Captive Reports Villa Active in Durango Amid Pursuit
A captured Mexican says Francisco Villa has recovered from wounds and is trying to raise a new army in Durango. U.S. troops patrol near Rubio ranch twenty miles away where three Villa bandits fell to an American forage detachment. One slain man, Julio Cardenas, had raid links to Columbus.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Durango
Ojos Azules
Rubio Ranch
Julio Cardenas
U S and Carranza Agree to Restore Order in Northern Mexico
Washington reports that after El Paso talks General Scott informed Secretary Baker that the United States aims only to stamp out brigandage in northern Mexico and that Carranza forces should show they can handle the situation before any withdrawal of the punitive expedition. Obregon will police Parral district and guard the Big Bend, with 10,000 troops under Trevino deployed.
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Washington
el Paso
Scott
Baker
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Obregon
Parral
Parrall
Villa
Big Bend
Glenn Springs
Bodquillas
Trevino
War and
State Department
Obregon Believes Villa Is Dead and Pershing Rear Theories
American and Mexican officials clash over Pershing's rear danger and Obregon's stance on Villa. The talks at El Paso address Carranza troops movements and border patrol strength while confirming no solid proof of Villa's status.
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Pershing
Obregon
Carranza
Sonora
Pulpits Pass
Scott
Funston
Honeymoon Ship Sets Record From Sagua to Mobile Bay
The schooner Co. W. Mills commanded by Captain George Murphy made a record three day passage from Sagua, Cuba to Fort Morgan, arriving Sunday night. The honeymoon voyage included Captain Murphy and his wife and her young child aboard. The Mills, now owned by Dantzler Lumber Co, earned the nickname honeymoon ship after this feat.
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Sagua
Cuba
Mobile Bay
Allen
Co. W. Mills
Fort Morgan
Mills
Havana
George Murphy
Mobile
Murphy
Captain Allen
The
Dantzler Lumber Company
Dauphin Street Parking Changes Stokes Merchant Opposition
Dauphin Street parking amendments sparked by City Commission members Schwarz and Pillans drew opposition from local merchants assembled as the Dauphin Street merchants committee led by Gayfer Reiss Gabriel and Nicholas. They objected to removing north side parking and proposed a Bienville Square sidewalk cut, a plan rejected by Pillans. Officials planned further talks with merchants and the Automobile Club traffic committee. A derelict Home Ice building on Spring Hill avenue near Kennedy and Haslet is deemed a health menace and referred for action. The Lindsey Lumber and Export crossing request across Telegraph Road and Magnolia Street was granted. State Harbor Commission members Blair and Crawford were introduced to the commission.
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City Commission
Schwarz and Pillans
Schwarz
Dauphin Street
Jackson
Pillans
St. Emanuel
Daphin Street
H. Gayfer
Gayfer & Co
Jacob Reiss
Reiss Mercantile Co
H. Gabriel
James Nicholas
Gayfer
Gabriel
Bienville Square
Automobile Club Traffic Committee
Home Ice Company
Spring Hill Avenue
Kennedy and
Haslet Streets
Lindsey Lumber and Export Company
Telegraph Road
Magnolia Street
Mssrs
F. G. Blair
Tuscaloosa
Asia
H. Gordon Crawford
Birmingham
Ala
Upstate
State Harbor Commission
Casement High Treason Hearing Draws Crowds at Bow Street
London May 16 crowds lined Bow Street as Sir Roger Casement faced a crowded preliminary arraignment on high treason tied to the Sinn Fein rebellion. Scotland Yard Supt Quinn called the case unusually dramatic amid wartime public tension. Lawyers may move to put Casement on the stand as proceedings continue.
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London
Bow Street
Roger Casement
Sinn Fein
Quinn
Scotland Yard
Sey Yi
Casement
Mary Gorman Identifies Casement in Tralee Landing Case
The first witness, Mary Gorman, a local Irish girl, testifies she saw three men at a farmyard gate early Good Friday and identifies Casement as one of them. Spectators include Michael Flavin and Casement supporters. Casement remains composed in the dock as Daniel J. Bailey is also noted.
