Mexico City Faces Rebel Threat Amid Guerrero Rising
A May 15 report from Mexico City notes the armistice breakdown with rebel leader Francisco Figueroa. Miranda leads 4,000 rebels toward Iguala, with La Neri commanding women and regulars, threatening Mexico City as officers in reserve and arms shipments raise internal alarm.
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Mexico City
Migueroa
Guerrero
Francisco Figueroa
Iguala
Miranda
Buena Vista
Figueroa
Tguala
Chilpancingo
Cuer Bayaca
la Neri
Tgnala
Chapultener
Morelos
Madero
Morrelos
Mardero
Tacubaya Barracks
Republic
Ding
Bribery Allegations Roil Mexican Revolt Borders
El Paso reports claim Orozco and Obregon discussed paying to derail Madero and break up the revolution. Bribery charges entwine figures Esquivel Obregon and Leon with plans to deter Americans from Juarez and prompt Mexican insurrection near the border. Navarro, paroled after Juarez surrender, seeks return of officers.
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Orozco
Obregon
el Paso
Tex
Ja Paso
Juitex
Mexico
Rasbago
Rabago
Orogon
Esquivel Obregon
Madero
Juanes
el Paro
Bribery
Leon
Juan Navarro
Juarez
Navarro
Train Crushes 16Yearold in Ohio Crash Near Blissfield
May 16 in Coshocton County Ohio Bernard Didinger aged 16 was killed when crushed between freight cars of the A and A railroad near Blissfield. Police report the death as accidental. Also in New York a doctor and a student connected to a death pact reportedly tried to kill herself, while a French fishing schooner Victoria and its 22 crew members are missing near St Pierre Miquelon after May 15 reports.
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Coshocton
Bernard Didinger
Blissfield
Oii
Bt. Pierre
Miquelon
Victoria
Robinson
Port St Milo
Exhibition by Blind to Show They Can Earn Their Living
A New York exhibition at the Metropolitan Opera House by the Association for the Blind showcased articles made by blind workers and demonstrated tasks such as weaving, chair and broom making, and dress sewing. The group aims to raise funds to build a combined home and workshop for the blind, with plans to spend about 100000 on the project. A handsomely auctioned armchair used by President Taft added 245 to the tiling fund, and two photos depict a blind broommaker and Wind sitts binding a magazine printed in valued type.
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Lind Pervons
Association For the Blief
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Association For the Bind
Taft
Automobile Hits Post and Man 15 Killed
An auto with four Ashtabula men driven by Leroy Sheldon struck a road pole near Ashtabula on the Saybrook road. Sheldon was instantly killed. A. B. Warmington is in hospital with a crushed skull and broken leg, likely to die. Howard Diberl has three broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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Ashtabula
Leroy Sheldon
Saybrook
Carey Sheldon
A. B. Warmington
Howard Diberl
Four Die in Train Wreck at Devil Curve Vermont
Four men were killed and three others seriously injured when two freight trains collided head on at Devil Curve near White River Junction. The wreckage caught fire destroying several cars and burning some bodies. Killed were Ralph H. Fairman James M. Livingstone Roy Kendall and R I Webber of Ware Massachusetts.
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White Hiver Junction
Devil Curve
Ralph H. Fairman
James M. Livingstone
Roy Kendall
R. I. Webber
Ware
Mase
Freman
President Taft’s Wife Suffering Nervous Breakdown
New York May 15 Mrs W H Taft wife of the president was taken ill with a recurrence of the nervous illness from which she suffered a year ago Dr Ryan Evans in attendance said the present attack is not as severe as the previous one and her condition is not serious She could not accompany the president to Harrisburg Pa
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New York
W. BR
Larson
Mist Alta Markovka
Footo
Vaher
W. H. Taft
Ryan Evans
Riot at Polish church ends with two shot in Cleveland
A May 16 riot at a Polish Roman Catholic church in Cleveland left two persons shot and ten injured as a delegation sought to remove Rev. Ignatius Piotrowaki. Stones and jet-fighting were reported as police and onlookers attempted to restrain the crowd.
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Cleveland, O
Bt Caamir
Faxtor
Ignatius Piotrowaki
Taft Victim of Nervous Attack on Trip to New York
In Pittsburgh Raymond Sofransaki, 45, shot himself in Fort Wayne station Allegheny after failing to reach Chicago. He pressed the revolver to his heart and pulled the trigger, witnessed by several bystanders. Lad Run Down. Salem reports Donald Elton, 5, struck and internally injured by Dr H K Yaggs's auto while playing in the street. prognosis uncertain.
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New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Raymond Sofransaki
Fort Wayne
Allegheny
Salem
Donald Elton
H. K Yaggs
Kaiser Welcomed Aboard Hohenzollern In London Harbor
In London Port Victoria fortifications fired a noisy welcome as the Hohenzollern entered with flags displayed. Emperor William II and Empress Augusta Victoria, with Princess Victoria Louise, are hosted by the King and Queen for a week at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Port Victoria
Duke of Connaught
Mohenzollern
Victoria Louise
Victoria Station
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Memorial
Busy Ohio Statehouse Faces Three Days of Busy Lawmaking
In Columbus May 15 a short recess may push three days of work into midnight Saturday. Key bills loom including the general appropriation bill for 1912, the Green bill for constitutional convention delegates, and the Fulton redistricting bill. The Wetzel finance committee and conference processes threaten delays as five detective outfits operate in Columbus with two firms hired by the state.
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Columbus
Wetiole Finance Committee
Senate
House
Fulton
May Test Senate Probe Questioned Authority of Hud son Resolution
Columbus May 15 Attorneys who studied supreme court rulings believe the Hudson investigating committee acts without substantial authority. The test could be raised in court by a witness refusing to testify or by officials withholding warrants for expenses. Contempt proceedings would arise if a witness defied the senate. A writ of habeas corpus was discussed.
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Supreme Court
Andor
Acainet Creamer
General Assembly
Rameone
Columbus
Heleher & Connor
Tropble
Hudson
Furlington
Stave
Creamer
Senate
Senators dispute Bachelder tariff figures in reciprocity debate
Washington May 16 Members of the senate finance committee say ex Governor Bachelder president of the National Grange misstated tabled tariff data on 46 articles during May 5 briefings. He allegedly used imaginary statistics to attack the Taft agreement, reporting 28 errors in 18 correct items. Three fatally injured in Meviotin crash. others burned.
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Bachelder
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
National Grange
Ile Meures
United States
Canada
Squealed On Companions Squealed On Companions Latty O May 15
Olin and John Turner two14 cousins planned a week long burglary at L A Ridenour Co Brice town to rob a safe in a store housing the post office Dewey Gangler aged younger than the Turners alerted Deputy Sheriff Bailey of Paulding county who with assistants hid in the store and captured theTurners Also notes the Turners drank liquor and were chastised by a woman with a cane in a dramatic arrest scene
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Latty
Olin
John Turner
L. A. Ridenour & Co
Bricetown
Dewey Gangler
Turners
Bailey
Paulding County
Fatally Burned at Back Yard Fire in Findlay
A woman identified as Brickman sustained fatal burns while burning paper in a backyard. Her clothing was consumed except for protection from the corset. The incident occurred May 15 and authorities cited accidental ignition and rapid flame spread.
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Findlay
Brickman
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