Three Villistas Killed in Border Skirmish With U S Troops
News desk dispatches from May 15 report three bandits including Villista leader Julio Cardenas killed in a skirmish with a 12 man American detachment near Rubio ranch east of here. Lt George Patton’s force engaged the bandits after approaching the ranch house. three Mexicans died and no American casualties.
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Lake Itascate
Mex
Columbus
N. M
Julio Cardenas
Villista
Rubio Ranch
Here
George 8. Patton
Patton
Eight Men Killed in Powder Plant Blast at N J Site
Eight men are reported killed and about a dozen injured in an explosion at the Dupont powder plant near Fibbstown New Jersey. Among the dead is believed to be the plant superintendent and his assistants.
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Fibbstown
N. J
Reino
Dupont
Here
Peace Resolution Introduced by Gore in Senate
Washington May 14 A concurrent resolution to pledge Congress and the people to support all efforts of the president to maintain even handed and undiscriminating neutrality and to favor the establishment of a permanent peace was introduced today by Senator Gore and others as a public message urging national unity and restraint.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Gore
Bomb damages home of contractor in Chicago strike unrest
Chicago May 16 The home of Patrick Dignan a contractor was partly wrecked by a bomb early today. Residents were thrown from their beds and bruised. Police tie the act to labor troubles. Dignan recently acquitted of the murder of George Hammond business agent of the Excavators Asphalt Teamsters union. Dignan says Hammond tried extortion and called strikes against him. The clash escalated into fighting.
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Chicago
Patrick Dignan
Dignan
George Hammond
Excavators’ & Asphalt Teamsters’ Union
Hammond
British Attacks at Hulluch Fail in Northern France
Reports from Berlin dated May 16 say British assaults aimed at recapturing trenches near Hulluch in northern France were repulsed. Verdun attacks near Deadman's Hill and Caslette Wood failed, while Germans continued shelling Verdun lines. Belgian forces report gains in East Africa with Kigali capture on May 8 and Lake Kivu island seized.
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Sayville
Hulluch
France
War Office
Verdun
Deadman's Bil
Caslette Wood
Paris
Ayocourt Wood
Hill 304
Congo
East Africa
Belgian War Department
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Kigali
Ruanda
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Kivu
Chicago to stage preparedness parade in June or July
Chicago officials and business leaders are urged by William Mathew Lewis to plan a nationwide preparedness demonstration in Chicago during the Republican convention week or on July 4. Promoters expect a large turnout with at least 200000 in a great parade and patriotic rally led by nationally known speakers.
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Chicago
William Mathew Lewis
Mlinois Naval League
New York
Middle West
Wealthy to pay for expense of defense
Washington May 15 Taxes on incomes inheritances and war munitions will be depended on to pay for the preparedness program Chairman Kitchin of the House ways and means committee said tonight after a conference with Secretary McAdoo The plan has the support of President Wilson What amount will have to be raised cannot be determined until the naval and army bills are completed Members of the ways and means committee will begin work on this problem as quickly as possible
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Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Wilson
Orpet on Trial for Death of Sweetheart
Chicago May 15 The trial of Will H Orpet University of Wisconsin student for the murder of Marion Lambert Lake Forest high school pupil opened at Waukegan with jurors selected. Evidence to be presented largely circumstantial. The jury must decide if the girl took the poison or if Orpet administered it.
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Chicago
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marion Lambert
Lake Forest
Waukegan
Orne
Greater Army Bill Nearing Completion
Washington May 15. The compromise army reorganization bill provides for a regular army of 206000 men in peace. The conference committee of the Senate and House is shaping it for congressional approval.
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Washington
Conference Committee
Benue
House
Congress
Kaiser Must Ask Peace for France and Allies
President Poincare told Lorraine refugees that France will not accept peace unless Germany asks for it and accepts terms that guarantee balance and stability. He said France will not expose its sons to new aggressions and will continue fighting until enemies acknowledge defeat and peace with secure rights is achieved.
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Nancy
Poincare
Germany
France
Molitor
Lorraine
Europe
Coalition rule in Ireland planned amid Belfast talks
London May 16 Premier Asquith’s Belfast visit appears to fuel reports that he aims to form a temporary war government of Ireland by a coalition of the two Irish factions. No rebellion moves reported in Belfast as consultations focus on broader issues beyond unrest elsewhere.
