed by a light cruiser off the Schles wig coast, the other after a raid on Sileniki. 20 crewmen from the latter survived. Zeppelin 120 was blown ashore on the Norwegian coast after a raid on English and Scottish targets. Norwegian authorities destroyed the crippled airship near Stavanger as winds carried it away.
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London
Schleswig
England
Scotland
Stavanger
Civilian deaths behind German lines reported
Berlin reports that since September 1918, 1313 civilians in Belgian and French areas behind German lines have been killed by Allied artillery and aircraft. In April, 8 men, 10 women and 9 children were killed, with 23 men, 29 women and 3 children wounded, according to Overseas News Agency.
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Berlin
France
Belgium
Four more Irish rebels shot in Dublin May 8
Dublin reports four more leaders of the Irish rebels were executed by a general field court martial for treason. The names given are Joseph Plunkett Edmund Daily Michael O Hanaghan and William Pearse. Plunkett is noted as a Sinn Fein signer of the proclamation for Ireland's independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Joseph Plunkett
Edmund Daily
Michael O'Hannaghan
William Peaes
Plunkett
Ireland
England
Four Burned to Death in Minnesota House Fire
Warroad Minnesota May 9 four persons burned to death and five others seriously injured when the home of D A Inman two and a half miles from town was destroyed by fire.
Australian and New Zealand troops arrive on French front
London reports Australian and New Zealand troops have landed in France and assumed a front section. German night attack north of a French position was repulsed elsewhere, with compact advances at a few points as per the day’s war office release. Also noted is a Chicago strike where about 500 cutters and trimmers in four shops walked out, part of a larger 2,000 worker action.
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London
France
Paria
War Office
Chicago
van Buren Street
Woman Held in Slayer Case Arrest at Windsor Hotel
Hartford May 11 Mrs Wary J Archer Gilligan proprietor Archer House for Widerly People In Windsor was arrested charged with murder. She is accused of causing the death of Franklin R Andrews.
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Hartford
Conn
Wary J. Archer-Gillgan
Archer House
Windsor
Pranklin R. Andrews
Bombs Hit Port Said in Raid. Three Civilians Wounded
Two hostile aircraft dropped eight bombs on Port Said on May 11. Three civilians were wounded as defenders with antiaircraft fire drove off the attackers. No property damage was reported.
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Port Said
London
Food Riots in Berlin Reported with Gunfire
A Central News dispatch from Zurich dated May 11 describes renewed food riots in Berlin. Reportedly mobs of women confronted authorities as machine guns were used to disperse them.
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Berlin
London
Zurich
Towa
State Food and Dairy Department
Federal Department
Iowa National Guard Readies for Border Duty
Des Moines town troops may be called to Mexico and the border per Adjutant General Guy Logan. The Iowa National Guard includes four cavalry troops and three artillery batteries totaling about 420 men, with mobilization plans placing cavalry at West Liberty and artillery at Davenport. Infantry would mobilize from Des Moines if needed.
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Des Moinés
Mexico
Guy 4. Logan
Iowa
National Guard
Iowa National Guard
Iowa Guard
Iowa City
Cavalry
Ralph. P. Howell
Davenport
West Liberty
Des Moines
U S Note to Germany on submarine war policy
The United States sent a note to Germany in Ber lin outlining acceptance of German promises to limit submarine warfare by international law while insisting that any obligation is independent of other belligerents. The note stresses responsibility as a single principle and signals preparedness as a national posture. Ottumwa factory posts bulletin praising preparedness and offering ten hours pay per day to National Guard enlistees for annual encampment duty.
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Washington, D. O
America
Germany
Berli
United States
High Seas
Ottumwa
Dain Manufacturing Company
Iowa Railroads See Decline in Earnings 1915
Des Moines reports show Iowa railroads earning total gross receipts of 59.3 million in 1915, down from 89.95 million in 1914. Net earnings across 25 roads rose slightly to 22.47 million, with Northwestern leading in mileage and output. War-related delays and wartime demand influenced results, while smaller lines varied. News also notes maneuvers plans, insurance rate cuts, parole releases, milk surveys, and prison shop staffing at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State House
Wact
Alhindlé Southern
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern
Northwestern Railroad
Iowa
Santa Fe
Northwestern
Allwanker
Rock Island
Burlington
Cymric Torpedoed En Route From New York to Liverpool
New York London dispatches report the 13000 ton steamship Cymric torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk after departing New York April 29 with a cargo of war munitions for Liverpool. Her crew numbered about 100 men, none American, per White Star offices. Iowa furnishes many missionaries to heathen lands, says Student Volunteer movement report. Iowa ranks behind Ohio in willingness to serve.
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New York
London
Cymric
Liverpool
White Star
Iowa
Des Moines
Ohio
Student Volunteer’ Movement
Duluth Fire Ravages Block-wide Quarter of City
Duluth Minnesota fire caused about 300000 dollars in losses destroying a four block wide strip of buildings the Soo railroad trestle and most of the Grasay Polur yard of the Alger Smith Lunver company were wiped out by flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Soo Railroad
Grasay Polur
Alger-Smith Lunver Company
Iowa University Address Critiques Iowa Labor Laws
Miss Clara Taylor national Industrial secretary of the north central Reid of the W C A told Iowa University girls that Iowa laws on child labor are weak and lax. She cited long hours and low wages for Iowa women, claiming the state ranks high in inactivity yet has weak industrial protections.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Clara Taylor
North Central Reid
Miss Taylor
Iowa University
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Wilson
East
Ald
U. S
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Nteh
Glen Springe
Daly, O'Hannaghan
William Pease
Faca
Warroad, Minn
Boas
Laws
U.S
Gard
Lone Military Board
Camvp
Dodge
Lows Rating Bureau
That General Assembly
C. A. Robbing
Avsistint
Anamosa Reformatory
State Board of Control
Anamosa
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