Peace News From Juarez and Tijuana Frontlines
Rebels press Juarez as federals shell from the church. American casualties rise with Captain Linderfelt killed and two severals wounded. Insurgents advance with 600 to 1,000 troops approaching Juarez, while U.S. troops monitor the river front and restrict movement. Reports also describe fighting at Tiajuana with church and customs house set ablaze and Americans killed or wounded.
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BE Paso
United States
Villareal
Juarez
Olinaga
Rabago
Madero
Josefa Garcia
Linderfelt
American Legion
Tole
Paso
San Diego
Cal
Tiajuana
Tiajuane
Thurch
Antiquities Found at Jerusalem In Hands of Turkish Government
London reports Captain Montague Parker denies theft of ancient treasures in Jerusalem. He claims all found antiquities were left with the Turkish government and notes evidence that David’s city lies on Mount Orphel.
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Jerusalem
London
Montague Parker
Holy City
David
Mount Zion
Mount Orphel
AFL Appeals for McNamara Brothers Funds
The American Federation of Labor issued an appeal for funds to defend the McNamara brothers jailed in Los Angeles for dynamiting. If needed, the cases will be taken to the highest court in the country.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
New complications arise over killing of Americans on border
Mexico City reports rising complications in the killing of Americans at the border, though the American ambassador says no instructions have been received from Washington as of this morning.
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London
Lord Cowdray
J. B. Body
Mexico City
Cowdray
Mexico
Wood
Army
Steever
el Paso
Texas
War Department
United States
Federal
Insurrecto Army
Telephone and Telegraph Link Ties New York and Denver
Eleven New York residents and eleven Denver residents spoke simultaneously last night via the American Telephone and Telegraph company long distance line. The wires, recently completed, form the world’s longest direct connection of their kind with periodic conversations at intervals.
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Omaha
Chicago
New York
Denver
San Francisco
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Neutrality Efforts Urged to Keep El Paso Zone Clear
Washington May 9. Officials press best efforts to enforce neutrality laws and urge citizens to stay as much as possible out of the zone around El Paso. The note stresses avoiding participation or interference with the area amid ongoing concerns.
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Washington
el Paso
U S Clerks Fired For Forming Union
Washington May 9 Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart told the house civil service committee that clerks have been discharged from the government for activity in promoting trade union organization.
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Washington
Stewart
House Committee On Civil Service
Dietz Defense Seeks Dismissal in Wis Trial
Hayward Wisconsin May 9 John Dietz opened defense for himself his wife and Leslie with a motion to dismiss all three defendants. The court denied the motion. Dietz then moved that the jury be dismissed as they would be per-
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Hayward
Wis
John. Dietz
Dietz Home Visitized Without Acquittal By Lumber Trust Case
Six witnesses testified they visited the Dietz home and were treated hospitably. The defense plea of acquittal on the grounds of the lumber trust was denied, keeping the case ongoing.
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Lumber Trust
Dietz
Three Dead in a Shooting at Milwaukee Resort
Milwaukee police report a fatal shooting at a resort in which Emma Nelson and Mabel Gilmore died and Joseph Unger was seriously wounded. Charles Vance, a Racine stationary engineer, wounded himself after fatally shooting the two women and injuring Unger, in a quarrel sparked incident.
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Racine
Milwaukee
Wis
Emma Nelson
Mabel Gilmore
Joseph Unger
Charles Vance
Bank Teller Is a Thief in Cleveland
Julius W. Hopkins, paying teller at First National Bank, was arrested in Cleveland on May 9. He reportedly confessed to embezzling about $115,000 over eight years, with a warrant charging theft of $60,000. Also dated May 9, a report from Jap Town Burns notes Yamgata in Yamagata prefecture on fire destroying 1,900 houses.
