Bandits Plan New Raids Across Texas Border
Three bandits led by Villa ally Julio Cardenas were killed in a skirmish with an American detachment near Rubio Ranch twenty miles east of Brownsville. A Texas expedition pursuing the raiders halted near the border and awaits reinforcements before advancing. Colonel Sibley wired General Funston seeking aid for the Fourteenth Cavalry.
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Lake Itascate
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Julio Cardenas
Rubio Ranch
Here
Marathon
Texas
Glenn Springs
Funston
Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
New Raids Planned by the Mexicans Near Brownsville
May 15. Information of a plan to resume raids across the international line near Brownsville, Texas reached army headquarters in San Antonio. General Funston and his staff will study the reorganizing of the border patrol, with the Thirteenth Infantry from New York to Rio Grande City for service between there and Brownsville. Reports confirm armed Mexican presence opposite Progreso, Texas, as noted by justice and state department agents.
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San Antonio
Texas
International Line
Brownsville
Funston
Border Patrol
Thirteenth Infantry
New York State
Rio Grande City
Progreso
Department of Justice
State Department
Carranza Officers Involved Said to Be Under Investigation
Reports say Carranza officials are under investigation for days about agitators urged to fresh activity and raids last year with tentative promises of cooperation from minor officials in that region. Headquarters show no anxiety about the punitive force near Boquillas. Col Sibley commands four cavalry troops and a machine gun company, with potential withdrawal if threatened.
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Carranza
Mexico
Boquillas
Sibley
General Scott reports to Wilson on Obregon talks in Mexico
Major General Hugh L. Scott returned from El Paso with a detailed report on protracted discussions with General Obregon and a war minister. He was to present findings to President Wilson and Secretaries Baker and Lansing, explaining why Obregon did not sign the operation protocol for U.S. troops in Mexico.
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Washington
el Paso
Hugh L. Scott
Haad
Obregon
Wilson
Baker
Lansing
Mexico
Carranza
Scott
Arredon
War Department
Pershing
Cat Wematen
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi regions
Weather bulletin from Washington reports Alabama fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions on Tuesday, especially west portions. Mississippi partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures tonight inland.
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Washington
Alabama
Tuesworth
West
Mississi
Postmaster Nominee Named for West Monroe
President Wilson nominates Lou E. Russell for the postmaster position at West Monroe Louisiana. The nomination announced from Washington on May 15 outlines the assignment and official government action.
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Washington
Wilson
Lou E. Russell
West Monroe
Schooner Oscar G Sold At Big Profit In Mobile
The rebuilt three masted schooner Oscar G sold Saturday in Mobile for $21.00 to a New Orleans exporters firm owned by Russell Thompson and Captain Tom Anderson of Galveston. Delivery is planned at Cardenas Cuba with lumber cargo. The 230 ton vessel, formerly wrecked, was rebuilt at Ollinger & Bruce for $19,000 after being bought for $2,730 months earlier.
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Oscar G
Mobile
Russell Thompson
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Company
Tom Anderson
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Cardenas
Cuba
Thompson and Anderson
J. M. Scott & Bros
British Attack German Lines in Northern France Repulsed
British forces attacked German lines near Hulluch in northern France to recover trenches but were repulsed. In Verdun the French failed to take positions near Dead Man's Hill and the Caillette wood.
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Berlin
Hulluch
France
War Office
Verdun
Dead Man’s Hill
Caillette Wood
French Front Continues Bombardment Near Verdun
Paris May 15 official French army report confirms ongoing bombardment in the Verdun region near Avecourt and Hill 304. In Champagne west of Mount Tetu a small engagement yielded fifteen prisoners. Front lines are reported calm elsewhere.
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Paris
Avecourt
Verdun
Agar Office
Mount Tetu
Champagne
Belgians Reach Kigali and Capture Kivium Island
Official Belgian war department statement from Havre reports Colonel Molitor in command of the southern column occupied Kigali, capital of Ruanda, on May 8. Belgian forces also seized Kivium Island in Lake Kivo, a German wartime surprise acquisition.