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Mary Gorman
Casement
Tralee
A. H. Bodkin
Michael Flavin
House of Commons
Daniel J. Bailey
Witnesses recount Casement voyage linked to Tralee landing
First witness testifies as Casement and Bailey face charges for actions after landing at Tralee. John McCarthy of Kerr finds the collapsible boat used by Casement, Bailey, and Monteith and discovers a dagger and a tin box. He also reports children with three revolvers and locals seeing signal lights at sea before Good Friday.
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Casement
Tralee
Baily
Germany
John McCarthy
Currahane
County Kerr
Bailey
Monteith
McCarthy
Music to Soothe Progressive Convention in Chicago
The Progressive national convention committee in Chicago plans to fill wall spaces between speeches and reports with music. Fifty musicians have been engaged and craft women will assist. The schedule calls for thirty speeches daily through convention week.
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Chicago
Roads Pictures May Win Prizes
The National Highway Association invites contest submissions for photos of good and bad roads to win prizes totaling 2609 dollars. Entries are open to the public at the Theodore Roosevelt Merce rooms with judges Ida M. Tarbell and Mark Sullivan evaluating the selections.
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National Highway Association
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Theodore “Roosevelt
Ida M. Tarbell
Mark Sullivan
Highway Association
Teuton Guns Fire Steadily Near Verdun
German forces renew energetic bombardment on Verdun front west of the Meuse targeting Avecourt wood and hill 304. East of the fortress heavy shelling hits Fix and Moulainville in Woëvre. Thiaumont farm area sees a repulsed German hand grenade attack. Fleet movements and Riga offensive prospects noted in dispatches.
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London
Verdun Front
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Hill 304
Fix
Moulainville
Woevre
Paris
Thiaumont Farm
Kiel
Riga
Petrograd
Riga- Dvinsk
German Fleet Sails from Kiel to Riga Port
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail reports a large German fleet has sailed from Kiel toward Riga. The group includes new battleships of the larger class, signaling a significant naval movement between Kiel and Riga.
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Kiel
Riga
Russia
London
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
German fleet forced to retire by British submarines
A Gothenburg dispatch reports a large German fleet outside Gothenburg on Saturday attempted to seize a British steamer bound for England but withdrew Sunday after British submarines appeared. The German ships nevertheless captured four Swedish steamers and towed them to German harbors.
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Copenhagen
London
Afternbladet
Gothenburg
Sweden
England
Bombardment Maintained on French Front in Avecourt Wood Area
French official report says bombardment of the French position in Avecourt wood and around Hill 304 continues. A weak German grenade attack northwest of Thiaumont farm was repulsed. Shelling along Kix and Moulainville in the Woevre persists, while elsewhere on the front remains quiet.
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Faris
Avecourt Wood
Thiaumont Farm
Kix
Moulainville
German repulse of attacks on Hill 304 in fierce fighting
British and French forces report heavy casualties as German defense repels several assaults on Hill 304. Paris and Berlin announce continued clashes with high French losses and strong German resistance.
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Berlin
London
Hill 304
War Office
New Mexican Consul Arrives in Mobile at Bienville Hotel
Mr. Robert Garcia, recently named Mexican consul at Mobile, arrives and sets headquarters in room 408 at the Bienville Hotel until permanent offices are arranged. The Garcia family will join him soon. Mexico’s absence had caused delays for shippers and extra costs as the New Orleans consul covered Mobile affairs.
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Robert Garcia
Mobile
Bienville Hotel
Mr. Garcia
Mexico
New Orleans
Republic
Garcia
Tennessee convention in session ahead of state gathering
Nashville, Tenn May 16 The Democratic state committee meets to prepare for tomorrow's state convention. Governor Tom C Rye is assured of renomination and attention focuses on four at large delegates to the Louis convention and the choice of a railroad commissioner candidate from west Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Democratic State Committee
Tom C. Rye
West Tennessee
Cotton Warehouse Fire Destroys Bale Loss in Dothan
In Dothan on May 16 a blaze damaged or destroyed about 1500 bales of cotton at the Alliance warehouse. The fire caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed much of the stock and estimated loss stands at about 90,000 dollars.
