Expedition Across Mexico Border Tracks Big Bend Raiders
Major C T Langhorne and Eighth Cavalry crossed the Rio Grande and moved south in pursuit of the Big Bend raiders. They carry three Mexican bandits captured to guide them to the brigands camp believed twelve hours inland. J Deemer is reported held prisoner at that camp. About 150 coast artillery guard the border line as the force plans full officer complements.
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Marathon
Tex
C. T. Langhorne
Eighth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Mexico
Big Bend
Porto Rico de Boquillas
J. Deemer
Coast Artillery
Waco Company First 10 Pitch Tents Fort Sam Houston Camp
The Texas National Guard rapidly mobilizes to Fort Sam Houston. By noon ten infantry companies, a cavalry troop and a machine gun company totaling over 1,000 men have arrived, with up to 5,000 expected as campsites are prepared and tents go up on an eighty acre field. Governors and officers note efficiency and rapid departure from civil life for duty.
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Texas National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
Funston
San Antonio
Texas
Second Texas Infantry
Dallas
W. ©. Torrence
Waco
P. A. Weatherred
Third Texas Infantry
Houston
Dallas J. Matthews
Port Arthur
W. L. Rutan
Orange
J. T. Goodman
Beaumont
W. ©. Breedlove
Corpus Christi
J. L. King
Fourth
Texas Infantry
Sherman
Charles Chapman
Roy R. Fair
L. 8. Davidson
WY. Alessandro
George A. Robinson
First
Texas Cavalry
Blount
Southern Pacific
Pine Street
Grayson Street
Quartermaster Corps
Robert
Obregon and Scott Meet Again in El Paso Talks
Negotiations toward a settlement of American Mexican military questions resumed at 10 AM in El Paso between Major General Hugh L Scott and General Frederick Funston for the United States and General Alvaro Obregon minister of war and Juan N Amador for Mexico The conference was held in Scott is private car and a 1 PM recess followed with progress reported and plans to reconvene at 4 PM Obregon lunched with a friend.
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EL Paso
Tex
Hugh L. Scott
Frederick Funston
United States
Alvaro Obregon
Juan N. Amador
Mexico
Obregon
Indecisive Timetable for Mexican Border Militias Reported
Washington dispatch notes the War Department states Texas Arizona and New Mexico National Guard units will be mustered into federal service for the term of their state enlistments with no fixed duration. Secretary Baker says mustering officers asked if Wilson set a definite term. enrollment remains tied to state enlistments or release. Consuls warn Americans to avoid Mexico as census shows under 3000 in country. Frontline troops to mobilize after training with War College and other service schools.
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Waco
Dallas
Malvern-Hill Barenum
Southern Department
Fourth Infantry
Barnum
Fort Sam Houston
United States
San Antonio
Ferguson
James M. Love Jr
Department
Wilson
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Washington, D. C
War Department
National Guard
Baker
Blocker
State Department
Mexico City
Ameris
Mexico
Army War College
Colum gus anxieties eased by Major Sample assurance
Major W. R. Sample, base commander, told Columbus mayor the troops’ defensive measures are precautionary and he will alert residents if trouble arises. Trenches and earthworks at the camp continued, and the New Mexico National Guard, about 1200 strong, was expected to arrive tonight or tomorrow.
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Columbus
N. M
W. R. Sample
Sample
New Mexico National Guard
Socialists jailed in Edinburgh for urging Glasco workers to quit
Three Socialists were sentenced to prison under the defense of the realm act after pleading guilty to advising munitions workers at Glasgow to quit last March.
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Edinburgh
Glascow
Judge Ezell hears city power over police and fire posts
Judge W F Ezell of the Seventy third district court hears the injunction suit brought by Robert F Uhr commissioner of fire and police challenging the mayor's charter granted power to appoint officers. City Attorney Gillette argued the council ordinances vest the appointive power in the mayor while Uhr seeks to define officers versus employees.
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Brown
W. F. Ezell
Seventy-third District Court
Robert F. Uhr
Fire and Police
Frank Wash
Uhr
Gillette
Robert J. Harris
Ezell
Police and Fire Department
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight And Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Friday fair with continued warm conditions.
