Zapata Threatens Mexico City Stir Alarm in Capital
U.S. state department seeks information after reports Mexican sources flag Zapata as an immediate menace to Mexico City. Embassies report on his threats, with details of rebel actions including the gunboat Morelos incident and the Korrigan engagement near San Piedras island. The yacht Iola towed from Guaymas to Lapaz. the Tola linked to Arthur Payne’s Guaymas voyage, overdue and reportedly captured.
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Washington
Zapata
Republic
Mexico City
State Department
Howard
Morelos
San Piedras Island
Korrigan
Iola
Guaymas
Lapaz
Arthur Payne
Huerta to dispatch ace commissioners toward Key West
Vera Cruz May 11 reports Huerta sends three ace commissioners to Key West late today with authority to sign any agreement. The city stays quiet as sanitation crews improve conditions. Washington May 11 American Consul Silliman remains imprisoned at Saltillo per a dispatch from the Brazilian minister in Mexico City. Silliman's clerk is freed and departed Vera Cruz yesterday.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Ace
Ovens
Key West
Redge
Washington
Silliman
Saltillo
Mexico City
State Department
Liberty
Arrested Correspondent Maigne Recalled by Washington
First Lieutenant Charles Maigne United States Army retired who served as a correspondent at Vera Cruz during the Mexican campaign was arrested on returning to Vera Cruz on orders from Washington. Earlier dispatches had urged Maigne to stop writing. The federal commander said Maigne was not a military spy.
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Washington
Charles Maigne
Vera Cruz
Maigne
Navy probes Lobos Island light house claim
The navy department seeks a full report on an unofficial statement that an American force landed on Lobos Island and seized the lighthouse. Rear Admiral Mayo notes twenty three cannon shots heard at Tampico. American Consul Miller and the vice consul are aboard the Connecticut. Ten or fifteen Americans refused to leave the city.
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Washington
Navy Department
Badger
Loboes Island
Mayo
Tampico
Miller
Connecticut
Justice Lamar and Lehmenn Named For Mediation Talks
President selects Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar and Frederick W. Lehmenn of St. Louis to present views before South American mediators at Niagara Falls Canada. Announcement made today.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph Rucker Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Frederick W. Lehmenn
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Canada
Bryan
Texas Christian Churches Convention Opens in Gainesville
Gainesville Texas May 1 The state convention of the Christian churches in Texas opened today with J Campbell White of New York Dr C S Medbury of Des Moines R A Long of Kansas City and several other national religious workers on the program for addresses. Delegates attend in strong numbers and sessions continue through the end of the week.
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Gainesville
Tex
J. Campbell White
New York
C. S. Medbury
Des Moines
R. A. Long
Kansas City
of the Christian Churches In
Texas
Boise prisoner released after repatriation report
Washington May 11 James Byington formerly of Boise Idaho reported confined in a rebel jail at Campus Sonora and regarding whom the state department made reigning representations has been released according to advices to Consul Hartiller El Paso from Colonel Calles commander at Hermosillo
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Washington, D. C
James Byington
Boise
Idaho
Campus
Sonora
State Department
Hartiller
el Paso
Calles
Hermosil- 0
Bullets Flew for Moment in North Main Pharmacy Clash
Charles J. Fish Jr is hospitalized with a bullet wound to the left arm after a scuffle over a business matter at the North Main Pharmacy. W H Scott fired an automatic pistol as Fish rushed for the weapon. Scott was later released on his own recognizance. No charges filed.
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Charles J. Fish, Jr
W. H. Scott
North Main
Scott
Fish
Shriners Fortieth Annual Conclave Opens in Atlanta
The Mystic Shrine begins its fortieth annual meeting in Atlanta Georgia on May 11 with the city decorated for the event. A band of Blackfeet Indians travels from Montana as a featured attraction.
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Atlanta
Mystic Shrine
Montana
Brunean-Hill Plans May 20 Chrystal Lake Land Draw
The Brunean-Hill Investment Company of Salt Lake announces a May 20 drawing for 15 000 acres of Chrystal Lake irrigation land near Roberts Fremont County Idaho. Water rights will be sold after the draw with pumping to 10 feet and gravity canals. Demand from Utah Idaho farmers is high and inquiries rise.
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Brunean- Hill Investment Company
Salt Lake
Roberts
Fremont County
State of
Idaho
Utah
Nordica dies in foreign lands after pneumonia
Lillian Nordica American soprano dies in Batavia Java at age 86 with pneumonia. Her career spanned Boston Grace Church debut 40 years earlier to international stages in Milan Paris London and New York. Remains to be shipped to the United States. extensive Maine roots noted.
