U S Troop Withdrawal Question Dawns in Mexico Note
The note from Carranza demanding immediate U S withdrawal looms as Mexican forces near Chihuahua mobilize to about 30000. Pershing Gavira talks possible joint action to clear Chihuahua of bandits, while withdrawal not discussed and militia units move to Big Bend stations from Marfa to Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Carranza
Washington
United States
Mexico City
Chihuahua
General Pershing
Funston
Gavira
Els Paso
Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Mexico Northwestern
Namiquipa
General Gavira
Juarez
Fourth Texas Infantry
Big Bend
del Rio
el Paso
Brownsville
Hulen
Harlingen
Marfa
Presidio
Valentine
Marathon
Sanderton
Alpine
Terlingua
Sierra Blanca
Hot Wells
Lobo
Court Martial Ordered for June 1 Trial at Fort Sam
A formal order directs a court-martial trial to be held on June 1 at Fort Sam Houston. The proceedings target a servicemember facing military charges and will determine jurisdiction and outcome under military law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam
Tampico Americans Ask Policy of U S
A petition signed by over fifty Tampico residents requests President Wilson clarify U S policy on enforcement of Mexican decrees. It details arrests fines and confiscations of American property and questions whether Americans may be imprisoned or expropriated by Mexican authorities. The group argues decrees aim to drive Americans from Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Wilson
Tampico
United States
Riggs Bank Officers Acquitted After Quick Deliberation
Washington May 27 three Riggs bank officials on trial for perjury were found not guilty after a nine minute jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Riggs Bank
Yuan Shikai Signals Resignation Amid Succession Talks
London dispatch reports Yuan Shikai intends to resign once a suitable successor is chosen. Earlier Tokyo dispatches said he was negotiating for a residence in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Tokio
Japan
British Steamer Danewood Sunk. Moravia Crew Rescued
The British steamship Danewood has been sunk and her crew landed. A Havas dispatch reports two French torpedo boats brought 30 Moravia crew members to Port Vendres after the 2268 ton Italian vessel was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine. Moravia left New York on May 5 for Genoa with flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Danewood
Paris
Havas
Port Vendres
New York
Genoa
Home Weather For Tourists Forecast From The Light
A regional forecast notes St Louis at 68 degrees with cloudy skies and southeast wind 12 mph, possible rain and a high near 90. Chicago at 73 degrees with west wind 10 mph, likely a high around 80. Milwaukee 60 degrees with west wind 4 mph, possible rain and a low near 54. New York 64 degrees clear with east wind 14 mph, likely rain and a low about 62. Washington DC 68 degrees cloudy with east wind about 5 mph and possible rain, low near 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
New York
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Bazaar Sets San Antonio Record Day
The largest Red Cross bazaar in San Antonio opened Saturday at Wolff and Marx with the Nineteenth Infantry band and hundreds of volunteers selling goods to fund pajamas badges shirts sheets and hospital supplies for the San Antonio branch and Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
San Antonio
Wolff & Marx
American Red Cross
American Red Cross Society
Fort Sam Houston
William Aubrey
Harry Landa
William Rote
Herbert Slayden Clarkson
Frederick Funston
Frank Paschal
Martin Wright
W. C Rigsby
Th Building
Waite Guilty Verdict in Father-in-Law Murder Case
Dr Arthur Warren Waite was found guilty of the murder of his father in law John Peck a Grand Rapids druggist. The trial was brief with Waite admitting causing the deaths of both parents in law but denying insanity and the jury returned a verdict after a short deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John BE. Peck
Grand Rapids, Mich
Fire at Penn College Kills Two in Oskaloosa
A campus blaze at Penn College in Oskaloosa Iowa today killed Robert H. Williams college manager and Prohibition party secretary, and Harry Oakley freshman. George Minear and Howard Kelley students were hospitalized and the four ton bell collapsed trapping victims while rescuing records and art works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Ila
Penn College
Robert H. Williams
Prohibition Party
Harry Oakley
George Minear
Howard Kelley
Williams
Oakley
Minear and
Kelley
H. M. Byers
Morgan Funds Recovered After New York Payroll Heist
Detectives traced three J P Morgan office boys from New York to a Philadelphia hotel. Two boys were arrested, one escaped. The $10 500 payroll funds were recovered, two boys confessed, saying each mailed 300 to his mother. McManus and Bain, both 18 and 17, face grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Philadelphia
Morgan
W. A. McManus
McManus
W. J. Bain
Bain
Parrot Fired as Official Barker For Suffrage Parade
A green and yellow parrot named Polly Votes failed to behave at Chicago suffrage parade planning. The bird was dethroned as official barker after swearing and stealing a beauty patch, then returned to the third store from which he came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Polly
Suffrage Party
Orpet Murder Trial Jurors Near Completion
In Waukeagan May 27 the Orpet jury pool nears completion as eight jurors are sworn and two more tentatively accepted by both sides. The examination enters its twelfth day with 691 veniremen questioned to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Light Sales Proceeds Benefit Red Cross Bazaar
The Light will be on sale Saturday afternoon at the Red Cross bazaar in the Wolff and Marx auditorium. Proceeds go to the Red Cross fund. Papers will be sold by society girls in the booth supervised by Mrs. H. B. Clarkson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Wolff & Marx
Red Cross Fund
H. 8. Clarkson
Berard Quoted on Peace Hope as Wilson Speaks
Berlin May 27. James Gerard United States ambassador says peace is in sight per Munich paper report. He notes neutrals and belligerents seek early peace and US must support peaceful settlement through President Wilson. He cites Germany's readiness to pursue calm steps toward ending the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
James Gerard
United States
Munich
Gerard
Germany
Wilson
America
No Plans to Return to Europe Says Col. House
New York May 27 Col. E. M. House said he had no plans for returning to Europe. He was told press dispatches claimed he would be welcomed as a messenger of peace and he commented that he was very much flattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Col. E. M. House
Europe
Berlin Eyes Peace Efforts as House May Return
Berlin observers expect Colonel E M House to visit Europe again and push for a peace proposal or at least lay groundwork for negotiations. German confidence grows while Allied offensives stall and leaders signal a softer stance toward Germany as mediation questions shift with U S policy.