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London
Asquith
Belfast
Ireland
Taft Testifies in Riggs Bank Perjury Trial
Former President Taft appears as a character witness in the perjury trial of three Riggs National Bank officers, testifying on C. C. Glover’s honesty. He recalls his 26-year acquaintance with Glover and notes his Yale connection with George W. Riggs while joking about accounts growing with the presidency and shrinking after.
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Taft
Riggs National Bank
C. C. Glover
Charles C. Glover
George W. Riggs
Yale
Riggs Bank
Mr. Stanschfield
Buch
Mr. Taft
Vigorous U S protest over British mail interference
Washington reports the American government will send a very vigorous note protesting interference with mails to and from the United States by Great Britain. The note will state that the United States cannot tolerate seizure and detention of neutrals mail. Britain’s recent reply to the prior protest is deemed unsatisfactory amid widespread private protests over long delays.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Kenyon Hopes 10 Cut Pork Barrel
Washington on May 16 opponents of the river and harbors bill fight the pork barrel elements in the Senate. Senators Sherman Smoot Curtis LaFollette Norris Harding Cummins and Hastings oppose several items while Kenyon and Sherman plan amendments. The bill carries 43 million plus but reductions may come through lengthy debate and votes.
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Senate
Sherman, Smoot
Curtis
LaFollette
Norris Harding
Cummins
Hasting
Kenyon
Sherman Dian
Mills & Gibb Bankrupt Declared Involuntary Petition Filed
In New York on May 16 creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in federal court against Mills & Gibb, a leading white goods importer and jobber. Claims list liabilities around 2,000,908 dollars. assets not disclosed. The firm is described as solvent yet financially embarrassed.
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New York
Mills & Gibb
Wabash Railroad to Be Sold by Court Order
In Pittsburgh on May 15 Judge Orr granted a request from Bankers Trust Company to sell the Wabash Pittsburg terminal railroad or reorganize it. The court said a miner would be instructed to sell the road in the immediate future.
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Pittsburgh
Bankers Trust Company
New York
Wabash, Pittsburg Terminal
Orr
Federal District Court
Chicago Trade Board moves to censor crop reports
Chicago officials announce plans to exert control over crop reports. President J B Griffin states all expert submissions are tabulated and unreliable sources may be banned from distributing reports. In Washington, Eastman Kodak appeals a New York ruling forcing division of its assets to restrain interstate trade.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
J. BP. Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Wilson opens half million acres in Dixie National Forest
President Wilson today opened more than half a million acres of raw land in the Dixie National Forest in Arizona for homesteaders. About one fourth of the land has already been filed on, with the Mojave county area described as valuable for settling purposes.
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Washington
Wilson
Dixie National Forest
Arizona
Mojave County
Children Healthier in City Than Country
Indianapolis May 15 delegates to a national conference of charities and corrections heard that city children are better developed physically than rural children. Dr Tadaferro Clark of the public health service cited dirt and nutrition as causes and called for improved health supervision of country schools. Miss Margaret Sanger spoke on birth control at a special afternoon meeting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Charles W. Fairbanks
Margaret Sanger
New York
Tadaferro Clark
United States Public Health Service
Clark
Wilson Asks Wescott to Make Nomination
President Wilson asked John Wescott of New Jersey to deliver the nominating speech at St Louis. Wescott accepted after a conference with the president. Wescott did not know New Jersey delegates had chosen Governor Fielder the same day, so withdrawal is expected. An Argentine permit funds a campaign against locusts by inhibiting parasitic insects.
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Wil#on
John Wescott
New Jersey
Baltimore
St. Louis
Wescott
Fielder
Casement Seeks Troop Rise Among Prisoners in Trial
London May 10 Sir Roger Casement faces treason charges as prosecutors detail a plan to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany for an uprising in Ireland. Included is testimony of Bailey and Casement’s Berlin measures, submarine voyage to Tralee, and a scheme to arm rebels with 20 000 rifles from Germany. Casement appears unmoved in court as prosecutors outline his alleged campaign.
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Roger
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