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Batavia
Java
Lillian Nordica
United States
Bowery
New York
Grace Church
Boston
Nordica
Ehames
China
New England
Maine
Farmington
Lillian Norton
Italy
New England Conservatory of Music
Handel and Haydn Society
Europe
Gilmore
Crystal Palace
London
Trocadero
Paris
Milan
Sangiovanni
Brescia
St. Petersburg
Ambrose Thomas
Vancorbeil
Grand Opera
Marguerite
Frederick A. Gower
Gower
English Channel
Mme
Zoltan Doeme
George W. Young
Norton Homestead
Thursday Island
Antipodes
Bayreuth
America
Hudson
Ossinging
Court Martial for Tin Soldiers
A general court martial of all officers and enlisted men of the state militia who participated in the Ludlow battle began. Washington announced that no mines will be reopened in the Colorado strike district for the present and denied that strikebreakers are forbidden from being imported.
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Denver
Ludlow
Washingon
Garrison
Colorado
Pocatello Water Franchise Case Upheld by Appellate Court
The San Francisco circuit court of appeals affirmed Murray versus City of Pocatello, sustaining Judge Dietrich’s cancellation of the Pocatello Water Company franchise. The decision likely ends the lengthy litigation, though a further appeal remains a possibility.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pocatello Water Company
Idaho
Pocatello
D. Worth Clark
F. D. Monckton
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Murray
City of Pocatello
Dietrich
The
Tribune
Federal Court
James A. Murray
San Francisco Circuit Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Labor leaders win in noted contempt case
Washington May 11 The U S Supreme Court again set aside contempt sentences against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison in a dispute tied to 1907 1908 actions The justices held contempt proceedings must commence within three years and treated contempts as crimes under the law, finalizing a long dispute over union leaders in a labor war case.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Part of
United States
Justice Holmes
Justice Pitney
LF Peete Oe
District Court Supreme Court
Federation
Bucks Store and Range Company
St Louis
Supreme Court
District Court
Holmes
Last Rites for Nation's Heroes in New York
Funeral services were held for nineteen sailors and marines who died at Vera Cruz. President Wilson and Secretary Daniels attended as a two hour procession moved through New York City to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Daniels read the names, and Wilson spoke of pride and duty, noting the fallen were Americans regardless of origin. Taps sounded as crowds stood bareheaded.
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Vera Cruz
Wilson
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Montana
New York Harbor
Daniels
Navy Yard
B. M. House
Secret Service
Mitchell
Equitable
Mexico
Credit Men Hold Thirteenth Annual Meeting in Salt Lake
The Utah Association of Credit Men held its 13th annual stockholders meeting and banquet at the Commercial club in Salt Lake. Joe T. Young of Idaho Wholesale Grocery Co., Pocatello, was elected a two year director and named as a national convention delegate to Rochester in June. Officers elected: Arthur Parsons president, M. H. Lowles vice president, Joseph Johnson secretary, A. D. McMullen treasurer.
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Utah Association of Credit Men
Salt Lake
Commercial Club
Joe T. Young
Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company of
Pocatello
Rochester
J. T. Young
Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company
Idaho
Campbell
Campbell Company
Ogden
D. D. Smith
J. H. Patrick
Decker-Patrick Company
P. L. Doran
Symns-Utah Grocery Company
B. E. McIntosh
C. M. Sorenson
Henderson Company
Arthur Parsons
M. H. Lowles
Joseph Johnson
A. D. McMullen
Becker Case Under Way In Rosenthal Murder Trial
New York May 11 jury to try Charles Becker former police lieutenant charged with instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal was completed today and District Attorney Whitman began presenting the states case to the jury His speech reviewed events leading up to and following the murder.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
May Wheat Closes Higher in Chicago Trade
Chicago May wheat futures closed at 94 5 8 per bushel as traders priced demand and supply factors into near term delivery. Dealers noted modest gains amid milling demand and weather uncertainty in U S wheat belts.
Four Story Office Building Under Construction in City
Work begins on a four story office building with basement on West Center for James F. Kane. The existing brick structure, damaged by fire, is being demolished under J. F. Murray supervision. plans include steam heating a passenger elevator and upper floor office suites.
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West Center
James F. Kane
J. F. Murray
Kane
Prominent Democrat Mayo Dies in New York
Colonel John Calhoun Mayo Democratic national committeeman from Kentucky died in New York on May 11. He was a prominent figure in party politics and served as a longtime Kentucky party leader.
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New York
John, Calhoun Mayo
Kentucky
Lighted Pills With $10 Bills
George Matthews a railroad man arrived in Salt Lake bent on a 600 dollar spree. He spent 530 dollars on drinks and meals while lighting and tossing money into the gutter. Patrolman Thompson arrested him and recovered the remaining 70 dollars before Matthews slept it off and faced the desk sergeant.
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George Matthews
Salt Lake
Main Street
Matthews
Thompson
Nell Rose
Penn
Deseret News
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American Committee
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