Expense on Account of War: Estimate Near 3 Million
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a nearly three million dollar estimate for maintenance of troops transportation and other items in the war effort. Belaya Ruiz acting foreign minister complains to South American mediators that American troops landed at Vera Cruz violating the armistice. Mediators announce they will present representations to President Wilson as the Mexican government thanks them for prudence impartiality and goodwill. Secretary Bryan acknowledges a note from mediators seeks to resolve the crisis and states a reply will be issued.
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Union News
Mexico City
Belaya Ruiz
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Foreign Office
Washington
Bryan
Huerta
Desperate Battle at Tampico Amid Oil War Zones
Reports from Tampico say the fiercest clash of the Mexican revolution occurred Sunday as rebels and federal troops fought in the oil district. Fires from burning wells and tanks lit the battle, with U S warships guarding Americans and foreigners scattered nearby. The rebel general refused a proposed neutral zone, while heavy guns pounded entrenched positions of General Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza and General Pablo Gonzales as fighting raged in the town center.
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Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza
Pablo Gonzales
Cost of the War: Nearly 3 Million Required to Pay Maintenance
Washington reports the first major expense memo for the Mexican crisis totals 2 701 327 dollars for subsistence, supplies, horses, Vera Cruz, and border needs. The army transport bill dominates at 1 485 074 dollars, with 946 341 dollars already estimated. funds cover troop movement, vessel charters, coal and water, stevedoring, and extra draft and pack animals, plus cavalry and artillery horses.
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Washington
Congress
House
War Department
Mediators Set Niagara Falls for Mediation Talks
Parties are notified that Niagara Falls Canada will host mediation talks with representatives of the interested groups. The conference is scheduled to begin on May 18.
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Niagara Falls
Canada
German ships suspected of arming Huerta forces in Mexico
Washington reports an investigation into a claim that two German vessels loaded with arms and troops for Huerta's forces were bound for Puerto Mexico. The U S will seek aid from Germany to stop landing munitions in Mexico. No American ships are at Puerto Mexico currently.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mexico
Puerto Mexico
Vera Cruz
State Department
Mexico City
Military leaders brace for possible Huerta collapse
A cipher from General Funston to Secretary Garrison prompts a late night War Department conference with General Witherspoon and staff. Officials weigh the risk of anarchy in Mexico City and the need to ready transports and a large expedition to Mexico City if order fails.
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Mexico City
General Funston
Huerta
Funston
Washington
War Department
Vera Cruz
Diplomatic moves avert war risk over German arms to Huerta
Secretary Bryan said arms aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecelie and the Estadaia due at Puerto Mexico would be returned to Germany while agents advise. The situation mirrors Vera Cruz pre occupation as German vessels could not be blocked without triggering an act of war. Roosevelt said the statement clears up wild rumors.
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Washington
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
Bryan
Rogers
Havana
Kronprinsess
Cece
Germany
Eastadia
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
United States
Kron
Cecelie
Roosevelt
Carranza Hails U S Friendship in Mexican Advance
El Paso dispatches report General Venustiano Carranza arriving in Torreon to cheers and crediting U S friendship for constitutionalist gains. He reportedly echoing Villa sayings and urging a peaceful path, hoping the U S arms embargo will end.
Newspaper Men Under Arrest in Mexico City
Vera Cruz dispatch reports Richard Harding Davis of the Tribune and Medill McCormick of the Chicago Tribune under arrest in Mexico City. The Tribune also notes the arrest of Walter C. Whiffen and the Washington Post photographer, according to Brigadier General Funston.
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New York
The
New York Tribune
Richard Harding Davis
Vera Cruz
the Tribune
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Mexico City
Funston
Walter C. Whiffen
Washington Post
Hunt for Dead Continues in Earthquake Ruins
Washington officials report a peace mission from Huerta departed Vera Cruz for Canada as mediation efforts against the U S Mexico dispute move forward. Supreme Court Justice Lamar and ex-solicitor general Lehmann were named to represent the United States in Niagara Falls mediation with Mexican envoys Augustin Rodriguez Emilio Rabasa and Luis Elguero joining Huerta’s party seeking resolution.