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Dothan
Alliance
Weather forecast for Alabama shows cooler night and fair Wednesday
The forecast indicates Alabama will experience fair conditions with cooler temperatures tonight and again on Wednesday. The brief note mentions fair skies and a drop in temperatures, guiding readers to plan accordingly.
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Alabama
Wedfair
Confederate Veterans Renew Allegiance to United States
At the twenty sixth annual reunion in Birmingham Alabama the United Confederate Veterans pledge unfaltering allegiance to the U S government amid loud support and a resolution sent to President Wilson. General W Hooper presented the pledge stating veterans fought for homes and states rights and did not lose courage or patriotism.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
W. Hooper
Selma
Alabama Division of Veterans
South
United States
Woodrow Wilson
U. S
Confederate remnant pledges allegiance to a united country
The remnant of Confederate armies offers itself and its properties to the United States. It calls for every man over 16 to report to the probate judge and swear allegiance under penalties of law to support the government against all foes.
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Confederate States of America
United States
Confederate veterans honored at camp dinner on Fair Grounds
General Hooper spoke in place of ill General John G. Smith as 4000 old soldiers were fed a dinner of roast beef and sides at the Fair Grounds camp. Sixteen hospital patients listed, then an afternoon program featured John T Godrick on The Confederate Soldier and remarks by General Young praising Alabama contributions.
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Hooper
John G. Smith
Fair Grounds
Th Hospital
John T.godrick
Young
Alabama
Sharpsburg
Chronometer Club Forms on Waterfront Amid Ship Trade
The Chronometer Club emerges as the waterfront’s newest organization formed by shippers and maritime men at the Cowles Ship Supply Company headquarters on Front Street. Commodore Jack Hunter presides with officers Captain Oscar G as master and Captain Jack O Toole as vice commodore, while a governing board will review membership requests.
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Chronometer Club
Cowles
Front Street
Jack Hunter
Oscar G
Jack O'Toole
Mary E. H. G. Dow
Nat Borden
Isadore
Carranza
George T. Cowles
William Lang
Binnacle
Hunter
Methodist Union Approved by Full Conference in Baraboga
The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South voted almost unanimously for unification amid enthusiastic adoption of a committee report. The plan foresees negotiations with the Southern church for a 1918 and 1920 final action, with a federated structure and separate negro conferences under a general conference supreme body. Sixty bishops were discussed including seven new bishops and a missionary bishop to be based in Singapore.
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Baratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist General Conference
General Conference
Karl Cranston
Washington, D. C
Methodist Episcopal Church, North
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Protestant Churches
Singapore
John F. Goucher
Goucher College
Baltimore
Goucher
Renewed Shouts At Election Moment In Methodist Convention
The ceremony featured Bishop E Hendrix of the M E South and Bishop Cranston exchanging greetings as the convention sang praises. Tears marked Cranston's face while he expressed profound gratitude and a sense of soul satisfaction at the moment.
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E. Hendrix
M. E. Rare ‘South
Bishop Cranston
Cranston
Hendrix
Dutton
Harbor Commission Urges Aggressive Mobile Port Development
Three Alabama harbor officials from Tuscaloosa Birmingham and Mobile pushed to fix laws and push port growth in a Mobile harbor meeting. They argued bonds can be issued and the project funded though credit remains an issue. they urged aggressive development and clear authority to proceed.
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F. G. Blair
Tuscaloosa
George Gordon Crawford
Birmingham
J. ©. Rich
Mobile
State Harbor Commission
Commission
Blair
Rich
Rules for pilots in Mobile harbor to be fixed at meeting
Mobile harbor pilots seek to end seniority rules and grant equality in service at the outer bar and in the bay. The commission, with most members present, postponed a related case to tonight. A salary question for employees was referred to a committee as turbulence over pilot rules continues.
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Mobile Harbor
Commission
RB. ¥. Taylor
T. M. Stevens
Mobile Bay
Lee
Gregory L. Smith
Emsployes
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