Bell reports Mexican force massed near Colonia Dublan
Contina Gavira seeks a conference date with General Pershing this week near Colonia Dublan. Gavira, believed aligned with General Carranza, may urge an earlier drawdown of American troops in Chihuahua citing bandit activity south of the lines and civilian demonstrations against U S forces.
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General Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Pershing
Carranza
Chihuahua
Gevira
Mexico
Candelario Cervantes
Pershing to Send Troops Against Outlaws
General Pershing will deploy troops to engage a band of outlaws, launching military action to pursue and capture them. The move signals a substantial federal response and a continuation of law enforcement efforts in the region.
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Eral Pershing
Skirmish with Bandits Reported in Tampico District
General Nafarratte from Tampico reports skirmishes between a small band of bandits and Constitutionalist troops under Gen. Jose Cavazos in the Tampico district. In two clashes the bandits suffered eleven killed and ten captured, while one Constitutionalist was wounded. A quantity of supplies was seized. Gen. Luis Herrera reported conditions near Parral quiet. Tomas Quinones, a former Villa colonel, is said to have informed Col. Zuazua at San Andres about his late companions, said to be the district's last bandits.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Jose Cavazos
Tampico
Nafarratte
Luis Herrera
Parral
Tomas Quinones
Pioneer Prohibitionist Reverend John Beck Dies at 72
Kansas City May 29 Reverend John Beck pioneer prohibition worker and reputed first evangelist west of the Mississippi died here Sunday aged seventy two. He served in the Civil War and later preached in Oklahoma and Southern Missouri. Survived by brother George Beck of Houston Texas.
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Kansas City
John Beck
Mississippi River
Oklahoma
Missouri
George Beck
Houston
Texas
Wilson Peage Talk Unpopular Among Allies
The Times reports allied leaders reject American mediation as a compromise between right and wrong. It notes Wilson risks alienating allies with politics while Russia’s Sazonoff says alliance among Britain, France, and Russia is becoming a lasting friendship and predicts victory and postwar autonomy for Poland.
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London
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Times Today
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Daily Chronicle
Edward Grey
League
Liverpool Post
League of Nations
Manchester Guardian
United States
Express
Daily News
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Great Britain
America
Russia
Sergius Sazonoff
Times Petrograd
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Aland Islands
M. Sazanoff
Poland
Rockefeller Commission
Pope Benedict Urges Christian Tolerance Amid War
Cardinal Casparri reports the pope maintains neutrality and deplores inhumane war aspects. Without impartial evidence he cannot judge both sides' conduct. The pope hopes hostilities end sooner through greater Christian tolerance, concession of claims, and sympathy for victims.
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Rome
Paris
Cardinal Casparri
Pope Benedict
Waterfront Fire Hits Vancouver Plants on the Waterfront
Fire crews contained a waterfront blaze in Vancouver unknown origin at the New England Fish Company plant and the Alberta Pacific grain elevator. Loss estimated at 600000 dollars with no lives lost. Fire department stretched thin as volunteers served in the British army.
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Vancouver
B. C
New England Fish Company
Alberta-Pacific
Bulgars in Greece Without Resistance
In the persistent coverage of the war, eyewitness notes describe Bulgarian forces in Greece offering limited resistance while a French fighter recounts close engagements. A French machine gunner advances against a German air machine near Bourgonne, with further action described along the Meuse as artillery and auto mobiles engage northern Avecourt and Forsges.
Greeks to Protest Invasion at Fort Rupel Rally
May 29 Saloniki reports a large meeting planned for Tuesday to protest German and Bulgarian troop actions. Fort Rupel dominates the pass to Demir Hissar bridge and Seres, with control of the Saloniki Kavalla railroad cited as a strategic objective.
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Saloniki
Paris
Fort Rupel
Demir-Hissar Bridge
Seres
Kavalla
FIGHT ARTILLERY DUELS ON VERDUN FRONT
Violent artillery duels continue on both banks of the Meuse in the Verdun area. French troops attacked Cumieres village but were repulsed after yesterday’s seizure by Germans. Western front saw monitors driven off by our guns and Furnes aerodrome bombarded by German artillery. Eastern and Balkan fronts report nothing new.