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Union News Service
Washington
Qeavmi
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Canada
United States
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Ont
Justice Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Frederick W. Lehmann
Wilson
Augustin Rodriguez
Emilio Rabasa
Luis Elguero
Nation Pays Last Tribute To Vera Cruz Navy Dead
A silent tribute in New York honored sailors who died in Vera Cruz as a funeral procession stretched four miles. President rode in an open carriage, head uncovered, while the crowd, estimated near a million, watched seventeen coffins move from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Navy Yard over nearly two hours.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Battery Plaza
Lower Manhattan
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Hunt for Dead Continues After Etna Earthquake
Rescue parties and Red Cross workers combed the eastern Etna villages through Sunday night. Surgeons operated by torchlight as soldiers and priests aided under the ruins. The death and injury toll remained unchanged, though many may still be buried, with immediate interments expected.
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Mt. Etna
Catania
Red Cross
Mount Etna
Plea for Lifting Embargo Stated by Villa
General Francisco Villa, chief of the constitutionalist army, urged lifting the arms embargo as the quickest humanitarian path to peace in Mexico. He argued embargoes block victories at Gomez Palacio Torreon San Pedro de las Colonias and Monterrey and prolong the struggle by limiting ammunition and materiel.
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Torreon
Mex
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Constitutionalist
Gomez Palacio
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Monterey
Busy Week for Congress in Washington
Senate debates Panama canal tolls exemption while the House prepares for a record vote on a nationwide prohibition amendment. Developments in the Mexican situation cloud hopes for war revival. House Democrats plan a July caucus and adjournment, with leaders aiming to pass appropriation bills, antitrust measures, rural credits, and vote on the prohibition amendment.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
House Democrats
Tampico Tension As 5000 Rebels Move On City
Washington reports Admiral Mayo says constitutionalists ready to bombard Tampico once their artillery is in place. Rebel forces estimated over 5,000, with leaders seeking removal of Americans from Tampico to spare them from possible federal maltreatment. Efforts are under way to shield foreign property.
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Washington
Mayo
Tampico
Tampico Situation Deepens as Rebels Arm for Final Attack
An Ad miral Badger dispatch relayed by Admiral Mayo says rebel forces near Tampico have acquired substantial artillery and plan to strike federal forces in the city. Constitutionalists urge Americans and other foreigners to depart at once, promising to shield foreign property. Reports from multiple sources indicate the estuary area faces likely destruction.
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Tampico
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Badger
Badger
Admiral Mayo
Mayo
Ests
Tough on Dope Fiends
A Chinese government notice from Peking declares that persons under forty will be shot for smoking opium at Chengto in Sze-Chuen after twenty one days from the date. Those aged forty and over face terms of servitude.
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Peking
Chengto
Sze-Chuen
Madame Lillian Nordica Dies After Illness
Opera star Madame Lillian Nordica died in Batavia on Sunday night after a long illness that began when the steamer Tasmania wrecked near Bramble Cay in the Gulf of Papua on December 28. Nervous prostration was followed by pneumonia.
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Lillian Nordica
Batavia
Madame Nordica
Tasmania
Bramble Cay
Gulf of Papua
Quits Desk for the Ranch in Hyannis Nebraska
Omaha reporter Colonel Fetterman leaves the city desk after years as a reporter desk man and feature writer. He heads to his claim near Hyannis Nebraska to prove up on land drawn in the recent northwestern Nebraska drawing and will practice law there.
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Omaha
Neb
Colonel Fetterman
Hyannis
Nebraska
Deserving of High Place Moral Told by McAdoo
Government clerks in Washington push for higher salaries while Secretary McAdoo notes bank workers deserve raises. He recalls a bank teller before St. Peter who answers with a joke about stuck. The tale underscores remuneration concerns tied to responsibility and trust.
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Washington
McAdoo
St. Peter
Putting Up a Profitable Front
A conversation notes a young waiter whose demeanor is described as reproachful. The speaker recalls he earned the most tips in the lunchroom where he worked, surpassing all other waiters combined, highlighting a contrast between appearance and earnings.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Landscape Painters
A New Yorker notes a Western landscape painter known for rugged scenery. A Westerner recalls seeing his work on the rocks out there. The exchange ends on a note that optimism is valuable when not overworked.
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