General Gallieni dies idolized Paris savior in war
Paris May 27 Gen Joseph Gallieni former minister of war dies at Versailles. His death brings sorrow as he was revered by the poor for defending Paris in August 1914. A national funeral is proposed and his body may rest at the Hotel des Invalides. Gallieni's career included Madagascar campaigns and the Marne defense with taxi troops aiding Maunoury to halt Von Kluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joseph S. Gallieni
Versailles
General Gallieni
Hotel Des Invalides
Napoleon
St. Beat
Madagascar
Gallieni
Upper
Niger
Indo-China
Ranavalo
Academy
Saint Cyr
Gallient
Bazeilles
Lambert
Les Dernieres Cartouches
Alphonse de Neuville
Reunion
Ahmadou
Segou
Bambaras
France
Upper Niger
Upper Nile
Senegal
The
Geographical Society
Gambia
Sixth Marine Infantry
Brest
Tonkin
Joffre
Pacific
West Indies
Thirteenth Army Corps
Lyons
Fourteenth Corps
Alps
Bordeaux
Marne
von Kluck
Army of
Maunoury
Roosevelt warns against hyphenated American life
Theodore Roosevelt in a written address sent to prominent authors argues against the hyphen in the national coat of arms warning that it would lead to an ignoble life or even ignoble death. The authors reply report a movement to mobilize literary resources for his Americanism campaigns. Signatories include Winston Churchill George Ade Rex Beach and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
George Ade
Rex Beach
Passenger Agents at Galveston Convention Opens
GALVESTON TEXAS May 27 The Texas Passenger and Ticket Agents Association opened its annual convention with fifty to sixty attendees this morning. The event will run through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Texas Passenger and Ticket Agents’ Association
French Take Eastern Cumieres and Repel German Attacks
Paris May 27 French troops seized the eastern part of Cumieres and occupied several German trenches northwest of the village after violent street fighting. They repulsed a German assault near Fort Douaumont and reported intensified artillery actions along the Verdun front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cumieres
Fort Douaumont
War Office
Meuse
Verdun
German Offensive Likely From Riga Gulf Toward Petrograd
The Times naval correspondent says the next German push may strike in Northern Russia with a combined land and sea attack from the Gulf of Riga across the Dvina toward Petrograd. Observers also expect a simultaneous blow at the British fronts in France and Flanders, with both sea and land actions anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Russia
Gulf of Riga
Dvina
Oerenes
Petrograd
France
Flanders
Italians Captured On Trentino Front By Austrians
Vienna reports Austrians stormed a mountain ridge on the Trentino front capturing 2500 Italians, four guns, four machine guns, 300 bicycles and much other material in a new great success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
Trentino
War Department
Corenociampe Verde
Moota
Bombs On A Battery Attack In Italian War
Rome May 27 The naval dirigible dropped twenty eight bombs on an Austrian battery at Punta Salvore causing damage. airship returned unharmed. Austrian pressure forces abandonment of another Italian advance position on the Astico river. Austrians push toward Arsiero basin hoping to reach valleys between the Astico and Oroto rivers toward Vicenzo. The single advance post was repulsed and surrendered for strategic reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Paris
Punta Salvore
Astico
War Department
Arsiero
Oroto
Vicenzo
French Forces Pressed Into Cumieres Then Forced Back
French troops drove into the southern part of Cumieres on the Verdun front during stubborn fighting last night but were driven out later, the war office announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Cumieres
Meuse
Verdun
War Office
Hill Resting Comfortably in St Paul After Illness
St Paul May 27 J J Hill rested easily at his home with his condition unchanged. Doctors said an operation is unlikely and no drastic change was anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
J. J. Hill
Fair Weather Forecast For Week From Washington Station
Central Weather Station Washington forecasts generally fair weather with temperatures moderate. Scattered thunder showers are possible the first two days of the week as activity moves through the plains states and the forecast calls for continued mild conditions thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cenetral Weather Station
Washington
Plains States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mead
U. S
Yuan Shai Kai
China
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Waite
ORPET
Berard
Enforcement League
House
Colonel House
E. M. House
Arthur von Gwinner
Deutsche Bank
Associated Press
T' Crown Prince
Asquith
Edward Grey
Defi
Odvina
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!