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Paris
French airship crash over Mediterranean near Toulon
An official report says a French airship from Toulon caught fire over the Mediterranean last Friday and sank. The envelope remains were towed ashore at Toulon. four of six aboard died, two bodies recovered, fate of the others unknown.
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Paris
Toulon
Sardinian
Mediterranean
Greece and Entente Reach Amicable Settlement
London May 15 The foreign office announced that outstanding differences between Greece and the entente powers were settled amicably with no violation of Greek neutrality.
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Greece
London
Foreign Office
Mobile Police to be Inspected in Summer Uniforms
Mobile's Finest police force will be inspected Monday afternoon by Mayor Pat J. Lyons. All officers, from chief to private, will appear in new summer uniforms as Lyons addresses the force and emphasizes enforcing sanitary laws to make a cleaner city.
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Mobile
Guardians of the Peace
Pat J. Lyons
M and B 8 Service to Dauphin Island Begun
The Mobile and Bay Shore line inaugurated service to Dauphin Island via Alabama Port on Sunday. A 9:15 a.m. train from Mobile traveled to the Cutoff a mile and a half from Alabama Port, where a launch carried passengers to the island. The voyage from Cutoff to the island took one hour and twenty minutes. General Harvey E. Jones of Mobile and Ohio rode the first trip and filed notes on conditions.
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Mobile
Bay Shore
Dauphin Island
Alabama
Island
Harvey E. Jones
Ohio
Geuratons
Confederate reunion gathers thousands in Birmingham
Birmingham hosts the twenty sixth annual Confederate reunion with General Bennett H. Young and General W E Mickle in attendance. Veterans and visitors arrival by regular and special trains fill the city amid tent encampments. A grand ball caps three days of events as Birmingham promotes itself as a key gathering site. Montgomery contemplates being cradle of the Confederacy for future reunions. The Bijou theatre will host sessions beginning at 11 AM Tuesday with speeches by city and veteran leaders and state officials.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bennett H. Young
Louis Ville
United Confederate Veterans
W. E. Mickle
Mobile
Radirmingham
Memphis
Atlanta
Washington
Montagmery
Bijou
Richard W. Massey
J. W. Bachman
Veterans
John G. Smith
Fourth Alabama Brigade
Birmingham Veterans
George B. Ward
K. W. Bush
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
J. Asa Roundtree
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Chappell Corey
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles Henderson
Alabama
Geo. P. Harrison
Army of the Tennessee
Confederate Veterans convention program preview
Robert A. Brown will introduce the convention then pass to General Bennett H. Young who will respond to welcome. Committees will be appointed. Patriotic music opens the session. Later John T. Godrick speaks on the Confederate Soldier and R. C. Rogers presents a play. A reunion with bands follows in the city park. Irving S. Cobb delivers the evening ovation.
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Robert A. Brown
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
John T. Godrick
R. C. Rogers
Irving S. Cobb
Banquet and Ball Mark Confederate Groups Gathering
The president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be honored at a banquet at the Southern Club. The United Sons of Confederate Veterans plan a Hippodrome ball. Memorial exercises follow committee reports Wednesday morning with all sessions suspended for the memorial. The maid and sponsor parade is set for Wednesday afternoon as vet business continues and officers for the year are chosen.
Anglo-French Forces Active At New Points
Sharper fighting spreads beyond Verdun as artillery roars along British lines in northern France and Flanders. The Cham pagne area, site of last September’s French drive, sees renewed action while Verdun remains active with bombardments near Avecourt wood and northwest of the fortress. Sir Roger Casement’s preliminary examination opens in London after his Ireland landing. Prime Minister Asquith continues talks in Ireland and travels to Belfast to meet northern leaders.