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London
Muese
Verdun
War Office
Cumiereg
Furnes
Meuse
Cumieres
Austro-Hungarian Troops Capture Fortified Works West of Arsiero
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian forces seized a fortified position west of Arsiero and captured fortifications at Cornono west of Arsiero and the fortified dam across the Italyssa southwest of Monte Interrotto in Asiago. The southeastern theater shows no change in the situation.
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Vienna
Berlin
Sayville
Arsiero
War Office
Cornono
Arsicio
Italyssa
Monte Interrotto
Asiago
Police Advertises Shelley-Loring Auto Equipment
Shelly-Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with two phones listed for contact and a brief note about a newly invented device to aid rapid writing by clamping to the little finger and supporting the next finger for better ink flow.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
New Witness in Orpet Case Mysterious Hartman Missing
In Waukegan Illinois May 29 court opened with attorney James H Wilkerson seeking to learn if State's Attorney Cady caused the arrest or sequestration of Joseph Hartman who claimed to tell a tale involving Marian Lambert Hartman promised to produce Clara Cramer for confirmation but failed and Hartman may be in state custody while defense and state gain access to telegraph messages between Orpet and Lambert.
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Waukegan
James H. Wilkerson
Will H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
Joseph Hartman
Wilkerson
Cady
Hartman
Wil
Mr. Cady
Miss Lambert
Orpet
Skiff Endorses Fair in Talk With Cassin
William Cassin, president of the Texas Bi Centennial and Pan American fair, returned from Chicago where he interviewed Dr. J. W. Skiff, world fair expert and Panama-Pacific director. Skiff endorsed an international exposition in San Antonio for the city’s 200th anniversary and said it would aid southwest development by educating and attracting people to the region.
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Skiff
Cassin
San Antonio
George F. Lupton
S. A. & A. P. Railroad
William Cassin
Chicago
J. W. Skiff
San Francisco
Southwest
United States
Texas
Boiler explosion injures workers near Humble
An oil field boiler blast near Humble, Texas, on May 29 wounded two men. Rance Fen ley, a Humble fireman, suffered severe burns to his arms body and face and is expected to die. Abe Jones, a Humble driller, also sustained burns and scalds to his arms and body. The injured were brought to Houston for treatment.
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Houston
Tex
Humble
Rance Fenley
Abe Jones
Fenley
Water inspection tour moves to San Antonio and Southwest Texas
T H Johnson and Dr E H Golag state officials from the pure food department depart Austin for San Antonio to inspect water quality. They will continue the campaign in Southwest Texas as part of a state wide effort inaugurated by Commissioner Hoffman.
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Austin
Tex
T. H. Johnson
E. H. Golag
State Pure Food Department
San Antonio
Texas
Hoffman
The Privileged Classes Exchange Quip
A cockney angler claims bearing arms for two centuries, but a Highland boatman retorts that ancestors have had legs for two thousand years. The exchange humor highlights class barracks and wit.
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Naething
Senate Rejects Lump Sum Rivers and Harbors Bill
The Senate defeated a motion to send the $43,000,000 rivers and harbors bill back to committee with instructions to substitute a lump sum of 320,000,000. It adopted Senator Newlands' proposal to create a river regulation commission with key federal members and a $500,000 expense allowance. Kenyon’s waterways commission idea failed on a point of order. his alternate $25,000,000 continuation plan was defeated 34 to 23.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Newlands
Secretaries of War, Interior, Agriculture and Commerce
House
Army Engineers
Clarke
Commerce Commission
Kenyon
Waterways Commission of Five
Gasoline Stove Explosion Destroys Knob Hill Home
Gasoline stove explosion damaged the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen Nelson at the intersection of South New Braunfels avenue and Nelson streets Knob Hill addition shortly after 1 PM Monday. The damage is about 5000 dollars and partially insured.
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Elizabeth Bowen Nelson
New Braunfels Avenue
Nelson Streets
Knob Hill Addition
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