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Insurrectos
Stanton Street
Juarez
Navarro
Cleveland Ohio
Julius W. Hopkins
First National Bank
United States
Day
Tokio
Yamagata
Yamagata Prefecture
Senate holdbacks threaten farmers free list bill
Special correspondence from Washington reports Senate conservatives waiting to block the farmers free list bill and other progressive measures passed by the Democratic House. The motive is to shield tariff trusts and corporate privileges while thwarting Democratic promises. Leaders include Gallinger Smoot Lorimer Guggenheim Stephenson Lodge Oliver Warren Perkins with Vice President Sherman backing them. The opposition draws support from tariff trusts railroads Wall Street Standard Oil and major wealth interests. Democrats and progressives stand against. Continued on Page Four.
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The
Argus
Washington
Senate
Democratic House
Gallinger
Smoot
Lorimer
Gugfenheim
Stephenson
Lodge
Oliver
Warren
Perkins
Sherman
Eack
Tariff Trust
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Democrats
Progress
House Free List Bill Advances Through Senate Battle
Washington May 9 The house free list bill moved to the senate and was referred to the finance committee after a dramatic two to one vote in the house. Democrats pressed for free raw wool with caucuses signaling strong support while Republican filibuster efforts failed as 24 Republicans joined Democrats on passage.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Clark
Representative Mann
Chicago
Cannon
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Mann
America
Alexander
Missouri
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Massachusetts
Reform Bill for Lords panel aims to limit powers
Lord Lansdowne introduces a drastic reform bill for the upper house in the British Parliament. The plan envisions a 50 member rotating core, 109 elected peers, 120 elected from a lower house electoral college, and 100 appointed by the crown. Princes, two archbishops, five bishops, the lord chancellor, and ex-lord chancellor would sit as law lords totaling 16.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Ord
Tragedy in Cadillac as man kills family then himself
In Cadillac Michigan on May 9 Casey Van Lieren a farmer shot and killed his wife and two children before killing himself near Luth er. The killings followed domestic troubles as the motive.
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Michigan
Quarrel
Cadillac, Mich
Luther
Casey van Lieren
Aims at Nail Kills Man in Ottumwa Iowa
Howard Runyon a 22 year old farm hand was accidentally shot and killed yesterday by John Warner owner of a livery stable. Warner known as a crack shot aimed to hit a nail head above Runyon who sat with his back to a fence. Runyon had married ten months ago and Warner is also married. In Kewanee Illinois a separate note says a blank cartridge discharge at close range injured 10 year old Fred Empson.
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el Paso
Associated Press
Interior of
Juarez
Garibaldy
Kelly
Lindafelt
Insul- Trectos
Navarro
Ottumwa
Iowa
Howard Runyon
John Warner
Warner
Runyon
House Approves Sugar Probe Resolution
Washington May 93 The House formally passed the Hardwick resolution for the investigation of the American Sugar Refining Company and other concerns.
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HOUSE
Washington
The
House Today
Hardwick
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate Passes Civil Service and Waterway Bills
Springfield Alabama May 49 The senate approved the statewide civil service bill by 45 to 4 and Cook county civil service bill by 40 to 2 The administration deep waterway bill, previously rejected, passed by 39 to 17 in the senate.
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Springfield
Senate
Cook County
Gallinger Nominated Senate President Pro Tempore
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire was unanimously nominated as president pro tempore of the Senate by the Republican caucus. Twenty of the fifty Republicans were absent, including nine progressives. the four progressives present Borah Brown Dixon and Kenyon voted for Gallinger.
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Washington
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Senate
Borah
Brown
Dixon
Kenyon
A Church for Students Builds 340000 Dollar Hope
Reverend W M Maxton reports Congressman William H B McKinley of Champaign funded 206000 dollars for a Presbyterian church for University of Illinois students. The edifice would honor Rev George B McKinley former pastor in Champaign. Also notes Harrisburg meeting of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen with 700 delegates and a disorderly conduct arrest of Leonard Watson leading to a 20 day county jail term.
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Congressman McKinley
Urbana
Duquoin
Ill
W. M. Maxton
Ewing Presbytery
Cons
William HB. McKinley
Champaign
University of Illinois
George B. McKinley
Harrisburg
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Leonard Watson
Twentieth Street
Second Avenue
County
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International Boundary Line
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Tijuana
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U. S
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Sendai
Kewanee
Fred Empson
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