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London
Verdun
France
Flanders
Paris
Champagne
Avecourt
Roger Casement
Ireland
Herbert H. Asquith
Belfast
Eleven Vessels In Over Sunday Waterfront Busy
The Mobile port saw eleven ships arrive between Saturday night and Monday morning. Seven vessels are in the stream and others docked or en route, with sisal cargoes aboard the Nepos Conniscliffe and C. W. Mills. Hands on the waterfront rush to handle the rapid fleet.
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Mobile
Hig
Conniscliffe
C. W. Mills
Nepos
Fort Morgan
Mexico
Evelyn W. Hinckley
Las Palmas
South America
Lizzie H. Dennison
West Indies
Beatrice
Cuba
Louisa Richards
Strathcona
Fannie Prescott
Sir Knight
Celtic Queen
Snake frightens women on Reelfoot Lake drowning four
In a Reelfoot Lake incident near Samburg Tennessee on Sunday a snake spooked two women in a skiff leading to a capsize. Mrs J Dunn and Mrs H J Keller perished along with a child and George Hamilton who tried to help.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Samburg
J. Dunn
H. J. Keller
George Hamilton
Rasmussen Expected to Reach Dr Hovey Today
New York May 15 Knud Rasmussen the Danish explorer is due today with his ship the Kap York at Thule North Star bay where Dr Edmund O Hovey of the American Museum of Natural History leader of the Crocker Land relief expedition is marooned with his companions in the ice according to letters received here from Rasmussen s wife
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New York
Knud Rasmussen
Thule
North Star Bay
Edmund O. Hovey
American Museum of Natural History
Crocker Land
Rasmussen
Four Docketed On Charge Of Breaking Liquor Law
Harry Fleming Alex Martin Andrew Singleton and Ollie Lissmore were docketed at the county jail Monday afternoon on the charge of violating the prohibition law. Each defendant posted bond for appearance before Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court after deputies searched their premises and found prohibited liquors stored there.
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Harry Fleming
Alex Martin
Andrew Singleton
Ollie Lissmore
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Change in Exchange Hours at Liverpool Cotton Market
Liverpool May 15. When daylight saving is in force trading hours on the Cotton Exchange will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The note affects all sessions with the shift aligning the market to daylight time.
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Liverpool
Casement Arrigned for High Treason in Bow Street Court
Sir Roger Casement, named as head of the Sinn Fein rebellion, was arraigned at Bow Street police court on high treason charges. Daniel Julian Bailey, a Wembley soldier, was brought in as a second prisoner. both face joint treason counts with Casement described as of no occupation and no fixed abode.
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London
Roger Casement
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Bow-street
Old Police Court
Casement
Daniel Julian Bailey
Wembley
Bailey
Tralee
Sinn
High Treason Trial Details In Dublin Case
Casement reportedly made a lengthy statement to authorities and is expected to shorten the magistrate hearing. The police court appearance will precede the main trial before a panel of judges of the high courts of justice.
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England
Casement
High Courts of Justice
Casement Appears in Dock with Fellow Prisoner
Casement and a fellow prisoner are brought into the dock shortly after the magistrate sits. Casement looks markedly different from the man once famed for exposing brutalities in Putuntayo. The prosecution is led by Sir Frederick EB Smith and others, with Sir John Dickinson presiding.
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Casement
Putuntayo
Frederick EB. Smith
A. H. Bodkin
Travers Humphreys
J. H. Morgan
Artemus Jones
John Dickinson
Casement accused of persuading Irish prisoners in Germany
The attorney general charged that Casement used a German camp at Limburg to inflame Irish prisoners against Britain and persuade them to break allegiance in support of his planned expedition to Ireland. Bailey, born in Dublin, joined the Royal Irish Rifles in 1914 and was captured in September 1914.
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Casement
Germany
Bailey
Dublin
Royal Irish Rifles
India
France
Limburg
Ireland
Casement Posits Himself as Irish Brigade Organizer in German Prisoner Talks
The attorney general outlined Casement as the organizer of an Irish volunteers brigade in German prisons. He claimed Casement urged prisoners that aiding Germany would aid Ireland and promised Berlin hospitality to those who joined. He said a future German sea victory could deploy the brigade to defend Ireland, with payments of 10 to 20 pounds if Germany lost.
