Avalanches on demand and Swiss park plan
An enterprising showman demos avalanches produced by electric mines in Engelberg with Swiss guides and cameras recording the process. Swiss government funds a 60,000 dollar yearly park reserve in Lower Engadine to protect fauna and flora, with private societies stocking the reserve and a 99 year lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Engelberg
Bernese Oberland
America
Yellowstone Park
Lower
Engadine
Switzerland
Italy
Zernetz
St. Moritz
Alps
Little Polish Land Bought by Prussians
Berlin report studies Polish prosperity under Prussian rule with alarm over a 27 year government expenditure totaling 246 million dollars in attempts to win Polish loyalty. The parliamentary paper highlights costly policy failures amid rising Polish wealth and influence in Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junkers
Cracow
Galicia
Austria
Prussia
Berlin
Mediation on eve of failure amid Mexican advance
Reports say Major Butler’s Marines guard the waterworks while 300 Mexican troops march toward the reservoir. Aviators Ballinger and Lamont head to scene as steam launches protect the Arkansas crew. Federals retreat reportedly halted further action.
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Butler
Ballinger
Lamont
Arkansas
Vera Cruz
Thorn
Funston
Hussell
Russell
Printer Gus Sawyer Dies of Wounds at Monterey Battle
Gus Sawyer, an American printer from Brownsville, died from wounds received during the Monterey engagement. He was shot while giving water to Constitutionalists from his cistern when a shell struck nearby. He suffered a back injury and paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Sawyer
Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Sawyer
Huerta Rumors Stir Over Possible Flight to France
The French consul reports plans to send a French officer to Mexico City and hints the cruiser Conde may be ordered to Puerto, fueling talk Huerta could flee to France. Observers cite reports of Federal forces near Vera Cruz and possible refuge routes via Salinas Cruz or Vera Cruz.
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Huerta
M. Brourzet
Maas
Paso del Macho
Mexico City
Conde
Puerto
Mex
France
Navarrette
Vera Cruz
Soledad
Carlos V
Salinas Cruz
Pacific
Americans in Mexico Hesitate to Return Amid Economic Strife
Northern Mexicans plead for Americans and foreigners to return as constitutionalist zones stagnate. Employment falls, taxes go unpaid, and revenue dwindles while investors delay resuming work. Officials say no invasion risk, but miners and mills stay idle awaiting stable government. Local quotes cite state department reassurances and export tax burdens impacting gold and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Carothers
Cananea
W. W. Stewart
Parral
State Department
Carotherg
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Militia and Mine Guards Are Alluded in Ludlow Tragedy
Coroner's jury at Trinidad finds militia or mine guards fired tents at Ludlow on April 20 causing the deaths of two women and eleven children amid eyewitness harrowing accounts. Major Hamrock and Lieutenant Linderfelt named as officers responsible. police consider criminal warrants. Federal troops guard the area and plan to disarm civilians as the state debates arbitration and possible impeachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Ludlow
Patrick J. Hamrock
K. E. Linderfelt
Colorado National Guard
Trinidad
A. J. Riley
Colorado & Southern
Riley
J. S. Harriman
Caboose
Harriman
Ben
Horace N. Hawkins
United Mine Workers of America
Hancock
Lingerfelt
J. J. Hendrick
Forbes
Louie Tikasa
Hamrock
Linderfelt
Green Canyon
Walsenburg
John
George R. Churchill
Simmons
Ammons
Fitzgerald
Holbrook
Federal
United States
Cinco de Mayo Observance Skipped in San Antonio
San Antonio officials will not hold a public Cinco de Mayo celebration this year marking a shift away from Diaz era victory symbolism. Huerta aligned factions and the Cientifico group oppose honoring Diaz or his Puebla victory, with observance limited to a Workers' Society and a few non political groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porfirio Diaz
Puebla
San Antonio
Diaz
Huerta
Mexico
Cinco de Mayo
Sociedad de Obreros
France
Constitutionalists
Maderistas
Cientifico Group
Jose Yves Limantour
Madero
Negro Home Burns in Three‑Room Lopez Street House
A three-room frame home at 709 Lopez street owned by Bernard Wilson, a Black resident, was destroyed by fire at 11 30 Saturday night. The dwelling valued at 600 with 200 in furniture losses. Insurance 400 on the house and 150 on the furniture. A neighboring frame building owned by George Haywood, also Black, suffered about 50 in damages. Fire believed to start in the kitchen. Austin Trustees Elected in May 2 Vote. Joe Harrell, Dr. George M Deckherd and Dr. T R Petway elected as trustees as voters showed little enthusiasm.
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Lopez Street
Bernard Wilson
George Haywood
Wilson Place
Austin
Tex
Joe Harrell
George M. Deckherd
T. R. Petway
Citizens' League backs Archer in Bexar county race
The Citizens League of Bexar County signals strong backing for Arch er in the congressional race against sitting Congressman James L Slayden with county officials pledging support Archer plans a district wide canvass and analysts expect a heavy county victory if League endorsements hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ League
Bexar County
Osceola Archer
T. T. van derHoeven
League
Mr. Archer
James R. Davis
Archer
James L. Slayden
Chester H. Terrell
Slayden
Washington
Congress
Judge Sister
Liano
Citi
Spy Mania Roils Austria and Kiev in Coded Espionage
May 2 Odessa reports an epidemic of spy mania across western Ukraine and nearby Austrian districts. Spies, counter spies, and agents provocateurs flood Kiev with false denunciations as railway lines and officials become tangled in elaborate espionage. The scene resembles a chaotic game where professional spies fuel mutual distrust and absurd confrontations unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Kieff
Bodolia
Volhynia
Austria
Espionage Profession Praised as Lucrative Career Path
The text describes espionage as a growing, hereditary business with older agents mentoring younger ones. It notes alleged meeting places for spies and counter spies and mocks the idea of formalizing the field with university chairs.
Negro in jail on milk money theft scheme charges
A black man is jailed on theft charges after allegedly delivering milk and asking for change, stealing about 2.00 over weeks in a “delivery and plug the change” scheme. Detectives expect multiple charges and describe a matching pattern with recent complaints from victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Woma
Poor Farm Deal Closed in County Purchase
The county commissioners closed a deal for 165 acres near the current poor farm site ten miles below the city on the Southern road. The land bought from H. Feldman at 87 dollars an acre a month earlier will be used for the poor farm a combustion camp and a juvenile training school. The title was passed by Assistant County Attorney W. Anthony after an interim review and the closing was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Feldman
W. Anthony
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State Bank & Trust CO
Guaranty Fund Bank
Avalanche
Sweden
Germany
Shanghai
Ludlow Colony
OAID
AD Archer
Citizens Party
Zens’ League
Prownwood
Flayden
Frank Bros
Edwin Clapp
the House of Kuppenticisons
New Yorkess
Babcock
Mitchell
Babcage
Wallace Bros. CO
North Side Main Plaza
Cmimalharnes
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