Rebellion in Ireland Near End As Leaders Surrender
London May 2 A London based official bureau reports most rebellion leaders in Ireland have surrendered conditionally. 707 prisoners captured including Countess Markievicz. Dublin reports deteriorating rebel ammo and scattered quiet in Galway Clare Wexford Louth and other towns.
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Doublin
London
Sre
Four Courts
Ofcial Press Bureau
Ireland
Iteb
Lublin
Enniscorthy
Dublin
New Ross
Gorey
Wicklow
Basenalstown
Arklow
Cariow
Dunlavin
Roosevelt Urges Universal Service Before Illinois Bar
Col Theodore Roosevelt at the Illinois Bar Association banquet in Chicago urges universal service modeled on Swiss and Australian systems. He calls for national preparation across industrial and social forces, warns against divided loyalty and the hyphen, and ties the Monroe doctrine to naval strength.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois
Illinois Bar Association
Hotel la Salle
United States
Lincoln
Note on China passengers fuels tension between Britain and U S
Secretary Lansing announced the U S sent a new note to Great Britain demanding the release of 24 Austrians, Germans and Turks seized from the China by a British cruiser off Shanghai. Britain says the detained men were engaged in conspiracies and fleeing to Manila to disrupt U S neutrality. London notes say prize tribunal decisions dampen expectations for further concessions and shipowners await an international tribunal for damages.
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Washington
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
China
Shanghai
Manila
London
Big Coal Strike Averted Reached Tentative Agreement
The joint sub committee of anthracite miners and operators in New York announced a satisfactory tentative contract after weekend negotiations. The deal recognizes the United Mine Workers of America, sets an eight hour day, and includes a 7 percent raise for contract miners and 3 percent for day workers.
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New York
Anthracite
United Mine Workers of America
Air raids rouse the Swiss over German line flight
Swiss indignation rises after a German aeroplane crossed into Swiss territory near Porrentruy marking a repeated intrusion. The semiofficial Bund calls for more than regret, urging Germany to offer a substantive apology.
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Berne
Porrentruy
Switzerland
Bund
Germany
Desertions Reported From Mexican Front And Bethlehem Steel Wages Up
First reports from the front note eight cavalrymen deserting a northern Mexico march. In Pennsylvania the Bethlehem Steel Company raises wages by ten percent for its 24,000 workers, the third such rise in ten months.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
U S Men Win Battle Near Tomachio In Sierra Madres
U S cavalry under Col George A Dodd routed a Villa band near Tomachio in the Sierra Madres. Two Americans were killed and three wounded. six Mexicans died and nineteen were wounded. Villa chief figures were not confirmed. Captured included twenty five horses and arms. Dodd advanced toward Minaca awaiting supplies and Pershing orders.
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Ria
Columbus
N. M
George A. Dodd
Villa
Tomachio
Sierra Madres
Baca
Cervantes
Dominguez
Roses
Dodd
Minaca
Pershing
Senator Husting seeks congressional inquiry into telegram flood
In a senate speech Senator Husting of Wisconsin demanded a congressional investigation into the flood of telegrams reaching Congress about the German American situation. He accused a central source of stirring the messages and called the action a plot to mislead the public into believing the president desires war.
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Husting
Wisconsin
Washington
Senate
Congress
Hasting
British Blast Kills 106 at Kent Munition Factory
Official report states 106 people died and 66 were injured in the Kent county munitions factory explosion. All victims were men. The incident prompted national mourning and safety investigations.
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Kent County
London
Wilson keeps troop stay as talks with Obregon press no change
President Wilson maintains policy to keep American troops on the Mexican border until brigandage ends. Secretary Baker briefed generals Scott and Funston after a White House conference with General Obregon, Carranza’s war minister, while Lansing and Baker stated policy remains unchanged. Obregon urged withdrawal, but Scott could not discuss the matter.
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Newrpes
Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Mexico
White House
Baker
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Carranza
Lansing
Relations Not to Be Severed in German American Ties
Berlin reports suggest future relations with the United States may improve, despite censorship delaying word on Germany’s submarine warfare reply. Ambassador Gerard reached Berlin and the German answer is anticipated soon, with officials deeming any early details unsuitable for publication abroad.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Gerard
Woman Recovers From Six Year Illness With Pinkham’s Remedy
Columbus resident Mrs. J. S. Barlow reports six years of female troubles nervousness and pain improving after ten days on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She rose from weakness to 127 pounds and credits the medicine with saving her life.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. S. Barlow
South 4Th St
Ydia E. Pinkham
Community Spirit Looms Large in Town
A new arrival asks if locals will unite for common good and an old resident affirms with a vivid anecdote. He recalls last week’s lynching of a horse thief, noting nearly every resident except the thief wanted to string him up, underscoring a tense communal vigilantism.
Imagined Qualities in a Mathematics Class
A professor asks for an imagined quality and a top student answers with a wry joke about the United States merchant marine. The dialogue pairs a proverb like Men are born, but husbands are made with a playful classroom exchange.
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United States Merchant Marine
Comptroller to provide bank condition reports to banks
Washington officials announce that starting June 1 national banks examined by national bank examiners will receive a copy of the report filed with the comptroller. The reports, long kept confidential, will now be distributed upon request. In New York, a Wilson message urging fair play by the press was read at a banquet ending the American Newspaper Publishers' Association meeting.
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New York
Cusihuirachic
Mex
Carlos Carranza
Juan T. Burns
Mexico
Villa
Washington
Wilson
United States
America
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Editorial Trip Planned by Nebraska Press Association
York Nebraska article notes the Nebraska Press association committees met to finalize plans for the North Platte valley and western Nebraska excursion. They set August 7 as the start date with Grand Island as the meeting place. A special sleeper train will be provided and only association members and their immediate families may join.
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York, Neb
Nebraska Press Association
York
North Platte Valley
Nebraska
Grand Island
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Seward
Alaska
Alaska Engineering Commission
Federal Labor Union
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Commission
Woman
Lydi E. Pinkham
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G. W. Pike
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