Villa alters plans in Zacatecas campaign
General Villa shifts toward Zacatecas with 1,500 cavalry as advance guard while pursuing 10,000 federal forces under Maas and De More, halting trains at Paredon due to torn rails. He plans to strike San Luis Potosi and Aguas Calientes after securing Zacatecas, leaving 4,000 federals in his rear.
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Plot to Kill Huerta Dismisses Police Inspector
A plotted assassination of General Huerta at Cafe Colon led to the dismissal and arrest of General Manuel Guasque, inspector general of police, in Mexico City on May 46. Secret service men hunt several men closely associated with the general.
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General Obregon Chief of Staff of Villa's Rebel Army
General Obregon serves as chief of staff to General Villa in the Mexican rebel army. The arrangement places Obregon in a pivotal coordinating role as Villa leads operations against government forces amid ongoing Mexican unrest.
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General Villa
Rebel Force in Vera Cruz Moves Against Mexican Rebels
A coastal Bonalist force has landed near Vera Cruz as a Mexican constitutionalist advance is reported. The Spanish ambassador relays a Mexican foreign ministry message stating the movement aims to gather constitutional troops, not to attack Americans. The State Department deputy secretary notes clarify the action as opposition to Mexican rebels.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Bpanieh
Riano
Ruan
Bryan Tuture
Foreign Office
Mass at Naval Academy in Vera Cruz War Ruins
A photograph shows a military mass outside the shell battered walls of the Naval Academy at Vera Cruz. The image conveys religious peace amid the destruction of war.
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Naval Academy
Vera Cruz
Aval Academy
Accused of Murdering Friend of Employer in New Hampshire
Eugene Wood, a 40 year old farmhand from Henneker, is brought to Soncord on charges of killing How ard W. Peaslee former electman of Henneker. Peaslee was shot Friday night and found in a mall shop near his home. Wood allegedly envied Mint Barnes and denies knowledge of the crime. In Ohio, aeronaut William Warner fell 1000 feet from a balloon into Lake Erie and drowned during a crowd event in Cleveland.
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Henneker
Howard W. Peaslee
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Wood
Ada M. Barnes
Walter Barnes
Mint Barnes
Penzieo
Barnes
Falla
Cleveland
William Warner
Lake Erie
Trying to Clear Way for Religious Instruction
New York on May 25 Rev Wilbur n Crafts head of the International Reform bureau says progress toward Bible reading in public schools is underway. He cites discussions with Catholics Jews and Protestants and notes a Presbyterian meeting backed appointing a joint committee to plan religious training in schools or nearby churches with pastors and teachers teaching religion as part of education.
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Wilburn. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Crafts
Presbyterian Preachers
Presbyterian Church
Themelves
Rockefeller narrowly avoids collision in car ride mishap
In Tarrytown New York on May 26 John D Rockefeller and five women faced a narrow escape when a second car collided with their automobile on the White Plains road near Elmford hill. The incident disrupted a routine ride as help arrived and no serious injuries were reported. In Mexico City area news General Zapata forces seize Ceernavaca a key suburb and threaten action toward the capital as rebels move closer to the city.
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John D. Rockefeller
Elmeford Hill
HE Paso
Tex
Zapata
Ceernavace
Mexico City
Malepateh
Zaypatistae
Igalnst Hoertn
Sixteen Lives Lost on Halifax Lightship Tragedy
Halifax N S May 26 The toll of dead recovered from the lightship Halifax totals 16 One body is a woman Of the remaining six only two names are known William Morrin Glasgow and John Gorman The vessel carried eighteen on board with no survivor to recount the disaster
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William Morrin
Glasgow
John Gorman
Murdered and Robbed Near Millerstown Found
Mrs Ella Runyan discovered the body of William Neal a local farmer while walking near Millerstown. Neal had been missing since Thursday and his throat was cut in what is believed to be a robbery related murder. Local authorities opened an investigation.
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Millerstown
William Neal
Neal
Meeting of the Blind in Canton Ohio
One hundred fifty blind residents from across Ohio gathered for the annual Ohio Federation of the Blind convention in Canton. Mayor Charles Stolberg opened with a welcome address as topics include the new state blind pension law and the elevation of officers.
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Canton
Ohio Federation of the Blind
Charles Stolberg
Local Attorney In Critical Condition After Crash
Columbus May 26 Carl H Bates local attorney is hospitalized in Lancaster in critical condition after his auto driven by Lulu Parker of Logan rammed a telephone pole near Sugar Grove. Parker uninjured. Bates sustained a deep gash across the side.
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Carl H. Bates
Lancaster
Lulu Parker
Logan
Sugar Grove
Bates
Woman Killed in Auto Spill at Hotel
Miss Hessie Philips, 37, died and C. C. Me Sunken, a businessman, was severely burned in an automobile accident near a hotel. The car struck a stone and overturned. Philips lived in Con Beagt, Ohio, and recently came from Pittsburgh to work in a department store. A guest at the hotel, the incident occurred May 25 in Cleveland.
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Hessie Philips
C. C. Me Sunken
MoJunken Hye
Mise Phillips
Con- Beagt
Pittsburg
Home Rule Bill advances amid Ulster resistance and unrest
London reports the home rule bill nearing a third reading as Ulster Protestants threaten to exclude the province from its operation and to set up a provisional government. Unionists may walk out, risking the bill's fate. Militias and police are prepared to keep order in Northern Ireland districts facing clashes.
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Dublin
House of Commons
Unioninta
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England
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Trowble
Elimination of Huerta Considered by Mediators
Mediators discuss removing Huerta from power as a pathway to establishing a provisional president. Key figures and international actors weigh options amid ongoing political crisis and calls for transition.
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Diaz
Conference progress noted in Mexican crisis talks
American delegates report progress during a prolonged Niagara Park conference with Mexican and U S figures. The session discussed possible solutions to the present difficulty, with hints of involvement by the White House and President Wilson in mediating Mexico's land question, while Mexican delegates resist concessions.
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Frederick Lehman
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Amar
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Rebels Open To Any Mediating Solution At Niagara Falls
Washington reports General Gam Tanga relayed that the Constitutionalists will not send formal or informal representatives to Niagara Falls but remain open to any Mexican problem solution reached there. Carranza promises concessions, boosting Wilson administration confidence in mediators and the Niagara proceedings. Former City Treasurer Samuel Church, 66, dies after a paralytic stroke in Margerille, a Republican figure.
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Wironhee
Gam Tanga
Niagara Falls
Thie
Beem
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Carranza
Mexico
Wilson
Niagara
Margerille O
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