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Casement
Germany
Ireland
Berlin
Cooler Weather Ahead With Clear Skies This Week
Forecaster BE H. Bowie predicts a cool, mostly overcast week with occasional local rains in the Atlantic states Ohio Valley Great Lakes and upper Mississippi valley. The west remains cold with rains while the Rocky Mountain Pacific regions see generally fair and normal temperatures after Tuesday.
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Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Upper
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Pacific States
Gulf States
H. Bowie
Eight Men Killed in DuPont Powder Plant Blast
At the Repauno plant of the Du Pont Powder Company in Gibbstown New Jersey a massive explosion killed eight workers and wounded about a dozen. Five buildings were demolished by the blast which occurred in a nitrate production area and was felt for miles.
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DuPont
Gibbstown
N. J
Repauno
The
du Pont Powder Company
Here
Oneneee
Second Bolide in Week Seen Over Mobile Sky
A second large meteor was seen over Mobile last night after 8 o clock, lasting more than a minute as a white fireball. It shed red sparks and left few flaming fragments as it faded, less spectacular than the May 7 sighting due to moonlight and near the dead planet.
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Mobile
Farley Faces $420 Liquor Case Payment
State of Alabama vs Frank Farley results in $420 fine and costs after Supreme Court to-be-paid ruling. Farley or his bondsmen W. O. Haus and Samuel B. Bailey may cover the amount. City court records show this as the largest prohibition fine in the county.
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State of
Alabama
Frank Farley
Supreme Court
Farley
W. 0. Haus
Samuelb. Bailey
Huntsville Woman Victim of Shooting
A Huntsville woman using the alias Eleanor Van Valkenburgh registered at a downtown Atlanta hotel and was found dead in her room with a pistol, two sealed letters, and two telegrams. No motive or suspect is disclosed, and police report no clue to the shooting.
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Atlanta
Eleanor van Valkenburgh
Huntsville
Ala
BE. B
Van
Two militiamen held on muster charge in Alabama
Frederick Frazier and Edward McDonald of the Mobile battalion Alabama National Guard were jailed on charges of failing to attend muster. They posted bonds and appeared before the court of the First Regiment.
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Frederick Frazier
Edward McDonald
Mobile Battallion
Alabama National Guard
a. _ courtmast
Lal
Kerr Steamship plans Mobile to South America and beyond
Mr. H F Kerr of Kerr Steamship, now based in New York, says regular sailings will link Mobile with South American ports and the Windward Islands and later Mediterranean ports. He plans docks and warehouses in Mobile and expects first sailings this fall. Kerr has new financing connections and will return to Europe in June to arrange further links.
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Mobile
South America
Mediterranean
Windward Islands
H.F. Kerr
Kerr Steamship Line
New York
Kerr
Windward Island
South American
Europe
Berg Line
Ward Island
Bs Bean and
Southern Steamship Company
York
England
Mr. Kerr
Clarke shutters liquor case warnings in court action
Solicitor N R Clarke announced that any violations of the recent liquor injunctions will be cited for contempt and required to show cause in court. Since 110 injunctions were issued deputies found liquor in Bienville Hotel Battle House and other occupied buildings during raids this week and Saturday.
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N. R. Clarke
William E. Rodgers
Bienville Hotel
Battle Housers
Bienville
Clark
Five Crew Desert Loch Tay Vessel Here
Five members of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Loch Tay deserted the vessel here Saturday afternoon. Bert Roelands, a Dutchman, was taken into custody by Tene S Bernstein and held pending further action as the ship proceeded to Cuban ports.
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Loch Tay
Bert Roelands
Hollander
Pon
Nelson
Cuban
Tene S Bernstein
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German East Africa
Sons of Veterans
Montgomery
Privi
Lege
Young
DR. Hovey
Ghee
UNIO
Daniel Bailey
Ger
Roger
Rebel
Seeberg
America
Mediterranean Ports
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