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San Antonio
Weather Forecast Snapshot From The Light
Forecasts from The Light list city by city conditions and winds. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington show temperatures clouds or clearer skies and wind speeds with high and low temperatures noted.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Sowest
Texas Ponies for Army Border Patrol Plan
Major General Frederick Funston proposes mounting 2000 infantry on Texas ponies to strengthen border patrol and conserve cavalry. He plans to recommend the move to Secretary Baker, noting ponies’ suitability for patrol on sparse Mexican border grazing. He suggests using Texas National Guard cavalry if needed along the Rio Grande.
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EL Paso
Tex
Frederick Funston
United States Army
Texas
Baker
Funston
Finois National Guard
Rio Grande
Illinois Cavalry unit ready to mobilize in twenty four hours
Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Whigam of the First Regiment Illinois Cavalry said the unit could assemble and entrain fully equipped within twenty four hours after an order is issued. The First Illinois comprises 12 troops of 65 men each.
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Chicago
Ills
W. H. Whigam
Illinois Cavalry
Illinois
Potential successors to Baron Wimborne in Ireland
London May 11 reports point to the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Derby as the most likely successors to Baron Wimborne as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Earl of Derby is noted as Conservative and ex chief whip in the House of Lords.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
Coal
Derby
Baron Wimborne
Ireland
House of Lords
Verdun Relics Exhibit Planned for Verdun NY Bazaar
The French government will send over a thousand Verdun battlefield relics to Verdun New York for a June 3 to 14 bazaar benefiting Entente allies. The display includes the aeroplane in which Pegoud, famed French aviator, was shot down.
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New York Badzaar
New York
Verdun
Pegoud
Beluga Skins Ship to Factories for White Shoes
Ten tons of beluga or white whale skins from the Bering Sea are being shipped from Seattle to Eastern shoe factories for making white shoes popular with young women. The thick inner skin yields four sheets of leather when split, and glove factories are also seeking beluga skins.
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Seattle
Wash
Bering Sea
Morin Arrest Foils Villa Plan to Seize Texas Cities
Federal agents arrest Colonel Jose M. Morin a former Villa officer in Saspamco Texas at 1 am disrupting a plot by Mexican agents to mobilize 1000 men to capture cities in Southwest Texas. Morin held in Kingsville while investigations continue with expected further arrests in San Antonio and other Texas towns.
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Texas
Villa
Saspamco
Tex
Jose M. Morin
Howard P. Wright
United States
Hanson
8. A. U. & G. Railroad
Will Wright
Wilson County
Morin
San Antonio
Kingsville
Strikes Spread Through Chicago as Walkout Grows
Chicago's strike situation deepens with the clothing workers leading a walkout. Union leader Frank Rosenblum projects 8000 to 10000 clothing workers on strike by day’s end while other city industries report thousands on strike across International Harvester, tannery, iron moulders, screw workers, terra cotta, spring makers, piano makers, street cleaners and stock yards laborers.
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Chicago
Frank Rosenblum
International Harvester Company
Strike Could Raise Prices on New Women’s Wear
New York on May 11 reports that garment workers' strike may push up prices for all new women’s wear designs. Benjamin Schlessinger, union president, warned the walkout could last four months and lead to price hikes and a shortage of new models, forcing many women to wear outfits at least sixteen weeks old.
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New York
Garment Workers
Benjamin Schlessinger
American perfumery firms near monopoly, Taft to speak
New York May 11. American manufacturers are nearly monopolizing the U S perfume market per a report to the convention of the Manufacturers Perfumery Association. Former president William H. Taft will speak at the association banquet tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manufacturers’ Perfumery Association of the
United States
William H. Taft
South Africa Floods Cause Heavy Losses in Cape Town
Flooding from heavy rains devastates midland districts. Forty people drown in Gamtoos valley. Railroads, dams, and livestock swept away. widespread property damage reported across Cape Town area.
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Cape Town
London
Gamtoos Valley
Great Storm Hits Sulu Islands Destroys Vessels
Manila reports a great storm sweeping the Sulu Islands destroying many buildings. Four pearl fishing vessels sunk and sixteen persons drowned.
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Sulu Islands
Manila
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Maung Langhorne Ane
Coast Artillery Guard
THE
Associated Press
First Texas Cavalry
Waco Company
Cainip
Orrin R. Wolfe
Wolfe
Love
Scott
Weather Forecast
Texas Ponies
ARMY
General Funston
Illinois Regiment
Wimborne
Earl of Derby
Beluga
San Diego
South Africa
Midland
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